U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn said rioters called him the n-word on Jan. 6. Tucker Carlson said Dunn is an “an angry left-wing political activist.” https://t.co/FKDeUhJXWv
— Gina Harkins (@GinaAHarkins) July 22, 2021
I’m guessing it’s not Officer Dunn…
Speaking truth to power takes courage. Especially when it subjects you to vile, racist hate.
Officer Dunn is a patriot who risked his life to protect the Capitol and our democracy, and continues to fight for the truth.
That’s far more than anyone can say about @TuckerCarlson.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) July 23, 2021
One can only hope Mr. Carlson’s employers will rein in their wayward entertainer!
1/BREAKING NEWS:
I have been rep’ng @CapitolPolice Ofc #HarryDunn for 5 months & during that time he appeared in many interviews to discuss his #Jan6th experience. Only once did he receive a hostile msg UNTIL @TuckerCarlson‘s monologue last night. Then things changed.
— Mark S. Zaid (@MarkSZaidEsq) July 22, 2021
Attorneys for Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn slammed Tucker Carlson, saying he “has not served a day in uniform.”
“Our client has served 13 years in law enforcement and on January 6, 2021, fought against an insurrectionist violent crowd.”https://t.co/DHKTKt5Lt7
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 23, 2021
Sidebar: It’s being reported that Tucker’s son Buckley is Repub Rep. Jim Banks’ press secretary, which might help explain why Carlson is so very aggrieved that Jim Banks won’t be on the 1/6 Commission…
Oh, and remember Carlson’s paranoid ramblings about how the ‘FBI’ was ‘spying’ on him?…
NSA Finds No Evidence Tucker Carlson Was Targeted.
His name was unintentionally found through collections of foreign communications.https://t.co/yvE4MPaZ3H
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) July 23, 2021
Obvious Russian Troll
I hate Tucker Carlson more than I hate Sean Hannity, and I fucking hate Sean Hannity.
zhena gogolia
Semi-OT, Vindman’s book will be out Aug. 3:
stinger
You named your kid “Buckley Tucker”? C’mon, man!
zhena gogolia
@Obvious Russian Troll: Tucker Carlson is the worst.
schrodingers_cat
I have said this before and I will say it again Tucker Carlson will be the next Republican nominee. He is a pudgy heir who traffics in conspiracy theories, and is a TV star. He is the most T-like than any other Republican office holder.
Obvious Russian Troll
@zhena gogolia: Well, now that Limbaugh is dead.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@schrodingers_cat: I think you’re correct.
Patricia Kayden
zhena gogolia
@schrodingers_cat: I keep taking comfort in the fact that he lost Dancing with the Stars on the first round.
Cermet
(F)ucker Carlson is like all thugs – an entitled coward that demands others fight his fights and protect his worthless ass and then complains about them – bush and cheney were similar birds of a feather – aka chicken hawks.
dexwood
TucKKKer Carlson, what an asshole.
kindness
I generally believe in karma. I just wish it would come back on people quicker. People (rightfully) were complaining about Jon Stewart in a previous thread but Jon did yoeman’s work of karma bringing home the bacon when he went on Crossfire and burned the place to the ground. Young Tucker was shortly there after out of a job. Same thing wouldn’t happen at Fox though.
stinger
@stinger: Well, duh, obviously he didn’t, my bad. But still, Buckley anything! Didn’t you get razzed enough as a kid? Why do that to your son?
The Pale Scot
We need much more of this going around,
Dawn Butler asked to leave Commons chamber after saying Boris Johnson has lied
Mz Butler gave a long yet still partial list of Flobalob’s? (as per Tony Jay) lies, was interrupted and asked to revise her statement, she didn’t
If only that would happen elsewhere
Alison Rose
I guess blue lives don’t matter if they’re also Black.
GFY Tucker.
Baud
100% of the Olympic medals are made from recycled electronic waste. That’s amazing.
Patricia Kayden
@Obvious Russian Troll: It’s weird that Matt Taibbi and Glenn Greenwald are such huge fans of such an obvious bigot but here we are.
MoeLarryAndJesus
Fuck Tucker. And fuck Buck Tuck, his idiot son.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Alison Rose:
“Blue Lives Matter” always meant “White Lives Matter”
Spanky
That NSA news is saying something more than Tuckie perhaps would like to be out there. Like, what foreign communications targeted by NSA would he be found in?
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@schrodingers_cat:
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
I’m not sure Trump will allow that to happen. Imagine Trump slamming Bowtie Boy during a primary lol. Although, I’m guessing Carlson would stay out if Trump was running
debbie
Seriously, is there anyone angrier than Eric Cartman, er, Tucker Carlson?
bbleh
Aw this is just shock-jock stuff for anger junkies, same as MTG, Gaetz, et al. Tucker’s a little more careful, and much better insulated thanks to both his wife’s wealth and his Fox platform, but things aren’t working out too well for the others already, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Tucker’s already a little past his high-water mark.
As to a national political campaign, why on Earth would he want to do that? He’d have actual responsibilities! Talk about a step down…
bbleh
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): And more particularly, authoritarian White lives.
debbie
@schrodingers_cat:
He’d be ? ? ? to give up his broadcasting career. Too much ? ? ?.
West of the Rockies
@debbie:
Alex Jones.
West of the Rockies
@bbleh:
Further still, white male lives especially matter.
Mike in NC
Appears that Fucker Carlson is putting on a bit of weight. Will he start to have his face sprayed orange, too? Imitation being the sincerest form of flattery.
And he named his kid after the infamous Bill Buckley?
Alison Rose
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): You know that and I know that and non-racists know that………..but Tucker and his groupies will never admit it.
PsiFighter37
Too bad Jon Stewart can’t spend his energy these days punching down on Tucker, like he did back in 2004.
Keith P.
“We named the *dog* ‘Buckley’!”
Chris Johnson
It sure was.
I’m still calling it: he is straight up a spy, the kind Trump could never be. His name came up because he was talking to his real boss. He’s good at being a spy and dedicated foreign agent but not good enough.
Which is good. Nail him.
Another Scott
@PsiFighter37:
From March:
He’s apparently not very active on Twitter – at least not at that account.
FWIW.
Cheers,
Scott.
Ken
I’ve been debating whether to say this, but it would feel strange to go back to commenting without doing so. My parents’ funerals were earlier this week. They had been in hospice for about a month, and died within two days of one another. We kids always thought they were holding on for one another.
A Ghost to Most
Tarleton named his son Buckley because of course he did.
RandomMonster
Exhibit A for proof of no justice in the universe: Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity have not formed an oriborous of face-eating assholes.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Ken: Sorry to hear, condolences.
JPL
@Patricia Kayden: It’s not weird at all, it’s telling us something.
Raoul Paste
@Ken: sorry to hear this
I hope you’re holding up well, everyone is different
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): TFG would get first shot, but if he isn’t running, it’s Tuckums.
Catherine D.
@Ken: So sorry.
Another Scott
@Ken: Condolences to you. It must be especially hard.
Be happy that they were able to spend so much of their lives together, and remember the good times.
Best wishes,
Scott.
Ivan X
@Obvious Russian Troll: the thing is, Hannity’s a stupid idiot. Carlson knows exactly what he’s doing, which makes him that much more loathsome.
MagdaInBlack
@Ken: My lord, what a rough time for you and your family. My deepest sympathy.
Sure Lurkalot
My brother would walk over glass to vote for that schmuck.
My niece told me she attended her nephew’s sports ball game and my brother (the kid’s great uncle) was there. At some point she overheard him making Hunter Biden jokes with 10-year old kids.
It is true. You can pick your friends but….
JPL
@Ken: I can’t imagine having to say goodbye to both at the same time. It had to be incredibly difficult. hugs
Soprano2
@Ken: I’m so sorry, that’s tough losing them so close together like that.
mrmoshpotato
And then they can rein themselves, all of them, into the Sun.
mrmoshpotato
@Ken: I’m so sorry, Ken.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@debbie: He doesn’t need the dough.
Stacib
@Ken: I wish I could hug you.
stinger
@Ken: Thank you for sharing that information. What a hard time for you. My deepest sympathies.
PsiFighter37
@Sure Lurkalot: There’s no way Tucker has the balls to run for president. He doesn’t have the same ridiculously-sized ego that the orange shitstain has.
debbie
@Ken:
I’m so sorry to read this. Condolences.
NotMax
Open thread?
“Double bed. Check. Will you be wanting light bulbs in your room?”
Suck rotten eggs, Fort Wayne hotel.
mrmoshpotato
@The Pale Scot: She just said BoJo was a liar? The! Horror!
Another Scott
Re: vaccinations – Fun with Venn diagrams.
(via A comment at Wonkette)
Cheers,
Scott.
Soprano2
OT update on my mother. She finally got the results of her Covid test today, and it was negative. So either a) she has something else, because she’s definitely sick, or b) by the time she went to her doctor her viral load was so low because she’s vaccinated that the test didn’t detect it (I don’t know what test they used). She started feeling sick a week ago Thursday, but didn’t get the test until Monday. They’re so swamped because we have so many assholes who won’t get vaccinated that it took them this long to call her back! Her main symptoms are being tired and loss of appetite, which is what she’s worried about. She’s finally going to let me get some stuff for her at the store tomorrow (it’s my mother, she wouldn’t let me do it before now). I suggested some of those protein shakes because she said it’s easier to drink stuff, and she said that was a good idea thank goodness.
Also update on the yellow kitten who adopted us but wasn’t too friendly. Now we can pet him when he’s eating, and he lets us. He’s still not real happy about it, but he doesn’t run away either. I’m hoping that by sometime next month I’ll be able to use a humane trap without worrying that he’ll run away forever when I release him! He’s thin even though we feed him, so he’s probably got worms (he kills stuff and eats it, too). Maybe I’ll get really lucky and he’ll let us pick him up.
Baud
@Ken: My condolences.
JPL
@PsiFighter37: balls or the intelligence. just sayin
Bill Arnold
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
TC has had basically no serious opposition research attention.
I’m fairly sure the US press would not let him slide like the mostly did with DJT.
mrmoshpotato
@Spanky:
I’m sure the Kremlin has excellent record of all the Russthuglicans who sucked Russki ass over the past 5+ years.
Sure Lurkalot
@Ken: I’m so sorry for your and your family’s loss.
Elizabelle
@Ken: My condolences, Ken. No doubt they were holding on for each other. They are at peace now. My best to you and your family.
Citizen Alan
@zhena gogolia:
Fucker went on DWTS and didn’t even dance! He sat in a chair while his partner danced around him for half the song. It looked like he was getting a lapdance!
Redshift
@Ken: I’m sorry to hear that. My father in law died in December a couple of years ago. My mother in law was living in a memory care facility and wasn’t aware of a lot. When their anniversary arrived and he didn’t visit, she started to fade and died a few weeks later. I think she knew because they posted the calendar date on the walls to help residents keep more oriented.
I think it was romantic, and I hope you can feel the same.
phdesmond
@Ken:
condolences, Ken. that’s a lot to process at once.
SFBayAreaGal
@Ken: My condolences on the loss of your beloved parents.
JPL
@Soprano2: Let’s hope the cat will allow you to pick him up. I almost said hug, but that’s unlikely. It’s such a sweet update though.
Ken
Thank you all. It was hard losing both at once, but in some ways easier (I think) than if they had been a couple of weeks apart.
Sure Lurkalot
@PsiFighter37: The block quote was from Schrodinger’s Cat…sorry, SC, apparently the attribution got lost. I don’t have a clue about Tuck’s political aspirations but SC is not the only one who thinks he has them.
James E Powell
@Ken:
My heart goes out to you, Ken. That’s a heavy load. I hope you are not carrying it alone.
WaterGirl
@Ken: Oh, Ken, I am so sorry for your loss. Two parents at once. What a terrible loss, even when you know it’s coming. They must have loved each other so very much.
I was in a daze when I returned from my dad’s funeral. Even going to the grocery store felt odd, so I think I know what you mean when you say it would feel strange not to say something.
What can we do to help?
RandomMonster
@Ken: The loss of one parent is hard enough. Best wishes to you and the thought that they left together.
Fair Economist
@Ken: So sorry to hear about your parents. It does sound there’s like a lot of love in your family. Hope you can find some comfort.
Quiltingfool
@Ken: My condolences to you and your family. Peace be with you.
NotMax
@zhena gogolia — @Citizen Alan
Remember Al Gore?
;)
Tony Jay
@Ken:
Condolences, Ken. My parents are getting to that age when it’s on the horizon and that’s as much as I even want to think about that. Hugs, pal.
Mary G
@Ken: My condolences to you and your family. Sweet and sad at the same time. May their memories be a blessing.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Bill Arnold:
Sure, if he was a Democrat.
Obvious Russian Troll
@Ivan X:
I’m feel that Hannity knows what he’s doing–he’s in it for the money. He’ll back off occasionally when he realizes he’s stepped far enough over the line to start affecting the revenue stream.
Carlson, though, already *has* money. That makes him worse.
Shana
@Ken: I’m so sorry to hear this. I know it’s tough right now, but at some point their memory will be a blessing, to you and the rest of the family.
japa21
@Citizen Alan:
What I loved was his excuse for losing. It wasn’t his fault, it was just that there were obviously too many liberals in the viewing audience.
Bluegirlfromwyo
@Ken: That’s so sad for you. I’m sorry for your loss.
They don’t have to live without each other this way. I guess that’s a blessing of sorts.
tokyokie
@stinger:
Because Mussolini is too hard to spell.
zhena gogolia
@Citizen Alan:
Yeah, it was pitiful.
zhena gogolia
@NotMax:
Charming. I had forgotten that.
I got to meet him getting off a plane a couple of years ago. Very handsome still.
zhena gogolia
@Ken:
I’m very sorry. I can’t imagine how hard that is.
CaseyL
@Ken: My condolences. If they were in hospice together, then their deaths probably weren’t a shock, but it must still be hard to lose both parents at once.
The Pale Scot
@Soprano2:
Did she get tested for other diseases? Sounds like Mono, If she spends a lot of time in the yard there are some new bugs going around.
Stacib
@The Pale Scot: Wow. My mom has the loss of appetite and is forever tired. She’s 90, and it’s scaring the shit outta me. Sitting in the ER now. The “wow” is because she was spending a lot of time planting flowers. I never connected that to the health issues.
Jean
@Ken: How very sad to lose both within two days. My sympathies.
Obvious Russian Troll
@Ken: I’m so sorry to hear that. It was rough enough when I lost my parents, and they died a few years apart and the only reason they spoke to each other was when my brother fucked up.
Gin & Tonic
@Ken: Please accept my condolences.
Soprano2
@The Pale Scot: I don’t know. Covid is so bad here that we both assumed that’s probably what it was.
Soprano2
@Stacib: My mom hasn’t been planting flowers or in the yard: she’s 87. I’ll be interested to hear what they think it is if you’re willing to share. They’re so slammed with Covid patients here now that I doubt they’ll look much further.
J R in WV
@Ken:
Sorry to hear that. I have no doubt that they were hanging on for each other. Take care of each other now that they are gone. Keep in touch!
hedgehog mobile
@Ken: I’m so sorry. Words fail.
JAFD
@Ken: May your parents rest in peace. My thoughts are with you.
sdhays
@schrodingers_cat: You certainly may be right, but I don’t really understand where you and others are coming from. Fox News isn’t actually watched by that many people. Being the most watched cable “news” program may be prestigious and all, and 4.33 million people (as was his average this time last year) is nothing to sneeze at, it’s still a joke compared to the number of people who watch shows that get canceled on the major networks. His show is no “The Apprentice” (*spit).
Tuckems is a creature of cable “news”, from CNN to Fox (did he do some time at MSNBC too?). Most people, including Republicans, still don’t know who he is, or at least don’t pay attention to him personally. He hasn’t embarked on the same multi-decade project to make himself a household name that TFG did. He’s not a “billionaire”, or even a “successful businessman”.
I just don’t see why people think he has what it takes to make the transition from nasty prime-time cable host to Presidential candidate.
Kattails
@Ken: thank you for letting us know, it’s a huge transition in your life. I’ve started to think of “passing over” as a literal journey; like when we talk about our pets going over the rainbow bridge. It sounds like they wanted to make that journey together. Take care of yourself. Grief can be exhausting.
Odie Hugh Manatee
@Ken:
Wow… that’s unreal timing. My deepest condolences to you and your family.
They’ll always be together, as they wanted.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@sdhays: You’re only looking at him being on the TV. He’s also not a politician, that’s pretty important to the Republican primary electorate. Keep in mind, even though is viewer numbers are not what you’d see with over the air TV, it’s all Republicans.
Betty
@Ken: My condolences. Becoming an orphan at any age is painful. Happy to know you have the support of family.
Steeplejack
@Ken:
That’s a tough blow. My condolences to you and your loved ones.
Sister Golden Bear
Here’s how you combat Delta: Israel Bans Unvaccinated From Most Public Events
As always, I’m not talking about young kids, and those who shouldn’t be vaxxed for valid medical reasons. Plus we should make every efforts to support people who want to get it but face logistical and financial hurdles (e.g. not being able to afford to time off if they get side-effects).
Sister Golden Bear
@Ken: I’m so sorry. Losing one parent is tough, losing the second is even harder, and losing both at once… Hugs, if hugs are OK.
Old School
@Ken: Deepest sympathies to you, Ken. I hope the family is there for each other.
sdhays
I wonder if this is the kind of thing that’s moved GQP leadership to try to put the “anti-vax horse” back in the proverbial barn:
As COVID Continues to Spread, Alabama’s Governor Said “It’s Time to Start Blaming the Unvaccinated Folks”:
People can see with their eyes that any continuation of the pandemic being a crisis in the US is pretty much all down to the unvaccinated, and while the reality of who is still unvaccinated is a bit more nuanced than the media would have us believe, it’s the GQP that’s been out and proud about being anti-vax. So they’re now realizing that they are going to be getting the blame for any failures regarding the pandemic – not Biden, and not the Democrats.
And they’re crapping their pants.
Scamp Dog
@Ken: That is simultaneously sweet and sad, tender and heartbreaking. I’m sorry their love for each other is gone from the world.
KSinMA
@Ken: Bless ’em, they probably were indeed holding on for one another. Peace and hugs to you kids.
NotMax
@Sister Golden Bear
Until vaccines move from emergency authorization to full and final authorization, not happening as standard, widespread practice.
sdhays
@?BillinGlendaleCA: I get that, I just don’t see what makes anyone see him as someone who can waltz in and sweep a Republican field like Dumpy did. A lot of bidnessmen “outsiders” have tried to win the nomination, but TFG was the first, and a big part of that was his reputation as a “brilliant” and “successful” businessman. His TV show helped sell that lie. And his Twitter game was as novel as it was nasty – and exciting for regular media. I really don’t see Tuckems being able to pull that off. If he runs for Preznit, he’ll lose his platform, and then he’s nobody, just like BillO.
Being a popular media figure doesn’t translate, automatically, into being a successful political candidate, especially in a high-stakes arena such as a Presidential primary. I just don’t see what he has other than being apparently captivatingly awful on Fox Prime Time.
Yutsano
@Ken: Oh my good man. So sorry for your family’s losses. It is good they went almost at the same time. It is not so good that you will be missing them. All my love and healing light to y’all. And if you were neighbours, there would be casseroles.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@sdhays: Keep in mind, most of the “business people” that have run, have run for the Democratic Party nomination or as independents.
westyny
@Ken: Deep condolences. I know your relationships with them will continue.
Zelma
@Ken:
My deepest sympathy. When I hear of a couple dying at almost the same time, I think that even death could not part them, such was their love. But it must be hard on those left behind to lose both parents at once.
Tenar Arha
@Ken: My condolences. May their memories be a blessing for you & your family.
Ruckus
@zhena gogolia:
In this case The Worst is a very, very large pool and Fuckkker Carlson is just one of the germs floating in it. Yes he has turned the water a combination of shit-brindle brown and stupidity, all on his own, but that’s what he does, it is after all his only trait.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
There is sure something weirdly clueless about these wingnuts.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
Don’t be so sure, Tucker is one of them and remember, the Apprentice was on MSNBC so that made Trump, one of them.
Bruce K in ATH-GR
I think Carlson and Hannity should arrange an in-person consultation with Rush Limbaugh and Roger Ailes as soon as possible.
Origuy
@Soprano2: Check her medications. Older people get so many and sometimes they have bad interactions. My mom got delirious and we thought she was near the end until my sister (a nurse) looked at the med list. Diet could also be a factor. You are probably right to start with looking for an infection, though.
Ken: My condolences. I’ve lost both my parents, although 19 years apart. I can’t imagine losing both at once. It may have been easier on them, though.
sab
@Ken:I am so sorry for you, but perhaps best for them.
My mom died from side efects of degenerative nerve problem in 2012. My Dad is still alive. I had thought he would be devastated, but he had dementia.
My mother adored my dad, but she was not tolerant/understanding/ whatever of dementia.
Her best friend died of it and Mon couldn’t be bothered to visist. “Mary issn’t their anymore.”
So I am glad Mom died before the love of her life got seriously demented.
I am also furious about her intolerance. Stupid bitch. I am saying this about my much loved mother, but my fury is as heartfelt as my love of her. What was she thinking? I cannot even imagine a thought process that justifies her defense.
a thousand flouncing lurkers was fidelio
@Ken: I’m so sorry. That’s a hard thing to go through.
WaterGirl
@Enhanced Voting Techniques:
I think you spelled classless wrong.
brantl
@Baud: Seems oddly appropriate, for this year’s Olympics, doesn’t it?
brantl
@Ivan X: Hannity and Carlson are neck and neck for the trollsome moron of the moment record, for every given moment.