Groucho Marx famously refused to belong to any club that would accept him as a member. Tucker Carlson, apparently, has a similar hang-up. On Wednesday night, the former Fox News host and increasingly post-MAGA pundit spent 90 entire minutes laying out his aspirations for a third party that would potentially keep the parts of conservatism he likes (low taxes, bow ties) while jettisoning the stuff he doesn’t (war in Iran, semicoherent politics). Aren’t you glad Dan Adler watched the whole thing so you don’t have to?
Elsewhere, Margaux MacColl gives a detailed explanation of how TikTok tried to stop livestreaming Perez Hilton as the gossip blogger’s mental health crisis unfolded on the platform earlier this week; Aidan McLaughlin goes deep on AIPAC and Abdul El-Sayed; and Wengel Gemu chats with Dominic Sessa, the Holdovers star now headlining a charming quasi-biopic about a young Anthony Bourdain. More tomorrow! |
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Along with fellow defectors Marjorie Taylor Greene, Thomas Massie, and Joe Kent, the former Fox News host says he’s planning a new movement to break from Donald Trump. In a 90-minute monologue, he outlined his vision of what “America should be”—and left the door wide open as to what he plans to do about it... Read more |
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This week’s incident is the latest example of a graphic crisis streamed on social media. Are platforms learning to better moderate in real time? A TikTok representative walks VF through the distressing chain of events... Read more |
The group, which has grown increasingly active in primary campaigns over the years, embodies two issues that have motivated Democratic-primary voters: a growing distaste for money in politics and a turn against Israel... Read more |
The Holdovers standout Dominic Sessa learned to shuck oysters and navigate the chaos of a restaurant kitchen to play a young Bourdain in the new film Tony. The actor speaks with VF about finding the man before the legend... Read more |
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| From the September 2012 issue, Katie Nicholl details Kate Middleton’s fashion and beauty secrets from the bee-venom facials to the Topshop finds and couture bills—as well as the major challenge she and Prince William face... Read more |
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