In my opinion, Tucker Carlson is no longer an option for the intellectually honest or stable-minded person. In the past several months as he has increased his anti-MAGA efforts Carlson and/or his production team have intensely avoided any guest who might challenge the outlandish nonsense he has been creating on his podcasts.
Occasionally CTH glances to see who Tucker is interviewing and generally check in on Carlson only to gain an understanding of the political network he represents. I find the dishonesty in his monologues now repellant. However, that said, President Trump Social Media Advisor Alex Bruesewitz stated he appeared on the Carlson podcast in order to finally push back against some of the malicious narratives the former Fox News host was promoting.
I watched to see how this ‘confrontation’ might unfold.
Alex Bruesewitz is a 29-year-old consultant who specializes in social media. He is reported to be the closest thing to a Charlie Kirk voice who intersects with the White House and President Trump directly to share Gen-Z policy perspectives. Thus, it would be interesting to finally see some reasonable confrontation with Tucker.
Unfortunately, this interview is deficient on pushback. It’s clear that Alex Bruesewitz is friends with Tucker Carlson and reluctant to firmly and appropriately challenge the falsehoods Carlson has been promoting. To be fair, Alex Bruesewitz did offer some gentle correction -key word ‘gentle‘- but allowed the majority of antagonistic Carlson points to remain unaddressed.
My takeaway from watching the entire podcast back and forth encapsulates into two main points:
♦ First, what Alex Bruesewitz says about the Israel-First funding mechanism behind the MAGA split is identical to my own research which I published in April. {GO DEEP} I did find this part of the conversation interesting, and due to the importance, I am also going to repost it below.
We need some kind of disclaimer or FARA-type notification when anyone in any media, traditional or social media, is taking payments from foreign sponsors or benefactors to promote a specific message.
The pro-Israel influence operations described by Bruesewitz, although factual and with clear evidence cited to support it, will likely infuriate the Laura Loomer, Mark Levin and like-minded groups of influencers.
I noted on Twitter, Mr. Bruesewitz may claim to be a friend of Loomer (he likely is), but Ms. Loomer will almost certainly attack him over the financial sunlight he discusses (regardless of its accuracy). Loomer, Shapiro and Levin are so far out on the pro-Israel limb, neither could respond with reasonable discussion. A few hours later and that prediction of anger surfaced strongly.
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♦ Second point. Tucker Carlson is demonstrably positioning himself as part of the JD Vance support system for 2028. Both Tucker Carlson and JD Vance are personal friends. However, when Tucker went full anti-Trump, his son Buckley needed to resign from his position in the JD Vance office due to the severity of his father’s antagonism against the President.
The way the conversation unfolded, and the specific nuances within it, highlight to me that Alex Bruesewitz is now positioning for his future interests. Meaning there is a purpose for Bruesewitz to lean forward supporting JD Vance, while thinking about the future after President Donald Trump. Together Tucker and Alex are clearly part of Team Vance.
Perhaps that explains why Bruesewitz let “his friend” Tucker get away with way too much spin – too much strained, outlandish, narrative stuff in this interview. Stuff that was ridiculous and should have been aggressively (if needed) confronted.
Having said that, the step toward JD Vance is not necessarily a negative. Alex is aligned with Trump and is still aligned with Trump. Only now, for whatever reason, his support of President Trump becomes less authentic while he is positioning for his future self – and simultaneously retaining alignment with Trump overall.
That’s my primary takeaway. Both Tucker Carlson and Alex Bruesewitz are supporting JD Vance.
On the first point about the 2025 influencer payments, CTH originally outlined this issue in April of this year. I am reposting below as Mr Bruesewitz seems to confirm the major elements of what has led to the MAGA division.
Back in 2015/2016 The Salem Media Group, like -the whole crew- the Evangelical right per se’, was essentially against Donald Trump a republican candidate. Trump wasn’t religious enough, and Salem was/is VERY pro-Israel. A very strong evangelical tribe.
Salem Media Inc supported Ted Cruz (mostly), they also really liked Scott Walker (and similar). Milquetoast varieties of Republican. You know the sort. {2015 citation}
Breitbart (Robert and Rebekah Mercer) and the strong pro-Israel group (Mark Levin, Ben Shapiro, etc.) also supported Ted Cruz (Jeff Roe and company).
Almost no one directly supported Trump. You know that, and you know the outcome of it.
That environment led to tons of eventual jump-overs, including Steve Bannon, Kellyanne Conway, etc. when Trump became the “presumptive” nominee. Hey, they go where the $$ flows. Then Mark Levin followed reluctantly, and eventually the Salem crew bit their tongue, overcame the “grab em by the pussy” nonsense and joined the pragmatic MAGA coalition.
Now, you might also remember the name Brad Parscale, an online tech guy who was datamining Facebook and microtargeting for Trump support. That led to a controversy called “Cambridge Analytica” after the unexpected Trump win and the leftists crying foul about the online support that defeated their aggressive corporate media ploys.
That’s the core. We agree?
Okay. Fast forward. Donald Trump held a loose coalition, which included the Salem tribe (which included a now bigger TPU$A, Charlie Kirk et al) which included the high-horse Evangelicals, only now they were more firm horse riders.
Brad Parscale (pictured right in 2016) was later hired by Salem Media Inc as their strategic operations director (current position).
No longer connected to the Trump team, yet quasi-supporting the objectives of the Trump administration, Mr Brad Parscale takes money from the pro-Israel group, files FARA registration forms and goes back to his tech skillset to shape and influence politics; except now, a decade later, tech micro-targeting is big time algorithmic control systems.
Salem Media Inc. still in alignment with their Evangelical roots, plus a new addition from Trump world (Lara Trump and Don Jr.) each with a foot in the Salem operation, and Brad Parscale promoting the pro-Israel Evangelical mission with unbelievable tools thanks to modern tech, artificial intelligence, datamining and algorithmic data operations on social media platforms.
Then comes billionaires Larry and David Ellison, also very pro-Israel, in combination with Salem Media Inc. operated by Parscale, and the ideological alignment of Mark Levin, Ben Shapiro, Laura Loomer etc., taking algorithmic AI and Evangelical data targeting to new stratospheric levels.
Which brings us through 2025 and Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu noting in his influencer meetup that the Tik Tok and X platform were the two most important strategic operations of interest. This was shortly after the warning about diminished GenX support from Charlie Kirk. {Citation and Video}
Subsequently, Larry Ellison (Oracle) takes control of Tik Tok (GenZ), while his ally Elon Musk (under the guise of free speech) is controlling X.
All of the above come into a deep, collaborative, pro-Israel synergy.
That’s not a conspiracy; it is simply the reality of political targeting and influence in the year 2026.
That’s the current landscape.
That seems to be what we are witnessing online, perhaps in our data profiles, and more than likely in our algorithmically controlled online travels. Our identity as defined by our data and pixels implanted into our profiles that can be targeted to feed us specific information and content.
Algorithmic support operations, also using money to shift the visibility of support (or lack therein), is why “X” and other platform content providers, don’t always align with reality you see offline and/or polling that shows consistent support for Donald Trump amid the MAGA base.
The narratives are not organic, often they are divisive. However, most users outside the control system can’t distinguish the content that is being targeted toward them.
I hope that somewhat helps see through the friction.
Most of us have supported Trump throughout his endeavors in office, trusting him to do what needed to be done, and using his best judgement on whatever the issue was while understanding that he has much more information than us. This still applies today.
This doesn’t mean that President Trump can see everything or has immediate reference for everything happening. An example in April was JD Vance telling an audience in Europe he had no idea Zelenskyy had threatened Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
The administration -which includes both President Trump and VP Vance- are focused on the issues confronting them daily; they have a priority policy perspective, and they cannot see everything.
We trust God, and we pray for President Trump. Ultimately, I believe the 2028 nominee cannot succeed without President Trump’s endorsement, regardless of how much so-called ‘influencers’ try to position the race.
One thing I note from the meme above is that either way Big Tech seems to win the race.


I am not going to waste my time, as you already encapsulated it quite nicely.
Yep, another master class by the Sage of the Web. Thank you, SD!
This will take awhile for my small, smoothbrain to digest. Holy mackerel.
Tucker who?
I like Tucker and he’s entitled to have his opinion about Israeli influence because it’s true.
Tucker is still a weasel even when a broken clock is correct twice a day.
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2028 is shaping up to be Vance as the face of the tech bro wing versus Rubio as the face of the IC (He’s Gang of Eight, remember?).
I half-wonder if Rubio wasn’t pleased that Vance stepped up in the Iran deal since he knows the Iranians will never keep any of their promises and blowback from that deal should land on Vance.
I thought Trump sent Vance to negotiate with Iran to humble him.
Crazy to hold that against Rubio. Old news. Trump was once a Democrat. If anything, the gang of 8 taught Rubio who our enemies are
Sounds like you made up your mind a long time ago and won’t listen to any new information.
I think Marco Rubio is the MAGA candidate for 2028.
I still don’t trust Rubio. Remember the comments he made after January 6th? Here is a refresher. As head of the intelligence committee in the Senate at the time, there is no way Rubio didn’t know it was an inside job.
https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=34a3515ff1ffa780a67c592f469af951661a56240447dd2ff198bd522a9f947dJmltdHM9MTc4MjUxODQwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=1f1960ff-3760-67a6-0272-7682360f6661&psq=Rubio+january+6+comments&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubWVkaWFpdGUuY29tL29ubGluZS9tYXJjby1ydWJpb3MtMjAyMS10d2VldHMtZ28tdmlyYWwtYWZ0ZXItbGF1bmNoLW9mLXdoaXRlLWhvdXNlcy1qYW4tNi1wcm9wYWdhbmRhLXdlYnNpdGUv
It’s unfortunate, Sundance, that somehow you were not assigned a position in the Trump administration. Maybe after the 2026 midterms?
He’s too smart.
I’d hate losing Sundance and his wisdom.
Why have your hands tied as a government employee?
The pro-Israel influence operations described by Bruesewitz, although factual and with clear evidence cited to support it, will likely infuriate the Laura Loomer, Mark Levin and like-minded groups of influencers.—— people really just need to understand that any foreign state influencing our politicians is something we absolutely do not want regardless of their personal views on the particular influencer state. American sovereignty and elections make the politicians accountable to the American electorate. Politicians should in no way be accountable/under the grip of Israel, China, Qatar, Europe, or anyone else. People who just get angry when you bring this up are detracting from the discussion of the problem without raising good points. We need to move past emotional arguments.
And it’s laughable because you see these countries moving constantly against their own country’s national interest. RINOs and Dems who don’t want to end the USMCA. RINOs and Dems who fought to keep China’s de minimis exemption. RINOs and Dems who send vast fortunes to Ukraine and are keeping us locked in the war. Not voting for the SAVE act. Allowing Israel to influence US tech companies and stifle any criticism of its policy however just or unjust. When does it end with these people?
Since the US runs influence operations worldwide, it should be expected here as well.
I often think the UK has too much influence.
How dare certain countries act in their own national interest??
I thought the same about Alex regarding his recent posturing when I saw this interview on Sundance’s X page.
He’s positioning for Press Sec in his hoped-for Vance administration.
Ahh the illusion of choice… Brought to you by PaidCasters™️ of CONservative Inc.
I do hope at least Sundance’s white hot sizzling sunlight burns away the mist so it isn’t hidden… out there in them trees.
Prayer works. Pray for President Trump and his true supporters. 🙏
Praying for Eric Trump 2028. Need 8 more years of Trump genius.
No we are not a monarchy!
No we are not a monarchy!
Typical response indeed reeking of an odoriferous, swampy narrative.
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It’s not a monarchy if they are elected. Eric Trump would be a fantastic president. He is the only person I would trust to continue Trump’s agenda. But unfortunately he is probably not even running.
Eric Trump is the only person I would trust to continue President Trump’s policies. He is the most like his father.
Silly question about that milkiest of milquetoast candidate Walker.
Prior to campaigning for President he was acting as the surest of defenders against the evil left. The only defender standing strong against all the calumny the left could throw.
Why is that behavior only a deception of the right?
As candidate, he transformed into a wuss.
There are Jokers in every deck and wild cards in every game. 2028 is a ways off. All we can really do is pray and try and sift through all the BS that id thrown at us each and every day. Like we have heard many times on this site, live your best life and don’t let them get you down.
I dont understand how one can be so anti-maga, yet best friends forever (bff) with j.d.
Conversely, if j.d can be bff with tuck tuck, it makes me think that j.d doesnt hold much water then, in his current role.
Because the Peter Thiel funded, Ivy league educated lawyer with the Democrat Indian wife isn’t MAGA.
Vance sure seems MAGA to me! 😎
LOL
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I don’t trust JD Vance and I never have.
I pray that he will prove me wrong.
I’m with you, BG. Sometimes you gotta trust your gut feelings and JD seems too smooth of an operator at times.
Time will tell.
Since Tucker a member in good standing of the Pilgrim Society he is working for MI6
ITA. Too many Zyn pouches, or was it something else?
Repellant, yes that is the perfect description for Tucker Carlson today.
… and no one of substance is currently backing Rubio???
Rubio is the front runner at the moment…a lot can happen…presently, I prefer Rubio
I want Vance to spend more time with his very young family. Making them grow up in the WH fish bowl is child abuse.
Some of us “we the people” are backing him. Just as we backed President Trump.
It’s not easy to set aside parts of Marco’s senate history, but 1) he seems to have learned from President Trump, and 2) he’s the choice given others in the race (Vance the creation of a technocrat and meatball the return to business as it used to be).
Vance hired Tucker’s loser son Buckley into the white house at much hire level than he merited.
Remember Tucker reached out to his bestie Hunter Biden to try and get his son into Georgetown when he was rejected.
Tucker and now his son are the living embodiment of born on third base thinks they hit a homerun.
The fact that Vance is buddy buddy with this islam fellating, IC adjacent hack and his mediocre nepo-baby son disqualifies Vance for higher office.
JD Vance is the best qualified candidate for President in 2028. DeSantis is 2rd and Marco is 3rd! Actually, I would be happy with any of them to beat Newsom.
You have to beat the teachers unions and SEIU first, if you want anyone to beat the built-in automatic Democrat vote. Starting with 23 million government employees, voting 99% Democrat.
Usha Vance and Vivek Ramaswamy are first cousins; their mothers, Lakshmi Chilukuri and Geetha Ramaswamy (née Chilukuri), are sisters.
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Makes it worse as Vivek said those awful things about American workers.
Hands down, you win best post of the day! Clear, factual, and unwilling to pretend.
tucker needs a referral to a top notch psychiatric facility, stat.
vance was always a “no” for me, now it’s a hard no.
ron is an unchanged “no way”
(the elevator cowboy boots alone are a disqualification 😂 ).
let both of them spend their puppeteer’s money and bloody up each other to no avail.
MAGA is unimpressed with the clash of the titans.
i will support whomever PT endorses.
he’s taken us this far, and he has my trust.
i will willingly support Marco if eligible (he already ran once and nobody said nuttin’ –
perhaps the birthright case is taking on even more serious implications?)
remain calm and “un-influenced” until such time as PT makes his choice. 😎
Sounds to me that you’re a Kamala kinda guy, Zoom. So stick with her!
oh golly, SP, i generally give you a lot of credit –
it takes hard work to be so wrong, so often, and so publicly.😂
still gotta ask – what in the world about my comment would make you reply like that?
i’m gonna assume it’s a bit of b*ll busting, in which case, yes, i admit to being a big PT supporter,
with no animosity towards you. 😁
(oh, and in regards to our last exchange, i still support the Bering Strait bridge and/or tunnel.🤣)
have a nice day!
Ha, ha! You rock!
Thank you for the best laugh I’ve had all day!
(I’m also all in for some kind of bridge/tunnel too and can’t wait to see if President Trump is working on a plan in his spare time. 😃)
“…what in the world about my comment would make you reply like that?”
He’s a troll. that’s why. It’s been obvious for months.
Agree re Vance.
Leary on Vance earlier and now a
definite NO.
His wishy-washy talk and his teeter toter speak when his book came out is a turn off.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is special and Tulsi also.
Who then can MAGA get behind for 2028?
Someone from the field. Paxton of Texas would be a dark horse candidate, as would Brandon Gill.
All of them. They all have great qualities
We got the junk yard dog to bust up the deep state log jam. Now we need those who can work off the newly cleared playing field. We are now in Marshall Plan mode; not just Victory in Europe and Japan mode.
Eric Trump or Tulsi Gabbard. I trust them.
I have never liked or trusted Tucker Carlson, always said so meh,
but sometime in the last 2 yrs his cheese slid off the cracker.
Tucker Carlson helped President Trump win in 2016 and again in 2024. His TV show on Fox reached tens of millions of voters.
🤣🤣🤣
Is that you, tuck tuck?
🙂
Disagree respectfully with your assertion
i hope President Trump endorses Tulsi Gabbard and she picks Fetterman as VP. Of course she would have to change parties. I know it sounds crazy but she has been exposed to the corruption of both parties as the DNI and has acted appropriately and Fetterman after being struck down by God has also seen the light like Saul. Neither one would be beholden to the political parties and would do their best for the American people. I feel that Vance and Rubio are creatures beholden to the deep state billionaires.
Ms. Gabbard officially became a Republican in 2024.
I agree with Tulsi Gabbard but not Fetterman. He may not be a radical Democrat but he’s still a Democrat.
Politics does make strange bedfellows. As Donald says,.. “We’ll See!”
JD Vance seems to have forgotten that familiarity breeds contempt. Too much, too much all the time.
JD’s wife is first cousins with Vivek RamSwampy because Usha’s mother and Vivik’s mother are sisters.
That’s probably why JD and Usha named one of their kids after Vivik and why JD and Vivik are so smoochy.
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Thank you, Sundance, for your cogent presentation and , as always, explanations. My personal takeaway is to keep one’s personal radar in constant motion. Thank you for that.
“One thing I note from the meme above is that either way Big Tech seems to win the race.”
IIRC, it was the late, great George Carlin that said it about The Golden Rule: he who has the gold, rules.
I like the metaphor of a horse race especially after seeing the derby this year!
Maybe an unknown contender from the back of the pack appears!!
“That’s my primary takeaway. Both Tucker Carlson and Alex Bruesewitz are supporting JD Vance.” – Sundance
That alliance pushes me towards Marco Rubio! I believe Tucker Carlson is a full blown wacko and if JD doesn’t/can’t see it then his judgement is suspect to me? If JD isn’t careful Tucker could become his Rasputin? JMO
DeSantis has proved his bad judgement. Vance is in the process.
The relevancy of TC is irrelevant.
In the horse race picture, is Rubio out front?
It’d be racist not to vote for him.
My stance, most of them are for sale, but, most certainly, not all. As the Egyptians say “You cannot land on the top of the mountain, you must climb your way to the top”.
I can’t imagine desantis going anywhere. Rubio I can see advancing. I still think Trump is leaning a Rubio because he fights or seems to fight with better skillset than Rubio.
As for the Salem influencers, et al. I am a small subset but there are many of me, I suspect. Listened to Rush from 1991 daily until 2016. He was my hero , taught me to think, but when he didn’t enthusiastically support Trump, a man who represented everything Rush endorsed over 30 years and 3 hours a day of bloviating…he was warm on Trump and even warmer on Cruz? That made no sense to me and even rush and me parted ways.
Trump woke us all up, I don’t sense that Tucker is doing anything but losing maga and gaining the weak minded sheep who need a boogeyman (Israel ) in their life. I don’t even listen to Bannon these days, his “gas is going to $200” jargon is fear porn and dumb.
Most core Trump supporters stand by Trump, as you say, Sundance, and have few outlets to validate that support but we find them. I do like TikTok and have no hint of betrayal, much trump love in my algorithm. Also Prometheus Action has been stellar, and the sunlight Sundance provides, that’s enough. The others are lost and have no weight. It’s such a waste, MTG, Masse, Paul crowd, they exist for themselves and missed the greatest show on earth – in our lifetimes.
*Better skillset than Vance, not Rubio,
I agree. I am not voting for a national “Pastor.” Unless JD Vance’s wife comes out as a fundamental Baptist born again, I probably won’t vote anymore. I will never vote for a catholic President. Even if he is only casually attached. So, that is it.
My horses are still in barn waiting to see into the future .. can’t say I expect either Vance or Rubio to follow a MAGA path of protecting the citizen .. it would be nice if either one would commit but.. my horses are not even saddled they are still holding
Vance appears to be a polished speaker but to me he is sophmoric.
I don’t believe he could take the pressure of the presidency.
I can’t imagine anyone being as tough as Trump, but I would prefer the Rubio we are witnessing now for 2028.
Trump didn’t need anyone’s money when he started in 2015. None of the capable people with the equivalent wealth want to run for President now, so the field of those who do want to run is comprised of individuals who have to have big money support from someone. Your decision for 2028 will have to incorporate this reality.
Where does the Trillionaire fit into all of this?
Who is Musk’s horse in this race?
Thank You Sundance for being willing and able to listen to Carlson and to continue to show us the strings these puppet-masters are pulling.
I just can’t tolerate Mr. Carlson but it’s good to know what direction things are being steered toward.
Elon said the other day that he is reviewing the algorithms and may change them.
. . . Salem Media Inc supported Ted Cruz (mostly), they also really liked Scott Walker (and similar). Milquetoast varieties of Republican. You know the sort. . .
. . . Breitbart (Robert and Rebekah Mercer) and the strong pro-Israel group (Mark Levin, Ben Shapiro, etc.) also supported Ted Cruz (Jeff Roe and company). . .
Ted is generational deep state through his father.
And wasn’t he allegedly born in Alberta, Canada or was it Texas?
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