Ben Smith discusses Murdoch's Abrupt Firing of Tucker Carlson and How Progressives Assumed They'd Dominate Social Media Only to be Outflanked by Right Wing Populism | Adele Stan on The Sudden Silencing of the Loudest and Most Commanding Voice That Had Republican Leaders Grovelling | and Dr. Michael McDonald talks about DeSantis's Faltering Campaign as the Anointed Alternative To Trump is Starting to Look Like A Loser.

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