# Wed Episode #2249: Tucker's Toothless Covid Mea Culpa

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Podcast: [The David Knight Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show-1060966)
Published: 2026-04-22T22:16:29+00:00
Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/wed-episode-2249-tucker-s-toothless-covid-mea-culpa--71572538
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──────────────────────────────────────── [00:02:10] Tucker's "Mea Culpa" on Trump — Knight: Not Enough Without Explaining How and Why Tucker said he's "tormented" by misleading people on Trump but offered no explanation — Knight: same guy who shut down 9/11 engineers on air and said he never looked at the polio vaccine. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:24:58] Indian Medical Student Used Gemini to Create a Fake MAGA Influencer — Made Thousands Per Month Gemini advised him the "MAGA conservative niche" was a "cheat code" — so he created Emily Hart, a fake AI nurse posting gun range selfies and Christ is King captions, making thousands monthly. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:47:49] Palantir CEO Alex Karp Published a 22-Point Manifesto — Knight: Sales Pitch for Empire, Not a Republic Karp's manifesto calling Silicon Valley to defend the nation, demanding national service, and calling bureaucrats "priests" is a marketing document for the surveillance clients who buy his product. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:01:15] Palantir Made $1.6 Billion Net Income in 2025 — Paid Zero Federal Taxes While Revenue Grew 93% Palantir is among at least 88 major US companies that paid no federal income tax in 2025 — stock doubled in the first half of the year entirely on government contracts. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:08:03] Karp Wants a Draft So Everyone Has "Skin in the Game" — But Won't Pay Taxes or Go Fight Himself Karp argues no one should vote unless they've served — Celente: anybody that supports this war, put on your costume and go fight, or shut your mouth. ──────────────────────────────────────── [01:17:03] CNN Montage: Trump Said the Iran War Would End in Three to Four Weeks — It Is Now Eight Weeks In CNN compiled Trump's…

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