The only reason I am on substack is because of guys like you, Alex. I am sure that majority here would agree with me. If substack is going to fold, it will go sideways, just like my relationship with Twitter and Facebook.
He was my first paid subscription, but after his clearly false comments on ivermectin, followed by a so-far-unfulfilled promise to address it soon, I have turned off my renewal. I keep checking to see if he will address his idiotic disinfo about IVM, so far no.
His stories average several hundred comments less since then, I noticed.
Not only fewer comments but we have lost the comments from educators and physicians who used to contribute a lot of information to the discussion. I valued that input and miss it.
Does this explain the sudden spike in direct emails? Unfortunately I gave AB my work email... For months nothing, now suddenly I have to be careful about sharing my screen in Zoom calls
Simple, he said ivermectin doesnt work, and something to the effect of no evidence shows it does. To the contrary, we have abundant clinical and real world data showing ivermectin works against covid, including the recent Project Veritas dump of DoD info which concurs.
That's interesting. I know of several people who have used ivermectin and successfully navigated the disease. Seems out of character for Alex to ignore that data. Never-the-less, I'm sticking with him.
"Seems out of character for Alex to ignore that data"
I would say "It seems absolutely heartbreaking for Alex to ignore that data"
And it sucks that at 50 I apparently still have the tendency to hero worship... which I have known for a LONG time ALWAYS leads to crushing disappointment. Especially when so much is on the line RIGHT NOW. We aren't arguing baseball here
I am confused. I have been excited about Al Ber since I heard him reporting against the narrative of the main steam scum that needs to be burned to the ground. What happened with Malone and Alex and does anyone know about the effectiveness of ivermectic or lack of effectiveness? Can anyone enlighten me? I have trust concerns with nearly everyone in this movement and I feel like AB is trustworthy.
i've been following the early treatment thing since prob mid 2020. the jury is in. early treatment works. there is no one drug but ivermectin is central to many protocols.
at this point there is tons of evidence. some of the most published and professionally accomplished doctors i've ever seen have treated thousands of patients. papers on early treatment published (McCullough), manuscripts submitted to NIH (Kory), international network of doctors sharing success stories.
what it comes down to is motive.
it's obvious to me that pharma and fauci have great reasons to lie. ealry treatment would end the pandemic. end vaccines. end EUA. billions lost in vaccine sales. good luck making 30 billion off patent expired hydroxychloroquin.
and what do these doctors have to gain? getting attacked on social media? hit articles? wrecked reputations? destroyed careers? cause i see no benefits for them at all. so maybe a few doctors are brave enough to risk great professional harm and do the right thing. most of them aren't.
I'm curious also. I don't see the pressure point for substack. They don't take advertising, so it's not like big tech or mainstream media can demonetize them. I suppose big finance could cut off the payment processing for subscriptions. May end up being a moot point for me. I'm getting pretty close to a radical lifestyle change. Going to move to a small town in a red state and set up a business that provides services to real humans sitting right in front of me.
In Canada Trudeau donated two $600 million payments to keep useless legacy media afloat . With predictable results , they tow the party line . They are literally state sponsored media .
If Substack caves, censors "misinformation" and "cancels" any of the people I follow, I will expect a refund on all of my subscriptions. I wonder how that works.
That's a great statement. They also know that if they fold they are gone. It will just hasten censorship-resistant blogging with far better monetization options (which is where they should evolve the platform to anyway).
We, The People, Have the Right to Know what's being injected into our Families, Friends, Co-Workers, Neighbors.......After all, Our Tax Dollars paid for this debacle !!
Why, also, the 55 year delay to release the development and test information? It was funded by the public so there should be no patent protection considerations getting in the way. The delay is not to protect the public but to protect the guilty.
And yes why all the controversy? If the shots were that effective, there would not be pushback because it would be obvious to all that they worked. What we have is the opposite. The same is true for Covid. Trying to turn Covid into something bigger doesn't work because anyone who cares to look can see that the threat doesn't match the response.
Actually on Wednesday substack said they continue to support free speech and have no plans to cancel but they continue to get pressure from the censors.
I forget how I got into this sub stack in the first place. Senility. I did join because of Alex. How I got the link to follow I do not know. Maybe heard he was booted off of Twitter. :D
Here’s another good resource Brighteon. will never go public and Mike certainly is the captain of his own server.
Look what happened to patreon when they lost control of the company’s stock. Staying independent is the only way to travel,
Point of order on Telegram. The server most likely is in Germany.
I agree completely. We pay to follow Alex's work here and would not only have no reason to stay at Substack if Alex leaves, but we would leave immediately.
The narrative and control is collapsing. They are trying to regain it as fast as possible. People like Alex and his extension (us his viewers and supporters) are in their way.
They are going to try everything, we must stand strong with Alex and others. Otherwise our message will be censored into the pits of oblivion.
You can feel their desperation. They are fighting with all of their might because between the information getting out by Alex, Malone, Bad Cat etc, and people's own experience of many vaxxed getting Covid, the ability to push further boosters is (hopefully) nearing its end.
What will finally shake the bones of the deluded deniers? When someone they love does of the jabs. Top it off with a booster the victims may die this year. Most certainly within 5 years.
I say this with absolute no pleasure. We will be attending many funerals of our family and friends soon in our circle.
Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
Go forth and declare the Truth everyone!
Do NOT be dismayed. As He told us “they” hated Him before us.
Thank you for today's God moment. I am about to lose my job. My accommodation request was denied, though that denial is being appealed. I have prayed for strength and guidance and have looked each day for God to speak to me through His word. The comments in the substack have been a source of many of the verses from which I have drawn strength. I have been keeping a log to give me strength. "Fear not, for I am with you. Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Tomorrow He will hold my hand. "For I know the plan I have for you." Jeremiah 29:11
When I read this I see a pattern that only comes from the Holy Spirit. In someway each time matches in another place. Invigorating! This should bring a smile to everyone’s face. He heard us! :}
For example we have been be wailing the demoniacs who appear to be human and here it is timely eh?
“He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.” John 12:48
Thank you for these sources. I went into my interview having taken a few moments in prayer and a request that God guide my words. I had beside me several verses, including Psalm 146: 3 (Do not put your trust in human beings, who cannot save), Isaiah 41:10, I Corinthians 2:5 (so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God's power) and others. I closed the interview with a reference to waiting for God to reveal His plan for me (Jeremiah 29:11). I rejoice in this trial because He has brought me closer to Him and closer to His word. I believe I stuck to my sincerely held religious belief that God told me to stick with natural immunity, I avoided a debate of science, I countered the Pope's words (morale obligation) with my sincerely held religious belief. God has a plan, it will be revealed (in part) soon. Thank you for providing these references and the prayers. I will let you know when I learn the outcome.
I also rejoice that God has given us sources, like Alex Berenson, and that He has given me this outlet to better understand data manipulation and analysis of data. So many reasons to be thankful in this time of hardship!
Bari is looking for a political center that is essentially a myth now. There's no "middle ground" when a criminal tries to push you into an oncoming train. But no one is perfect so I am hopeful her intellectual journey will lead her to see the flaws in 1960's style liberalism that she implicitly sees as the civilizational ideal.
William F.Buckley once defined or described a conservative as a liberal who had been mugged by reality. Alan Dershowitz, Bari Weiss and all of the refugees from the NYT aka Pravda on the Hudson are conservatives in that respect as they search for a self defined middle ground between the woke world and the conservative universe that warned for decades about the excesses of the left . That search should be welcomed by all thinking individuals.
Do a return appearance with Tucker & reveal the extreme censorship to prevent people from knowing about these failed ‘ dangerous injections. Do not retreat!
Now that Alex has committed open heresy you wonder whether even Tucker will be able to provide a platform given the reality that ultimately they serve the same master. Look at what happened to Lara Logan.
On air she said that people around the world have told her they compare Fauci to Josef Mengele, the "Angel of Death" nazi. Fauci publicly complained on air why people who say things like that are not punished. Although I agree with the comparison, Lara specifically stated that "people" she encounters around the globe are telling her this. She did not literally say she agreed.
Thank you- he and Collins are evil- more emails have come out - yet people still praise them- this country is a mess - thank god for people like Alex, tucker etc ,,, scar times !
She compared Fauci to Mengela, which does not seem like an error to me. Fauci and his minions have taken a lot of lives with their mad scientist gain of function activities..
I would compare Fauci to Trofim Lysenko-his record speaks for itself-beginning with wasting tons of money on a cure for a nonexistent kind of AIDS, approving of gain of function research in the WP, approving a grant for change of function research in Wuhan, urging a cover up as to the origins of the pandemic , perjuring himself in Congressional testimony, and claiming that his critics are criticizing Congress
Fauci has control over federal grant money-he played a huge role in suppressing any investigation into the origins of the pandemic and in a lockdown/vaccine approach only as opposed to seriously consider the use of therapeutics in the worst days of 2020. A serious case can be made without any hysterics for his termination, loss of pension and being charged with perjury and what also appears to be obstruction of justice in releasing seriously redacted documents in response to legitimate inquiries as to what and when he knew of the onset and dangerous nature of the pandemic, and who he communicated with
Lara Logan made a statement on Pete Hegseth's show equating Fauci to Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele. Logan's talent agency, UTA, immediately dropped her with Fox announcing that Logan's show, Lara Logan Has No Agenda, would be discontinued. Alex knew that he was stepping into a hornet's next when he announced on Tucker's show that this would be the most important announcement he would make. I'm predicting a Logan-like backlash against Alex.
There is a Megyn Kelly podcast with Lara Logan I want to say from November or December where she goes into detail what happened. I believe it was with CBS news that Ms. Logan had problems.
Yes, Alex must do this. If we do not fight against the censorship, viewership will be minimized, it will be harder for new people to be exposed to this information.
How can we influence or change new minds if one is censored to the pits of oblivion?!
Follow Steve. He's got a razor sharp wit to go with the snark, and has interesting guests on. He wrote a book on Fauci which was a best seller, and even in many conservative circles he's persona-non-grata because he'll tell them the truth.
Wow, that hit home. Evil Fauci has made every decision for all of our lives for the last two years. And we have never put that kind of power in one person.
Like Dr.Zelenko said a few weeks ago. The mongers are doubling an tripling down now. The only desire they have is control and power at all costs! This is exactly what the CCP does
Exactly...its only getting thicker now at every turn especially with no one in the GOP or other so called protectionary entities holding these perps accountable. All we get is blah blah blah and redundancy
The only Senator doing his job and putting his neck out there is Sen. Ron Johnson. The rest of them are pro. wrestlers, political actors at best.
That testimony held by Johnson this Monday I believe had a bigger impact than we even know. That explains the timing of our enemy going on an aggressive offense these last few days.
Johnson "surely" doing his part and just infuriating how all the GOP do not get behind this obvious attack on the West and America. I say that fully knowing many of them are compromised in some way or bought off in the Swamplands. That panel of minds on Monday was incredible wasn't it!
Even the word incredible is an understatement, I would say that testimony was historical! It just seems like no big deal because no one is talking about it in the mainstream.
I've been trying to spread the word to people I know in real life and throughout the web about the testimony.
And I’m a cornered animal. I was fired from my job 4 years short of full pension because I wouldn’t take the shots. I’m 59 and unemployed. They’re fighting my unemployment compensation too. Look out! I don’t have much left to lose!
Exactly, this is an important part of the fight. As their narrative collapses. They will do anything to attempt to regain it, ANYTHING.
We must stand strong with people like Alex and others who stand for truth. We cannot allow more censorship, otherwise it will be harder to gain new viewers and change more minds to our cause.
Let’s pray they don’t release a CRISPR’d sars-cov-3 Ebola engineered virus via Sina Bavari at the university of Nebraska. 40-year Ft. Detrick Ebola expert.
Might have already happened. There's a hemorrhagic fever already spreading in China, and gee, the Olympic games are about to kick off. (Ebola is such a disease.)
First resource to check is the Bible. Go with the Olivet Discourse if you want to know what is going on. Next Read John 17 to know what to.do in this linear time in history.
Secret shhhh! “They” are already defeated. Why? Their father of liars hates them and they hate each other. All in an effort to be on the level 13 right below the capstone on the Pyramid.
Can you elaborate on what you mean by "Substack is under pressure." Do we know who owns and operates it? And what do we know about deletions and censorship here?
Hang in there, Alex. The fact that the CCP/Dems are so upset is because they know you are telling the truth. Some may believe in the propaganda but others are scared that they are wrong...... the truth will always be made known. It cannot be hidden no matter how much the hounds of hell bark at it.
"At Substack, we don’t make moderation decisions based on public pressure or PR considerations.
An important principle for us is defending free expression, even for stuff we personally dislike or disagree with. We understand principles come at a cost.
I’m proud of our decision to defend free expression, even when it’s hard, because:
1) We want a thriving ecosystem full of fresh and diverse ideas. That can’t happen without the freedom to experiment, or even to be wrong.
2) People already mistrust institutions, media, and each other.
Knowing that dissenting views are being suppressed makes that mistrust worse.
Withstanding scrutiny makes truths stronger, not weaker.
3) We made a promise to writers that this is a place they can pursue what they find meaningful, without coddling or controlling.
We promised we wouldn’t come between them and their audiences.
And we intend to keep our side of the agreement for every writer that keeps theirs.
I respect that writers on Substack are people who like to think for themselves. They tend not to be conformists, and they have the confidence and strength of conviction not to be threatened by views that disagree with them or even disgust them.
This is becoming increasingly rare
4) Who should be the arbiter of what’s true and good and right?
People should be allowed to decide for themselves, not have a tech executive decide for them.
I wouldn’t want someone to pick out my clothes for me, much less my ideas.
5) The only area where we humans have a perfect track record is that we’ve consistently gotten things wrong.
Every generation has beliefs and blind spots that make future generations aghast.
It would be the height of arrogance to think we’ve suddenly become infallible now.
If everyone who has ever been wrong about this pandemic were silenced, there would be no one left talking about it at all.
6) When it comes to bad ideas, it’s neither right nor smart to martyr them and drive them into dark corners where they’re safe from examination and questioning.
That doesn’t work. What works is examination and mockery (like using the Riddikulus charm against a Boggart).
I read things on Substack all the time that I personally disagree with. Open debate is not always comfortable. But neither, for that matter, is the sea.
Our cofounders just shared a post on why and how Substack aims to rebuild trust in the media ecosystem.
TL;DR: “we make decisions based on principles not PR, we will defend free expression, and we will stick to our hands-off approach to content moderation” "
Substack, don't turn on us. The reason we came to this platform was for freedom, truth, and justice. It was what distinguished you from other platforms and has allowed you to proliferate. Freedom is your competitive advantage.
Telegram is difficult to go through, to see what's new, to respond and comment, to engage. I have a couple groups I follow and I rarely go there. I hope Substack sticks to their values because this is getting ridiculous. I agree with the person here who said check out GETTR. It's designed the same as Twitter in how you post, comment, etc. It's familiar and while I'm not active there, I check it daily and hope as more people move over that it'll get better.
I just wish BigTech would stop f@#king around with speech. I'm a big girl, I can read and analyze issues to do what's best for me and my family. I'm just tired of this.
Substack won't bend on this. Unless youre someone who is literally spreading fake news -- like the vaccine will turn you into an alien, or the vaccine turns your blood blue, or the vaccine is being sold by Bill Gates, who is a pedophile who drinks baby blood...then...that could get banned. But I dont think Substsack removes Berenson, cuz DOZENS of players in the same sandbox would go, including stars like Glenn Greenwald and Bari Weiss.
ugh, why should anything be banned? free speech is free speech. i'm old enough to remember the "national enquirer" a crazy newspaper for sale at every grocery checkout that said all sorts of wild shit about aliens and other insanity. we all just shrugged and knew it was nonsense.
Alex. You are doing very very important work and we are all grateful to you for your true critical thinking skills, research and courage in the face of tyranny! Please take special precautions for your safety and security. We can see the growing tidal wave of panic your intrepid and truthful reporting is creating in 'the enemy'. Please be extra careful but don't stop your relentless pursuit of truth and your publication of same. God Bless and watch over you!!!
There are no safe spaces. Alex and other writers will use whatever platforms work for them. If a platform doesn't work, they'll leave, and those who want that writer's words will follow. Audiences, and everyone else, needs to get over the expectation of absolute safety we've been indoctrinated with. The world doesn't work that way. Good information is like any other worthwhile pursuit -- we have to work for it. Those who expect to lay on their couch and be spoonfed what they want to hear are the cause of every failed society throughout history.
The bigger problem is the incompetence of many to know what they need, and their dependence on others to tell them what to think. Substack can't fix that. Neither can we.
Use what works, discard what doesn't. Don't worry about the lemmings.
Substack is a business. They'll do what's best for them. Not for Alex. Not for you.
As with all the others on substack, I'm here for one reason and that is you. Keep up the great work! History will look kindly on you and all those who spoke the truth in this time of chaos. We are truly in the book 1984.
I've been on Telegram for a while. Welcome. I left Twitter because El Gato got kicked off, you were kicked off, Naomi Wolf....the list is long. So far Telegram has worked out.
We need to support the truckers in Canada. 99% of the time Canada doesn't even register, but right now they are the epicenter of the popular revolt against the globalist elites. Largest protest in Canadian history by far. Trudeau has gone into hiding thanks to a conveniently timed positive covid test.
Throw a few bucks to the truckers. Fuel is expensive and they need to eat.
Dear Substack, I am a refugee from the Wall Street Journal to whom my money flowed freely for 7 years (while they reported fairly and evenly.) Last year, I decided to leave that land to set sail for the free land of Substack following Alex Berenson, Mike Solana, and others and commiting my time and money to subscriptions instead of printed paper. You have the opportunity to be something new, something wonderful, something different than old, Big Media. Please keep the faith. Readers like us are following the truth, we're no longer following platforms or brands. We're here today; and gone tomorrow if you're just more of the same, old, big, bad media.
Where substack said they stood by free speech and creators. They would not have made that post if there was not outside pressure to ban us. Worrying for those of us that have spent time getting subscribers on this platform, but the message is too important to censor ourselves...
I tried to get Telegram, but they require a cell phone to create an account. I don't have a cell phone, I use Skype when I'm asked for a cell phone number, and Telegram is one of the places that doesn't work with Skype.
Edit: Maybe you could get on Locals? I follow several channels on Locals and was initially directed here from https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/ when Robert Barnes linked one of your articles.
Yup locals is the way to go. They work with Rumble now but you would have a platform we could join and pay you but also get free still as you wish. Chat for those who pay, short videos, etc. Would be perfect
My big worry for substack and all so called "independent" media is one that requires me to know their ownership and business strategy; but these types of platforms take some deep pockets to get off the ground, and the capital invested generally demands a return. So what happens when Blackrock investors come calling with the offer, or more likely, vote their majority to tender the sale?
Does Substack even post principles of operation that give us confidence the owners would not sell out to George Soros if the price was right?
It is aggravating to me within my lines of work to see all these principled non-profits pushing destructive woke causes with piles of free money from the virtue signaling woke-aware corporations while these woke corporations also work to consolidate and control all media to eliminate our Nation's foundation of a free and independent press. The private sector used to protect the press from becoming a propaganda tool of government. However, today the government and the big money in the private sector is working together to ensure it is an effective propaganda tool serving their colluded money interests.
We are going to need some deep thinking and profound policy work by Republicans in the coming years. That is why I don't hold out much hope that places like Substack will be plentiful nor lasting.
Is anyone pounding on the topic of WW3 Weapons of BioMass destruction, and that these counter measures are antidotes to this insane War technology? Are we dropping constantly little Hiroshima bombs all over the planet, while common slaves just think their best interest is being looked after?
Agree. China certainly did this on purpose or at least let the snakes run wild after noting the breach in the snake cage. And it seems that our western government officials are either complicit turncoats in this war, or else they are really that stupid... or both. I think both.
Telegram’s CEO, Pavel Durov, is reportedly a member of the World Economic Forum. It seems to be a free speech platform today but I wonder what the future holds for the platform, given the agenda of the World Economic Forum.
I suggested it before: Go on to GAB. You may not like the politics, but the organization is the only one that is committed to free speech and has cut itself off of any nasty woke pressure, including now banking. What I see now on Twitter is that they continue to trim the influence of non-woke thinking, for example forcing conservative commenters to click every three comments to view comments -- insidious. GAB cannot be pressured.
That substack is being pressured displays the extreme totalitarianism leading us to a North Korean model: Bernie Sanders and his 27 brands of toothpaste comment. The next step is to mandate a single brand of clothing. Totalitarianism is utilitarianism without brains.
I trust Substack also--and I think they understand the droves of people who've been censored/shadow banned/"fact-checked" or otherwise harassed on Twitter, Facebook and Google. This is kind of like when cable TV first rolled out--seemingly the whole world lived on 3 major networks and that kinda weird PBS. People thought "who on earth would waste time looking at re-runs or 24-hour TV?" MTV changed the landscape.
Everyone urging their new favorite platform is kind of ridiculous. NOBODY has time to post to 15-20 different sites. Twitter/Metaface are basically "free" to their users--although they don't actually put posts into follower's feeds and harass the crap out of page/organization posters to "boost" to get their message out to people who have followed them. The point was brought up by another reader and I agree--we PAY to read your posts on Substack. Substack gets a cut. They would be beyond foolish to ban you here.
Substack should also be pretty aware that while I love the simplicity of the platform, and I'm sure there are lots of details that were not easy to get right, replicating it (at first crudely) would not be a huge project. Personally I archive all the emails so at least I have a copy somewhere should something "go wrong". The population of censorship refugees on substack are not going to just give up and are not going to balk at moving into less pleasant accommodations.
It would not be a big lift for Lbry/Odysee or Gab to make a substack clone. Gab has their own infrastructure including payment processor, and Lbry has their own crypto coin.
I have a Telegram account, but I despise the format. Please keep fighting. You likely have more resources than those who are also suffering under mandates and censorship. They need you.
GETTR seems to be gaining popularity....same format as Twitter. Truly none of them are safe from the regime running this country into the ground, but for now GETTR is allowing Free Speech....
Curtailing free speech , scientific debate, and viewing everything via the false prisms of systemic racism, gender and climate change are part and parcel of the war by the woke world against traditional American and moral values. I am triple vaxxed but that does not mean that I subscribe to or agree with everything that Fauci has done-especially with respect to being in favor of change in function research as set forth in the WP, approving a grant to Wuhan , leading the suppression of inquiries into the origins of the pandemic and then claiming that anyone who disagrees is anti science.
Even Telegram is coming under pressure. The German government claims that Telegram is radicalizing people, but then they probably also claim Alex Berenson is radicalizing people.
Is there another platform that might not cave to pressure?
I'm on substack for your content. I paid for the year. If you move off this platform I'm assuming refunds will be available. I won't support a platform that doesn't allow free speech.
I would share on twitter but my account is suspended for hateful speech which is my profile pic (Dr. Zelenko's Yellow Star w/ "non vaxxed" inside which he pushed out to use). Nazis don't like comparisons to previous Nazis.
Tucker needs to come out supporting you and Substack way more. He knows what the data shows but most of the time he is behind the curve reporting it because of the globalists/Massvaxists/Big Pharma advertising $.
Tucker… Time to play hardball. If you are truly supportive of other risk takers, the lead by example! This is the #1 issue in the world. Bigger then Ukraine. Bigger then any Rep/Dem story. Bigger then illegal immigration. You can still report on this things but prioritize differently. COVID Massvaxist efforts to destroy society should lead every night until these evil forces are exorcised from society.
this is just getting out of control, we are literally like the underground, becoming more and more just like the underground in the late 1930s….. its just UNFREAKINBELIEVABLE
The only reason I am on substack is because of guys like you, Alex. I am sure that majority here would agree with me. If substack is going to fold, it will go sideways, just like my relationship with Twitter and Facebook.
Agreed, I imagine most of Berenson's followers would leave Substack without Berenson.
I subscribe to a few newsletters I like. But I came here first because of Alex.
Same here. But I'd cancel ALL of my Substack subscriptions if they cancel Alex! I think if this happens we must all do this, as a matter of principle!
agree 100%
Amen brother (or sister)!
sister
This goes with much of social media tyranny. If more people took this principled stand, what a difference we could make!
Don't do that.
What about Malone, Matt Taibbi, Greenwald, et al?
Don't abandon them please
If Alex gets kicked off of Substack, they should all leave too, in protest and in solidarity. I'm absolutely serious.
“We must all hang together or we shall surely hang separately” - Ben Franklin
All substack contributors and subscribers need to make it clear that they will hang together with Alex.
Agree
same!
I came here because of Matt Taibbi, but Alex is great reading, too.
And what does that do Taibbi? He could be next.
Same here 🙏🏻
Same here!
He was my first paid subscription, but after his clearly false comments on ivermectin, followed by a so-far-unfulfilled promise to address it soon, I have turned off my renewal. I keep checking to see if he will address his idiotic disinfo about IVM, so far no.
His stories average several hundred comments less since then, I noticed.
Not only fewer comments but we have lost the comments from educators and physicians who used to contribute a lot of information to the discussion. I valued that input and miss it.
Does this explain the sudden spike in direct emails? Unfortunately I gave AB my work email... For months nothing, now suddenly I have to be careful about sharing my screen in Zoom calls
I'd be curious to know what the "false comments" are.
Simple, he said ivermectin doesnt work, and something to the effect of no evidence shows it does. To the contrary, we have abundant clinical and real world data showing ivermectin works against covid, including the recent Project Veritas dump of DoD info which concurs.
That's interesting. I know of several people who have used ivermectin and successfully navigated the disease. Seems out of character for Alex to ignore that data. Never-the-less, I'm sticking with him.
Agreed.. But...
"Seems out of character for Alex to ignore that data"
I would say "It seems absolutely heartbreaking for Alex to ignore that data"
And it sucks that at 50 I apparently still have the tendency to hero worship... which I have known for a LONG time ALWAYS leads to crushing disappointment. Especially when so much is on the line RIGHT NOW. We aren't arguing baseball here
I've been waiting for more on this issue too. My experience with it was profound so I'm curious what his issue is.
Same. What gives?🤷♀️
Yep👍 this be true. I am contorted about why Alex did what he did😏
And what was up with the bizarre accusations that Malone wasn’t deeply involved with the creation of mRNA technology?
that's because he is dumb and overhyped
Are you suggesting that Ivernmectin is not an effective COVID treatment?
Edit: nevermind, didn't follow the thread. I apologize
Wow, I definitely feel you. Why hasn't ANYONE explained this? It's so dissonant
Since the Malone nonsense, this is my first time back here. So nice to know I am not alone. That was gut punch, not lying.
No question
Yep
hell yes. if substack goes sideways I'd definitely pull $$ from... everything i am subscribed to.
I am confused. I have been excited about Al Ber since I heard him reporting against the narrative of the main steam scum that needs to be burned to the ground. What happened with Malone and Alex and does anyone know about the effectiveness of ivermectic or lack of effectiveness? Can anyone enlighten me? I have trust concerns with nearly everyone in this movement and I feel like AB is trustworthy.
i've been following the early treatment thing since prob mid 2020. the jury is in. early treatment works. there is no one drug but ivermectin is central to many protocols.
at this point there is tons of evidence. some of the most published and professionally accomplished doctors i've ever seen have treated thousands of patients. papers on early treatment published (McCullough), manuscripts submitted to NIH (Kory), international network of doctors sharing success stories.
what it comes down to is motive.
it's obvious to me that pharma and fauci have great reasons to lie. ealry treatment would end the pandemic. end vaccines. end EUA. billions lost in vaccine sales. good luck making 30 billion off patent expired hydroxychloroquin.
and what do these doctors have to gain? getting attacked on social media? hit articles? wrecked reputations? destroyed careers? cause i see no benefits for them at all. so maybe a few doctors are brave enough to risk great professional harm and do the right thing. most of them aren't.
Yeah, welcome to the first stage of grief brother
For sure! I don’t care about substack
Definitely! Count me as one of those followers.
Alex is the only reason I paid to be here.
SAME WITH SPOTIFY AND JOE ROGAN :; COVID Satire/Memes/Jokes: Best Spotify Cancels Neil Young (Who?) Memes
https://covidsteria.substack.com/p/best-spotify-cancels-neil-young-memes
Yep!
Me 2
Me 3 😊
Me 4.
You guys are funny!
Alex, El Gato Malo and Jordan S are the only reasons I am on here. If this goes sideways they will lose a ton of their readership
oh come on, we all know cats can't type capital letters ;-)
Now that's funny
I love el gato. What is Jordan's substack?
Jordan Schactel
Great-- found him. I follow him on Twitter and have for awhile.
Jordan's stack is in depth, and I paid for a year. Figured these guys are doing what our tax dollars SHOULD have paid for
I agree andI hope they don't yield. If they do, I'm outta here.
Alex, can you share with us the signs you're seeing of Substack being under pressure?
I'm curious also. I don't see the pressure point for substack. They don't take advertising, so it's not like big tech or mainstream media can demonetize them. I suppose big finance could cut off the payment processing for subscriptions. May end up being a moot point for me. I'm getting pretty close to a radical lifestyle change. Going to move to a small town in a red state and set up a business that provides services to real humans sitting right in front of me.
They're hosted on Amazon web services. Remember Parler.com?
Here's Alex's segment: https://rumble.com/vtbbjb-tucker-carlson-tonight-alex-berenson-boosters-dangerous-and-should-be-pulle.html
Amazon pulls sites
A
Congratulations
We get thousands down here every month
Evil - the hit piece article specifically mentioned that they are covering how substack is supporting misinformation.
What article?!
WaPo and the Guardian I believe.
https://taibbi.substack.com/p/the-folly-of-pandemic-censorship?r=j8oqz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
The Guardian - they are a joke, even here in Britain. The only people who read their rag are the staff at the BBC . . .
Ahh yes, state run media, the only ones who believe state propaganda.
Oh jeez. We need to ignore these sources. Over time they will fail.
In Canada Trudeau donated two $600 million payments to keep useless legacy media afloat . With predictable results , they tow the party line . They are literally state sponsored media .
https://on.substack.com/p/society-has-a-trust-problem-more
This is what Alex is referencing when he says substack is under pressure.
If Substack caves, censors "misinformation" and "cancels" any of the people I follow, I will expect a refund on all of my subscriptions. I wonder how that works.
I was thinking that same thing.
Statism is the only true evil.
That's a great statement. They also know that if they fold they are gone. It will just hasten censorship-resistant blogging with far better monetization options (which is where they should evolve the platform to anyway).
They need to reorganize on a non-amazon platform.
Pretty sure that it was the WaPo email exchange from yesterday…it is clear the ONLY explanation is to start Substack pressure
The MSM is — and should be —threatened by Substack! They might just be figuring out that this is their real disrupting technology!!!
Frankly these days much of the MSM is threatened by what I read on my morning Cornflakes box
😂
Here's another reason....If the "vaccines" are SO "safe and effective"...why the delay...SHOW US THE DATA !
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/fda-asks-court-delay-first-55k-batch-covid-19-docs-pfizer-moves-intervene
We, The People, Have the Right to Know what's being injected into our Families, Friends, Co-Workers, Neighbors.......After all, Our Tax Dollars paid for this debacle !!
Why, also, the 55 year delay to release the development and test information? It was funded by the public so there should be no patent protection considerations getting in the way. The delay is not to protect the public but to protect the guilty.
And yes why all the controversy? If the shots were that effective, there would not be pushback because it would be obvious to all that they worked. What we have is the opposite. The same is true for Covid. Trying to turn Covid into something bigger doesn't work because anyone who cares to look can see that the threat doesn't match the response.
agreed! I follow people who can actually say what they think!
Could not agree more. It’s only because of honest folks like you Alex. Truth Social can’t launch soon enough!
Just change the name to AboveStack.......
Superstack!
A steaming hotstack is what it will be. Which is a name for a recent defecation in the cold outdoors
TruthStack
Or wokestack
Same here.. If they drop you I'll delete them.. Pressure can be applies on both sides..
I joined substack to support Alex & gladly paid. And a few others I enjoy too. Substack ..what is going on with you?!!
Actually on Wednesday substack said they continue to support free speech and have no plans to cancel but they continue to get pressure from the censors.
Do you have a link their statement?
Here: https://pressgazette.co.uk/campaign-group-chief-says-substack-profiting-from-misinformation-deaths/
And
https://on.substack.com/p/society-has-a-trust-problem-more
Good to know. Hope they continue to have a backbone & stand up to the censors. As always, money talks.
Agree completely.
I'm on substack for the same reason, never heard of it until Alex etc joined
I forget how I got into this sub stack in the first place. Senility. I did join because of Alex. How I got the link to follow I do not know. Maybe heard he was booted off of Twitter. :D
Here’s another good resource Brighteon. will never go public and Mike certainly is the captain of his own server.
Look what happened to patreon when they lost control of the company’s stock. Staying independent is the only way to travel,
Point of order on Telegram. The server most likely is in Germany.
https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/01/14/who-owns-telegram/
Telegram was founded by Pavel Durov and his brother Nikolai in Russia, however, they have now moved their headquarters to Berlin, Germany.
Really, interesting. They are under a lot of pressure there, and Italy. The Gov't has framed people and some are calling for it to be banned.
Interesting that he lives in Dubai.
I'm out of here if they dump you. What is wrong with them?
I agree completely. We pay to follow Alex's work here and would not only have no reason to stay at Substack if Alex leaves, but we would leave immediately.
Agreed.
Go to gttr alex
gttr has ties to ccp of all things.
The people that oppose ccp
Important distinction!
Who knows, it's all through Google...know the truth, stand up for the truth and be the line of defense for children!
Read this and decide for yourself about gttr https://talkliberation.substack.com/p/gettr-app-report
Thanks for the info..I suppose we all just keep telling the truth on ALL PLATFORMS realizing our privacy days are looonnng gone.
I know it definitely has to do with your warning on Tucker Carlson and your recent Substacks. They will try anything to shut you up.
Your not alone in the fight Mr. Berenson, keep it up we're with you!
They are also pissed about Bari Weiss and Robert Malone. And probably Glenn Greenwald (which isn't anything new!).
Funny thing is the dissidents are the reason substack became popular. I hope they don't cave
I'd use the word "truthtellers" rather than "dissidents."
The narrative and control is collapsing. They are trying to regain it as fast as possible. People like Alex and his extension (us his viewers and supporters) are in their way.
They are going to try everything, we must stand strong with Alex and others. Otherwise our message will be censored into the pits of oblivion.
You can feel their desperation. They are fighting with all of their might because between the information getting out by Alex, Malone, Bad Cat etc, and people's own experience of many vaxxed getting Covid, the ability to push further boosters is (hopefully) nearing its end.
Hope springs eternal.
Pray GOD intercedes you heal.
What will finally shake the bones of the deluded deniers? When someone they love does of the jabs. Top it off with a booster the victims may die this year. Most certainly within 5 years.
I say this with absolute no pleasure. We will be attending many funerals of our family and friends soon in our circle.
Ignore the mistakes my iPhone decided to change sigh..
Pray GOD intercedes to heal.
Reality will hit when someone dies of the jabs they cherish.
Denial is strong until then that couldn’t possibly be me.
Agreed!
Noted in my life the closer I get to Truth which can only be IESOUS I AM says
Isaiah 59 the harder the pushback.
Hebrews 13
6 So we may boldly say:
“The Lord is my helper;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?”
Read the whole of John 17.
My life on earth is not dear to me. Eternity with I AM is the only thing that matters.
The most repeated sentence
150 Bible results for “fear not” https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=fear+not&version=NKJV
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SUGGESTED RESULT
Isaiah 41:10
Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
Go forth and declare the Truth everyone!
Do NOT be dismayed. As He told us “they” hated Him before us.
Amen and Amen.
Thank you for today's God moment. I am about to lose my job. My accommodation request was denied, though that denial is being appealed. I have prayed for strength and guidance and have looked each day for God to speak to me through His word. The comments in the substack have been a source of many of the verses from which I have drawn strength. I have been keeping a log to give me strength. "Fear not, for I am with you. Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Tomorrow He will hold my hand. "For I know the plan I have for you." Jeremiah 29:11
Jennifer,
So sorry dear heart.
We all should kneel in prayer for you.
We believe in the absolute power of prayer.
MULTIPLICATION PRAYER – MATTHEW 14:13-21 LOAVES AND FISHES
https://www.missionariesofprayer.org/2016/05/multiplication-prayer-matthew-14-17-21-loaves-fishes/
One of my favorite sites:
Knowing Jesus.
https://www.knowing-jesus.com/
When I read this I see a pattern that only comes from the Holy Spirit. In someway each time matches in another place. Invigorating! This should bring a smile to everyone’s face. He heard us! :}
For example we have been be wailing the demoniacs who appear to be human and here it is timely eh?
“He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.” John 12:48
Source: https://dailyverse.knowing-jesus.com/
Jennifer these verses may help you focus:
Knowing Jesus Blessings
https://prayer.knowing-jesus.com/Prayers-of-Blessings
The prayer of a righteous man | James 5:16-18
https://calvarychapelmcallen.org/the-prayer-of-a-righteous-man-james-516-18/
Serving him with you,
Mabel Lean
Thank you for these sources. I went into my interview having taken a few moments in prayer and a request that God guide my words. I had beside me several verses, including Psalm 146: 3 (Do not put your trust in human beings, who cannot save), Isaiah 41:10, I Corinthians 2:5 (so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God's power) and others. I closed the interview with a reference to waiting for God to reveal His plan for me (Jeremiah 29:11). I rejoice in this trial because He has brought me closer to Him and closer to His word. I believe I stuck to my sincerely held religious belief that God told me to stick with natural immunity, I avoided a debate of science, I countered the Pope's words (morale obligation) with my sincerely held religious belief. God has a plan, it will be revealed (in part) soon. Thank you for providing these references and the prayers. I will let you know when I learn the outcome.
I also rejoice that God has given us sources, like Alex Berenson, and that He has given me this outlet to better understand data manipulation and analysis of data. So many reasons to be thankful in this time of hardship!
Well said
Perry - lol right they've hated brave Glenn for ages now
I wonder if that's why he lives abroad?
It strikes me that Bari is the type that flees a blue state and then tries to turn her new home red state blue.
Bari is looking for a political center that is essentially a myth now. There's no "middle ground" when a criminal tries to push you into an oncoming train. But no one is perfect so I am hopeful her intellectual journey will lead her to see the flaws in 1960's style liberalism that she implicitly sees as the civilizational ideal.
William F.Buckley once defined or described a conservative as a liberal who had been mugged by reality. Alan Dershowitz, Bari Weiss and all of the refugees from the NYT aka Pravda on the Hudson are conservatives in that respect as they search for a self defined middle ground between the woke world and the conservative universe that warned for decades about the excesses of the left . That search should be welcomed by all thinking individuals.
Do a return appearance with Tucker & reveal the extreme censorship to prevent people from knowing about these failed ‘ dangerous injections. Do not retreat!
Now that Alex has committed open heresy you wonder whether even Tucker will be able to provide a platform given the reality that ultimately they serve the same master. Look at what happened to Lara Logan.
What happened to Lara ?
On air she said that people around the world have told her they compare Fauci to Josef Mengele, the "Angel of Death" nazi. Fauci publicly complained on air why people who say things like that are not punished. Although I agree with the comparison, Lara specifically stated that "people" she encounters around the globe are telling her this. She did not literally say she agreed.
Thank you- he and Collins are evil- more emails have come out - yet people still praise them- this country is a mess - thank god for people like Alex, tucker etc ,,, scar times !
Fauci is “Sickle” in Italian. It fits.
She compared Fauci to Mengela, which does not seem like an error to me. Fauci and his minions have taken a lot of lives with their mad scientist gain of function activities..
I would compare Fauci to Trofim Lysenko-his record speaks for itself-beginning with wasting tons of money on a cure for a nonexistent kind of AIDS, approving of gain of function research in the WP, approving a grant for change of function research in Wuhan, urging a cover up as to the origins of the pandemic , perjuring himself in Congressional testimony, and claiming that his critics are criticizing Congress
Fauci has control over federal grant money-he played a huge role in suppressing any investigation into the origins of the pandemic and in a lockdown/vaccine approach only as opposed to seriously consider the use of therapeutics in the worst days of 2020. A serious case can be made without any hysterics for his termination, loss of pension and being charged with perjury and what also appears to be obstruction of justice in releasing seriously redacted documents in response to legitimate inquiries as to what and when he knew of the onset and dangerous nature of the pandemic, and who he communicated with
They canceled her because she made an error in a story.
But they were looking for chances to discredit her. It was ugly what they did to her
Riiight. How many times have their minions made “errors” in a story.
Who is "they"?
"Who ain't?"
Oh no! I must have missed that - how can I search? Why is Fauxchi ad nauseam not canceled for all the MISTAKES they have made?!?!?!
Lara Logan made a statement on Pete Hegseth's show equating Fauci to Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele. Logan's talent agency, UTA, immediately dropped her with Fox announcing that Logan's show, Lara Logan Has No Agenda, would be discontinued. Alex knew that he was stepping into a hornet's next when he announced on Tucker's show that this would be the most important announcement he would make. I'm predicting a Logan-like backlash against Alex.
WHAT?! I actually watched that program when she said that. What's the issue? It was too offensive to Mengele? ha
There is a Megyn Kelly podcast with Lara Logan I want to say from November or December where she goes into detail what happened. I believe it was with CBS news that Ms. Logan had problems.
Thank you!
This is true, very good point. This is not looking good. We must stay strong though.
Yes, Alex must do this. If we do not fight against the censorship, viewership will be minimized, it will be harder for new people to be exposed to this information.
How can we influence or change new minds if one is censored to the pits of oblivion?!
Who are “they”?
Hybrids that have lost their humanity and are full of demons. Look up what Zuckerberg has to say about himself.
Shocking his self disclosure. But shouldn’t be. Classic Luciferian.
This IS spiritual warfare never doubt this for a moment. Read the Olivet Discourse.
“They” are busily setting up their father’s dominion of liars, cheats, thieves and murderers.
GOD cannot be stopped.
Read Revelation 21.
Steve Deace recently appeared on Tucker Carlson, and exposed Fauci as a narcissist. When the episode was posted online, all segments appeared except one - this one: https://rumble.com/vt6xgi-steve-deace-and-tucker-carlson-rip-anthony-fauci-steve-deace-show.html
Follow Steve. He's got a razor sharp wit to go with the snark, and has interesting guests on. He wrote a book on Fauci which was a best seller, and even in many conservative circles he's persona-non-grata because he'll tell them the truth.
Wow, that hit home. Evil Fauci has made every decision for all of our lives for the last two years. And we have never put that kind of power in one person.
I loved the passing reference to Lord Farquaad... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiKuxfcSrEU "Some of you may die.... but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make."
...and hire a few more bodyguards.
If fox will allow lol
Like Dr.Zelenko said a few weeks ago. The mongers are doubling an tripling down now. The only desire they have is control and power at all costs! This is exactly what the CCP does
They attacked Dr. Malone with slander the other day too. They are going to pull every card they can.
Exactly...its only getting thicker now at every turn especially with no one in the GOP or other so called protectionary entities holding these perps accountable. All we get is blah blah blah and redundancy
The only Senator doing his job and putting his neck out there is Sen. Ron Johnson. The rest of them are pro. wrestlers, political actors at best.
That testimony held by Johnson this Monday I believe had a bigger impact than we even know. That explains the timing of our enemy going on an aggressive offense these last few days.
Johnson "surely" doing his part and just infuriating how all the GOP do not get behind this obvious attack on the West and America. I say that fully knowing many of them are compromised in some way or bought off in the Swamplands. That panel of minds on Monday was incredible wasn't it!
I would assume that major Pharma companies have contributed to many GOP’er campaigns, hence the silence….
J et al.
Afraid to die yet do not fear God.
Even the word incredible is an understatement, I would say that testimony was historical! It just seems like no big deal because no one is talking about it in the mainstream.
I've been trying to spread the word to people I know in real life and throughout the web about the testimony.
Yes its the only way to get it out is to spread to those you can. Zero assistance from MSM
Cornered animals get desperate.
And I’m a cornered animal. I was fired from my job 4 years short of full pension because I wouldn’t take the shots. I’m 59 and unemployed. They’re fighting my unemployment compensation too. Look out! I don’t have much left to lose!
GOD damn them all!
And “they” eat their own.
If you haven’t watched the Sen Johnson video … it’s a must
100% Agree!
They are desperate!
They're just like a wounded animal backed into a corner. And they are every bit as dangerous.
This is Ephesians 6 territory. It isn't just "Man" that we're fighting.
Exactly, this is an important part of the fight. As their narrative collapses. They will do anything to attempt to regain it, ANYTHING.
We must stand strong with people like Alex and others who stand for truth. We cannot allow more censorship, otherwise it will be harder to gain new viewers and change more minds to our cause.
Let’s pray they don’t release a CRISPR’d sars-cov-3 Ebola engineered virus via Sina Bavari at the university of Nebraska. 40-year Ft. Detrick Ebola expert.
Explain for all Sina Bavari
Might have already happened. There's a hemorrhagic fever already spreading in China, and gee, the Olympic games are about to kick off. (Ebola is such a disease.)
Yikes. Wouldn’t be surprised COVID Sars2 was spread from the International War games of which we send representatives. Great superspreader eh?
Shut down all Bioweapon facilities on planet. How long will a treaty take? Forever WW3?
When GOD comes again.
2 years later and we can’t call it like it is….
Weapons of BIOMASS destruction. Let’s just avoid the truth and keep injecting the “Antidote”.
Amen RR.
First resource to check is the Bible. Go with the Olivet Discourse if you want to know what is going on. Next Read John 17 to know what to.do in this linear time in history.
Secret shhhh! “They” are already defeated. Why? Their father of liars hates them and they hate each other. All in an effort to be on the level 13 right below the capstone on the Pyramid.
Fear not!
Can you elaborate on what you mean by "Substack is under pressure." Do we know who owns and operates it? And what do we know about deletions and censorship here?
I posted this information on Alex's post from last night:
Seems like Substack is getting some heat. Thanks Substack for defending free expression. 1) Twitter post from Substack VP Comms: https://twitter.com/lulumeservey/status/1486460162680500227 2) Substack post from Substack Cofounders: https://on.substack.com/p/society-has-a-trust-problem-more
Hang in there, Alex. The fact that the CCP/Dems are so upset is because they know you are telling the truth. Some may believe in the propaganda but others are scared that they are wrong...... the truth will always be made known. It cannot be hidden no matter how much the hounds of hell bark at it.
Please don't quit Alex....you are on the Frontline taking a beating.....we all appreciate you.
I had a Green Beret friend who is no longer with us.....he would sign off with
#NEVERQUIT on all his communications.
You are a hero....
Thank you for your bravery and courage. It is uncommon. We are in uncommon times.....you are uncommon.
#NEVERQUIT
Just get on Gab and be done with it.
Agreed, Gab is good.
Built from the ground up to avoid vulnerability to big tech cancelation.
Good luck Alex. Fuck the regime.
Substack would implode if they started censoring people. Would be like cutting off one's leg at the start of the Boston Marathon.
They would have a refund nightmare on their hands!!!
They already started
Where? Who?
They deleted some of my content yesterday
Wow sorry to hear that.
On the bright side, they wrote this yesterday (https://twitter.com/lulumeservey/status/1486460150441562128)
"At Substack, we don’t make moderation decisions based on public pressure or PR considerations.
An important principle for us is defending free expression, even for stuff we personally dislike or disagree with. We understand principles come at a cost.
I’m proud of our decision to defend free expression, even when it’s hard, because:
1) We want a thriving ecosystem full of fresh and diverse ideas. That can’t happen without the freedom to experiment, or even to be wrong.
2) People already mistrust institutions, media, and each other.
Knowing that dissenting views are being suppressed makes that mistrust worse.
Withstanding scrutiny makes truths stronger, not weaker.
3) We made a promise to writers that this is a place they can pursue what they find meaningful, without coddling or controlling.
We promised we wouldn’t come between them and their audiences.
And we intend to keep our side of the agreement for every writer that keeps theirs.
I respect that writers on Substack are people who like to think for themselves. They tend not to be conformists, and they have the confidence and strength of conviction not to be threatened by views that disagree with them or even disgust them.
This is becoming increasingly rare
4) Who should be the arbiter of what’s true and good and right?
People should be allowed to decide for themselves, not have a tech executive decide for them.
I wouldn’t want someone to pick out my clothes for me, much less my ideas.
5) The only area where we humans have a perfect track record is that we’ve consistently gotten things wrong.
Every generation has beliefs and blind spots that make future generations aghast.
It would be the height of arrogance to think we’ve suddenly become infallible now.
If everyone who has ever been wrong about this pandemic were silenced, there would be no one left talking about it at all.
6) When it comes to bad ideas, it’s neither right nor smart to martyr them and drive them into dark corners where they’re safe from examination and questioning.
That doesn’t work. What works is examination and mockery (like using the Riddikulus charm against a Boggart).
I read things on Substack all the time that I personally disagree with. Open debate is not always comfortable. But neither, for that matter, is the sea.
Our cofounders just shared a post on why and how Substack aims to rebuild trust in the media ecosystem.
TL;DR: “we make decisions based on principles not PR, we will defend free expression, and we will stick to our hands-off approach to content moderation” "
https://on.substack.com/p/society-has-a-trust-problem-more
If substack goes the big tech censorship route, then I will have no use for substack. It will be suicide.
I would cancel my substack subscriptions if they start down the road of censoring informed well reasoned critique.
They already started
They deleted content from my Substack yesterday
Good grief this again? This censorship is absolutely outrageous.
I demand that substack remove all of Neil Youngs ramblings and keep Berenson.
LOL
Substack, don't turn on us. The reason we came to this platform was for freedom, truth, and justice. It was what distinguished you from other platforms and has allowed you to proliferate. Freedom is your competitive advantage.
Telegram is difficult to go through, to see what's new, to respond and comment, to engage. I have a couple groups I follow and I rarely go there. I hope Substack sticks to their values because this is getting ridiculous. I agree with the person here who said check out GETTR. It's designed the same as Twitter in how you post, comment, etc. It's familiar and while I'm not active there, I check it daily and hope as more people move over that it'll get better.
Gettr is not a solution. It is not pro-free-speech. Gab is.
I just wish BigTech would stop f@#king around with speech. I'm a big girl, I can read and analyze issues to do what's best for me and my family. I'm just tired of this.
Must be because of those who we're eating Tide pods and not knowing what gender they are.
I write this on day 4 of Omicron. No meds - except a couple of aspirins. One day of fever and general malaise. On the up and up. Mid 40s healthy dude.
I have had flu that was much much worse.
Oh and yes…single shot vax back in summer - so as good as unvaxxed
Your appearance on Tucker caused an earthquake in the world of some very powerful people. Stay safe!
Substack won't bend on this. Unless youre someone who is literally spreading fake news -- like the vaccine will turn you into an alien, or the vaccine turns your blood blue, or the vaccine is being sold by Bill Gates, who is a pedophile who drinks baby blood...then...that could get banned. But I dont think Substsack removes Berenson, cuz DOZENS of players in the same sandbox would go, including stars like Glenn Greenwald and Bari Weiss.
ugh, why should anything be banned? free speech is free speech. i'm old enough to remember the "national enquirer" a crazy newspaper for sale at every grocery checkout that said all sorts of wild shit about aliens and other insanity. we all just shrugged and knew it was nonsense.
To be fair to the National Enquirer, they were the only one acting as journalists when it came to Democrat politicians. John Edwards, anyone?
Yes, and Brian Cates. If you all get pushed off of Substack, I'm gone too.
They won’t bend in this? They deleted some of my content yesterday
I wrote that America is under attack from the radical left. , and that my Substack is the counterattack. They deleted that.
Hope you are right 👍🏻
Alex. You are doing very very important work and we are all grateful to you for your true critical thinking skills, research and courage in the face of tyranny! Please take special precautions for your safety and security. We can see the growing tidal wave of panic your intrepid and truthful reporting is creating in 'the enemy'. Please be extra careful but don't stop your relentless pursuit of truth and your publication of same. God Bless and watch over you!!!
Please, Alex, get on GAB instead …
Substack, Telegram, Rumble – all are on platforms that can be compromised and/or Pressured.
Gab, on the otherhand has their own full infrastructure etc. that cannot be pressured by BigTech (leftists, etc.)
There are no safe spaces. Alex and other writers will use whatever platforms work for them. If a platform doesn't work, they'll leave, and those who want that writer's words will follow. Audiences, and everyone else, needs to get over the expectation of absolute safety we've been indoctrinated with. The world doesn't work that way. Good information is like any other worthwhile pursuit -- we have to work for it. Those who expect to lay on their couch and be spoonfed what they want to hear are the cause of every failed society throughout history.
The bigger problem is the incompetence of many to know what they need, and their dependence on others to tell them what to think. Substack can't fix that. Neither can we.
Use what works, discard what doesn't. Don't worry about the lemmings.
Substack is a business. They'll do what's best for them. Not for Alex. Not for you.
Nice explanation of the importance of personal responsibility in an era of mass information.
As with all the others on substack, I'm here for one reason and that is you. Keep up the great work! History will look kindly on you and all those who spoke the truth in this time of chaos. We are truly in the book 1984.
I've been on Telegram for a while. Welcome. I left Twitter because El Gato got kicked off, you were kicked off, Naomi Wolf....the list is long. So far Telegram has worked out.
We need to support the truckers in Canada. 99% of the time Canada doesn't even register, but right now they are the epicenter of the popular revolt against the globalist elites. Largest protest in Canadian history by far. Trudeau has gone into hiding thanks to a conveniently timed positive covid test.
Throw a few bucks to the truckers. Fuel is expensive and they need to eat.
Dear Substack, I am a refugee from the Wall Street Journal to whom my money flowed freely for 7 years (while they reported fairly and evenly.) Last year, I decided to leave that land to set sail for the free land of Substack following Alex Berenson, Mike Solana, and others and commiting my time and money to subscriptions instead of printed paper. You have the opportunity to be something new, something wonderful, something different than old, Big Media. Please keep the faith. Readers like us are following the truth, we're no longer following platforms or brands. We're here today; and gone tomorrow if you're just more of the same, old, big, bad media.
For those confused, he is referring to this post
https://on.substack.com/p/society-has-a-trust-problem-more/
Where substack said they stood by free speech and creators. They would not have made that post if there was not outside pressure to ban us. Worrying for those of us that have spent time getting subscribers on this platform, but the message is too important to censor ourselves...
Thanks
If they nuke Alex they nuke themselves. FWIW there is always GAB. Some icky stuff there but that’s part of free speech.
I agree CargoShortGuy.
Not sure if you can see this post since you were kicked off the twitter, but it basically says you won't be kicked off the substack.
https://twitter.com/lulumeservey/status/1486460150441562128
Translation: We hate Berenson but are making too much off his stack to kick him off.
I tried to get Telegram, but they require a cell phone to create an account. I don't have a cell phone, I use Skype when I'm asked for a cell phone number, and Telegram is one of the places that doesn't work with Skype.
Edit: Maybe you could get on Locals? I follow several channels on Locals and was initially directed here from https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/ when Robert Barnes linked one of your articles.
Yup locals is the way to go. They work with Rumble now but you would have a platform we could join and pay you but also get free still as you wish. Chat for those who pay, short videos, etc. Would be perfect
My big worry for substack and all so called "independent" media is one that requires me to know their ownership and business strategy; but these types of platforms take some deep pockets to get off the ground, and the capital invested generally demands a return. So what happens when Blackrock investors come calling with the offer, or more likely, vote their majority to tender the sale?
Does Substack even post principles of operation that give us confidence the owners would not sell out to George Soros if the price was right?
It is aggravating to me within my lines of work to see all these principled non-profits pushing destructive woke causes with piles of free money from the virtue signaling woke-aware corporations while these woke corporations also work to consolidate and control all media to eliminate our Nation's foundation of a free and independent press. The private sector used to protect the press from becoming a propaganda tool of government. However, today the government and the big money in the private sector is working together to ensure it is an effective propaganda tool serving their colluded money interests.
We are going to need some deep thinking and profound policy work by Republicans in the coming years. That is why I don't hold out much hope that places like Substack will be plentiful nor lasting.
Is anyone pounding on the topic of WW3 Weapons of BioMass destruction, and that these counter measures are antidotes to this insane War technology? Are we dropping constantly little Hiroshima bombs all over the planet, while common slaves just think their best interest is being looked after?
Agree. China certainly did this on purpose or at least let the snakes run wild after noting the breach in the snake cage. And it seems that our western government officials are either complicit turncoats in this war, or else they are really that stupid... or both. I think both.
If Substack starts censoring, I'm out.
They already started
Telegram’s CEO, Pavel Durov, is reportedly a member of the World Economic Forum. It seems to be a free speech platform today but I wonder what the future holds for the platform, given the agenda of the World Economic Forum.
Hmm. That doesn't bode well at all.
I suggested it before: Go on to GAB. You may not like the politics, but the organization is the only one that is committed to free speech and has cut itself off of any nasty woke pressure, including now banking. What I see now on Twitter is that they continue to trim the influence of non-woke thinking, for example forcing conservative commenters to click every three comments to view comments -- insidious. GAB cannot be pressured.
That substack is being pressured displays the extreme totalitarianism leading us to a North Korean model: Bernie Sanders and his 27 brands of toothpaste comment. The next step is to mandate a single brand of clothing. Totalitarianism is utilitarianism without brains.
I don't think you should trust any single platform. You need a backup to Telegram and a backup to that backup and probably a backup to that backup.
I trust Substack also--and I think they understand the droves of people who've been censored/shadow banned/"fact-checked" or otherwise harassed on Twitter, Facebook and Google. This is kind of like when cable TV first rolled out--seemingly the whole world lived on 3 major networks and that kinda weird PBS. People thought "who on earth would waste time looking at re-runs or 24-hour TV?" MTV changed the landscape.
Everyone urging their new favorite platform is kind of ridiculous. NOBODY has time to post to 15-20 different sites. Twitter/Metaface are basically "free" to their users--although they don't actually put posts into follower's feeds and harass the crap out of page/organization posters to "boost" to get their message out to people who have followed them. The point was brought up by another reader and I agree--we PAY to read your posts on Substack. Substack gets a cut. They would be beyond foolish to ban you here.
Substack should also be pretty aware that while I love the simplicity of the platform, and I'm sure there are lots of details that were not easy to get right, replicating it (at first crudely) would not be a huge project. Personally I archive all the emails so at least I have a copy somewhere should something "go wrong". The population of censorship refugees on substack are not going to just give up and are not going to balk at moving into less pleasant accommodations.
It would not be a big lift for Lbry/Odysee or Gab to make a substack clone. Gab has their own infrastructure including payment processor, and Lbry has their own crypto coin.
You trust Substack? They deleted some of my content yesterday
I have a Telegram account, but I despise the format. Please keep fighting. You likely have more resources than those who are also suffering under mandates and censorship. They need you.
GETTR seems to be gaining popularity....same format as Twitter. Truly none of them are safe from the regime running this country into the ground, but for now GETTR is allowing Free Speech....
GETTR is on Amazon Servers, plus the Google Play and Apple store. They will be FORCED by big tech to comply or die, just like Parlor.
Went there but then read that gettr does tracking and the software is somehow connected to ccp!?!!
I don't always agree with you but I am very much against cancel culture in any form with respect to the curtailment of free speech
I don’t always agree with my husband but we’ve been married for 25 years. What is happening is incredibly sinister and goes well beyond politics.
Curtailing free speech , scientific debate, and viewing everything via the false prisms of systemic racism, gender and climate change are part and parcel of the war by the woke world against traditional American and moral values. I am triple vaxxed but that does not mean that I subscribe to or agree with everything that Fauci has done-especially with respect to being in favor of change in function research as set forth in the WP, approving a grant to Wuhan , leading the suppression of inquiries into the origins of the pandemic and then claiming that anyone who disagrees is anti science.
https://www.theblaze.com/op-ed/horowitz-whistleblowers-share-dod-medical-data-that-blows-vaccine-safety-debate-wide-open
Even Telegram is coming under pressure. The German government claims that Telegram is radicalizing people, but then they probably also claim Alex Berenson is radicalizing people.
Is there another platform that might not cave to pressure?
Andrew Torba's GAB?
I had no clue what substack was until you went there
I'm on substack for your content. I paid for the year. If you move off this platform I'm assuming refunds will be available. I won't support a platform that doesn't allow free speech.
I would share on twitter but my account is suspended for hateful speech which is my profile pic (Dr. Zelenko's Yellow Star w/ "non vaxxed" inside which he pushed out to use). Nazis don't like comparisons to previous Nazis.
Tucker needs to come out supporting you and Substack way more. He knows what the data shows but most of the time he is behind the curve reporting it because of the globalists/Massvaxists/Big Pharma advertising $.
Tucker… Time to play hardball. If you are truly supportive of other risk takers, the lead by example! This is the #1 issue in the world. Bigger then Ukraine. Bigger then any Rep/Dem story. Bigger then illegal immigration. You can still report on this things but prioritize differently. COVID Massvaxist efforts to destroy society should lead every night until these evil forces are exorcised from society.
I told Substack I will cancel my subscription if you get kicked off. You can too at the Resource Center.
This is likely coming from Big Pharma. Start publishing their lobbyists' meetings with politicians. There is no coverage on that.
this is just getting out of control, we are literally like the underground, becoming more and more just like the underground in the late 1930s….. its just UNFREAKINBELIEVABLE
If you leave Substack - I am right behind you!