Tucker, Twitter, and the New Pamphlet Wars

Carlson just blew the doors off Elon’s social media app. [The Rude Awakening] April 27, 2023 [WEBSITE]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE]( Tucker, Twitter, and the New Pamphlet Wars - Tucker Carlson went on at 8:01 last night.But not on Fox News. - As of writing, his 2:16 video has 32.2 million views. - His average Monday night viewership on Fox News was 3.3 million. [External Advertisement] [[BREAKING] Pentagon to Spend Billions on "Living Missile"]( Air Force Magazine calls it "transformational." The Wall Street Journal calls it one of the Pentagon's "highest priorities." National Defense Magazine reports "Eye-popping budget" for it. [This small company]( won the first contract to build them! [Get the name of the company here ]( [Click Here To Learn More]( [Sean Ring] SEAN RING Happy Thursday from warm, sunny Piedmont. Last night, Manchester City wiped the floor with Arsenal, 4-1, meaning my Gunners probably won’t win the English Premier League for the 19th year in a row. As I watched the highlights this morning, I consoled myself with the fact we’ve got a young squad and that Man City has the best manager in the world in Pep Guardiola. And then, like an angel springing from my Twitter feed, there he was. Tucker. Back already, at 8:01 pm, with a short, spiky 2:16 video that puts paid to the notion, “Those old fogies will never find him on social media!” Well, so far, 32.2 million people have found Tucker’s video. I can almost smell the soiled underwear in Langley, Foggy Bottom, and the Pentagon all the way over here. “You can't win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine,” Obi-Wan once said to Darth Vader. Vader couldn’t help himself and swung for the fences. Now a Force Ghost, Obi-Wan helped Luke use The Force to destroy the Death Star. Of course, that wasn’t the end of it. But we’re at the beginning of the end game now. And it’ll be a fascinating watch. A Daily Reckoning My friend and colleague Brian Maher hit it out of the park in his latest Daily Reckoning piece, “[Why We Stand With Tucker Carlson]( Brian writes: Like Tucker Carlson, we merchant opinion. And like Tucker Carlson, we often merchant disreputable opinion. Like Tucker Carlson, we have filed severe grievances against lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and the rest. Like Tucker Carlson, we have questioned the United States’ role in the Ukrainian morass. Like Tucker Carlson, we have questioned America’s innocence in the Nord Stream dynamiting. All of this has often put us afoul of prevailing wisdom — and, in some cases, our readers. Hear, hear! When I was a child, my favorite founding father was Benjamin Franklin. One of the things that fascinated me about him was his pamphlet writing. Back then, I didn’t own a Macintosh and didn’t understand what “desktop publishing” was. I couldn’t believe you could write something, print it at home, and distribute it among your friends and neighbors. The mechanics of it were inconceivable to me. And yet, that’s what Franklin did hundreds of years before, day in and day out, for many years. On its website, the National Endowment for the Humanities posted a piece titled “[Benjamin Franklin and the Pamphlet Wars]( It opens: Before people could easily post their opinions on Twitter, they traded barbs and fiery accusations via hastily typeset and cheaply printed pamphlets, oftentimes inciting fear and fueling outrage. As with some media today, there were no rules imposing fact verification or source attribution, leading to the spread of what we might label “fake news.” Back when printing presses ruled the day, such eruptions were called “pamphlet wars.” You can ignore the government-mandated nonsense about “fact verification.” As you know, the Biden administration constantly gets hit with Twitter’s Community Notes. But the point is this: people like Brian and I cheer for Tucker because we’re fighting for the same things. Tucker has his method; Brian and I have ours. And there’s no arguing that being on television is a great thing. Carlson averaged over 3 million viewers for Tucker Carlson tonight. But we’re writers, and writing doesn’t produce those numbers. Though we’re grateful for our readers, most people nowadays want video. And since I’ve got a face for radio, I’ve got to stick to writing! [Covid Was Trial Run to Control Americans – This Is Next]( [Click here to learn more]( If Biden’s Executive Order 14067 comes to pass, a former advisor to the CIA and Pentagon is predicting legal government surveillance of all US citizens; total control over your bank accounts and purchases; and indefinite Democrat control past 2024. He says Covid was a trial run for how to control a population. Dems will use their “pandemic playbook” to silence any dissent. [Click here to see exactly what to do before it happens](. [Click Here To Learn More]( The Audience Grows Three million, three schmillion. At 8:01 pm ET last night, Tucker Carlson took to his Twitter account and posted a video. It only took two minutes and sixteen seconds to change the face of the world’s media. The progress of the video is hilarious in and of itself. Try to remain composed. Within the first hour of posting, Carlson managed to get 6.7 viewers. That’s more than double his nightly audience and over 13 times what ChéNN gets. [SJN] After three more hours, Carlson added another million viewers. [SJN] A few hours later, the video had been viewed over eleven and a half million times. [SJN] When I first awoke, the video had 23.2 million views. When I sat down to write this piece at 3:30 am ET, it was up to 23.2 million views. [SJN] Two hours later, as I’m about to wrap up, this video has had over 35 million views. That’s not a typo. Thirty-five million views, or ten times his average nightly audience on Fox News. And you don’t want to miss what comes next. If You Haven’t, Join Twitter: Here’s How. I’ve read the insufferable Gen Z and Millennials claim the “old folk” will never find Tucker on social media. Screw them. If you’re not in the Town Square with us pamphleteers, I want you to go there today. Here’s how: - Go to [twitter.com](. - Then click “Create Your Account.” - Then fill in the required information. - Prove you’re a human by solving two puzzles. (It helps you through this.) - Type in the verification code Twitter sends you via email. - Create a password. - Upload a pic if you want to. - Choose a username. - Turn on notifications if you’d like. - Choose your favorite topics and follow some people (like @seaniechaos and @TuckerCarlson). Et voila! Now you can see everything that’s going on. It’s so much better than watching the MSM news. They don’t tell you anything relevant anymore. Wrap Up A mere few days after his Fox News ousting, Tucker Carlson has changed the world’s media. Whether Twitter becomes his main venue remains to be seen. But everything gets revealed there. So you ought to get on Twitter, even if you never comment. Just read the real news for once. And then you’ll feel much better disagreeing with your government. In the meantime, my chubby digits will keep typing away, looking forward to our morning coffee together. By the way, I get off the Tucker Train for the Morning Reckoning today, coming to your inbox around 9 am ET this morning. Can you believe the Bank of England’s economists told the English peasantry to accept their impending and current poverty? It’s time for a bit of outrage across The Pond. Have a lovely day! All the best, [Sean Ring] Sean Ring Editor, Rude Awakening In Case You Missed It… Did Deep State Remove Tucker to Weaken Trump? [Sean Ring] SEAN RING Happy Hump Day from another lovely morning in Asti! Today, I’m going to do two things. First, I will violate The Rule of One. That is, writing about one thing. There’s much swirling around, and I want to harness the pieces. Second, today’s piece is a speculative one. That means while I attempt to substantiate my opinions with facts, they are opinions nonetheless and should only be taken as opinions. Now that we got that out of the way, let’s speculate to our hearts’ content. Biden and Harris to Run Again in 2024 No matter how hard we hoped it wouldn’t happen, Joke Biden and Kackling Kamala Harris are running again in 2024. Besides his age and declining mental ability, [The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board]( noted: There is also his record in office: unprecedented federal spending that contributed to the worst inflation in 40 years, declining real incomes, worsening culture wars, and growing disorder and declining U.S. influence in the world. His approval rating is down where Mr. Trump’s was at this point in his Presidency. And this is where Biden and the DNC are playing with fire. They want to run against Trump… and only Trump. So The Donald needs to be weakened, but not completely condemned. In yesterday’s [Journal]( Holman W. Jenkins wrote: Mr. Biden needs 2024 to be a straight-up replay of 2020’s Trump referendum. He needs Trumpian controversies to take center stage first to secure for Mr. Trump the Republican nomination and then to assure for Mr. Biden the loyalty of Democrats and independents. Voilà, the indictment by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has been working so far. He and other prosecutors just can’t succeed too well, because then the beneficiary wouldn’t be Mr. Biden, it would be every GOP hopeful with a pulse, who’d have a free shot at Mr. Biden on his record and infirmities. This is as much an anti-campaign as a re-election campaign. The question was, “How can we hit Trump in the media?” And unfortunately, they found their answer. Trump Without Tucker is a Weakened Candidate It seems there were far more sinister reasons for firing Tucker Carlson than the Dominion case and the pending “antisemitic” lawsuit. The powers that be got Rupert Murdoch to show Tucker the door in the middle of negotiating a contract extension for him. Does that sound like Murdoch had any intention of firing Carlson beforehand? Of course not. But keeping Carlson on at Fox was far too risky for Deep State. Biden may be a failure as a president, but he’s great at getting manipulated. So the last thing The Swamp wants to see is Trump’s orange face back in the White House. To that end, it’s alleged they forced Murdoch to fire Carlson forthwith. After all, can you imagine any company nowadays backing their man by saying something like, “We’ve never heard a bad remark from Tucker’s set and back our man to the hilt!”? Never. Gonna. Happen. [@amuse]( on Twitter speculates that Carlson’s contract pays him over $1.6 million monthly through February 2024. [@amuse]( tweeted: SOURCE: Tucker Carlson's contract was signed in Feb 2021 running through Feb 2024 or 25 (The Desk is reporting 2024). As a result, Tucker will be benched throughout much of the presidential election and speculation is that this was done very much on purpose. Tucker had a non-disparagement clause so he won't be able to say much. Hopefully, Tucker has an out as this would be VERY bad for the GOP. Now this makes loads of sense. Knock Carlson out of the way, and both RFK Jr (for the Democratic primaries) and The Donald (for the Presidential election) are severely weakened against Dribbling Joe. ChéNN sacking Don Lemon was a concession to make it all look copasetic. And to keep Carlson in his box, Fox is amassing loads of embarrassing texts and emails against him. This stinks to high heaven! We can hope that Carlson’s agent was clever and included a “get-out” clause. We can also expect Carlson’s lawyer will negotiate an out if an escape clause wasn’t included in his original contract. Now, this next bit may be unrelated, but it seems correlated… [Over 62 And Collect Social Security? Take Action Immediately!]( [Click here to learn more]( [If you’re over the age of 62 and currently collect Social Security, you need to prepare now](. Because Biden has given our country the worst inflation in decades – and many warn things will only get worse from here. Worse yet, the Social Security check you receive now may not keep pace with inflation… [Which is why, if you don’t act now, you could fall behind in the months ahead](. Is your retirement at immediate risk? [Click here now to get the simple, step-by-step actions to survive inflation](. [Click Here To Learn More]( The Market Looks Weak and May Be Turning Over Only last week, I wrote: “[A Rolling Recession Means the Market Is Fine]( And already, I’m not sure about heading higher. Here is an updated SPX chart: [pub] Last week’s piece ended on magenta point 10. But as you can see, yesterday was a big down day for the market. I think we’ll be headed down for the next few weeks, at least. Ed Yardeni, whom I extensively quoted in the piece last week, still thinks the October low of about 3,500 will hold. For now, there’s no reason to doubt that. We’re about 600 points away from there, anyway. The bigger question is, “Will we break the previous low of 3,825 (point 9)?” Then the next target is point 7, whose low is about 3,750. From [Zero Hedge]( Goldman's closely followed flows guru, Scott Rubner, broke one of his golden rules and sent an email this afternoon ("I do not send emails in the afternoon... this goes against every email rule that I follow.") His message was simple - a doubling down on what he said last Friday when after a brief spell as a bull, he made a U-turn: "I am tactically bearish" And as to why he broke his email rule - "things have changed and flow-of-funds changed today... this is new". What is he referring to? Simple: the same technical force that provided a backstop to stocks for much of the past month when fundamentals threatened to drag risk sharply lower and which helped push the market right back to where it was... is no more. Worse, as Goldman's John Flood noted this evening, the CTA Long-Term Momentum Threshold flipped negative today below 4130, with the next two levels to watch are short term of 4067 and the all important medium-term CTA threshold of 4034 (which also happens to be S&P’s 50dma). Besides the usually apocalyptic Zero Hedge, [The Daily Chart Report]( was decidedly sourpussed. [SJN] [SJN] [SJN] Tech stocks may be the cause of the headache. [SJN] We’re not at panic stations by any means, but we may have some short-term turbulence in front of us. Wrap Up Ancient Joe and Kringy Kamala are running again. They may have an easy time if Trump is severely wounded and Tucker isn’t on air to save him. Even though Tucker “passionately hates” Trump, DJT hopped on air with him for an exclusive interview last week, didn’t he? That shows how politics shelve personal feelings. Meanwhile, and perhaps unrelated, the market is heading down for a bit. Maybe it’s just “sell in May and go away” time. We’ll see. Have a great day! All the best, [Sean Ring] Sean Ring Editor, Rude Awakening [Paradigm]( ☰ ⊗ [ARCHIVE]( [ABOUT]( [Contact Us]( © 2023 Paradigm Press, LLC. 808 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore MD 21202. By submitting your email address, you consent to Paradigm Press, LLC. delivering daily email issues and advertisements. 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