Alex I've read your tweets, substacks, books, etc since the early days of Covid and I have an observation. Your biggest strength is your biggest weakness. You have good instincts that help you form early opinions and you're right more than you're wrong, but for the most part those opinions don't change. When you're right that becomes your biggest strength because you're relentless. When you're wrong that becomes your biggest weakness because you're relentless. My suggestion for what you can for your readers going forward is to take one of these subjects where your readers aren't aligned with you, take a step back, forget your opinion and immerse yourself in that subject. Get into the weeds with research, interview the people that don't agree with your opinion and see where you land. I think your audience would be really interested in that experiment as long as it was done in good faith.
Phenomenal comment, and I couldn't agree more! In this way, Alex is your prototypical New Yorker, and by extension, your prototypical modern Democrat. The Free Press just did an article titled "Do I really have to vote for Joe Biden again?" I laughed out loud. This is how much the New York ethos of "I'm always right, and if I'm not I'll yell louder" has overtaken the democratic party. They LITERALLY do not care who the nominee is, they're going to vote for them because they did this one time and now must do so forever.
The fundamental New York attitude, and anyone who has ever lived or worked there can attest to this if they're willing to be honest, is that the things I'm right about are REALLY important and the things I'm wrong about are irrelevant. I can't tell you how many PE meetings I've sat in on and had a board member, or leadership team member say something, see a counterpoint provided, that in many cases was MORE important than the point they just presented, and had it completely ignored because it went against their existing stance. It's my most lasting memory from working in NY for half a decade.
That said, Alex has shown a willingness to at least explore his biases, so this could be a lot of fun!
Mainstream media is also relentless and they do tons of investigative reporting if it helps their narrative. I wouldnt call it a virtue unless combined with some other qualities like humility, neutrality, objectivity, pursuit of truth, etc. And I'm not saying Alex doesn't have some of those qualities. Mainstream media on the other hand.....
The FDA is no more a valid resource in determining a bad product than they are a good product. There are plenty of good and bad FDA approved products. So yeah I wouldn't trust using Ivermectin for Covid because the FDA approves it without seeing research from more reputable sources.
Agree 100%. His other weakness is that he cares too much about what other people think (I think he's hurt by his exile by peers and friends) while simultaneously not caring what other people think (this when he's on point and at his best). I think he's hurt deep down by all of the lost friends and peers and respect, and he attempts to win back a shred of favor or sympathy by taking a stance on something that doesn't make sense to a lot of us readers. That's my observation. But, the pain is obvious and it clearly affects him. That said, very happy for the work he's done.
Great interview! Max did a phenomenal job, it's nice getting personal insight on what drives you, motivates you.
Us MAGA types support you because you are sincere and fight for liberty. We certainly don't see eye to eye on many things, but all of us are craving authenticity in the civic square. You'll always be on my short list of great men who stood in the gap. As a guy who had to fight and claw to get my kids enrolled in college with vaccine exemptions, that "standing in the gap" is pure character.
"Computer is God." Wow! I get that it's a writer's attempt at humor or said writer wants to get a reaction, but that was harsh. (At least to my ears it was harsh.)
And, the U.S. doesn't have a gun problem. They've got a problem with criminals not obeying gun laws and often not being prosecuted for felonies. You could feel safer about children in schools if there was someone like retired military or law enforcement carrying a weapon at the entrances to protect those children. Ask Clay Travis...he only has his children in schools where that is the case.
We are an armed society with a significant mental health problem, which subject should be right up Mr. B's alley, e.g., the widespread legal use of a product (marijuana) known to produce psychosis. Psychosis leads to violence and that violence is magnified if it is combined with access to firearms.
Good point. However, I can't think of a time in our history when we haven't had to deal with drug or alcohol related issues. The solution should be something like make sure there are enough police and let them enforce the law, Those that lawfully carry a firearm very often save lives.
If someone dies from covid, it is usually because they had comorbidities and were denied an antibiotic early on as pneumonia set in. Remember when we told,to,stay home until,your lips turned blue? That was probably the worst advice that could have been given.
Millions and millions have had covid. Don’t forget who dies from influenza each year. It is the frail elderly with comorbidities. And it is usually pneumonia that does the job.
I have to admit, I would not take medical advice from a journalist. I don’t even trust doctors now a days. But I know what I have witnessed.those who took the covid jabs continuously get COVID. Some become extremely I’ll with prolonged feelings of being unwell. Some develop more serious adverse events, POTS, severe vertigo, arrythmias, stroke, dementia, to name a few that I have witnessed.
Yes, I should have been clearer in my response that I wasn't talking about avoiding the hospital for people who were very old and sick - I meant being contacted by, say, someone who had a cough and a 101- or 102-degree fever.
My Son in Law had no known comorbidities. He did develop pneumonia. He began to feel unwell and went to Urgent Care. They told him he had COViD and sent him home with a Zpak. By the weekend, he was in the hospital, on a vent and unresponsive. He is blessed to be alive. He is unvaxed;
And to this day will not be vaxed. We had a good friend who died from massive blood clots after leg amputated. Saturday he was sitting up and by Monday, he was gone. Idk if he was vaxed. Out of say, 10 men that I knew of being critical, 3 survived. I think the lack of medical care was the cause of a lot of it.
Finished reading, a book Obama Unmasked And I am struck by how duplicitous our political system is in our electoral system, and how nobody can get on the ballot without a lot of machination. I think that would make a fantastic future for you, exploring the workings of our political system, especially how campaign money flows, The money is spent. I think the other part of the campaign thing that people would like to know about is book deals by politicians. My father, who worked in the printing business, always used to tell me that politician writes a book, the backers by 1 million volumes and ship them to a warehouse and six months later ship them to a landfill, but in the meantime, the candidate has pocketed the advance and all of the profit in the print he said it was the biggest rocket ever, and it was strictly intended to launder. Avoid issues dealing with contributions , He said every politician book that he ever came across probably sold less than 10,000 volumes but each one was good for millions of dollars into the pocket of the politician. It used to aggravate him that he had to warehouse books for six months to a year and then ship them off to a landfill where they just took a landfill space
It was interesting to see liberals reaction to JD's book change from admiration to hate after he went on Tucker Carlson Tonight. They were so angry they wanted the movie version cancelled.
Your biggest regret should be disparaging your supporters for sharing their actual experiences using ivermectin which many studies have shown helps with Covid as well. Your opinions are not reporting there’re just opinions.
In his defense, the individual experiences with ivermectin are not much better than opinions when it comes to determining efficacy. And I say this as someone who does believe in the efficacy of ivermaecrin for COVID, but because I've looked at the research, not because a few people said it worked for them.
Yes, so while I "love" Alex overall, he definitely is capable of looking at the research if only he were open-minded enough to do so in an unbiased manner! It's all in one place, couldn't be any easier! RCTs say ivermectin not only works but saves lives!
Hi Alex, you were probably the first person to publicize on a large scale the unfavorable mortality results in the Pfizer clinical trial, so I am eternally grateful to you because this information helped to convince some of my family members to evade vaccine mandates. Given that the Pfizer and Moderna clinical trials had a 45% increase in cardiovascular-related deaths with mRNA vaccination compared to placebo, and a net result of "4 killed for every 3 saved" even at the height of the pandemic and at peak vaccine effectiveness, IN ADDITION TO other evidence such as the Rasmussen polls (links below) implicating the vaccines, I am very convinced that the mRNA vaccines ARE the main cause of unexplained excess mortality. Yes, we cannot have "certainty", but what other explanations do you have in mind that are actually consistent with the EVIDENCE? Though lockdowns are horrible and unnecessary, the overall mortality data on a global scale (see bottom two links) do NOT point to "lockdowns" as a major cause of excess deaths, they temporally point to the vaccines as the main culprit besides COVID, consistent with the gold-standard clinical trial evidence and countless real-world observations. Of course, the impact of vaccination will vary greatly between people, just as the impact of COVID itself varies tremendously between people, but the overall trend of mRNA vaccines doing more harm than good could not be more robust from the totality of evidence.
Unvaxxed? Good for you fella. So, me too. I'm male, 72 (4 kids, 8 g'kids). I had a bout of covid 2 years back, and I live in London, UK. I am also unvaxxed. I stood up to all the crap that 'they' and their shitty system tried to throw at me, and I have zero regrets. ZERO. I'm a better person for it, and I'm very, very, very healthy for it. Tks for your efforts!
My father , who had spent his life in printing and publishing, insisted that the donor class made huge dollar purchases, by prearranged deals, so as to make sure that the cash flowed properly.
He said vey few were read or sold through bookstores, but everyone would wind up on best seller lists, with the complicity of the list maker. He said “writing “ a book became a norm. He insisted that few if any actually write their books, saying he believed that even Profiles in Courage fell into that category. But he was more interested in how the money device went on and on with no one being the wiser, especially the public who actually thought politicians had intellectual prowess, when the truth was other. My father was jaded in that he said writers work the craft, politicians are too lazy to work anything.
No references to the Pandemic's Wrongest Man?! I learned a few fun facts about AB. Thanks for never giving up. The "purebloods" are still pretty damn pissed off about a lot of things. I will forever hate Chicago for not allowing me to frequent any establishment during 2021. The only reason I ever go there is to fly out of ORD but once had to stop to use Wifi at a Starbucks to rebook a cancelled flight. I was kicked out when I couldn't produce my papers. The waitress could not have been more happy.
This article makes you incredibly human. Sometimes I forget you are just like the rest of us and face the same struggles even though you are no longer a "private citizen." I still cannot figure out the not voting for Trump thing when we only have 2 choices (I want Desantis as well), but at least you are consistent in your views even though it drives a lot of your readers nuts. Thanks for sharing.
Nice interview. It was neat to get a glimpse into your personal life and see how much normalcy there is. They hate you because you are able to speak truth as you see it.
You were the ONLY reason I stayed on Twitter in the early days of Covid. Will never forget it. I was really upset when they booted you off. Thanks for your comments about DeSantis too. As a long time Floridian he’s the best governor I’ve ever seen. Finally, you’re right on marijuana imo. In fact that might be how you first got on my radar. I had a terrible experience with medical marijuana and came across something you had written. You were definitely a lone voice in that sea of weed fervor.
Alex I've read your tweets, substacks, books, etc since the early days of Covid and I have an observation. Your biggest strength is your biggest weakness. You have good instincts that help you form early opinions and you're right more than you're wrong, but for the most part those opinions don't change. When you're right that becomes your biggest strength because you're relentless. When you're wrong that becomes your biggest weakness because you're relentless. My suggestion for what you can for your readers going forward is to take one of these subjects where your readers aren't aligned with you, take a step back, forget your opinion and immerse yourself in that subject. Get into the weeds with research, interview the people that don't agree with your opinion and see where you land. I think your audience would be really interested in that experiment as long as it was done in good faith.
Phenomenal comment, and I couldn't agree more! In this way, Alex is your prototypical New Yorker, and by extension, your prototypical modern Democrat. The Free Press just did an article titled "Do I really have to vote for Joe Biden again?" I laughed out loud. This is how much the New York ethos of "I'm always right, and if I'm not I'll yell louder" has overtaken the democratic party. They LITERALLY do not care who the nominee is, they're going to vote for them because they did this one time and now must do so forever.
The fundamental New York attitude, and anyone who has ever lived or worked there can attest to this if they're willing to be honest, is that the things I'm right about are REALLY important and the things I'm wrong about are irrelevant. I can't tell you how many PE meetings I've sat in on and had a board member, or leadership team member say something, see a counterpoint provided, that in many cases was MORE important than the point they just presented, and had it completely ignored because it went against their existing stance. It's my most lasting memory from working in NY for half a decade.
That said, Alex has shown a willingness to at least explore his biases, so this could be a lot of fun!
He's an investigative reporter. I think being relentless is a virtue in that profession.
and, more will be revealed.
Now that the FDA has approved ivermectin for Covid, maybe we should all be very distrustful of that particular use.
Mainstream media is also relentless and they do tons of investigative reporting if it helps their narrative. I wouldnt call it a virtue unless combined with some other qualities like humility, neutrality, objectivity, pursuit of truth, etc. And I'm not saying Alex doesn't have some of those qualities. Mainstream media on the other hand.....
The FDA is no more a valid resource in determining a bad product than they are a good product. There are plenty of good and bad FDA approved products. So yeah I wouldn't trust using Ivermectin for Covid because the FDA approves it without seeing research from more reputable sources.
RobC, I agree with your comment 100%
Agree 100%. His other weakness is that he cares too much about what other people think (I think he's hurt by his exile by peers and friends) while simultaneously not caring what other people think (this when he's on point and at his best). I think he's hurt deep down by all of the lost friends and peers and respect, and he attempts to win back a shred of favor or sympathy by taking a stance on something that doesn't make sense to a lot of us readers. That's my observation. But, the pain is obvious and it clearly affects him. That said, very happy for the work he's done.
Well said 👍
Great interview! Max did a phenomenal job, it's nice getting personal insight on what drives you, motivates you.
Us MAGA types support you because you are sincere and fight for liberty. We certainly don't see eye to eye on many things, but all of us are craving authenticity in the civic square. You'll always be on my short list of great men who stood in the gap. As a guy who had to fight and claw to get my kids enrolled in college with vaccine exemptions, that "standing in the gap" is pure character.
Amen.
"Computer is God." Wow! I get that it's a writer's attempt at humor or said writer wants to get a reaction, but that was harsh. (At least to my ears it was harsh.)
And, the U.S. doesn't have a gun problem. They've got a problem with criminals not obeying gun laws and often not being prosecuted for felonies. You could feel safer about children in schools if there was someone like retired military or law enforcement carrying a weapon at the entrances to protect those children. Ask Clay Travis...he only has his children in schools where that is the case.
We are an armed society with a significant mental health problem, which subject should be right up Mr. B's alley, e.g., the widespread legal use of a product (marijuana) known to produce psychosis. Psychosis leads to violence and that violence is magnified if it is combined with access to firearms.
Good point. However, I can't think of a time in our history when we haven't had to deal with drug or alcohol related issues. The solution should be something like make sure there are enough police and let them enforce the law, Those that lawfully carry a firearm very often save lives.
If someone dies from covid, it is usually because they had comorbidities and were denied an antibiotic early on as pneumonia set in. Remember when we told,to,stay home until,your lips turned blue? That was probably the worst advice that could have been given.
Millions and millions have had covid. Don’t forget who dies from influenza each year. It is the frail elderly with comorbidities. And it is usually pneumonia that does the job.
I have to admit, I would not take medical advice from a journalist. I don’t even trust doctors now a days. But I know what I have witnessed.those who took the covid jabs continuously get COVID. Some become extremely I’ll with prolonged feelings of being unwell. Some develop more serious adverse events, POTS, severe vertigo, arrythmias, stroke, dementia, to name a few that I have witnessed.
Yes, I should have been clearer in my response that I wasn't talking about avoiding the hospital for people who were very old and sick - I meant being contacted by, say, someone who had a cough and a 101- or 102-degree fever.
I've known two people under age 55 who've had strokes in 2023 and one was in her 40's. I've never before known anyone that young to have a stroke.
My Son in Law had no known comorbidities. He did develop pneumonia. He began to feel unwell and went to Urgent Care. They told him he had COViD and sent him home with a Zpak. By the weekend, he was in the hospital, on a vent and unresponsive. He is blessed to be alive. He is unvaxed;
And to this day will not be vaxed. We had a good friend who died from massive blood clots after leg amputated. Saturday he was sitting up and by Monday, he was gone. Idk if he was vaxed. Out of say, 10 men that I knew of being critical, 3 survived. I think the lack of medical care was the cause of a lot of it.
Yes. I've witnessed same.
As for pneumonia, didn't doctors used to call it an "old Man's friend"?
Also, doesn't remdesivir cause the lungs to fill with fluid?
Finished reading, a book Obama Unmasked And I am struck by how duplicitous our political system is in our electoral system, and how nobody can get on the ballot without a lot of machination. I think that would make a fantastic future for you, exploring the workings of our political system, especially how campaign money flows, The money is spent. I think the other part of the campaign thing that people would like to know about is book deals by politicians. My father, who worked in the printing business, always used to tell me that politician writes a book, the backers by 1 million volumes and ship them to a warehouse and six months later ship them to a landfill, but in the meantime, the candidate has pocketed the advance and all of the profit in the print he said it was the biggest rocket ever, and it was strictly intended to launder. Avoid issues dealing with contributions , He said every politician book that he ever came across probably sold less than 10,000 volumes but each one was good for millions of dollars into the pocket of the politician. It used to aggravate him that he had to warehouse books for six months to a year and then ship them off to a landfill where they just took a landfill space
I thought J. D. Vance's, "Hillbilly Elegy" was a really good read. Does it count if he wrote it before getting elected?
It was interesting to see liberals reaction to JD's book change from admiration to hate after he went on Tucker Carlson Tonight. They were so angry they wanted the movie version cancelled.
I’ve always wondered about politician books as a means of $$$ changing hands.
Your biggest regret should be disparaging your supporters for sharing their actual experiences using ivermectin which many studies have shown helps with Covid as well. Your opinions are not reporting there’re just opinions.
In his defense, the individual experiences with ivermectin are not much better than opinions when it comes to determining efficacy. And I say this as someone who does believe in the efficacy of ivermaecrin for COVID, but because I've looked at the research, not because a few people said it worked for them.
Yes, so while I "love" Alex overall, he definitely is capable of looking at the research if only he were open-minded enough to do so in an unbiased manner! It's all in one place, couldn't be any easier! RCTs say ivermectin not only works but saves lives!
https://c19ivm.org/meta.html#fig_fpr
https://c19ivm.org/meta.html#fig_fprd
Hi Alex, you were probably the first person to publicize on a large scale the unfavorable mortality results in the Pfizer clinical trial, so I am eternally grateful to you because this information helped to convince some of my family members to evade vaccine mandates. Given that the Pfizer and Moderna clinical trials had a 45% increase in cardiovascular-related deaths with mRNA vaccination compared to placebo, and a net result of "4 killed for every 3 saved" even at the height of the pandemic and at peak vaccine effectiveness, IN ADDITION TO other evidence such as the Rasmussen polls (links below) implicating the vaccines, I am very convinced that the mRNA vaccines ARE the main cause of unexplained excess mortality. Yes, we cannot have "certainty", but what other explanations do you have in mind that are actually consistent with the EVIDENCE? Though lockdowns are horrible and unnecessary, the overall mortality data on a global scale (see bottom two links) do NOT point to "lockdowns" as a major cause of excess deaths, they temporally point to the vaccines as the main culprit besides COVID, consistent with the gold-standard clinical trial evidence and countless real-world observations. Of course, the impact of vaccination will vary greatly between people, just as the impact of COVID itself varies tremendously between people, but the overall trend of mRNA vaccines doing more harm than good could not be more robust from the totality of evidence.
https://dailysceptic.org/2022/04/09/covid-vaccines-increase-risk-of-heart-related-deaths-by-up-to-50-lancet-analysis-of-trial-data-finds/
https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(23)00810-6
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/public_surveys/died_suddenly_more_than_1_in_4_think_someone_they_know_died_from_covid_19_vaccines
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/public_surveys/covid_19_virus_deaths_vs_vaccine_deaths
https://newstarget.com/2023-01-02-if-covid-jabs-save-lives-why-excess-death-spike-globally.html
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cumulative-excess-deaths-per-million-covid?tab=chart&country=AUS~NZL~CAN~USA~SWE~JPN~GBR~KOR~DEU~DNK~ITA
Unvaxxed? Good for you fella. So, me too. I'm male, 72 (4 kids, 8 g'kids). I had a bout of covid 2 years back, and I live in London, UK. I am also unvaxxed. I stood up to all the crap that 'they' and their shitty system tried to throw at me, and I have zero regrets. ZERO. I'm a better person for it, and I'm very, very, very healthy for it. Tks for your efforts!
Bless you!
Good interview. You’re a ‘likeable jerk’, Alex. Doing good things with Covid, and, your lawsuits. Keep it up!
My father , who had spent his life in printing and publishing, insisted that the donor class made huge dollar purchases, by prearranged deals, so as to make sure that the cash flowed properly.
He said vey few were read or sold through bookstores, but everyone would wind up on best seller lists, with the complicity of the list maker. He said “writing “ a book became a norm. He insisted that few if any actually write their books, saying he believed that even Profiles in Courage fell into that category. But he was more interested in how the money device went on and on with no one being the wiser, especially the public who actually thought politicians had intellectual prowess, when the truth was other. My father was jaded in that he said writers work the craft, politicians are too lazy to work anything.
No references to the Pandemic's Wrongest Man?! I learned a few fun facts about AB. Thanks for never giving up. The "purebloods" are still pretty damn pissed off about a lot of things. I will forever hate Chicago for not allowing me to frequent any establishment during 2021. The only reason I ever go there is to fly out of ORD but once had to stop to use Wifi at a Starbucks to rebook a cancelled flight. I was kicked out when I couldn't produce my papers. The waitress could not have been more happy.
This article makes you incredibly human. Sometimes I forget you are just like the rest of us and face the same struggles even though you are no longer a "private citizen." I still cannot figure out the not voting for Trump thing when we only have 2 choices (I want Desantis as well), but at least you are consistent in your views even though it drives a lot of your readers nuts. Thanks for sharing.
Nice interview. It was neat to get a glimpse into your personal life and see how much normalcy there is. They hate you because you are able to speak truth as you see it.
That was an excellent interview with Alex. I have to admit, I admire his fortitude and how seemingly down-to-earth that he is.
Great interview.
You were the ONLY reason I stayed on Twitter in the early days of Covid. Will never forget it. I was really upset when they booted you off. Thanks for your comments about DeSantis too. As a long time Floridian he’s the best governor I’ve ever seen. Finally, you’re right on marijuana imo. In fact that might be how you first got on my radar. I had a terrible experience with medical marijuana and came across something you had written. You were definitely a lone voice in that sea of weed fervor.