Joe Rogan just revealed that presidents and former presidents personally pressured Spotify to have him removed for "vaccine misinformation."
And not one of them apologized when his questions turned out to be right.
He says he still can't talk about most of it. What he will say is that the campaign was coordinated, expensive, and came from the very top.
ROGAN: "They tried to crush my sponsors. They organized campaigns. There was PACs involved."
ROGAN: "I can't even talk about it. But there was presidents involved and former presidents involved that were contacting Spotify. Trying to get me removed for vaccine misinformation."
ROGAN: "And it turned out to be right. All of it."
ROGAN: "Not a single apology from anybody. Not a single retraction, not a single mea culpa, not a single 'we were wrong.'"
The pressure failed. Joe's audience grew. And the people who tried to silence him never had to answer for any of it...
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
Jeremy Clarkson has never pretended to be anything other than exactly what he is
Brutally honest. No oil painting. A pot belly, a lifelong smoker, a drinker. Not exactly the modern alpha male or is he?
And somehow that is the whole point
I have watched him for most of my life
First as a motoring journalist who could make you want a car you would never own and never need
Then as something bigger
The loudest, funniest, most unfiltered mouthpiece the ordinary person ever had
A man who said the thing everyone was thinking while the rest of television tiptoed around it
From Top Gear he built something that should not have worked
Three middle aged men, The Stig, a track and a chemistry you cannot manufacture
James May the patient one
Richard Hammond the brave one
And Clarkson the force of nature dragging both of them into chaos and somehow back out again
When it all fell apart at the BBC he could have disappeared
The fracas was not his finest hour and he never pretended it was
He owned it, apologized and carried on
No reinvention, no groveling tour, no carefully managed comeback
He just kept being himself and let the work speak
The move to Amazon and The Grand Tour proved something I think a lot of people missed
The format was never the magic
The men were
You can take three friends out of a studio and drop them anywhere on earth and the loyalty between them travels with them
But it is Clarkson's Farm where the whole picture finally comes into focus
Here is a man with nothing left to prove walking into a field he barely understands and refusing to fake competence he does not have
He has run that farm at break even and then at an outright loss in full public view
No editing it into a success story
No pretending the numbers work when they do not
His farm manager hands him one brutal truth after another and he sits there and takes it
A whole season swallowed by drought even after he leaned into robotics and the most advanced farming money could buy
Technology was supposed to be the answer and the weather did not care
He showed that too
Most people would have cut it
And through all of it he has done something quietly remarkable
He has dragged the plight of the British farmer into the light
The paperwork, the council, the margins that vanish, the weather that ruins a year of work in a week
People who had never thought about where their food comes from suddenly cared because he made them care
And then there is the part nobody warned me about
Men who raise animals for meat and still love them
Who name them, worry about them, sit with them
Who treat them with respect and dignity right up to the moment they cannot keep them
And feel the full weight of sending them off
He does not hide that
He lets the camera sit in the discomfort of it
The grief of a man who knows the deal he made and still finds it hard
That is not weakness
That is honesty most people are far too afraid to show
We live in an age that rewards the polished, the curated, the carefully built personal brand
And here is a scruffy, swearing, chain smoking farmer who has done the opposite of all of it and won
He stayed exactly who he was while the world begged him to become a product
That is the whole secret
There is no act
There never was
And that is exactly why we keep watching
Praying for a full recovery mate, looking forward to another season of Clarkson's Farms!
🚨MASS ARRESTS: The DOJ has arrested 324 defendants across 50 Federal Districts and 12 State AG Offices in connection with $14.6 Billion healthcare Fraud Schemes.
Jeremy Clarkson has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer during the final two episodes of Clarkson’s Farm.💔
Heartbreaking news. The disease was caught early and he has since undergone surgery.
Jeremy has left us with the words -
"If this is all successful, I'll see you for season six, and if it isn't, I won't".
We’re all praying for a full recovery, our thoughts are with all those affected by this awful news. Hold your loved ones close.❤️
The Avengers: Doomsday leak looks real. Who knows these days?
Chris Evans coming back in street clothes with Thor's hammer is stupid. Which has been confirmed.
Steve Rogers is Captain America
@bennyjohnson Iran wants to go down in flames 🔥. Why is this announcement any different than the 15 other times he’s claimed the same thing? Self preservation is alien to Iran. The leaders anyway. I hope Trump is right!
Spencer Pratt just BROKE The Internet.
He is NOT done in California and he says he has CRIMINAL Evidence that will force Karen Bass or Nithya Raman to resign.
He just declared war on the political establishment of Los Angeles.
Is he about to get his revenge?
Today, I’m releasing never before seen intelligence revealing new evidence of past US government funding for more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries, including Ukraine.
In support of President Trump‘s Executive Order to end federal funding of dangerous gain of function research around the world, and increase transparency and accountability, ODNI will continue working with partners across the Administration to identify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain, and what “research” is being conducted.
https://t.co/pLMD0krc69
Thank you @AlchemyAmerican for continuing the investigation on the Varginha, Brazil case that is so desperately needed. This case could settle the debate once and for all. Let’s GO!
🚨 OUTRAGEOUS RINO BETRAYAL! 🚨
Rep. Tim Burchett just torched Senate Leader John Thune: Why the HELL has the House bill to STOP American taxpayer dollars from funding the TALIBAN been collecting dust for 11 MONTHS with ZERO action?!
Thune admitted on camera he hadn’t even read it.
Every week of this BS = $40 MILLION of YOUR hard-earned money flowing straight to terrorists!
Trump voters didn’t elect Republicans to fund our enemies while they sleep. This is pathetic.
DEMAND A VOTE NOW! Fire up your Senators and make them act.
Share if you’re DONE with this weak garbage! Tag your Senators!
Holy shit, This just stopped me in my tracks.
Graham Hancock has revealed on Diary of a CEO that this may be his last interview because he may not survive an operation scheduled for later this month.
Agree with him or disagree with him, Graham has spent decades challenging people to think differently about the past and ask difficult questions.
Wishing you @Graham__Hancock all the best for the operation and very much hope you make a full recovery.
@NefflynB So you accidentally let another guys dick slide in your cooter and now I’m supposed to take you back while simultaneously teaching you that it’s okay to cheat because I’ll just take you back. You get to have your cake and eat it too.