Hello! Hello! It’s catch up time as I shuffle back a few days to an interesting episode that asks: What happens when you remove more than a billion barrels of oil from the global energy supply?
And with that, Tucker is joined by economic and energy researcher Dr. Chris Martenson to unpack what’s really happening in global energy markets.
Tucker Explores the Strange Disconnect Between War, Oil, and the Markets
Just weeks after warning that war with Iran would send energy prices soaring, Trump is suddenly sounding far less concerned.
The reason appears to be Brent crude: when prices failed to spike as expected during Operation Epic Fury, the White House took that as a sign it could keep bombing without much economic fallout.
But the broader market movement doesn’t add up, and that contradiction is fueling questions about whether the oil trade is being distorted by something bigger — possibly even AI-driven manipulation.
Of Note
Tucker Carlson on Feminism, Marriage and Power
“Are women in the West happier than they were in 1972? The answer is no.” Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson clashes with Mishal Husain on the legacy of feminism.
Of Note II
(I’m a big Nixon fan!)
More than three decades after his death, Richard Milhouse Nixon is finally having his moment. A new generation of conservatives has come to admire the 37th president. They see him as the model Republican leader, far superior to Ronald Reagan and even Donald Trump. Hype edits of his speeches regularly go viral on social media. To those who partake in Nixonmaxxing, as the phenomenon has been dubbed, he is the man who nearly saved America—until the deep state took him out.
On the one hand, Nixonmania is a necessary corrective to the image propagated by the media over the past 50 years. His critics, basing their arguments mostly on hysteria and liberal hand-wringing, largely succeeded in portraying Nixon as one of the worst presidents in American history—a characterization that falls apart before the actual evidence.
Viral fame in 2026 is certainly an ironic turn for Nixon, who always felt snubbed by the cool kids. While the establishment media went gaga over Kennedy and Camelot, Nixon’s image was that of the unshaven grocer’s son, perpetually mopping sweat from his brow.
No more. In the age of social media, it’s possible for middle-class strivers like Nixon to bypass traditional media and star in flattering reels that make them look cool, all while Drake raps in the background.
The Nixon Foundation deserves praise for its social media acumen, but I’m convinced there’s more to this renaissance — the term of art is “Nixonmaxxing” — than slick marketing.
Questions? Please email Jeff. Have a great day!!
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