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The first meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and their Chinese counterparts Yang Jiechi and Wang Yi in Anchorage was perilous for what occurred, including the Chinese officials’ insults against the United States, but also for the precedent the U.S. officials set with their passive response. In its aftermath, Americans would do well to consider what must be accomplished in future Sino-American meetings, including what the rules are going to be in the future. We suggest four.
First, do not fall for China’s diplomacy trap. The American side must clearly see China’s intent for this type of dialogue and question whether the United States actually needs to engage the Chinese officials in such fora.
Certainly, there is symbolism in a Sino-American meeting and some possibility of addressing differences. Past experience has taught us, however, that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been habitually using it as a platform to propagandize against the United States and to stoke hypernationalism in China. If China has no intent to discuss substance, make compromises, or keep its promises, then the United States should refuse to offer it the platform and opportunity to put on a show.
As Malcolm Gladwell observed in Talking to Strangers, “the harder we work to get strangers to reveal themselves, the more elusive they become . . . Chamberlain would have been better off never meeting Hitler at all. He should have stayed home and read Mein Kampf.” This advice is particularly true at a Sino-American meeting where the Chinese violate the rules with impunity. Attending and taking it conveys American weakness to Chinese, American, and international audiences. If the U.S. side is unwilling to retaliate to punish the violation, then it would be far better not to have a face-to-face.
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Will America-First News Outlets Make it to 2023?
Things are looking grim for conservative and populist news sites.
There’s something happening behind the scenes at several popular conservative news outlets. 2021 was bad, but 2022 is proving to be disastrous for news sites that aren’t “playing ball” with the corporate media narrative. It’s being said that advertisers are cracking down, forcing some of the biggest ad networks like Google and Yahoo to pull their inventory from conservative outlets. This has had two major effects. First, it has cooled most conservative outlets from discussing “taboo” topics like Pandemic Panic Theater, voter fraud, or The Great Reset. Second, it has isolated those ad networks that aren’t playing ball.
Certain topics are anathema for most ad networks. Speaking out against vaccines or vaccine mandates is a certain path to being demonetized. Highlighting voter fraud in the 2020 and future elections is another instant advertising death penalty. Throw in truthful stories about climate change hysteria, Critical Race Theory, and the border crisis and it’s easy to understand how difficult it is for America-First news outlets to spread the facts, share conservative opinions, and still pay the bills.
Without naming names, I have been told of several news outlets who have been forced to either consolidate with larger organizations or who have backed down on covering certain topics out of fear of being “canceled” by the ad networks. I get it. This is a business for many of us and it’s not very profitable. Those of us who do this for a living are often barely squeaking by, so loss of additional revenue can often mean being forced to make cuts. That means not being able to cover the topics properly. Its a Catch-22: Tell the truth and lose the money necessary to keep telling the truth, or avoid the truth and make enough money to survive. Those who have chosen survival simply aren’t able to spread the truth properly.
We will never avoid the truth. The Lord will provide if it is His will. Our job is simply to share the facts, spread the Gospel, and educate as many Americans as possible while exposing the forces of evil.
To those who have the means, we ask that you please donate. We have options available now, but there is no telling when those options will cancel us. We have our GivingFuel page. There have been many who have been canceled by PayPal, but for now it’s still an option. Your generosity is what keeps these sites running and allows us to get the truth to the masses. We’ve had great success in growing but we know we can do more with your assistance.
Thank you, and God Bless!
JD Rucker