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fter the Capitol riot on January 6, the Biden administration is seeking to increase its ability to spy on Americans and disrupt political dissent.
According to a recent report, the administration plans to use private companies to monitor the private communications of alleged extremists. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is banned from creating false identities to access messaging groups, but using outside firms to snoop on messages would allow the department to bypass these regulations. This technicality would allow the government access to private communications without a warrant.
The government has also increased its open-source intelligence-gathering on perceived domestic threats. The Postal Service is monitoring social media with its Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP) reports, which were shared with DHS.
The Pentagon’s 60-day stand down to combat extremism recently finished. Instead of focusing on information collection, it prioritized “listening to service members and civilians and their own feelings about extremism.” A questionnaire that includes issues on extremism will be introduced for recruits across the services. A military training presentation that was passed on to Politico warned against left-wing, right-wing, and religious extremism. The Department of Defense effort appears to be milder than what some alarmists originally believed would be a purging of the ranks.
Last week, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced an internal review to address extremism within DHS. Citing the January 6 Capitol incident as motivation, Mayorkas said that the “grave risks posed by domestic violent extremism, including to our employees and operations” mean that the department must investigate “how to best prevent, detect, and respond to domestic violent extremism threats within DHS.” Mayorkas also included a heavy financial price, at least $77 million, for his efforts. State and local governments will need to spend 7.5 percent of their DHS grant funding on combating domestic violent extremism.
Both DHS and the Pentagon have struggled with extremism in the past. Ryan Anderson, Paul Hall, and Nidal Hasan are notable examples of U.S. service members who acted in support of Al-Qaeda. In 2019, Coast Guard Lt. Paul Hasson was arrested for planning attacks on journalists and politicians inspired by Norwegian neo-Nazi Anders Breivik. This kind of extremism certainly should be addressed and punished.
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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.
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