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AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon Right now, 11 different passenger planes are being denied the ability to leave Afghanistan by the Taliban. Those flights include over 100 Americans looking to escape the turmoil. RedState previously reported on the ongoing crisis, including the absurdity of Kamala Harris going to campaign in California while this is going on.
But now, likely because Glenn Beck is involved in eight of the flights, the simping for the Taliban by the news media has begun. Newsweek’s editor-at-large chimed in with perhaps the dumbest semantic argument I’ve ever seen. Though, to be fair, I’ve seen a lot of dumb semantic arguments. Also @RepMcCaul was absolutely incorrect as characterizing any of these people as hostages. There is nobody being denied exit of the country, or being detained on a plane. Instead the Taliban has not granted clearance for the planes to leave. Spoke to two sources who confirmed. — Naveed Jamali (@NaveedAJamali) September 6, 2021 Again there is no evidence that the Taliban is targeting the passengers or explicitly denying them exit. What NGO officials told us was that this was likely due to an impasse between the State and Taliban. — Naveed Jamali (@NaveedAJamali) September 6, 2021 According to this ridiculous clown, these Americans aren’t being denied exit from the country. Rather, they are being told their planes can’t leave the country. See the difference? Yeah, me neither. It’s a stupid, meaningless distinction being used to take a shot at GOP Rep. Michael McCaul instead of just reporting what’s happening on the ground.
Naveed Jamali promotes himself as a former “double agent,” so you’d expect that he’d be smart enough to recognize a hostage situation when he sees one. You see, the “impasse” between the State Department and the Taliban that he cites is because the Taliban are asking for something. And unless the Taliban get it, they are not going to allow the Americans to leave. In any normal setting, we call that holding someone hostage. There is no requirement that the Americans must be kept on the plane at gunpoint to qualify for the label.
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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.
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Thank you, and God Bless!
JD Rucker
