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AP Photo/Andrew Harnik A little earlier today, CENTCOM Commander USMC General Kenneth McKenzie was sent out to admit what has been generally known since August 29. That is, the drone strike that we were told killed “several” suicide bombers heading to attack US and allied forces at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport, in fact, killed innocent Afghans, including several children. See Nick Arama’s US CENTCOM Does Friday Afternoon News Dump of Huge ‘Mistake’ in Killing Family, Not ISIS , for more details.
While General McKenzie was manning up and taking a hit for the team, Joey Soft Serve was on his way to “the beach.” When the going gets tough, the tough get going, and no one gets going faster than the guy who put Corn Pop in his place.
I’ve posted twice on this incident (see That’ll Teach ‘Em. US Drone Strike Targeting Suicide Bombers in Kabul Kills Family of Nine Including Four Kids Under Age Five and The ‘Suicide Bomber’ Killed by a Drone in Kabul Was an Aid Worker and the Biden White House Is Trying to Shift Blame ).
My personal assessment of what happened there is pretty much the same as that of Glenn Greenwald (I had to shower after writing that). Anyone honest knows what happened: the Biden WH, facing rage over the attack at Kabul Airport that killed 13 Marines, was desperate to do *something* — anything — to make Biden look tough, so they wiped out a whole family to avoid a bad news cycle accusing him of weakness. — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 17, 2021 And the mainstream media fell over itself, lapping up the White House spin. The US clearly has a remarkable intelligence line of sight into ISIS-K right now. https://t.co/2Riyx2a0C9 — Charlie Savage (@charlie_savage) August 29, 2021 In addition to the immense political pressure to settle scores with ISIS-K (to the extent that this group actually operates in Kabul), the US military was faced with the daunting task of defending a fixed point, having given up all of the surrounding territory. This eliminated a buffer zone where incoming people and […]
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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