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Please respect our republishing guidelines – Click Here Thomas Jefferson wrote, “The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.” But in these days of celebrity and cults of personality, the art of government has descended from honesty to optics . It is now deemed better to be seen to be doing something than to actually do something. The former provides a veneer of competence while the latter is fraught with the potential for disaster – and worse, negative press coverage.
President Biden – elected on the joint platforms of his decades-long career in Washington D.C. and much-touted empathy, along with the fact that he is not Donald Trump – has proven in today’s attention-deficient society that narrative is king, and substance is a burden to popularity. Down on the Border
A key demonstrator of this optics war is the situation on the southern U.S. border, with two specific examples. First, as pictures began to appear in the media of “kids in cages,” all blame was cast upon then-president Trump. During a 2020 presidential debate, Trump even asked the question: “Who built the cages, Joe?” This was a direct reference to the Obama-Biden administration that constructed them.
But after the election, Biden did not end the “cage policy,” instead opting for a rebranding of the narrative. The cages were renamed “temporary border processing facilities” with fanfare from the compliant Fourth Estate. When the American public appeared unconvinced at this fairytale transformation of language, no more photographs or stories appeared in the mainstream media.
The cages didn’t disappear; they just stopped being talked about.
The second illustrative example is more recent. Just this week, news broke that more than 8,000 illegal immigrants were camped under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas – a number that more than doubled literally overnight. Drone footage from Fox News revealed more people were arriving every minute. In response, Biden did not order the closure of the borders, nor did he send more staff to assist in the processing. He instead […]
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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