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Source: Screenshot via CNN I realize that Katie and Julio have both covered this flare-up, and you should start by reading their posts. I’m just amazed by the depth the progressive hive-mind’s dishonesty. Let’s back up for a moment. The Biden border crisis has been directly caused by this administration’s policies, incentives and rhetoric. Their various excuses (” seasonality “) and “root cause” “solutions” have fallen by the wayside. The ongoing, massive surge of illegal immigrants is simply the result of many people in Mexico, Central America, and elsewhere around the world hearing and receiving a clear message, coupled with American leadership that is uninterested in serious enforcement. For months, the numbers have ballooned to historic levels. Border officials are overwhelmed, with some even leaving their own posts and checkpoints to help process the crush of unlawful entrants in hotspots. In addition to the more than 1.2 million illegal immigrant encounters US agents have logged since Biden took office, tens of thousands of known “got-aways” are exploiting the unsustainable chaos and slipping into the country illegally – to say nothing of unknown or undetected got-aways. Throughout all of this, the media has paid relatively scant attention. They covered some of it early on, then promptly moved on. The story isn’t fully blacked out; it’s significantly downplayed.
Many of the people who were the most dramatic preeners during Trump-era immigration challenges have fallen conspicuously silent. The parade of Democrats making attention-seeking pilgrimages to the border for anguished photo-ops , and to accuse the United States of “crimes against humanity” ( click through for the source of that soundbyte) has dried up. Among progressive politicians and their “blue checkmark” media allies, this story is no longer helpful, even though (or especially because) it has demonstrably gotten far worse than it has been in decades, let alone under the last presidency. But that all changed on Monday during a quick, tempestuous news cycle. An erroneous report from a local Texas journalist, plus images misunderstood by people wholly unfamiliar with the subject matter, finally offered an opportunity for performative indignation about the border crisis. […]
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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