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On Monday, the Austin City Limits (ACL) music festival announced that they donated to an abortion fund as an apology to a singer whose sound got cut short during her set last weekend.
According to the Austin American-Statesman, a singer named Phoebe Bridgers was playing a show at the festival on Saturday evening when her band’s sound was unexpectedly cut off before the end of their final number. It’s not noted why, though some reports speculate they may have gone over their allotted set time. Afterwards, Bridgers tweeted an expletive directed at the festival. It has since been removed.
Monday afternoon, Austin City Limits shared a statement with the Austin American-Statesman to apologize for the incident and inform the public that they’re making up for it by donating to a pro-abortion organization. “Unfortunately, due to a miscommunication on stage by ACL Festival personnel, the sound on the final song of (the) Phoebe Bridgers set was cut off during her ACL Fest weekend two performance. We wish this had not happened and extend our apologies to Phoebe. After positive conversations between festival organizers and the artist about the situation, ACL Fest has made a donation to Texas Abortion Funds to show our support for Phoebe and an organization close to her heart.” Last month, a new law, S.B. 8, took effect in Texas, banning abortions statewide after fetal heartbeat detection. Abortion providers and advocacy groups filed a last-minute request with the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), asking it to block the law from taking effect. To their dismay, the Court voted 5-4 to uphold S.B. 8. Currently, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is suing the state over the law.
Predictably, Bridgers is an outspoken pro-abortion advocate. This month, she released a song where the profits go directly to Texas Abortion Funds, which splits the money between ten different pro-abortion organizations , including Jane’s Due Process, which “helps young people in Texas navigate parental consent laws and confidentially access abortion and birth control,” and The Lilith Fund, which “helps people pay for an abortion when they can’t […]
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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