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President Joe Biden has adopted begging as a new diplomatic strategy. Oil prices are high, filling Saudi coffers and offering Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman a chance to add another yacht, French chalet, or even Rembrandt — presumably a real one, this time — to his collection. After all, rising petroleum prices spare him the need to shake down another gaggle of billionaires for profit and pleasure. (MbS, as the crown prince is known, claimed to be combatting corruption, an example of chutzpah-squared by someone who treats the state treasury as his own.)
Faced with rising public dissatisfaction over shortages, delays, rampant inflation — who would imagine that pouring trillions of dollars into the economy would cause that!? — President Joe Biden called Uncle Sam’s buds in Riyadh and asked the Saudis to increase oil production. Whined the president : “The idea that Russia and Saudi Arabia and other major producers are not going to pump more oil so people can have gasoline to get to and from work, for example, is not right.”
Of course, this had an immediate impact in Riyadh. MbS felt ashamed at having taken advantage of the American people and announced that he planned to double oil production. Then he lauded the president’s articulate and persuasive case.
Only kidding! MbS had a good laugh and told Biden to take a long hike in the desert. The Saudis said there would be no change in policy as they watched their bank vaults rapidly fill. Far from looking like a dominant superpower, Washington came off as a weakling supplicant.
In fact, America’s ties with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia long have been a great embarrassment. The libertine, licentious royals publicly play the role of ascetic Muslims at home, then fly airplanes filled with family elites abroad to enjoy a sybaritic lifestyle of which the rest of us could only dream. All paid for by the people left at home whose resources are being looted by one of the few absolute monarchies left on earth.
For decades American presidents have cravenly sought favor in Riyadh, apparently believing that the Saudis would […]
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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