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Measuring presidential leadership is a tricky business. Being a wise and astute leader can often involve making high-stakes or downright risky decisions to head off expected trouble, or reacting to crises in an appropriate and timely fashion, and striking the right balance between discretion, boldness, and humility. And leadership can just as often be marked by restraint; by what a president chooses not to do when faced with an array of options.
But while the evaluation of leadership is subjective, in the eye of the beholder, there are many approaches to governing that clearly do not represent leadership: doing something easy to grab headlines just because you can – for example, calling America systemically racist when under pressure after never having done so in 40 years in politics, or demanding the rich pay their perpetually undefined “fair share” in taxes. Making a dangerous decision strictly for political gain – think of opening up the southern border, or shutting down the Keystone pipeline, or the insistence on trillions in new spending for Build Back Better as inflation is rising. Further examples might be blaming others for the consequences of one’s own actions, like the current president pinning virtually all of his own failures on the last president, while taking credit for what his predecessor left behind. Or refusing to do something because you are excessively risk-averse – Joe Biden actually opposed the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound as vice-president, and as president had to be goaded even by his own party into applying sanctions on Vladimir Putin following an unprovoked invasion months in the making for all the world to see. Decision Time
So now we face the issue of who is really in charge of the Western alliance attempting to put […]
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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