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During a recent appearance on Newsmax, Sen. Rand Paul called out the over $14 billion that has been recently allocated by Joe Biden to Ukraine that funds, in part, their military amidst the conflict with Russia.
According to Sen. Paul, this funding of arms “should be sales, not gifts.”
On March 15th, President Biden signed a $1.5 trillion bill that funds federal operations through September of 2022. Baked into the hefty bill was $13.6 billion for Ukraine aimed at funding military equipment for the country as well as general economic relief. On top of the bill signed on March 15th, the White House released a statement on March 16th revealing that they’re sending “an additional $800 million in security assistance to Ukraine.”
Per the White House’s March 16th press release, the $800 million looks to be exclusively designed for military equipment that includes the likes of anti-tank and surface-to-air missiles: 800 Stinger anti-aircraft systems
2,000 Javelin, 1,000 light anti-armor weapons, and 6,000 AT-4 anti-armor systems
100 Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems
100 grenade launchers, 5,000 rifles, 1,000 pistols, 400 machine guns, and 400 shotguns
Over 20 million rounds of small arms ammunition and grenade launcher and mortar rounds 25,000 sets of body armor 25,000 helmets Newsmax host Rob Schmitt told Sen. Paul during the segment that he’s “one of the few fiscal hawks left in Congress,” and that the billions being allocated to Ukraine is significant but mentioned that to a Congress that tosses around trillions frivolously, perhaps billions are small potatoes in the grand scheme of things.“It’s a reasonable amount of money. Although you know these days when they throw around trillion all the time, I guess billions don’t even really matter anymore. It’s just kind of like pocket change, isn’t it?”Sen. Paul responded that even when the amounts handed out are […]
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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