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AP Photo/Matt York The Washington Examiner , citing reports from the Center Square , has a piece up today detailing that 20 states — including some very blue states like Oregon — have deployed military troops to the Southern border since Joe Biden took office. The Defense Department requested 2,500 National Guard members from states earlier this summer to help federal law enforcement with detecting human and drug smuggling operations. Both Democratic- and Republican-governed states have signed on to the border security mission. To date, states sending troops include Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, and South Carolina, according to the Center Square. … In addition, the U.S. Virgin Islands and seven states — Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, and Washington — agreed to send aviation support. Despite the progressive-friendly media’s attempts to cancel use of the word “invasion” when covering the border crisis , the policy response from DoD looks an awful lot like they think it might be time to treat “the surge” (one of the preferred media euphemisms) as one. This is especially true when considering the use of air cover from reliably blue states. From The Examiner : The Oregon Army National Guard agreed to send UH-72A Lakotas and helicopter crews to work with the U.S. Border Patrol, which is responsible for arresting noncitizens who attempt to enter the country illegally. “The mission will not be easy,” Chief Warrant Officer Dave Long told the East Oregonian . “We will fly each night. Our mission is to stop fentanyl, meth, and other illicit drugs from crossing the border and, additionally, to stop human trafficking and provide humanitarian aid to those in need. But my priority will be […]
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