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People take shelter inside a building in Mariupol, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Street fighting broke out in Ukraine’s second-largest city and Russian troops squeezed strategic ports in the country’s south as the prospect of peace talks remains uncertain. (AP … more > Russian and Ukrainian officials will meet for a third round of direct talks Monday to discuss a possible cease-fire in the 10-day-old war launched by the Kremlin.
The push for a cease-fire suffered a major blow Saturday as plans for a “humanitarian corridor” to allow Ukrainian citizens to leave the besieged cities of Mariupol and Volnovakha in the south were put on hold because of continued Russian shelling in the area.
But Davyd Arakhamia, a leading member of Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelenskyy’s Servant of the People party who took part in the previous face-to-face talks, said on Facebook Saturday that there will be a third round of talks Monday.
Separately, Secretary of State Antony Blinken crossed briefly over the Polish border into western Ukraine Saturday in a show of solidarity with Kyiv. Mr. Blinken had been in Poland as part of an eastern European swing to talk to officials and observe conditions for the 1.5 million-plus Ukrainians who have fled to neighboring countries since the fighting broke out.
Mr. Blinken predicted Ukraine “will prevail” in the fighting.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba who escorted Mr. Blinken across the border, echoed Mr. Zelenskyy in pressing the U.S. and its NATO allies to help desperate Ukrainian forces trying to ward off a larger and better armed Russian invading army.
“ Ukraine will win this war anyway, because this is the people’s war for their land,” Mr. Kuleba said, according to an account by the Agence France-Presse news service. ” … The question is the price.”
Mr. Blinken added that “the entire world stands with Ukraine […]
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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