When I first got to Washington over thirty years ago I walked all over town pretty much unmolested by the state. When I moved back to the area in 2016 I noticed something, especially on North Capitol Street on the way to the Hill. On top of every building there was a surveillance camera.
A lot of it was the product of 9-11. Probably some of it was due to the Patriot Act. You learn to sneer at the cameras, but not to notice it. Now the Biden administration wants to increase that surveillance to the point that intelligence agencies usually tasked with foreign operations would be taking part in domestic surveillance. This is patently wrong. Rep. Chris Stewart, Republican of Utah, is not happy with Biden’s plan.
Stewart: “The Obama administration’s well-documented weaponization of intelligence agencies against an opposing campaign in 2016 was both unprecedented and un-American. But what we’re now hearing from the Biden administration has the potential to make Obama’s abuses look like child’s play. With the White House now suggesting they will turn the resources of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) inward to conduct domestic surveillance, they seek the power to covertly target and retaliate against political opponents, potentially silencing dissent.” We are talking about a full bore surveillance state in the hands of Democrats. What could go wrong?
Surveillance of political opponents by weaponizing the intelligence agencies. It doesn’t get more crooked than that. Watergate is a mere puddle compared to the ocean of deceit in this.https://t.co/HsYiwt6cnY
— James Plowman (@plowmanj3) May 14, 2020
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