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I had a wake-up call during an interview last week with an English friend who was once a minister in the Church of England. He was also active as a journalist and broadcaster. He told how he was conducting a radio interview on the BBC on the issue of abortion. At the time he had accepted the politically correct opinion that abortion was simply about a woman’s choice. However, his interviewee was opposed to abortion so he took a moment during the interview to look online at the statistics and found that since the legalization of abortion in Britain the lives of some 6 million unborn children had been snuffed out.
He commented spontaneously on air, “Gosh, that’s like the holocaust!” After the broadcast was over he was taken to one side by the editor of the show and told, “Don’t you ever compare the abortion question to the holocaust! If you dare to repeat this you will never work in the BBC again.”
It was a reminder of the increasing power of the woke bullies in our cancel culture. What was more disturbing was that a few days earlier I had spent some time listening to the sermon of an Anglican minister. She proclaimed the politically correct gospel from the pulpit on the issue of human sexuality.
As the forces of woke-ism gear up we should expect an assault on religious freedom. The thought police will be investigating Christian schools, listening to Christian sermons, and monitoring Christian writing for any traces of thoughts and words that do not conform. If the historic Christian faith is deemed to be offensive “hate speech” it will be suppressed.
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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