When actress, recording artist, and award-winning singer Mary Millben reflects on her life, she sees a blessed journey marked by what God has called her to do. With a rich coloratura voice that soars with dramatic verve, Mary has traveled the globe, bringing rousing emotion to her rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” She has had the honor of performing for four consecutive U.S. presidents — and very likely in just a few weeks, a fifth one when President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office for his second term.
“Of the blessings of God and the blessings of this country, my life is truly the American dream, as many of our lives are,” Mary said. “When we look, we see not only the hand of God over our lives, but we see also the blessings and the benefits that we’ve received by being an American citizen.”
Breitbart News Entertainment Editor Jerome Hudson recently sat down with Mary Millben — a self-described “Breitbart girl” — who spoke first and foremost about God and country, and how they are the prime inspirations in her life.
Few would believe that a woman who’s enchanted audiences from packed NFL stadiums in the U.S. to the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, once suffered from stage fright. Indeed, Mary recalls being “very fearful to be on stage as a child, and certainly as a young teen.” She credits her “hero,” her mother, a retired music pastor, for forcing her on stages and places that were uncomfortable.
“We had to sing in choir and on praise teams and so I had to learn how to get over that stage fright rather quickly because that was never going away,” Mary said. “But I thank God for my mom because she was perhaps forcing me on stages and in places and spaces that were uncomfortable because she saw the call of God on my life.” […]
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Independent Journalism Is Dying
Ever since President Trump’s miraculous victory, we’ve heard an incessant drumbeat about how legacy media is dying. This is true. The people have awakened to the reality that they’re being lied to by the self-proclaimed “Arbiters of Truth” for the sake of political expediency, corporate self-protection, and globalist ambitions.
But even as independent journalism rises to fill the void left by legacy media, there is still a huge challenge. Those at the top of independent media like Joe Rogan, Dan Bongino, and Tucker Carlson are thriving and rightly so. They have earned their audience and the financial rewards that come from it. They’ve taken risks and worked hard to get to where they are.
For “the rest of us,” legacy media and their proxies are making it exceptionally difficult to survive, let alone thrive. They still have a stranglehold over the “fact checkers” who have a dramatic impact on readership and viewership. YouTube, Facebook, and Google still stifle us. The freer speech platforms like Rumble and 𝕏 can only reward so many of their popular content creators. For independent journalists on the outside looking in, our only recourse is to rely on affiliates and sponsors.
But even as it seems nearly impossible to make a living, there are blessings that should not be disregarded. By highlighting strong sponsors who share our America First worldview, we have been able to make lifelong connections and even a bit of revenue to help us along. This is why we enjoy symbiotic relationships with companies like MyPillow, Jase Medical, and Promised Grounds. We help them with our recommendations and they reward us with money when our audience buys from them.
The same can be said about our preparedness sponsor, Prepper All-Naturals. Their long-term storage beef has a 25-year shelf life and is made with one ingredient: All-American Beef.
Even our faith-driven precious metals sponsor helps us tremendously while also helping Americans protect their life’s savings. We are blessed to work with them.
Independent media is the future. In many ways, that future is already here. While the phrase, “the more the merrier,” does not apply to this business because there are still some bad actors in the independent media field, there are many great ones that do not get nearly enough attention. We hope to change that one content creator at a time.
Thank you and God Bless,
JD Rucker
