As I write this article, Fox News has a top story about a viral video with a guy fighting off four carjackers. CNN has a Trump Derangement Syndrome story about one of his attorneys recusing himself. MSNBC’s headline story asks the question no sane person would ever really ask, “Is Melania Trump done?”
All of this is apparently bigger news than a huge series of riot-level violence happening in Chicago Saturday night into Sunday morning. Here’s a glimpse:
How about deploying the National Guard NOW before the ENTIRE city of Chicago has been totally destroyed? pic.twitter.com/MdBBHuCoBP
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 16, 2023
The local Fox affiliate covered it since avoiding it would make them look stupid to the local audience that experienced it:
Hundreds of teenagers flooded into Downtown Chicago on Saturday night, smashing car windows, trying to get into Millennium Park, and prompting a major police response. At least one person in a car was attacked.
Shots were fired near the corner of Madison and Michigan, and FOX 32 Chicago decided that it was unsafe to keep our news crew on the scene. A woman whose car was smashed by people jumping on the windshield said her husband was beaten as he sat in the driver’s seat. He’s been taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Police were escorting tourists and others back to their cars in the Millennium Park garage. The crowd was trying to get into Millennium Park, but there are checkpoints around the perimeter and people under 21 are not allowed without an adult.
Video posted on social media shows people standing on top of a CTA bus and dancing. The CTA said that some service through the downtown area was disrupted on Saturday night because of police activity.
This is the second time this weekend that a group of rowdy teenagers has prompted a police response. On Friday night, hundreds of kids went to 31st Avenue Beach, and a 14-year-old was shot.
Even that report was tame compared to reports on social media.
Wouldn’t you close your businesses if community members destroyed their own communities? pic.twitter.com/WPxYcVtBSz
— • ᗰISᑕᕼIᗴᖴ ™ • (@4Mischief) April 16, 2023
https://twitter.com/NostraBellaCosa/status/1647435595474522113
Cell phone video shows group jumping on vehicle along Michigan Avenue https://t.co/vyGYiYnHpp pic.twitter.com/gm00vZdwrO
— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) April 16, 2023
Meanwhile in Chicago tonight: pic.twitter.com/43rw5yOZhf
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) April 16, 2023
The police scanner was blowing up with multiple instances of violence across the city.
Recap of downtown Chicago tonight of what the "teens" were doing tonight:
– 3 shot
– Multiple instances of shots fired
– People robbed
– Others maced
– CTA employees beaten
– Attempted to break into the Art Institute of Chicago— 16th & 17th District Chicago Police Scanner (@CPD1617Scanner) April 16, 2023
this crowd is getting worse,…
it's about 100 of them..
they are destroying cars…#Chicago #ChicagoScanner
— Spot News (@SPOTNEWSonIG) April 16, 2023
With the DNC proudly announcing their convention in the lawless hellhole next year, this type of story will get as little coverage as possible from corporate media. They have a narrative to protect, truth be damned.
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
