During a Friday conversation with Julie Kelly, Steve Bannon, a central leader in the MAGA movement and host of War Room, declared a fiery vision of the future. With his signature defiance, Bannon painted a picture of looming political upheaval, coining the phrase “Days of Thunder” to describe the seismic shifts he predicts in the coming weeks as President Trump retakes power.
“It’s going to be a reckoning,” Bannon thundered. “Ten days from now, Trump will be deep into the first day of work. Their heads are going to explode. January 20, 2025, will mark the start of the Days of Thunder.”
Check it out this smackdown:
Bannon: "They Have Fought Trump, They've Come After Trump, These People Are Criminals" pic.twitter.com/xSuT3RZYH9
— Bannon’s WarRoom (@Bannons_WarRoom) January 10, 2025
A Storm of Accountability
Bannon’s ire was focused on the legacy media and the political establishment, which he accused of orchestrating relentless attacks against Donald Trump and his supporters. Reflecting on the eight-year anniversary of CNN’s promotion of the Steele dossier, he lambasted the media’s role in what he called a fabricated narrative.
“They threw everything at Trump,” Bannon said. “All of it. They’ve spent years trying to put him, his family, and his allies in jail. None of it worked. Yet here they are, still regurgitating the same crap.”
Julie Kelly joined Bannon in dissecting the media’s role, calling out its audience. “Their viewers want to be brainwashed. They need their anti-Trump fix every day. It’s like a drug,” she said, emphasizing the media’s obsession with Trump as a crutch for ratings. […]
— Read More: warroom.org
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.
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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
