The failure of the United State’s Women’s National Team to defeat Sweden in the World Cup sent shockwaves over the weekend from both sides of the soccer aisle. Fans of the team were apoplectic while the growing number of Americans who are tired of the wokeness of the team were elated. Joe Biden’s handlers took to Twitter to declare they are, of course, on Team Woke.
@USWNT, you’ve made your country proud. Congratulations on an incredible run. This team is something special and I’m looking forward to seeing how you continue to inspire Americans with your grit and determination – on and off the field.
.@USWNT, you’ve made your country proud.
Congratulations on an incredible run. This team is something special and I’m looking forward to seeing how you continue to inspire Americans with your grit and determination – on and off the field. https://t.co/XWitTB3Gl4
— President Biden (@POTUS) August 6, 2023
The carefully worded Tweet didn’t frame their failure as a failure. Instead, it highlighted how they’ve been less like athletes and more like social justice warriors in recent years; “both on and off the field,” as Biden’s handlers noted.
British commentator Piers Morgan had a question:
?? They just put in their worst ever World Cup performance and most of them refused to sing the National Anthem. Who did they make proud, exactly?
?? They just put in their worst ever World Cup performance and most of them refused to sing the National Anthem. Who did they make proud, exactly? https://t.co/83J4sDK1rw
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 6, 2023
Both points are valid. Many if not most members of the team hate America and expressed their discontent from before their first match. Social justice loser Megan Rapinoe, in her final World Cup match, has been the most vocal with her hatred of the so-called “patriarchy” and her desire for transvestites to compete against women.
It’s noteworthy that Megan Rapinoe’s proudest moment was getting a socialist pay structure put into place. It’s ironic that it was her missed penalty kick that ultimately lost the match for her team. Sadly, it seems many Americans echo Morgan’s sentiment.
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.
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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.
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