No Gold Bars Here…

Lee Zeldin at the EPA just clawed back $20 billion in “gold bars” the Biden administration was throwing off the ship of state. It was being used to fund all sorts of wonderful stuff, including climate propaganda laundered through NGOs to the Pravda Media.

USAID shoveled hundreds of millions to “independent” media outlets for all sorts of nefarious reasons, including pushing NetZero nonsense.

🚨The Biden EPA tossed $20 billion of “gold bars off the Titanic”.

BIG UPDATE! We found the gold bars and they are now being recovered for you, the hardworking American taxpayer.

Here are more of the details: pic.twitter.com/DM4C0TQcpj

— Lee Zeldin (@epaleezeldin) February 13, 2025

And, of course, USAID and other government agencies were subsidizing censorship organizations, which among other things targeted truly independent media outlets such as HotAir and Townhall – stripping us of tens of millions in revenue. The European Union is still subsidizing these efforts, and we are still facing advertising bans from most of the transnational corporations – which spend the vast majority of advertising dollars.

Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft & others have played central roles in the censorship cartel.

The Orwellian named NewsGuard along with “fact checking” groups & ad agencies helped enforce one-sided narratives.

The censorship cartel must be dismantled. pic.twitter.com/Xf0sEYOUfv

— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) November 15, 2024

That’s why we keep asking you to join HotAir VIP. It is, no joke, what keeps us in business. The advertisers who support us are great partners, but they don’t have the deep pockets that the big boys have. Running even a modest-sized media organization is not cheap. 

When public radio or TV do a pledge drive, they are asking people to fund government-financed media. They get hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars, vast sums from transnational corporations and NGOs, and use the money to feed you propaganda. I have made lots of public TV and radio appearances, and one thing I learned is that these media outlets are RICH.

We are not. Unlike Pravda Media, we are scrappy enough to tell you the truth because we haven’t been bought off. 

So, like Bernie Sanders, I am once again asking you to become a VIP member of Townhall Media.

Dear @DOGE: Please investigate Newsguard.

The “Misinformation” Watchdog censored conservative websites and received State Dept. & Pentagon funds in the past.

There should be no government money for “fact-checking” agencies ever again. Clear violation of First Amendment. pic.twitter.com/2iaV1tYi4U

— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) February 5, 2025

VIP memberships are a great deal, and unlike public radio and TV, we make it worth your while. VIP members get access to the comments section and exclusive content, VIP Gold members get exclusive shows and live discussions with our hosts (and sometimes even me!), and VIP Platinum members get direct access to our authors through private messaging systems. I have a pretty active group of members with whom I correspond. Plus, you get access to a vast treasure trove of video content.

As I have said many times before, I am not a fan of writing VIP columns because, in a perfect world, we could subsist on advertising like Pravda Media, but we don’t live in that world. We live in a world of censorship, demonetization, constant attacks on our credibility, and cancel culture. I want everything I write to be read by everybody because I am passionate about the issues, but VIP keeps us going.

Over the past few years, hundreds of millions of dollars and massive government efforts have been made to silence us. Our members have kept us publishing and even growing.

If you are as passionate as I am about knowing and spreading the truth, please consider joining our VIP members who have been sustaining us. Together, we have made enormous progress, but there is so much left to do. We are in an existential battle for Western culture and the American Dream. 

Please join the fight! Become a HotAir VIP member today and use the code GOLDBARS for 50% off and get the media deal of a lifetime!