Few in the mainstream media are interested in journalism — it’s bad for the bottom line. Instead, they’d much rather sit back and regurgitate propaganda, feeding you clickbait bullsh*t designed to either incite outrage or reinforce your world view. It makes no difference whether you’re on the left or right side of the political spectrum; the business model is the same. With the Russo-Ukraine war entering its third phase, and with it having so much influence on the direction of warfare and domestic policy, we decided to get some perspective from the guys on the ground, so packed our bags and hit the road.
In order to do good, we enlisted the help of a tiny charity — or rather, they enlisted us. People Helping People Across Borders is a 501(3) c run by Steve and Viktorya Croskey, a husband-and-wife team of lawyers out of Florida. They’ve been moving humanitarian supplies in, and refugees out, of the conflict zone since the first few days of the war using the high-tech logistics chain commonly known as picking up and carrying sh*t. You might think that with the massive aid packages announced by the U.S. government, there’s simply no need for private individuals to do anything apart from be good tax units — but that’s not the case. “Because we’ve got a strong network of friends and family
