https://freerepublic.com/
https://citizenfreepress.com/
http://thelibertydaily.com/
https://offthepress.com/
https://rantingly.com/
http://www.badblue.com/trendr8.htm
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/
https://www.zerohedge.com/
I decided to use social media as a curator of news. BadBlue leverages social media channels and determines which stories are most popular for a given topic (say, technology news or general political news).
It turned out to work pretty well... as of 9/3/2022 the total metrics are: