THE BIG PICTURE
Time out for Americans to Celebrate Not their Independence but Their Captivity – “This is the week Americans celebrate their independence, a false celebration as Americans are no longer independent, In America today representative government no longer represents the people. Instead it represents the monied special interests that finance political campaigns. Essentially, no one in government represents the American people or any worthy cause. The American government represents money. So America’s Independence Day has been transformed. It is now celebration of Rule by Money.” – Paul Craig Roberts
Is this really how they want to play this? – “I’ve always thought the idea of reparations was more than a little dumb. It’s not that I think slavery was a good thing or that we shouldn’t have tried to make it right at the time. My issue is very simple: None of the people calling for it were ever slaves, and the people they want to pay for it never kept slaves. In other words, the time passed, and I’ll be damned if I support being taxed to right a wrong for people who never experienced it.The slaves who were victims of the trans-Atlantic slave trade weren’t rounded up by white people. They were prisoners of war sold by African nations like the Ashanti Empire, the Aro Confederacy, the Kingdom of Oyo, the Kingdom of Kongo, and others. In other words, if African nations want reparations for slavery, they need to look as much inward as outward.” – Tom Knighton – GOOD ARTICLE 0N REPARATIONS FROM TOM!!!!
The Gaping Loophole in U.S. Federal Law Regarding Weather Modification Reporting – “Under the federal weather modification reporting guidelines, the Federal government and/or contractors working for the Federal government are EXEMPT FROM REPORTING REQUIREMENTS!” – James Roguski – SO IT APPEARS THAT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES LIKE DARPA CAN GEOENGINEER ALL THEY WANT!!!!
YOU OWN NOTHING: Americans Are Being ROBBED By Their Government – “Paying for your own demise while being surveilled by Flock cameras…” – 2nd Smartest Guy in the World
The Supreme Court Is Building Its Own Massive Police Force – “The push for a rapid security buildout stems from the substantial threats to the justices at a moment of growing political violence in the U.S. and the sense that the system has just not been up to the task of keeping them safe. That’s a belief that appears to be shared by at least some of the justices themselves.” – Josh Gerstein = THE POLICE STATE CONTINUES TO GROW!!!!
250 Years of Taxation in America (VIDEO) – “From 1868 to 1913, 90 percent of federal tax revenue came from alcohol and tobacco taxes. In 1909, President Taft recommended that Congress propose a constitutional amendment to give the government power to tax incomes without apportioning the burden. In 1913, the Federal Reserve Bank was established. Along with it came the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment, which gave what many court cases show to be undue power to the Internal Revenue Service.” – Greg Reese
The Antibiotic That Was in Your Kitchen All Along – “New science confirms an ancient remedy outperforms a first-line pharmaceutical — without the side effects or the superbug problem” – Sayer Ji
HAND-HELD MICROWAVE WEAPONS – “For years, governments have doubted the stories of those suffering from AHI, commonly called Havana Syndrome. Now reports of a newly acquired weapon from the black market will finally vindicate them.” – Frances Leader
NEWS
Russia hearing the European clamour for war, announces it is ready – “Russia has now made the strategic decision in response to prepare for war in Europe.” – Alastair Crooke -THE EU KEEPS PUSHING RUSSIA. iSRAEL AND THE U.S. KEEPS PUSHING IRAN. THE U.S. KEEPS PUSHING CHINA. PERHAPS THESE WARMONGERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE DOING, BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE. COUNTRIES ONLY TAKE SO MUCH SHIT FOR SO LONG. MEANWHILE THEY KEEP US DISTRACTED BY ALGAE IN THE REFLECTING POOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Toxic Masculinity – ““Toxic” masculinity is in the news, and no wonder. From Donald Trump threatening to obliterate civilizations to Pete Hegseth boasting about punching people when they’re down, there’s plenty of toxic behavior to go around. Certainly, under Trump, there’s been a revival of unapologetic “toughness.” But this isn’t about being tough or masculine: it’s more about being a dick. A jerk. A dipshit, if you will.” – Bill Astore – WELL SAID!!!!
Iran war live: Trump announces Qatar meeting; Tehran says nothing planned – Abby Rogers, Mariamne Everett and Nils Adler
Are There Really Iran-US Peace Talks? – “Or Is It Buying Time for Another War?:” – Philip Giraldi
It’s All They’ve Got Now – “You can see how this summer, and the nauseating slide down to the midterm elections, are shaping up. The party of “Our Democracy” is desperate to an extreme now, all disfigured by a communist leprosy eating away at its public face (and a cancer of fraud metastasizing through its innards). It has become such an obvious monster, raging with its hair lit-up, that anyone with half a functioning brain is shying away, stealing off into the gloaming. The party has nothing left but chaos and, in the weeks ahead, anything that might be disrupted probably will be.” – James Howard Kunstler
AOC on the Warpath: Democrat Incumbents and Big Businesses Beware – “Socialists hope to radically change America – and they just might get the chance.” – James Fite
“Wants To Be More Political Than His Daddy”: Alex Soros Plows $103 Million Into Unhinged Democrats Ahead Of Midterms – Tyler Durden
Government Fraud Isn’t the Exception. It’s the Business Model. – Kerry Lutz
On the Treasonous Israeli Overthrow of the US Government – “The Rush to Cement the Military and Intelligence Apparatus of Israel into the National Security States of the USA. The madness of our times is well illustrated by the ongoing military showdown pitting Iran against the Zionist partnership of the USA and Israel. This partnership is running into widespread popular opposition. This opposition from decent people everywhere, is rapidly rapidly turning against the extravagant backing by the US government of the Zionist project to advance Greater Israel.” – Anthony James Hall
Gavin Newsom’s Healthcare Tax: Just the Latest Hit to CA Families – “But it’s not enough that California has been driving away the wealthy. Now they are working on driving away the middle class, too. The latest, in the state budget, is a series of new taxes on Medicaid, ObamaCare, and private employer health plans. This is stupid on steroids.” – Ward Clark
Lawsuit Filed for Records on Jan. 6 Provocateur Ray Epps – “The current FBI Director’s own public statements confirm the significance of this public interest… Miller filed his lawsuit after the FBI denied him those records on privacy grounds. Miller urged a judge to force the FBI to produce the documents on Epps. The Justice Department apparently reopened the Epps case after Rep. Thomas Massie, Revolver News and other conservatives began to question whether he was being protected by government.” – Ken Silva
Is the US turning Africa into a quarantine zone? – “When news emerged that Kenya had authorized a 50-bed, American-funded Ebola isolation centre at Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki, the controversy immediately eclipsed medical logistics. The premise was stark: Quarantine US citizens exposed to the virus offshore to prevent them from entering US territory. The backlash was fiercely swift. This raised a fundamental question: Why should African nations absorb the risks of managing global pathogens with minimal control over the response? The dispute highlights growing tensions in global health cooperation. While Western partnerships are often framed as mutually beneficial, critics argue they are profoundly imbalanced. Funding and technology may flow from wealthier nations, but the operational risk, implementation burden, and political fallout are borne almost entirely by host countries.” – Mustafa Fetouri
ECONOMIC NEWS
Jawboning Only Works—Short Term – “When Scott Bessent, Treasury Secretary, says the US economy is outperforming other economies, he fails to reveal the cause—deficit spending. With the US annual deficit running at 5.9% of GDP and a US growth rate of 1.6%, Trump/Bessent are forced to lie through their teeth, jawboning a great US economy/dollar—against worthless gold and silver. Trump inadvertently tells the truth: no nation has ever been in the place where we are now, at our 250 year anniversary. He could not be more correct, but the truth is the reverse of his message. We’ve never been in a more precarious economic place.” – Erik@neverhadaboss.com
The Inflation Trade Isn’t Dead… It’s Just Taking a Breather – “Gold is currently experiencing a “systemic reset.” The precious metal experienced a kind of mania from mid-2025 to early 2026, more than doubling in price from $2,600 per ounce to over $5,600 per ounce. It’s critical to note that was not just a “weak $USD” story either; gold exploded higher when priced in every major currency: the U.S. dollar, the Euro, the Yen and the Franc. Nothing goes straight up or straight down in the markets. And after a run like that, gold was due for a correction. And that is precisely what has happened: since February/ March 2026, gold has corrected. And again, this price action has taken place when priced in every major currency: the $USD, Euro, the Yen, and the Franc. By the look of things, this period of weakness should be ending soon.” – Graham Summers, MBA
Persian Gulf Crude And Commodity Ship Movements Are Not Building – David Jensen
COMEX Gold Options Speculation – “There is an increasing amount of chatter regarding a surge in open interest for deeply out-of-the-money options on COMEX gold. Whether or not there’s anything substantial behind these speculative trades remains to be seen.” – Craig Hemke
When Will the Bleeding Stop in the Precious Metals Market? – Money Metals News Service
SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY
Are We Already in World War 3? – ‘Maybe Not — But We’re Getting Too Close for Comfort. What I am saying is this: If you cannot look at what is happening right now and admit the world is unstable, then you are choosing not to see it. And if you do see it, then the answer is not panic. The answer is preparation. Not fantasy preparation. Not tacticool nonsense. Not buying a bunch of junk you do not know how to use. Not watching fear videos all day until you are too paralyzed to do anything useful. I mean boring, practical, working-class preparedness.” – M.D. Creekmore
Amish vs Mormon – Two Self-Sufficient Lifestyles – “Both have built cultures around independence from outside systems, with deep traditions of food production, preservation, community cooperation, and practical skills that most of the modern world has completely forgotten. Both have survived economic downturns, social upheaval, and disruption that devastated less-prepared neighbors. But their approaches could hardly be more different.” – Self-Sufficient Projects Staff – IT WOULD BE WISE TO LEARN FROM BOTH!!!
AI And Bitcoin Are Devouring The Grid… Will Your Lights Stay On? – “While folks argue about crypto, something much larger has quietly moved in behind it. Artificial intelligence. Data centers powering AI systems pulled about 415 terawatt-hours from global grids in 2024. You don’t need a government report to tell you what happens when demand outpaces supply. You’ve seen it with water. With fuel. With food. Now it’s happening with electricity. The grid wasn’t built for this kind of load. Not even close.” – Bill Heid
Manual Energy – “Most people think of energy preparedness in terms of adding more power. More solar panels. Bigger batteries. Larger generators. Extra fuel cans. Portable power stations. Inverters. Extension cords. Charge controllers. Backup chargers. There is nothing wrong with any of that. The smarter question is not always, “How do I generate more electricity?” Sometimes the better question is, “Why does this job need electricity at all?” That is where manual energy comes in.” – denob
If The Roads Closed Overnight: How Each Culture Would Respond To Sudden Isolation – “Most Americans live with the quiet assumption that the roads will stay open. Food moves by road. Medicine moves by road. Fuel moves by road. Mail, parts, tools, livestock feed, relatives, workers, and emergency help all depend on roads staying passable and safe. We may complain about traffic, potholes, and fuel prices, but most of us still expect movement to be available when we need it. That assumption can break faster than people think.” – Alec Deacon
VERSE FOR THE DAY
.2 Timothy 2:16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
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