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Don’t despair—prepare.

NOTE: We usually try to publish on weekdays, as that’s when we can get what we think is very important, life saving content, in front of the most eyes. But, this is too important to wait on, as the collapse is happening so very fast. Please help us out by sharing this to your network, while we have one, which is the point of today’s post.

As the Trumpocalypse takes shape, the only good thing is we can start to see the strategy a bit clearer and plan accordingly. Sure, now that the tariffs are in place and a big part of our labor force is in hiding or arrested, we know the price of just about everything is going up radically ( OMG inflation!), layoffs will occur, stock market will crash, etc. We’ve been talking about how to prepare for that, if you’ve been paying attention. That’s the obvious stuff.

What isn’t obvious? We’re likely about to undergo radio/network silence—a cut-off from any reliable sources of information. Think about that. No reliable news, social media or otherwise. Perhaps no internet, without prior approval, and only then only approved sites and content.

Of course, there’s always the chance Trump will back down on the tariffs, chicken out, and falsely claim victory, like he did last week with the Colombia tiff. Even then, the damage is done, as far as the tariffs go. It could also be the plan all along—do tariffs to crash the stock market, buy in big on that dip, then back off the tariffs so they add ridiculous wealth to their already ridiculous wealth, in just a few days.

What we need to focus on here is the coming complete information blackout. When NBC reporter Peter Alexander embarrassed Trump in his press conference about the DC plane crash, I turned to Giavana and said, “No way he’s going to continue to allow any serious journalists in these press conferences. What happens then?” Sure enough, the next day they announced replacing legit news agencies with the likes of Breitbart and all the unserious bro-caster Trump sycophants. Very soon, legit channels of journalism won’t have much to report, because they’ll be cut off from all sources of information. FOIA requests will be ignored and laughed at.

Musk is clearly taking control of all sources of network communication. He’s pushing Starlink into our cell phone plans. It’s already dominant in our government. There’s a reason for that. This week, he did a hostile takeover of our government checkbook, the payment systems that send out all the Social Security, Medicare, tax refund, and other government money. Are you one of those people who foolishly far overpay your taxes every year as a “savings plan?” Don’t hold your breath waiting for that refund this year. If for no other reason, that the government is in complete chaos at every level. Musk is even attempting a hostile takeover of Wikipedia, a very common source of all kinds of information for the average American household. The goal is to turn it all into Soviet-style propaganda.

Information is already being scrubbed from critical government sites like the CDC, FDA, and CFPB. Those sites are important to your health, safety, and money. To us, this exposed a gap in our preparedness. We’ve advocated and practiced loading up on paper and electronic books on prepping, medicine, field survival, etc. But what about everything else? We found the solution in this article showing how to download offline versions of not only Wikipedia, but important datasets/information on things like health/medicine, ham radio communication, prepping (of course!), even mindfulness/spiritualism/Buddhism. These are big downloads, of course (much smaller if you just grab the text versions without the multimedia). We now have them all. Problem solved!

I’m still working on the ham radio license. It’s quite a bit to learn, as far as what’s needed to pass the license test. The resistance may depend on these alternate means of communication more and more. Your WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram apps are only as good as an internet or cellular connection, and those may be going away soon, or at least heavily filtered and firewalled to the Dear Leader’s preference. Sure, they’ll come after the hams too, but this is a particularly hardened group I wouldn’t want to mess with. If anyone will find a way to do comms, it’s them. For now, they’re down the priority list after internet, cellular, etc.

There are protests forming up for this week, February 5, in all the state capitols. I can’t say it as passionately or truly as this guy in the video below. Please give this video ten minutes of your time (warning, a few passionate f-bombs). Subscribe to him. He’s also a comedian and quite funny!

If you go to the protests, be careful. We need to stand up to tyranny, but be safe and smart about it. Here’s a good picture guide from the hacker group Anonymous.

Try not to get down over all this. We know it’s not easy. Stay active. Fight back. Appease worry by prepping to eliminate things that scare you. We’re showing you the way, each and every week.

Lastly, here’s an excellent five minute video from Bernie, the guy who had it right all along, who only ever cared about working families in this country. Imagine the life we could have had. Give this video five minutes, please.

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."—Martin Luther King Jr

“The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.”—Franklin Delano Roosevelt

“Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars.”—Leo Tolstoy

“Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him.”―Napoleon Bonaparte

So, this is where Giavana, Pia, and I are currently in our pioneer journey. Stay tuned! This pioneer journey continues…

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