It should be illegal for anyone to artificially modify the weather.  That is something that we should all be able to agree on. Unfortunately, as you will see below, it has now come out that this has been happening all over the western half of the United States.  In fact, cloud seeding operations were being conducted in Texas just two days before horrific flooding killed a whole bunch of innocent children.  The information that I am going to share with you in this article is explosive, and I hope that you will share it with as many people as you can.

The company that has been conducting cloud seeding operations in Texas is called Rainmaker Technology.

Rainmaker Technology CEO Augustus Doricko is claiming that his company had nothing to do with the recent flooding because his company did not do any cloud seeding in Texas on July 3rd or July 4th.  But he is admitting that his company was doing cloud seeding in Texas on July 2nd…

Overnight from July 3rd – 4th, moisture surged into the Hill Country from the Pacific as remnants of Tropical Storm Barry moved across the region. At 1:00 a.m. on July 4th, the National Weather Service (NWS), which we work closely with to maintain awareness of severe weather systems, issued a flash flood warning for San Angelo, Texas. Note, summer convective cloud seeding operations in Texas do not occur during overnight hours. At 4:00 a.m. on July 4th, the NWS issued a life-threatening emergency warning, and flooding ensued.

Did Rainmaker conduct any operations that could have impacted the floods? No. The last seeding mission prior to the July 4th event was during the early afternoon of July 2nd, when a brief cloud seeding mission was flown over the eastern portions of south-central Texas, and two clouds were seeded. These clouds persisted for about two hours after seeding before dissipating between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. CDT. Natural clouds typically have lifespans of 30 minutes to a few hours at most, with even the most persistent storm systems rarely maintaining the same cloud structure for more than 12-18 hours. The clouds that were seeded on July 2nd dissipated over 24 hours prior to the developing storm complex that would produce the flooding rainfall.

A senior meteorologist observed an unusually high moisture content prior to the event’s arrival, using NWS sounding data. It was at this point that our meteorologists determined that we would suspend future operations indefinitely. As you can see, we suspended operations on July 2nd, a day before the NWS issued any flood warning.

This is a bombshell.

We don’t want people seeding our clouds.

This should be illegal.

It turns out that Rainmaker Technology CEO Augustus Doricko is just 25 years old, and his company has been heavily funded by billionaire Peter Thiel…

Whoever approved cloud seeding operations in Texas needs to resign immediately.

But this isn’t just happening in Texas.

In fact, according to the official website of the North American Weather Modification Council, most states in the western half of the nation are actively conducting cloud seeding operations…

What these states are doing is extremely dangerous.

They need to stop it now before more people die.

Thankfully, there are a few politicians that are determined to take action.

For example, U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has introduced a bill that would ban anyone from modifying or altering the weather…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced a bill intended to block any government or private effort to “modify or alter the weather,” directly referencing “geoengineering” and “atmospheric interventions.”

Although introduced in the context of recent Texas weather events, the bill is grounded in older conspiracy narratives rather than new scientific evidence.

The text of the bill closely mirrors the language used by online groups that have promoted the chemtrail theory. The proposal has received no mainstream scientific support.

Good for her.

Unfortunately, many other members of Congress are still attempting to deny that weather modification even exists.  One of those members of Congress is Senator Ted Cruz…

Sen. Ted Cruz dismissed talk about weather modification Monday, saying there is “zero evidence” to support claims that the government is manipulating the weather.

The Texas Republican made the comments in response to a proposed bill by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, which aimed to ban atmospheric interventions—a move rooted in long-debunked “chemtrail” theories.

“The internet can be a strange place,” Cruz said at a press conference this morning. “People can come up with all sorts of crazy theories.”

Are you kidding me?

Somebody please send this article to Senator Cruz.

It is time for the madness to end.

Of course even if weather modification ends here in the United States, other countries will continue to do it.

Those that are engaged in this practice are destabilizing weather patterns that have been relatively stable for thousands of years.

So now we have a real crisis on our hands.

A couple of decades ago, we would be hit by a major weather disaster a few times a year.

Now they are hitting us constantly.

In fact, Tropical Storm Chantal just hammered the Carolinas…

Chantal made landfall in South Carolina as a tropical storm but has since weakened to a tropical depression after losing strength over land.

However, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned it still poses a threat of tropical storm conditions to millions this week.

The storm unleashed up to 10 inches of rain across central North Carolina on Sunday, inundating homes, submerging roads and stranding numerous drivers.

More than 17,000 residents in Orange and Chatham counties remain without power due to downed trees and power lines.

When I woke up this morning, I learned that parts of Chapel Hill were literally underwater…

The Chapel Hill Fire Department and neighboring agencies completed more than 50 water rescues, many of them in areas where floodwaters entered or threatened to enter apartments, the Town of Chapel Hill said in a news release early Monday. More than 60 people were displaced. Some rescues also took place at shopping centers, where water flooded parking lots and businesses.

The town warned residents to be careful as they ventured out Monday morning while crews continued to assess the damage.

Yes, there have been storms and floods all throughout history.

But what we are witnessing now is not even close to normal.

Those that have been messing with the weather should be absolutely ashamed of themselves.  We live at a time when major apocalyptic disasters are happening all around us, and they are making things even worse.

Those that are “playing God” by modifying our weather belong in prison.

But I doubt that they will ever be held accountable.

In fact, many of our politicians will continue to insist that cloud seeding isn’t even happening.

Sadly, much of the population will actually believe them.

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About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written nine other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”, “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”.  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.

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This article was originally published by Lance D. Johnson at Natural News. 

The digital tools millions trust daily—photo editors, casual games, taxi hailers—hide a dark secret: They were crafted by Israeli spies turned tech moguls, funneling profits into apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and the ongoing genocide in Gaza. As Israel wages war under the banner of Zionism, its militarized economy thrives on apps that mine your data, normalize surveillance, and bankroll atrocities. This bombshell investigation exposes the covert Israeli app empire, revealing how even the most innocent downloads fuel a regime built on occupation and bloodshed.

Key points:

• • Hidden owners: Major apps like Facetune, Moovit, and Waze were developed by ex-Israeli military intelligence operatives, laundering their spycraft into Silicon Valley fortunes.

• • Data harvesting risks: These apps often demand intrusive permissions, feeding personal images, locations, and identifiers into Israel’s surveillance-industrial complex.

• • Funding genocide: Companies like Playtika and Crazy Labs openly funnel billions in taxes to Israel’s war economy, with staff actively enlisted in Gaza massacres.

• • Global spyware threat: Behind the apps lies Israel’s Pegasus spyware, sold to dictatorships to crush dissent, murder journalists, and silence Palestinians.

• • Boycott urgency: The BDS movement urges users to purge these apps, breaking Israel’s stranglehold on tech and its economy of occupation.

From military intelligence to your smartphone

Israel’s Unit 8200—a surveillance unit comparable to the NSA—acts as a feeder program for the country’s tech elite. Graduates infiltrate app development, weaponizing civilian software to extract data and revenue. ZipoApps, founded entirely by Unit 8200 veterans, controls photo-editing tools like Collage Maker Photo Editor and Instasquare, boasting over 100 million downloads. Users on Reddit accuse Zipo of bait-and-switch privacy violations, turning open-source apps into paid spyware traps.

Similarly, Facetune, an AI photo editor with 50 million installs, was co-developed by Yaron Inger, who spent five years in Unit 8200. Apple Store reviews warn it’s a “scam,” demanding location tracking and device identifiers. Even ride-hailing apps like Gett and Waze were built by ex-spies, embedding Israel’s military ethos into everyday tech.

“These developers are digital conscripts,” explains a Tel Aviv-based tech whistleblower who requested anonymity. They don’t leave the battlefield—they just monetize it.

Games, gambling, and genocide profits

Israel’s app economy isn’t just invasive—it’s bankrolled by blood money. Playtika, a NASDAQ-listed gaming giant, rakes in $2.5 billion annually from gambling apps while openly bragging about its contributions to Israel’s “economy.” Last year, 14% of its staff were called up as reservists to Gaza, where they participated in the slaughter of over 35,000 Palestinians. CEO Robert Antokol shamelessly declared the company’s taxes “wonderful for the Israeli economy”—a euphemism for funding genocide.

Casual games like Build a Queen and Bridge Race, published by Supersonic (owned by Unity), have billions of downloads. Founder Nadav Ashkenazy helmed operations for the Israeli Air Force, which has dropped tens of thousands of U.S.-supplied bombs on Gaza’s civilian centers. Conquer Countries, another Supersonic title, glorifies expansionism with a cartoon Donald Trump—echoing Israel’s own settler-colonial project.

“Every in-app purchase feeds the war machine,” says investigative journalist Andrew Feinstein. “These aren’t just games—they’re propaganda tools normalizing domination.”

Globalizing apartheid: From Pegasus to your pocket

The app pipeline mirrors Israel’s export of military-grade spyware. NSO Group’s Pegasus, used to murder journalist Jamal Khashoggi and target 50,000 activists worldwide, was developed by Unit 8200 alumni. In 2021, Pegasus infiltrated six Palestinian human rights groups, proving Israel’s tech is designed to crush resistance.

“NSO claims its spyware ‘fights terrorism,’ but it’s never saved a single life,” says Marwa Fatafta of AccessNow. “It exists to prop up dictators and apartheid.”

While Israel markets itself as a “beacon of freedom,” its apps betray the truth: a surveillance state profiting from oppression. From Modi’s India to Orbán’s Hungary, Israel’s tech fuels authoritarianism—and your downloads help it spread.

As Israel escalates its Gaza genocide, your phone shouldn’t be complicit. “Every uninstall is a blow to their economy,” says a BDS coordinator. “Hit them where it hurts—their wallets.”

Getting lost in the wild can happen faster than expected. One wrong turn or unclear path is enough to throw even a regular hiker off course. When you’re trying to navigate unfamiliar terrain, visual reference points can help prevent confusion. These trail markers provide a way to track your movement without relying on GPS devices. This guide explains how to use them correctly so you can stay on track.

Before placing anything on a trail, it helps to understand how these markers work in the field.

Why Marking a Trail Matters in Survival Movement

When you’re moving fast on the trail, it’s easy to lose your sense of direction. Markers help you keep track of where you’ve been and where to head next. They also work as visual breadcrumbs in case you need to backtrack. In group settings, markers show other members which direction you went or signal that a safe route to follow. This becomes especially useful when you’re navigating in unfamiliar terrain or thick undergrowth.

If you’re trying to stay hidden, subtle trail signs let you communicate without leaving traces. You can guide a trusted person or throw off unwanted attention. The way you build these markers depends on how visible or discreet you need to be.

Three Trail Marker Types That Work in the Field

Let’s look at trail markers that are easy to recognize and flexible enough for both visibility and stealth.

1. Tied Cloth or Flagging Tape

Tied cloth strips or flagging tape are bright markers secured to branches and shrubs. They’re light enough to carry and easy to spot from a distance. Use them for open movement when speed matters more than stealth, such as during daytime bug-out drills or when setting a return path on a hunting trail. Moreover, pick bright colors and always tie them at eye level to keep them easy to spot.

2. Rocks and Sticks

Stacked rocks or arranged sticks can also be used to mark directions along a trail. You can stack rocks into small towers or break and place sticks pointing the way forward. For the rocks, keep each stack low and stable so it doesn’t look unnatural and won’t tip over easily. Then, place them near the edge of the trail or beside bold natural features to make it easy to spot.

3. Natural Signs

Natural trail markers utilize what’s already there in the environment such as bent branches or scraped bark. You might pull a branch down and wedge it under a rock so it stays bent, or lightly scrape the side of a tree to mark your turn. Use this method when stealth matters, such as evasion training or moving in hostile zones.

Tips for Smart Placement

Oftentimes, marker placement matters more than placing tons of them. If they’re too far apart, you might miss one at some point and lose the trail completely. Instead, try marking your directions every 50–70 feet in dense woods or rough terrain. In open space, you can stretch the gap up to 100 feet as long as the next marker remains visible from previous one. Instead of placing markers too close together, keep the spacing steady so they remain visible as you move.

Additionally, use clear sight lines to your advantage. Always place markers at eye level or just above. Avoid placing them in low places where leaves or snow can hide them. When moving uphill or through thick brush, check behind you to make sure the last marker remains visible from your new spot.

Leave No Trace, Leave No Doubt

Once your journey served its purpose, don’t forget to take down the markers. Cloth strips or stacked stones left behind can mislead other hikers.

What’s the first type of marker you’ll practice on your next trip?

FAQs:

1. What are trail markers used for?
   To guide movement, mark direction, or signal safe routes.
2. Are trail markers just for hiking?
   No, they’re useful for bug-outs, evasion, and survival navigation.
3. What’s the easiest trail marker to use?
   Tied cloth or flagging tape is the simplest and most visible.
4. Can I use rocks or sticks as trail signs?
   Yes, stack or arrange them to show direction discreetly.
5. What are natural trail markers?
   Bent branches, scraped bark, or disturbed ground—good for stealth.
6. How do I make markers without leaving a trace?
   Use removable cloth or subtle natural signs you can undo.
7. Should markers always be visible?
   Only when visibility matters—hide them during stealth or evasion.
8. How far apart should markers be placed?
   Close enough to see the next one before losing sight of the last.
9. Where should I place trail markers?
   Near trail edges or fixed landmarks for easy recognition.
10. Why remove markers afterward?
    To avoid confusing others or exposing your route.

This article was originally published by Cassie B. at Natural News. 

One of the most important Shiite clerics in the entire world, Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi of the Iranian holy city of Qom, has just issued a fatwa which officially declares Donald Trump to be an “enemy of God”.  In Iran, those that are designated to be “enemies of God” under Islamic law are normally executed.  According to an Iranian news source, the reason why Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi has issued this fatwa is because Trump threatened Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and other top Iranian leaders…

Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi has issued a fatwa in which he declares anyone who threatens Leader, and Shia Marja to be the Enemy of God, who has to be fought against according to Islamic teachings.

To those of us living in the western world, labeling someone as an “enemy of God” may not seem like a very big deal.

But in Shia Islam, it is a technical theological term that has very grave implications.

Do you remember the fatwa that was issued against Salman Rushdie?

After that fatwa was issued, Rushdie had to live in hiding for years, but eventually an attacker caught up with him anyway.

Now President Trump is facing a similar threat.  Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi is calling on “all Muslims around the world” to work together to make “the criminal American president” pay for what he has done…

After threats were made by the criminal American president and the leaders of the child-killing Zionist regime against the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and the senior Shiite clerics known as Marja, a group of believers submitted a request to His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi regarding the duties of Muslims in response to such threats. Grand Ayatollah Makarem response to the question put forward by his followers is as follows:

“Any person or regime that threatens the Leader or Marja (May God forbid) is considered an enemy of God,” Grand Ayatollah Makarem said in his Fatwa, which is a response to the question to him.

The senior Iranian Shia Marja added that “any cooperation or support for that enemy by Muslims or Islamic states is haram or forbidden. It is necessary for all Muslims around the world to make these enemies regret their words and mistakes.”

He also said that if a Muslim who abides by his Muslim duty suffer hardship or loss in their campaign, they will be rewarded a fighter in the way of God, God willing.”

Now that this fatwa has been formally issued, Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu and other high ranking Israeli officials are officially considered to be “Mohareb” from this point forward…

I asked Google AI for more information about the term “Mohareb”, and this is what I was told…

In Iran, Mohareb (or Moharebeh) is a term used to describe someone who wages war against God, the state, or who is an enemy of God. It is typically used in the context of Sharia law to refer to individuals who take up arms against the government. The charge is often associated with the death penalty, particularly when applied to those who allegedly use weapons to threaten public security.

Did you catch that last sentence?

Those that are designated as “Mohareb” in Iran are usually executed.

And there are vast numbers of lunatics inside Iran that would be more than willing to carry out such a sentence.

In fact, on Saturday thousands of Iranians that had poured into the streets for a funeral procession were burning U.S. flags and chanting “death to America”…

Thousands of enraged Iranians burned the US flag and chanted “death to America” and “Israel” Saturday as the Islamic Republic buried the head of its armed forces and other top commanders who were killed during the 12-day war.

The caskets of about 60 corpses, including Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp’s chief Generals Hossein Salami and Amir Ali Hajizadeh, were marched through the streets of downtown Tehran for the first public funerals since President Trump helped broker a June 23 cease-fire between the two Middle Eastern countries.

“Death to America” and “Death to Israel,” the crowds screamed as flags of both countries were set ablaze.

It certainly doesn’t sound like they think this is over.

In fact, many are entirely convinced that it is just a matter of time before Iranian sleeper cells inside the U.S. start taking action.

Could this be one of the reasons why large barricades are being put up around the White House and the U.S. Treasury?…

Overnight, construction crews in Washington, D.C. have been observed erecting large anti-scale barricades around the White House and the U.S. Treasury. This unusual activity has sparked widespread speculation among social media users about potential major announcements or events. The Secret Service has not provided an official reason for these enhanced security measures, leading to a mix of concern and curiosity.

Considering everything that just happened in the Middle East, and considering the fact that July 4th is coming up this week, law enforcement authorities from coast to coast are on a high state of alert…

Since the announcement of the US airstrikes in Iran last Saturday, major states, such as California and New York, have been on high alert for threats.

Earlier this week, Homeland Security announced it had arrested 11 Iranian nationals who were illegally in the country, including an alleged sniper.

The 11 men were arrested across the country, including from California, Colorado, Maryland, New York, and Texas.

Why haven’t we heard more about this?

It is certainly not normal for an “Iranian sniper” to be arrested.

Was he part of a team that was planning something really big?

As I warned last week, we are a nation that is absolutely teeming with soft targets.  We are far more vulnerable than most people realize, and on major holidays such as July 4th there are large gatherings of people all over the country.

During a recent interview with Greg Hunter, Steve Quayle also warned that our enemies could choose to use “asymmetrical warfare” against us…

Everyone should learn the term ‘asymmetrical warfare.’ This is what you see when you are talking terrorism, refineries blowing up and wildfires being started at a much higher pace than ever before.

If a radical Shiite terrorist dies during a terror attack, that is considered to be a good thing.

In fact, many radical Shiite lunatics are quite eager to get to “paradise” because that will mean having endless pleasure with heavenly virgins.

Yes, this is what they actually believe.  Dan Burmawi recently posted about this on Twitter, and I have included his entire post below because it does such a great job of detailing how these terrorists view the afterlife…

A single intercourse with one of the virgins of paradise will last seventy thousand years.

Islam’s obsession with virgins in paradise isn’t just a minor detail, it’s a central, driving force in its theology of rewards.

The Islamic afterlife isn’t about communion with God, spiritual enlightenment, or divine wisdom, it’s a carnal, male-centered fantasy of unlimited sexual gratification.

Islamic texts describe these women as perpetual virgins, untouched, and designed solely for the pleasure of men.

“Indeed, We have produced the women of Paradise in a [new] creation. And made them virgins, devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age.” (Quran 56:35-37)

“Fair ones reserved in pavilions. Untouched before by any man or jinn.” (Quran 55:72-74)

Hadith collections affirm that after every act of intercourse, these “virgins” miraculously return to a state of virginity so the process can be repeated endlessly.

These heavenly beings are not just virgins, they are physically exaggerated to fulfill male fantasies:

Large, round breasts:“Indeed, for the pious there is a triumph… full-breasted companions of equal age.” (Quran 78:31-33)

The Arabic term kawa‘ib in 78:33 literally means “firm, swelling breasts.”

Big, lustrous eyes:“They will have maidens with intensely white skin and large black eyes, as if they were hidden pearls.” (Quran 52:20)

Glowing, hairless, smooth skin:“If one of the women of paradise were to appear to the people of the earth, she would fill the space between heaven and earth with light and fragrance.” (Tirmidhi, 2538)

Muhammad explicitly stated that men in paradise will have endless sexual stamina, never experiencing fatigue.

The virgins, in turn, never get tired, never say no, and are always ready for intercourse.

The Prophet was asked, “O Messenger of Allah, do we have sexual intercourse in Paradise?” He replied: “Yes, by the One in Whose Hand is my soul, a man will have sexual intercourse with a hundred virgins in one morning.” (Ibn Majah, 4337)

Another hadith states that men will be given the strength of 100 men in sexual performance. (Tirmidhi, 2536)

According to Al-Suyuti, a famous Islamic scholar:

“The believer will be given such and such strength in paradise for intercourse… A single intercourse with one of the virgins of paradise will last seventy thousand years.” (Al-Suyuti, Al-Haba’ik fi Akhbar al-Mala’ik)

These “virgins” don’t need to poop, pee, or sweat, they exist for one purpose: eternal male pleasure.

“They will neither urinate, defecate, nor suffer from phlegm or mucus. Their sweat will be musk.” (Muslim, 2834)

“They will be hairless except for their eyebrows and eyelashes.” (Tirmidhi, 2536)

A believer doesn’t get just one virgin, he gets dozens, or even hundreds.

“A martyr will have 72 virgins.” (Tirmidhi, 1663)

“The lowest rank of a person in paradise will have 80,000 servants and 72 wives.” (Ibn Majah, 4337)

While men are promised an endless supply of sex slaves, the fate of women in Islam’s paradise is nonexistent or humiliating.

Women in Islamic eschatology exist only for men’s pleasure, nothing else.

While other religions speak of enlightenment, unity with God, or transcendent joy, Islam offers a pornographic fantasy land where men indulge in endless sex, alcohol, and servitude.

What kind of God rewards faithfulness with an eternal orgy?

What kind of religion reduces the afterlife to a hypersexualized playground?

This is not spiritual. This is not divine. This is the theology of a man who designed an afterlife to justify his own sexual obsessions.

And yet, Muslims claim Islam is the most moral and pure religion.

Islam’s paradise is nothing more than a cosmic brothel.

How can you reason with people that actually believe this stuff?

You can’t.

Personally, I am entirely convinced that Islamic terrorists will commit some absolutely horrifying acts of violence on U.S. soil.

But if they do release bioweapons or set off a dirty bomb, we may not ever know who did it.

They may simply unleash death and destruction without taking any responsibility at all.

We have made a very dangerous enemy, and they will remember the events of this month for a very, very long time.

Michael’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.

About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com.  He has also written nine other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”, “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”.  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.

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This article was originally published by John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead at The Rutherford Institute. 

“Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government’s purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.”—Justice Louis D. Brandeis

While the U.S. wages war abroad—bombing Iran, escalating conflict, and staging a spectacle of power for political gain—a different kind of war is being waged here at home.

This war at home is quieter but no less destructive. The casualties are not in distant deserts or foreign cities. They are our freedoms, our communities, and the Constitution itself.

And the agents of this domestic war? Masked thugs. Unmarked vans. Raids. Roundups.

Detentions without due process. Retaliation against those who dare to question or challenge government authority. People made to disappear into bureaucratic black holes. Fear campaigns target immigrant communities and political dissenters alike. Surveillance weaponized to monitor and suppress lawful activity.

Packaged under the guise of national security—as all power grabs tend to be—this government-sanctioned thuggery masquerading as law and order is the face of the Trump Administration’s so-called war on illegal immigration.

Don’t fall for the propaganda that claims we’re being overrun by criminals or driven into the poorhouse by undocumented immigrants living off welfare.

The real threat to our way of life comes not from outside invaders, but from within: an unelected, unaccountable enforcement agency operating above the law.

President Trump insists that ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) is focused on violent criminals, but the facts tell a different story (non-criminal ICE arrests have surged 800% in six months)—and that myth is precisely what enables the erosion of rights for everyone.

By painting enforcement as narrowly targeted, the administration obscures a far broader dragnet that sweeps up legal residents, naturalized citizens, and native-born Americans alike.

What begins with immigrants rarely ends there.

According to the Cato Institute, 65 percent of people taken by ICE had no convictions, and 93 percent had no violent convictions at all.

This isn’t targeted enforcement—it’s indiscriminate purging.

What ICE—an agency that increasingly resembles a modern-day Gestapo—is doing to immigrants today, it can and will do to citizens tomorrow: these are the early warning signs of a system already in motion.

The machinery is in place. The abuses are ongoing. And the constitutional safeguards we rely on are being ignored, dismantled, or bypassed entirely.

When legal residents, naturalized citizens, and native-born Americans are swept up in ICE’s raids, detained without cause, and subjected to treatment that defies every constitutional protection against government overreach, this isn’t about immigration.

It’s not about danger. It’s about power—unchecked and absolute.

This is authoritarianism by design.

Here are just a few examples of how ICE’s reach now extends far beyond a criminal class of undocumented immigrants:

• In Los Angeles, ICE agents detained U.S. citizens Jason Gavidia and Javier Ramirez during mass raids at flea markets—actions condemned by local officials as racial profiling.
• In New York City, ICE arrested mayoral candidate Brad Lander at a courthouse after he questioned the legitimacy of an enforcement action.
• In Arizona, a 19-year-old U.S. citizen with developmental disabilities was held for 10 days without charges.
• In Virginia, naturalized citizen Jensy Machado was handcuffed at gunpoint until officers reviewed his REAL ID.
• In Oregon, ICE agents arrested Moises Sotelo Casas—beloved vineyard manager and community member—outside a church.
• In Tennessee, teen soccer player Emerson Colindres was deported without warning, despite having no criminal background. His community was left reeling.
• ICE has even conducted raids at churches—sanctuaries meant to offer refuge—violating not just constitutional rights but community trust and religious protections.

This pattern of abuse is not accidental.

It reflects a deliberate strategy of fear and domination by ICE agents acting like an occupying army, intent on intimidating the population into submission while the Trump Administration redraws the boundaries of the Constitution for all within America’s borders, citizen and immigrant alike.

This is how you dismantle a constitutional republic: not in one dramatic moment, but through the steady erosion of rights, accountability, and the rule of law—first for the marginalized, then for everyone.

When constitutional guarantees become conditional and oversight is systematically evaded, all Americans—regardless of status—stand vulnerable to a regime that governs by fear rather than freedom.

We’ve seen this playbook before.

It’s the same strategy used by fascist regimes to consolidate power—using fear, force, and propaganda to turn public institutions into instruments of oppression.

ICE raids often occur without warrants. Agents frequently detain individuals not charged with any crime. Homes, schools, hospitals, workplaces, and courthouses have all become targets. Agents in plain clothes swarm unsuspecting individuals, arrest them without explanation, and separate families under the pretense of national security. In many cases, masked agents refuse to identify themselves at all, creating a climate of terror where the public cannot distinguish lawful enforcement from lawless abduction.

This is not justice. It is intimidation. And it has become business as usual.

ICE has even begun deputizing local police departments to carry out these raids.

Through an expanded network of partnerships, ICE has turned routine traffic stops into pipelines for deportation. According to The Washington Post, immigrants stopped on the way to volleyball practice, picking up baby formula, or heading to job sites have been detained and, in some cases, sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador.

This is what politicizing and weaponizing local police looks like.

Even members of Congress attempting to exercise constitutional oversight have been turned away from ICE facilities. As The New York Times reported, ICE now claims the authority to “deny a request or otherwise cancel” congressional visits based on vague “operational concerns”—effectively placing its operations beyond democratic scrutiny.

Beyond the high-profile arrests, the abuse runs deeper.

Julio Noriega, a 54-year-old American citizen, was snatched up off the street and detained in Chicago for 10 hours without explanation. Leonardo Garcia Venegas, a U.S.-born citizen, was detained because ICE dismissed his REAL ID as fake. Cary López Alvarado, a pregnant U.S. citizen, was handcuffed and arrested for challenging ICE agents who had followed her fiancé to work. Children, veterans, and immunocompromised individuals have all suffered under ICE’s dragnet.

These are not outliers. They are the product of a system that operates without meaningful checks.

ICE agents are rarely held accountable. Internal investigations are ineffective. Congress has abdicated oversight. Directives from the Trump administration—including those authored by Stephen Miller—have turbocharged deportations and loosened any remaining restraints.

From boots on the ground to bytes in the cloud, ICE’s unchecked power reflects a broader shift toward authoritarianism, fueled by high-tech surveillance, public indifference and minimal judicial oversight. The agency operates a sprawling digital dragnet: facial recognition, license plate readers, cellphone tracking, and partnerships with tech giants like Amazon and Palantir feed massive databases—often without warrants or oversight.

These same tools—hallmarks of a growing surveillance state—are now being quietly repurposed across other federal agencies, setting the stage for an integrated surveillance-policing regime that threatens the constitutional rights of every American.

This isn’t about safety. It’s about control.

These tools aren’t just targeting undocumented immigrants—they’re laying the digital scaffolding for a future in which everyone is watched, scored, and subject to state suspicion.

Quotas over justice. Algorithms over rights.

ICE’s operations have little to do with individualized threat assessments. What drives these raids is not public safety but bureaucratic performance. Field offices are under pressure to meet arrest quotas, creating a system that incentivizes indiscriminate sweeps over focused investigations.

As Jennie Taer writes for the NY Post:

“The Trump administration’s mandate to arrest 3,000 illegal migrants per day is forcing ICE agents to deprioritize going after dangerous criminals and targets with deportation orders, insiders warn. Instead, federal immigration officers are spending more time rounding up people off the streets… Agents are desperate to meet the White House’s high expectations, leading them to leave some dangerous criminal illegal migrants on the streets, and instead look for anyone they can get their hands on at the local Home Depot or bus stop.”

Predictive algorithms and flawed databases replace constitutional suspicion with digital hunches, turning enforcement into a numbers game and transforming communities into statistical targets.

Constitutional safeguards are being replaced by digital suspicion.

We now live in a nation where lawful dissent—especially from immigrants or those perceived as outsiders—can place someone under state suspicion. The line between investigation and persecution has been erased.

Fear needs fuel.

And ICE finds it in propaganda: just as the Gestapo used propaganda to justify its cruelty, ICE relies on the language of fear and division. When the government labels people “invaders,” “animals,” or “thugs,” it strips them of humanity—and strips us of our conscience.

This rhetoric serves to distract and divide. It normalizes abuse. And it ensures that, once targeted, no one is safe.

The construction of a new ICE mega-prison in Florida—nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz” for its proposed moat and remote location—serves as a grotesque symbol of the Trump Administration’s mass deportation agenda: out of sight, beyond accountability, and surrounded by literal and bureaucratic barriers to due process.

And Trump’s shifting stance on industries that rely on migrant labor—one moment threatening crackdowns, the next signaling exemptions for hotels, farms, and construction—reveals what this campaign is really about: not security, but political theater.

It’s not about danger; it’s about dominance.

But the crisis isn’t just rhetorical. It’s systemic. Agents are trained to obey, not to question. Immunity shields misconduct. Whistleblowers are punished. Watchdogs are ignored. Courts too often defer to executive power.

This is not law enforcement—it is authoritarian enforcement.

And it’s not limited to immigrants. It’s creeping into every corner of American life.

When a government can detain its own citizens without due process, punish political dissent, and target individuals for what they believe or how they look, it is no longer governed by law. It is governed by fear.

The Constitution was designed to prevent this. But rights are meaningless when no one is held accountable for violating them.

That is why the solution must go beyond the ballot box.

We must dismantle the machinery of oppression that enables ICE to act as judge, jury, and jailer.

Congress must ban warrantless raids, end predictive profiling, and prohibit mass surveillance. It must enforce real oversight and revoke the legal shields that insulate abusive agents from consequences.

We must reassert the rule of law, not just through legislation, but through a cultural recommitment to constitutional values. That includes transparency, demilitarization, and equal protection for all citizens and non-citizens alike.

This is not just a fight over immigration policy. It’s a battle for the soul of our nation.

ICE is not the exception. It is the prototype.

As I make clear in my books Battlefield America: The War on the American People and A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State, the same blueprint is being applied across the federal landscape: to protest monitoring, dissent suppression, and data-mined predictive policing.

If we fail to dismantle the ICE model, we normalize it—and risk reproducing it everywhere else.

ICE has become the beta test, perfecting the merger of technology, policing, and executive power that could soon define American governance as a whole.

Make no mistake: when fear becomes law, freedom is the casualty.

If we don’t act soon, we may find that the Constitution is the next to be detained.

James Madison warned that “the accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands… may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”

When ICE acts as enforcer, jailer, and judge for the president, those fears are no longer theoretical—they are the daily reality for countless people within U.S. borders.

This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog. 

Nobody seems to know what happened to Iran’s enormous stockpile of enriched uranium.  Until we learn the fate of that uranium, I think that it is premature for anyone to be declaring victory.  Of course, now that the ceasefire appears to be holding, everyone is declaring victory.  Israel is declaring victory, Iran is declaring victory, and President Trump is declaring victory.  But what is the truth?

The fate of Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium is of utmost importance.  If that stockpile remains intact, it will be a major victory for the Iranians.  But if it has been destroyed, it will be a major victory for the United States and Israel.

Unfortunately, the truth is that what happened to that stockpile is currently unclear…

Still unknown is what will happen to Iran’s enriched uranium, the key ingredient for making a nuclear bomb that Iran says it removed from its nuclear sites before the United States attacked.

“Significant nuclear materials remain unaccounted for,” said Kelsey Davenport, the Arms Control Association’s director for nonproliferation policy.

Vice-President J.D. Vance has publicly stated that he thinks that Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium was buried by the U.S. airstrikes, and he is dismissing concerns that the stockpile could have been moved prior to those airstrikes…

“The goal was to bury the uranium, and I do think the uranium is buried,” Vance said. Of the US, he said the goal of the bombing “was to eliminate the enrichment and eliminate their ability to convert that enriched fuel into a nuclear weapon. We don’t want that 60%-enriched uranium to become 90% enriched uranium. That’s the real concern”.

But Vance insisted it was not a concern that Iran could have moved it and claimed the bombing represented “mission success” because he said Iran no longer had the capacity to turn the stockpile into weapons-grade uranium. “And that was really the goal here,” he said.

But there are some experts that believe that Iran was able to move at least some of the enriched uranium before the airstrikes took place.

Former UN nuclear weapons inspector David Albright is one of those experts…

The former UN nuclear weapons inspector David Albright told CNN on Monday there are centrifuges that are “unaccounted for” that must still be dealt with to consider the US mission successful.

“I think that part of the mission has been accomplished,” he said. “Stocks of enriched uranium are one of them. I wish those stocks were buried, but our understanding is that some of them were taken away by Iran, and we don’t know where they are.”

Albright added that the question of the remaining, unaccounted-for centrifuges meant that “this problem isn’t over yet, but it is a manageable problem. Partly because turning that enriched uranium into weapons-grade uranium is not going to be a slow – a fast process”.

And there appears to be evidence that backs up the claim that the Iranians were moving enriched uranium.

A series of satellite images shows 16 trucks lined up outside the underground facility at Fordow just days before that facility was bombed…

There are reports Iran may have moved the stockpile, as well as some equipment, days before the attack to a secret location, a claim repeated by Israeli officials to The New York Times.

Satellite images from before the US’ strike showed a line of 16 trucks outside the Fordow nuclear plant, which is built inside a mountain and is considered impervious to most missile attacks, prompting Israel to ask the US to deploy its B-2 ‘Spirit’ bombers and the GBU-37 ‘bunker busters’ bombs early Sunday.

Of course, the enriched uranium is just one part of the equation.

We also need to know if Iran’s underground centrifuges were destroyed by the U.S. airstrikes.

The Trump administration is claiming that they were, but an intelligence assessment that was leaked to CNN claims that they were not…

The US military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early US intelligence assessment that was described by four people briefed on it.

The assessment, which has not been previously reported, was produced by the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon’s intelligence arm. It is based on a battle damage assessment conducted by US Central Command in the aftermath of the US strikes, one of the sources said.

Why is there such disagreement between the intelligence assessment and what we are being told publicly?

According to this assessment, Iran’s nuclear program has been set back “maybe a few months”…

Two of the people familiar with the assessment said Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium was not destroyed. One of the people said the centrifuges are largely “intact.”

“So the (DIA) assessment is that the US set them back maybe a few months, tops,” this person added.

The White House acknowledged the existence of the assessment but said they disagreed with it.

On top of everything else, we are also being told that Iran’s “secret nuclear facilities” were not hit by any airstrikes and “remain operational”…

US officials believe Iran also maintains secret nuclear facilities that were not targeted in the strike and remain operational, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

If this assessment is anywhere even close to accurate, we have a major problem on our hands.

The lunatics that run Iran have now been given all the motivation that they need to produce nuclear weapons.

After everything that has just happened, they know that they will not be able to defeat the U.S. and Israel using conventional weapons.

So it would be a shock if they didn’t rush to build nukes.

The entire purpose of negotiations was to get Iran to give up their nuclear program.

Well, that is definitely not going to happen now.

Alarmingly, a top Iranian official has already declared that Iran’s nuclear program is not going to be stopped…

On Tuesday the head of Iran’s nuclear energy program vowed that the country will continue its nuclear program uninterrupted, despite the Trump-ordered weekend heavy bombings of three key nuclear and uranium enrichment sites.

AEOI (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran) head Mohammad Eslami said on state television that “plans for restarting [the facilities] have been prepared in advance” and that measures ensuring continued production are in place.

“Despite the evil conspiracies of its enemies,” the AEOI said in the statement, “this organization will not allow the path of development of this national industry to be stopped.”

On the other side, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pledging that Iran will be attacked again if it attempts to fully restore their nuclear program…

“If someone, if someone in Iran tries to restore that program, we will act with the same determination, the same power, to cut off any such attempt,” says Netanyahu.

“I repeat – Iran will not have a nuclear weapon.”

It appears that this story is far from over.

And that is not a good thing for any of us.

The negotiations with Iran were supposed to result in some sort of a resolution.

They didn’t.

This war was supposed to result in some sort of resolution.

That didn’t happen either.

So what comes next?

Michael’s new book, entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next,” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.

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While driving, a car breakdown will often catch you off guard. You might be a few blocks from home or way out past city limits when the engine sputters and cuts out. During these moments, simply panicking won’t help. Knowing exactly what to do next is what’s needed in this situation. This guide walks you through the basics: how to prepare for a car breakdown and how to
keep yourself safe until help arrives.

Car Breakdown Safety Guide: What to Pack Ahead of Time

Don’t wait until you’re stranded to think about carrying supplies in your car. Keep an emergency kit that contains these tools:

• Flashlight
• First-aid kit
• Water and snacks
• Jumper cables
• Reflective triangles
• Phone charger (car adapter or power bank)
• Multi-tool
• Emergency blanket
• Poncho or rain jacket
• Basic map (in case GPS fails)
• Whistle or signal device
• Spare medications (if needed)
• Work gloves

Car Breakdown Safety: What to Do While Waiting for Help

When you get stranded in the middle of nowhere, staying safe until help arrives becomes the priority. Here are the practical steps you can take while waiting for assistance.

Pull Over Safely and Stay Visible

As soon as your car starts losing power or showing signs of trouble, look for a safe place to pull over. Park and stay at a full stop in a spot that gives other vehicles enough room to pass and keeps your car out of the traffic flow.

Once you’re parked, turn your hazard lights on. These flashers tell other drivers that your car is disabled and help warn them from approaching too closely. If it’s dark out, keep your headlights on to stay visible without relying too heavily on your battery.

If you packed reflective triangles or road flares, place them behind your car in clear view. These markers give drivers early warning that a stopped vehicle is ahead, especially in low-light conditions.

Stay Where It’s Safe While You Figure Things Out

Once you’re off the road, pause and take a moment to assess your surroundings. If traffic is heavy or you’re on a narrow shoulder, it’s safest to stay inside the vehicle. Keeping your seatbelt on protects you in case another car swerves or clips your vehicle. Locking your doors adds a layer of security, especially if you’re somewhere unfamiliar.

If you’re in a quiet area with enough space, it may be safe to step out. Just do it from the passenger side to avoid stepping into traffic. Walk around the car to check for obvious issues like a flat tire or leaking fluids. Spotting the problem early can help you decide whether to fix it yourself or call for help right away.

If you’re by yourself, contact a family member or friend as soon as possible. Let them know your location, even if you’ve already called for roadside assistance. That way, someone else knows where you are in case your phone loses signal or battery.

Don’t Try a Fix if You Don’t Know If You Can Handle It

Some car problems are simple to fix, especially if you already handled one before. For example, if you know how to change a tire and the roadside space is safe and wide enough, it’s fine to do it yourself. If the battery’s dead and you packed jumper cables, you may be able to restart the car.

However, if you’re not sure what’s wrong or don’t have enough room to work safely, don’t force anything. Trying to fix something without the right tools or knowledge can make the problem worse. When in doubt, it’s safer to wait and call for roadside assistance.

Call for Help and Stay Put Until It Arrives

Call roadside assistance or a local towing service as soon as you’re safely parked. You can use an AAA app or call your insurance provider, as they can usually send help to your GPS location. Describe your position clearly using mile markers, exit signs, or nearby landmarks so they can reach you without delay.

While waiting, it’s usually safest to stay inside the vehicle. Stand behind or wait behind a guardrail or safe area nearby. Keep your phone on low-power mode to preserve the battery in case you’ll need to call for help. If the weather is cold, use a blanket. If it’s hot, crack the windows slightly to let air move through. Staying alert is more useful than stressing over every detail.

Handling the Bumps Without Losing Control

Car troubles are unpredictable, but they’re manageable if you know how to anticipate common problems and be ready with the solutions. If you stay calm and follow basic safety steps, you can safely get back on track.

Do you have the gear and plan in place to handle a car breakdown?

FAQs: Car Breakdown Safety

1. What’s the first thing to do after a car breakdown?

Move to a safe spot, turn on hazard lights, and call for help.

2. Should I stay inside the car or get out?

Stay inside if it’s safe; exit only if there’s immediate danger.

3. How do I make my car visible to others?

Use hazard lights, raise the hood, and place reflective triangles.

4. When should I call roadside assistance?

Call as soon as you’re in a safe location and stable.

5. Is it safe to use hazard lights the whole time?

Yes, keep them on until help arrives or the situation changes.

6. What if I break down in a remote area?

Stay with the vehicle, conserve your phone battery, and stay visible.

7. Can I push my car off the road alone?

Only if it’s safe, flat, and you’re confident in doing so.

8. What supplies should I keep in the car for emergencies?

Flashlight, first-aid kit, water, jumper cables, and a phone charger.

9. How do I stay warm or cool while waiting?

Use blankets in cold weather; use shade and ventilation in heat.

10. Should I talk to strangers who stop to help?

Keep distance, stay alert, and ask them to call help if needed.