Think about everything in your life that runs on electricity. Now, picture it all going dead in an instant. This is the terrifying impact of an electromagnetic pulse or EMP attack. These powerful pulses can cripple the power grid and leave us scrambling for survival. Are you ready for life without modern conveniences? If not, don’t worry—we’ve got you covered. This article breaks down what you need to know about EMP attacks and how to prepare for the worst-case scenario.

What Exactly Is an EMP?

An EMP is a sudden burst of electromagnetic energy that can damage or destroy electronic systems. Some EMPs come from natural sources, like solar flares, while others are man-made, including those caused by nuclear atmospheric detonations. Fortunately, EMPs don’t harm people directly. However, they can disrupt and disable power grids, communication networks, and transportation systems.

Understanding how EMPs work helps reduce fear. Not all electronics are affected equally. While some gadgets might fry, others could emerge unscathed. The intensity of an EMP and whether devices are shielded both play a big role in determining your equipment’s survival.

What Would Happen During an EMP Discharge?

If an EMP attack occurs, the world as we know it will change instantly. Most modern electronics could stop working, power grids might collapse, and long-term blackouts might occur. Communication systems, including cell phones and the Internet, could go offline and even computer-controlled cars may fail.

Because we rely so heavily on technology, this type of disruption can feel overwhelming. However, with enough preparation and knowledge, you can handle these challenges and stay ahead of the chaos.

Separating Facts from Myths

There’s no shortage of misinformation about EMPs. To prepare effectively, learn how to distinguish truth from fiction.

• Myth: “Everything electronic will be destroyed instantly.”
  Fact: Devices not connected to the grid or with basic shielding may survive.
• Myth: “You can’t do anything to prepare.”
  Fact: Simple actions, like protecting devices in a Faraday cage, can make a big difference.
• Myth: “It’s so rare, it’s not worth worrying about.”
  Fact: While rare, solar flares capable of EMP-like effects have happened—and they can happen again.

Focusing on practical steps can cut through the fear and focus on preparation.

Why Bother Preparing?

Preparedness isn’t paranoia. It’s peace of mind. If an EMP shuts down power, basic services like water, gas, and communication may stop functioning. People without a plan will have to deal with widespread panic, empty grocery stores and gas stations, and unavailable medical services. With preparation, however, you’ll have a clear path forward. It’s not about expecting the worst—it’s about ensuring your family has what they need when challenges arise.

Steps to Get Ready Right Now

An EMP attack is a real threat, and being prepared is your best defense. You don’t need fancy gadgets or an underground bunker to get started. A few smart choices now could save you a lot of trouble later. Let’s go over what you need to do to prepare today.

1. Shield Your Electronics

A Faraday cage is your best defense against EMPs. It blocks electromagnetic energy and protects the devices inside. You can make one with a metal trash can, cardboard, and duct tape. Place radios, solar chargers, and even USB drives inside the cage. This ensures your most important devices will work when you need them most.

2. Stock Up on Food and Water

When the power goes out, fridges fail, and grocery stores shut down. That’s why you’ll need a two-week supply of food and water. Stock canned goods, dried foods, and at least a gallon of water per person per day. Water filters or purification tablets are also helpful for long-term emergencies.

3. Invest in Alternative Power

Solar panels, hand-crank chargers, and portable battery packs can provide off-grid energy. Store these tools in your Faraday cage until needed. Even a small solar setup can keep key devices like radios and flashlights running.

4. Prepare for Communication Gaps

Without cell towers or the internet, staying informed becomes harder. Fortunately, ham radios, CB radios, and walkie-talkies can help you communicate locally.

5. Plan for Light and Heat

After an EMP strike, nights will be dark—really dark. Keep flashlights, candles, and oil lamps handy. For heat, portable stoves or wood-burning setups can provide warmth. Conversely, prepare blankets and sleeping bags, especially if you live in a cold climate.

6. Learn Survival Skills

No gadget can ever replace knowledge. Learn how to filter water, build a fire, and administer basic first aid. These skills don’t just prepare you for EMPs. They’re also invaluable during any kind of emergency.

What Happens After an EMP Attack?

The first few days after an EMP attack are often the hardest. Panic might spread quickly as people realize how unprepared they are. Meanwhile, those with plans will be able to stay calm and focus on survival.

Additionally, communities that work together will more likely fare better during the aftermath. Sharing resources, exchanging skills, and fostering relationships before a crisis hits can create a safety net for everyone. While some areas may recover in weeks, others could take months. By preparing now, you can avoid being caught off guard when disasters happen.

Final Thoughts: Stay Calm, Stay Ready

An EMP attack might sound scary, but preparing for one is straightforward. Start by shielding key devices, building a food and water supply, and learning basic skills. These simple actions ensure you’ll be ready when the unexpected happens. Remember, survival is about preparation—not panic. The more you plan today, the less you’ll worry about tomorrow.

10 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About EMP Attack Survival

1. What is an EMP?
   An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) is a burst of energy that can disrupt or destroy electronics.
2. Can an EMP harm people?
   No, an EMP doesn’t directly harm humans—only electronic systems are affected.
3. What causes an EMP?
   EMPs can come from natural occurrences like solar flares or man-made sources like nuclear detonations.
4. Will all electronics stop working?
   No, not all electronics will fail. Shielded or offline devices may survive.
5. What’s a Faraday cage?
   It’s a container that blocks electromagnetic energy, protecting electronics inside.
6. How can I make a Faraday cage?
   Use a metal trash can lined with cardboard to shield your devices.
7. How long would an EMP blackout last?
   It depends on the scale, but recovery could take weeks or even months.
8. What should I stockpile for an EMP?
   Focus on food, water, communication tools, and alternative power sources.
9. Will my car still work after an EMP?
   Older, non-computerized vehicles are more likely to function than modern cars.
10. Is it worth preparing for an EMP attack?
    Yes, even basic preparation provides peace of mind and keeps your family safer.

According to former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, a Ukrainian drone strike on an internationally operated oil pumping station in Russia was an attack against United States companies. It also puts President Donald Trump’s agenda at risk, turning Kiev into an enemy of the West.

The Kropotkinskaya station, which was struck by Ukrainian drones on Monday morning, is part of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC). This consortium includes major American companies Chevron and ExxonMobil, which transport oil from western Kazakhstan along with Russian products. The CPC reported a reduction in pumping capacity due to the attack.

The strike on the Kropotkinskaya station came just a day before high-level talks between the US and Russia in Saudi Arabia, aimed at improving bilateral relations and potentially forging a peace deal in the Ukraine conflict – which Trump pledged to do during the 2024 presidential campaign. Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has preemptively rejected any agreements made without Kyiv’s input. -RT

Medvedev likened the incident to a farm animal biting its owner’s hand and being forced to decide whether or not to put the animal down.  ”Trump has publicly declared his intention to lower oil prices. An attack on the oil consortium risks halting deliveries, destabilizing the market, increasing price volatility, and directly harming American companies,” he stated. “The CPC attack represents a triple blow to American businesses, the oil market, and Trump himself.”

The Trump administration is attempting to shift the burden of Ukrainian security onto America’s European allies after a truce with Russia is reached. It also seeks to recoup U.S. funds spent on the conflict by gaining privileged access to mineral resources controlled by Ukraine. European Union officials criticized Washington for this during last week’s Munich Security Conference.

Trump Suspends U.S. Foreign Aid As Americans Admit They Are Sick Of Paying For Ukraine’s War

Kiev has also stated that it will not take part in the U.S.-Russia negotiations in Riyadh and considers them meaningless. Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has said that he expects “no results” from the talks and that “Ukraine will not participate,” adding that Kiev “didn’t know anything” about the negotiations.

It doesn’t look like Kiev is invited to participate any longer. However, it does still want to keep some kind of a hot war raging with Russia. What do you think? Will Trump be able to help end this war? Or will Kiev shoot itself in the proverbial foot trying to fight Russia without help from the U.S.?

What is our society going to look like if “the biggest fraud in history” is brought to a screeching halt?  Elon Musk and his DOGE team have been taking a meat axe to federal agency after federal agency, but Social Security is the big Kahuna.  According to the Social Security Administration, in 2025 approximately 69 million Americans will be receiving Social Security payments each month, and those payments will come to a grand total of approximately 1.6 trillion dollars for the entire year.  As you will see below, it appears that the Social Security program is being victimized by fraud on a massive scale.  If those fraudulent payments stop going out, those that have been living the high life at our expense are going to be extremely, extremely angry.

I am entirely convinced that we are going to see so much civil unrest in the months ahead.  On Monday, thousands of protesters gathered near the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C., and large protests were also being held in other major cities throughout the nation…

Groups opposed to the agenda of President Donald Trump’s administration and presidential adviser Elon Musk were converging on cities across the nation Monday to express outrage with slogans such as “Not My President’s Day” and “No King’s Day.”

The rallies, led by the 50501 Movement and other organizations, come less than two weeks after the last round of widespread rallies and street marches.

“We witness, with growing alarm, how our constitutional rights are trampled upon, how the authority of the President is being usurped by those who seek to consolidate power for personal gain,” 50501 said in a statement on its website. “Meanwhile, President Trump systematically dismantles the very guardrails designed to ensure accountability across the branches of government.”

Our government has been showering people with money for a long time, but now the gravy train is coming to an end and those that have been enjoying the party are not pleased at all.

But the cuts that have been made so far are nothing compared to the seismic shock that would happen to our society if Social Security fraud is eliminated.

On Sunday, Elon Musk revealed that the number of “eligible” Social Security numbers greatly exceeds the total population of the country.

We are being told that there are more than 394 million “eligible” Social Security numbers in the system, but there are only 334 million people living in the United States.

How did that happen?

But it doesn’t end there.

There are apparently millions upon millions of people over the age of 100 that the Social Security database says are still alive.  On Twitter, Musk joked that perhaps “there are a lot of vampires collecting Social Security”.

Musk also posted a chart that shows how many “eligible” Social Security numbers exist for each age range.

According to this chart, somewhere around 20 million Americans that are 100 years of age or older are alive and eligible to receive Social Security benefits.

But the U.S. Census Bureau says that only about 101,000 Americans are 100 years of age or older…

As of 2024, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that approximately 101,000 Americans are aged 100 and older, representing about 0.03% of the total U.S. population, according to the Pew Research Center.

Individuals aged 110 and above are referred to as supercentenarians, a subgroup that is exceedingly rare. As of February 2025, the Gerontology Research Group reported that 136 Americans belong to this category.

Currently, the oldest living American is Naomi Whitehead, born on September 26, 1910, in Georgia, making her 114 years old. The longest-lived person in U.S. history is Sarah Knauss, who lived to be 119 years and 97 days, passing away on December 30, 1999.

Needless to say, something clearly doesn’t add up.

Stephen Miller has told Fox News that foreign nationals have been using fake Social Security numbers to steal billions of dollars in Social Security benefits.

But of course it isn’t just foreign nationals that have been doing this.

If the full extent of the fraud is uncovered, it will shake this nation to the core.

And if the fraudulent payments are stopped, those that are no longer raking in government checks every month will be exceedingly upset.

Meanwhile, Elon Musk and his DOGE team continue to uncover shocking things in other government agencies as well.

For example, the official DOGE account on Twitter just posted a long list of imminent government payments that were stopped from going out just in time…

– $10M for “Mozambique voluntary medical male circumcision”
– $9.7M for UC Berkeley to develop “a cohort of Cambodian youth with enterprise driven skills”
– $2.3M for “strengthening independent voices in Cambodia”
– $32M to the Prague Civil Society Centre
– $40M for “gender equality and women empowerment hub”
– $14M for “improving public procurement” in Serbia
– $486M to the “Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening,” including $22M for “inclusive and participatory political process” in Moldova and $21M for voter turnout in India
– $29M to “strenghening political landscape in Bangladesh”
– $20M for “fiscal federalism” in Nepal
– $19M for “biodiversity conversation” in Nepal
– $1.5M for “voter confidence” in Liberia
– $14M for “social cohesion” in Mali
– $2.5M for “inclusive democracies in Southern Africa”
– $47M for “improving learning outcomes in Asia”
– $2M to develop “sustainable recycling models” to “increase socio-economic cohesion among marginalized communities of Kosovo Roma, Ashkali, and Egypt”

On one level, you have got to be in awe of the scale of the waste that was going on under the Biden administration.

They were recklessly spraying millions upon millions of our tax dollars all over the globe, and much of that money was being spent on some of the stupidest things imaginable.

Here in the U.S., hundreds of millions of our tax dollars were being spent on DEI programs.  But now DOGE is relentlessly cancelling those contracts…

In just 48 hours, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) slashed a whopping $370 million in taxpayer dollars being spent on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at the Department of Education.

DOGE, the newly formed department led by Elon Musk to purge spending by the federal government, revealed in a post on X that they terminated 70 DEI training grants within the department.

According to DOGE, the grants totaled $373 million.

The Department of Education was basically one gigantic cesspool of waste.

Thankfully, change is in the air.

Things are changing at the CDC too.  Now that RFK Jr. has been confirmed as HHS Secretary, he is quickly shedding staff…

Robert Kennedy Jr. has slashed staffing at the Center for Disease Control in his new role as health chief, expanding the purge of government departments conducted by President Trump and Elon Musk. The newly confirmed Secretary of Health and Human Services for President Donald Trump fired nearly half of the vaunted team of ‘disease detectives’ during his first day on the job, setting the scene for a slimmed down department moving forward.

Our federal government is being turned upside down, and the left is desperate to stop what is happening.

At this point, at least 74 separate federal lawsuits have been filed to stop what President Trump and Elon Musk are trying to do…

In nearly one month since President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, at least 74 lawsuits have been filed in federal courts against his administration’s wave of executive actions.

As of Monday, judges have temporarily paused 18 of these measures.

During his time in the White House, Joe Biden appointed 228 judges to the federal courts.

And the left is counting on those judges to slow down President Trump and Elon Musk.

But so much damage has already been done, and with each passing day the left is getting even angrier.

The protests that we have seen so far are just the tip of the iceberg.  If Trump and Musk are able to successfully execute a hardcore crackdown on fraudulent payments, I am expecting that there will be extreme chaos in our streets.

Billions upon billions of dollars are at stake, and it shall be fascinating to see how all of this plays out.

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About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “Why” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written eight 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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More than 18 million students are enrolled at over 5,800 colleges and universities in the United States.  On average, it costs more than $100,000 to attend a college or a university in the U.S. for four years.  It has been estimated that a college eduction is now over 400 percent more expensive than it was 40 years ago.  But even though our institutions of higher learning are sucking so much money out of our young people, it never seems to be enough, and so they are constantly begging for more money from the federal government.  If you can believe it, the U.S. government has been providing more than 170 billion dollars a year to postsecondary education programs.  Much of this funding comes in the form of research grants, student aid, and government contracts.  But what are we getting for all of this money?  The truth is that we are getting an entire generation that has had their heads filled with leftist propaganda.

We tell our kids over and over again that a “higher education” is the key to getting a good job and living the American Dream.  They have been told not to worry about how much it costs and that there is plenty of financial aid (mostly made up of loans) available.  Now our economy is facing the biggest student loan debt bubble in the history of the world, and when our new college graduates enter the “real world” they are finding out that the good jobs they were promised are very few and far between.

The system relies on the fact that most of us are going to believe that a college education is the key to a good future and that there is plenty of “financial aid” out there for everyone that wants to go to college.

Unfortunately, high school students are never told that not even bankruptcy can get you out of student loan debt.  It will stay with you forever until you finally pay it off.

Today, each new crop of optimistic college graduates quickly discovers that there are simply not nearly enough jobs for all of them.  Thousands upon thousands of them end up waiting tables or stocking the shelves at retail stores.  Many of them end up deeply bitter as they find themselves barely able to survive and yet saddled with tens of thousands of dollars in student loan debt that nobody ever warned them about.

Sadly, the quality of the education that most of these college students is receiving is a complete and total joke.

Take it from someone that has graduated from a couple of very highly respected institutions.  I have an undergraduate degree, a law degree and another degree on top of that, so I know what I am talking about.  Higher education in America has become so dumbed-down that the family dog could literally pass most college courses.

It is an absolute joke.  The vast majority of college students in America spend two to four hours a day in the classroom and maybe an hour or two outside the classroom studying.  The remainder of the time, these “students” are out drinking beer, partying, chasing after sex partners, going to sporting events, playing video games, hanging out with friends, chatting on Facebook or getting into trouble.  It has been said that college is the most fun that most people will ever have in their entire lives, and that is no exaggeration.  It is basically one huge party.

Of the little “education” that actually does go on, much of it is so saturated with leftist propaganda that it makes the whole process virtually worthless.  Most parents would be absolutely shocked if they could actually see the kind of indoctrination that goes on inside U.S. college classrooms today.

A college education can be worth it for those in fields that are highly technical or highly specialized, but for nearly everyone else it is just one giant money-making scam.

Oh, but you parents please keep breaking your backs to put money into the college funds of your children so that they can be spoon-fed leftist propaganda all day and party like wild animals all night for four years.

It really is a huge scam.  I was there.  I saw it with my own eyes.

But if you will not believe me, perhaps you will believe some cold, hard statistics.  The following are 14 shocking facts about the student loan debt bubble and the great college education scam…

#1 One out of every four Americans under the age of 40 has outstanding student loan debt.

#2 Americans now owe 1.773 trillion dollars on their student loans, which is more than the total amount that Americans owe on their credit cards.

#3 The average federal student loan debt balance has now risen to $38,375.

#4 4.86 percent of all federal student loan dollars were in default as of the fourth quarter of 2024.

#5 A typical high school student spends about 30 hours in the classroom each week, but a typical college student spends between 12 and 16 hours in the classroom each week.

#6 One study found that 35 percent of U.S. college students spend 5 hours or less studying outside of the classroom each week.

#7 That same study found that 50 percent of U.S. college students have never taken a class that required them to write more than 20 pages, and 32 percent of U.S. college students have never taken a class that required them to read more than 40 pages in a week.

#8 Only 49 percent of full-time college students receive a bachelor’s degree within four years.

#9 In May 2024, the unemployment rate for bachelor’s degree recipients between the ages of 20 to 29 was over 12 percent.

#10 The median starting salary for a college graduate is approximately $52,000 a year.

#11 The average starting salary for an electrician is approximately $54,000 a year.

#12 Today, a whopping 42.7 million Americans have outstanding student loan debt.

#13 Just 29 percent of all young college graduates in the U.S. that have outstanding student loans say that they are living comfortably.

#14 Nearly a third of all college graduates end up moving back home with their parents once their educations have been completed.

What in the world has happened to our system of higher education?

At this stage, it is a complete and utter disaster.

Much of the “real learning” that is taking place on college campuses actually occurs in graduate programs.

Sadly, many of these graduate programs are now dominated by foreigners.

In fact, it has been estimated that about half of all the graduate science students enrolled at colleges and universities in the United States are now foreigners.

Something is very, very wrong.

But should we be surprised that the quality of education at our colleges and universities has gone down so much when the quality of education at every level leading up to college has also been declining?

In some areas of the country, large numbers of students that can barely read are being allowed to graduate from high school.

A population that does not read is much easier for the elite to control.  According to a survey that was conducted in 2023, 46 percent of Americans had not even read a single book within the past year.

If you want to be an educated person, get in the habit of reading books.  If you don’t know where to get started, I would recommend checking out my latest offering.

Our society spends more on education than any other society in the history of the world has.

But our population is certainly not getting any smarter.

Our system of higher education is all about making as much money as possible, and countless lives are being wrecked in the process.

Michael’s new book entitled “Why” 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 “Why” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written eight 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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The mainstream media is in the habit of labeling something a “conspiracy theory” whenever they are attempting to discredit a particular point of view.  Of course such “conspiracy theories” have been proven to actually be true time after time.  Meanwhile, the mainstream media has been caught in lie after lie in recent years.  As a result, trust in the media is the lowest that it has ever been in the entire history of our country.  At this point, most people realize that our largest media outlets are going to push the agenda of the globalists that own them, and they are going to be extremely hesitant to expose the big pharmaceutical companies and other giant corporations that spend billions of dollars to advertise on their networks.

The good news is that we have entered a period of time when the truth is coming out about so many things.  The American people are now demanding transparency and accountability from major institutions throughout our society, and that is a wonderful thing.  It is especially gratifying to see the mainstream media publicly admit mistakes that they have made.  The following are 8 “conspiracy theories” that the mainstream media has been forced to admit are actually true…

#1 The Lab Leak Theory

For years, we were told that the lab leak theory was just “disinformation”.  Of course now it has come out that certain individuals in very prominent positions waged a relentless campaign to discredit it.  They were desperate to keep a lid on what really happened, but now the truth has come out.  In fact, at this point even the CIA is publicly admitting that it is more likely than not that the lab leak theory is accurate…

The CIA has shifted its stance about the origin of the virus that causes Covid-19, NBC News reported on Saturday. The intelligence agency now believes that the coronavirus escaped from a Chinese lab, a shift from its previous stance, in which it did not take a position.

“CIA assesses with low confidence that a research-related origin of the COVID-19 pandemic is more likely than a natural origin based on the available body of reporting,” a CIA spokesperson said in a statement to NBC News.

#2 MKUltra

For decades, anyone that went on the air and talked about MKUltra was considered to be a nut.

But now hundreds of government documents prove that this CIA mind control program really did exist…

Newly compiled records are spilling the beans on one of the CIA’s most notorious and shadowy programs: MKUltra, a wild attempt to develop mind control techniques through drugs, hypnosis, and psychological manipulation.

The collection was published by the Digital National Security Archive of The George Washington University in December 2024, detailing more than 1,200 documents on the CIA’s foray into behavioral and mind control experiments from 1953 until the 1970s.

Much of the information comes from records gathered by John Marks, a former State Department official who initiated the first Freedom of Information Act requests on the topic and authored the 1979 book The Search for the Manchurian Candidate.

We are actually very fortunate that these documents still exist, because in 1973 the director of the CIA specifically ordered that all records related to MKUltra must be destroyed…

In 1973, the director of the CIA, Richard Helms, ordered that all documents related to MKUltra be destroyed. However, a cache documents was discovered following a freedom of information request in 1977, which led to Senate hearings. MKUltra was declassified in 2001.

#3 Fluoride In Our Drinking Water Is Bad

For ages, authorities insisted that putting fluoride in our drinking water was good for us.  But now a federal judge has ruled that there is evidence that fluoride in the water could harm the intellectual development of our children.  The following comes from CNN…

A federal judge has ordered the US Environmental Protection Agency to further regulate fluoride in drinking water because high levels could pose a risk to the intellectual development of children.

US District Judge Edward Chen cautioned that it’s not certain that the amount of fluoride typically added to water is causing lower IQ in kids, but he concluded that mounting research points to an unreasonable risk that it could be. He ordered the EPA to take steps to lower that risk, but didn’t say what those measures should be.

#4 There Are Cancer Causing Chemicals In Our Drinking Water

Over the past several years, the mainstream media has actually begun reporting on all of the nasty things that are showing up in the water that is coming out of our taps.

In fact, a study that was conducted in 2019 actually found 22 separate carcinogens in our drinking water…

• Increased cancer risks were linked to 22 carcinogens found in the drinking water.
• Contaminants included arsenic; radioactive materials, such as uranium and radium; and disinfectant byproducts, which are substances produced when chlorine and other additives are used in the treatment process.
• Systems that rely on groundwater sources, such as aquifers, have higher concentrations of arsenic and radioactive materials and contribute to a higher risk of cancer.
• Systems that rely on surface water sources, such as reservoirs, have a lower risk, but serve larger populations.
• Water systems where droughts are more common may pose a higher risk, in part because drier conditions create an environment where contaminants become concentrated as water levels are reduced.

#5 The “Dumbing Down” Of America

For a lot of years, many of us in the alternative media have been talking about the “dumbing down” of America, but the mainstream media has continued to defend our system of education.

Unfortunately, it has become exceedingly clear that our kids are not alright.  The following comes from the Wall Street Journal…

The reading skills of American students are deteriorating further, according to new national test scores that show no improvement in a yearslong slide.

The 67% of eighth-graders who scored at a basic or better reading level in 2024 was the lowest share since testing began in 1992, results from a closely watched federal exam show. Only 60% of fourth-graders hit that benchmark, nearing record lows.

The declines started before the pandemic, continued during it, and have persisted since.

#6 Prescription Drugs Kill Large Numbers Of Americans Every Single Year

For decades, alternative health practitioners and “conspiracy theorists” have been asserting that negative reactions to prescription drugs are one of the leading causes of death in the United States.  Thankfully, the mainstream media has been forced to admit this as well.  The following comes from a Vanity Fair article entitled “Deadly Medicine“…

Prescription drugs kill some 200,000 Americans every year. Will that number go up, now that most clinical trials are conducted overseas—on sick Russians, homeless Poles, and slum-dwelling Chinese—in places where regulation is virtually nonexistent, the F.D.A. doesn’t reach, and “mistakes” can end up in pauper’s graves?

#7 Aspartame Is Not Good For Our Health

Many of us have been warning about aspartame for ages, but the mainstream media just kept defending it.  Well, after reviewing the evidence the International Agency for Research on Cancer was forced to classify aspartame as “possibly carcinogenic to humans”…

Assessments of the health impacts of the non-sugar sweetener aspartame are released today by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA). Citing “limited evidence” for carcinogenicity in humans, IARC classified aspartame as possibly carcinogenic to humans (IARC Group 2B) and JECFA reaffirmed the acceptable daily intake of 40 mg/kg body weight.

#8 Operation Paperclip

Did you know that hundreds of Nazi scientists were smuggled out of Germany and brought to the United States in the aftermath of World War II?

And did you know that many of those scientists were used “to help develop America’s arsenal of rockets and other biological and chemical weapons”?…

As World War II was entering its final stages, American and British organizations teamed up to scour occupied Germany for as much military, scientific and technological development research as they could uncover.

Trailing behind Allied combat troops, groups such as the Combined Intelligence Objectives Subcommittee (CIOS) began confiscating war-related documents and materials and interrogating scientists as German research facilities were seized by Allied forces. One enlightening discovery—recovered from a toilet at Bonn University—was the Osenberg List: a catalogue of scientists and engineers that had been put to work for the Third Reich.

In a covert affair originally dubbed Operation Overcast but later renamed Operation Paperclip, roughly 1,600 of these German scientists (along with their families) were brought to the United States to work on America’s behalf during the Cold War. The program was run by the newly-formed Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA), whose goal was to harness German intellectual resources to help develop America’s arsenal of rockets and other biological and chemical weapons, and to ensure such coveted information did not fall into the hands of the Soviet Union.

I could list many other examples, but I think that you probably get my point by now.

Just because something is labeled a “conspiracy theory” does not mean that you can automatically dismiss it.

In fact, many of those that love to accuse others of spreading “disinformation” are some of the biggest liars of all.

In this day and age, it is so important to think for yourself and it is so important to know why you believe what you believe.

Let me give you a piece of advice that really helped me.

Question everything.

Hold on to what is true, and discard what is false.

We live at a time when deception is running rampant, and it is getting worse with each passing day.

Michael’s new book entitled “Why” 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 “Why” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written eight 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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The United States is trudging into worrisome territory. Elon Musk, who leads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is using artificial intelligence (AI) to find inefficiencies and reduce spending. This is a slippery slope for the DOE, which could eventually be overseen and run entirely by AI.

Of course, it’ll be sold to the slave class as a way to save money and make it more efficient by eliminating human beings. The DOE should be completely eliminated. However, no ruling class is going to end the propaganda machine that keeps slaves buying into the system.

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Musk’s decision highlights the growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) in reshaping government operations. It’s bad enough that we are ruled by other human beings. What will our dystopia world look like once we are ruled by technology?

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has begun feeding sensitive data from the U.S. Department of Education into AI systems. The goal is to identify inefficiencies, slash spending, and ultimately dismantle what many conservatives view as a bloated and ineffective federal agency. While the project claims it’s being done to weaken the DOE by eliminating non-essential programs and contracts, potentially leading to its dismantling, it’s relatively easy to see that that isn’t the whole truth.

Once the DOE is dismantled, the ruling class will just use the same AI system used to dismantle it to build something else entirely run by machines. We have officially stepped off the edge onto “slipper slope” territory.

The news comes not long after Google announced that it will no longer ban the use of AI to create weapons and mass surveillance tools designed to enslave and kill the human race.

Google Now Permits Artificial Intelligence Use To Create Weapons And Mass Surveillance Tools

The DOGE team’s mission aligns with President Trump’s long-standing pledge to eliminate the Education Department entirely. While Congress would need to approve such a move, the administration is taking steps to weaken the agency from within. By leveraging AI to identify non-essential programs and contracts, DOGE aims to render the department incapable of fulfilling its functions. –Natural News

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But should any member of the ruling class be trusted? Let us know how you feel about the use of AI in ruling class systems. Is this a slippery slope to something worse, a dystopian technocratic nightmare? Sound off in the comments!

Did you know that approximately $1,000,000,000 in obviously fraudulent payments flow through the U.S. Treasury’s payment system every week?  Until Elon Musk and his DOGE team stepped in, nobody in the government was doing anything about this theft.  Please read all the way to the end of this article for the details.  Suspiciously, the Democrats are desperately trying to get the courts to keep Elon Musk and his team out of the U.S. Treasury’s payment system.  Why is that?  What are they working so hard to hide?

The truth is that Elon Musk and his DOGE team are beginning to scratch the surface of the greatest heist of all time, and the Democrats are starting to get very nervous.  If they are allowed to complete what they have started, the American people will finally learn what has really been going on in Washington and nothing will ever be the same after this.

According to the Washington Post, Musk and his team have been “disrupting operations in at least 14 government agencies” so far…

Staffers and allies of Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service have fanned out across Washington in recent days, seeking access to sensitive data and disrupting operations in at least 14 government agencies in pursuit of a dramatically smaller federal government.

DOGE, which stands for the Department of Government Efficiency, has not disclosed the names of its staff. But The Washington Post has identified more than 30 people working for or closely with it by examining the internal directories of multiple agencies and interviewing numerous federal workers, virtually all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.

The Washington Post is attempting to put the activities of Musk and his team in a negative light, because the Post stands to lose quite a bit of revenue as their government contracts get canceled.

But millions upon millions of ordinary Americans are thrilled about what Musk and his team are doing, because we are finally learning what has really been going on behind the scenes.

One of the latest agencies to get visitors from DOGE is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.  The DOGE team must have discovered something big, because the acting director of the agency has ordered virtually all work to come to a standstill…

Russell Vought, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ordered staffers at the agency to stop all work in an email Saturday night.

“I am committed to implementing the President’s policies, consistent with the law, and acting as a faithful steward of the Bureau’s resources,” Vought wrote in the email reviewed by USA TODAY. “Effective immediately, unless expressly approved by the Acting Director or required by law, all employees, contractors and other personnel of the bureau shall… cease all supervision and examination activity.”

For those that don’t know, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created in 2011 after U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren relentlessly pushed for it.

And since that time, it has been pursuing a far left agenda.

Hopefully we shall soon get some details about what DOGE has learned about that agency.

FEMA is another agency that just got a visit from DOGE…

Less than two weeks after President Donald Trump said his administration would consider making the Federal Emergency Management Agency “go away,” representatives of Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service were at the agency and reviewing the grant programs it uses to help communities prepare for and respond to disasters, according to four current and two former FEMA officials.

The presence of DOGE, or Department of Government Efficiency, at FEMA has caused uncertainty and confusion, raising fears that Trump could soon follow through on his pledge to dismantle the agency, as his administration is doing with the U.S. Agency for International Development.

According to the officials, a small team that does not have security clearance has access to FEMA’s network, which contains the private and sensitive information of tens of thousands of disaster victims. For example, FEMA officials said that on Feb. 5, Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old former college student who goes by the moniker “Big Balls” online and now works for Musk, was given a FEMA badge. The officials, like others interviewed for this report, spoke on the condition of anonymity because of fears of professional retaliation.

I have written quite a bit about FEMA’s failures in North Carolina and elsewhere.

Hopefully the Trump administration can get that agency back on the right track, because there are lots of people out there that still need help.

On the other hand, USAID appears to be hopelessly corrupt and needs to be shut down permanently.  This is an agency that was run by a woman that saw her net worth soar by 23.3 million dollars while she was making a salary of just $180,000 a year…

EX-USAID CHIEF SAMANTHA POWER’S NET WORTH SKYROCKETS—FROM $6.7M TO $30M ON A $180K SALARY

Samantha Power, Biden’s ex-USAID chief, saw her wealth explode while earning just $180K per year.

Where did the extra $23.3M come from? And all of this in just 3 years! USAID oversees billions in global funding—was she cashing in?

The public deserves answers. Follow the money.

Of course it isn’t just Samantha Power that is swimming in cash.

A secretive NGO known as “Internews Network” got almost half a billion dollars from USAID.  The following was just posted by WikiLeaks on Twitter…

USAID has pushed nearly half a billion dollars ($472.6m) through a secretive US government financed NGO, “Internews Network” (IN), which has “worked with” 4,291 media outlets, producing in one year 4,799 hours of broadcasts reaching up to 778 million people and “training” over 9000 journalists (2023 figures). IN has also supported social media censorship initiatives.

The operation claims “offices” in over 30 countries, including main offices in US, London, Paris and regional HQs in Kiev, Bangkok and Nairobi. It is headed up by Jeanne Bourgault, who pays herself $451k a year. Bourgault worked out of the US embassy in Moscow during the early 1990s, where she was in charge of a $250m budget, and in other revolts or conflicts at critical times, before formally rotating out of six years at USAID to IN.

Bourgault’s IN bio and those of its other key people and board members have been recently scrubbed from its website but remain accessible at http://archive.org. Records show the board being co-chaired by Democrat securocrat Richard J. Kessler and Simone Otus Coxe, wife of NVIDIA billionaire Trench Coxe, both major Democratic donors. In 2023, supported by Hillary Clinton, Bourgault launched a $10m IN fund at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). The IN page showing a picture of Bourgault at the CGI has also been deleted.

IN has at least six captive subsidiaries under unrelated names including one based out of the Cayman Islands. Since 2008, when electronic records begin, more than 95% of IN’s budget has been supplied by the US government

I was stunned when I first read that last line.

Without the U.S. government, Internews would essentially not have any revenue at all.

So our tax dollars were paying Jeanne Bourgault’s ridiculously bloated salary, and a whole bunch of other Internews employees were making more than 200 grand a year as well…

They were living the high life at our expense.

During the Biden years, one of the primary things that Internews was focused on was censorship of “disinformation”…

USAID-Funded Internews CEO Jeanne Bourgault pushes for global advertising “exclusion list” to censor “disinformation” at the World Economic Forum.

Like what they did to ?????

“Disinformation makes money. We need to follow that money. We need to work with the global advertising industry because a lot of those dollars go to pretty bad content, and so you can work really hard on exclusion lists or inclusion lists and really try to challenge the global advertising industry to focus their ad dollars towards the good news.”

Notably, Bourgault’s call for global ad boycotts coincided with a widespread advertising boycott targeting Elon Musk’s ????, which has been at the forefront of defending free speech online.

USAID has funneled $472 million to Internews and $68 million to the WEF, where both groups collaborate on censoring the internet.

Is this a good use of American taxpayer funds?

Internews was being paid giant mountains of cash to promote censorship of independent websites such as mine that dared to question the dominant narratives that were being pushed by the Biden administration.

Needless to say, this violated the Constitution.

The Biden administration was illegally using non-governmental entities to suppress the First Amendment rights of anyone that they did not agree with.

I think that Internews must have quickly figured out that their scam was over once Donald Trump won the election, because the “headquarters” of Internews in California now appears to be abandoned…

Sadly, I have a feeling that the fraud that will ultimately be uncovered at the U.S. Treasury will be even greater than the fraud that was going on at USAID.

Elon Musk and his DOGE team were able to access and map the Treasury payment system before the left even realized what was happening…

In Treasury’s basement, fluorescent lights hummed above four young coders. Their screens cast blue light across government-issue desks, illuminating energy drink cans and agency badges. As their algorithms crawled through decades of payment data, one number kept growing: $17 billion in redundant programs. And counting.

“We’re in,” Akash Bobba messaged the team. “All of it.”

Edward Coristine’s code had already mapped three subsystems. Luke Farritor’s algorithms were tracing payment flows across agencies. Ethan Shaotran’s analysis revealed patterns that career officials didn’t even know existed. By dawn, they would understand more about Treasury’s operations than people who had worked there for decades.

Once the left learned what Musk’s team was up to, they started screaming bloody murder, and now they are absolutely determined to get the courts to keep Musk’s team completely out of the Treasury’s payment system.

But it may already be too late.

It appears that Musk’s team has already mapped the system, and reforms are beginning.

In fact, Elon Musk just released a list of initial reforms that the Treasury and his team have mutually agreed to…

To be clear, what the @DOGE team and @USTreasury have jointly agreed makes sense is the following:

– Require that all outgoing government payments have a payment categorization code, which is necessary in order to pass financial audits. This is frequently left blank, making audits almost impossible.

– All payments must also include a rationale for the payment in the comment field, which is currently left blank. Importantly, we are not yet applying ANY judgment to this rationale, but simply requiring that SOME attempt be made to explain the payment more than NOTHING!

– The DO-NOT-PAY list of entities known to be fraudulent or people who are dead or are probable fronts for terrorist organizations or do not match Congressional appropriations must actually be implemented and not ignored. Also, it can currently take up to a year to get on this list, which is far too long. This list should be updated at least weekly, if not daily.

The above super obvious and necessary changes are being implemented by existing, long-time career government employees, not anyone from @DOGE. It is ridiculous that these changes didn’t exist already!

Yesterday, I was told that there are currently over $100B/year of entitlements payments to individuals with no SSN or even a temporary ID number. If accurate, this is extremely suspicious.

When I asked if anyone at Treasury had a rough guess for what percentage of that number is unequivocal and obvious fraud, the consensus in the room was about half, so $50B/year or $1B/week!!

This is utterly insane and must be addressed immediately.

Read those last three paragraphs again.

Officials at the Treasury openly admit that about a billion dollars in fraudulent payments are going through their system every week.

That is a bombshell.

So who is receiving those payments?

If the truth about that comes out, it will be one of the biggest news stories of the decade.

Our government has literally been hemorrhaging money, and at this moment we don’t know who has been stealing it.

But the fact that the Democrats are working so hard to cover this up is extremely suspicious.

Michael’s new book entitled “Why” 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 “Why” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written eight 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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