Since the time of Moses, only nine red heifers have been sacrificed.  Now, a “massive altar” for the tenth red heifer sacrifice has been built in Israel, and there is a tremendous amount of speculation that it could happen soon.  In September 2022, five red heifers were flown from the state of Texas to the land of Israel.  Since that time, one of them has been disqualified, but the other four continue to be candidates for a red heifer sacrifice.  As I discussed last week, there was “a practice run of the purification ceremony” in 2023.  But an official ceremony must be conducted before the heifers get too old to be used for such a sacrifice.

So will a red heifer be sacrificed in Israel in 2024?

According to CBS News, a “massive altar” has already been constructed.  In the video that I have embedded below, you can see footage of this altar starting at the two minute mark…

I was absolutely floored when I first saw that.

A red heifer sacrifice would need to happen on the Mount of Olives, and the land where the sacrifice would take place is owned by Rabbi Yitshak Mamo…

According to those working on the project, the ceremony of the red heifer needs to be performed on the Mount of Olives, and in a place that would have looked directly into where the Temple stood. The land directly east of the Temple Mount, purchased 12 years ago, meets both of those standards.

Rabbi Yitshak Mamo owns that land on the Mount of Olives. Mamo is with Uvne Yerusalim, a group that preserves Israel’s history and works to educate future generations.

Concerning the specifics of the land, he told CBN News, “It had to be exactly at the front of the place that the priest that made this ceremony can see the Holy of the Holy Place.”

But the clock is ticking.

If the heifers get too old, they will no longer qualify.

During a recent public appearance, Mamo explained that “we are very close to the third year of these cows”…

“If there is any [mathematicians] here, so you can understand that we are very close to the third year of these cows,” reveals Mamo. “Which means that with the help of God, we will get permission from God and from the people to make the ceremony. And then we can be pure.”

Recently, there has been a lot of buzz that we could actually see a red heifer sacrifice very soon.

Last month, All Israel News reported that the Temple Institute wants to conduct a sacrifice “before Passover 2024”…

As of now, four of the heifers remain blemish-free and, according to Temple Institute rabbis, they hope to carry out the ceremony before Passover 2024.

This year, the Jewish people will celebrate Passover on April 22nd.

That is about a month away.

During a recent broadcast, Glenn Beck also discussed the possibility that a red heifer sacrifice could happen in the very near future.  The following is an excerpt from a transcript of that broadcast…

If you’re going to rebuild the temple, you need to purify it.

And purifying it, according to the book of numbers, chapter 19, is a heifer. A red heifer ceremony. That results in the creation of ash and water mixture.

And that cleanses the entire nation of Israel. From ritual impurity.

And then the ceremony requires some of the blood to be sprinkled at the front of the tabernacle. That later became the temple.

It usually took place at the Mount of Olives, where they are planning on doing this again in the coming days.

It is essential for all aspects of the temple, and temple worship to take place.

In addition, anyone participating in temple worship, would be required to be sprinkled with the ash water.

Beyond that, even without the presence of a physical temple, the ceremony, would be — would allow the general population to be ritually cleansed and remove much of the religious prohibition for a Jewish presence, on the Temple Mount.

When are they planning on doing it?

Well, they imported these red heifers before October 7th.

We now know that Hamas said, that this was going to — this was part of the reason, because they’re going to use the red heifers to purify the temple, which is desecration to them.

Purifying them, so they can then, actually, go up, and even if there’s no temple. They can pray as if they were in the temple.

They’re going to do this, passover weekend. So Easter weekend.

There has been a lot of speculation on social media that a red heifer sacrifice could potentially take place on March 29th because the “Sabbath of the red heifer” begins at sundown that evening…

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5784 begins at sundown on Friday, 29 March 2024 and ends at nightfall on Saturday, 30 March 2024. This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.

Shabbat Parah (“Sabbath [of the] red heifer” שבת פרה) takes place on the Shabbat before Shabbat HaChodesh, in preparation for Passover. Numbers 19:1-22 describes the parah adumah (“red heifer”) in the Jewish temple as part of the manner in which the kohanim and the Jewish people purified themselves so that they would be ready (“pure”) to sacrifice the korban Pesach.

I have not been able to find any confirmation that a sacrifice will happen on March 29th.

So I don’t know if we will see anything happen on that date or not.

But I do believe that the Temple Institute fully intends to conduct a red heifer sacrifice at some point in 2024.

And when that happens, Israel’s enemies are going to go haywire.

As CBS News has reported, Hamas has actually admitted that the red heifers were one of the reasons why they attacked Israel on October 7th…

When Hamas spokesman Abu Ubaida began a speech marking the 100th day of the war in Gaza, one confounding yet eye-opening proclamation escaped the headlines. Listing the motives for the Palestinian militant group’s Oct. 7 massacre in Israel, he accused Jews of “bringing red cows” to the Holy Land.

The cows he was talking about are red heifers, which now graze at a secure, undisclosed location in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Some Jews and Christians believe they’re key to rebuilding the Jewish temple that once stood in Jerusalem, and to beckoning the Messiah.

Once Israel’s enemies realize that a red heifer has been sacrificed, they are going to go absolutely nuts.

So this is a really big deal.

Let’s keep watching and praying, because it appears that events in the Middle East are about to get very, very interesting.

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About the Author: Michael Snyder’s extremely controversial new book entitled “Chaos” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com.  He has also written seven other books that are available on Amazon.com including “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”. (#CommissionsEarned)  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.  You can connect with Michael on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, and sharing his articles on your own social media accounts is definitely a great help.  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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Today, I’m extremely excited to share my latest discovery…

You see, until recently, I’d never heard even heard of Zote Soap.

But once I did, I bought a bunch of this underrated stuff right way!

Why? Because it’s THE ideal soap for all sorts of every day uses:

TOPICS IN THIS ARTICLE…    ↓(click to jump)

• What Is Zote Soap Anyway?
• Popular & Odd Uses For Zote
• Is Zote Good For Your Skin?
• Zote Good For Your Face?
• Using Zote For Laundry
• Making Laundry Detergent
• Best Zote Bars For Sale

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What Is Zote Soap Anyway?

It’s a solid bar of laundry soap originally produced in Mexico.

It was popular with families who had limited access to machine washing.

Because when hand washing clothes with a washboard, bars are better than liquid, right?

It combinations the following ingredients:

• Animal fat (beef tallow)
• Coconut oil
• And citronella

This earthy combination of fat and oil provides superior cleaning power.

The citronella oil gives it a vibrant scent and helps removes odors from your clothes.

And it includes an optical brightener which helps keep clothes bright and white.

Today, most Zote Bars are white.

But originally, they were pink in color.

But regardless of the color, you’re getting a natural cleaner in bar form.

And its bar shape means it’s easy to stow in large quantities.

7 Popular Uses For  Zote

This soap has many popular uses, many beyond “cleaning.”

So let’s check out some of these “interesting” applications:

1. Laundry

Its primary function is a washing bar, perfect for laundry products.

This natural fabric softener makes it ideal for clothes washing.

But it’s especially effective on stubborn stains as well.

The high-fat content cuts through and breaks up grease and grime.

So it’s excellent for pretreating stains before washing.

Again, if you are off-grid, it is perfect for handwashing.

The bar is non-abrasive, so handwashing all your clothes works well.

And will leave behind a fresh citrus scent for days.

But it’s a soft bar, so grating it into flakes is easy.

Then you can use these flakes as makeshift laundry soap in a washing machine.

2. Body Wash

Leave your liquid soaps, shampoos, and conditioners behind when heading out on your next camping or hunting trip.

Instead, with just one bar, you have everything you need for personal hygiene.

It’s a whole-body wash for everything, including your hair and torso, and is gentle enough for babies.

3. Rashes & Bites

You can also use Zote for skin irritants.

Poison ivy is always a concern when in the bush, so add a bar to your IFAK Medical Kit.

This soap will take the sting and swelling down fast.

So if you get attacked by mosquitos, it will reduce the itchiness and swelling.

It also is an effective deterrent for bugs due to its strong citronella scent.

Showering with it can help keep bugs away.

Or you can leave a few parts out around your camp.

4. Animal Repellant

If you have a problem with bugs and rodents, your answer is a few Zote Bars.

Besides mosquitos, this bar will do wonders for all kinds of critters.

Rats and mice hate the smell.

And it will keep deer out of your garden with a few flakes around.

Note: Be careful, as the citrus smell has been known to attract bears.

5. Fish Bait

Yeah, you heard me right.

You can use small chunks of Zote as catfish bait.

And it’s a simple recipe of:

• 14oz Zote
• 1/4 cup bacon fat
• 1/4 cup water
• 3 pinched garlic cloves

Melt it down, pour it into small molds, and you got a proven fish bait for your next fishing trip.

↓ Trotlining With Zote As Bait!!

6. Plumbing Repairs

This use seems odd, but some folks clean you can temporarily fix a leaking pipe.

Mix some Zote with sugar to make a paste that will clog a leak.

It’s not a permanent solution, but it might get you through the night.

7. Freshener

Bad odors are everywhere…

But you can freshen up an entire house with a few well-placed bars.

• Put one in your closet, and your clothes will smell nice.
• Cut up a bar and put pieces in each drawer to freshen up your socks and underwear.
• Make a sachet with a zote-based potpourri mix as a room freshener.
• Do your boots reek? Put a half bar in each one, and they’ll be odor-free.

Other uses include:

• Degreaser & Lubricant – It’s like a bar of WD40!
• Washing dishes
• Scrubbing toilets/tubs
• Stuck zippers
• Cleaning tools and survival gear

And the list can go on and on.

↓ The Many Uses Of Zote Soap

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What Does Zote Do To Your Skin?

This natural soap is known to be gentle on the skin.

And it’s also great for washing hair…

So the whole family can use it for all personal hygiene needs.

It’s a natural soap, but you may want to check that you are not allergic to any ingredients.

This soap is used for various skin irritations and soothes swelling fast.

Plus, it speeds up the irritant healing process.

So it’s an excellent option for all skins, including sensitive ones.

Is Zote Good For Your Face?

Finding a safe for your feet is easy, but your face is different.

Why? Because most soap manufacturers add unnatural chemicals.

You know, those “ingredients” that you can’t even pronounce the name of.

So we should only wash our faces with the most “natural,” safe soaps, right?

And we should all wash our faces daily, so using a simple and natural soap makes sense.

It will provide a refreshing wash and help eliminate excess sebum that causes acne.

And any leftover pieces can be flaked and thrown into the wash, so there is zero waste.

You can even make a liquid hand soap by soaking it in water.

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How To Use Zote For Laundry

This stuff was initially made as a solution to dirty laundry.

And while it has many other uses, cleaning clothes is where it shines.

There are many different ways you can use it for laundry duties.

Let’s go over them now:

Hand Washing

Not everyone can access a washing machine, but Zote soap was designed for handwashing.

To soak your clothes, fill your sink or washtub with warm water.

Then start scrubbing them with a bar.

You can also use a washboard.

And some folks prefer hand washing delicates with a washboard.

After you wash, rinse the clothes until there is no more soap.

And then ring them out and hang them out to dry.

Pre Treatment For Stains

It’s a perfect product for stain removal before washing your clothes.

Oil, grass, dirt, and other messes will easily lift when you pretreat them before washing.

Make Your Own Wet & Dry Laundry Detergent

You can throw away the store-bought detergents and make your own with natural properties.

Here’s how to make your own Zote laundry detergent:

Liquid Soap

Boil 3 cups of water, remove the heat, and stir in some grated Zote until it dissolves.

Pour it into a large container with 3 gallons of water, 1 cup of baking soda, and 1 cup of Borax.

Stir it up again so everything dissolves, and you have an excellent liquid laundry soap.

You can make this in different-sized batches as needed:

↓ Make The Best Zote Laundry Detergent!

Powdered Soap

This combination is even easier.

Grate a Zote bar and mix it with Borax and soda ash in a 2-1-1 ratio.

Ensure it is well combined, and then store it in an airtight container.

Use 1 tablespoon for regular loads and 2 for filthy stuff.

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Where Can I Buy Zote Flakes And Bars?

This stuff can be hard to find in local Big Box stores.

Some specialty stores and survival shops may carry it, but it’s easier to buy it online.

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Final Thoughts

We all need clean clothes and bodies, right?

But instead of paying for new “unnatural” gimmicks, start using something good and simple.

Zote is that product, and it can do many other things too.

Make sure you stockpile this stuff and put some in every go-bag, bunker, and off-grid location.

Keep some at the cabin and some stash in your home too.

There are too many reasons not to use and stockpile some Zote Soap today.

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This article was originally published by Belle Carter at Natural News under the title: Brownstone Institute’s Bret Weinstein Attests That Federal Health Agencies, COVID-19 Cartel Members Are Systematically Deceiving The Public

Evolutionary biologist and Brownstone Institute fellow Dr. Bret Weinstein shared a sworn statement during a Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) roundtable meeting titled “Federal Health Agencies and the COVID Cartel: What Are They Hiding?” at the U.S. Senate, hosted by Senator Ron Johnson on Monday, Feb. 26.

“I believe we must zoom out if we are to understand the pattern we are gathered to explore because the pattern is larger than the Federal Health Agencies and COVID Cartel. If we do zoom out and ask ‘What they are hiding?’ the answer becomes as obvious as it is disturbing: They are hiding everything,” he said as he opened his testimony. According to him, it was jarring for him as a scientist to speak with such certainty because they are trained to present ideas with caution, as hypotheses in need of a test. However, he said he is pretty sure and he has tested the idea that “We are being systematically blinded” by the “health authorities.”

He supported his accusation with an explanation. “The pattern is a simple one. You can test it yourself: Every single institution dedicated to public truth-seeking is under simultaneous attack. They are all in a state of collapse. Every group of experts fails utterly. Individual experts who resist, or worse, who attempt to return their institutions to sanity are coerced into submission,” he explained. He argued that they are marginalized or forced out if they don’t buckle.

“We are left in a fool’s paradise,” he continued. “Our research universities spend huge sums of public money to reach preordained conclusions. Professors teach only lessons that are consistent with wisdom students have picked up on TikTok – even when those lessons contradict the foundational principles of their discipline. Once proud newspapers like the New York Times and the Washington Post only report important stories after they have become common knowledge. Morticians must now raise the alarm over patterns missed by medical examiners.”

He also added that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has become an excellent guide to protecting your health, but only for people who realize you should do the opposite of whatever it advises. Finally, he emphasized how the Department of Homeland Security attempted to set up a truth ministry and declare an accurate critique of government as a kind of terrorism.

“But I can tell you that we are being systematically denied the tools of the Enlightenment and the rights guaranteed in our Constitution. We, those who remain dedicated to the values of the West, must fight this battle courageously. We must win, for if we do not stem the tide, the result will be a dark age that differs from prior dark ages only in the power and sophistication of the coercive instruments that will be wielded by those who will rule us,” he concluded his speech.

Johnson: Corruption now being exposed due to failed pandemic response

During the forum, Johnson and others talked about reports of problems with the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), a database maintained by two agencies, the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Johnson received an email from a recently married man who learned his 36-year-old wife couldn’t have children after she got her second COVID-19 shot. He read the correspondence aloud during the said forum. “She chose a career, got the baby/family bug and now she can’t have children,” the husband said. “She cries, all the time. Apologizes to me like it’s her fault. Someone needs to make them pay. And we need safeguards so this doesn’t happen again.”

In a statement back in February to the Daily Signal, an FDA spokesperson argued that the VAERS system contains raw data and isn’t by itself conclusive. “The VAERS website is transparent about the system’s limitations,” the FDA spokesperson said. “When any member of the public opens the website, the user must then acknowledge reading and understanding specific information that includes, among other important details, ‘VAERS data available to the public include only the initial report data to VAERS. Updated data which contains data from medical records and corrections reported during follow up are used by the government for analysis. However, for numerous reasons including data consistency, these amended data are not available to the public.’” (Related: BMJ investigation finds that VAERS is broken, CDC not following maintenance standards.)

Johnson argued that elite institutions damaged their credibility during the pandemic. “I believe the growing corruption of science, scientific research, medical journals, federal health agencies, and, as a result, the practice of medicine, has been exposed in the failed response to the pandemic,” Johnson said. “To repair the damage that has been done, we must honestly and relentlessly pursue the truth.”

Watch the part of the Feb. 26 Senate proceedings below, where Weinstein shared his testimony.

 

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The kind of rampant civil unrest that has thrown Haiti into turmoil will happen in the United States and other wealthy western nations too.  At this point, it is just a matter of time.  Here in the United States, we have been adding millions upon millions of extremely desperate people on top of the millions upon millions of extremely desperate people that we already had.  Politicians in major cities such as New York and Chicago openly admit that they can’t possibly take any more migrants because the social services available for them have been completely overwhelmed, but more migrants just keep coming anyway.  We are creating an extremely explosive environment, and the pressure that is coming in 2024 and beyond could push things over the edge.

If you want an idea of what is coming, just look at what is happening in Haiti right now.  Following years of disastrous policies, the entire nation has descended into a state of chaos…

The Republic of Haiti has been sliding toward failed state status for much of the 21st Century, but over the past few weeks, the collapse escalated at a blistering pace. Following the assassination of president Jovenel Moïse in 2021, the prime minister and acting president Ariel Henry has failed to control the gang violence wreaking havoc on the capital, Port-au-Prince. With gangs now controlling as much as 80 percent of the city, Henry traveled to Guyana in February to sign a treaty allowing a contingent of 1,000 Kenyan police officers to patrol Port-au-Prince. But after the gangs shut down the airport and released thousands from prison, Henry was forced to announce his resignation from exile — and delay the police force deployment that could help bring order to the capital.

It would be hard to overstate how nightmarish conditions have become in Haiti.

One British news source is comparing the current state of affairs to “the post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max”…

Haiti has been compared to the post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max as gang chaos continues.

Gang leaders are still fighting despite absentee Prime Minister Ariel Henry agreeing to resign last week.

With Haitians awaiting the formation of a Transitional Governing Council that is set to take power before elections are held, gangs looted aid supplies over the weekend.

UNICEF said containers with “essential items for maternal, neonatal, and child survival, including resuscitators and related equipment” were snared by gangs in the capital Port-au-Prince on Saturday.

Apparently the Biden administration decided that it would be a good idea to open the floodgates for those that wish to leave Haiti and come here.

According to the Washington Examiner, so far the Department of Homeland Security has helped to relocate more than 130,000 migrants from Haiti in dozens of U.S. cities…

The Department of Homeland Security has guided over 130,000 illegal immigrants from gang-ravaged Haiti into dozens of unidentified American cities, but it won’t say where.

Many of the 133,000 arrived in just one city that the Biden administration won’t identify, according to a federal report reviewed by the Center for Immigration Studies.

The Washington-based CIS, which backs ending illegal immigration, said that many immigrants flew themselves to the unidentified cities, while others arrived through land ports only to be released to wherever they wanted to go.

Of course a lot more are heading our way.

According to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a boat carrying a group of Haitian migrants that had guns, drugs and night vision gear was recently intercepted off the coast of his state…

“Our Florida Fish and Wildlife offices interdicted a vessel that had 25 illegal immigrants, potential illegal immigrants from Haiti in their boat. In their vessel, they had firearms, they had drugs, they had night vision gear, and were boating very recklessly, which would potentially endanger other folks,” DeSantis said at a press conference where he signed three pieces of legislation to deter illegal immigration.

“That vessel was interdicted near the Sebastian Inlet and those illegal aliens were turned over to the Coast Guard for deportation,” the governor said.

Needless to say, it isn’t just extremely desperate people from Haiti that are attempting to come to the United States in very large numbers.

Right now, our borders are under siege from “asylum seekers” that are coming to us from all over the globe.

Migrants have been taught that if they just say the right things about “seeking asylum” they will be let into the country.

And this isn’t just happening at the southern border.

Over the past couple of years, the number of migrants crossing over from Canada has been increasing at an exponential rate…

In fiscal year 2023, border officials encountered 189,401 illegal and inadmissible immigrants along the U.S.–Canada border, including at the ports of entry. Of those, 10,021 were caught crossing illegally between ports of entry.

In fiscal 2021, that number was 916.

Far more have been coming over the southern border.

Overall, we are witnessing a tsunami of migration that is far greater than anything that we have ever witnessed before.  The following comes from U.S. Senator John Cornyn…

Under President Biden’s leadership, we’ve seen an unprecedented crisis at our southern border, and an administration that proves time and time again that they simply don’t care.

Since President Biden took office, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has logged more than 5.4 million illegal border crossings, plus at least 1.5 million “gotaways” – that is, border crossers who were detected by CBP technology, but who were never apprehended.

Once “asylum seekers” are released into this country, they could literally go anywhere.

One migrant from Lebanon that was encountered at the border actually admitted that he was a member of Hezbollah and that he was planning to go to New York City and make a bomb…

A Lebanese migrant who was caught sneaking over the border admitted he’s a member of Hezbollah, he hoped to make a bomb, and his destination was New York, The Post can reveal.

Basel Bassel Ebbadi, 22, was caught by the US Border Patrol on March 9 near El Paso, Texas. While in custody, he was asked what he was doing in the US, to which he replied, “I’m going to try to make a bomb,” according to a Border Patrol document exclusively obtained by The Post.

We were quite fortunate to have caught that guy before he did any damage.

But how many others have successfully entered this country through our wide open borders?

Our politicians go on and on about “threats to national security”, but it is all empty talk unless they are willing to secure our borders.

Because without secure borders, our nation will never be secure.

Unfortunately, more desperate people continue to pour over our borders with each passing day, and it won’t be too long before we reach a tipping point.

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Over the past several years, the cost of living has been rising significantly faster than paychecks have.  As a result, U.S. consumers have reached a breaking point.  Delinquency rates are spiking and bankruptcies have risen to a very dangerous level.  I have been hearing from so many people that are struggling to survive in this suffocating economic environment.  It has become increasingly difficult just to pay for the basics, and so many Americans have very little or no discretionary income to spend these days.  If you want evidence that this is having a major economic impact, just consider the fact that 1,000 dollar stores are going to be shut down.  If U.S. consumers were in good shape, that wouldn’t be happening.

The economic shift that we have witnessed since the turn of the decade has been nothing short of epic.

According to Zillow, the average monthly mortgage payment for Americans buying a home now is nearly double what it was in January 2020…

The real estate firm Zillow reports that since January 2020, the monthly mortgage payment on a typical U.S. home has nearly doubled. It’s up 96% in just four years.

According to Zillow, a typical buyer will now pay nearly $2,200 a month, with a 10% down payment. Meaning, homeownership now costs well above the 30% of median income that was once thought to equate to “affordable” housing cost in America.

And with the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage hovering around seven percent right now, there’s not a whole lot of light at the end of this tunnel.

If home buyers have to shell out twice as much for their mortgage payments compared to four years ago, they are going to have a lot less money to spend on other things.

And this is the primary reason why so many of our young people simply cannot afford to purchase a home right now.

At this point, you need to earn approximately $106,000 a year in order to “afford the median home in the United States”…

“After the surge in home-buying demand and mobility during the pandemic, and the doubling of mortgage rates, home-shoppers now need to earn $106,000 to afford the median home in the United States,” said Divounguy.

Back in 2020, the salary needed to afford the median monthly mortgage payment was just $59,000.

Of course it isn’t just housing that has become extremely unaffordable.

For the first time I can ever remember, the cost of burgers has become a major national issue…

I can’t imagine paying more than 20 dollars for a burger, fries and drink at a fast food restaurant.

But this is life in America in 2024.

Our leaders have created an inflationary nightmare.

The Biden administration continues to insist that inflation is a low, but that is a lie.

Another lie that we have been told is that the unemployment rate is low.

How can that be possible when we just witnessed the worst February for layoffs since Challenger, Gray & Christmas started keeping records?…

The pace of job cuts by U.S. employers accelerated in February, a sign the labor market is starting to deteriorate in the face of ongoing inflation and high interest rates.

That is according to a new report published Thursday by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, which found that companies planned 84,638 job cuts in February, a 3% increase from the previous month and a 9% jump from the same time last year.

It marked the highest layoff total for the month of February in data going back to 2009.

The Biden administration keeps telling us that there are plenty of good jobs available.

So why are so many highly qualified workers having such difficulty finding work?  Here is one example…

Since leaving a university research administration job last May, Kyle Clark has cast an ever-widening net in his search for a new position.

First the 30-year-old sought jobs in technical editing, a skill he honed at the university. Then he leveraged his administrative experience, applying for openings in insurance and project management. Finally, he tossed his hat in the ring for a job posting at a local big-box retailer, only to be told the store wasn’t hiring.

After fruitlessly job hunting in the Portland, Oregon, area, Clark moved in with his parents in Tennessee with no better results. Now he’s heading to Chicago to try his luck in the Windy City.

Why can’t Kyle Clark find a job?

He has submitted applications for approximately 250 jobs, and he hasn’t received a single offer…

The tally so far: about 250 applications, 14 positive responses, 12 interviews. No job offers.

“I am losing my mind,” Clark says, noting he has a four-year college degree and seven years of work experience. “I am just burned out. … I just want to be employed. I have skills, I want to work, and that’s what’s frustrating. I want to. Just let me.”

I have heard from so many others that are in the exact same boat.

So something is not adding up.

The rosy picture of the economy that the Biden administration is giving us simply does not match reality at all.

And now we have reached a breaking point.

Last year, the total number of bankruptcy filings in the United States was 18 percent higher than the year before…

U.S. bankruptcy filings surged by 18% in 2023 on the back of higher interest rates, tougher lending standards and the continued runoff of pandemic-era backstops, data published Wednesday showed, although insolvency case volumes remain well below the level seen before the outbreak of COVID-19.

Total bankruptcy filings – encompassing commercial and personal insolvencies – rose to 445,186 last year from 378,390 in 2022, according to data from bankruptcy data provider Epiq AACER.

Based on what we are seeing so far this year, I fully expect the final number for 2024 to absolutely crush the final number for 2023.

Meanwhile, it is being reported that corporate bond defaults were up by a whopping 80 percent last year…

Consumers aren’t the only ones defaulting on their debts: Corporate bond defaults were up massively in 2023, especially for high-risk junk debt, and the trend is continuing this year at a pace not seen since the 2008 global financial crisis. Unsurprisingly, companies selling low-rated junk debt are being hit the worst.

Last year, according to S&P Global Ratings, corporate bond defaults increased by a disconcerting 80%. High interest rates coupled with high inflation have made it a struggle for companies to make good on their commitments even as waves of new bond buyers continue to arrive, eager to lock in higher yields before rates go down.

Many have pointed out that corporate bond defaults spiked like this just prior to the financial crisis of 2008 too.

We have entered such dangerous territory, and it appears that things will get even worse throughout the rest of this year.

Our leaders were able to delay the inevitable for a while by flooding the system with trillions upon trillions of dollars.

But now an economic nightmare has arrived anyway, and the days ahead are going to be exceedingly challenging for most U.S. consumers.

Michael’s new book entitled “Chaos” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can check out his new Substack newsletter right here.

About the Author: Michael Snyder’s extremely controversial new book entitled “Chaos” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com.  He has also written seven other books that are available on Amazon.com including “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”. (#CommissionsEarned)  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.  You can connect with Michael on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, and sharing his articles on your own social media accounts is definitely a great help.  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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Knowing who we are, and why we do things are fundamental to our existence. Without these, we tend to walk aimlessly through life and waste time and effort on unnecessary pursuits.

That is why I believe an initial analysis of where we are at, what we want, and where we want to go are very useful in our pursuits towards preparation. Personally, I believe a lifestyle centered around a good quality homestead with quality people around us is best.  The problem arises as to HOW to get there from here.  This is why the APN (American Preppers Network) was founded.  WE can make things happen together. No free-loaders, just good helpful support and direction from fellow seekers.

Here are some basic, yet crucial, concepts to address within your life to help you make more successes than failures!  We can do only so much in the world around us, so if each of us is aware of what we are personally looking for, we will be more apt to survive, and for the right reasons.

*** There are NO answers in this column, just suggestions! You must find your own answers, we are only able to help each other, and, in so doing, can we possibly realize and implement our own specific answers. ***
This is a different look at 10 important reasons FOR and AGAINST self preparation.  Firstly, it is possible that some of these reasons could go either way, for or against.  Why is this so? Well, just about every topic in society has opposing views, and for some reason, there are people out there who disagree with things that others find critically essential.  It will help each of us to ponder why any of these topics could be viewed differently from our own perspective.  If any reason you see below stumps you as to why someone could believe otherwise, ask around or contact me, and I can share with you some discussions with the ‘people’ I have encountered over my years, it probably will amaze you!

Reasons for Preparation:

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Questions to ask oneself:

Why Survive? What am I here for? Do I have a purpose? Is there a spiritual / religious reason for me?

Who do I want to survive with?  Family?  Friends?  Church members?  Why them?

Initial assessment:

I suggest you search through these other topics columnists here have written to see where you stand with them, and where you would like to go from here.

There are no ‘Right or Wrong’ answers here, just your own honest observation of your current situation. Remember, this is for your own use, so be honest.  This is when you ‘woke up’ to your situation, and it is up to YOU to decide where you go from here.  This can be kept and re-evaluated a couple of months in the future, to see your progress.  (Circle your current status in this area and make notes for you.)

Areas of your life:

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Please let me know what you are looking for, I will find it for you.  We are here to help each other, and my take on it is to enjoy ourselves while doing it!

Want to be even more prepared? Check out these related articles:

• Are You Healthy Enough to Survive?
• 10 Traits Successful Preppers Have
• The Myth of the Undercover Prepper

Hunting is a practice that started with our ancient ancestors. For many of us, hunting season is like a yearly pilgrimage to get back to our roots.

Hunting is an exercise in strength and persistence and is a true test of our survivalist skills. Humans have traditionally hunted for food, clothing, and sometimes even for shelter. But besides being a necessary survival skill, hunting is something most of us truly enjoy.

A must have: This is why hunting is so much fun 

Sometimes it’s a way for us to bond with our fathers or sons, or just a way to get away from our hectic lives and feel closer to nature.

10 Hunting Season Buzzkills

There are those that will tell you that hunting is a barbaric or outdated practice, but they don’t know what they’re talking about. They don’t know that the practice of hunting still has huge benefits today. First and foremost, may people still need to hunt for food.

But beyond that, hunting helps control animal populations, and the fish and wildlife industry boosts the economy in many regions.

Still, there are a lot of things about the hunting aspect that are, shall we say, less than glamorous. Here are just a few of them.

10 Things That Suck About Hunting Season

Some things about hunting can really chap your ass. Here are our top ten.

10. The Holidays

You are required to show up for some holiday functions or at least the big ones. Too many of them fall during the hunting season.

9. Season length

Hunting season is nowhere near long enough. We all have a big game plan about hunting different areas during different parts of the season, but we most often run out of season.

8. Work

Employers are extremely hung up on attendance. Even during hunting season, they fully expect outdoorsmen and women to wake up and go to work while they could actively pursue game. What happened to this country?

7. Garbage

You follow a strict scent control regiment for your hunting clothes and your body. But there are those in this world who still expect us to haul dirty, stinky garbage out to the curb. I hate chores. What would the deer think if they got a whiff of us? We, as hunters, work very hard to be odorless to get closer to game and yet, we still have to take the garbage out.

6. Football

Hunting has been around longer than football has. A lot of hunters enjoy football. The hunting season overlapping with football season is a scheduling conflict that the media, the NCAA, NFL, and high schools could quickly fix. Just wait until deer season ends.

Like I said, for many hunting is much more than something they just do for food. For some it’s a passion, or a sport, or an almost spiritual experience. Hunting involves both physical and mental stimulation and requires a unique combination of skills. There’s nothing quite  like it. Hunting season is a perfect opportunity to take in all of nature’s splendor.

For survivalists, hunting is an ideal activity because it is one of the best opportunities to practice shooting skills. That means that when SHTF and you have to bug out, as long as you have a rifle, you know you’ll have food. Plus, you will know how to use a gun to defend yourself if worse comes to worse.

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Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that he promises to “finish the job” in Gaza. The goal is to totally and completely destroy Hamas, the terrorist organization that rules over the Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip.

The country’s “very survival is at stake” and a “total victory” is within reach, Netanyahu claimed. He also insisted that no amount of international pressure and criticism over civilian casualties would stop Israel from achieving its goal.

You’re Paying for the Israel War. You’ll Also Pay for the Refugees.

Netanyahu also vowed to bring the offensive into Rafah, a major city near Gaza’s border with Egypt and the last refuge of some 1.5 million people, in a video address to the pro-Israel AIPAC organization in Washington on Tuesday.

“To win this war, we must destroy the remaining Hamas battalions in Rafah,” Netanyahu said. “If not, Hamas will regroup, rearm, and reconquer Gaza and then we’re back to square one. And that’s an intolerable threat that we cannot accept…We will finish the job in Rafah while enabling the civilian population to get out of harm’s way,” he added.

Israel Strikes Rafah; A “Safe Haven” For Palestinian Civilians

The city and its surroundings became crowded with refugees after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) instructed Palestinians to flee the northern part of the enclave. The Israeli prime minister repeatedly rejected international calls for a ceasefire, arguing that the IDF must clear out the remaining Hamas strongholds. -RT

Even though the harsh rhetoric continues out of Israel, the claim is that there are still no signs of genocide of the Palestinian people. So far, estimates are that over 31,000 Palestinians have been killed since the war erupted on October 7th.

U.S. Claims There’s No Signs Of Genocide In Gaza

Netanyahu, however, claimed that since the beginning of the war, the Israeli Defense Force has “taken measures to minimize civilian casualties that no other army has taken in history. We will destroy Hamas, free our hostages, and ensure that Gaza doesn’t ever pose a threat to Israel again,” he added.

At a time when their economy is really struggling, the Chinese are increasing military spending and ramping up preparations for war.  But who is China preparing to fight a war with?  Needless to say, the answer to that question is obvious.  Yes, the border dispute between India and China could erupt into something significant, but that is not likely.  The only other opponent that the Chinese would be fighting a major war with would be the United States.  And right now, Chinese shipyards are churning out military vessels at a pace that the U.S. simply cannot match…

The US cannot match the pace of building in the shipyards of Shanghai, which have already turned out two new aircraft carriers with a third expected to begin sea trials soon.

The latest vessel, the Fujian, features catapults to launch heavy, fixed-wing aircraft with immense bomb payloads. These shipyards are also building a new type of amphibious assault vessel, and many roll-on, roll-off ferries, which could have a dual purpose – transporting cars in peacetime, and armoured assault vehicles in the event of an attack on a neighbour, such as Taiwan.

Of even greater concern is the vast network of tunnels that the Chinese have been constructing.

We are being told that this network of tunnels makes the Hamas tunnels under Gaza “look like holes scooped by children in a sandpit”…

While the West has been scaling back its military spending in favour of welfare and healthcare, China has been building artificial islands as naval bases and airfields. Less obvious but more ominous, it has also been digging a vast network of tunnels and bunkers that make the Hamas warrens in Gaza look like holes scooped by children in a sandpit.

The Chinese tunnels stretch for hundreds of miles and their plans are so closely guarded that Western intelligence agencies have little idea what is down there.

Domestic spies in the pay of the West, who have attempted to smuggle out information, have been caught and executed.

Nobody knows why China has been putting so much effort into these tunnels.

Are they anticipating that vast numbers of Chinese will need to shelter underground during an apocalyptic conflict with the United States?

In recent years, the Chinese have been feverishly upgrading and expanding their strategic nuclear arsenal…

Most alarming of all is the build-up of nuclear missiles. Throughout the Cold War, though China has been a nuclear power from the mid-1960s, its atomic arsenal was limited. By the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the People’s Liberation Army had only 30 or 40 long-range nuclear missiles – because that, it believed, was more than enough. As President Deng Xiaoping chillingly taunted American journalists: ‘How many Los Angeles can you afford to lose?’

That policy has changed. More than 100 nuclear missiles with multiple warheads have already been built and armed, with production expected to exceed 500 by the end of this decade, if not sooner.

The moment the Chinese invade Taiwan, they know that it will mean war with the United States.

If that war is limited to conventional weaponry, the Chinese will win a war in Taiwan, and every war game that our leaders have conducted in recent years has shown this.

The U.S. could try to threaten China with nukes, but if China now possesses enough missiles to wipe out dozens of U.S. cities our leaders may not want to risk a nuclear confrontation.

The Chinese know that most battles are won before they are ever fought.

So they are trying to position themselves for a positive outcome before the very first missile is fired at Taiwan.

Interestingly, as talk of war with China has heated up, the number of Chinese migrants coming over our southern border has spiked exponentially.

In fact, CBS News is reporting that the number of Chinese migrants encountered at the border is now 50 times higher than it was two years ago…

Last year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported 37,000 Chinese citizens were apprehended crossing illegally from Mexico into the U.S.…that’s 50 times more than two years earlier.

In many cases, groups of military-age Chinese men all decked out in similar equipment are being encountered.

Of course they have been trained to say all the right things, and so the Biden administration is letting them in.

Meanwhile, western nations continue to prepare for an all-out war with Russia…

Several European countries have raised concerns that Russia’s war against Ukraine could eventually lead to a greater conflict between Moscow and NATO. The military alliance has taken several steps to bolster its defense systems along its eastern border in recent months, including by conducting trainings in the spring for over 90,000 troops from all 32 of the member states in countries that share a border with Russia, such as the Baltic nations and Poland.

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have been some of the loudest members of NATO that have urged the Western bloc to prepare for Russia’s next offensive in the region. Estonia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, for example, has said that Russia is preparing for war against NATO countries within the next 10 years.

All of those NATO troops are not going to do much good if a conflict with Russia goes nuclear.

As Bloomberg has reported, Russia has 10 times more tactical nukes than the U.S. does.

Sadly, the Russians also have the advantage when it comes to strategic nukes.  As I detail in my latest book, the Sarmat is the most sophisticated intercontinental ballistic missile on the entire planet.  Meanwhile, hopelessly outdated Minuteman missiles that originally went into service in the 1970s continue to form the backbone of the U.S. arsenal.

The Russians also have the most advanced anti-missile systems in the world by a very wide margin, and we don’t have any anti-missile systems that can handle what the Russians can throw at us.

Considering how the balance of power has changed, perhaps we should have tried to find a peaceful resolution to the mess in Ukraine.

But now that window appears to have closed for good…

A top ally of Vladimir Putin has claimed the relationship between the US and Russia is worse than during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, as the Kremlin accused the West of ‘direct involvement’ in the war in Ukraine.

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, made the comments in a public speech, and added that the Kremlin has ruled out peace talks with Ukraine, as its invasion of the nation entered its third year.

Medvedev said Russia would prosecute what it calls its ‘special military operation’ until the other side capitulated. He said that what he called historical parts of Russia should ‘return home.’

Medvedev was speaking in front of a map of Ukraine which showed the country as a much smaller landlocked rump of territory squeezed up against Poland with Russia in complete control of its east, south and Black Sea coastline.

We really are living at a time of wars and rumors of wars.

On top of everything else that I have discussed, the war in the Middle East could dramatically escalate at any moment, and North Korea’s military has been put in a state of “heightened readiness for war”…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected field training of troops at a major military operations base in the western region of the country on Wednesday and ordered heightened readiness for war, the state Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Thursday.

The tour of the base, the location of which was not identified, came after the start of annual combined military drills by US and South Korean forces on Monday in the South. Twice the number of troops took part compared to last year.

I am entirely convinced that 2024 will be a year of war.

Of course countless others see things the exact same way.

The hot phase of World War III is rapidly approaching, and right now there is a great deal of talk about how to get prepared for such a scenario…

Your phone is out of action, the electricity has cut out and there’s no way to reach food. What’s your game plan?

These are questions people have been urged to explore as the risk of ‘World War Three’ seemingly grows.

With the Doomsday Clock – a scientific invention which measures how close the Earth is to disaster – remaining at 90 seconds to midnight, Admiral Rob Bauer, who chairs NATO’s Military Committee, has warned people to make basic preparations for a potential ‘full-blown war’.

‘You need to have water, you need to have a radio on batteries and you need to have a flashlight on batteries to make sure that you can survive the first 36 hours’, he said. ‘It starts there, the realisation that not everything is plannable.’

Unfortunately, if you are only preparing to survive for 36 hours you are not going to last very long at all once the missiles start flying.

At this moment, most people living in the western world have no idea how much the hot phase of World War III will change all of our lives.

If they really understood what was coming, they would be loudly demanding peace.

Sadly, it will be way too late when most of the population finally awakens from their slumber.

Michael’s new book entitled “Chaos” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can check out his new Substack newsletter right here.

About the Author: Michael Snyder’s extremely controversial new book entitled “Chaos” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com.  He has also written seven other books that are available on Amazon.com including “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”. (#CommissionsEarned)  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.  You can connect with Michael on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, and sharing his articles on your own social media accounts is definitely a great help.  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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By the time you are done reading this article, you may be tempted to tear your hair out.  A substantial portion of the U.S. population is deeply struggling in our current economic environment, but instead of focusing on helping Americans that are hurting, homeless and hungry, our leaders are going to great lengths to make things better for those that have no legal right to be in this country.  Our priorities are way out of whack, and U.S. voters are fed up.  Immigration has become the hottest political issue during this campaign season, but many of our politicians still don’t seem to understand why so many of us are so frustrated with what has been going on.

Let me give you some examples of what I am talking about.

It is being reported that more than half of all Americans over the age of 65 “are living on incomes of $30,000 or less a year”…

And, for some, the retirement crisis is already here. Just over half of Americans over the age of 65 are living on incomes of $30,000 or less a year, according to the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey. The largest share — just under 23% — have incomes between $10,000 and $19,999.

Millions of elderly Americans are barely surviving at this point.

Meanwhile, the Biden administration has been flying hundreds of thousands of migrants that have no legal right to be here directly into the country…

It means that while record numbers of migrants were flowing over the southern border last year, the Biden White House was also directly transporting them into the country.

Use of a cell phone app has allowed for the near undetected arrival by air of 320,000 aliens with no legal rights to enter the United States.

It comes after a controversy over a 2022 transportation program in which the administration used taxpayers money to move migrants throughout the country on overnight flights.

You have got to be kidding me.

Let me give you another example.

Since 2020, the income needed “to comfortably afford a home in the US” has gone up by 80 percent…

According to Zillow, the income needed to comfortably afford a home in the US has leapt 80% since 2020, far exceeding what the BLS reports has been a 23% increase in median household income over the same period.

The real estate website found home buyers today need to make more than $106,000 a year, up $47,000 from 2020, a change driven largely by higher prices and borrowing costs.

“Housing costs have soared over the past four years as drastic hikes in home prices, mortgage rates and rent growth far outpaced wage gains,” said Orphe Divounguy, a senior economist at Zillow.

But instead of doing something about that, politicians in California actually want to provide interest-free home loans with no down payment required to newly arrived migrants…

Assembly Bill 1840 would change existing law to allow illegal immigrants to be eligible for the California Dream for All Fund, which provides interest-free loans for a down payment on a home for first-time buyers.

The bill was introduced by California Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula, a Democrat, who last month told GV Wire, a Fresno-based news outlet, that he “wanted to ensure that qualified first-time homebuyers include undocumented applicants.”

You have got to be kidding me.

Don’t stop reading now, because there is more.

On Thursday, we learned that the number of layoffs in the U.S. last month was the highest total that we have seen during February since 2009…

The pace of job cuts by U.S. employers accelerated in February, a sign the labor market is starting to deteriorate in the face of ongoing inflation and high interest rates.

That is according to a new report published Thursday by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, which found that companies planned 84,638 job cuts in February, a 3% increase from the previous month and a 9% jump from the same time last year.

It marked the highest layoff total for the month of February in data going back to 2009.

That is terrible news.

But instead of finding jobs for American workers, New York Governor Kathy Hochul wants to “prioritize” hiring newly arrived migrants for state jobs…

New York Governor Kathy Hochul is pushing a plan to prioritize hiring illegal aliens for state jobs by eliminating certain requirements like the civil service exam and high school diploma.

The aim is to expedite the process for illegal immigrants to secure state jobs once they have work permits.

You have got to be kidding me.

Last but not least, let’s talk about what is going on in Washington right now.

In preparation for the State of the Union address, a “large steel fence” was being put up around the U.S. Capitol…

Ahead of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address this evening – what concerns do the political elites on Capitol Hill have that require security crews to erect a large steel fence around the immediate perimeter of the Capitol Complex?

In several posts on X, FOX News Senior Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram said the steel, grated 12-foot fence around the Capitol Complex was erected on Wednesday night on the orders of the Secret Service.

Apparently our leaders in Washington have no problem with being protected by walls.

Unfortunately, our southern border has been left wide open and it is being estimated that approximately 10 million migrants have come pouring into this nation since Joe Biden entered the White House…

The number of illegal immigrants in the country has roughly doubled under President Biden. The United States had some 10.2 million illegal immigrants in 2020, and another 10 million have entered during Biden’s presidency. If the 20 million illegal immigrants were all in one state, it would be tied with New York for the fourth most populated state.

And here’s even worse news. If Biden wins a second term in office and there is no serious reform of U.S. immigration and asylum laws — both of which are very real possibilities — we can expect a continuing increase in the rate of immigrants crossing the border illegally.

You have got to be kidding me.

We already have tens of millions of people that are deeply suffering in this country.

To allow millions more to come marching in doesn’t make any sense at all.

We can’t even afford to take care of the people that we already have.  We are completely broke, and we have been adding another trillion dollars to the national debt about every 100 days.

We are literally committing national suicide, but most of our politicians don’t seem alarmed by this at all.

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