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Are you looking for the best preparedness deals on Amazon? We’ve got you covered with our Holiday 2025 Black Friday Shopping List! You don’t need to brave the crazy crowds if you stay home and shop online instead. I got up early and went through the products to choose the items that preppers need (or maybe just want.) Save money while getting prepped with these offers or grab some preparedness goodies for the people on your shopping list. And if you’re shopping for other things, please consider using this link – it provides us with a small commission at no cost to you! Also – if you want a little liberty-loving zen in your life, check out my Freedom Isn’t Free Coloring Book, or our American Dreamer puzzle books! Please note that at the time I wrote this article, the deals were available. They change throughout the day, and sometimes vendors run out of merchandise. If you find something that is no longer available, just let me know in the comments section. The Best Survival Gear Deals on Amazon Want to create a digital knowledge bank? This Amazon Fire tablet is only $55. At 32GB it can hold somewhere around TWENTY THOUSAND ebooks! Pair it with a solar charging device, and you’ll be all set for entertainment and information. A friend of mine strongly recommended this tablet, and I couldn’t agree more about the post-SHTF value of an item like this. It also has the function to read books aloud to you. Here’s a small solar generator including panels that will do a great job of keeping small electronics going during a power outage. I have a bigger version of this and love it. It’s a whopping 54% off! Speaking of power, check out this solar device charger for $30. Who needs candy canes in their stocking when they can have Lifestraws? This four-pack is a steal or if you only need one, you can save on singles too. A 4-pack of LED, solar-powered camping lanterns will provide the gift of light for several people on your list – it’s a great addition to a power outage kit. This pack with 4 rain ponchos and 4 survival blankets is an awesome addition to a car kit or bug-out bag. Alternatively, you can split it up and divvy it between gift recipients. This blanket is waterproof on one side and cozy merino wool on the other. a Looking for a stocking stuffer for those “has everything” types? I like this survival tool with a knife sharpener, whistle, and Ferro rod. It’s not flimsy like many such tools and has very good reviews. A pair of long-range two-way radios can be found for under $20. A refill kit from Rhino Rescue can restock your trauma kit and could save the life of someone you love. Keep cozy on the go for less than $10 with a two-pack of emergency bivvy bags. Save on a two-person emergency tent that rolls up to be only slightly bigger than a soda can. I have these folding binoculars and absolutely love them. Be able to check things out much further away than with the naked eye with this bug-out bag addition. PS: Less than $10! I always say not to rely on crappy off-brand batteries. Well, you can get 48 Energizer batteries for only $24 here and replenish your supplies. Check out this lunch and dinner variety bucket from Augason Farms. Three pairs of merino wool socks will keep your tootsies warm no matter where you’re bugging out to. Get a four-pack of super bright flashlights (or a two-pack if you don’t need that many). These are fantastic stocking stuffers or additions to different rooms of your house. These excellent headlamps run on easy-to-find AAA batteries and are great for hands-free light in an emergency. Pop these car-escape tools into the center console of all your loved ones’ vehicles. Here’s a nifty little survival fishing kit for your bug-out bag. Keep your survival food cheesy with this #10 can of cheese powder from Augason Farms – this is pretty good stuff, and I’ve used it in non-survival situations, too. (Although, I guess you could classify running out of cheese as a survival situation, right?) A four-pack of fire-suppression blankets makes an excellent addition to your home’s fire-safety kit. This small folding handsaw from Mossy Oak has great reviews. A three-liter gravity-fed portable water filter is far less than the cost of those fancy brands and can be used at a camp as well as at home. This pocket chainsaw has fantastic reviews and would be a very useful addition to your bugout bag. Delight your grandchildren (if not their parents) with these survival whistles. This survival hatchet has great reviews and is on sale with 20% off. Have you ever wanted to try using a bow drill for firestarting? Here’s a really good deal on one. If you’ve always wanted a military tactical pen, now’s your chance to get a two-pack on sale. I’ll add more deals throughout the day, so please check back! What are you shopping for on Black Friday? Stay safe and save some money by shopping online this weekend if your shopping lists are coming from corporate stores. Visit independent retailers to support your local mom-and-pop shops! I’ll be back this weekend with deals on kitchen goods and books! Are you shopping this weekend? Are there any Amazon deals you found that aren’t on my list? Let us know in the comments.   The post Amazon’s Best Black Friday Deals for Prepper Gear appeared first on The Organic Prepper.

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On a recent radio interview, we discussed why the major media performs so poorly in polls about trust in the news, and yet, they are still influential. Congress has low approval ratings -- lower than the press! -- and yet Congress is still our legislative authority. People will say they don't like Congress, but they like their own representatives. It may be like that with the media -- they don't trust them as a whole, but they have favorites.  The national media elites still have the power to set the agenda, to shine a spotlight on exactly what they want to emphasize, and to try and bury stories they don't like -- like stories that make Trump look good, or stories where the violent criminal is an illegal immigrant. At NewsBusters, we believe that the power to decide what is "news" must still be challenged in every news cycle. We don't expect the media to reform itself -- although the Left is disturbed at any expression of moving major media outlets one tick toward the center -- see Bari Weiss at CBS. So far, there's not a lot of change on air at CBS. Then: Scott Jennings is doing a lot of interviews to promote his new book on President Trump, A Revolution of Common Sense, and part of that is Trump’s battles with the press. He entered hostile territory on the podcast of Kara Swisher, who despises Elon Musk and defends energetic censorship by Big Tech. She suggested that banning the New York Post from Twitter for 17 days and blatantly lying that Hunter's laptop was a Russian disinformation plot is just politics as usual. Kara claimed she didn’t like it, but hey, it’s politics as usual.  These are the leftists that claim they uphold truth and democracy. But they're unashamed about lying to win elections. Jennings also came up in a recent podcast with Joy Reid. She claimed Jennings was a phony who hates Trump: “[M]ost of the Republicans who serve Donald Trump obediently and live on their knees hate him. We know they hate him. We know they don’t respect him. We know that they don’t — they don’t believe anything coming out of their mouths,” she posited. That is not accurate for Scott. You can disagree with some of what Trump says or does, and still defend him against the leftist onslaught. Joy Reid thinks we're all worth disrespecting: “If Trump is like a proto-fascist, which he is, and you’re down with it, then you’re essentially saying you’re going to align the former party of Lincoln with fascism. Then, you know, there’s no reason for me to respect you." Reid lost enough respect that MSNBC dumped her.  Enjoy the podcast below. It's audio only, since our video team was on vacation.  

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