Dear readers, Maybe many of you are already aware of the military deployment and the coming struggle to remove a group identified as a Cartel. The militia has been mobilized. In a bold move that underscores Venezuela’s current geopolitical posture, the Bus Driver announced the nationwide mobilization of approximately 4.5 million militia members. The declaration came during a televised address, framed as a response to what the driver described as “escalating foreign threats from the United States”. Oh, well. By now, with all the evidence collected over the last 15 years, everybody can imagine the outcome of all this. Don’t listen or even pay any attention to the rhetoric of the control of the “oil”, or the “minerals”, or whatever other nonsense the lefties have been spreading for the last 40 years to deceive the weaker minds. There is evidence that, along with the narcotics smuggling, the illegal exploitation of such resources was used to fund irregular militias, and THAT was the trigger for all these operations. Period. This is the truth, and nobody can disguise it. This is the type of information you will find here. Back on the supposed 4.5 million militia warriors…that’s laughable. The reality is, those numbers don’t exist. There are videos on the platforms where, on the voting days for regional governors, people never even showed up. Much less will they present to “fight” for someone who lost an election. Are there some deranged followers who are willing to expose themselves for whatever reason they can have? Sure. There will always be, statistically speaking. It means nothing at the end of the day. No real combat experience, most of them never had a gun in their hands, and surely once the time comes, they will be held up and restrained by their sane relatives. Taxi (car and motorbikes) drivers who need one gallon of (rationed) gasoline to make their trips, and take food home. And several tenths of other vulnerable people all over the country who are being blackmailed into this “popular support”. Which is totally inorganic. Why is this happening? The announcement followed reports that Washington DC had increased its reward for information leading to the Bus Driver’s capture, now $50 million. Simultaneously, U.S. military activity in the region has intensified. Things are going to get…(ahem) “interesting”. According to sources cited by the agency Reuters, American guided-missile destroyers—accompanied by roughly 4,000 personnel—are now anchored just a few miles out of Venezuelan waters. These movements are part of a broader U.S. initiative aimed at curbing drug trafficking across Latin America and the Caribbean. I have my own opinion about this deployment and the next steps, but I can’t expose it in the open. There is a serious hazard, as they have been threatening these last few days with accusations of “treason to the Homeland”, whatever that means in their book. More details of my insight on the possible scenarios are on my Patreon site if you want to read more. Conflicting statements have emerged continuously from the Pentagon. A U.S. defense official clarified that no naval units had entered the area (yet) or received formal deployment orders. Venezuela’s coastline, stretching nearly 2,500 miles, remains a strategic frontier in this unfolding scenario. Maduro’s speech emphasized national sovereignty and resistance. “This week, we activate a comprehensive defense plan,” he declared, “with millions of citizens organized, trained, and armed to protect every corner of our territory.” Laughably, there were videos posted showing a map with the locations of the military outposts, almost 250 scattered all over. LOL. Our military heroes from the last 200 years must be rolling into their graves. Some comments, very much in the usual style of condescension and arrogance, characterized recent U.S. rhetoric as “grotesque and recycled provocations,” though he did not elaborate on specific incidents. His closing remarks resonated with patriotic fervor: “We safeguard our seas, our skies, and our soil. These lands were liberated by our people, and no foreign power shall violate them—not in Venezuela, nor anywhere in South America.” This is what we could call a Falklands scenario. However, the accusations this time are much more severe. The evidence seems to be overwhelming. The ties with the wrong crowd are too strong, too many, and the internal repression was something that very few other countries experienced. But let’s analyze an aspect that is calling my attention. It is one of the worst situations we have ever faced since…maybe 1958. Not even the 1989 or 1992 turmoils generated so much disaster potential. The past coups d’état were not as severe as these: there were no overwhelming forces from another country parked in our front yard. One of the most surprising facts is the stubbornness, the refusal to accept reality and give up, with an inexplicable desire to “fight” instead of making it alive to the other side. Being alive in a prison beats facing another dark destiny after all (for everything they are being accused of)…at least in my book. I have so many questions here. Why is a confrontation with such a powerful enemy so sought after, instead of a peaceful rendition? Why expose innocent citizens to so much danger? Why the average citizen is not preparing at all (except for the party that will be after)…it’s nothing like a “possibility”. The confrontation is coming. Insiders or outsiders, it doesn’t matter. It’s coming and it’s inevitable. The consequences are unpredictable. Some of the people I have talked to, say they are actively saving some cans here and there, and other dry goods. Water for cooking/drinking, and so on. I told them not to rely too much on freezers, as 12 hours without energy and the food would spoil. As you read this, there is a total military mobilization all over the country. Or at least guys with military uniforms, all over the place. Oil & Gas production facilities included. This was an obvious reaction given the size of the threat. How the different elements and components will respond…I watched a couple of videos. Young men and girls, not even 20 or 21 years old. Looks like a Boy Scouts weekend to them. Chanting and all. I am more concerned about the long-term effect, though. I have seen brainwashing work, and it’s not pretty…it reshapes smart, rational, coherent people into deranged street fighters that will wield any argument to win a debate. They will fight back with rancid events like “the false flag attack that unleashed Vietnam”, or the “awful blockade to Cuba”…or…whatever other nonsense is in the booklet that I already know from top to bottom. And I am tired of that BS. In the meantime, I am monitoring the news on the Internet (as long as we have one) and just learned the 10 F-35 have arrived at a base in Pto. Rico. Preparing for this is hard. I would like to focus on other aspects, for instance, how reluctant some people are to prepare. The crisis has made saving even a couple of sardine cans hard. Now more than ever, guys, the best advice I can give is this: Prepare as much as you can while you are living the good times. This doesn’t mean hoarding cans and jars. Not just that. It means developing a side business simultaneously: building an infrastructure and assembling the necessary processes (including machinery maintenance, supply chain management, purchasing from providers, marketing, and client support) to generate income when you don’t have a wage to support yourself. Or even if you have it, use your hobby as a productive means. A business that can surf through the crisis. The lesson I have learned the hard way is that, in harsh times, people will only buy the basics. Personally, I am climbing the walls, trying to make as much as I can, to be prepared for the next days where uncertainty is rampant. Conclusion I don’t know when this article will be published. I am heading to new activities these next weeks and don’t know if I will have the physical strength to sit and write after a hard day. Or a good internet connection. Or even if we will have internet at all. Right now, there are too many uncertainties, and I can’t think of anything else but this: in order to be mentally prepared for the scenario that comes your way, you need to understand and accept that uncertainty is part of the process of surfing the tide coming to you. Maybe I will be offline for a few weeks, but I promise I will reopen my channel, keep writing, and will *try* my best to keep things as normal for as long as I can once the dust settles down. You deserve no less. Everybody is expecting “something” in the next couple of days. I, after having so much time without even a temp contract, don’t care what can come anymore as long as it crushes down the people deserving it. I just need to make some good money to get back on my feet, and an activity to make a living. As of today, people in some cities (the ones with the largest military facilities) are stocking up whatever they can: vegetables, cans, rice, beans, you know, the usual. One difference with other situations I have seen is that the people have expectations. And that, at the end of the day, is what will make the difference. Guys, I know that many of you understand our situation. I appreciate all the donations I have received. All of them have gone to my family’s table. If you are willing to send some sponsorship, now is the perfect time to do it. Thanks for reading, and stay tuned! J. What do you think? Which story do you believe to be most accurate? Could this lead to the end of Maduro’s reign of terror? How do you think this will work out? Let us know what you think in the comments section. About Jose Jose is an upper middle class professional. He is a former worker of the oil state company with a Bachelor’s degree from one of the best national Universities. He has an old but in good shape SUV, a good 150 square meters house in a nice neighborhood, in a small but (formerly) prosperous city with two middle size malls. Jose is a prepper and shares his eyewitness accounts and survival stories from the collapse of his beloved Venezuela. Jose and his younger kid are currently back in Venezuela, after the intention of setting up a new life in another country didn’t  go well. The SARSCOV2 re-shaped the labor market and South American economy so he decided to give it a try to homestead in the mountains, and make a living as best as possible. But this time in his own land, and surrounded by family, friends and acquaintances, with all the gear and equipment collected, as the initial plan was.  Follow Jose on YouTube and gain access to his exclusive content on Patreon. Donations: paypal.me/JoseM151 The post Venezuela Mobilizes Military to Defend Against U.S. Naval Forces appeared first on The Organic Prepper.

It’s back-to-school season, and some teachers have promised that the racist ideas from diversity, equity, and inclusion would not be in their classrooms this year. That’s the good news. The bad news is that many of these teachers and administrators are clearly telling whoppers. In fact, K-12 schools and colleges around the country are disguising their DEI offices and their racial preferences. Take Maryland, across the border from the nation’s capital and where many federal bureaucrats sleep and send their children to school. State education officials said schools would comply with President Donald Trump’s executive orders calling on schools to reject DEI, citing the ways in which DEI programs violate civil rights laws. Yet schools in Montgomery County, precisely where the swamp lives, still have resources on their website dedicated to DEI and critical race theory. This wealthy school district, which receives $51.5 million in federal taxpayer spending for children in its lower-income areas, offers online classes for teachers on “How to be an anti-racist and anti-racist educator.” These sessions argue that everything around us is racist because not everyone receives the same rewards in life. So it does not matter how hard you work in life—everyone should have the same amount. That is “equity,” the course materials say. The way equity’s champions rationalize this to themselves is to say that success is the result of “whiteness,” or systemic racism or some such, not the result of effort. Montgomery County is hardly alone. In August, the U.S. Department of Education found that George Mason University— just 35 miles from Montgomery County on the Virginia side of the Potomac—had violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by “illegally using race and other immutable characteristics in university practices and policies, including hiring and promotion.” The department’s finding came after university President Gregory Washington told students in February that he had no intention of dissolving DEI programs at the school. And, in a harbinger of perhaps the model to come, Democrats in the Virginia Senate have thrown out 10 appointments that Gov. Glenn Youngkin had made to GMU’s Board of Visitors. That leaves the board with only six members, meaning it lacks a quorum and cannot fire Washington. And then there is Harvard. Despite a recent court ruling in Harvard’s favor, saying the Trump administration could not freeze federal research spending, whistleblowers have uncovered ongoing DEI activities. Even in this latest ruling, the court said that “based solely on Harvard’s own admissions … Harvard has been plagued by antisemitism.” Meanwhile, the university has resisted calls to adhere to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard that prohibited the use of racial preferences. Unsurprisingly, the federal judge in Boston who found in Harvard’s favor is Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs—who also found in favor of Harvard in the 2023 Students for Fair Admissions case. The U.S. Supreme Court shredded her opinion and ruled against the use of racial preferences. The White House will likely appeal and Harvard continues to try to negotiate a settlement with the administration. Undercover investigations have found college officials elsewhere admitting that DEI is simply being renamed so the racist activities can continue. One former administrator at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte told a reporter that if students and faculty want to do “covert” DEI work, “there are opportunities.” The Trump administration has correctly identified DEI practices that violate civil rights laws, such as training sessions that rely on racial stereotypes, hiring according to racial quotas, and requiring student applicants or potential university hires to write DEI statements as a condition of admission or employment. The White House issued two executive orders earlier this year that sought to end DEI. The country has turned away from DEI, racial preferences, set asides, quotas, etc. The Trump administration understands this and will continue to make its case. It should also be aware that schools are doing precisely what they tell their students not to do—they’re cheating. Originally published by The Washington Times. The post Disguising DEI: Schools Keep Trying to Push a Discredited Ideology appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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A father and son were arrested in Salt Lake City on Sunday for allegedly affixing an explosive device to the bottom of a KSTU-TV news vehicle parked next to an occupied building.The device was discovered just days after Charlie Kirk's assassination around a half-hour drive away at Utah Valley University and amid an increased media presence in the area.KSTU revealed that the device was determined to be real. While the explosive had reportedly been lit, the arrest report indicated that it "failed to function as designed."Law enforcement officials reportedly also 'observed additional contraband and evidence of crimes outside the scope of the original warrant.'Salt Lake County Jail records indicate that Adeeb Ahamed Nasir, 58 — whose race was somehow entered into the system as "white" — is a Pakistani-born American citizen.He was booked into the jail on Sunday and charged with the manufacture, possession, or use of a weapon of mass destruction; attempted aggravated arson; possession of an explosive/chemical/incendiary; threat of terrorism; and felony possession of parts for an explosion/chemical/incendiary device.Nasir's American-born son, 31-year-old Adil Justice Ahme Nasir, has been charged with manufacture/possession/use of a weapon of mass destruction; attempted aggravated arson; threat of terrorism; and possession both of an explosive/chemical/incendiary device and parts to make one.The Salt Lake City Police Department confirmed to Blaze News that the FBI is handling the case.RELATED: Charlie Kirk's suspected assassin lived with trans-identifying lover AzmanL/Getty Images Following the discovery of the malfunctioning explosive device, the FBI assumed jurisdiction of the case, reportedly citing the nature of the device and apparent target as indicators of a significant threat to public safety.The FBI tracked down the father and son to a house in Magna, Utah, which they searched in concert with the SLC Police Department and Unified Fire bomb squads.According to the arrest report, the Nasirs, who were found on the premises, allegedly told investigators that "two hoax weapons of mass destruction" were "real," prompting an evacuation of nearby houses.During the search, law enforcement officials also "observed additional contraband and evidence of crimes outside the scope of the original warrant, to include firearms and firearm related items, explosives and explosive-related components, illegal narcotics and associated paraphernalia, as well as electronic devices reasonably believed to contain evidence," according to arrest documents.The alleged discovery of firearms is also bad news for the father and son, as they both had a protective order barring them from possessing guns. CBS News indicated the protective order is connected with their "histories of illicit drug use."KSTU station manager Leon Wood said in a statement, "Fox 13 News is working closely with law enforcement and our risk management team, with the safety of our employees as our top priority."Both men are being held without bail.Blaze News has reached out to the FBI and to KSTU for comment.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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