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Tools of Engagement – March 2026 – Medical Preparation, Emergency Travel, and Alternative Food Resources

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Originally published March 27, 2026 for our weekly Issue of Mindful Intelligence Advisor. Subscribe to get weekly issues.

A. SCOTUS TARIFF RULING

In our March 6, 2026, MIA Weekly, Paul Gordon Collier did a bellwether deepdive on the Supreme Court decision affecting Trump’s tariffs issued under the IEEA Act.

In that analysis, Collier concluded, “At the SCOTUS level, I expect this court to side with the resistance, and wherever sophistry can remotely be applied to justify the denial of Trump’s policies (to defeat Hitler, in their minds), they will do so. However, there are limitations, even for this rogue court. Some degree of a semblance of Americanism must still be maintained, at least for now.

“For that reason, I expect SCOTUS to not fully shut down Trump’s tariff powers, but from here until the first District Court injunction, he has a limited time to act decisively using tariffs to target our enemies for economic warfare.

“What many do not realize is this, American pax is over and everyone knows it. There is a new real scramble for power that will leave the losers in destitute circumstances. The race to build the one AI machine to rule them all is on, and Trump recognizes this; THAT is why he chose to use tariffs in this unprecedented, but legal (unprecedented doesn’t equal illegal, Mr. Roberts) way, for he understood the stakes are high.

The world is resetting its power structure, and competition is fierce to not become a subservient to the greater power, and it’s a competition America can lose, especially with Progmerica still fighting to take over from within, aided as they are by quislings in our courts.”

With a divided house, life is uncertain. Building reserves to get you through potential upheavals in supply are as essential as they’ve been since the first Covid lockdowns were ordered. That fragile state has only continued, and we act on the assumption it is only going to get worse before it gets better (and we DO believe it will get better).

We believe most of you (hopefully us too) will not be touched at a catastrophic level, where you might be without resources for a period of time (perhaps two months), but some of you (and us) MIGHT be. We are already preparing for the potential interruption that might happen, fully expecting the lights to come back on in the end.

To make it through the dark valley, consider:

ESSENTIAL NEEDS – What are your essential needs that, if you go without them for more than 2 months, could kill you? Medicines might be top on that list. Food might be easier to find than medicine. One of our spouses has medicine that is consistently not available right away due to the strain on the medical supply lines already.

Here is a list of vulnerable medicines. If your medicines are on the list, consider alternatives, or, where possible, stock up for two months in advance.

USP Vulnerable Medicines List

TRANSPORTATION – Consider having electric bikes on hand for emergency travel. To go along with those e-bikes, consider portable solar panels to recharge the e-bikes if you lose power for any period of time.

POWOXI 12V Solar Car Battery Charger: 15W Solar Trickle Charger Maintainer with MPPT Controller for Car – RV Boat Marine Motorcycle – $50

SOLPERK Solar Panel Kit 20W 12V, Waterproof Solar Battery Trickle Charger Maintainer + Smart MPPT Controller + Adjustable Mount Bracket – $30

URLIFE 20″*3.0 Fat Tire Electric Bike for Adults, 28MPH 48V, 80-Mile, 7-Speed & Suspension, Adjustable Seat for Adults and Teens, UL 2849 – $380

Electric Bike for Adults,1500W Peak Motor Retro E Bike,30MPH Max Speed,60/110 Miles Range,Removable 48V 15Ah Battery,20″x4.0″Fat – $630

B. APOCALPYPSE IRAN: IRAN’S NEW ORDER AND THE PRICE THE WORLD IS ALREADY PAYING

In our March 13, 2026, issue, our military affairs correspondent, Michael Cessna, presented an analysis of the Iran War that focused on the looming secondary global threats emerging from this war. One of the most pressing challenges comes through the Strait of Hormuz. So long as Iran can continue to shut down, or even slow down, commercial trade through the strait, global economies and even food supplies face existential threats.

Cessna explained, “The financial consequences were immediate and severe. Kuwait announced oil production cuts, and Iraq cut 1.5 million barrels per day as onshore storage filled. Brent crude logged its largest weekly gain in the history of the futures contract, surging by 28%. By March 8, Brent had crossed $103 per barrel — the first time it had exceeded $100 in four years. U.S. retail gasoline prices jumped to a national average of $3.45 per gallon by March 9, up more than 51 cents in a single week.

“J.P. Morgan’s commodities research team warned that production cuts could exceed 4 million barrels per day by the end of the following week if the strait remained closed, and that prices could exceed $150 per barrel if Gulf infrastructure continued to be targeted — an outcome that Qatar’s Energy Minister described as capable of triggering “the collapse of world economies.”

While seeming hyperbolic on the surface, the IEA convened an emergency meeting of its 30+ member states, which collectively hold 1.2 billion barrels in strategic reserve, to discuss a coordinated release.”

EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLY – If you haven’t started growing your own food already, starting now won’t help you deal with this immediate potential crisis. Stocking up on food is advised, and if you haven’t you definitely should.

The Best Emergency Food Supplies, With Insights From Disaster Relief Experts – Lee Cutlip

FOOD BUYING CO-OPS – You still have time to join a local food buying co-op in your area, or maybe even start one yourself. Here are some resources to get you started:

Local Harvest Food Coops (mostly Northeast U.S.)

Neighborhood Buying Club: How to Start and Run One Safely – JoinSpark

Feeding America – Find Free Groceries

C. TRANSITIONS: PT. 2 – FROM JUDGES TO KINGS, HOW ISRAEL BECAME A KINGDOM OF MEN

In our March 20, 2026, issue of MIA, Paul Gordon Collier analyzed Israel’s transition from a nation of Judges to a nation of Kings. What he noted was this:

“The Kingdom still ostensibly claimed God as King, but their King would, more often than not, gain more praise from the people than God would. While God ordained it and allowed it to happen, it was not his desire. He knew the hearts of men. He knew one day his own people would call for a King even after they had one supernaturally deliver them from slavery.

“‘I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my wrath.’- Hosea 13:11

“While they held on to the foundation of the Judges nation, what they built on top of it, kingship, would ultimately undermine the foundation that gave them legitimacy, which ultimately led to the death of the Kings nation and the eventual rise of the 2^nd Temple province of many Empires (save for the era of the Maccabees).

“The differences between the two are, to me, radical enough to identify them as two civilizations (but one people). The second civilization sought to compromise with the civilizations around it. The kingdom sought the approval of neighboring Kings, not that of the King of Kings they once declared their sovereign.”

What the Kingdom drifted away from was a foundation in the Word of God. Our challenge this month to our readers is to read Psalm 119 every day for 30 days. In that reading, pray that the Holy Spirit moves in you to imprint the Hebrew alphabet in you.

Psalm 119 outlines the purpose of meditating on the Word daily, how to meditate on that Word, and what the fruit of meditating on the Word of God daily produces. Psalm 119 spells out why the Word of God should be the first and last plumbline of your actions, not the pleased voices of men, or the fear of their rejection.

For help in that meditation, here are three possibilities:

For those of you affiliated with a church community, seek guidance from your leaders about study guides for Psalm 119.

D. JUDGEFARE VERSUS AMERICA

In this week’s issue, our monthly review for March 2026, our bellwether deepdive for the month was about the growing threat of Judgefare in America. In that deepdive, our staff wrote, “Recent rulings by what we would classify as progressive activist judges have only widened the divide between the conservative executive and the progressive judiciary.

“We believe the judiciary is mostly controlled by progressives, directly through progressive activist judges and indirectly through bar associations, law schools, and other judicial enforcement institutions.

“Their values are unique to their people, and alien to Americans, for they rest on the assumption that the social usurps the individual and social status usurps American rule of law…

“We call this part of the progressive revolutionary war machine, Judgefare, the use of judges and the judiciary to stifle dissent and complete the transition from “Progmerica” to the Progressive U.S., now free to openly practice progressive values and bury Americanist values once and for all.”

To protect yourself from potential lawfare and Judgefare, consider first whether your actions present challenges to progressive power. Do you own a business that has a lot of social signal power? If so, you might be at risk of future targeting should you not comply to a future offer too good to be true (usually offered by a “special interest” group like GLAAD).

If the course of your life does not in some way either invite power for progressives or challenge it, you need not worry too much about the threat of Judgefare or lawfare in your life. If the course of your life falls into either of those two categories, then consider our recommendations.

LEGAL INSURANCE – One way to protect yourself against lawfare is to purchase legal insurance. There are a variety of options out there, so we suggest you start first by learning exactly what legal insurance is and whether it is right for you, and second, which legal insurance provider is the best one for you.

What is Legal Insurance – and Do You Need It? – The Penny Hoarder

5 Best Legal Insurance Options in 2026 – Benzinga

LEARN LEGAL BASICS – We don’t recommend anyone ever represent themselves in a legal matter, but we do recommend people becoming as familiar with the law as resources will allow. The more familiar you are with at least the underlying principles of constitutional law, the better prepared you will be to be an advocate for your rights not just with the authorities but even with your own lawyer (especially if you have a court-appointed one).

These resources are geared towards both non-lawyers and lawyers, but even the resources for lawyers listed here can be very useful to anyone wanting to get a basic familiarity with U.S. constitutional law.

How to Learn law Without Going to Law School – Halt.org

Self-Study Map for Law (Complete Guide) – TME.NET

The Ultimate Guide to Free Law Study Materials for Students on a Budget – Lawyers Inventory

Tools of Engagement – February 2026

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Originally published Feb 27, 2026 for our weekly Issue of Mindful Intelligence Advisor. Subscribe to get weekly issues.

A. A TALE OF THREE MILLION EPSTEIN FILES – HOW TO PROTECT BA’AL IN THE OPEN

Our analysis of the Jeffrey Epstein Files release in our February 6 MIA issue was summarized here: The latest attempt by the Trump administration and the DNC to placate the masses without giving too much safe harbor to the enemy has served only to delay the soon-to-be louder voices demanding the real damaging files get released, come what may.

We can’t imagine anyone seriously thought this would put the Epstein Files to bed, and possibly that was never the intended outcome. For as much as we want to know the full truth of the child sex ring designed to blackmail thought leaders in multiple countries, we also understand the black hole mystery that is the Epstein Files.

This black hole mystery can gobble up minds and resources that might otherwise have discovered practical paths to blunt centralized control over human action. This is not to suggest the effort to expose the truth stops, but only that the continuation of this black hole mystery is not completely disadvantageous to the elites.

This is especially true of the elites who continue to be part of the blackmailers’ group, as opposed to the blackmailed leaders’ group. This latter group is the alleged group Clinton, Trump, etc., are in. The blackmailers have every reason for the mystery to continue, and our passion to continue to be absorbed by it, for, even as we speak, they’ve long moved on to their new centers of child sacrifice.

BEING THE SIGNAL – The signal is controlled by the Progmericans, but Americans have growing signals of their own, and to that end, one of the things we can work on is creating micropower radio stations that broadcast local news from an Americanist perspective. If that sounds like a calling for you, consider learning about micro-radio stations and how you can get involved.
LEARNING ABOUT IT

2.2Micropower Broadcasting (How to Start a Micro-Radio Station) – radio4all.org

2.3 Micropower Broadcasting – A Technical Primer – sciarraart.com (note Google flags this site as unsecure, but it is safe and has useful information)

3. DOING IT

Here’s a sense of the range of options you might have to get started:

3.1 1000FT FM Transmitter, Long Range Stereo Mini Radio Station – $149

3.2 Long Range Professional FM Radio Broadcast Transmitter – $2,290

TAKING GUNS AND TONGUES: A BELLWETHER REPORT ON THE TUMBLER RIDGE SHOOTING

In this report, our staff looked at the bellwether event, the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School shooting by an 18-year-old boy presenting as a female. The report focused on how banning guns and speech has done nothing but make the citizens less safe who are now under such conditions.

This summarizes our report: “After the guns fell, the tongue followed behind, in all three countries, with Canada and the UK fighting neck-and-neck to be the most Soviet western nation of them all.

Now, here Canadians sit, having been promised security in exchange for freedom but getting none. They sit in a world in which the press and the government must lie about the basic facts of a shooter to protect a special class of people from free tongues, enslaving all, including the special class. That same special class is now desperately dependent on the state to protect them from mean thoughts, a protection they’ve been propagandized to militantly assume is their right).

The “security” through disarming your neighbors’ guns and tongues has made Canada fundamentally less safe than it was before. A madman grew up among them, indulged by the system, protected from reality (you have a mental illness, you’re not a girl), and medically conditioned to be predisposed to even greater psychotic breaks with reality.”

What wasn’t made implicit in this report is that the schools are becoming the most vulnerable to psychotic attacks, as well as the source of the origins of the creation of those same psychotics.

Now more than ever we urge our readers to consider homeschooling. Here are a few resources to get you started on your journey. If you already homeschool, let us know how you’re doing it at MIAMAILROOM@gmail.com.

B. FUTUREQ REPORT: PT. 1 – TOWER OF BABEL 2.0 VERSUS THE RIGHT TO BEAR AI

In the February 20, 2026, issue of MIA, we published the first part of our Futureq series, AI. We provided an overview of AI, where it is, and where it might be going, from a sustainably flourishing perspective.

We concluded:

It is the heart of the people that will determine the outcome for humanity as it acquires the super tool AI promises to be. AI will have little to say in the matter, until we let it.

If the social identity, global identity models of governance triumph, humanity will be consumed by its own hubris. It will enter the throne room of God only to be immediately annihilated.

If individual identity with nested national identity wins (and America is the greatest opportunity for this to happen), AI will create great opportunities for sustainable flourishing for most humans.

In our Christian worldview, the final destination might see an AI that leads men to worship Satan and itself. If we are right (and eschatology is an experiment, not certain understanding, lest we imagine we know the exact hour), then a human will come along and lead the people to worship AI, but, in the end, the humans, wicked though they be, will overthrow AI, the symbol of the whore of Babylon overthrown by her own worshipers.. At least that’s the potential.

While that day may be tomorrow, we operate as if it’s not. We operate as if the world to come will give humans opportunity to see what a righteous use of a tool given to us by God can do, and, for a season, maybe lifetimes, we have an opportunity to use this tool to create opportunities from the least to the greatest of us before the darkness overcomes us all, just before Christ’s final return.

The closer we get to the little god Super AI, the closer we get to God’s intervention.

Rather than waiting for the outcomes, we suggest you become part of the solution. You can do this, in part, by learning how to become an AI manager, and in part by joining ventures to build small-scale AI machines firewalled from large-scaled AI machines (if we find that’s possible).

To start, learn how to become a good AI manager. Here is a resource to do that:

How to Write AI-Ready Specs that Produce High Quality Output – Zencoder

Here are some good resources to begin to explore developing your own AI:

C. TRUMP’S VIETNAM? – THE EPSTEIN FILES AND TRUMP

In this month’s Bellwether Deepdive, we looked at the ongoing ramifications of the release of the Epstein Files.

Our publisher, Bill Collier, observed, “Seeing these emails closed the loop for me on some things that I thought were not as they seemed. I play small ball but sometimes must engage those who play at the top and to whom I am little more than background noise. But even with such a tenuous level of access I see the degradation of leadership and of integrity in our political institutions and I now suspect much worse is yet to be exposed by these Epstein files.

Again, my work often puts me in the room with people from most of the existing factions from time to time. It is not unusual for me to find myself working with a major player out of the blue, and then, after doing our shared thing, never hear from that person again.

The fact Epstein has connections in all the factions and was seen as an asset or vehicle to access by many does not surprise me. He wanted his hands in everything, and his fingers in every pie, and it appears he was the consummate influence peddler for whom such access was not only a drug in and of itself but a shield of protection, probably for decades.

That some of the people I know or knew occasionally, as a background bit player, had some sort of connection to Epstein who was the ultimate access king, is not a shocking surprise in general, but it was still an unsettling surprise. That this is being exposed is the surprise (one I welcome and want more of).”

Despite Bill being able to see a bit behind the curtain in his work, not even he could see the level of deception that was before him. The Epstein Files reveal an ongoing massive disinformation campaign that causes one to believe there is little to no chance we can discern fact from fiction in such a world as this.

To some degree, sadly, that is true, but there is plenty we can discover that reveals true reality in the face of the great simulacrum.

The tool that has created tremendous simulacrum powers has also caused more and more of us to stop trusting things at face value, to look behind the curtain at everything. The same tool that is empowering the simulacrum is also undermining it, and not just indirectly, but directly.

Here are some starting points to begin your journey to learn to use AI as a research tool capable of discovering a shadow of true reality for you (which might just be the best we can manage, for now).

Tools of Engagement – January 2026

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Originally published January 30, 2026 for our weekly Issue of Mindful Intelligence Advisor. Subscribe to get weekly issues.

A. WATER WARS – TRUMP’S GULF WAR MOMENT WITH IRAN

Michael Cessna reported on the Iran protests and riots that began at the end of 2025. This report first appeared in our January 16, 2026, issue. In that report, he identified the critical fail issue of Iran continues to be its mismanagement of its water supply.

Cessna wrote, “The broader implications of the regime’s corruption-driven failure in its water policy are a nightmare of inconceivable proportions waiting to happen. Iran has a population of about 92 million people. The possibility of massive displacement movements driven by thirst is very real and threatens to completely destabilize the entire region in ways not seen in living memory.

For outsiders, this is a highly dangerous situation, as it will completely up-end markets and investments, long before we factor in the raw security threats to personal and national safety. In the wider immediate, this situation directly threatens the viability of the Strait of Hormuz as a transit point for oil. In the broader scope, the potential closure of the Strait directly threatens the economies of the rest of the world.

This is not hyperbole. Despite the recent events in Venezuela, the South American state cannot make up the difference, despite its proven reserves, because a similar level of corruption and incompetence has left Venezuela with an oil infrastructure that is even more dilapidated than Iran’s.”

Ask yourself, where do you get your water supply from? Is it safe? If it’s not, what are you doing to make it safe? Our audience is mostly American, and in America few of us have reason to feel our regular water supply is being threatened (though the further West you go, the more that might not be true).

A more common problem in America is unsafe water. For that, we recommend you have an effective filtration system to keep your water safe.

You could choose a sink hookup with these products:
GE DUAL STORAGE UNDER SINK WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM WITH FAUCET
PURE PLUS UNDER SINK WATER FILTER SYSTEM

iii. MOEN 4-STAGE UNDER SINK REVERSE OSMOSIS ADVANCED WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM

You could also choose a filtration system NOT hooked up to your sink, like these:
BIG BERKEY
PUREWELL 3-STAGE ULTRA-FILTRATION SYSTEM
TRANSITIONS – BECOMING CHINA

“The first recorded instance of book burning was in 213 BC, when Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang decided to incinerate any history books that contradicted his version of the past. In addition, he buried more than four hundred scholars alive.” – Susan Orlean (The Library Book)

Paul Gordon Collier wrote of the Qin-Han transition, “This is a successful transition in the context of its time, but it also serves as a warning that the base you inherit from the previous civilization which enables your unique build can also put a limit on your potential as it did here, with the Han continuing in the pattern of not pursuing understanding of the base of valuing, being, and thinking.

Ultimately, this preserved base value would allow the Chinese to one day be surpassed technologically by a civilization built on the presumption that existential questions were the most important ones to answer, though that civilization (which America is a part of) looks to be asking if it will long survive its current state.”

We kicked off our Transitions series in our January 23, 2026, edition, with an analysis of the fall of the first Empire and Dynasty of China, the Qin, and the rise of the second one, the Han Empire. Both Empires have at least one thing in common, they both rely on history documents to validate their rule.

As such, they are highly motivated to assure not only that they control the production of history documentation, but they also assure documents are changed or purged when the documents don’t align with the rulers.

Today, our media is increasingly becoming digital, meaning, should we not continue to produce and preserve physical media, our information reality will become a dream for any Qin or Han Emperor, who, with an order, can have whole catalogs of data purged or edited.

To that end, we are encouraging our readers to purchase physical media and, if you produce media, create physical versions of your media. Our publication is designed to be printed out, and we encourage our readers to not only print out the publication for your archives, but also copy it and share it with friends and family you think might find it useful.

Here are a few resources to find physical media, as well as information on where you can find more (and why you should buy physical media in the first place):

B. GLOBALIZATION IS OUT

In this issue’s Bellwether report, we analyzed the ramifications of the showdown at Davos, Switzerland between Trump’s America and the globalist elite. In that analysis, we showed that the new world order that gave power to the weak over the strong was over, and now, nations must scramble to provide for themselves their own sovereign-making power.

Howard Lutnick pointed out “Globalization has failed the West and the United States of America. It’s a failed policy. It is what the WEF has stood for, which is export offshore, far-shore, find the cheapest labor in the world and the world is a better place for it.”

To that end, we have a challenge for our readers, one we want to pick up for ourselves. Learn more about 3D printing and how you might be able to use 3D printing now to create your own home manufacturing, at least in spirit. We will cover 3D printing in our Sustainability part of our Futureq series, which begins with a report on AI scheduled to be published in the February 20, 2026 issue of MIA.

The idea here is to establish a spirit of self-sovereignty that might be more gesture than substance at first but will lead to real substantive home manufacturing if you keep with the developments and keep learning how use 3D printers.

TRAINING – Udemy offers a course on 3D printing called “3D Printing from Zero to Hero in Blender – FDM & MSLA.”

It is an online course that it says teach you (this is a partial list):

Model and Print with Confidence: Design and 3D print successfully from scratch.
Tap Free Resources: Discover where to find top-tier 3D printing assets.
Export STL Files: Prep models for flawless printing.
Slice and Generate G-Code: Control every detail of your print.
Design Efficiently: Create stunning 3D models fast.
Master Photo Scanning: Turn photos into printable 3D reconstructions.
Print Like a Pro: Use FDM and MSLA printers with ease.

COMMUNITY – There are various opportunities in cities across America that offer 3D printing labs where you can learn how to use 3D printers and also then use those same 3D printers for your own projects. There is a membership fee.

Here is one in Philadelphia called NextFab:

“(from the site) A NextFab membership provides machinery, classes, community, and studio space for you to grow in your craft. We are constantly finding cutting-edge ways to combine digital technology with traditional tools. This multidisciplinary approach, combined with the physical space to make whatever you can imagine, is a whole new way to create.”

PRINTER – Amazon has a list of Starter 3D Printers for as low as $199. These are basic 3D printers that offer intuitive user interfaces but not a lot of manufacturing power. Still, they can be cost-effective learning tools.

Here are some examples:

iii. ELEGOO Centauri Carbon 3D printer – $349.99

Tools of Engagement – November 2025

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Originally published Nov 26, 2025 for our weekly Issue of Mindful Intelligence Advisor. Subscribe to get weekly issues.

A. THE DNC IS NOT DEAD YET

THE NEED FOR SELF-CONTROL – In our previous issue, we covered the victory of the Democrat Party in the 2025 election. Here, Paul Gordon Collier gives us what might be the essential takeaway of that result from a self-stewarded perspective:

Esther faced death to enter the King’s court unsolicited, but fortunately for her the King, Ahasuerus, welcomed her, leading to her turning the tables on the man who plotted to kill her people, Haman (who hung on a gallows he had built for her Uncle).

So here we are, ready to be good stewards of whatever nation God calls us into, through exile or liberation, whichever it might be. Do all we can, without violence, to stop the progressive nation from conquering us from within but accept their role as an instrument of God’s judgment, should they be victorious.

And yes, risk death, but don’t take it, like Esther did, until they had civic authority to do so (which she did through the King’s edicts he declared for her).

Scripture tells us in multiple places how essential self-control is to any person:

“Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.” – Proverbs 16:32

“A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.” – Proverbs 25:28

HOW TO GAIN SELF-CONTROL – Here are resources to get you started on the path of gaining self-control over your unrighteous anger, should this be an issue for you. In these times, it is tempting for us all to fall down the path of un-redemptive, hopeless anger.

B. READING PLENUM TEA LEAVES

CHINA’S BUSINESS MODEL – China shows us that dependence on large-scale nation-states for sustainably flourishing products and services could be a futile effort. But today, we have resources that empower individuals and small-scall associations to increasingly provide higher quality, sustainably flourishing products and services. Here, Michael Cessna shows how government policy is all-but crippling the world’s manufacturer, China:

Xi’s commitment to 4% annual growth through 2035 faces structural headwinds that no amount of political will can overcome. China’s working-age population is shrinking by roughly 5 million people per year. Local government debt exceeds 60 trillion yuan (approximately US$8.4 trillion).

The property sector – which drove Mainland Chinese growth for two decades – has collapsed. And Xi’s emphasis on “self-reliance” means cutting China off from the very technological exchange that fueled its previous rise…that also undermines his vaunted “Belt and Road Initiative”.

When authoritarian regimes face this combination of slowing growth and disappointed expectations, they historically reach for the nationalist playbook. A Taiwan adventure offers Xi a way to rally domestic support, distract from economic failure, and fulfill his “great rejuvenation” promises (rather like Leopoldo Galtieri in 1982) – all while the window of American distraction or weakness might be open.

SELF-STEWARDED BUSINESS MODEL – Prepare our lives, especially our immediate communities, for the potential necessity of being, at the very least, self-sustaining, for uncertain times where resource re-supply might be disrupted now and again.

Here are some resources to help you learn the principles of business, of manufacturing business, and 3D printing. The development of 3d manufacturing has the potential to be the chief source for local manufacturing sustainable flourishing in the very near future.

C. DETAINING THE DONKEY – CONCLUSION

In the conclusion of our Detaining the Donkey series, Paul Gordon Collier claims there are two nations in this land, Progmerica and America, and they are entangled with one another so that a clean divorce is likely not possible. Collier proposes a long-term strategy to defeat the DNC through education and news dissemination:

We are moving past the point of making the case to detain the donkey. At this point, if I’ve done my job, you’re with me, you realize the donkey must be detained. But how does one detain an enemy that is so integral, so enmeshed with our own? And furthermore, does the Trump administration recognize the DNC as being an insurrectionist party representing America’s enemy, Progmerica?

… My ability to destroy the DNC’s information terrorist machine, their corporate media producers, is not within my capacity, so I must strengthen alternative media to the point where they too have a corporate media presence that captures at least half the country.

Based on the facts on the ground, I would seek to encourage Americanists of means to buy interest in these corporate outlets. Where sales are being made, I would do whatever I can as President to encourage Americanists to buy those properties. If we can’t prosecute them, maybe we can buy them out.

The long-term stronghold of the DNC is education. Here, with more information, I am sure I can find flaws in how Trump is attempting to eliminate DNC power in education, but mostly I agree with how he’s used his power to at least make it more difficult for the Progmericans to indoctrinate our children with a systemic hatred of Americanism, Christ, and, for some reason, white people.

Read the full report on pg. 2.

BE THE NEWSWATCHER – If you have the capacity and resources, and you haven’t thought about it before, consider becoming a citizen journalist yourself. Here are some resources to help you get started:

Understanding Digital Journalism – Alison

Today’s journalists make extensive use of the internet to both research and publish their stories. This journalism training course covers the methods, procedures, guidelines relevant to the professional. We then provide professional advice and examine the regulations and ethics governing digital journalism. We describe the impact of the internet on the news industry and describe the skills, tools and applications that today’s reporters need.

Citizen Journalism 1010 – Independent Media

This series includes several 20–30-minute recorded presentations on topics that are relevant to both individual citizen journalists and grassroots media organizations. Here, learn (or get a quick refresher) about how to report in a way that centers lived experience, important points about press law, live coverage, social media engagement and grassroots fundraising models for independent media.

BE THE EDUCATOR – On the education front, if you are a parent, or even grandparents, consider becoming a homeschooling parent/grandparent. Grandparents especially remain a mostly untapped source for homeschooling solutions for parents who otherwise wouldn’t have the option (as at least one parent has to be home for the home part of the child’s schooling to happen).

Here is a great starting resource for Homeschooling Education Supplies and more from education.com:

Homeschooling Education Resources

There are many approaches to homeschooling. One method is called Unschooling, which our editor, Paul Gordon Collier, mostly used for his daughter’s homeschooling program. The greatest proponent of this method is a former NY City Public School Teacher, John Taylor Gatto.

You can read how he implemented his version of “unschooling” in the NY public schools, earning him teacher of the year before he felt pressured to resign from teaching as the system was beginning to try to constrain him:

A Different Kind of Teacher – John Taylor Gatto

FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE POTHEADS

If the hemp ban provision passed in the recent CR is not struck down or altered, many Americans suffering from chronic pain will lose access to the relief these products deliver for them.

From our report about this passage:

One such victim of the therapeutic user group was featured by CNN. They documented the case of a 14-year-old who has found that only CBD effectively keeps her crippling seizures at bay. The very CBDs she needs appear to be on the ban list.

The girl’s daughter, Lisa Smith, told CNN, “She just basically existed. She didn’t really live. And after our first dose of CBD, she was able to stay awake. She started to learn… But prior to that, there was just no hope for us.”

After 10 years of using the drug, Haley’s seizures are down from multiple times a day to two to four times a month. Her family told CNN they fear what they will do if they have to face a world without that therapeutic aid.

Read the full report on pg. xx.

ALTERNATIVES – If you suffer from chronic pain or epilepsy and need these reliefs, lobby your congressman to fix the provision. Here is a link to the list of efforts already planned for 2026 to fix this hasty action.

The Main Alternatives to CBD and THC – Grok

Prepare for a world without that relief and stockpile to extend the time you have to find alternatives to what these products provide for you.

STOCK UP – One source for THCA and CBD products offered at reasonable prices is JK Distro.

For most of you already using some form of these products, go to your current source and stock up. Depending on the product, remember these products have effective shelf lives, so take that into account when anticipating how much you can realistically stockpile.

ED.NOTE: Know of some tools of engagement we might have missed connecting to these stories? Let us know at MIAMAILROOM@gmail.com.