Greetings and welcome to the Patriot Express Newsletter Edition #229. Thanks for being here and sharing your time with us. We appreciate you. I hope you are well and safe as we transit through August towards September. Where has this year gone so fast?
For those growing gardens through this hot humid summer, I hope your production is up to your expectations and you are filling your cupboards. Maybe a few of you are learning the canning, dehydrating, or freeze-drying process. It is important we all learn how to grow food and store it for the winter months.
It was a busy week on this end. So much is going on requiring time and energy. Work is busy and while doing my job it seems the world is unraveling further. The further advancement of a digital platform that is ready for deployment which will also start the long dreaded digital currency platform. The world watched as our former President was arrested, booked, and a mug shot shared with the internet world. While this was intentional, so much of what is happening in the world is being scrubbed from the internet before we can see it. Maybe some coming diseases is on that list? As I shared on a recent YouTube video, get ready to mask up again and lockdowns are highly likely before January 1, 2024. Imagine living in a world where you witness things before your very eyes, yet the events never show up in the news or on the internet. Stay tuned and alert.
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Thoughts for the week -
A clown show, the traveling circus, and accountability - Some of you don't like circuses or carnivals and some find them exciting. Some of you will not like my thoughts for this week equally and some may. Remember, what I say here is not personal and strictly professional. My goal is to be as realistic as possible and give you my thoughts as honest as possible.
First and above all, I'm a Christian Conservative who stands by the Bible and Constitution of the United States of America according to our foundation. This means above all, my priority is not a political party, and I must consider who stands by our founding documents and what they represent. Who or what leader represents the same legal stance and values. I'm approaching my words below as an outsider looking in, asking, who and what gives us our best chance of winning the 2024 election if it is held. We must win.
Growing up, we used to have a traveling circus or carnival visit our small community. We didn't have much money, but it didn't cost money to walk around and watch with excitement. Sometimes we may have $5 to use wisely and spend the day. Exciting rides going in circles whooping cheers and applause. I always seemed drawn and attracted to the tents with the three headed humans, snakes bigger than a light pole, and the brilliant person standing out front who could guess one's age or weight. It was fascinating, at the time, how they could get it right so many times, and yet miss on other guesses if one watched long enough. I had mistaken brilliance for trickery. Little did I know many of these brilliant workers went on to hold political seats at the state and federal levels. That hasn't changed sadly.
I realize how our national system is set up and when it comes time to vote we have a choice of a Dem or a Rep. This candidate or that candidate. For the entirety of my lifetime, I have watched commercials of how the Republicans will push seniors off the cliff in their wheelchairs. Social Security this and that, welfare, immigration, and wars. Same story, different year. What has changed outside of what we see. More debt, more wars, more immigration, more, more, and more. One would be led to believe they hate each other, right? Then they go to a local DC club to dine and drink the night away. Big enemies, right? Who is representing the American people? I'm listening. Who?
Can we agree America is at a crossroads. Many believe and openly state, the survival of America could very much depend on the 2024 election, if we even make it to that time period. Some indicators may adjust the status of our nation and no election will be conducted because we could be under emergency conditions or posture. And, what good is an election if it's handled the way the 2020 election was conducted. Get my point? Yea I know, that's not how America works. Yea, just like the current GOP. Operating under the Circus condition mentioned previously. They want to play by the rules while the left punches their lights out seemingly.
Do you get it? The Democratic party is playing for keeps. They are steamrolling us through multiple agencies, legally and illegally. We can argue the point but anyone who is American, regardless of party, must admit things are not business as usual. Tell me how Patriots who participated in Jan 6, 2020, are being held without proper representation and a speedy trial yet Hunter Biden is free to live his life. Does this sound just? If you defend HB at this point, you should click close and read no further. We truly have nothing to discuss any further.
I won't waste your time bringing up all the proven conspiracy theories people got destroyed over in the past years that are now true. Families torn apart. Small family businesses destroyed forever. Careers ended over the jab. Families in additional debt they may never recover from. Family members died and the media and our government want to hide the cause from the masses. I know people who blames Orange Man for all of this. Why? Because they can't think on their own and they believe the honest media of our nation. I heard a video earlier today where a group of high-level doctors got caught on camera calling Christians a cult because many of their members refuses to get vaccines for their children. You see, as a parent you don't have a right to decide this for your infant child these days. The government has made it clear you only raise the child. Then you turn your child loose in public schools to be mentally castrated by what is being taught and then the professional doctors will literally castrate male children because they think they are a girl.
Topic after topic, issue after issue, the left is doing it the way they wish, and the justice system watches while most Americans do nothing about it. Oh, sure, they want to go about it through the courts and do it the old way. Good on them. Except, it no longer works. Have you figured that part out yet? The left has and they are ramming it down our throat.
I know many of you are and remain MAGA Patriots and support Orange Man fully. I have no issue with that and that is totally your business. Most of us prospered under the four years of his leadership. I give him credit where credit should be placed. But I'm American and I know America cannot continue down the same path and survive. I've heard all the arguments and debates to why he is our only option. I agree with many, but I have to stop and try and figure out what is the best path to save our nation earthly speaking. Prayer is the solution, but it is apparent most have yet to figure this out yet and churches aren't either.
Let me ask you a question. Most Patriots opted to not take the Covid vax period. Everyone has their own reasoning and that is personal. Some Patriots had to take it and that is also their business. I know Patriots who blasted the Patriots who decided to take it. This is a big part of the problem. Many who got the vax may have had to do it for a job and they could have been the sole breadwinner of the family. We have no right to chastise a person for this choice.
But, if you are going to take this path of preaching and negatively reflecting on the vaxed Patriots, then why are you still supporting the MAGA movement leader who is responsible for the vax and policies related to it. Go ahead and blame it on every other person and provide me the Q reasoning. You can't have it both ways. Orange man can do no wrong, yet he is responsible. Even with all the evidence in place that many Patriots talk about and share with others proves the truth behind Covid, the vax, and all of it, Patriots still stand behind the man, yet he still brags about being responsible for it. You can look at it however you desire. I'm simply saying you can't prop him on a pedestal and then talk down those who took the vax. It doesn't work that way.
How many of you tuned in to watch Orange Man on the Tucker Carlson interview? Last I heard roughly 30 million watched it. That is probably 2/3 more than who watched the GOP debate. What does this tell you? I don't think anyone will debate DT is our best option at this point. Agree? But, I ask myself what did he promise in his first campaign that he did not deliver on? He promoted a message across America of draining the deep state and locking up HC (Killary). Then when he came out and said the C's are good people and he wished them the best, Patriots got handed the stay in jail card because he wasn't going to lock her up. You see, the man or woman at the top represents us. They are sent to represent our values. This is not a position or clown show. It is about accountability or when a decision is made, he or she should come forth and explain to the citizens why they made decisions they made. Accountability. A good leader is not just accountable for his or her actions, they also take accountability for those chosen to work under the administration.
So many of us chastised and swore off CNN, MSNBC, and all the other liberal media outlets that attempted to destroy DT and his family and continue to promote locking him up. Can we agree they hated him and his family and still hate him? He used to make fun of them at his campaign locations and pointed them out and the crowd booed him. Agree? So tell me, why was he having dinner with key voices from the major liberal networks in Milwaukee, WI this week? What? He treated them to steak and bottomless wine. He was conspiring with the so-called enemy. How did it impact them? They went to the network microphones the following day laughing at him. That's right. One must stop and ask, is there a difference between any of them? It certainly seems like a circus act each day passing.
My point in discussing all of this is not to say he is a bad person or bad leader. The problem is he is a severely damaged battleship. He has major damage that he will likely not overcome. During a war he would be withdrawn or else most likely sink. The enemy is trying to take him out forever and he is out having dinner with voices of the enemy trying to destroy him. Or, is this all a game? It is either a game or else he just doesn't get it...yet. He will soon. You see, there is no fairy dust or magic act going to save him because all of Washington wants him taken down for good. Some of the folks he believed to be forever allies turned on him when it was not worth going to jail for him. Think about that. Are Patriots willing to stand by a sinking ship and go down with it vs determining what is best for our nation. You see, we aren't going to get any do overs. This is it. This is the big one.
Please hear me out. I do believe one of four things will occur.
He will be convicted and go to prison just before the 2024 election. Yes, as I said above, the left is playing for keeps and the final death of anyone who doesn't agree with their ideology. The elected GOP is not going to come to his aid. Forget that. Only the MAGA Patriots who will remember Jan 6, 2020, and stay home and fume as the Left wins 2024.
He will be sentenced to prison and about a month before the 2024 election he will be offered a plea bargain deal and to avoid prison he must pull out of the election. What would you do? The GOP will be left without a candidate.
If he survives and makes it to the election by some miracle, he will be denied being on all state ballots controlled by Democratic Governors and State Attorney Generals. Without these states electorate votes he cannot achieve the magic number to win the election.
He will not be available for the election (get my drift?)
This ship is destined to sink. If you are willing to let the country go down with him, that is a personal choice. Here is the problem. Without him as a candidate, who do you pick? This is the problem we face and it's a major problem. Personally, I think the left wants DT as the candidate. I believe they are convinced they can once again pull off the win no matter how they go about it. The left is not going to chance it and give him the opportunity to be elected again.
Patriots, we are in a pickle. We have a candidate the majority supports who can't win. He wasn't supposed to win the first time and you can bet they won't let it happen again. So where does this leave us? We can ride a damaged cruise this and sink at sea, or else stand at the dock and wait on a new ship that has no captain. If we aren't careful, we will end up with another Mitt or else a McCain who was pushed to the front by the media, if you remember that far back. If you don't believe the media has power, just look at that election and how it turned out.
Like I said from the start, we must win the 2024 election or else what we are witnessing now will continue. We have no one in Washington fighting for us or what we stand for. It is apparent Christian and conservative values are under attack by the attacks on the church during the Covid era and even before then. Morals and values no longer exist. Our society is divided in so many areas and our leaders are hanging back watching and doing nothing about it. Why? Because it is part of their plan, believe it or not.
So, tell me, at this point, who will represent the majority who is waiting, and waiting, and waiting like the killer dog waiting to attack but he has no master.
So, are you willing to go down with the wounded ship? I have said it for ten years and still say it, the Patriots have yet to show any action to prove they are willing to step out and save the nation. This is a topic for another day. Are YOU willing to leave your home and go to some unknown location to fight and defend Orange Man and what you believe he represents? Not go to a rally, but fight and defend him? If you said yes, why aren't you in Washington now protesting and defending the rights of your Patriot brothers and sisters locked up from Jan 6 events. If he truly represents the values, you stand for as an American, to what extent are you willing to pay the price? You see, this is for real and the survival of our nation as a Constitutional Republic or else be enslaved to the left and where things are going now? Have you thought about it? I hear many talking about their line in the sand that is the final straw. Well, as some are currently saying, we have transitioned from a cold civil war to the start of a civil war.
So you think you are ready to get mad and go to the streets for what you represent. Do you realize the enemy is an ideology. Just look around. Who are you going to blame? Who will you take your anger out on? While you figure it out, the system is turning people against people, color against color, socioeconomics against one another, people of faith attacked by unbelievers, the list goes on. Can't you see it?
We have some serious thinking and praying to do. We have some tough decisions ahead. Remember, you had America before you had Orange Man. What will you do? It is very clear he is the best choice as our candidate at this time, however, I believe he will not be available as a candidate or else his ability to win will be impossible. Remember, they will not allow him to win, at all costs. Without a miracle of some sort, he can't win.
Me, you, and other likeminded Patriots are basically set up. We are standing at the milk jug booth trying to throw a lopsided softball to knock down the stacked cement milk jugs. After 20 tries you knock them down and you win a three-inch fury key chained that you just paid $20 to win. You padded the pockets of the carnival and went home smiling because you are used to being screwed by the system. Why should the carnival be any different.
Next....
Preparedness - This week's preparedness topic is a bit different. Yes, preparedness starts with you. I want to talk about a side of you that you may be surprised to know exist and someone else is watching you. WHAT?
Growing up, did you have a parent, sibling, or maybe a guardian, who always peeked around the corner watching you and waiting to catch you doing something innocent maybe, but it was something that may get you in trouble. An extra cookie when no one was watching. The soda pop after 9 pm when everyone went to bed? Did you ride your bicycle out of your neighborhood while your parents worked or went to the store? Maybe you got really bad and kissed a neighborhood kid while playing hide n seek and the kid told their parent who called your parent or guardian? Did you get caught cheating on a test? Oh, so bad.
Many of you I know practice fairly sound OPSEC, or Operational Security. This means you go out of your way to not be observed or identified. You stay in the background and always practice sound discipline on what you say or post on social media. This could be for a lot of reasons and it's wise to do so.
But, in this process of practicing sound judgement and always being careful what you do or what you purchase by using cash only. Heck, you may be so anal that you ask a date to see their OPSEC card before agreeing to meet at a secret place. You may even set up a ghost email account to email the person so no one can track you. Is that you?
Have you ever watched a Will Smith movie titled Enemy of the State? It's about the surveillance state around characters in the movie who watch the government use surveillance footage to track down a person who witnessed a crime via video. You should watch it. I have shared on this platform several times how Hollywood and movies often telegraph what is coming in the future through movies they produce. These movies gauge how the nation will react to the topic of the movie. I've also shared how anything you see in the movie that is really cool stuff, is old and already exist and something new has replaced it.
Have you ever noticed how your Smart phone shows you adds all the time of topics you just discussed with someone or maybe you searched for new tires on your computer and then tire adds pop up on your phone? Does it frighten you at all? It should. A few weeks ago, I searched for a specific type of photo to use in a brief. A day later I was on Amazon and the exact photo popped up as recommended items I may wish to purchase.
How about smart meters placed on your home to track your energy usage? What are you going to do when energy is rationed, and your power is turned off. Or your social credit score dings you for reading Hope for Survival and your power is turned off. Then what?
If you are driving a new car that likes to talk to you, or maybe has the emergency locator program, or can turn off when it smells alcohol on the driver, do you think this is simply outstanding and a wonder of the next century? What will you do when your car is hacked while you are driving it, and the gas pedal goes to the floor, and you can't stop it? Now what?
Then we have the wonders of cell phone towers that are tremendous in helping law enforcement locate missing people and children who are wearing the tracker device. As fast as Gomer Pyle can say "thank you, thank you, thank you" to Sgt Carter, law enforcement can triangulate a location to the person.
Then we have the tele med and tele doctor who can use wireless connection and blue tooth to monitor your equipment at home.....from their office. Or, to your hospital bed while the heart monitor keeps tabs on you and the doc decides to administer more meds to you from his office. Imagine this in the wrong hands.
How about the scanners at most stores today. They scan, it comes up on the monitor, it adds up your bill and you pay by credit card mostly. The digital world sees how many boxes of donuts and Twinkies you buy per week. How do you think your health insurance is going to react when they see what you are buying and eating? Yes Doc, I'm eating better and laying off the sweets" Well Mr. Smith, from the copy of your grocery receipts here it appears someone in your house is eating lots of sugar foods.
Just this week a growing number of favorite places announced they are going cashless. Thats right. No more cash. Now you must pay by plastic and a record of what you buy is collected and fed to the big AI in the sky.
How about farmers. Wait, not farmers also. Yes, farmers with new equipment used to work the fields are using high tech GPS software and even driverless tractors.
What about all who are surfing the net, reading and watching podcast, and staying gray in the background by never leaving comments. What about your IP address that shows your internet travel and stops? It is still questionable how much a VPN does anything other than make you feel good as the user. Investigative services use tools and software that operates at amazing speed to track and trace internet travel.
Now, imagine a world where everything above is collected and centrally located where a decision can be made by a computer 1000 times faster than the brain. Where a lie can be predicted from scanning your brain before you tell the little lie.....like I didn't eat the last cookie.
Yes, they are building the platform to know all about you, where you go, what you eat, who you know and hang out with, all the naughty text sent from your phone or sent to you and the list goes on.
Or does it?
The most important factor in all of what I have shared above is your DNA. What is DNA? DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. It is the genetic information that every parent passes on to their biological children. DNA plays a role in physical features (height, and eye color), in disease (multiple sclerosis, cancer, Alzheimer's Disease), and even behavioral traits (risk-taking).
Many of you may watch the late-night crime stories where the almost perfect crime takes place and 20 years later it is solved through DNA evidence that surfaces or else the new technology providing capabilities that didn't exist during the trial. In many cases a convicted murderer is exonerated of the killing through current DNA. DNA evidence is the link tying a specific person to the crime.
Many of us at one point or another through life had to give our DNA to our employer, specifically the federal government. I personally had to give my DNA to the military while working in the special operations arena. I thought nothing of it during that period of my life. Many of you probably provided your DNA when applying for a specific high-level job, the military, or other career opportunities.
Some of you also provided your DNA and never realized the ramifications to your willingness to hand it over freely to the federal government. WHAT? How many of you submitted DNA to a genealogy company to trace your ancestors? For $29.99 you can find your long-lost parent or sibling. Exciting huh? Guess what, with the exciting news you may or may not get from your submission, you handed over your DNA.
With your DNA being on record with federal agencies and the digital tracking of your location, spending, tax filings, travel, and many other methods now used to track you, your life is now fully a federal record. Gotcha. You may be saying to yourself, "I haven't committed a known crime, so I'm not worried about it." Good for you. How many current stories are you aware of that you question the validity of from a legal perspective. Cases being created against people who are in the cross hair of a federal entity who wants to take a person down. Your life and history are on file in many cases.
If you think it is getting bad now, just wait and watch the next few months. You may have noticed your local Wal Mart being upgraded for better shopping? Well, this is the new retrofit for the coming cashless society. You will likely see many local Ma and Pa Marts shutting down. Why? They must comply with the mandate to go cashless or else close their doors. Get ready Patriots, the reason you have been preparing for is here.
Festus shared the below article with me this week that shares great information on how you are already in a DNA lineup. John Whitehead, a Constitutional legal scholar, nails this topic. Check it out and give it some thought. While you are thinking about it, remember, almost everywhere you go today has security cameras in the parking lot and within the store. Guess where most of camera footage ends up at?
Happy shopping to all.
Good luck.
Preparedness News -
1 From Melissa K. Norris - How to Can Bone Broth at Home - Melissa K. Norris (melissaknorris.com) - This is good information. So many buy fresh beef and pork straight from the farm but opt to not take the bones to make their own broth.
2. From Homestead Lady - Winter Sowing - Starting Seeds Outdoors • Homestead Lady - It won't be long till we will likely have to try and grow food year round. Can you do it?
3. From Katherine Paterson - Ask a Prepper - Add This To Your Stockpile To Increase Its Shelf Life - Ask a Prepper - Another good tip to help you out.
4. From Sara Anne Carter - Survival Mom - 10 Fundamentals for Your Natural Medicine Kit - Survival Mom (thesurvivalmom.com) - Great topic that is growing rapidly with each passing week.
5. From Survival Blog Contributor - Survival Blog - The Garden Failed This Year, Now What?, by Hollyberry (survivalblog.com) - This is such an important topic and highly likely outcome for so many who purchased seeds and never tried to grow a thing.
Other News -
1. From Ricki Pepin - Dangers of a Constitutional Convention - 2016 Host Update (mcusercontent.com) - Excellent read. Over the past 10 years, Festus and I discussed and listened to many podcasters in the mainstream media discussing this topic. This is a good well written paper on the topic. (Thanks Festus, for this submission)
2. From Tyler Durden - Zero Hedge - Is This The Real Reason "Eris" Cases Are Spiking? | ZeroHedge - Increased cases or not, they are going to freely mask us up and attempt to lock us down again further destroying middle class America and family-owned businesses. They didn't meet opposition the first time...will they this time? (Thanks Festus, for this submission)
3. From Gary D. Barnett - LewRockwell.com - Dependency on the State Is the Core of the Takeover Plot of Humanity - LewRockwell - Most watch and listen to the Federal government when the individual state holds much greater power than advertised. Good read. (Thanks Festus, for this submission)
4. From Greg Hunter - USA Watchdog - Lahaina Incineration is Deadly Weather Warfare – Dane Wigington | Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog - Dane Wigington is my go to guy for weather, weather manipulation and warfare. I've shared Dane's work on this site for several years. This is an excellent article. Many still refuse to believe it is possible to manipulate weather.
5. From Elexa Sherry - Investing.com - Top US Cities Americans Are Leaving | Investing Magazine - Blink and they are gone. Folks, we are living through the messiest soup sandwich in our life time.
That's all my Patriot brothers and sisters.
Prayers - Please keep our great nation, our elected leaders, military and first responders in your thoughts and prayers. We pray for good health and wisdom. Please pray for our leadership to find answers and guidance to the problems facing our great nation. May your faith remain strong and answers to the unknown provided. God is good and may our prayers blanket and protect you and your circumstances. I pray for each, and every one of our Patriots.
The HFS family needs lots of prayers right now. We have several sisters and brothers in great need of uplifting. We continue to have lots of illness from state to state, and we lost two loved ones in the past two weeks. Please keep these Patriots in your thoughts and prayers.
Please include our sister in East TN for a quick recovery and appointment with a good cardiologist to answer questions to her issues. Also include our sister in Western NC who had a kidney procedure today to eliminate a large kidney stone. We pray for a crushed rock and quick recovery from her procedure. We continue praying for our brother in Western NC as he continues chemo treatment. Prayers to him and his dear wife who is supporting and caring for him during this time. We pray for our sister in central Alabama who recently lost her husband of many years. Please pray for her comfort during this time and for answers to many questions in the days ahead. We also pray for the unknown individuals who suffer or face trying times today and ahead. May you all be blessed, and peace be with you.
May we pray for all the blessings and things in life to be thankful about and continued hope for revival around the world. We must continually pray for the unsaved, our family and friends who live each day without the protection for eternal life and salvation.
As Patriots we must stay strong and never give up. Our home, community, and nation need us now more than ever. Stay focused on your local community and things that will impact you around the nation. Don't allow the events around you to create fear in your life. Build your own self-reliance and focus on faith and hope. Remember we are a blessed nation, and we must continue to be great people today and make a better tomorrow. Keep charging.
Blessings,
Bravo Echo Out,

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