News:

1. Calls For “Retroactive Assessment” Begin After US Arrests Two Mid-East Refugees On Terror Charges
2. “Rapefugees Not Welcome”: Germany Erupts Into Chaos As “Mein Kampf” Reprint Flies Off Shelves

Prepping and General Interest:

1. Navigate with Confidence: Get Outdoors with these New Products!
2. Turn Your Cooler into a Mobile Butchering Station
3. How To Feed Your Goats During Winter Without Going Broke
4. Prep Blog Review: Successful Homesteading
5. How You Can Use Drones In A TEOTWAWKI Scenario
6. You Need a Gray Man Bug Out Vehicle
7. How To Turn Your Homestead Into A ‘Mini-Game Preserve’
8. 3 Important Reasons To Join A Survival Group
9. Using Cinnamon in the Veggie Garden
10. Survival Medicine Hour: New Sterilization Method, Skin Infections, Ginger
11. The Benefits Of Coffee In Your Survival Stash
12. 5 Off-Grid Steps To Making Your Own Brick
13. How To Do Laundry Off Grid With a Bike-Powered Washing Machine
14. Station Eleven: Pandemic Vision of Future Events – The Prepper Journal
15. 10 Easy DIY Greenhouse Plans (They’re Free!)
16. Tactical Tips: Cover and Concealment
17. Springfield Armory Announces New XD-S Pistol In .40 Caliber
18. First Look: Springfield Armory XD-S .40
19. New .22 Pistol: The SW22 Victory
20. 5.45×39: Small But Perfect, A History of Development (Part 1)
21. New ShockStop System From Crimson Trace
22. Ruger 10/22 in M1 Carbine Garb
23. Americans Can’t Wait To Get Out Of These Five States
24. How The Feds Got All That Western Land (and Why It’s A Problem)
25. Precious Metals: Buy Now, or Roll the Dice?

Freedom Issues:

1. What They Didn’t Tell You: Trump “Silent Protester” Is Actually A Supporter Of Islamic Terrorism
2. US Muslims Face Prejudice at Home While Resisting Terrorist Recruiters
3. Universal background checks have already been tried
4. Obama and guns: Eleven false or misleading claims from the president’s remarks this week
5. 2015 Record Year for Firearms Sales and NICS Background Checks
6. Chinese Immigrant Turned Citizen Defies Obama Gun Grab: “I Will Never Be A Slave Again”

Economic:

1. Economic Collapse Happening Now-Rob Kirby
2. The International War on Cash
3. Auto Sales Are About To Choke: Increase In Non-Revolving Credit Is Smallest In 4 Years
4. Newsflash From The December ‘Jobs’ Report – The US Economy Is Dead In The Water
5. Bear Market: The Average U.S. Stock Is Already Down More Than 20 Percent
6. This Is What Gold Does In A Currency Crisis, China Edition

Science, Nature and Tech:

1. With Great Uncertainty, Geologists try to Predict the Chance of a Big Quake Striking Kansas
2. The 2015 Wildfire Season Set an Ominous Record : Discovery News
3. NASA Creates A ‘Planetary Defense Coordination Office’ That Will Track Meteors Headed Toward Earth
4. Massive Windows 10 News Hides 5 Nasty Surprises – Forbes

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This is a curated list of news stories and articles having interested to the preparedness community. None of the above should be considered an endorsement or an attempt to push any particular agenda by the Preparedness Podcast. They’re simply presented here as an informative source, many included are provided as ‘food for thought’ material.