This is a curated list of news stories and articles having interested to the preparedness community.

Prepping and General Interest

1. Choosing Group Members
2. Episode 227 – Personal Safety and Security
3. Top 10 Uses for Stinging Nettle
4. Pros and Cons of DIY Methanol from Waste
5. The U.S. Economy Has Collapsed: “This Is A Monstrous Negative Revision”
6. Biochar Made from Human Waste? Introducing the SolChar Toilet
7. How to Build a Solar Oven
8. When Prepping Isn’t Easy: Dealing With Prepper Burnout
9. An Excellent Brunswick Stew for Preppers
10. .22LR: Truth & Myth | My Family Survival Plan
11. 31 Dollar Store Items for Survival
12. 5.11 Select Carry Pack
13. DIY Survival: Make a Crossbow from Scratch | Dual Survival
14. How to Fish for Your Off-grid Survival
15. DIY Washing Machine And Homemade Laundry Soap | My Family Survival Plan
16. Beet Lemonade
17. The Only Fruits and Veggies Worth Growing Yourself
18. Ruger American Rimfire Now With Threaded Barrel Models
19. Protecting yourself from Attacks on our Power Grid: Urban Centers will become Death Traps
20. 8 Easy Steps To Growing Grapes In Your Own Backyard
21. EDC Bag Dump Contest: Lone Ranger’s EDC/GHB
22. Visualizing The Five Reasons To Own Gold

News

1. American School Children: The Next Big Terrorist Targets
2. June Food And Supplement Recall Roundup: May Contain Metal Fragments
3. Tricky Dick Cheney Predicts A “Massive Attack On The Homeland”

Freedom Issues

1. Mom: SWAT Team Blew Hole In My 2-Year-Old Son
2. Expanded background checks won’t end U.S. gun violence
3. NRA celebrates new Michigan laws exempting gun records from public disclosure
4. Chicago unanimously passes strict gun sale laws; sales to be recorded
5. 10 Facts About The SWATification Of America That Everyone Should Know
6. Supreme Court: Cops Can’t Search Your Phone Without a Warrant
7. Chicago: Minimum Gun Rights
8. Gun control advocates push to take firearms from those accused of threatening violence
9. Wisconsin Carry Wins Appeal: Court Orders Return of Gun
10. Failed Senate Gun Bill Would Not Have Stopped Las Vegas Attack
11. ‘Gun Violence Restraining Order’ Legislation Passes CA Senate Committee

Economic

1. The U.S. Economy Has Collapsed: “This Is A Monstrous Negative Revision”
2. U.S. Economy Experiences Sharpest Drop in 5 Years
3. Singapore official discusses ‘uneasy calm’, tells banks to prepare for financial collapase
4. Stone Cold Proof That Government Economic Numbers Are Being Highly Manipulated
5. They’re Lying To Us, Part 2: GDP

Science, Nature and Tech

1. US Scientists Recreate Deadly Spanish Flu That Killed 50 Million
2. Today’s Global Warming Propaganda Is Brought To You By…
3. Common Garden Plants Killing Bees, Report Says
4. Swine Flu Confirmed at Shelter for Unaccompanied Minors

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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.