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As you enjoy your Labor Day weekend, you may notice that gasoline and diesel are unusually expensive right now. As I will document in this article, gasoline prices have never been this high on Labor Day weekend, and the cost of diesel is now the highest that it has ever been in the entire history of our country. Needless to say, the soaring cost of diesel is really bad news for our economy, because most of our trains, most of our tractors and most of our trucks run on diesel. In addition, approximately 90 percent of the 500,000 school buses in the United States run on diesel. Unfortunately, this is only just the beginning. The war in the Middle East is not going to end any time soon, and neither is the war in Ukraine. In fact, I am convinced that a lot more war is ahead of us.

Normally, gasoline prices are trending downward as the summer comes to an end.

But that hasn’t happened this year.

In fact, the average price of a gallon of gasoline is above four dollars on Labor Day weekend for the very first time in U.S. history…

American motorists are buying $4 gas on Labor Day weekend for the first time in history, a fuel analyst reports.

A gallon of regular unleaded gas cost an average of $4.15 nationwide on Sept. 6, AAA reports.

There have been moments when the price of gasoline has been higher than this, but it has never been this high so late in the calendar year…

“Gasoline, while not at all-time records, is at its highest level ever recorded this late in the calendar year,” said GasBuddy analyst Patrick De Haan, writing in a recent post on X.

We are experiencing the consequences of the historic events that are taking place on the other side of the planet.

The war in the Middle East has greatly reduced the flow of oil out of the Middle East, and Ukraine’s relentless attacks on Russian refineries are having an enormous impact on global energy markets.

As a result, we are forced to pay much more for gasoline…

In a normal year, gas prices follow a seasonal cycle, bottoming out in the depth of winter, when people drive less, and rising steadily through spring and summer, when temperatures are warmer, days are longer and Americans drive more.

But this is not a normal year. The Iran war has driven up global oil prices for months. On top of that, Russia has lost capacity in its refineries, De Haan said, amid ongoing attacks in its war with Ukraine. Together, those forces have pushed U.S. gas prices to their highest levels on record for this time of year.

What is happening to diesel prices is an even bigger story.

On Friday, the average price of a gallon of diesel in the United States set a brand new record high…

The national average price for a gallon of diesel now sits at $5.85, according to the AAA motor club. That figure represents a 55 percent jump since the start of the war with Iran, and the price for a gallon of diesel has now overtaken the previous peak, which occurred four years ago following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Then on Saturday, the average price of a gallon of diesel went even higher…

Diesel fuel prices set a new record high Saturday for a second day in a row.

The national retail average for a gallon of diesel reached $5.8819 Saturday, according to AAA’s daily fuel prices report. That’s up from $5.85 on Friday.

This is not good at all, and the situation is particularly dire on the west coast.

In California, the average price of a gallon of diesel has nearly reached eight dollars…

The most expensive state to buy diesel fuel is California, where a gallon on Saturday averages $7.7770. Prices have not exceeded $7 per gallon in any other state, but six other states have per-gallon averages above $6: Hawaii, Washington, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Alaska.

Russia is normally the second largest exporter of diesel fuel in the entire world.

But thanks to months of Ukrainian drone strikes, that is no longer true.

So now global inventories of diesel fuel are starting to get “very, very, very tight”…

“Normally we’d be building up a lot of diesel inventory this time of year, and then we’d draw that back down in October and November. We’re not seeing that inventory build, so folks are looking out and saying ‘wow, inventories are going to be very, very, very tight,’” Miller said.

Miller said the capacity taken offline in Russia could make it a long road to return the average cost of diesel to under $4 a gallon.

“Diesel’s not going below $4 a gallon, oh for a very long time, if possibly ever again,” Miller said.

It would be extremely difficult for me to overstate the seriousness of this crisis.

The crack spread for diesel has skyrocketed to levels that were once believed to be unthinkable…

Diesel is used to produce the food that you eat every single day.

This year, much higher diesel prices are hitting our farmers like a sledgehammer…

Dale Hemminger runs a dairy and cabbage farm in Seneca Castle, N.Y. “Diesel is our fuel,” he says. “We have to run tractors and harvesters and trucks, and they almost exclusively run on diesel. So, diesel and the price of diesel is a major factor.”

So far this year, Hemminger says, fuel has cost him close to $45,000 for a tank of 10,000 gallons. Last year, it was around $25,000 for a tank.

This is one of the reasons why many are forecasting that you will be paying significantly more for food in 2027.

Of course the cost of diesel is going to affect prices in nearly every other sector of our economy as well…

Soaring diesel costs are raising expenses for trucking, construction, agriculture and other industries that rely on heavy-duty vehicles and machinery.

High diesel prices can stoke inflation by raising the cost of transporting goods across the U.S., thereby pushing up consumer prices.

“The everyday consumer will see higher diesel prices in the consumer goods they purchase,” said Susan Bell, senior vice president of downstream research at Rystad Energy. “Think of the groceries that get shipped around the nation, and fruits and vegetables that come from California and move by truck or rail. It’s inflationary.”

Many pundits are hoping that the war in the Middle East and the war in Ukraine will both end within the next 12 months.

Wouldn’t that be wonderful?

But do you think that will actually happen?

I certainly don’t.

In fact, I believe that the military conflicts that we are witnessing will only intensify as we roll into 2027.

So don’t get too accustomed to the painfully high energy prices that we are experiencing now, because I believe that they will soon go even higher.

Michael’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.

About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com.  He has also written nine other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”, “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”.  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.

A lot of people out there never thought that things would get this far. In America today, churches are burning to the ground all over the country. This is happening because we have imported large numbers of people that are extremely hostile to Christianity from foreign nations and because multiple generations of our young people have been raised in our overtly anti-Christian public school system. From kindergarten all the way through college, kids are trained to view the Christian faith through a hostile lens. Meanwhile, they are brainwashed by anti-Christian propaganda in our music, in our television shows and in our movies. In such an environment, the fact that Christian persecution is increasing should not come as a surprise to anyone.

The legal system is one of the primary tools that is being used to persecute the Christian faith in the United States.

On Monday, the Maine Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a mother can be banned from taking her daughter to church and reading the Bible to her…

The Maine Supreme Court unanimously upheld a custody order on Monday giving a father veto power over a mother’s decisions to take their daughter to church or read her the Bible, largely barring the child’s religious upbringing.

As covered last year by LifeSiteNews, the dispute is between Emily Bickford and Matthew Bradeen, the unmarried, separated parents of a 13-year-old girl. The father maintains that their daughter has displayed panic attacks since the mother started taking her to Calvary Chapel of Portland, stemming from fears that the rapture is drawing near and her father and sister will not make it to Heaven.

He produced a witness whose assessment of Calvary Chapel’s sermons claimed that they were potentially psychologically harmful, prompting the court to transfer full control of the child’s religious upbringing from Bickford to Bradeen.

This is absolutely insane.

The couple was never married, and the mother has custody of the daughter.

But now she has been permanently banned from taking her daughter to church because that is what the father wants.

Are we still living in America?

The attorney that represented the mother says that he plans to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court…

Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver, who argued Bickford’s case before the Maine SJC, said he plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

“This opinion rejects the First Amendment right of a fit parent to raise her child consistent with her Christian faith,” said Staver in a statement, calling the opinion “disappointing” and “a serious threat to religious freedom.”

“This opinion goes against other state court decisions involving custody in the context of religious free exercise rights and ignores precedent from the U.S. Supreme Court. We will ask the High Court to take this case and overrule the decision.”

Hopefully the U.S. Supreme Court will be receptive.

But there is no guarantee that they will even be willing to hear this case.

I really detest what has happened to our legal system.

All over the nation, we are seeing outrageous ruling after outrageous ruling.

The far left completely and utterly dominates our courts, and that is not going to change any time soon because our law schools are absolutely packed with radical leftists.

I want to switch gears and talk about all of the church burnings that are occurring in 2026.

Churches are burning to the ground over and over again, and yet the big national news networks barely pay any attention to this phenomenon.

Sometimes, authorities catch those who are responsible. For example, a 19-year-old man was just arrested for his role in the burning of a historic church in Ohio…

A man was arrested after a historic church in Ohio went up in flames.

A 19-year-old man is facing a felony arson charge in connection with a fire that destroyed a historic vacant church on Cleveland’s east side.

Court documents show John McManamon was arraigned Wednesday morning. He is being held on a $10,000 bond.

But most of the time the arsonists are never caught.

Last Friday night, a “massive fire” suddenly consumed a Presbyterian church in Florida…

Crews battled a massive fire at Buckingham Presbyterian church on Buckingham Road in Buckingham on Friday night.

According to the Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District, the fire went through the roof of the church, and crews are still at the scene working to extinguish the fire.

The fire district said the cause of the fire will likely be handled by the Bureau of Fire, Arson, and Explosion Investigations because it is at a church.

A large law enforcement presence was in the area and Buckingham Road was shut down for hours before re-opening on Saturday morning.

Hopefully they will catch whoever did that.

The way churches are erupting in flames this year, you would think that they must be the most flammable buildings in our entire society.

In Mississippi, a fire that suddenly spread like wildfire absolutely gutted the activity building of a local Baptist church…

Rocky Creek Baptist Church will hold its first service Wednesday night after a fire heavily damaged part of its campus a day earlier.

Firefighters responded to the Lucedale church around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, after a fire broke out on the property on Rocky Creek Road.

The blaze gutted the church’s activity building, which houses the gym, kitchen and classrooms.

We have been witnessing incidents such as this from coast to coast, but things have been particularly bad in Michigan.

In Grand Rapids, four firefighters recently got hurt trying to fight a gigantic fire that suddenly roared to life at LaGrand Avenue Christian Reformed Church…

Four firefighters were injured while responding to a fire overnight at LaGrand Avenue Christian Reformed Church in downtown Grand Rapids.

A spokesperson for the Grand Rapids Fire Department told News 8 that the fire started around 11 p.m. Wednesday night on Oakes Street and Sheldon Boulevard. On social media, LaGrave Avenue CRC confirmed the fire happened at the former Seventh Day Adventist building on their campus and there was no risk to the church’s main building.

This sort of thing has been occurring so frequently all over the state of Michigan.

Here is another recent example…

A west Michigan church suffered major damage early Monday morning after fire broke out just before 4 a.m., destroying the gymnasium and causing extensive smoke and water damage throughout the building.

A passerby spotted the flames and called 911 at 3:41 a.m. Byron Township Fire, along with multiple mutual aid departments including Wyoming Fire, responded to the scene.

Pastor Chad DeJong of Byron Center Bible Church arrived around 6 a.m. and immediately knew the damage would be severe.

It doesn’t take a lot of imagination to figure out why there are so many church fires in the state of Michigan.

Of course the same thing could be said about the dramatic increase in church fires in western Europe.

The big media outlets don’t seem to care, but if a mosque suddenly caught fire it would be front page news everywhere.

In this day and age, it is open season on Christians.

In Idaho, when the owner of a coffee shop discovered that a group of customers had gathered to discuss pro-life issues, he kicked them out…

The founder of a well-known pro-life organization has gone viral in recent days after reportedly being kicked out of an Idaho coffee shop after the owner learned she was holding a meeting there.

Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, shared a video of what purportedly took place at Wydaho Roasters last month — and that video went viral.

Hawkins told CBN News that coffee shop owner Jim Sheehan made his displeasure known after she, her son, and others met to discuss pro-life issues inside Wydaho Roasters. Her son’s goal has been to rally people against Proposition 1, an abortion measure that will be on the ballot in November.

This happened in supposedly “deep red” Idaho.

In blue states, the level of hostility toward Christian beliefs can be far worse.

Even if you don’t say anything, you can still get persecuted if you just try to live out your faith.

In Missouri, a Christian grandmother decided that she was going to serve her community by feeding people breakfast for free…

Kathy Kite, a resident of Harrisburg, Missouri, began welcoming locals into her home for breakfast back in May after the community’s convenience store stopped serving breakfast following COVID.

Kite works at H-Town, the local convenience store and gas station, and said residents had repeatedly expressed interest in finding a new place to have breakfast. She lives nearby, so she decided to offer an alternative by cooking for her friends and offering up the food for free.

“I told the old guys that come in there in the mornings that like to play cards, and drink coffee, and eat breakfast, and say they didn’t have any more — I’m like, ‘You guys can come to my house and I’ll do it,’” Kite told CBN News.

People that are willing to make hard sacrifices like that to serve others are the backbone of our nation.

Eventually, approximately 20 to 25 people (including young kids) started to come to her house for breakfast…

At first, it was just a few people. But others soon began to come after her loving act was advertised on social media, with 20-25 people regularly coming to her home in the morning; some parents even brought their kids to her house for food before school. Kite gets up at 3:30 a.m. to prepare for the day.

“And it just kind of exploded from there,” Kite said.

In the old days, going to grandma’s house for breakfast was a cherished tradition.

But now it is a crime.

The control freaks that run things in the area soon sent her a letter insisting that she needed to obtain a commercial kitchen license to continue feeding people breakfast…

But Kite’s breakfast gatherings eventually caught the attention of government officials, with Columbia city officials from the Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services Department reportedly sending a letter telling her she needed a commercial kitchen license to continue operating.

This is a perfect example of what is wrong with this country.

In other parts of the U.S., authorities have literally made it illegal to feed the homeless.

Those that have made such laws should be ashamed of themselves.

Nobody is going to stop me from having compassion on a fellow human being.

And nobody is going to stop me from worshipping God the way that I choose.

I am sure that the legal system will continue to be extremely hostile to us, I am sure that more churches will go up in flames, and I am sure that the entertainment industry will continue to mock us in thousands of different ways.

But they will not win, because the God that created all things can never be defeated.

Michael’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.

About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com.  He has also written nine other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”, “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”.  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.

We have never been closer to nuclear war than we are right now. The Russians are absolutely furious that NATO countries have been providing many of the long-range missiles and long-range drones that have been raining down on their major cities night after night. They are publicly threatening the UK and Germany, and I believe that we should be taking those threats very seriously. Meanwhile, the fact that the Russians are openly aiding Iran’s war effort is deeply upsetting the Trump administration. At this stage, the Russians are not even trying to hide it. Both sides just continue to push the envelope, and that has brought us dangerously close to a shooting war with Russia. Of course once a shooting war with Russia starts, a single wrong move could potentially trigger a full-blown nuclear exchange.

Once again last night, long-range Ukrainian drones struck an important energy facility deep inside Russian territory…

Vladimir Putin has vowed revenge after Ukraine humiliated the Russian dictator with yet another drone attack on a major oil hub.

A barrage of long-range drones on Tuesday left the vast Ust-Luga fuel terminal in flames. The terminal, on the Baltic Sea near St. Petersburg, can process 700,000 barrels of crude oil a day.

The Russians have lost all patience and they have decided that there is no way that they are going to put up with this any longer.

Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin openly acknowledged that massive strikes on Ukraine’s power grid are coming…

Putin told reporters on Tuesday he had ordered his military to prepare and launch large-scale strikes against Ukrainian energy facilities.

“They battered our people, and they will get a response,” Putin warned, in what amounted to a public admission that Ukraine’s attacks are inflicting real damage on his country.

If that doesn’t work, Putin is prepared to escalate matters even more.

In addition, Russian officials have been suggesting that there could be military strikes on British military facilities in the UK since the UK has been providing Ukraine with long-range missiles and long-range drones.

When asked about the potential for direct strikes in the UK by the press, Putin did not deny that this is on the table…

“Are there British military facilities in Ukraine?” the Kremlin leader asked.

When a journalist clarified that the question was hypothetical, Putin replied: “If there are, then definitely [they will become targets – ed.].”

Asked whether UK defence industry facilities located on British territory could become military targets, Putin replied: “That’s a secret, a military secret.”

There is video footage of this exchange, and it is quite alarming.

Because if Russia conducts strikes on British territory, we will be at war with Russia.

Tensions are also rising between Russia and Germany.

On Tuesday, the German government officially blamed the Russians for an attempted drone attack at the main airport in Leipzig last month…

The German government on Tuesday blamed Russia for an attempted attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport last month using a drone laden with explosives, and announced that it would shut down a Russian consulate among other measures.

The drone was found near a Ukrainian plane on Aug. 4 and the device was defused. German officials said at the time that the incident posed a new level of danger.

Moscow has been widely accused by Western officials of running a campaign of sabotage and disruption with the aim of undermining support for Ukraine and destabilizing European nations.

The Russians are furiously denying that they had anything to do with this.

And they are also very angry about the level of military support that Germany has been providing for Ukraine.

Dmitry Medvedev, a former Russian president and current security official, just posted a very ominous message about Germany on Telegram…

In it he said: “Berlin has accused Russia of an unproven attack on Leipzig Airport. Given the neo-Nazi, rabidly Russophobic policies of the current German leadership, a fabricated act of sabotage is the weakest form of punishment for their sins. They deserve a direct strike on all German military equipment production facilities for the Bandera clique. And quite possibly on several other locations in Berlin as well.

“And about the mad clown’s threats against civil aviation in Russian skies. The head of state has already described them as an attempt by the Bandera regime to engage in state terrorism. They don’t negotiate with terrorists and respond to their actions with retaliation.

“And every terror has sponsors. At the moment, these are the heads of Western countries, primarily European ones. And they often travel to Kyiv by train…”

There is a very real possibility that Medvedev could follow Putin as the next leader of Russia.

Just think about that.

He is one of the most prominent politicians in Russia, and he just suggested that European leaders could be vulnerable targets when they “travel to Kyiv by train”.

This is how far relations have deteriorated.

Meanwhile, the Russians just continue to develop even deeper ties with the Iranians…

In a joint appearance at a regional security meeting, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for his support in wartime and urged that their nations work together to oppose U.S. sanctions.

The United States and its allies, especially in Europe, have imposed extensive economic penalties on Iran over its nuclear program and more recently its refusal to bow to President Donald Trump’s demands in the Strait of Hormuz; and against Russia for its continuing war in Ukraine.

Needless to say, the Trump administration is not pleased about this at all.

The Russians are openly providing assistance to Iran, and Putin is pledging to continue to do so…

Putin, in turn, said that his country was trying to help Tehran in its war with the United States.

“During this difficult period, we are striving to provide you with the necessary assistance — as we have discussed — and are supplying you with essential goods,” Putin said, according to the Kremlin account.

Humanitarian assistance would be one thing.

But this week it was being reported that Russia has been “secretly supporting Iranian missile development since 2023″…

Russia has been secretly supporting Iranian missile development since 2023, according to a report in the Financial Times on Tuesday.

The goal of the program, codenamed C430L, was to help Iran develop missiles capable of taking out US Navy aircraft carriers in the Middle East.

In particular, they aimed to develop a ramjet propulsion system that would allow Iranian missiles to fly at several times the speed of sound.

Fast, low-flying missiles would give Western air defences less time to react increasing the impact of such an attack.

That is a major bombshell.

Has Russian technical assistance enabled the Iranians to develop their new “Castle Breaker” ballistic missiles?…

Iran has fielded a new generation of ballistic missiles that can evade American air defenses and strike with far greater precision – a technological leap that military experts say has damaged the ring of U.S. bases across the Persian Gulf and left them more vulnerable than they’ve been in decades.

The centerpiece of that shift is a highly mobile ballistic missile Iran calls the Kheibar Shekan, or “Castle Breaker,” which has a range of 900 miles and a satellite-guided, maneuverable warhead.

Iran’s military has used the missile extensively in strikes on the U.S. naval hub in Bahrain and other American bases during the six-month war with the U.S. and Israel, according to the Iranian government and confirmed in USA TODAY interviews with former U.S. military and intelligence officials and weapons analysts.

The Russians are deeply frustrated with us, and we are deeply frustrated with the Russians.

For the good of humanity, we should find a peaceful way out of this mess before nuclear war erupts.

But will that actually happen?

Before I end this article, I wanted to update all of you on something that I discussed yesterday.

We are being told that Tropical Storm Marie is expected to develop into a Category 1 hurricane very shortly…

Tropical Storm Marie is expected to strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane on Wednesday, with sustained winds of more than 75 mph.

It is currently moving along the coast of Mexico and will soon reach the Baja California Peninsula, the thin, 775-mile-long strip of land right below California and the US-Mexico border.

If it moves away from land, this storm won’t be a threat.

But according to the Daily Mail, some models now indicate that it has “a strong likelihood of turning directly towards Southern California”…

However, new spaghetti models, which track all possible paths of tropical storms and hurricanes, warn that Marie has a strong likelihood of turning directly towards Southern California, potentially making landfall in Los Angeles or San Diego.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has already warned beachgoers in Los Angeles that there is a high risk for large waves and dangerous rip currents throughout the Labor Day holiday weekend.

No hurricane has ever made landfall in the entire history of the state of California.

If this storm actually does make landfall in Southern California as a hurricane it would be a truly historic occurrence, and it would have monumental implications.

So I will be watching Marie very closely.

We are living in such perilous times, and it is far later than most people think that it is.

Michael’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.

About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com.  He has also written nine other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”, “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”.  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.

I want to be very careful with what I say in this article, because the forecasts that I am going to discuss are not completely certain. Meteorologists are telling us that a tropical disturbance in the Pacific Ocean known as “95E” has now become a named storm known as Tropical Storm Marie. That just happened a little while ago. It is expected that Tropical Storm Marie will develop into a hurricane, and some models indicate that it could move in a northerly direction toward Southern California. If this storm were to make landfall in California as a hurricane, that would be an extremely unusual event, because no hurricane has ever made landfall in the entire recorded history of the state of California.

Last week, we were closely watching another storm named Karina.

Karina has now developed into a very powerful category 4 hurricane over the eastern Pacific, but the path of the storm is taking it in a westward direction far away from land.

But now Tropical Storm Marie threatens to become the third in a historic trio of hurricanes in the eastern Pacific…

The eastern Pacific is doing something remarkable. By the end of this week, three hurricanes could be active at the same time, an extraordinary burst of tropical activity being driven by a historically strong El Niño and very warm ocean temperatures.

Hurricane Karina rapidly intensified into a Category 4 major hurricane over the weekend, over 1000 miles west of Baja, California. Tropical Storm Lowell is expected to reach hurricane strength as early as Monday night and could move toward Hawaii.

According to the National Hurricane Center, Tropical Storm Marie is expected to turn into Hurricane Marie soon.

And the San Francisco Chronicle is admitting that “some forecast models” are projecting that the storm could end up “slowly moving northward into southern California next Monday”…

At least some forecast models showed that storm intensifying into a hurricane over the weekend and then slowly moving northward into southern California next Monday.

Wow.

I want to emphasize that this is far from certain.

But it could happen.

Thanks to the Super El Niño of 2026, water temperatures off the coast of Southern California are much warmer than normal right now…

The storm potential is fueled by a “super” El Niño brewing in the Pacific Ocean. The climate pattern creates warmer ocean temperatures in the Eastern Pacific. The El Niño is currently causing a marine heat wave. Southern California is currently seeing sea surface temperatures 5 to 10 degrees above normal for this time of year, NWS data shows. According to the latest reports, ocean temperatures are at 74 to 76 degrees across Los Angeles County beaches.

Water temperatures near Los Angeles aren’t supposed to be that high.

But skeptics are pointing out that they still aren’t high enough to sustain a tropical storm or a hurricane…

Tropical storms and hurricanes need ocean water temperatures to be at least 80 degrees Fahrenheit (26.5 degrees Celsius) to maintain tropical storm strength and 82 F (28 C) to intensify.

Ocean temperatures are not at those levels off the coast of California.

So we shall see what happens.

As I covered on Friday, if a hurricane actually makes landfall in California it will have enormous implications.

But we are being assured that it probably won’t happen.

Only one tropical storm has made landfall in California.

That was in 1939.

And no hurricane has ever made landfall in the entire history of the state.

In 2023, Hurricane Hilary approached California, but it was no longer a named storm once it reached land.

However, it did cause an immense amount of damage…

Although L.A. was spared a direct hit from Hilary, it did cause around $900 million in damage in the U.S. and at least $14 million in damage in Baja California Sur (there were no estimates for Baja California). There were two deaths in Baja California — two people who drowned after their vehicles were swept away by floodwaters — and a woman in California presumed dead after her mobile home was washed away in flooding along the Santa Ana River in San Bernardino County.

Elsewhere, Tropical Storm Edouard is rapidly strengthening and is poised to make landfall near the Louisiana-Texas border…

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned that Edouard is ‘poised to significantly strengthen’ before striking near the Texas-Louisiana border.

Landfall will likely occur near the Louisiana-Texas border around 1pm CT (2pm ET).

Meteorologists warned that communities in its path face a life-threatening storm surge, torrential rain, flash flooding and the threat of tornadoes.

Yes, this is definitely a life-threatening storm.

If you live in that area, please take it very seriously.

It is expected to dump an enormous amount of rain in the Gulf region, and the flash flooding that it creates could catch a lot of people by surprise.

Sadly, the sudden flooding that just occurred in the Grand Canyon area caused at least two deaths…

It’s a breathtaking refuge unlike any other: a remote enclave tucked at the bottom of Arizona’s Grand Canyon, nestled between towering cliffs. Suddenly, those majestic slopes turned into raging waterfalls.

With little to no warning, hikers and campers near Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch lodging area started running for their lives Saturday as torrential rainfall funneled down the canyon and idyllic creeks morphed into violent torrents.

At least two people were killed and one person remains unaccounted for after flash flooding washed out footbridges and campgrounds on the canyon floor. Many more were imperiled by muddy water racing through the narrow ravines, sparking frantic rescue missions for dozens.

We have been experiencing so many extremely violent storms in 2026.

What we are witnessing is not normal.

Speaking of not normal, Mount Sinabung in Indonesia just sent a column of volcanic ash 11,500 feet into the air…

The U.S. Embassy in Indonesia has issued a natural disaster alert after renewed volcanic activity at Mount Sinabung, as Indonesian authorities warn that further eruptions are possible in a region that includes popular tourist destinations.

The embassy issued its Natural Disaster Alert on September 1, a day after Mount Sinabung erupted in Karo Regency, North Sumatra, sending a thick column of ash about 3,500 meters, roughly 11,500 feet, above its summit. There have been no immediate reports of casualties, evacuations or disruptions to flights in the region.

Indonesia’s Geological Agency said visual and instrumental monitoring showed increased volcanic activity and warned that the August 31 event was an “initial eruption,” meaning a larger eruption could follow. It raised Mount Sinabung’s alert level from II to Level III, or Siaga, the second-highest level in the country’s four-tier system, effective as of Monday afternoon.

Volcanoes are roaring to life all over the planet, and there have been so many major earthquakes this summer.

But most of the experts continue to insist that this is just temporary and that conditions will soon return to normal.

Of course my perspective is that much more chaos is ahead of us.

So many of the things that I warned about years ahead of time are now playing out right in front of our eyes.

Now we will watch Tropical Storm Marie.

If it becomes a hurricane and it actually slams into Southern California, that will be a truly historic event.

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About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com.  He has also written nine other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”, “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”.  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.

We are facing one of the most dangerous chapters in human history. For years, I have been warning about 3 global conflicts which would collectively make up World War III. Unfortunately, the stage has now been set for a polycrisis of epic proportions. The war with Iran threatens to greatly escalate, the continuous bombardment of Kyiv has NATO on high alert, and China has decided to literally surround Taiwan with large numbers of ships. Tensions are running sky high, and events in Europe, the Middle East and Asia could all spiral out of control at any moment.

Last night, fighting in the Middle East erupted once again.

The U.S. conducted airstrikes on Iranian military targets on Larak Island, and in response the Iranians fired off at least 8 ballistic missiles…

On Sunday, the United States struck Iran’s Larak Island after the U.S. observed military personnel preparing to deploy rockets loaded with sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian state media said the attack killed and wounded several Iranian soldiers and civilians, and the country vowed to answer.

In response, Iran fired at least eight ballistic missiles toward U.S. forces in Jordan, according to Jordan’s armed forces. Trump told Fox News that U.S. forces intercepted all missiles but one, as it wasn’t going to hit anything.

It appears that the Iranian response really angered President Trump.

On Truth Social, he posted a message in which is declared Iran to be “DEAD” and “a Failed Nation”…

Later on Monday, we learned that Trump had told Trey Yingst of Fox News that the U.S. will “hit them hard” in response to the Iranian ballistic missile attack…

US President Donald Trump said the United States would respond to an Iranian missile attack on US forces overnight, according to Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst.

“We’re going to hit them hard,” Trump told Fox News. “There will be a response.”

That would seem to indicate that a large wave of airstrikes is coming tonight.

We shall wait and see what happens.

On the other side, the Iranians are warning that their response to any new U.S. airstrikes will be “dozens of times greater”…

Iran fired back with bold rhetoric Monday, vowing to respond to every U.S. attack with force “dozens of times greater,” according to a senior Iranian source who spoke with Reuters.

The source pointed to Iran’s retaliation following U.S. strikes on launchers on Larak Island, claiming it demonstrated that “no target in the region is beyond Tehran’s reach.”

Tehran also warned that conditions in the Strait of Hormuz would worsen for vessels that violate what it called Iranian rules, raising new concern for shipping through the vital energy chokepoint.

As long as Iran doesn’t hit Israel, the situation can probably be contained.

But if Iran launches ballistic missiles at the Israelis, things will escalate very quickly.

In any event, it appears that there is no end in sight for this conflict.

In fact, Fox News is reporting that the deployment of troops from the 82nd airborne division has been extended to a full year…

The deployment of the 82nd airborne in the Middle East has been extended to a full year, two U.S. Army officials tell Fox News.

About 2,000 soldiers from the 82nd airborne first deployed to the region in March. The extended deployment was announced Sunday by division Commander Maj. Gen. Brandon R. Tegtmeier.

The extension is due to “operational requirements,” according to a letter to military families obtained by Fox.

At the same time, the war in Europe is poised to escalate to a new level that we haven’t seen before.

Just hours ago, the Russians ominously warned that they are preparing for “massive strikes against facilities in Ukraine’s energy sector”…

Russia’s defence ministry says it is gearing up for large-scale attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in a tit-for-tat response to strikes by Kyiv. “Russian forces have begun preparations for massive strikes against facilities in Ukraine’s energy sector in response to the ongoing attacks by the Kyiv regime on civilian infrastructure and on Russia’s oil and energy complex,” it said on Telegram on Sunday. Last winter, Moscow repeatedly hit Ukrainian power plants, devastating the country’s energy sector and plunging millions of people into cold and darkness in sub-zero temperatures.

The Russians have totally lost patience with Ukraine.

They are sick and tired of being hit by long-range drones and long-range missiles night after night.

Last night, the Ukrainians did it again.

So the Russians have decided to continuously bombard Kyiv until it stops. The following is an account from someone that actually lives in Kyiv…

The Russians are using tactics of continuous bombardment to paralyse life in Kyiv. The metro stops, traffic across the bridges is blocked, and administrative buildings and shopping complexes close.

I walk through the streets while drones are being shot down directly overhead. When I look up at the sky, I see only a threat. Yet it is impossible to put your daily affairs, and your very life, on hold. Paralysis is a forerunner of death. And we have chosen to live.

I know that many people abroad have grown accustomed to Russia’s constant strikes against the people of Ukraine. Yet the ability to “not think about it” is a privilege that reflects your position within the structure of reality.

Can you imagine trying to live your life normally in the midst of constant air raid alerts and constant explosions in the distance?

According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the number of munitions used by the Russians over the past week is absolutely staggering…

“In total, this week alone, the Russians have launched nearly 2,000 strike drones, more than 1,600 aerial bombs, and 31 missiles of various types,” Zelenskyy added.

There is no way that the Russians will ever back down.

As I explained late last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin feels compelled to escalate matters.

He is absolutely determined to be victorious, because he is reportedly concerned that he could be hanged if he does not win this war…

According to The Economist, discontent is even greater among Russia’s elites, with one insider claiming they are increasingly frustrated by the length of the conflict.

Mr Putin reportedly believes he could be at risk if he ends the war without achieving at least his minimum goal of capturing the entire Donbas region.

‘They will hang me,’ he reportedly said at one point during the war, according to an insider cited by The Economist.

While the U.S. is tied up in the Middle East and NATO is focused on the conflict in Ukraine, this could be a perfect time for China to make a move on Taiwan.

And the Chinese are starting to put on the squeeze a little bit.

Last month, the number of Chinese ships detected around Taiwan surged to an all-time record high…

China deployed a record number of coast guard, scientific research and other ships near Taiwan’s waters last month, the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) said, as Beijing dials up pressure on Taipei.

The coast guard warned of an increasingly severe situation, as analysts say the increased activity is part of China’s bid to map the region for submarine warfare.

The number of Chinese ships detected around Taiwan proper soared to a record 244 last month — an average of nearly eight every day, official data showed.

Approximately 60 percent of those ships belong to the Chinese coast guard.

That means that they are armed.

In addition, the Chinese warships that are constantly hovering near Taiwan are not even included in the figure given above…

About 60 percent were coast guard ships, with research vessels and other government boats making up the rest.

The figures do not include Chinese warships, which China’s military deploys around Taiwan on a near-daily basis.

When China ultimately decides to take Taiwan, a naval blockade will probably be the first step.

And once a naval blockade of Taiwan is established, we will be at a state of war with China.

Of course we may not be able to do much to intervene because a lot of our naval assets have been deployed to the Middle East and we have run through large portions of our munitions stockpiles.

So we are in a very tenuous position at the moment, and our relations with China just continue to deteriorate.

For so long, I have been writing about Russia, China and the Middle East.

Now all three theaters threaten to erupt all at once.

If you wanted to live at one of the most “interesting” periods in all of human history, you have certainly gotten your wish.

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About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com.  He has also written nine other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”, “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”.  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.

There are tens of millions of Americans that are currently living in third world conditions, and poverty, hunger and homelessness are growing all around us. Many of our most important urban areas have become rotting, decaying, drug-infested hellholes. Meanwhile, there are vast stretches of rural America that look like they have been totally left behind by the rest of our society. But if you live in the version of America that is still shiny and beautiful and clean, you may be wondering what all of the fuss is about because life still seems pretty good to you. For those at or near the top of the economic pyramid, it feels like the party will never end. Of course those that are impoverished can’t afford to live anywhere near those that are thriving. Today, 35.9 million Americans (including 10.4 million children) live below the official poverty line. Tens of millions of others make enough to be above the poverty line but are deeply suffering too.

We are a nation of contrasts.

We are the wealthiest nation on the entire planet, and yet we have also piled up the most debt in the history of the world.

We have more billionaires than anyone else, and yet poverty is rampant.

We have luxuries and electronic gadgets that previous generations could not have even imagined, and yet much of the population is living in almost unbelievable squalor and filth.

Let me give you an example.

Not too long ago, authorities in Ohio discovered sixteen children that were “found living in conditions that even livestock don’t live in”…

Sixteen kids, ranging from 1 year old to 18, were found living in conditions that even livestock don’t live in, described Vinton County Sheriff Ryan Cain.

The sheriff, along with Vinton County Prosecutor William Archer and Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson, held a press conference Wednesday to discuss the arrests of four family members: Gary Siders Jr., Gary Siders Sr., Christina Siders, and Elizabeth Siders.

We should be so thankful that those children were rescued.

Apparently most of them had been isolated in a 12 foot by 12 foot area for the last four years…

Most of the kids were kept in a 12×12 area of the home for the past four years, Sheriff Cain said.

He called the area “disgusting,” adding that “our livestock were kept in better conditions than these children.”

AG Wilson said it looked like a “third-world” country inside the home. “It’s not the type of thing we’re used to seeing in America,” he said.

This isn’t how Americans are supposed to be living.

Once upon a time, even impoverished people in this country tried to keep their homes clean and dressed nicely when they went out.

But those days are long gone.

Just take a stroll through your local Walmart and observe how people are dressed.

And as far as keeping our homes clean, the truth is that in 2026 millions upon millions of Americans live in communities that are drowning in squalor and filth…

Thanks to mass migration, conditions in our inner cities are particularly bad.

Earlier today, I came across an article about street food vendors in Los Angeles that made my stomach turn…

The proliferation of rogue street food vendors — largely run by illegal migrants — is not only hitting Los Angeles with third-world-like blight, Democratic leaders have decided to do nothing despite being aware of horrifying health hazards, their own previously unreleased records reveal.

“A dog eating meat out of a street vendor’s bag before it was served to customers. Cockroaches crawling out of a food truck. Mice scurrying beside open salsa. Raw meat baking unrefrigerated in the heat. People urinating around cooking equipment.”

Those are just some of shocking allegations listed in a staggering 662-page dossier of 9,746 public health complaints about street food vendors filed across Los Angeles County from 2023 until early 2026, according to the California Post, which obtained the list only after it made a public records request.

Los Angeles was once such a beautiful city.

But now there are rats wherever you go.

According to Orkin, Los Angeles is now the “rattiest city in America”…

Historically, Chicago has occupied the No.1 spot every year that Orkin has released its annual rankings, which it has been reporting for over a decade. But this year, there is a new city being crowned the “rattiest” — Los Angeles.

Orkin cites that growing warm climates can help a rat’s survivability rate, so hotter cities are seeing themselves fly up the rankings, giving Los Angeles the slight edge over Chicago this year.

Chicago falls to No. 2 in the rankings, followed by New York and San Francisco.

I really detest rats.

I also really detest dirty food.

Unfortunately, we have reached a stage where it is really difficult to know what is safe to eat and what is not safe to eat.

I want to share a story with you that I shared with my core supporters on Friday. All over the country, millions of Americans won’t eat lettuce right now because of the nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak…

The massive cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce and thousands of illnesses has expanded to three new states, federal health regulators announced Thursday.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said the outbreak, which has been linked to hundreds of hospitalizations and two deaths since illnesses were first reported in July, has now been detected in Georgia, Tennessee and Texas.

There have now been 11,458 illnesses reported across 20 states, according to the FDA.

I wish that I could tell you that this is an isolated incident.

But I can’t.

Almost every day, a new food recall is in the news.

And there is a reason for that.

If you actually went inside many of the facilities where our food is made, it would make you sick.

We shouldn’t have to live like this.

Our schools are in deplorable condition as well.

In Richmond, Virginia an elementary school that was named after Barack Obama has been forced to shut down because mold is out of control and rodents are running all over the place…

Like its namesake, Barack Obama Elementary has something rotten under the surface.

The school of 285 students is now shut down for an undisclosed period after it was discovered that the buildings were testing positive for mold. The facility also had reports of rodents (mice or rats) in several rooms, alongside the more prominent mold health issue. The mold and rodent problems were noticed by staff as they prepared for the start of the new school year.

Officials say they hope to reopen the building in a week, though this has proven to be an overly optimistic goal after earlier “clear” air-quality tests were quickly contradicted by new visible mold discoveries (behind bulletin boards, on computers, in the art room, etc.), forcing repeated delays. A more realistic time frame is one month or more.

How did this happen?

We are supposed to be the wealthiest nation on Earth, but we can’t even keep our military installations in livable shape…

A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finds that the maintenance backlog for military installations has ballooned to more than $285 billion — leaving many facilities in disrepair, while risking readiness and service members’ quality of life.

This figure is a jump up from 2022, when the maintenance backlog was about $137 billion. But the backlog continues to grow, because the services only request about 80% of the funds they need for installation repairs and maintenance.

We spend about a trillion dollars a year on our military, and so this is inexcusable.

In many cases, mold issues and water damage go unaddressed for years…

Indeed, service members face a range of issues at the facilities where they work and live. Barracks at Naval Station Norfolk, for example, have had suspected mold since 2023. But the installation office declined requests to test the growth observed there “due to the cost of testing and potential remediation.”

Another highly used facility at that Naval station had evidence of asbestos and significant water damage, GAO found. While all the station’s piers require renovation, the Navy was “actively improving” only one — leaving the rest to operate in a “degraded condition.”

If conditions are this bad now, what will they be like once the economy really starts tanking?

Thanks to our seemingly endless cost of living crisis, our standard of living has been steadily declining throughout this entire decade.

Millions of Americans now live in their vehicles because they simply cannot afford homes any longer.

According to the Federal Reserve, approximately one out of every ten Americans is now missing meals because they can’t afford to buy enough food.

When I was growing up, many would mock the “third world conditions” in other countries, but the truth is that “third world conditions” can now be found all over the United States.

This is what societal collapse looks like, and if we do not take dramatic action our society will just continue to deteriorate.

Michael’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.

About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com.  He has also written nine other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”, “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”.  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.

There is a growing national outcry to ban Flock cameras. We do not give up our constitutional rights when we get into our vehicles, and we do not want authoritarian control freaks watching us, monitoring us and tracking us everywhere that we go. This is an issue that is uniting people all over the country, and so you would think that politicians from both parties would be getting on board. Unfortunately, that is not the case at all. Many top Republicans are coming out against Flock cameras very strongly, but the silence from the left has been deafening. Yes, there are a few voices on the far left that appear to be concerned about our civil liberties, but most prominent Democrats have been eerily silent about Flock cameras. Why is that?

If you want cameras to watch you everywhere that you go, move to China.

Seriously.

We don’t want to live in a surveillance state, and our Constitution is supposed to protect us from that.

To me, it is exceedingly clear that these cameras are violating our constitutional rights, and there are some politicians that are taking action.

In fact, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley just initiated a major investigation…

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), the chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, has launched an investigation into Flock Safety’s national surveillance network and is demanding to know who has access to the personal data of Americans captured on Flock cameras.

Hawley wrote in a letter to Flock CEO Garrett Langley that the company has “assembled an unprecedented national surveillance network” of more than 120,000 cameras across 49 states that conducts 20 billion vehicle scans every month.

“The overwhelming majority of Americans captured in those records did nothing wrong. Instead of serving discrete local investigations, as contemplated by our constitutional processes and safeguards, these camera networks harness artificial intelligence to pool what they capture into a national database that customers can search,” he wrote.

Good for him.

This is the sort of thing that our elected officials are supposed to do.

Flock cameras are being abused by law enforcement officers over and over again.

For example, a deputy in Richmond County, Virginia used the Flock system to track a woman that he was romantically involved with 1,639 times…

In one especially shocking incident, Former Deputy Jaquarius Yarbrough of Richmond County, Virginia, allegedly used the license plate tracking system to stalk a woman he was having an affair with 1,639 times over several months.

“What we’re talking about are cameras that are documenting everywhere your car goes,” Maass said. “There are databases where police can type in your license plate and see everywhere you’ve gone… The government shouldn’t be creating databases of movement.”

Sadly, that is not an isolated incident.

A police officer in Kentucky was recently arrested for using the system to track his ex-girlfriend more than 2,000 times…

A Kentucky police officer was arrested after authorities said he used the Flock Safety license plate reader camera system to track his ex-girlfriend over 2,000 times, marking the latest in a string of recent law enforcement officer resignations or arrests for alleged abuses of the controversial technology.

Things got so bad that the ex-girlfriend was eventually forced to file for an order of protection…

Investigators found Zahir had conducted 2,048 Flock searches from January into May to track two vehicles registered to the victim, his child’s mother, in Kentucky and Indiana, court records show.

During the period he conducted those searches, Zahir harassed the victim and made threatening comments, prompting her to file an order of protection against him, according to the court records.

This just keeps happening again and again.

According to CNN, throughout the country there have been “at least 47 instances of officers being disciplined in some way for alleged abuse of the Flock system for stalking romantic interests”…

The Institute for Justice, a nonprofit public interest law firm that has filed lawsuits against Flock on Fourth Amendment grounds, has tracked at least 47 instances of officers being disciplined in some way for alleged abuse of the Flock system for stalking romantic interests.

Of even greater concern is the fact that Flock cameras often create false positives that flag citizens that are completely innocent.

One police department in California actually discovered that a whopping 71 percent of its Flock alerts were errors…

Hawley said the surveillance notifications have also resulted in mistaken arrests, such as that of a Florida woman who spent 13 days in jail and faced multiple felony counts after investigators mistakenly arrested her based on a search of Flock’s network.

“Errors and false positives add insult to injury,” Hawley wrote.

He cited one California police department that found that 71 percent of its Flock alerts “were wrong” and noted the Los Angeles Police Department ended its Flock contract after an audit showed its officers had stopped 161 vehicles incorrectly flagged as stolen.

Do you want police officers coming to your door because some stupid Flock camera mistakenly flagged you?

But even if Flock cameras worked perfectly, they would still be violating our constitutional rights.

This is a point that Senator Hawley just made very aptly…

“Americans do not surrender their privacy rights when they drive to work, drop their kids off at school, or go to church,” Hawley wrote. “The Supreme Court has recognized that a comprehensive, retrospective record of a person’s movements is different in kind from ordinary observation in public.”

He is right on target.

We don’t give up our constitutional rights when we leave our homes.

But the CEO of Flock is telling us that Americans must “compromise” on their constitutional rights in order to feel more secure…

No way.

Even if Flock cameras could make us 100 percent safe, there is no way that I would ever be willing to give up my constitutional rights.

Many respected Republican leaders are choosing to take a stand, but there has been silence from many prominent Democrats.

What is wrong with them?

Why won’t they stand up for the constitutional rights of the American people?

The good news is that we are winning.

In communities all over America, Flock cameras are being turned off.

One of the cities that just pulled the trigger on such a move is Tempe, Arizona…

Of course Tempe is far from alone.

This month, a bunch of other municipalities have also said goodbye to Flock cameras…

Cave Creek, also in Arizona; Bellingham, Massachusetts; and several Texas counties are among the other municipalities that said this month they’re ending their use of Flock cameras.

Bellingham Police Chief Kenneth Fitzgerald said in a statement that during a recent criminal investigation, officials learned that a Flock feature called Free Form, an artificial intelligence-powered tool that can search video information using plain language, was available through the cameras.

“Those features go beyond what most people would think of as a traditional license plate reader,” he said. “That concerned me because I had previously told the public, based on our understanding of the system, that our Flock technology was a license plate reader only.”

I love to see this.

Overall, more than 100 cities and counties have officially deactivated, canceled, or rejected contracts with Flock Safety.

I think that an official in Hood County, Texas said it very well when he stated that “permanent, warrantless tracking doesn’t belong in a free society”…

John Shirley, constable of a precinct in Hood County, Texas, said that after county commissioners voted to remove the cameras, he would be covering them until they could be removed.

“These cameras were constantly scanning and recording regular folks just going about their day. That kind of permanent, warrantless tracking doesn’t belong in a free society,” Shirley said in an Aug. 15 post on Facebook. “By unplugging and covering them, we’re making it clear: privacy isn’t optional, and mass surveillance isn’t how we do things here.”

Yes, if we get rid of all the Flock cameras it may be a little bit more difficult to catch criminals.

But freedom always comes with a cost.

I would much rather live in a free society than a surveillance society like China where virtually everything that people do is watched, monitored and tracked by the government.

I am for an immediate nationwide ban on all Flock cameras and any other devices that perform similar functions.

What about you?

Michael’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.

About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com.  He has also written nine other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”, “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”.  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.

The absolutely devastating floods and mudslides that we just witnessed along the border between Nepal and Tibet look like something out of a science fiction movie. It is a tragedy of epic proportions, and it has made us forget all of the other catastrophic disasters that have been hitting our planet recently. Unfortunately, the victims in Nepal and Tibet will also soon be forgotten because more catastrophic disasters are on the way. We live at a time when global weather patterns have gone absolutely nuts, giant earthquakes are occurring with alarming regularity, the northern hemisphere is experiencing the worst wildfire season in history, and our overheating oceans threaten to kill billions of fish.

I have never seen anything quite like the disaster that just occurred along the border between Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday.

The footage that one camera captured is particularly horrifying…

Those people didn’t have a chance.

One moment they were normally living their lives, and the next moment they were gone.

Many that were swept away by the rushing waters didn’t even live in the region. In fact, we are being told that “hundreds of tourists” are missing…

Devastating flash floods and mudslides have wiped out buildings and bridges along the Nepal–Tibet border – with hundreds of tourists still missing.

In Nepal, houses and roads were swept away by rushing water and mudslides.

Meanwhile, officials in China–controlled Tibet said they feared ‘major casualties’.

We have seen flooding in Nepal and Tibet before, but this was different.

As the wall of water and mud rushed forward, it came slamming into homes and bridges…

Harrowing footage from the scene showed fast-flowing floodwater ripping through the streets and destroying everything – including homes and bridges – in its path.

River banks burst as walls of water came rushing through the densely populated areas, sweeping people underwater as others sought safety on higher ground.

Aerial footage showed floodwater completely consuming land near the Nepal-Tibet border, sending people running for their lives as buildings collapsed in seconds.

In the end, the final death toll will probably be in the thousands.

Originally, experts were telling us that a magnitude 4.4 earthquake triggered a gigantic ice avalanche which caused the sudden flooding…

But later reports claimed that a landslide that occurred at 8:37 local time triggered the avalanche that created the flooding.

Apparently the huge earthquake that was detected was actually caused by the landslide…

Though the horrifying disaster is still unfolding, initial reports suggested the floods could be the result of an avalanche triggered by an earthquake, Nepal’s foreign minister Shisir Khanal told the country’s parliament Wednesday.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported recording a 4.4 magnitude quake around the time the security footage was taken at the border.

However, USGS hours later clarified that the trembling detected was not an earthquake, but caused by the landslide itself, registering as the equivalent of a 5.2 magnitude quake.

But no matter how it started, nobody can deny that this was truly a historic disaster.

Meanwhile, we just witnessed a series of 13 eruptions at Mount Anak Krakatau…

The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) recorded 13 eruptions from Mount Anak Krakatau in South Lampung Regency, Lampung Province.

The height of the eruptions varied from 50 to 300 meters from the summit of Mount Anak Krakatau, from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Jakarta time.

Suwarno, Head of the Mount Anak Krakatau Monitoring Post in Hargopancuran, Rajabasa District, stated on Wednesday that the volcano remains volatile, so further eruptions are still possible.

This should deeply concern all of us, because one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history occurred there in 1883…

Between 19 May and 21 October 1883, the volcanic island of Krakatoa (located in the Sunda Strait, then part of the Dutch East Indies—modern-day Indonesia) began erupting, lasting more than five months. On 27 August, the island had its most significant eruption, which destroyed over 70% of the island and its surrounding archipelago, the island collapsing into a caldera. The eruption of 27 August had an estimated volcanic explosivity index of 6, and is one of the deadliest and most destructive volcanic events in recorded history; the third explosion of that day, that occurred at 10:02 a.m., remains the loudest-known sound in history.

The explosion was heard 3,110 kilometres (1,930 mi) away in Perth, Western Australia, and Rodrigues near Mauritius, 4,800 kilometres (3,000 mi) away.[3] The acoustic pressure wave circled the globe more than three times.[4]: 63  At least 36,417 deaths are attributed to the eruption and the tsunamis it created. Significant additional effects were felt worldwide in the days and weeks after the volcano’s eruption. Additional seismic activity was reported until February 1884, but any reports after October 1883 were dismissed by Rogier Verbeek’s subsequent investigation into the eruption.

That gigantic eruption caused a volcanic winter that lasted for about a year.

Our oceans could actually use a cooling trend right now, because they are hotter than ever.

In fact, average global ocean temperatures just hit the highest level ever recorded…

As a record-breaking El Niño builds in the Pacific and large swaths of the globe’s oceans are affected by marine heat waves, a significant record has fallen.

According to data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, average global sea surface temperatures have reached a new high, rising to nearly 70 degrees Fahrenheit late last week — potentially for the first time in millennia.

This mark surpassed the previous record set in March 2024.

This is crazy.

On August 22nd, we broke the record that had been established in March 2024…

The daily average sea surface temperature across the extra-polar global ocean, between 60°S and 60°N, reached 21.1°C (70°F) on August 22, 2026, the highest value in the Copernicus Climate Pulse record beginning in 1979. The reading exceeded the previous daily record of 21.09°C (69.96°F), set in March 2024, and came in August, although temperatures across the domain normally reach their annual maximum in March and April.

If global ocean temperatures are going to set an all-time record, it is supposed to happen in either March of April.

For it to happen so late in the year is extremely strange.

Many want to blame humans for what is occurring, but scientists have discovered that the warming of our oceans actually gets worse the deeper than you go.

That suggests that whatever is warming our oceans is coming from underneath.

Currently, 42 percent of the Earth’s oceans are experiencing unusual marine heat waves…

According to NOAA data, 42 percent of the planet’s oceans are currently experiencing marine heat waves.

In the Pacific Ocean alone, marine heat waves cover an area that’s equivalent to nine times the size of the contiguous United States — greatly contributing to the new global sea surface temperature record.

So why is this important?

When the oceans get warmer, we tend to experience hotter temperatures, intense droughts, enormous storms and massive wildfires…

Hotter oceans exacerbate the sea level rise and extreme storms that threaten billions of people, as well as driving marine heatwaves that decimate sea life and undermine coastal livelihoods, scientists warned.

The northern hemisphere summer has already been hit by record-breaking heatwaves, drought and wildfires in Europe and North America, and intense rain and typhoons in Asia.

The ocean heat spike is being intensified by a fast developing El Niño event, which is set to be the hottest in at least a century. El Niño events are natural climate variations that raise global temperature and change weather patterns, with serious impacts around the world. The new El Niño has already delivered low monsoon rain in India, major wildfires in Indonesia and heightened fire concerns in Australia.

More importantly, when ocean temperatures rise to unusual levels, fish start dying in very large numbers.

One expert has warned that “the faster the ocean floor warms, the faster we lose fish”…

Chronic ocean heating is fuelling a “staggering and deeply concerning” loss of marine life, a study has found, with fish levels falling by 7.2% from as little as 0.1C of warming per decade.

Researchers examined the year-to-year change of 33,000 populations in the northern hemisphere between 1993 and 2021, and isolated the effect of the decadal rate of seabed warming from short shifts such as marine heatwaves. They found the drop in biomass from chronic heating to be as high as 19.8% in a single year.

“To put it simply, the faster the ocean floor warms, the faster we lose fish,” said Shahar Chaikin, a marine ecologist at the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Spain and the study’s lead author.

As our oceans warm, we could lose billions upon billions of fish.

That is really bad news, because the world is already facing very serious food shortages in the months ahead.

In 2026, global food production is being hammered from so many different directions.

We really are facing a “perfect storm”, and for those of us that live in the western world that means that food prices will soon go up even higher.

But for many of those that live in impoverished nations around the globe, a dramatic drop in global food production could be the difference between life and death.

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