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Things You Need to Know about Current Global and National Threats to Your Personal Security
UPDATED: Dec 14, 2025
RESEARCH SOURCES
RESEARCH SOURCES
- a list of some of the sources we monitor and use -
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Newspapers - Online Articles - Online Media - TV Network & Cable News
Streaming Services - Online Podcasts - YouTube - Rumble
Think Tanks - Government Agencies & Committees
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Threat Monitoring
Threat Monitoring
US GOV: NTAS - National Terrorism Advisory System (about)
ⓘ NTAS replaced the original Homeland Security Advisory System, created after 9/11.
GET ALERTS: Online, via E-Mail, on Twitter/X, on FacebookOTHERS: Canada, British, Australia, New Zealand
US GOV: CISA - Cybersecurity Alerts (about) - A little technical
see also: Canada, U.K, Australia (alerts, threat assessment), New ZealandEX-LAW ENFORCEMENT: Current U.S. Church Security Threat Level
US GOV: Emergency Alert System (about)
US GOV: NOAA Weather Alerts (about)
NEWS MEDIA: Washington Times Threat Status
Articles | Indo-Pacific & China | Podcasts | Newsletter Archive
Sign-Up for eMail Newsletter | Interviews with Influencers
Quick References
Quick References
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Wikipedia
World's Online Encyclopedia
Website | about
Open Source Intelligence
REFERENCE - RESEARCH
BookFinder.com
- find new/used, links to buy, sort by $HISTORICAL MAPS & BORDERS: Old Maps Online, Chronas.org
MARITIME: SeaLight, Marine Traffic, Vessel Finder
Influence Watch - Database of U.S. Public Policy Influencers
U.S. Government Sources
U.S. Government Sources
Executive, Congressional, and Intelligence
C-SPAN - Public Affairs TV | Wikipedia
- U.S. Government, Congressional (House, Senate) Floor & Committee Hearings2025 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA) Report
- DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration)
Blue Campaign - One Voice. One Mission. End Human Trafficking.
- DHS (Dept of Homeland Security)
a national public awareness campaign designed to educate the public, law enforcement, and other industry partners to recognize the indicators of human trafficking, and how to appropriately respond to possible cases.
President Trump's
NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY
- Nov 2025 - The White House -
What Should the United States Want?
What Are America's Available Means to Get What We Want?
The Strategy
Principles
Priorities
The Regions
Western Hemisphere
Asia
Europe
The Middle East
Africa
Analyst Unpacks What WH's New National Security Strategy Means for China, Europe
Dec 7, 2025 | 10 min | NTD News
- Dr. Keith Naughton, Silent Majority Strategies
DEF INTEL AGENCY
THREAT REPORTS | NEWS
PUBLICATIONS
TOPICS: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cyber
NEWS ON THE NATIONAL
China Military Power Report to Congress
2024 Report, 2024 Fact Sheet, 2023 Report
CABINET LEVEL
Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
Directs and Supervises the Entire U.S. Intelligence Community
Government Information
USA Facts (non-profit) | Wikipedia
provides data and reports on the U.S. population, government finances, and government's impact on societyOpen The Books (non-profit) | Wikipedia
collects public data (federal, state, local). searchable online reports, investigations
USA.gov | Executive Branch | Wikipedia
the official web portal of the United StatesGovInfo.gov - U.S. Gov Information | Wikipedia
OpenSecrets (non-profit) | Wikipedia
tracks and publishes data on state and federal campaign finance and lobbying
General News Media
General News Media
Great Sources from Top News Media with the Highest Standards in Ethics and Journalism
Other News Media
Other News Media
Good Reporting on National Security Issues
Think Tanks, Analysts
Think Tanks, Analysts
Think Tanks from Western Nations, Mostly American.
Think tanks are public policy research institutes (wiki) that provide research, independent analysis, and advice on domestic and international issues. These organizations employ experts from academia and government who publish a wide range of scholarship including working papers, proceedings from conferences, books, journals, and policy briefs. To date, there are more than 6,500 of these organizations currently operating worldwide.
THINK TANK GUIDES: Academic Influence | UnivPenn | Tulane | Michigan State | Georgetown
RATINGS - CHARTS - MAPS
Freedom Ratings by Country
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DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL
Heritage Foundation
Website | YouTube | Rumble
Facebook | TruthSocial
Twitter/X | Instagram
Wikipedia
TOPICS: Border Security, China, Election Integrity, Energy, Defense, Conservatism
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DOMESTIC POLICY, DEFENSE
Hoover Institution
ideas defining a free society
- Thomas Sowell -
Website | YouTube
Facebook | Twiiter/X
Instagram | Wikipedia
INTRO VIDEO
PODCASTS
TOPICS: China, Defense, Energy, Economics, Intl Affairs, Immigration, Sci & Tech
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CHINA ANALYST
Gordon G. Chang
Gatestone Institute
Website | Twitter
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GEO-POLITICAL ANALYSIS
Gatestone Institute
- Gordon Chang -
Website | Facebook
Twitter/X | TruthSocial
Wikipedia | TOPICS:
China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Defense, Freedom of Speech
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DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL
American Enterprise Institute
Website | YouTube
Facebook | Twitter/X
Instagram | Wikipedia
INTRO VIDEO
PODCASTS
TOPICS: China, Economics, Foreign Policy & Defense, Science & Energy
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DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL
RAND Corporation
Website | YouTube
Facebook | Twitter/X
Instagram | Wikipedia
TOPICS: China, Global Security, Homeland Security, Intrl Affairs
Military and Naval Strategy, Shipping, Freedom of the Seas
Military and Naval Strategy, Shipping, Freedom of the Seas
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GLOBAL SECURITY
Institute for the Study of War
- Gen Jack Keane - wiki
Website | YouTube
Facebook | Twitter/X
Instagram | Wikipedia
LinkTree
TOPICS: China, Ukraine, Middle East, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Map Room, Publications
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GLOBAL SECURITY
U.S. Naval War College
U.S. Navy
Website | YouTube
Facebook | Twitter/X
Wikipedia
Studies Groups | Wargaming
Publications | Faculty
Research Centers on China, Russia, Irregular Warfare
SOURCES FOR
China's Cold War: Against the Free World
China's Cold War: Against the Free World
A Review of Recent Chinese Communist War-making Efforts
CHINA REPORTS: main page | China: In-Depth | Cyber Warfare | Economic Warfare | Espionage
Criminal Sabotage | Threats to Neighbors & Freedom of the Seas| Global Chip War
Taiwan News Sources
Taiwan News Sources
Taiwan Plus (Taiwanese Public TV in English)
watch live | News | Taiwan Talks (in-depth news & analysis)
youtube | facebook | twitter/x | instagram
hq: Taipei, Taiwan | Wiki Article
media: cable tv news, online
bias: balanced
ownership: Public TV Service Foundation
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TV & NEWS NETWORK
TaiwanPlus News
English Language TV
News Website, Video
YouTube | Facebook
Twitter/X | Instagram
Watch LIVE Stream
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YOUTUBE CHANNEL
VIDEOS ABOUT TAIWAN
Taiwan Explained
by TaiwanPlus
YouTube
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YOUTUBE CHANNEL
VIDEOS ABOUT TAIWAN
TaiwanPlus Documentaries
by TaiwanPlus
YouTube
Philippine News Sources
Philippine News Sources
Philippine Daily Inquirer English-language newspaper (print/online) - considered the Filipino newspaper-of-record, 54 million.
youtube | facebook | twitter/x | instagram
hq: Metro Manilla, Philippines | Wiki Article
media: print newspaper, online website articles and videos
bias: unknown
ownership: Philippine Daily Inquier, Inc.Philippine News Agency official government news agency
youtube | facebook | twitter/x | instagram | Wiki Article
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TV NEWS SHOW
has a lot of news on the CCP
Crossroads with Joshua Philipp
Senior Investigative Reporter for The Epoch Times
Website | YouTube
Rumble | Facebook
Twitter/X
Spotify | Apple Podcast
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CHINA ANALYST
Gordon G. Chang
Gatestone Institute
Website | Twitter
GLOBAL ASSOC OF LEGISLATORS
Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China
HOLDING CHINA ACCOUNTABLE
INTRO VIDEO
Website | News
YouTube | Twitter/X
About | Wikipedia
Search YouTube
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DOMESTIC CHINA
PODCASTERS
Westerners
in China
very unique insights
The China Show
China Fact Chasers
Serpentza on YouTube
LAOWHY86 on YouTube
ADVChina on YouTube
U.S. Government Sources focused on China
U.S. Government Sources focused on China
Think Tanks
Think Tanks
U.S.: Sea Light - Reporting on Covert Maritime Activities in South China Sea and Elsewhere
facebook | twitter/xAUSTRALIA: ASPI - Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Posts on China | youtube | facebook | twitter/x | instagram
The Strategist - Commentary and Analysis Website | Articles on ChinaAUSTRALIA: IPA - Institute for Public Affairs
Posts on National Security | youtube | facebook | twitter/x | instagramTAIWAN: INDSR - Institute for National Defense and Security Research
youtube | facebook | twitter/x | wikipedia
SOURCES FOR
Russia's Cold War: Against NATO
Russia's Cold War: Against NATO
REPORTS ON: Russia Main Report, Russia & Ukraine: In-Depth, The Russia-Ukraine Cyber War, Russian Cyber Hacking Army
European News Sources
European News Sources
Reports on the topics of European Security/Defence, NATO, Russia, and the Ukraine War are normally done well. Outside of these topics, we do not consider them generally trustworthy. European News Agencies often have reporters embedded in Ukraine giving them better, more accurate reporting. Commentary by reporters may most likely be biased.
BIAS WARNING: All News Media is biased, yet European News Media tend to be much worse than American Mainstream Media in containing anti-American bias, and in the promotion of "Woke" and Marxist Ideologies.
ⓘ Defence with a "C" is the British way of spelling it. Defense with an "S" is the American way.
UKRIANE WAR
LATE FRIDAYS
WEEKLY REVIEW OF WAR NEWS
ON YOUTUBE
10 to 20 min
THE FRONTLINE
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THE SUN NEWSPAPER UK
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FRENCH PUBLIC TV
France 24
French, English, Spanish, Arabic
Website | YouTube
Facebook | Twitter/X
Instagram | Wikipedia
WATCH LIVE
YOUTUBE TOPICS:
War in Ukraine, NATO, Russia
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GERMAN PUBLIC TV
DW News
in English
Website | YouTube
Facebook | Twitter/X
Instagram | Wikipedia
TOPICS: Ukraine, Defense, NATO, Russia, China-Taiwan
YOUTUBE TOPICS:
Ukraine, China-Taiwan, GeoPolitics & Intl Security
GERMAN PUBLIC TV
Featured DW Programs
DW Documentaries
on YouTube
MAPPED OUT
on YouTube
Ukrainian News Sources
Ukrainian News Sources
Ukrainian-based News Agencies - some Government funded, some Independent.
BIAS WARNING: All News Media is biased. All Ukrainian News Media will be justifiably biased to some extent because their country is at war.
Government-funded news sources will obviously promote government propaganda and news items. Independent Ukrainian Media should contain less propaganda and more genuine news journalism.
Russian News Sources
Russian News Sources
Used for occasional reference only.
All Russian News Media does what the Russian Government tells them to do.
BIAS WARNING: DA! (yes) All News Media in Russia biased and under the thumb of the Russian Government. Independent News Media has been run out of the country or is in jail.
GOVERNMENT
Russian News Agency - TASS
Russian News Agency
Website | YouTube
GOVERNMENT
RT TV Network
formerly 'Russia Today'
Website | Twitter/X
WATCH LIVE, on Rumble
Rise & Fall of RT America
Inside RT: News Network or Putin Propaganda?
Aug 2014 | 7 min | Mashable
How Russian Propaganda has been Forced to Evolve
April 2023 | 6 min | The Guardian UK
The rise and fall of RT America,
a Russia-backed TV network
April 2022 | 9 min | CNN
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NUCLEAR WEAPONS
THINK TANK
IRAN WATCH
Tracking Iran's Unconventional Weapons Capabilities
Website | Wikipedia
NUCLEAR WEAPON POTENTIAL REPORT
March 29, 2025
PODCAST
INTERVIEWS, POLICY
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The Iran Break Down
FOUNDATION FOR DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACIES
Website | on YouTube
on Twitter/X | on Spotify
SOURCES FOR
U.S. Domestic Issues
U.S. Domestic Issues
REPORTS ON: U.S. Economy - U.S. Energy - U.S. Food Supply - U.S. Domestic Threats - Cartel-Border Wars
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U.S. ECONOMY
ECONOMIC STATS
Truflation
Truthful Real-Time Data for Transparent Economy
Website | YouTube
Twitter/X | LinkTree
About Truflation
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TRACKS TAX DOLLERS
FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL
Open The Books
collects public data, searchable online, reports, investigations
about video
Website | Wikipedia
Substack | Twitter/X
California Pumped Tens of Millions into Immigration NGOs (non-profits) that Fight Deportation, Track ICE and more…
An initial Review of Who is Funding the Anti-ICE Protests and Riots
11-June-2025 | OPEN THE BOOKS - on Substack (blog), on Twitter/X,Non-Profits Linked to the Anti-Trump, No Kings Protests Rallies (14 June 2025)
A Review of Non-Profits/NGOs that receive grant money from the Federal Government
12-June-2025 | DATA REPUBLICAN - on SubStack (blog), on Twitter/X,
Domestic Militants & Terrorism Threats on U.S. Soil
Domestic Militants & Terrorism Threats on U.S. Soil
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DOMESTIC THREATS TO CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
INTEL, ANALYSIS, TRAINING
Christian Warrior Training
focuses on intel of domestic threats to churches, also other domestic areas
Website | YouTube
Facebook | Twitter/X
Instagram
free online training
Current U.S. Church Security Threat Level
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DATABASE OF ORGS
INVESTIGATIVE RESEARCH
Influence Watch
Database of U.S. Public Policy Influencers, also orgs related to Domestic Militants and Agitators
Website | VIDEO INTRO
TRACKING DOMESTIC AGITATORS & MILITANTS
HERITAGE FOUNDATION REPORT:
The Revolutionary Ecosystem
BOOK: BLM: The Making of a New Marxist Revolution, VIDEOTHE DAILY SIGNAL: Tyler O’Neil, Senior Editor
BOOK: Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the SPLC
Domestic Threats
Domestic Threats
Crime, Drug Crisis, Border & Immigration, Cartel Wars
CBP.gov (U.S. Customs and Border Protection): News, YouTube Channel, Enforcement Statistics
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BORDER - CARTELS
FRONTLINE INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
Cartel Chronicles
ONLINE ARTICLES
on Twitter/X
Brandon Darby, Dir
Interview | Wikipedia
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DOMESTIC ISSUES
NEWS STORY AGGREGATOR
Cash Jordan
connects multiple news sources on critical news
YouTube
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BORDER - CARTELS
PODCASTER - INTERVIEWS
BORDERLAND: NARCOSIS
"Rocco" Vargas
Special Ops Combat Veteran
POSDCASTS | CLIPS
WEBSITE | INTRO VIDEO
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BORDER - CARTELS
INVESTIGATIVE JROUNALIST
BORDERLAND: DISPATCHES
Katarina Szulc
FRONTLINE REPORTING
POSDCASTS | Apple
WEBSITE | INTRO VIDEO
INTERVIEW
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HOT TOPIC ISSUES
PODCASTER - INTERVIEWS
CHANGE AGENTS
Andy Stumpf
Seal Team 6 Veteran
CHANGE AGENTS PODCASTS | INTRO VIDEO
WEBSITE
IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
U.S. GOVERNMENT
ICE - Immigration and Customs Enforcement
dept of homeland security
Website | YouTube
Facebook | Twitter/X
Instagram | Wikipedia
MOST WANTED | NEWS
MULTI-MEDIA
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BORDER - CARTELS
SPEAKER - INTEL SPECIALIST
Jaeson Jones
25 years on the border
JaesonJones.com
YouTube | Facebook
Twitter/X | Instagram
LinkTree
REALLY GOOD INTERVIEW
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