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Dispatch 22: Telecommunications in United States is Terrible

Just finished interview with my friend Sargis Sangari who is running for US Congress. Very important that Americans like Sargis gain seats and work to turn this berg around. Note: you may have heard me say for years that telecommunications in the United...

Published Sat, Oct 17 2020 7:40 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Dispatch 21: Danger in Portland, and Portland in Danger

At least three times this year, law enforcement officers have been in danger of being overrun by hostile attackers in Portland. You probably did not hear this in the news. I do not know if this has hit the news. Given sundry dynamics such as exodus of...

Published Fri, Oct 16 2020 4:44 PM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Dispatch 20: Return to America -- Portland falling. Continue to prepare for 2021

For the past several weeks, I've been going back and forth between Portland, Oregon, and next door Vancouver, Washington. Downtown Portland and Vancouver may as well be a thousand miles apart. Downtown Portland is filled with homeless people. Many...

Published Fri, Oct 16 2020 10:07 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Dispatch 18: Pressurized HUMINT Network in Portland: firehose with valve stuck open

Source: AP Photo/Jeff Swinger Folks who have followed my work for years know that first thing I do in new conflicts is to create my intel network. Specifically a HUMINT network. Human intelligence. What was my secret to getting Iraq, Afghanistan, and...

Published Tue, Oct 13 2020 8:13 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Dispatch 17 — Hong Kong: Dangerous Escape leads to capture

Please see the short flight track video. This is chase plane track after escape boat launched from Hong Kong to Taiwan. Make sure to click the bell and subscribe to my YouTube. I am still in Vancouver/Portland area. Learning a great deal and creating...

Published Fri, Oct 09 2020 5:50 PM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Dispatch 16: Return to America: History is Today

Busy here in Portland. I've been moving back and forth between Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington. Learning much talking with everyone under the sky. Interesting aside on guns: Gun and ammunition sales have skyrocketed. You know that, of...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2020 6:56 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Dispatch 15: Return to America: Ebbs and Flows

Attached is an interview I made with Jordan Harbinger in January of this year. My January analysis are eerily correct for 2020. Study, study, study. Then study more. Think, think, then speak. With that in mind...I double down on January remarks: Continue...

Published Mon, Oct 05 2020 11:34 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Dispatch 13: Portland Peril: Mayorial Election: ANTIFA and KKK are terror organizations

I've been talking with various law enforcement here in Portland. Morale very low. Chance they will walk off after next Mayorial election in November? I do not know, but that number is significantly higher than zero. Current Mayor, Ted Wheeler, is...

Published Wed, Sep 30 2020 10:17 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Dispatch 12: Return to America: Portland -- No Police, No Peace

My sense after a week back in America: here in Portland, BLM/ANTIFA and other far-left factions are strong for limited action, but their life-force is being sapped. They seem to sense they are losing ground. They say so, even on the microphone on stage...

Published Mon, Sep 28 2020 8:22 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Dispatch 8: Return to America — Portland, Oregon: Eve of Battle, Yoga, Star Bucks, Pioneer Courthouse

This Portland morning is cool and dry. By the end of today, you likely will see Portland on national news. Now, still calm. Ten women and a man doing yoga in a square sandwiched by Starbucks and the Pioneer Courthouse. Starbucks is open for takeout. Bottom...

Published Sat, Sep 26 2020 1:38 PM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Dispatch 7: Return to America: Portland in State of Emergency

Proud Boys, Antifa, and others, are set to clash in about next 18 hours. I will be there. Proud Boys, Antifa, and others, are set to clash in about next 18 hours. I will be there. Very high chance of gunfire tomorrow. Wish I had my body armor but is in...

Published Sat, Sep 26 2020 5:29 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Dispatch 6: Return to America: War Brewing

The situation grows. A quick, unedited stream of consciousness so I can keep studying: Yesterday violence spiked in numerous towns such as Louisville, Seattle, and Portland. Latest violence is not caused by any specific case such as the tragedy of Breonna...

Published Thu, Sep 24 2020 1:50 PM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Dispatch 5: Return to America: Guns & Ammo in Vancouver, Washington

Quick update: Visited a gun-store yesterday. There were density limits so we waited in a line of three people outside while others shopped. While we waited, this apparent Marine surplus vehicle arrived. I do not know the specific nomenclature. There are...

Published Wed, Sep 23 2020 12:09 PM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Dispatch 4: Return to America: Ammo at Cabela’s, and more observations

A friend and I spent the afternoon of my third day back in America tooling around Vancouver, and into northern Oregon. In the outlying areas, if I did not already know there is a ‘hurricane,’ I would not have sensed anything off other than tiny clues...

Published Tue, Sep 22 2020 2:29 PM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Dispatch 3: Return to America: Primitive Graffiti in Portland

When you are assessing the situation in your area, Watch the Graffiti. Make photographs. Remember what you can. Valuable. As I travel through America, I will make thousands of photos of graffiti. Watch for patterns. Example: if I see certain graffiti...

Published Mon, Sep 21 2020 8:32 PM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Dispatch 22: Telecommunications in United States is Terrible

Dispatch 21: Danger in Portland, and Portland in Danger

Dispatch 20: Return to America -- Portland falling. Continue to prepare for 2021

Dispatch 18: Pressurized HUMINT Network in Portland: firehose with valve stuck open

Dispatch 17 — Hong Kong: Dangerous Escape leads to capture

Dispatch 16: Return to America: History is Today

Dispatch 15: Return to America: Ebbs and Flows

Dispatch 13: Portland Peril: Mayorial Election: ANTIFA and KKK are terror organizations

Dispatch 12: Return to America: Portland -- No Police, No Peace

Dispatch 8: Return to America — Portland, Oregon: Eve of Battle, Yoga, Star Bucks, Pioneer Courthouse

Dispatch 7: Return to America: Portland in State of Emergency

Dispatch 6: Return to America: War Brewing

Dispatch 5: Return to America: Guns & Ammo in Vancouver, Washington

Dispatch 4: Return to America: Ammo at Cabela’s, and more observations

Dispatch 3: Return to America: Primitive Graffiti in Portland