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My wife calls me, panicked.
The call is from her number, and her voice is unmistakable- that’s my wife.
‘Babe, our son is hurt. He got in a bike wreck. I’m at the emergency room but they won’t take our insurance and I need cash to get him help. Please send me 3000 dollars as soon as you can, he’s really not doing well.’
Me- ‘Wow, that’s scary. Tell me our passphrase and then I’ll send the money.’
Her (it) - ‘What? What passphrase? This is your wife, our son is hurt. Send the money now!!’
Me- ‘I’ll call you back. I don’t believe that this is my wife. If it is, I’m sorry, but we discussed this.’
The number? Spoofed. Easy to do and there’s no way to tell if a phone number is being spoofed aside from hanging up and calling back to confirm.
The voice? AI generated. Easily done. A few seconds of audio is all it takes to create a realistic audio deepfake.
What can you do?
1) Create a family safe word or passphrase. Ours is definitely not ‘Keep Going’ although we considered it. Discuss the passphrase far away from phones or any recording device. This is as analog as possible. Don’t forget that the trigger for the passphrase is just as important as the phrase itself. So instead of asking ‘what’s the safe word?’ have a separate triggering question. For example, you could say ‘I’m eating banana cream pie’ and this would trigger your spouse to respond ‘purple velvet pillows’ if that’s the safe word.
Make it fun, silly, and easy to remember. And DON’T WRITE IT DOWN.
2) Cognitive security is an essential skill in 2026. Assume every image and video you see online is fake until proven otherwise. Expect scams and spammers, and be pleasantly surprised when it’s not.
3) Figure out a backup communication option with people who you absolutely need to be able to reach. Don’t just rely on a phone number for communication. Have redundant, ideally encrypted methods of communication with family.
What did I miss? I think (hope) Nikita is wrong on the timeframe- agentic bots like Claude bot are impressive but not quite ready to flood the phone lines in just 90 days. But I think it’s going to be a huge problem by the end of the year. I already get dozens of increasingly realistic spam calls and texts daily- it’s only going to get more annoying. Have a plan to keep your family and your finances safe!
ONE MINUTE INTO ETERNITY
Dr. Stella Immanuel, a licensed physician and pastor, explains to Lara Logan why the greatest deception of our time is humanity’s blindness to eternity. She says if people truly understood what confronts the soul the moment after death, they would turn to Christ without hesitation.
Stella warns that fear, especially the fear of dying, is the enemy’s greatest weapon. She explains that spiritual blindness keeps people trapped, harassed, and intimidated, but that fear loses its power when someone understands who they are, whose they are, and why they were born. The safest place for anyone, she says, is in Christ, because to live is Christ and to die is gain.
In this clip, Stella reminds us that we were born to be reconciled to God, and that our purpose in this life is to bring His light into a dark world.
Watch the full episode. ⬇️
Going Rogue With Lara Logan
EPISODE 60 | HONEST MEDICINE
with Dr. Stella Immanuel
#GoingRogueWithLaraLogan #SoulfulSunday #HonestMedicine #DrStellaImmanuel #FaithOverFear
I’m not sure if I’m MAGA or not.
I only get called MAGA by people on the Internet who hate me.
I don’t have a hat.
It’s not in my bio.
I don’t consider myself a republican.
I’ve had the same values since I was six years old.
I wasn’t born in this country.
Trump wasn’t president when I learned what I believe.
My values didn’t change because social media told me to change.
Here’s what I believe in:
God exists and He is not optional.
Christian is the first word in my bio for a reason. He means everything and it is who I am.
Life begins at conception, abortion is not empowerment.
Strong borders are not hateful, they are basic governance.
Merit matters, outcomes are earned.
Work hard, don’t whine, don’t ask the government to rescue you.
Crime should be punished, not reframed as a lived experience.
Parents raise children, not schools, activists, or bureaucrats.
Men are men, women are women, reality is not negotiable.
America is exceptional, worth defending, and nothing to apologize for. Be proud.
Free speech exists for speech you don’t like.
Law enforcement is necessary, not oppressive.
Capitalism works, and everyone complaining is still using it.
Hard work builds character, dependency destroys it.
National sovereignty matters more than global feelings.
Personal responsibility beats victimhood every time.
If that makes me MAGA, fine.
If it doesn’t, also fine.
I didn’t borrow these beliefs from a movement.
I learned them from my parents.
I love them and trust them more than I will ever trust a political party.
They actually care about my well-being.
I don’t know what that makes me and frankly, I don’t care.
American lives in a small town in Minnesota
She says ICE was at their grocery store arresting an illegal and the entire store cheered and clapped
Don’t listen to the paid activists, American citizens want illegals gone
“ICE was just in my suburb at our local grocery store while I was there, and they were grabbing somebody. Nobody in the grocery store stopped them from doing their job. Everybody was clapping and excited about ICE being there. People are hooting and hollering, you know, chanting for ICE.
You gotta love small towns in Minnesota. Honestly, we are so f*cking stoked — Excited that ICE is in Minnesota. Really excited.“