Joe Perez / Aware of Truth/ June 5, 2026 I have two big bags of fertilizer sitting in my shed in Hesperia. One organic, one conventional. The conventional has a kick to it — plants respond within days, visibly. I haven't used it in years. But I have it, and I know what it does, and more importantly I know what happens when you don't have it. You get runt plants. Weak, yellowed, stunted. Little or no yield. Now scale that to hundreds of millions of acres across Bangladesh, Ken

By Joe Perez | Aware of Truth Ministry The image is almost too perfect. Donald Trump and Xi Jinping strolling through the ancient gardens of Zhongnanhai — the seat of Chinese imperial power for centuries — eating kung pao chicken and seafood while the Strait of Hormuz remains choked by war and working people on both sides of the Pacific absorb the cost of decisions made by men they never elected to anything. Trump called it "an incredible visit." He said they made "fantastic

5/11/2026 By Joe Perez | Aware of Truth Ministry The mainstream narrative on the Iran war is that it was about nuclear weapons. Some say it was about regime change. The Trump administration itself offered multiple justifications depending on the day — forestalling Iranian retaliation, destroying missile capabilities, even seizing oil resources. But there is a thread beneath all of those explanations that no one in the corporate press wants to pull on. Trump attacked Iran beca

Por Joe Perez | Aware of Truth | 28 de abril de 2026 Donald Trump no ha ocultado sus intenciones hacia México. Ha amenazado con ataques militares contra los cárteles que operan en territorio mexicano, ha cuestionado abiertamente la soberanía de un gobierno elegido democráticamente, y ha firmado directivas que autorizan al Pentágono a usar la fuerza en América Latina. Funcionarios de la administración han confirmado que no es un farol — este presidente estadounidense quiere vi

By Joe Perez | Aware of Truth | April 28, 2026 Ghislaine Maxwell is a British socialite, the daughter of billionaire media mogul Robert Maxwell, and for decades one of the most well-connected women in elite circles on both sides of the Atlantic. She was also the girlfriend and close accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy financier who ran a notorious sex trafficking operation targeting underage girls. In 2021, Maxwell was convicted of recruiting and grooming teenage victi

By Joe Perez | Aware of Truth April 25, 2026 They have the money, the platforms, and the algorithms. What they want next is your covenant — and you should not give it to them. There is nothing new under the sun. History is full of men who looked at the disorder of the world, decided they alone had the answer, and invited — then demanded — that everyone else follow. What is new is the scale. Today's self-appointed saviors do not command armies in the traditional sense. They c

By Aware of Truth Ministry The church in these days needs an unwavering voice. Not a voice of rage. Not a voice of politics. The voice of those who come representing the true and living God, armed with nothing but the Word and the authority of faith. Too many pulpits have gone silent on the matters of this world. Too many pastors have chosen comfort over truth. This is not that voice. Proverbs 12:1 declares that whoever loves discipline loves knowledge — but whoever hates cor

By Joe Perez | Aware of Truth The Pentagon quietly delivered a bombshell to Congress this week that should be front page news across every major outlet in America. It is not. According to a classified briefing delivered to the House Armed Services Committee, American military officials have concluded that even after the war with Iran ends, it could take up to six months to clear the Strait of Hormuz of mines. Six months. Half a year during which one of the most critical oil c

By Joe Perez | Aware of Truth | April 19, 2026 There is a question that historians will wrestle with for generations. How did the most powerful nation in the history of the world suffer more damage to its foundations — its alliances, its economy, its democratic institutions, its moral standing, and its global influence — not from a foreign adversary, but from its own president? No foreign enemy has ever accomplished what Donald Trump has accomplished in little more than a yea

By Rudy Barajas The Hope for Planet Earth. To me it's sad how many people are actually hopeless. Hopeless without Jesus Christ or Father God in their lives. Because if you would know any better you would know that they do exist and love you very much and want nothing but the best for you. If you know Jesus Christ you would know that he is the power of Beauty, Mercy, Forgiveness, and Love. Even God himself may not love you the way Jesus will. Because no one wants to feel the w

The Market Manipulation Behind the Iran Conflict By Joe Perez | Aware of Truth | April 18, 2026 Men and women are dying in Iran. Missiles are striking civilian neighborhoods. The Strait of Hormuz — through which a significant portion of the world's oil supply flows — has been closed and reopened like a faucet. And somewhere in all of that, someone is getting very rich. The facts are not in dispute. On the morning of March 23, at 6:49 a.m. Eastern time, roughly $580 million in

By Joe Perez | Aware of Truth Section 1: The Strait as the Prize The Strait of Hormuz is twenty-one miles wide at its narrowest point. Through that narrow passage flows twenty percent of the world's oil and a significant share of its liquefied natural gas. It is the single most consequential chokepoint in the global energy order — the needle through which the modern industrial world threads itself every day. Since February 28, 2026, that needle has been effectively closed. Th

By Joe Perez | Aware of Truth Ministry There is a line that no leader in the history of the American republic had ever crossed — until now. On the night of April 12, 2026, President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself to Truth Social depicting him as Jesus Christ. He is shown laying hands on the sick, surrounded by soldiers, nurses, eagles, and American flags. The imagery was not subtle. It was not accidental. It was a deliberate act of self-coronation dresse

Opinion | April 11, 2026 By Joe Perez President Donald Trump will travel to Beijing on May 14 and 15 to meet Chinese Premier Xi Jinping. The White House is billing it as a historic summit. The pomp will be grand. The cameras will roll. Trump will smile and call Xi a "highly respected president." And China will be holding all the cards. This is not a meeting between equals. It is a meeting between a nation that has spent decades playing a long, disciplined strategic game — and

El Cuidador Invisible: Cuando la Familia se Convierte en una Prisión Opinión | 11 de abril de 2026 Por Joe Perez En algún lugar, ahora mismo, hay una persona que no ha tenido una tarde libre en dos años. Se despierta temprano, se acuesta tarde, y pasa cada hora entre medio atendiendo las necesidades de alguien a quien ama — un padre, un cónyuge, un hermano. Lo hace por deber. Por amor. Por la convicción moral de que la familia cuida a la familia. Y lo hace completamente sola.

Opinion | April 11, 2026 By Joe Perez For as long as I can remember, I have been a person of truth. Not the comfortable kind of truth that gets you applause at dinner parties — the kind that makes people uncomfortable, the kind that names what others prefer to leave unnamed. And for most of my life, when I pointed to the deep contradictions rotting at the foundation of American society, people looked away. They are not looking away anymore. They cannot afford to. Everything u

Opinion | April 11, 2026 By Joe Perez Somewhere right now, there is a person who has not had a free afternoon in two years. They wake up early, go to sleep late, and spend every hour in between attending to the needs of someone they love — a parent, a spouse, a sibling. They do it out of duty. Out of love. Out of a moral conviction that family takes care of family. And they do it completely alone. Not because no one else is available. But because the other members of the fami

Opinion | April 10, 2026 By Joe Perez As US Vice President JD Vance touches down in Islamabad today for what Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called a "make-or-break moment," the world is watching with cautious hope. A two-week ceasefire is holding — barely. Iranian delegates have arrived at the Serena Hotel. Diplomats are talking. Don't be fooled. The evidence on the ground points in one direction: these talks are headed for failure. Two Sides, Two Completely Dif

April 8, 2026 By Joe Perez The bombs dropped. The headlines blazed. President Trump called it a historic victory. But weeks into Operation Epic Fury — the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran that kicked off on February 28, 2026 — the cracks are hard to ignore. Behind all the "overwhelming power" and "ruthless precision" talk, there's a messier story of misjudgments, unmet goals, and a military machine that may have been less ready than advertised. ## The Military Was Al

Opinion | April 7, 2026 By Joe Perez The Catholic Church makes one of the boldest claims in all of human history: that it is the original church founded by Jesus Christ himself, with an unbroken line of authority stretching from the Apostle Peter to the Pope sitting in Rome today. It is a claim repeated in cathedrals, in catechisms, and in Vatican declarations the world over. It is also a claim that crumbles under honest historical and theological scrutiny. What Jesus Actuall