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Sunday, January 25, 2026

Spotlighting America's Lowest-Tax, Low-Permit Counties

Peacekeeping Task Force Seeks Local Journalists to Profile Local De Facto Governance Models

U.S. counties with the fewest building permits required for citizens and the lowest annual property taxes represent models of fiscal restraint and regulatory simplicity, often enabled by small populations that limit service demands. Examples include Alabama's DeKalb County, with an effective tax rate of approximately 0.157%, and Colorado's Delta County, where no building permits are required in unincorporated areas.

These jurisdictions attract residents and lawful land owners alike through affordability and lawful accountability regarding legal and lawful rights to commercial and private property, in contrast to neighboring counties with far stricter codes, legalities, and higher municipal fees across the board.

Example of Current Newsworthy Interest

As shown above, an example of related topics highlights the search for 10 affordable places to live in, and on Pennsylvania, underscoring broader interest in low-burden locales across the nation, even as this inquiry focuses on permit and tax structures nationwide.

Looking west across the American Landscape, we find, for example -

Loving County, Texas: A Notable Example

Loving County, Texas, merits inclusion on any top-10 list, as even State of State law exempts it from adopting "residential" building codes, pairing near-zero county permitting with a modest "residential" tax burden supported by its oil-driven economy and population of roughly 100 residents.

The Mentone Monitor, a weekly publication, operated from March 1932 to September 1935, ran on Loving County, Texas, serving the county during a period of attempted organization and early oil activity. There is no known record of any paper running before or after this time period for this American County.

This is another sobering example of why the American people, and People, as well as all other lawful and legal individuals in, and upon all American counties, deserve to rekindle this extremely effective local method of information flow for Land and Soil Jurisdiction news.

PKTF Journalist Outreach Initiative

The Peacekeeping Task Force, through its seasonal publication The Assembly Ledger, seeks contributions from up to 10 journalists based in qualifying counties. These reporters are invited to investigate and report factual, uplifting stories on their own locales—emphasizing positive attributes such as minimal permit requirements and low taxes that set their county apart from most others imposing heavier obligations on U.S. citizens and actual sovereign Americans.

Justification for High vs Low Taxation Burden Due to Population Concentration of U.S. Citizens or Citizens of the United States

as Opposed to the Known Sovereign American Population

Established newsrooms and emerging outlets alike are encouraged to participate, framing their coverage to inspire recognition of self-reliant American Soil Jurisdiction governance models.

Addressing Local Newsroom Gaps

Loving County is a perfect example of an extremely affordable place to live and dwell for U.S. Citizens and their Municipal Citizens, as well as for Americans collectively; however, it now lacks a dedicated local newspaper. Although Loving County used to have a local paper, it no longer highlights the value of grassroots local information in every county to document such distinctions and support informed Soil Jurisdiction community assemblies.

Federation's Call for Combined Network Peacekeeping of Fair and Balanced Outreach

This initiative advances the Federation's efforts in assembly networking and local outreach, promoting de jure governance structures that celebrate low-restriction counties and lawful, peaceful, and productive Assembly Militia functions. Information contributions for The Assembly Ledger may be directed via seeksearchfindtruth.blogspot.com.

Saturday, January 24, 2026

Article 5723. International Public Notice: You Heard It Here First

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Weather Pause, Strong Start: Free Local Journalism Training through The Assembly Ledger

Peacekeeping Task Force Launches Bi-Weekly “Newshouse & Newsroom Basics” for Community Reporters

The Assembly Ledger, in cooperation with the Peacekeeping Task Force (PKTF), is opening a new, free bi-weekly training series for those who feel called to serve their communities as local journalists, investigators, reporters, and writers.

This new effort is designed for adults who want a serious but accessible pathway into the craft of journalism—without tuition, grades, or college bureaucracy, but with the same level of care for truth, structure, and professionalism that any respected publication should demand.

Because of an active winter weather advisory affecting key areas, and because PKTF personnel are currently committed to emergency network monitoring and D10 radio traffic on the emergency channels, the first live training session scheduled for this evening at 7:30 p.m. Eastern will need to be postponed. The same weekday and time will be held in reserve two weeks from now to serve as our new opening night, once the immediate concerns of the passing weather system, road conditions, and home-front responsibilities have eased. Safety, clear communication, and peacekeeping must come first; education and training will follow right behind.

In the meantime, PKTF will begin releasing short, easy-to-digest tutorial audio and video segments on its Rumble channel and other platforms. These brief lessons will introduce the vision behind The Assembly Ledger, the idea of a local “newshouse,” and how a modern newsroom can be built on platforms such as Substack, Ghost, Beehiiv, Medium, and similar publishing tools. Each segment will be designed so that even a brand-new student of journalism can follow along and begin to see how their own local reporting could one day appear in the pages—and on the channels—of The Assembly Ledger.

When the first full live meeting begins two weeks from now at 7:30 p.m. Eastern, participants can expect a welcoming, “Journalism 070” style orientation into the world of local news.

The focus will be on the basics: what journalism is, what it is for, and how a fair and balanced newsroom is built from the ground up. Attendees will hear about the essential roles—student, journalist, investigator, reporter, and writer—and how each step builds toward producing work that readers can trust and that editors can confidently publish. Rather than overwhelming people with jargon, the training will emphasize plain-language explanations, real-world examples, and simple first steps that anyone can take to start practicing the craft.

Future sessions in the series will move deeper into the practical “ins and outs” of the work: how to recognize a newsworthy local story, how to prepare and conduct respectful interviews, how to write strong, clear leads that draw readers into the article, and how to shape a finished piece that is worthy of placement in The Assembly Ledger or similar outlets.

Participants will also be introduced to the process of getting their work considered for publication: how to present a story idea, how to respond to editorial feedback, and how local pieces can be prepared for syndication so that Assembly progress and American local businesses are highlighted and preserved in print.

This training series is meant to serve those who want to build their own small newsroom—whether on Substack or another newsroom-style platform—and who want that newsroom to stand for free speech, honesty, and a measured, fair-minded view of their community. It is also for those who simply want to understand how serious journalism is done, even if they have never written an article before.

Current Mobile Version View of PKTFnews

The Assembly Ledger is accessible on PKTFnews.org just below the fold of the Homepage

All are welcome: the curious, the cautious, the bold, and the already-experienced.

The Assembly Ledger and PKTF invite you to watch for the upcoming short tutorials, mark your calendar for the rescheduled first live session two weeks from now, and consider whether you might be one of the men or women who helps build a new generation of local American Free Press newshouses.

When the weather clears and the lines are secure, the newsroom lights will come on—and your opportunity to engage in real time during the training will begin.