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Project Acoustic Kitty went about as well as you’d expect. Here’s the scene: A man wearing a trench coat and a fedora sits on a park bench, looking up frequently from his newspaper to cast furtive glances at passersby. A stray cat wanders by. It rubs itself against the man’s legs. He pets it absently …
SNAP Recipients Sue Trump Administration Over Sugary Food Restrictions https://t.co/THT75uisOI — zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 14, 2026 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries sued the Department of Agriculture on March 11 over the issuance of waivers to five states restricting certain types of foods that can be purchased under the program. On May 19 last year, …
Something unusual is happening in the oil market. Crude prices do not normally move this aggressively unless investors believe a major global disruption is coming. Look at the historical pattern. During the Global Financial Crisis, oil surged from roughly $57 to $140 before the economy collapsed. During the COVID-19 pandemic, crude rebounded from about $1 …
NEW YORK (AP) — As the U.S. flu season winds down, health officials say the flu vaccine didn’t work very well, with one of its worst effectiveness rates in more than a decade. A new strain that dominated the early winter was not well matched to the vaccine, leading to an intense early onslaught of …
Axios confirmed this week that Vladimir Putin called Donald Trump and proposed relocating Iran’s remaining 450 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium to Russia. Move the material. End the war. Russia becomes the custodian. Iran loses the stockpile. The breakout threat disappears. The bombs stop falling. Trump rejected it immediately. That rejection is more revealing than …
🚨🇮🇱🇱🇧Israel is planning massive ground invasion of Lebanon, aiming to seize the entire area south of the Litani River and dismantle Hezbollah's military infrastructure, Israeli and U.S. officials say. My story on @axioshttps://t.co/U8RCQJMC5P — Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) March 14, 2026 Israel is planning to significantly expand its ground operation in Lebanon, aiming to seize the …
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; Are you familiar with Professor Easterbrook of Western Washington University who agrees with you and is projecting a decline in temperatures for the next three decades? It seems that those who simply claim that it has been getting warmer live in a bubble of biased news. One even said to me that it …
“The entire global trading system until Richard Nixon took us off was tied to gold.” – Scott Bessent United States Secretary of the Treasury The departure from gold by Richard Nixon was supposed to be temporary. That was 55 years ago. “The entire global trading system until Richard Nixon took us off was tied to …
Markets are teetering on the edge and the tension is growing by the hour. Michael Hartnett warns that if the S&P 500 falls to roughly 6,600, policymakers may feel forced to act. At the same time, Jerome Powell is expected to signal that stagflation risks are rising, meaning slower growth coinciding with higher inflation. This …
McDonald’s new business plan includes new value menus They say the dollar menu is not coming back but “$3 is the new $1, basically to give lower income and younger consumers something that they can get” “McDonald’s will reportedly launch a new $3 and less value menu. That will include popular items like a sausage …
via Phoenix Capital Research One by one, the stock market bulls are running out of market props. Throughout the initial round of selling in in stocks, bullish investors pointed to aggregate breadth as indicating that there was underlying strength in the markets. Afterall, how could a bear market unfold if overall breadth is at all-time …
BREAKING: A record 104.3 million Americans are now “outside” of the labor force. These are individuals who are neither employed nor actively looking for work, including retirees, students, stay-at-home parents, and discouraged workers. This exceeds the 2020 pandemic peak by 600,000 when nearly the entire economy was shut down. Since the 2008 Financial Crisis, the …
*FAA HALTS TRAFFIC AT WASHINGTON-AREA AIRPORTS *FAA CITES CHEMICAL SMELL AT REGION'S AIR-TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER — zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 13, 2026 Four airports serving Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Richmond, Virginia, halted all flights Friday evening for longer than an hour because of a strong chemical smell that was impeding air traffic controllers, according to the …
The entertainment and media company BuzzFeed—once well-known for publishing the fake Russiagate dossier on President Donald J. Trump but refocusing in recent years on online quizzes, listicles, and AI-generated pop culture content—announced late Thursday that it is facing significant debts after registering a $57 million revenue loss in 2025. As a result of its deteriorating …
China orders immediate BAN on refined fuel exports – and it is Australia's biggest supplier of jet fuel https://t.co/BxEHkOTgep — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) March 13, 2026 China, Australia’s largest supplier of aviation fuel, has ordered refineries to halt oil exports in a move that could put further pressure on airfares, and increase concern about future …
By Brandon Smith It’s the magic number, the line that’s not supposed to be crossed; when a nation’s public debt finally exceeds its GDP. Historically speaking, it’s not a sign of doom like many economists suggest. Numerous countries have sustained for decades with a ratio of well over 100% and many other factors have to …
US President Donald Trump on Thursday (Mar 13) said the United States will soon begin naval escorts for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz as tensions escalate in the Gulf. Speaking to the press at Joint Base Andrews-Naval Air Facility in Washington, Trump claimed Tehran’s military capabilities have been severely degraded. “Iran has no …
U.S. STRIKE ON KHARG ISLAND — WARNING TO IRAN Moments ago, on my orders, U.S. Central Command carried out one of the most powerful airstrikes in Middle East history, destroying every military target on Iran’s Kharg Island. Our weapons are unmatched, but I chose not to strike the island’s oil infrastructure out of restraint. If …
by Michael For a lot of people, this war with Iran is not just another war. Millions of Shiite Muslims all over the world are convinced that this is the war that will result in the rise of the Mahdi. In fact, most of Iran’s key leaders are eagerly watching for the appearance of the …
A new debate is spreading across Wall Street. Is the market starting to resemble the period right before the Global Financial Crisis? Bank of America strategist Michael Hartnett believes the comparison is becoming harder to ignore. In a recent note, Hartnett warned that asset performance in 2026 is beginning to look “ominously close” to the …
For years, markets have quietly relied on one assumption about Donald Trump. When things get too dangerous, he backs down. Traders even gave it a name: TACO — Trump Always Chickens Out. The pattern is familiar. Trump escalates rhetorically. Markets panic. Then he softens his position or delays the confrontation. The worst case scenario never …
Tech company files amicus brief in support of Anthropic’s effort to overturn an aggressive Pentagon designation Microsoft has thrown its weight behind Anthropic’s legal challenge against the Pentagon, filing a court brief in support of the AI company’s effort to overturn an aggressive designation that effectively bars it from government work. In an amicus brief …
https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/1rsixt1/if_you_need_any_more_proof_that_these/ Yet when you bring up how the nomination was stolen from Sanders twice, all the bootlicking sellout dems will wail and cry and go on and on how we nee to just keep voting for the lessor of two evils. Is Trump the worst most corrupt president in my lifetime? Of course because I …
New economic data released today delivered a troubling combination for the Federal Reserve and the broader U.S. economy. The second estimate of Q4 GDP came in at just 0.7 percent, far below the 1.4 percent economists expected and marking the second weakest growth reading in the past 3.5 years. At the same time, inflation pressures …
🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 JD Vance didn't want this war. Before Trump launched the Iran strikes, Vance was reportedly "skeptical," "worried about success," and "just opposes" the whole thing. But once Trump made the call, Vance fell in line. Trump acknowledged he was "maybe less enthusiastic."… https://t.co/CQVVKMuO3a pic.twitter.com/wOLRQYFxpr — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 13, 2026 Vance already attempting …
The Pentagon has approved the deployment of a Marine Expeditionary Unit of roughly 2200 to 2500 Marines and sailors to the Middle East, according to two U.S. officials. The move comes as tensions continue to rise around the Strait of Hormuz and Iran intensifies pressure on shipping in the region. A Marine Expeditionary Unit is …
Trump says US is 'totally destroying' Iran as he issues chilling threat of more action coming TODAY https://t.co/8g9jGyOxUF — Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) March 13, 2026 Donald Trump has claimed the US is ‘totally destroying Iran’ while issuing a sinister warning that he is about to escalate the conflict. The president appeared to signal that …
The latest U.S. economic data just hit and it is far worse than most people realize. Growth is stalling, inflation refuses to disappear, and traders are now pricing in a Federal Reserve rate cut in September. The economy is slowing faster than anyone expected. The Commerce Department revised the fourth quarter GDP to 0.7 percent …
The Trump administration has now temporarily allowed Russian oil already at sea to be sold, freeing roughly 100–128 million barrels into the market. Oil had surged past $100 per barrel in the past week because of disruptions from the Iran war, blocked shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, and attacks on tankers. The move may …
.@POTUS is taking decisive steps to promote stability in global energy markets and working to keep prices low as we address the threat and instability posed by the terrorist Iranian regime. To increase the global reach of existing supply, @USTreasury is providing a temporary… — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (@SecScottBessent) March 12, 2026 The Department …