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Woman dragged from car as ex-White House aide fights off mob in 3am DC horror

Edward Coristine was attacked at 3 a.m. in Logan Circle. He shoved his partner into the car, turned to face the mob, and was beaten unconscious. “A @Doge team member saw what was happening, ran to defend her and was severely beaten to the point of concussion, but he saved her.” https://www.benzinga.com/news/politics/25/08/46952877/two-teens-arrested-after-brutal-attack-on-trumps-ex-doge-staffer-charged-with-carjacking Trump posted the …

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Inside Epstein’s Manhattan mansion where eyeballs lined the walls a rope bride hung from the ceiling and hidden cameras watched it all

BREAKING: NYT JUST DROPPED BOMBSHELL EPSTEIN MANSION PHOTOS AND DOCUMENTS New photos from inside Jeffrey Epstein’s 7-story Manhattan lair reveal exactly how he entertained the world’s most powerful people while hiding cameras in his bedroom. The entrance? Lined with dozens of prosthetic eyeballs. A sculpture of a bride clutching a rope dangled in the main …

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Foreign banks skip $42B 10 yr bond auction with no explanation. Treasury pushes supply despite saying it wouldn’t

The U.S. Treasury just tried to borrow $42 billion in a 10-year auction. The auction tailed. Demand was soft. Foreign banks didn’t show. The bonds cleared at 4.255%, nearly 0.01% above trader expectations. https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-08-06-2025/card/treasury-yields-extend-rise-after-lackluster-10-year-note-auction-HTBkouvfXmDCyCkNft6O 🚨The U.S. just tried to borrow $42B in a 10-year auction. The auction tailed, demand tanked, and even foreign banks stepped …

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Gov Healey says Trump left her no choice to gerrymander but Massachusetts hasn’t elected a GOP rep in 30 years

Governor Maura Healey says Trump and Abbott “left her no choice.” But Massachusetts hasn’t elected a Republican to Congress in 30 years. No GOP seats to defend. No red districts to flip. So what exactly is she gerrymandering? “This is an attempt to grab power, to change the rules, to determine a certain outcome,” Healey …

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US hikes Japan tariffs weeks after announcing trade deal. Market rally built on soft numbers and broken promises

The U.S. just announced a 15% tariff hike on Japanese imports. This comes two weeks after Trump declared a “massive” trade agreement with Japan on July 22, calling it “maybe the largest deal in history.” https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/22/trump-trade-deal-japan-tariff-imports/85331747007/ The July 23 agreement was supposed to lock in a 15% baseline tariff and prevent a threatened 25% hike. …

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SiriusXM plans to keep Stern’s archive not the man. Hollywood learns the hard way politics doesn’t pay

Howard Stern’s collapse is raw. From 20 million daily listeners to barely 125,000. SiriusXM insiders say his $500M contract is “no longer worth the investment” https://www.heycolleagues.com/news/howard-stern-show-cancellation-rumors-2025 Stern went political. “I hate the people who voted for him,” he said about Trump supporters. “I think they’re stup*d. I do. I’ll be honest with you, I have …

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A single software glitch has shut down a national fleet

United Airlines grounded its entire U.S. fleet Wednesday. System-wide failure. Weight and balance software collapsed. No warning. No fallback. No workaround. Flights already airborne kept moving. Everything else froze. Chicago. Newark. Houston. Denver. All dark. https://abcnews.go.com/US/united-airlines-grounds-flights-nationwide-technology-issue/story?id=124433330 Passengers stuck on tarmacs. United’s social team? Copy-paste apologies. https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/united-airlines-requests-ground-stop-over-system-outage-heres-the-list-of-affected-airports-including-chicago-ohare-newark-article-152422332 United says it wasn’t a cyberattack. No explanation why …

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Apple’s ‘Made in USA’ iPhones? Just the glass and it’s been here for years. Bringing jobs home? Just enough to dodge the next tariff.

Apple’s $2.5B expansion in Harrodsburg, Kentucky is being sold as a reshoring win. But the plant already made 90% of iPhone and Watch cover glass. The “100% made in the U.S.” headline is a rounding error dressed as a revolution. The real shift? Corning’s entire Harrodsburg facility is now Apple-exclusive. That’s not just scaling—it’s strategic …

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Prescription meds now luxury items. Vitamins spared, for now

Trump just announced a 250% tariff on pharmaceutical imports. “We want pharmaceuticals made in our country,” he told CNBC. The plan starts with a small tariff, then jumps to 150%, then 250% within 18 months. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/05/trump-says-pharma-tariffs-could-eventually-reach-up-to-250percent.html India and China are the top two drug suppliers. India shipped $9.8 billion in meds to the U.S. last …

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Layoffs surge across U.S. freight and manufacturing with over 8,700 jobs lost at FedEx Frito-Lay Target and more

Another wave of closures and layoffs has hit workers and companies tied to commercial transportation, manufacturing, lumber production, distribution and logistics across the U.S. Over the past several weeks, there have been 4,137 job cuts announced, according to media reports and Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notices. The companies facing layoffs include: Republic …

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Mueller found in dementia care home days after subpoena

Robert Mueller is in a memory-care facility. Paul Sperry confirmed it Tuesday, citing sources close to the family. The man who fronted the Russia probe is now under cognitive supervision. https://truthpress.com/news/report-robert-mueller-living-in-memory-care-facility/ He’s been subpoenaed anyway. House Oversight Chair James Comer wants him to testify on Epstein. The hearing is set for September 2. Mueller is …

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Giant blob of hot rock heading for NYC

A 220-mile-wide blob of hot rock is moving underground toward New York. Scientists call it the Northern Appalachian Anomaly. It sits 125 miles deep and drifts southwest at 12 miles per million years. That puts it on track to reach NYC in 10 to 15 million years. https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/massive-mysterious-hot-blob-beneath-eastern-us-is-moving-toward-new-york-puzzling-scientists/ar-AA1JTCD0 It formed 80 million years ago. The …

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Kennedy: “HHS has determined that mRNA technology poses more risk than benefits” in humans for respiratory viruses.

Kennedy shut down $500 million in mRNA vaccine contracts. “HHS has determined that mRNA technology poses more risk than benefits for these respiratory viruses,” he said Tuesday. The decision followed a multi-week review of 22 BARDA-funded projects targeting COVID and flu. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/05/hhs-plans-to-terminate-22-mrna-vaccine-projects-00494922 The call is overdue. mRNA vaccines break under mutation pressure. They don’t stop …

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Texas governor tries to fire lawmaker for not showing up to work, again

Abbott wants Gene Wu out. Filed with the Texas Supreme Court. Called him “ringleader of the derelict Democrats.” Wu skipped the vote with 50 others. Abbott says that’s abandonment. https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-files-lawsuit-seeking-removal-of-texas-democrat-caucus-chair-representative-wu The Texas Supreme Court has now ordered the runaway ring leader of the derelict Democrats to respond to my lawsuit by Friday. pic.twitter.com/AS2OaX0zPF — Greg …

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Valuations now near 141-year highs. It’s historically high and about to come down in a big way.

S&P 500 hits its most expensive valuation in 4 years 🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/afbN5BNL4o — Barchart (@Barchart) August 5, 2025 For those who believe the S&P 500 is reasonably valued. What an illusion. pic.twitter.com/1pRE3IHX7v — Guilherme Tavares (@i3_invest) August 5, 2025 Based on July‘s S&P 500 monthly data, the market is OVERVALUED somewhere in the range of …

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EU plans to launch digital euro in October. Lagarde points to China’s yuan to defend digital currency

The EU plans to launch its digital euro in October this year. Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, said, “It is piloted on a fairly large scale in China, [where it] is of use and of service to all citizens” https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/ecbs-lagarde-urges-eu-lawmakers-speed-up-digital-euro-law-2025-06-23/. She added, “So it is not something that is good for the …

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Republicans end federal mileage mandates blamed for $6,000 price hikes, weaker cars, and billions lost to foreign firms

Republicans just ended Federal car mileage mandates. The rules added $6,000 to the cost of a car. They siphoned billions from American car companies to foreigners. And they killed 100,000 Americans by forcing them to drive tin cans. pic.twitter.com/iaVt8bH4IM — Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) August 6, 2025 Republicans just ended federal car mileage rules …

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Europe’s free internet now monitored by toaster software that reads your messages before you hit send

The EU wants to scan your private messages before they’re encrypted. Not after. Not if flagged. Before. “The plan would mandate that messaging platforms, including WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram, must scan every message, photo and video sent by users starting in October, even if end-to-end encryption is in place” https://cointelegraph.com/news/eu-chat-control-plan-gains-support-threatens-encryption “Rather than weakening encryption directly, …

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Economy tanks but stock market hits record highs. 62% of people with salaries over $300,000 a year struggle with credit card debt

It’s clear the economy is slowing down badly and yet the market continues to hit new highs daily. Such a bizarre world. pic.twitter.com/0YaCw6mAGQ — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 6, 2025 The U.S. economy is experiencing a noticeable slowdown in mid-2025, with sluggish domestic demand growth, muted job gains, and new tariff actions poised to impact …

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Congress deletes Section 9 and Section 10 from Constitution website without warning

https://web.archive.org/web/diff/20250601021212/20250806023110/https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/ Congress.gov just deleted the only clause that blocks indefinite detention. No redirect. No archive. No explanation. Section 9, the habeas corpus firewall, is gone. Section 10, which limits federal overreach, is erased. The deletion echoes Trump aides who floated suspension weeks earlier. “The writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of …

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Shooter opens fire inside Fort Stewart base, injures several and triggers full lockdown as military scrambles to respond

An active shooter opened fire at Fort Stewart army base in Georgia. Several people were shot. Reuters confirmed, “Casualties have been reported in an active shooter incident at the Fort Stewart U.S. Army installation in the state of Georgia” https://www.reuters.com/world/us/casualties-reported-active-shooter-incident-fort-stewart-georgia-army-says-2025-08-06/ The base went into full lockdown at 11:04 a.m. Law enforcement rushed in. The shooting …

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Trump doubles down with new 25% tariff on India

President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on Indian goods effective August 6, 2025. While some reports say this pushes tariffs to 50%, that number is misleading. The Times of India explained, “President Donald Trump has imposed a 25% tariff on all Indian goods, escalating trade tensions between the United States and India” https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/donald-trump-tariffs-india-news-live-updates-russia-oil-india-us-trade-deal-tariff-impact-pm-modi/liveblog/123138458.cms. The …

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The U.S. housing market is staring at a record demand shock.

In June 2025 active home sellers outnumbered buyers by 508,715, the largest gap tracked since 2013. https://www.thetitlereport.com/articles/redfin-home-sellers-outnumber-buyers-by-record-mar-94558.aspx That translates to about 34 % more sellers than buyers nationwide. https://www.redfin.com/news/sellers-vs-buyers-price-impact Power has flipped. Realtors no longer hold the cards. Many buyers have withdrawn offers. Nearly 15 % of pending deals fell through in June, creating chaos. https://www.redfin.com/news/pending-sales-fall-through-june-2025/ Markets …

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Democrats launch map revenge battle, targeting five Republican House seats in California

California is plotting a redistricting plan aimed at eliminating five GOP House seats in direct response to Republican-led district shifts in Texas. This is not about fairness. It is about political retaliation and power play across state lines. California Democrats are eyeing maps that could shrink GOP-held seats from nine down to four. The proposed …

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Our Standard Of Living Is Collapsing And 25 Percent Of U.S. Households Are Skipping Meals So They Will Have Enough Money To Pay Their Bills

by Michael Are you old enough to remember when you could buy a really nice house for less than $50,000? Today, the average price of a home in the United States is more than half a million dollars. Of course everything else has become dramatically more expensive as well. I just asked Google, and I …

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China imposes COVID-style lockdowns as chikungunya infects thousands

China has more than 7,000 chikungunya cases mostly in Guangdong. The virus spreads by mosquitoes and causes fever and bad joint pain that can last a long time. The U.S. CDC said travelers should “exercise increased caution.” https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/cdc-chikungunya-warning-china-20803276.php China is using strict COVID-style rules to fight this virus. Sick people must stay in hospital. When …

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US economy flirts with stagflation while Starbucks wonders where the customers went

“The ISM Services prices paid index jumped to 69.9, signaling rising costs, while services employment fell to 46.4, indicating contraction in jobs.” https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-services-activity-flatlined-july-ism-data-shows-2025-08-05/ “U.S. factory orders dropped 4.8% in July, matching forecasts but showing weakening manufacturing demand.” https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-factory-orders-drop-july-2025-08-04/ “Goldman Sachs reported a net downward revision of 258,000 jobs over May and June 2025, the largest …

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