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The headlines shout about a Venezuelan asylum seeker aiming to press criminal charges against President Trump. CNN reports the story but leaves out the bigger picture behind this move. This is no isolated legal action. It fits within a larger, coordinated strategy funded by activist groups and Democratic donors aiming to undermine Trump’s immigration policies. …
The media’s Epstein coverage just split into a thousand scattered pieces and nobody’s telling the whole story. The New York Post wants you focused on the House Oversight Committee dragging Ghislaine Maxwell back into the spotlight. They paint it like a righteous GOP crusade but ignore how long lawmakers and prosecutors on both sides have …
Chapters 00:00 – Introduction 02:08 – Effects of Government Shutdown and Stimulus Checks 05:45 – Impact of Low Interest Rates on Asset Classes 06:41 – Influence of Energy Prices and Outsourcing on Inflation 09:39 – Impact of Trade Policies on Manufacturing 12:51 – Trade Decisions in the Post-Pandemic Era 15:19 – Impact of Sanctions on …
Tulsi Gabbard is releasing all the old MLK files that no one wanted anymore, while Pam Bondi will be asking Ghislaine Maxwell to privately provide the DoJ a list of lost names. by David Haggith In the video that follows this editorial, you get to watch Tulsi Gabbard lie through her teeth as she and …
This isn’t just a policy misstep. It’s a blueprint for how a federal agency can burn through billions while ignoring the one job it was built to do. Buttigieg’s Department of Transportation had the money. They just didn’t use it to keep air travel safe. From townhall: “Records reviewed by the Post show that the …
Hong Kong’s banking system just entered high alert. What began as a coordinated stablecoin rollout is now unraveling into something more serious. On July 22, internal communication circulated among Hong Kong’s monetary authorities warned of acute stress across token-backed reserves and real-time settlement chains. The letter outlined scenarios where liquidity could evaporate if collateralized redemption …
Letitia James is boxed in. The New York Attorney General is now the subject of multiple lawsuits, budget scrutiny, and internal investigations—all while her office is being asked to intervene in the Colbert cancellation scandal. The timing is brutal. The legal exposure is real. On July 21, James led a coalition of 21 states in …
Obama thought the Russiagate story was buried. Tulsi just pulled out a shovel and started digging it back up. She’s not hinting, she’s accusing. Direct orders, fake intel, a coordinated op. If her files hit like she says, a few legacies are about to take serious damage. 🚨 BREAKING: Tulsi Gabbard CALLS OUT Barack Obama …
by Michael Why does everything that happens in Washington have to be so complicated? If our leaders want to discover the truth about Jeffrey Epstein, they should just follow the money. If you follow the money, that will lead to the victims. If you talk to the victims, that will lead you to the perpetrators. …
Hunter Biden unleashes brutal F-bomb tirade on top Democrats and media elites in scorched earth rant. Hunter Biden just went off on the Democratic Party: "Fuck him and everybody around him… George Clooney is not a fucking an actor. He's a brand." "James Carville hasn't won a race in 40 fucking years." "David Axelrod had …
In July 2025, Cortical Labs released something no lab had done before. The CL1 is not a prototype or proof of concept. It is a working biocomputer built from live human neurons. The brain cells are real. Grown from stem cells. Wired to silicon. Kept alive inside a sealed system that regulates heat, oxygen, and …
The FBI just closed the door on one of the largest crypto Ponzi schemes in recent history. On July 8, federal agents arrested Michael Shannon Sims and Juan Carlos Reynoso for orchestrating a $650 million fraud through a fake investment platform called OmegaPro. The indictment was unsealed in the District of Puerto Rico. Sims was …
Oregon’s Department of Land Conservation and Development finalized a rule package that rural counties are calling a death sentence. The Farm and Forest Modernization Rules take effect in January 2025. The state says it is about preserving farmland. On the ground, farmers say it is a chokehold. The rules hit agritourism first. Farm stands can …
Diners are still coming in. But they are tipping less. Not out of rudeness. Out of strain. Square data shows the average tip at sit-down restaurants dropped to 14.99% in Q2 2025. That is down from 15.4% in 2024. Toast reported a drop from 19.6% to 19.3%. That is the lowest in six years across …
JPMorgan Chase is getting ready to lend against crypto. That is confirmed. The bank is now developing loan products backed by client-held Bitcoin and Ethereum. The Financial Times reported the move on July 22. A rollout could start next year. The irony is hard to ignore. Jamie Dimon once called Bitcoin “a fraud.” Now his …
The Treasury just lit a fuse under the Fed. On July 21, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent went on CNBC and did not hold back. He called for a sweeping review of the entire Federal Reserve system. Not just interest rates. Not just monetary policy. The entire institution. His words were blunt. “All these PhDs over …
Opendoor just gave back nearly half its value in 24 hours. The stock hit $4.97 during Tuesday’s meme-driven spike. It’s now trading under $2.80. That’s a 43% drawdown. Volume exploded past 38 million shares. RSI collapsed from 71 to 39. The chart looks like a cliff. This wasn’t earnings. No news catalyst. Just raw speculation. …
Retail is cooling. Not collapsing. But the heat is gone. The latest Redbook Index shows year-over-year growth of 5.2% for the week ending July 19. That’s down from 5.9% the week prior. The sample covers 9,000 stores and represents 80% of the Commerce Department’s retail data. It’s nominal. Not inflation-adjusted. So the real story is …
The metals are not rallying. They are sounding the alarm. Gold futures tapped $3,413 this morning. Spot gold briefly broke through $3,390 before easing. Silver surged above $39. The reflation story is no longer just a theory. It is in motion. The currency bleed is on full display. Dollar index slipped below 98 again. That …
Congress just hit pause on the Epstein file release. Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed Monday there will be no vote before the August recess. That locks the chamber out for 5 weeks. No floor action. No subpoenas. No movement. The resolution to compel the Trump administration to release Epstein-related documents is shelved. Johnson said he wants …
Kansas City is staring down a failed experiment. Nearly a decade ago, the city spent $17 million to buy and renovate the Linwood Shopping Center on Prospect Avenue. The anchor tenant, Sun Fresh Market, opened in 2018 with fresh produce, seafood, and a full-service deli. It was supposed to end the food desert. It’s now …
The Senate Finance Committee just pried open a vault. Not a metaphor. A literal vault. On July 17, Senator Ron Wyden revealed that investigators uncovered 4,725 wire transfers tied to one Epstein-linked bank account. Total value: $1.1 billion. This came directly from Treasury data. The transfers were documented in Suspicious Activity Reports filed by JPMorgan …
Thomas Massie is done waiting. On July 15, he filed a discharge petition to force a floor vote on full release of the Epstein files. The resolution cuts around House leadership. If 218 members sign, the vote becomes automatic. Right now, only 16 names are on the list. Just 16. Polling from July shows 79% …
The cracks are showing. DR Horton booked $1.02 billion in net income for Q3 2025, a sharp drop from $1.35 billion a year ago. Revenue slid 7% to $9.2 billion. Closings fell to 23,160. The backlog shrank 16%. Order value dropped 19%. Gross margin slipped to 22.7%. Incentives increased. Liquidity held steady at $5.5 billion. …
Palantir printed $149.24 this morning. That’s up 104% year to date. Volume hit 23.58 million shares by midday. Market cap sits at $352.1 billion. PE ratio is 651.68. The stock hit its high of $155.68 on July 17. Since then, price faded. Weekly RSI shows negative divergence. Momentum is soft. Price is not. $PLTR is …
by Michael Is one of the biggest scandals in U.S. political history about to explode? At the end of last week, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released evidence that appears to prove that Barack Obama and his national security team manufactured intelligence in order to undermine the legitimacy of the 2016 election. If Gabbard’s …
A Bangladesh Air Force training jet slammed into a school building in Dhaka on July 21. The aircraft was an FT-7BGI, a Chinese-built variant of the Chengdu J-7. It took off at 1:06 pm local time from BAF Base Bir Uttom A. K. Khandker. Twelve minutes later, it hit the Haider Ali Building at Milestone …
Federal agents picked up a man out of Manatee County, Florida last Friday. The charge isn’t subtle. He allegedly posted public threats to kill people named on what’s been called the “Epstein client list.” That list, according to the DOJ and FBI, does not officially exist. But the arrest papers treat it as a real …
Powell avoided the rate topic entirely. No hints. No guidance. Instead, he opened the Fed’s capital rule review on July 22 with a blunt message: big banks need stronger capital buffers, and they need freedom to compete. The speech dropped at 10:04 AM Eastern. No policy lines. Just structure. Fed is reviewing how it calculates …
Life savings wagered on one-day market moonshot. That’s it. I’ve had it. My boss just sent me a passive-aggressive email at 6 AM. My landlord is raising my rent again. I’m tired of grinding away for a 3% raise every year while the whole world gets more expensive. The “slow and steady” path is a …