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🗣️The US is shifting to a full “global maritime blockade strategy,” Chinese policy adviser Gu Dingguo tells SCMP. 🔸After observing Iran’s leverage over Hormuz, the US will next target the Strait of Malacca — through which 80% of China’s oil and 90% of its sea trade flows. 🔸Recent US-Indonesia defense pacts, overflight rights talks, and …
TL;DR The FCC has updated the FAQ on its ban of foreign-made Wi-Fi routers. The update adds that the ban also covers foreign-made portable Wi-Fi hotspots and LTE/5G CPE devices. Mobile phones with hotspot features remain safe from the ban. The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently banned all foreign-made consumer-grade Wi-Fi routers. While there …
Nato says there is no provision for member states to be suspended or expelled from the military alliance after a report said the US could seek to suspend Spain over its Iran war stance. Reuters quoted a US official who said an internal Pentagon email had suggested measures for the US to punish allies it …
NYT frames this as if USAID employees had a quasi-property right to high-paying, taxpayer-funded jobs. In reality, this tells a darker story—we spent half-a-century debt-financing a managerial class of Leftists whose only qualifications were ideological. https://t.co/c6UEuewmTO — Senator Eric Schmitt (@SenEricSchmitt) April 23, 2026 The Vice President of the USA only earns $235,100.The Speaker of …
Multiple risk stack flagged, macro shock, private credit stress, AI valuation reset risk combined. Global stock markets are too high and set to fall, says Bank of England deputy “The thing that really keeps me awake at night is the likelihood of a number of risks crystallising at the same time – a major macroeconomic …
The SPLC wasn't paying for the "infiltration" of "hate groups" (not including Antifa, by the way). It was supervising the posting of racist hate messages and helping with the transport of agitators who provoked riots. We all can read the grand jury indictment, which isn't… https://t.co/NA0VNO1D6P pic.twitter.com/5PbeG4xRkc — Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) April 23, 2026 That's …
They spent years calling tough policing racist and now act shocked when reversing it actually works. Blue city’s staggering 40% violent crime drop a ‘blueprint for other cities,’ law enforcement expert says. Data from the Memphis Police Department shows violent crime is down over 40% so far in 2026 compared to the same period last …
Senior cleric says no one in Iran seeking deal with US A senior Iranian cleric said no one in the country is pursuing an agreement with the United States, reflecting hardline opposition to negotiations. “No one is even talking about an agreement with America,” Ahmad Alamolhoda, a senior cleric in Mashhad, said, adding that talks …
یک شهروند ویدیویی به ایراناینترنشنال ارسال کرده و در توضیح آن نوشته که نیروهای عراقی وابسته به جمهوری اسلامی با پرچم آن کشور در خیابانهای تهران مستقر هستند. pic.twitter.com/m90bDh3MFP — ايران اينترنشنال (@IranIntl) April 24, 2026 The US State Department said it is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information on Hashim …
Russia has removed Kazakh crude oil from its May delivery schedule through the Druzhba pipeline, directly threatening supplies to Germany’s PCK Schwedt refinery — a facility located 100 kilometres from Berlin that provides approximately 90 percent of fuel to the German capital and its northeastern region. Moscow cited reduced technical capacity following Ukrainian drone strikes …
How is Barron Trump, with learning difficulties, suddenly worth $120m? asks The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal. He’s cashing in, like others around his father raking in billions, from insider knowledge and trading
Tony (Al Pacino) and Manny (Steven Bauer) start working for Frank (Robert Loggia), where Tony meets Frank’s very attractive wife, Elvira (Michelle Pfeiffer) for the first time. Scarface (1983): In the spring of 1980, the port at Mariel Harbor was opened, and thousands set sail for the United States. They came in search of the …
Latest updates at the top: Trump admin just slapped new sanctions on a China-based oil refinery along with dozens of tankers and crypto wallets tied to Iranian shipments as Hormuz seizures drag on. Trump is using a “two-track” strategy today: sending his top private dealmakers to Islamabad while surrounding Iran with the largest naval carrier …
WATCH: Bullfighter José Antonio Morante de la Puebla in ‘very serious’ condition after 10-centimeter horn goring in Seville, Spain pic.twitter.com/3iwCxZ26MP — Rapid Report (@RapidReport2025) April 20, 2026 🚨🇪🇸 MORANTE DE LA PUEBLA, EN ESTADO MUY GRAVE TRAS CORNADA El torero José Antonio Morante de la Puebla sufrió una cornada de aproximadamente 10 cm con perforación …
Reporter: “Are you angry at China for sending stuff to Iran?” Trump: “No, we do the same thing, don’t we, with other countries? It’s one of those things.” The most honest sentence about geopolitics in years. Everyone arms their allies. Pretending otherwise is the lie. https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/2047443888852320332 Factcheck: China isn’t in any active armed conflict. It …
by Michael This is starting to get really weird. For months, people have been talking about the growing list of U.S. scientists that were working on sensitive projects related to our space or nuclear programs that have either suddenly died or mysteriously disappeared. Of course if someone mysteriously disappears and never comes back, it is …
by Michael A lot of people out there seem to think that the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz is not that big of a deal, and that is because we aren’t feeling the consequences yet. By the end of this month, the last oil tankers that left the Persian Gulf before the war with …
Sounds like one full time person might be too much, maybe they can split an office with someone else 😆🤷smh wtf pic.twitter.com/nMp1iJwWCX — Mattyferari (@Mattyferari) April 22, 2026 Factcheck: Yes, RFK Jr.’s statement is accurate. CDC data confirms 1-3 human rabies cases per year in the US on average (17 total from 2015-2024, often fewer …
A man uses a dissolved solids meter to test the water quality of both fresh rainwater and his city tap water, and the results he finds are going shockingly viral, with rainwater measuring almost as pure as it can be at 2 ppm, while his city water is well over 300 ppm. In case… pic.twitter.com/KZQOnUs2g0 …
Patel sued The Atlantic over an article that alleges excessive drinking and unexplained absences at the agency, and that at one point he thought he was fired. Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are demanding that FBI Director Kash Patel fill out a screening test used to assess “harmful patterns of alcohol consumption and routinely …
Former officer arrested for alleged shooting plot in New Orleans By Danielle Haynes April 23 (UPI) — Law enforcement in Louisiana announced Thursday that they arrested a former police officer from North Carolina on allegations he planned to carry out a mass shooting at a New Orleans music festival. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested …
Iranian state media reports that Iranian forces took custody of two trade vessels in the Strait of Hormuz after opening fire on the ships Video shows gunmen seizing commercial ships, Iran says h/t b4its2l8
🚨BREAKING: TRUMP HITS 23% APPROVAL RATING WITH INDEPENDENTS LOWEST OF ALL TIME pic.twitter.com/xskKwG6HVk — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) April 22, 2026 Fox News poll shows Americans prefer Democrats to Republicans on the economy (D+4) for the first time since 2010. pic.twitter.com/0x7It7yrNg — Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) April 23, 2026
Three paths to restored oil flows after Hormuz opening. Best case: 4 months. Base case: 6 months Worst case: 12 months & structural break. You can reopen flows. You can’t restore time.#OilMarkets #Hormuz #EnergyCrisis #Geopolitics pic.twitter.com/LnsMNci8Hy — Art Berman (@aeberman12) April 22, 2026 Meanwhile: It's a deliberate takedown of global energy infrastructure. The real goal …
The size of the Chinese strategic petroleum reserve is mind blowing: larger than US + Japan + the whole of Western Europe COMBINED byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts
The Chief Justice and His Wife Took $20 Million From Firms He Rules On. I’m Filing for His Disbarment Today. Over sixteen years of federal financial disclosure forms, Chief Justice John Roberts mischaracterized more than twenty million dollars in household income from law firms appearing before the Supreme Court. He concealed his wife’s equity stake …
Shadow banking is basically the 2008 subprime sequel but with different branding. the sec poking around now means the smoke is finally getting too thick to ignore. Private credit firms have been marking their own homework for years with these valuations, and we all know how that ends. U.S. Officials Try to Get a Grip …
The biggest reason they’re leaving is the economy (inflation and worried about losing their job). The second reason is the high price of homeowners insurance. Third is they’ve bought over priced piece of shit vehicles for 100K, with payments spread over 96 months, which is insane. US buyers walk away from deals with cancellations at …
Most of you probably knew this already, but the way he explains it in the simplest terms really drives the point home. If you’re searching for the end times false prophet, just look to the false profits and their profiteers; the profiteers are the false prophets of our day and time. h/t Sir P. …
Another UFO researcher found dead David Wilcox. Claims he would never harm himself back in 2022 byu/FeelsAmazingManGun inconspiracy In 2022 he felt the need to let people know he would never be suicidal. He was on to something important. 4 years later he dies by suicide… alongside of the 10 other scientists and researchers …