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by Michael Did the world just get the miracle that it desperately needed? Less than two hours before the deadline that President Trump had set, a deal was announced for a two week ceasefire. If a deal had not been reached, Trump had promised that Iran’s entire power grid and all of their major bridges …
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump says the US is currently involved in a "HEATED" negotiation with Iran. There's a possible 2-week extension of the deadline for a deal with Iran. pic.twitter.com/WsATJKr25m — The Patriot Oasis™ (@ThePatriotOasis) April 7, 2026 Donald Trump has said he is in ‘heated negotiations’ with Iran as the two sides review a …
Anthropic’s run-rate revenue hit $30 billion, triple what it was three months ago. To keep up with demand, the company locked in 3.5 gigawatts of Google TPU capacity through Broadcom, enough to power a mid-sized city. More than 1,000 businesses now pay seven figures annually for Claude. At the end of 2025, Anthropic was generating …
LONDON, April 7 – European and Asian refiners are paying record high prices of near $150 a barrel for some crude oil grades, far exceeding prices for paper futures, highlighting the worsening supply crisis from the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. The Iran war has forced the shutdown of at least 12 million barrels per day …
During the 2008 Democratic primary, Hillary Clinton said in an ABC interview:“I want the Iranians to know that if I am the president, we will attack Iran.” She was answering a hypothetical question: What would the U.S. do if Iran launched a nuclear attack on Israel? She added that the U.S. would be able to …
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently filed a lawsuit against the 5 largest TV brands in the United States over their use of “Automatic Content Recognition” “If you are showing family photos or family homemade movies on your smart tv, automatic content recognition is taking a screen capture twice a second, every half a second. …
America markets got played by insiders again. * Axios posts story pushed by administration insiders of peace talks, moments after billions in stock futures are bought. * Those stocks are dumped just 20 minutes before explosions heard on Khrag island. Criminal corruption! America markets got played by insiders again. * Axios posts story pushed by …
Guest Post by John W. Whitehead “We’re fighting wars, we can’t take care of … daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things… We have to take care of one thing: military protection.”—President Donald J. Trump “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are …
İstanbul Beşiktaş'ta bulunan Büyükdere Caddesi'nde silah sesleri duyulması üzerine bölgeye çok sayıda polis ekibi sevk edildi https://t.co/bcG5wPLJtr pic.twitter.com/zTrSJuCERQ — Anadolu Ajansı (@anadoluajansi) April 7, 2026 Gunmen open fire near Israeli consulate in Istanbul in possible ISIS-linked attack A spokesperson for Israel’s Foreign Ministry told The Jerusalem Post that the consulate is not staffed. Three gunmen …
He is insane. I am as MAGA as they get. I was a Front Row Joe, 42 rallies, walked the halls of congress 3 times for Trump, became a state delegate, then a national delegate ALL TO SUPPORT TRUMP. He has absolutely lost me, in fact I'm eyeing the 25th amendment for him because… https://t.co/gQ3xptKrH3 …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV-fYkf6BbA Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter joins the show to provide a critical breakdown of Donald Trump’s recent foreign policy maneuvers and why he believes a pivotal opportunity for success resulted in a total collapse. This deep dive explores the strategic implications of these decisions and examines the widening gap between political rhetoric and …
CBS reveals VERY pointed replacement for Stephen Colbert's money-losing, woke talk show as it limps towards its final show https://t.co/1R1Vjhnmex — Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) April 6, 2026 CBS is replacing ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ with a 20-year-old, half-hour-long, long-syndicated comedy show that studiously avoids politics. Two consecutive episodes of Byron Allen’s ‘Comics …
“Food insecure—At times during the year, these households were uncertain of having or unable to acquire enough food to meet the needs of all their members because they had insufficient money or other resources for food. Food-insecure households include those with low food security and very low food security. 13.7 percent (18.3 million) of U.S. …
Claims over 150 million lives saved from vaccines since 1974.. Science shows what is possible. From breakthrough medicines and clean air to life-saving vaccines and new discoveries — science works for all of us, every day. This #WorldHealthDay, let's come together and #StandWithScience. 💙 pic.twitter.com/eLZz6EwSsp — World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) April 7, 2026 Anyway, …
Chaos at Massachusetts hospital as it faces emergency straight out of The Pitt https://t.co/nwdtzdneWd — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) April 7, 2026 A hospital in Massachusetts has been plunged into chaos following a cyberattack, diverting ambulances and disrupting services – in a scene straight out of The Pitt. Signature Healthcare and Brockton Hospital announced on Monday …
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When the fortress starts building a moat against $120 oil, the narrative has flipped. Iran War Risks Oil Price Shocks: Dimon JPMorgan CEO warns of sticky inflation, higher interest rates amid geopolitical tensions. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon cautioned that the war in Iran poses a significant risk of oil and commodity price shocks, potentially …
President Donald Trump said ‘Tuesday will be power plant day’ and added that the US plans to start bombing electricity infrastructure unless Iran opens the Strait of Hormuz. Al Jazeera’s Hala Al Shami looks at the dangers of potential attacks. pic.twitter.com/iHUSM0Haye — Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) April 7, 2026 If Donald Trump follows through on …
by Michael Both sides in this war fundamentally misunderstand one another, and we are all going to pay a very great price as a result. The Iranians are convinced that if they can just inflict enough pain on the global economy the Trump administration will be forced to end the war and give Iran everything …
by Michael Even the mainstream media is now openly admitting that shortages are coming. But right now I am seeing so much apathy about the war in the Middle East and the global supply chain disruptions that are happening right in front of our eyes. So many people seem to be convinced that the war …
🇮🇷 Statement by the IRGC: "From now on, certain considerations regarding good neighborliness and self-restraint have ended. We will deal with the infrastructure of the United States and its partners in the Persian Gulf in such a way that they will be deprived of the region's… https://t.co/Jzd72kVcIn pic.twitter.com/ud4ayXDJX9 — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 7, 2026 …
🇮🇷 BREAKING: Kharg Island under attack — Tousi TV (@TousiTVOfficial) April 7, 2026 Kharg Island today. pic.twitter.com/1GFPHody2P — 𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 🇮🇷 ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) April 7, 2026 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷⚡️NOW: Explosions reported in Iran's Kharg Islanad, The Island's dock was reportedly struck. pic.twitter.com/Xg10Vcm4vm — MonitorX (@MonitorX99800) April 7, 2026 BREAKING: IRANIAN MEDIA REPORTS US/ISRAEL LAUNCHED ATTACK ON KHARG …
Latest updates at the top: Ayatollah orders all military units to stop launching missiles. https://www.iranintl.com/en/202604080768 Gold isn’t buying the ceasefire. A 3% spike during a “de-escalation” window means the big money is still positioning for a systemic break. The dominos index closest to The Pentagon just spiked BREAKING: Iran’s Supreme National Security Council formally accepted …
by confoundedinterest17 Trump’s threats of bombing Iran back to the stone age continues. But the impact on Treasury yields is interesting. As the US economy continues to grow, the US Treasury curve takes on the familiar upward slope. With rising long rates. Particularly when compared to the negative humped yield curve of a year ago. …
via Phoenix Capital Research War is inherently inflationary for the following reasons: Governments ramp up spending to fund the war effort: weapons, personnel, logistics, and reconstruction. The potential for supply side disruptions: in a globalized world, war can disrupt the production of natural resources as well as their shipping routes. Regarding #1, the Trump administration …
Trump just said that his Tuesday “Living Hell” deadline is final. No TACO Tuesday this time around: https://detroitnews.com/story/news/world/2026/04/06/trump-iran-deal-tuesday-deadline/89484623007/ Ed Yardeni says that these next two days will test his “bottom call”. Let’s just say that if I needed a crack dealer I would have Ed Yardeni on speed dial: https://cnbc.com/2026/04/06/yardeni-says-next-two-trading-days-will-test-his-call-that-the-market-bottom-is-in.html I agree this much with …
The highest gas prices in America. For Connie Lear, driving even her hybrid car is a luxury she can rarely afford. Lear lives in the rural town of June Lake, California, a picturesque community of 300 people near Yosemite National Park and the Nevada state line. June Lake is part of Mono County, which has …
@CIADirector : “CIA executed a deception campaign to confuse the Iranians, who were desperately hunting for our airmen. On Saturday morning, we achieved our primary objective by finding and providing confirmation that one of America’s best and bravest was alive… Following the successful exfiltration on Saturday night, our intelligence reflects that the Iranians were embarrassed, …
TLDR: JPMorgan slapped a $145 price target on TSLA (Sell rating), calling ~60% downside, after Tesla missed Q1 deliveries by ~7,600 units and built a 50,000-unit inventory surplus. https://finance.yahoo.com/video/jpmorgan-warns-tesla-stock-could-sink-60-in-new-note-heres-why-142000095.html Seems $TSLA is forming shoulder-head-shoulder formation pic.twitter.com/ftNx6D7Kno — Data Driven Stocks (@stockdatamarket) April 6, 2026 Tesla is probably the prefect reflection on how the stock market …
Iran is not backing down. The opposite! They are striking Gulf infrastructure hard tonight, preparing to announce ownership of the Strait of Hormuz, and threatening to close the Bab al-Mandab Strait Tomorrow is gonna be the beginning of a very ugly phase for humanity I am so… https://t.co/E9ln4v8hAp — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 6, 2026 …