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The full ban on new car sales with gasoline and diesel cars will happen in 2035 Comparing UK and China 2025 data: China’s GDP $19.399 trillion (nominal; 2025) $41.016 trillion (PPP; 2025) UK GDP GDP $3.959 trillion (nominal; 2025) $4.455 trillion (PPP; 2025) h/t MazdaProphet
Restaurants are empty. Servers cannot afford the cities they work in. Third places are dying in slow motion. Profits are still fine at the top. They just raise prices until only ten people can afford a burger. You cannot build an economy on vibes and surge pricing. You need… — …
Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday urged the United States to pursue dialogue and even exert economic pressure on Venezuela’s leaders to achieve its goals, rather than threats of military action.
Stocks move lower. Microsoft is down -2% in premarket trading Stocks have taken a turn to the downside after a report from The Information that Microsoft has lowered its AI sales quotas. The NASDAQ index is now trading down -83 points. The S&P futures are implying a decline of -7 …
JUST IN: Republican Matt Van Epps is expected to win Tennessee's 7th District by just 7 points, a district Trump won by 22 points in 2024. Here are the shifts by county compared to the 2024 presidential election: Davidson: 25 points to the left.Dickson: 12 points to the left.… pic.twitter.com/WWyLHopcPn …
President Trump December 2, 2025 at Cabinet Meeting, “And I believe that at some point in the not to distant future you won’t even have income tax to pay, because the money we’re taking in is so great and so enormous that you’re not going to have income tax to …
The national median rent for apartments fell 1% in November from October, and now stands at $1,367, according to Apartment List. The national multifamily vacancy rate was 7.2% in November, a record high. The historic surge in multifamily construction over the past few years is now pulling back, but a …
Homebuyers’ demand just dropped again in late 2025 – showing that the U.S. Housing Market downturn is getting worse. NAR’s pending sales index just dropped -1.2% from last year, and is down -27% from the long-term norm. Homebuyers are on strike, and the market has gotten so bad that sellers …
Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, 30, a citizen of Afghanistan residing in Fort Worth, Texas, has been federally charged for threatening to build a bomb, conduct a suicide attack, and kill Americans and others, in a video shared on TikTok, X, and Facebook. A screenshot of a social media post that shared …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk12GgWwUVo A tractor-trailer hauling hazardous material overturned, spilling the fluid and leading to the evacuation of residents and businesses on the west side of McPherson. The McPherson fire chief says the semi was hauling 34,000 pounds of hydrochloric acid. It’s unknown how much has spilled. The truck driver made it …
Home Is Where the Heart IsAMERICA’S CHRISTMAS This Christmas, let’s celebrate the love we hold within ourselves and share it with the world around us. After all, wherever we are, we can create a home filled with endless possibilities. pic.twitter.com/VouZAtLpHU — First Lady Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) December 1, 2025
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, If each of these is not a part of any ‘reform,’ than all that is being done is pouring money into a monopolizing cartel, just in a slightly different way. Unbeknownst to those of us with little inside knowledge of the complex financial plumbing …
via Mike Maharrey After taking a breather earlier this year, central banks are once again gobbling up gold, with October purchases hitting the highest level of the year. Central banks globally increased their gold reserves by 53 tonnes (net) in October. That was up 36 percent from September, and the …
via Phoenix Capital Research The financial system is currently undergoing a tectonic shift from paper assets to hard assets. And this has the potential to create life-changing profits for those who invest accordingly. There are two reasons for this tectonic shift: The AI technology race is now a matter of …
ALARMING: New York has released almost 7,000 DANGEROUS illegals back onto city streets after vowing not to work with ICE officials. Per ICE, New York has refused to honor their detainer requests since January and has since released 6,947 illegals tied to: 29 homicides 2,509 assaults 199 burglaries 305 robberies …
by Martin Armstrong People love to blame the Federal Reserve for everything under the sun because it is easier than admitting the real problem: government. The tragic part of this entire monetary experiment is that the Fed, as originally designed in 1913, was brilliant. Each regional branch operated independently, responding …
The generational run is finishing STRONG this week: Infowars on Tuesday, Louder with Crowder on Thursday, Bradley Martyn sometime, and Piers Morgan next Monday 🔥 “This is going to be a full 10 round fight, Battle Royale, WrestleMania.” pic.twitter.com/RIJySKWRNU — Fuentes Updates (@FuentesUpdates) December 2, 2025 h/t VPN JUAN
Samsung unveils first triple-folding phone ahead of expected Apple launch — but it will cost you https://t.co/hzCuCCHYRJ pic.twitter.com/SxUqSsehhX — New York Post (@nypost) December 2, 2025 Samsung Electronics on Monday announced the launch of its first multi-folding smartphone as it races to keep pace with innovations from fast-moving rivals. The …
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is encouraging people to consider wearing face masks, among other precautions, as a number of winter viruses are spreading across the country. Health chiefs are particularly concerned about the levels of influenza, flu, after a mutation of the virus kick-started flu season more than …
Britain’s Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly a prince and the Duke of York, will be denied a six-figure compensation payout for his early eviction from a 30-room mansion on the Windsor estate due to its state of repair, the crown estate has said. In a briefing to the UK’s Public Accounts Committee …
by Martin Armstrong Governments believe the people should pay for their shortfalls. Switzerland proposed a 50% inheritance tax on fortunes above $62 million USD (50 million Swiss francs). Voters overwhelmingly said NO with 78% voting against the cash grab. Leftist Social Democrats or JUSOs stated that the government needs to …
Russia's quiet HIV epidemic continues to swell, now with 1 out of every 25 men aged 15-50 infected. Authorities now suspect the rate is much worse considering the lack of tests. pic.twitter.com/q70MX9H8NK — SPRAVDI — Stratcom Centre (@StratcomCentre) December 1, 2025 The number of people with HIV infection continues to …
The long-awaited docuseries “Sean Combs: The Reckoning” — which was announced in late September 2024 — has arrived on Netflix, and the four-episode chronicle of the life of rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is filled with darkness. From a turbulent childhood to a career that turbocharged off of tragedy in …
ACCOUNTABILITY PUSH: President Trump authorizes the U.S. Department of Agriculture to ensure only legal citizens receive assistance as 22 blue states resist SNAP data-sharing demands. pic.twitter.com/TnAhQ8itPB — Fox News (@FoxNews) December 1, 2025 The Trump administration’s new requirements for the nation’s largest food aid program went into effect Monday, with …
🤯 Pentagon cuts off communication with Germany’s Defense Ministry The Pentagon has halted its working-level contacts with Germany’s Defense Ministry, including communication related to Ukraine. The Atlantic reports this, citing German Lieutenant General Christian Freuding.… pic.twitter.com/AMeflRMEXm — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) December 2, 2025 WASHINGTON, December 2. /TASS/. The US Department of …
1,383,651 views Sep 20, 2023 #bush #archives #news President George W. Bush announced the creation of the Office of Homeland Security during an address to a joint session of Congress on Sept. 20, 2001, nine days after the 9/11 terror attacks. “Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but …
“Highly educated people almost all support the Democrats” isn’t the dunk you think it is. https://t.co/GTjI8vA01S — Micah (@micah_erfan) December 1, 2025 Every person i know that is interested in going into academia is somewhere between center right and far left. Because the Republican Party is solidly far right today, …
And they want it pre-installed with no option to remove it. India Forcing This App on Every Phone Overnight? byu/sanaaa2495 inconspiracy The telecom ministry has privately asked smartphone makers to preload all new devices with a state-owned cyber security app that cannot be deleted, a government order showed, a …
THE BILLION DOLLAR TIME BOMB NOBODY SAW COMING: WHY THE COSTCO TARIFF LAWSUIT COULD TRIGGER ECONOMIC CHAOS Costco just filed a lawsuit that could blow up Trump’s signature economic policy, and most people don’t realize how catastrophic this could become. This isn’t about whether tariffs are good or bad policy. …
