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😮 DOUBLE WHAMMY TODAY! (Usually one and done.)An additional $78M borrowed from the Federal Reserve Lender of Last Resort in the afternoon operation!$GME Bears Beware! Today is C35 after BRKA Short Volume spiked and UBS raised $824M in AT1 bonds (9/23) https://t.co/y1xpaPso4s — WhatCanIMakeToday (@WhatCanIMT) October 29, 2025 UBS, You OK? Looks like you picked …
The UK now ranks #8 worldwide for VPN adoption There’s been over 10.7 million VPN downloads in the first half of 2025 The Online Safety Act appears to be behind what could be another record breaking year The UK has become one of the world’s fastest-growing VPN markets, according to independent research by Cybernews. Additionally, the …
The wildest EBT chaos caught on camera! In this video, we’re diving deep into Food Stamp Freakouts — from public meltdowns at the benefits office to checkout line drama, card denials, and confrontations over stolen EBT cards. You’ll see people losing it over their food stamp balances, arguing with cashiers, and blaming everyone but themselves. …
Police already arrested two men in their 30s from a Paris suburb last weekend. LONDON — Five more suspects have been arrested in connection to the the Oct. 19 jewel heist at the Louvre museum in Paris, according to Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau. The arrests took place on Wednesday in the Seine-Saint-Denis region in the …
pic.twitter.com/yBKT7SXdx5 — Jeff Rains (@jeffreyrains04) October 28, 2025 pic.twitter.com/1Rf22T1ddW — Stone tossers (@Stone_tossers) October 28, 2025
via Oilprice: Chinese automakers have introduced a new solid-state battery technology that offers double the energy density of current market models, potentially powering electric vehicles for 800 miles on a single charge. Solid-state batteries are safer and more stable than traditional lithium-ion batteries due to their solid electrolyte, enabling faster charging and eliminating fire hazards. …
Key points: S.237, filed by state Sen. Paul Feeney, D-Foxborough, would limit grocery stores to eight self-service checkout stations. It would also require stores with self-checkout stations to have a minimum of one manual checkout station operating for every two self-checkout stations. Employees would not be allowed to manage more than two self-checkouts at one …
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian authorities on Tuesday carried out a cloud-seeding experiment over smog-choked New Delhi in an attempt to induce rainfall and clear the city’s toxic air, which has sparked anger among residents. A plane sprayed chemicals into clouds over some areas of the Indian capital to encourage rain and wash pollutants from …
Authored by Lau Vegys via InternationalMan.com, Jerome Powell, the Fed’s chairman, recently gave the clearest signal yet that the Federal Reserve’s so-called “quantitative tightening” is about to end. Speaking at the National Association for Business Economics conference in Philadelphia recently, Powell said: “Our long-stated plan is to stop balance sheet runoff when reserves are somewhat …
Erika Kirk’s full speech from the This Is the Turning Point Tour at Ole Miss@MrsErikaKirk pic.twitter.com/8m5amnPNPP — Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) October 30, 2025
Boeing Hit With $4.9BN Charge After Another 777X Delay Pushes Plane Debut To 2027 https://t.co/yNB0RsmMbG — zerohedge (@zerohedge) October 29, 2025 Boeing is back to its old ways: Shares of the aerospace giant slumped after Boeing announced a $4.9 billion accounting charge and another delay for its 777X jetliner, now expected to enter service in …
CA state retirement fund lost 71% of $468M put in clean energy, won’t say how. CETF losses show “the combined dangers of private equity and ESG investment — you have a very opaque investment choice that appears to have been chosen because of its green credentials, and yet it’s now generated a huge loss for …
That gap in growth tells a bigger story. Mississippi and West Virginia passing France and Germany in GDP per person shows the old balance is breaking apart. America’s roughest states are still grinding, building, producing, while Europe keeps talking in circles about what used to work. The energy boom and tech push here run on …
“Few politicians have more on the line outside the actual candidates than Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez… Democrats say Mamdani’s successes and failures could either be a huge boost to her or be a drag on a future campaign… ‘I’d say she has more at stake maybe even than Mamdani because of what she’s competing for,’ said …
Putin dropped a nuclear-powered torpedo story the same week one of his Balkan allies got off the hook in Washington and a Russian drone wandered over a NATO base. “Putin said the Poseidon drone was tested while running on nuclear power for the first time Tuesday… describing it as a ‘huge success’… the nuclear reactor …
IT’S OFFICIAL: The Democratic Party Is Now Straight Up Socialist. When socialist Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral primary, we said that the concern expressed by some Democrats was phony, because they didn’t want to admit just how far left their party had drifted. Now, they’ve given up that pretense entirely. On Friday, …
Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 4 as it heads for Cuba after Jamaica disaster. 735,000 evacuated; heavy floods feared. Read more on https://t.co/ktRjVA3jqq#HurricaneMelissa #Cuba #Jamaica #Storm #Weather #Disaster pic.twitter.com/3OkOspyulq — shorts91 (@shorts_91) October 29, 2025 Hurricane Melissa pummeled Cuba early Wednesday after leaving a path of destruction across Jamaica, where 25,000 tourists remain stranded and …
https://downdetector.com/ ZDNET’s key takeaways Microsoft Azure went down globally today. Microsoft customer-facing services such as Microsoft 365 and Outlook were affected. We don’t know why it happened or when it will be fixed. Last week, Amazon Web Services (AWS) went down, and many of us were miserable. This week, it’s Microsoft Azure’s turn to fall …
BREAKING: New video shows the catastrophic damage from Category 5 Hurricane Melissa in Black River, Jamaica. So sad. pic.twitter.com/IUQRhVGSK4 — Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) October 29, 2025
ARREST HER: Illinois State Rep Margaret Croke Sent Out an Email Doxxing ICE Agents, Lists Their Cars and License Plate Numbers, Putting Agents at Extreme Risk https://t.co/k8DdAyq66r — The Gateway Pundit (@gatewaypundit) October 24, 2025 CHICAGO — As state officials continue seeking ways to counter aggressive immigration enforcement activity under President Donald Trump’s “Operation Midway …
You can smell the anger across the UK tonight. Decent people have had enough… — John James (@JohnJamesNI) October 28, 2025 There will be civil war. https://t.co/PRUt7ePicg — Gad Saad (@GadSaad) October 29, 2025 Civil war in Britain is inevitable. Just a question of when. https://t.co/SpmcPkziZr — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 29, 2025
Trump on possible third term: ‘I’m not allowed to run. It’s too bad’
The United States is continuing its military campaign to target alleged drug smugglers, with War Secretary Pete Hegseth announcing Tuesday the latest series of strikes on vessels in the Eastern Pacific. On Monday, the United States carried out three strikes on four alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Eastern Pacific, killing 14 and leaving one survivor. …
🚨 BREAKING BLACKROCK IS SELLING CRYPTO AHEAD OF THE FED CHAIR SPEECH TODAY. THEY JUST SOLD 17,700 $BTC WORTH $2 BILLION AND KEEP DUMPING MORE EVERY FEW HOURS. DO THEY KNOW RATE CUTS ARE CANCELLED?? pic.twitter.com/bT3FXeddA7 — 0xNobler (@CryptoNobler) October 29, 2025 This isn’t a good sign. 🚨 That’s the second Treasury company I’ve seen …
Elon Musk’s polarizing political actions since acquiring Twitter, later rebranded X, in 2022 dramatically hurt the automaker’s U.S. sales, underscoring how deeply its fortunes are intertwined with the billionaire’s persona. The findings quantify for the first time how the political actions of the world’s wealthiest person – including his role in U.S. President Donald Trump’s …
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 60, including children, local officials say https://xtwitter.com/AP/status/1983422254189855091
