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Attorney General Pam Bondi fiercely sidestepped a question about President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who died in federal custody in 2019, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday. When Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) questioned Bondi about a report that Epstein had photos of Trump with “half-naked young women” and …
America does not need more visas for people from India. Perhaps no form of legal immigration has so displaced American workers as those from India. Enough already. We’re full. Let’s finally put our own people first. https://t.co/wcOsorvZFE — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) September 1, 2025 South Koreans chanting “we are Charlie Kirk”.. This is wild.. 👀 …
"I believe oil, by the early 2030s, could be $500 a barrel … natural gas, it could be $50 or more." @DaveHcontrarian on the massive rise in energy prices he sees up ahead. Full interview up TOMORROW. pic.twitter.com/niMuchWD7F — Jesse Day (@jessebday) October 7, 2025 Are you still going to be pro AI in 5 …
Flirty migrant tries to sweet talk ICE Barbie Kristi Noem as she sends him packing from US https://t.co/DhK4HQyzY0 — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) October 8, 2025 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15172077/ICE-Barbie-kristi-noem-arrest-illegal-immigrant.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=social-twitter_mailonline An illegal immigrant was trying to sweet talk Kristi Noem while being detained in Portland but in return she delivered a blunt message that he would never be allowed …
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5542518-trump-coin-treasury-defense/ The Treasury Department defended its plans to honor President Trump with a $1 coin as the country prepares to commemorate its 250th anniversary, arguing the occasion allows the administration to circumvent a law that only allows individuals to appear posthumously on printed currency. A Monday post from the Treasury Department said it is authorized …
https://nypost.com/2025/10/08/business/johnson-and-johnson-ordered-to-pay-966-million-in-mae-moore-baby-powder-cancer-lawsuit/?ut A Los Angeles jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $966 million to the family of a woman who died from mesothelioma, finding the company liable in the latest trial alleging its talc products cause cancer. The family of Mae Moore, a California resident who died at age 88 in 2021, sued the company …
NEW: West Palm Beach man had to be lifted by a crane from his apartment for medical attention pic.twitter.com/EVDKRk2oo4 — Unlimited L's (@unlimited_ls) October 8, 2025
Egypt Wants US Troops In Gaza As Part Of Peacekeeping Mission https://t.co/Jp5XQGdrfw — zerohedge (@zerohedge) October 8, 2025 US troops will need to deploy to Gaza if the international force of peacekeepers that President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan envisions is to become a reality, Egypt has told the US, according to two Arab officials who …
“Fuck BlackRock” chants from pr Palestine protesters outside BlackRock’s HQ in New York City. pic.twitter.com/160Uq4slJw — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) October 8, 2025
A Hollywood actress says that it’s an act of “violence” to expect young people to get married.
Federal prosecutors investigating former FBI Director James Comey for allegedly making false statements to Congress determined that a central witness in their probe would prove “problematic” and likely prevent them from establishing their case to a jury, sources familiar with their findings told ABC News. https://abc7.com/post/james-comey-indictment-central-witness-undermines-case-ex-fbi-head-prosecutors-concluded/17962588/ “The indictment followed an extraordinary chain of events that …
pic.twitter.com/RjI9OdMCa7 — Tnpb (@TiagoNsBarros) October 7, 2025 pic.twitter.com/N6rwAnAZ3M — non-stop (@non_stop95621) October 8, 2025 Netanyahu is the US monarch 👑 "America is something you can easily maneuver and move in the right direction, and even if they say something, so what?" Israel controls the US Congress, Senate and Presidency. pic.twitter.com/GmItq343VW — Ousman Babir Noor (@ousmannoor) …
The American economy is not drifting. It is running headfirst into a wall and the passengers are just realizing the brakes are gone. Seventy percent of Americans say the economy is on the wrong track, but that doesn’t capture the full collapse in confidence. It is not just pessimism. It is paralysis. The job market …
DHS Sec Kristi Noem briefs federal officials at the ICE facility in Portland, says agents have been authorized to take any necessary action against criminal protesters: "We are working with the Department of War and the Department of Justice." pic.twitter.com/0irApkQ3xA — Katie Daviscourt 📸 (@KatieDaviscourt) October 7, 2025
via Phoenix Capital Research As I noted yesterday, gold is breaking out again. The precious metal, priced in dollars, erupted higher this week breaking out of another consolidation period. This phenomenon isn’t just about the $USD. Gold has also broken out to the upside against the Euro, Yen and Franc.
Texas is launching undercover operations to “infiltrate and uproot leftist terror cells”. pic.twitter.com/u07tjSEs5d — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) October 7, 2025 “Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people.” — …
Online commentator Candace Owens recently went public with evidence showing Charlie Kirk was planning to abandon support for Israel and was killed just 48 hours after sending internal messages criticizing Jewish donors and expressing a willingness to work with Tucker Carlson. Jimmy and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss Owens’ screenshots of internal TPUSA group chats …
Jimmy and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss claims that Speaker Mike Johnson may be using the government shutdown to delay a vote that would force the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. They reference Representative Thomas Massie’s statement that he has enough votes for a discharge petition and argue Johnson is keeping Congress in recess …
Stephen Miller: “You have the Mayor of Chicago, he declared a no-go zone for ICE. How is that not insurrection?” pic.twitter.com/cAMgxLCcCP — Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) October 7, 2025 Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Monday blocking federal immigration agents from using city-owned property for immigration enforcement operations – just one day after …
via notayesmanseconomics It is a theme of these times that we see Western governments struggling. We started the week with the effective appointment of a new Japanese Prime Minister and we also had the fall of a French Prime Minister accompanied by a desperate attempts by Prime Minister Macron to keep him. The reality according …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, As I often note, making Plans B and C is free. The stock market is always looking past “bad news” to front-run “good news.” Once it became clear that the Titanic was indeed going to sink, the stock market would rally on the prospect of sharp growth in lifeboat shares. In other …
Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be deliberately rejecting a ceasefire deal currently being promoted by Donald Trump because he refuses to deviate from his true goa: to ethnically cleanse Gaza and the West Bank as part of the “Greater Israel” project. Jimmy and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss how Netanyahu helped finance Hamas as a means …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The midterm elections might be a year away, but the fight for control of the U.S. House is underway in California. Voting opened statewide Monday on whether to dramatically reshape California’s congressional districts to add as many as five Democrat-held seats in Congress — a possible offset to President Donald Trump’s …
The reality is that Obamacare is only affordable when it is heavily subsidized. The complete failure of the “Affordable” Care Act is why health insurance premiums have skyrocketed. That’s why I introduced a bill to completely—and responsibly—repeal Obamacare. Repeal the ACA, open the insurance markets in every state for all companies to compete without ridiculous …
I own 4 homes and I’m terrified. The real estate market feels like it’s standing on the edge of a cliff. My portfolio consists of 3 rentals and 1 primary. What used to feel like stability…now feels like risk. For decades, knowledge workers have fueled the housing market…the engineers, analysts, consultants, and sales reps buying …
The Trump administration taking government ownership of multiple companies and NYC going to have a socialist mayor. Who would have thought just a few years ago. — Stock Broker Moltisanti 📈💰 (@SopranosCapital) October 7, 2025 Lmao, "beginning of socialism". pic.twitter.com/X18eSwrGBZ — dream catcher (@cache_dream) October 7, 2025 If this trajectory continues, within a decade majorities …
SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Several alleged gang members with ties to the Mexican mafia were arrested following a multi-agency operation in San Pedro early Tuesday morning. Seventeen state and federal search warrants were served at various locations across the neighborhood as part of a multi-year investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department and …
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/senate-confirms-100-trump-nominees-235748533.html WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed more than 100 of President Donald Trump’s nominees in a single vote on Tuesday, marking the second time Republicans have approved candidates en masse for the Trump administration after changing congressional rules last month. Senators voted along party lines to confirm a total of 108 nominees, allowing Republicans to …
We really need to teach financial literacy and basic cost benefit analysis. Knowing what it's going to cost for that degree and then knowing what the end payout is should be essential before taking any loan. — Protect the Third (@3A_Advocate) October 7, 2025
This seems like a foolproof way to create a denial of service attack. — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) October 7, 2025