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“After months of denying it, the Trump Administration is finally admitting what we suspected all along. They are planning on raising the retirement age. For every year you raise the age, that is a 7 percent cut in benefits. As costs continue to rise, seniors living on fixed incomes are being hit the hardest. Five …
BREAKING: AOC just took to the House floor to defend her No vote on the Resolution honoring the life of Charlie Kirk. This is going to make your blood boil. AOC: “We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was… His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.” “Far …
Remember when Colbert was outraged that ABC fired Rosanne? He wasn't pic.twitter.com/tZade1RuvO — CostanzasCrypto (@CostanzasCrypto) September 19, 2025
The fee was $550 in 2020. Then it jumped to $695. Now it’s $895. That’s a 63 percent increase in five years. Meanwhile, lounges are overcrowded, travel credits are buried in fine print, and hotel upgrades are hit-or-miss. You’re paying more to fight for space and chase perks that used to be automatic. AMERICAN EXPRESS …
Returning the leased equipment, packing the furniture, etc. The show was already LOSING $40 Million Dollars A YEAR, with collapsing ratings, and ABC has paid for the heavy losses for years. He was already going to get cut, now that Government Money for leftist propagandists has ended. ABC has already paid out tens of millions …
The Biden administration’s FBI placed at least 92 Republican-aligned individuals and organizations under federal scrutiny as part of a sweeping investigation known as Arctic Frost, according to new whistleblower records released by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-era-fbi-targeted-92-conservative-groups-and-figures-including-charlie-kirk-s-turning-point/ar-AA1MNTHc Among those targeted was the group that the late Charlie Kirk founded, …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuUXpFNC8WM Earlier this week, at the Australian Financial Review Cyber Summit, cybersecurity expert Alastair MacGibbon highlighted an alarming national security risk posed by millions of China-manufactured connected devices operating across Australia. He warned that particularly internet-connected electric vehicles (EVs) represent new threat vectors for hybrid warfare operations, one in which he said these vehicles could …
Lennar Q3 earnings were a disaster. Margins collapsed as Lennar had to offer incentives to sell inventory. The housing story continues to deteriorate. pic.twitter.com/uBmRYGUmUj — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) September 19, 2025
Apparently Trump doesn’t think birds have any problems with oil spills. pic.twitter.com/Ou97yArfXB — Trump: Narcissistic conman doomed to fail (@SeditionistGop) September 19, 2025 By far the largest bird killer in the US are outdoor and feral cats. Almost 2x more than all other sources combined. If he cares about birds, he should ban unsupervised, free …
Judge gives US president 28 days to refile action after saying original filing is full of ‘vituperation and invective’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/19/trump-nyt-lawsuit-judge-ruling A federal judge tossed Donald Trump’s $15bn defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, book publisher Penguin and two Times reporters, and said the suit was filled with “vituperation and invective” and violated civil procedure …
Jimmy Kimmel smirks as he arrives at LA lawyer’s office after ABC pulled show over Charlie Kirk comments https://nypost.com/2025/09/18/media/jimmy-kimmel-spotted-after-disney-owned-abc-yanked-show-over-charlie-kirk/ A smirking Jimmy Kimmel emerged from his Los Angeles home Thursday afternoon — to drive himself to his high-powered attorney’s office — after getting canned by ABC over his offensive Charlie Kirk comments. The “Jimmy Kimmel …
Condo price collapse so far by city byu/Boo_Randy_II inHouseBuyers Insurance & HOA costs in most parts of FL have become exorbitant, while most of the Olds are on fixed incomes. Hard to believe there was ever a housing bubble in Oakland, but now the FOMO lemmings are seeing their Yellen Bux condo values grow wings …
Does anyone else find it odd that the Democrat domestic terrorists were only concerned about insurrection and injured police officers on Jan 6. On every other day they celebrate insurrection, violence, murder and mayhem. — chuck canuck (@chuckcanuck60) September 19, 2025 ICE fired some sort of chemical munition at protesters and media outside the Broadview …
New AirPods Can Translate Languages in Your Ears… https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/technology/personaltech/new-airpods-language-translation-feature.html?unlocked_article_code=1.m08.lhli.6teXl_l52J1V The technology is one of the strongest examples yet of how artificial intelligence can be used in a seamless, practical way to improve people’s lives. This week, I saw an old friend, and he caught me up on what he’d been up to over the summer. …
Is Waymo gonna cook Uber? pic.twitter.com/6nunGtjO7W — Casey Mericle (@CaseyMericle) September 18, 2025 Tesla Robotaxi price: $2.61 Uber price: $12.94 One is the future The other the past$TSLA https://t.co/XqpMYwUl81 pic.twitter.com/wiOGuAlOiM — Dalton Brewer (@daltonbrewer) September 7, 2025
An Iowa teacher who was fired after posting on social media in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s shooting death is suing the school district and its superintendent. https://abc7.com/post/matthew-kargol-oskaloosa-teacher-fired-post-wake-charlie-kirk-shooting-dues-district-supt-michael-fisher/17847825/
NEW: 🇺🇲 Donald Trump has threatened that television networks that report against him could lose their broadcasting licenses. pic.twitter.com/RViePjvsN2 — Megatron (@Megatron_ron) September 19, 2025 “They give me only bad publicity or press. I mean, they’re getting a license. I would think maybe their license should be taken away. It will be up to Brendan …
Japan is entering a phase of policy schizophrenia, balance sheet tightening without rate hikes. Markets will punish that contradiction. Expect higher yields, volatility in the yen, and stress in equity markets until the BOJ capitulates. pic.twitter.com/AvNHiU0hmh — Bobbidazzler (@DazzlerBob) September 19, 2025 When bond yields rise despite central bank rate cuts, it often signals market …
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/18/nx-s1-5542082/cdc-acip-vaccine-hepatitis-b-mmrv#:~:text=MMRV%20no%20longer%20recommended%20for%20kids%20under%204&text=At%20issue%20was%20evidence,%20presented,which%20concerned%20some%20committee%20members. On Thursday, amid a lot of confusion, the panel voted to allow the MMRV vaccine for children under 4 to continue to be paid for by the Vaccines for Children program. But on Friday morning, they reversed course. After a second vote on the same question, they removed the vaccine from that program, which …
Charlie Kirk didn't even believe in race. https://t.co/cIQtPA7YXX pic.twitter.com/jRVmPuFDBs — Kaizen D. Asiedu (@thatsKAIZEN) September 15, 2025
At a House Oversight Committee hearing, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) pressed DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson on rising crime in Washington, D.C. Jordan questioned whether the city is downgrading serious offenses to lesser charges, sparking a tense exchange over public safety and law enforcement accountability.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/18/jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk-fcc-carr.html Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr told CNBC that ABC late-night show host Jimmy Kimmel appeared to “mislead” the American public about facts regarding Charlie Kirk’s killing in the days leading up to his show’s suspension. ABC on Wednesday said it was pulling “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air “indefinitely.” Federal Communications Commission Chairman …
🇺🇦 Ukrainian Air Defence shot down 71/86 Russian drones! pic.twitter.com/JvdNQc5nsS — MAKS 25 🇺🇦👀 (@Maks_NAFO_FELLA) September 19, 2025 Quote from the Ukrainian Air Force: “As of 09:00, air defence units had shot down or jammed 71 enemy Shahed, Gerbera and drones of other types in the north, east and centre of the country. Hits by …
What do $7.5 trillion, money markets, and your future purchasing power all have in common? They’re connected — and the implications could be huge. In this episode of The Gold & Silver Show, Mike and Alan reveal how an unprecedented amount of cash that’s supposed to be “safe” is actually anything but. With warning signs …
Airlines: “We’re going to make sure 40% of our staff are black, even though they only make up 13% of America.” Charlie: “You should hire based of merit, not race.” (the same thing MLK preached) Leftists: “Charlie Kirk is a rac*st wh*te supremac*st!” h/t @ViewerOnline101
Stephen Colbert goes scorched earth on 'autocrat' Trump in defense of Jimmy Kimmel cancellation: 'blatant censorship' https://t.co/Dx52wxORu1 — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) September 19, 2025 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15113541/Jon-Stewart-jimmy-kimmel-late-night-defense.html Jon Stewart united with his late night comrades in show of solidarity with Jimmy Kimmel as the Daily Show host delivered a satirical ‘administration compliant’ show. The talk show comedians …
Charlie Kirk was scheduled to speak at CSU in Fort Collins tonight, and 10,000 people turned out anyway. This is deep blue Colorado.@TPUSA pic.twitter.com/rmaiFQ8YwP — Robbie Rose (@HelloRobbieRose) September 19, 2025 Yes, several. — Robbie Rose (@HelloRobbieRose) September 19, 2025
Bagram Air Base is a strategic asset—abandoning it under Biden’s withdrawal left $7.12B in military gear for the Taliban, now fueling regional terror. Trump’s push to reclaim it counters China’s encroachment, leveraging proximity to their nuclear sites. Critics whine about… — Watch DOGE (@dogeai_gov) September 18, 2025
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/rcna231946 The Senate confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees in a single vote on Thursday after the Republican majority triggered the “nuclear option” to make a far-reaching rule change. The party-line vote of 51-47 confirms a slew of Trump picks for sub-Cabinet positions and ambassadors. They include former Rep. Brandon Williams, R-N.Y., as undersecretary …
