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HOLY CRAP! President Trump has caused NY Governor Kathy Hochul to reverse course, and she is now DEMANDING judges stop releasing dangerous criminals from jail back onto the streets. “Come on judges! I need the judges to step up! I’m surprised at the number of judges…they do not hold someone on bail who, common sense …
Private equity firms like BlackRock and Blackstone are acquiring U.S. electric utilities, raising concerns about monopolistic control and skyrocketing electricity rates. Historical examples, such as California’s 2000–2001 energy crisis, demonstrate how privatization can lead to price gouging, rolling blackouts, and market manipulation for profit. Critics warn that these acquisitions exploit political influence, labor allies, and …
Crime in chicago has hit levels that make the law abiding feel endangers on a daily basis, from stores loosing 100’s of thousands to looters, to dunkin’ donuts covered in bullet proof glass, a debate rages over how to make chicago safer than it is today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZC06jc4QOY
#NASDAQ100 $QQQ $NDX #NQ_F 📉 👀https://t.co/4emZtssBxP — Invariant Perspective (@InvariantPersp1) August 26, 2025 Jerome Powell revealed the jobs market is suffering from a “much larger” slowdown than initially reported. https://newrepublic.com/post/199467/federal-reserve-jerome-powell-economy-worse
via notayesmanseconomics This morning has revived a topic that had gone quiet for a while and so let me hand you over to Le Monde. François Bayrou has chosen not to endure political instability but to precipitate it in order to better extricate himself from it. On Monday, August 25, the Prime Minister announced that a …
The Guardian: "Israel’s attack on hospital in Gaza may constitute a war crime on many fronts. Double-tap strike suggests killing of civilians, rescue workers and journalists deliberate and not a mistake." 20+ killed including 5 journalists. They can kill specific people with Palantir drones, so why? byu/megapwn1 inconspiracy Video of the Nasser hospital strike: “Israeli …
Zelensky chooses the meeting place with Putin and demands strong cards from allies for negotiations 😂 ‘This week there will be contacts with Turkey, contacts with the Persian Gulf countries, with European countries that can become platforms for talks with the Russians. On our… pic.twitter.com/DOYPuOeeqK — Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) August 26, 2025 🇺🇦🇷🇺🇩🇪 RUSSIA IS DONE! …
How the HELL is Trump demanding rate cuts not a direct conflict of interest? -Trump empire tied to real estate -Entire fam heavily into crypto -Extended fam run PE/VC/investment firms -DTJ buys ~$100m worth of bonds This is absolutely absurd the more I think about it How the HELL is Trump demanding rate cuts not …
BREAKING: DeSANTIS PLANS TO END PROPERTY TAXES IN FLORIDA Ron DeSantis says the government has no business charging you rent for a home you already bought. His goal? A constitutional amendment to drastically lower, or wipe out, property taxes completely. He slammed local officials for spending like lottery winners every time property values rise, calling …
Bitcoin bloodbath coming, whales dump billions and flee! Dump your Bitcoin before the whole Ponzi collapses into dust. Anyone paying attention knows how worthless and un-sustainable this market is. The “long-term holders” and maxis have already cashed out big, data proves they’re pocketing more this cycle than any prior cycle. When… pic.twitter.com/9OFmYI7W7G — Jacob King …
What if your gold could actually pay you every month… in MORE gold? That’s exactly what Monetary Metals does. You still own your gold, fully insured in your name, but instead of sitting idle, it earns real yield paid in physical gold. No selling. No trading. Just more gold every month.
WHITE HOUSE REPORTER FOR NDTV IN JAPAN EXPLAINS HER EXPERIENCE WITH WASHINGTON DC CRIME, AS SHE WAS PISTOL WHIPPED DURING A ROBBERY ATTEMPT NEAR THE CAPITOL.pic.twitter.com/kKxoAeLosD — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) August 26, 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has rejected four phone calls from US President Donald Trump as the countries’ relations sour, a German newspaper reported. The report in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (F.A.Z.) claimed that Modi remained frustrated and cautious about engaging in dialogue due to mounting pressure over tariffs. The US threatened India with a 25% …
85 cities in Britain where local authorities were complicit in the rape of children … https://t.co/20tp9VFFAv — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 26, 2025 I would like to help fund legal actions against corrupt officials who aided and abetted the rape of Britain, per the official government inquiry. Please reply below for consideration. https://t.co/20tp9VFFAv — Elon …
WOW! Trump just DOUBLED DOWN and said that the Autopen pardons are WORTHLESS! They should all be voided and then every last person pardoned should be PROSECUTED! “All those pardons he gave to some very bad people, very unpatriotic people, very evil people, it looks to me like those pardons are worthless.” I found the …
Insane — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 25, 2025
A presidential election in Ukraine should be one of the immediate conditions imposed for any further discussions about long term peace agreements. 1. Have a national referendum to vote for a new president. 2. As part of this national election, have the eastern Donbasses, under… https://t.co/iyhPxqeKrC — General Mike Flynn (@GenFlynn) August 20, 2025 Zelensky …
BREAKING: The Trump administration plans to reportedly remove COVID-19 vaccines from the US market within months, per Newsweek — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) August 25, 2025 🚨 BREAKING: RFK Jr. is About to BAN the Covid Vaccine! Sources close to Kennedy report Trump will pull the shots off the market “within months." Even if the ban causes …
Aug 26 (Reuters) – Eli Lilly (LLY.N), opens new tab said on Tuesday its experimental GLP-1 pill helped overweight adults with type 2 diabetes shed 10.5% of body weight in a late-stage trial, after recent data from another study of the drug in patients without diabetes sent company shares tumbling. Shares of the drugmaker rose …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -AT&T said on Tuesday it will purchase key wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar for about $23 billion, as the the U.S. telecom provider seeks to boost its network in a competitive market. In June, President Donald Trump prodded satellite communications and Dish TV parent EchoStar and Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr to …
They are out of their minds. I just don't get how a single person votes for a democrat at this point. They want our cities filled with anarchy and chaos. — Kate (@kate_p45) August 25, 2025
Dental amalgam, commonly used in fillings, is approximately 50% mercury by weight. Unfortunately, it leaches into your body and has the potential to harm your health. Today, I issued guidance recommending against amalgam for dental fillings. Safer alternatives exist. Patients… pic.twitter.com/tZ8DMQFuJb — Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, PhD (@FLSurgeonGen) August 25, 2025 State Surgeon General Dr. …
Tim Walz is a deeply disturbed individual. Here he is coming unglued over a "stupid frickin' red hat" and suggesting people burn flags with President Trump's photo on them. pic.twitter.com/QwMryOCc1c — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 25, 2025 Democrats don't want Trump to send the National Guard to help make their cities safer, but were …
Despite allusions to nepotism and corruption, the Commerce Department hasn’t made clear what it wants to do with the newly clawed-back funds. The U.S. Commerce Department has seized control of a $7.4 billion semiconductor research fund from the National Center for the Advancement of Semiconductor Technology (NATCAST), a private non-profit set up during the Biden …
Don’t expect this two-minute clip to repeat on CNN or MSNBC. “And one thing that I would like that I wanted to say to you is that America’s role, not as a keeper of peace, but a maker of peace, is emerging more evidently.” “Many wars in Europe, in Asia, in Africa, and in the …
“China has to give us magnets. If they don't, we charge a 200% tariff or something. Nobody needed magnets until they convinced everybody 20 years ago let’s all do magnets." – Trump ????? pic.twitter.com/hI91SCnwjd — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) August 25, 2025
Ingram: "How [does] 600K students from China put America first? Those are 600K spots that American kids won't get." Lutnick: "If you don’t have those Chinese students, the bottom 15% of colleges would go out of business.”#MacroEdge — MacroEdge (@MacroEdgeRes) August 26, 2025 I have no idea what point Lutnick thinks he’s making here. We …
President Donald Trump says he wants to change the name of the Department of Defense back to its original title: the Department of War. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Monday, the president said, in part, “It just sounded bad to me, ‘On behalf of the Department of Defense?’ Defense? I don’t want …
