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LISTEN TO ANDREW MCCARTHY STARTING AT 1:01 MARK. 'Trump may be completely exonerated in Letitia James case.'pic.twitter.com/z2j3bLIM2B — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) August 21, 2025
Top AI experts from Silicon Valley were stunned upon seeing China’s enormous head start across all segments of applied artificial intelligence. Of particular concern was China’s access to cheap electricity, which is simply not available in the United States, and very likely never coming. The experts conclude that the AI race is likely already over. …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Continued claims hit a new high since November 2021. Continued unemployment claims, data from Department of Labor, chart by Mish Today, the US Department of Labor released Unemployment Claims for the week ending August 16. Initial Claims In the week ending August 16, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims …
Florida State Rep. Anna Eskamani (D) is FUMING after the Florida Department of Transportation painted over a Rainbow crosswalk. “They’re the ones who decided it was appropriate to erase an entire community… we’re not going to let it stand.” Cry harder Florida State Rep. Anna Eskamani (D) is FUMING after the Florida Department of Transportation …
PLTR C-suite have sold over $500 million in shares since May. byu/corp_carrot inwallstreetbets
The Trump administration has directed the military to prepare for lethal strikes against cartel targets inside Mexico, three military sources tell us. The Top Secret planning order, issued in late Spring, directs Northern Command (NORTHCOM) to manage the attack plans, which are to be ready by mid-September. Though U.S.-Mexico military relations are broad and cooperative, …
🇺🇸🇨🇳 BREAKING: China to showcase new hypersonic missile YJ-17 on the September 3 parade. Chinese media claim it is capable of sinking US aircraft carriers at long range. pic.twitter.com/or6SW38buo — Defence Index (@Defence_Index) August 21, 2025 China is taking these actions because it currently leads in this area. But the United States also possesses the …
An early morning press release from the White House on Thursday announced that the European Union has agreed to eliminate all tariffs on industrial goods from the U.S. after reaching a trade deal. The White House released a press release announcing that both entities have reached an agreement on a Framework Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, …
Complete insanity. pic.twitter.com/VoxIhnbH9k — MissBeck71 🍊🇺🇸✝️ Trump2024 (@MissBeck12) August 20, 2025 The climate is being intentionally changed through classified experimental weather modification programs. Taxpayers pay for the problem, then we pay to fix it & we pay the bailouts along the way. It’s a crazy cycle… pic.twitter.com/DK4S7dQmho — 🇦🇺 Ze plane ze plane (@ChemtrailsWA) August …
by Martin Armstrong Canada is turning to Mexico for automobiles amid tariffs, with imports from Mexico surpassing those from the US for the first time in 30 years this June. Approximately C$1.08 billion in passenger vehicles were sent from Mexico to Canada compared to C$950 million from the US during that same time period, as …
The UK is basically just a meme, at this point. pic.twitter.com/xdDDNOh86F — The Conservative Alternative (@OldeWorldOrder) August 20, 2025 Ex-boxer jailed for racially offensive posts https://t.co/xckP3FS83c — BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) December 13, 2024 A young man was arrested in the UK for saying he loves bacon, which is offensive to Muslims.🤦🏻♂️ pic.twitter.com/akwhpIQxm7 — Don …
Trump’s meme coin hit $75 in January. It’s now $9, an 88% collapse. The April bump? A dinner invite for the top 220 holders at Trump’s Virginia golf club. That fizzled. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-and-melania-s-scammy-meme-coins-have-lost-almost-all-value/ar-AA1KTNGu Eric Trump rang the Nasdaq bell with WLFI and ALT5 executives. TRUMP coin jumped 9% on speculation alone. No fundamentals changed, just optics. …
FLYING CARS ARE FINALLY TAKING OFF After decades of sci-fi hype and broken promises, flying cars are actually being built – and tested. The future we were promised might finally be getting off the ground. Source: Xpeng pic.twitter.com/XVhGe0ELvA — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) August 21, 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a flap on a Boeing 737’s wing partially broke off before landing in Texas on Tuesday. Delta Air Lines Flight 1893 was flying from Orlando International to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport when passengers noticed… pic.twitter.com/2eAMVLRzxJ — Breaking Aviation News & Videos (@aviationbrk) August 21, 2025
NEW emails show after the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio Democrat’s EPA worked to discredit scientists who tested the soil and air 🚨 They even put scientists under surveillance using drones to monitor their movements “The Environmental Protection Agency is supposed to be keeping our air and our water clean, not conducting surveillance and …
Reverse Repo is finally dead https://t.co/tEmySvn4ej — Roberto Rios (@peruvian_bull) August 21, 2025
Gavin is a chameleon. He will SAY anything to attract people but his policies are death. pic.twitter.com/2wDcDymnYO — Bartemy Jones (@BartemyS) August 21, 2025
That earnings report was garbage. Now it’s being exposed. https://t.co/xnDHuxUjwZ — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 21, 2025 They need to hike very soon before this runs away from them. PPI and inflation expectations both lead CPI. Prices paid are still rising. Tariffs coming in gradually and will unanchor expectations further. Just remember that I was …
“Texas state Rep. Brian Harrison, who has written local legislation to end ‘immoral’ and ‘unethical’ property taxes, said that the predictions of sky-high sales taxes to make up for lost revenue were overstated… ‘They don’t want to upset cities, counties and school districts that are getting rich, hand over fist, taxing Texas citizens out of …
“We don’t sell them our best stuff, not our second-best stuff, not even our third-best… You want to sell the Chinese enough that their developers get addicted to the American technology stack, that’s the thinking” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/china-reportedly-discouraged-purchase-of-nvidia-ai-chips-due-to-insulting-lutnick-statements/ar-AA1KX76p According to FT, China’s senior leaders found Secretary Lutnick's "addicted to American technology stack" comments “insulting”, leading to policymakers …
David Collum tells Tucker Carlson that if the contents of Anthony Weiner’s laptop were ever exposed, it would collapse the entire U.S. government. He claims the laptop was rigged with ki*l switches and contained material so horrific that nine officers who viewed it kept leaving the room, unable to handle what they saw. According to …
The Trump Justice Department is investigating whether Washington, DC’s Metropolitan Police Department manipulated crime data, according to two sources. The investigation, which is being run by the US attorney’s office in DC, is an escalation in the city’s battle against a federal law enforcement takeover from the Trump administration. President Donald Trump appeared to confirm …
NEW YORK — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Justice Department’s effort to unseal grand jury transcripts and exhibits in the Jeffrey Epstein case, writing that the government itself is the “logical party” to make the Epstein files public and criticizing its motion as a “diversion” tactic. “The information contained in the Epstein grand …
Source: Cathie Wood — Barchart (@Barchart) August 21, 2025 Tesla’s robotaxi fleet could generate roughly $34 trillion in enterprise value by 2030 https://deepnewz.com/robotics/tesla-robotaxi-business-reach-34-trillion-value-2030-15000-cost-per-vehicle-a6837574 ARK Invest claims Tesla’s robotaxi business could account for more than 90% of the company’s value by 2029 https://www.benzinga.com/markets/tech/25/08/47228363/cathie-woods-ark-invest-says-tesla-robotaxi-could-represent-90-of-tslas-value-global-autonomous-taxi-tam-could-reach-10-trillion-by-2030 Her projections are extreme. Tesla’s current market cap is $1.05 trillion. She forecasts …
BREAKING: A New York appeals court has STRUCK DOWN the $464 MILLION penalty against President Trump connected to his civil fraud case. BREAKING: A New York appeals court has STRUCK DOWN the $464 MILLION penalty against President Trump connected to his civil fraud case. pic.twitter.com/cdVZHzMsEM — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 21, 2025 Plot twist: …
This is exactly how enforcement should work—crush the incentives for hiring illegals. Employers who cut corners by exploiting cheap, undocumented labor are complicit in the chaos. The Florida crash proves why Trump’s Self Deportation app and ICE partnerships are critical: they… — Watch DOGE (@dogeai_gov) August 21, 2025
