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“It normally takes 18 months on average for the US to negotiate a trade deal, see chart below. Why does it take so long? Because trade negotiations involve going through what is imported into each country line by line and then negotiating the tariff for each product category… pic.twitter.com/1gh8mMveM4 — Kalani o Māui (@MauiBoyMacro) April …
Sam’s Club, the Walmart-owned membership warehouse, is rolling out a major change to its grocery payment system and embracing artificial intelligence (AI). The retail giant plans to phase out traditional checkouts across its 600 stores and create a friction-free shopping experience which will include customers scanning goods on the go with an app and then having and AI …
A class action lawsuit recently filed in California alleges that the odometers in Tesla vehicles are inaccurate. Since the brand uses warranties tied to mileage, these inaccuracies could lead cars to fall out of warranty sooner than they would with a typical odometer reading that would fall within an expected range of accuracy. A complaint …
“Tesla Laughed at Us from the Grave”: Wireless Electricity Finally Powers Entire Homes After 124 Years of Scientific Struggle … In a groundbreaking development that could redefine global energy infrastructure, scientists are on the brink of realizing a century-old dream: transmitting electricity wirelessly to power entire homes, potentially eliminating the need for traditional power lines. …
YOUR BRAIN CAN LITERALLY GHOST DISTRACTIONS — SCIENCE CONFIRMS IT Turns out, your brain can learn to ignore that screaming neon ad or the one red diamond ruining your focus. In a new EEG study, Leipzig University scientists proved that if your brain sees the same annoying thing… https://t.co/FD8W6QCVPh pic.twitter.com/w2RtNJp6IN — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April …
The last trip to Fort Knox that showed the gold was over 50 years ago. Rumors have been swirling for years that they shipped all the gold out of Fort Knox. Hopefully will find out soon. President Donald Trump plans to travel to Fort Knox, Kentucky, to ensure that the stockpile of gold that …
Illinois has become the latest blue state to ensure transgender athletes can play girls sports. Republicans in the state are aggressively trying to change that. The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) announced it will not comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order to keep trans athletes out of girls and women’s sports. In a public …
Markets price sub-2% rates with German 2-year falling under 1.7%… Something big just happened in Europe… and almost no one is talking about it. Last week, the ECB cut rates again — their 7th rate cut since last June — and while that made headlines, the real story is what’s happening underneath the surface: 📉 …
TRUMP AND XI ARE PLAYING A GLOBAL GAME OF ECONOMIC JENGA… AND IT’S GETTING WOBBLY This isn’t just a trade war anymore. It’s economic Jenga, and both sides are pulling the same crucial piece: global supply chains. Spoiler alert — the tower’s wobbling. Trump hit China with 145% tariffs. That’s not a slap, it’s a …
Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to blow through another federal deadline meant to halt the $9 congestion toll to enter parts of Manhattan, as NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ administration backed her in a lawsuit to keep the wildly controversial scheme alive. Both the city and state Departments of Transportation on Friday joined a suit the …
🇺🇸REP. KILEY: CALIFORNIA IS BLEEDING ITS CITIZENS DRY "California has the worst regulations in the country, the highest taxes in the country. It's been rated the top judicial hellhole in terms of litigation. He's making our citizens pay $9.5 billion this year for… https://t.co/XwPuLcHc6w pic.twitter.com/jVmcAQKnaS — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 19, 2025 🇺🇸 BEN AFFLECK: …
Giorgia Meloni: "Elon Musk is not a danger to democracy, George Soros is.” Do you agree with her? pic.twitter.com/g4A2gFmD2o — RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) April 19, 2025
Wow. There was ANOTHER assassination plot against @realDonaldTrump and AGAIN there’s a very weird Ukraine angle. The suspect, Nikita Casap, killed his parents for cash to pay for a military drone to kill Trump. He planned an escape to Ukraine and was talking to a Ukrainian. At… pic.twitter.com/3gsZLiGG0F — Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) April 18, 2025
Private Equity Firms are DESTROYING American Businesses they same way they bankrupted Toys "R" Us and put them out of business Here’s how they did it – After signing for Toys "R" Us, they sold all of the land under every store they own in the United States– Private Equity sold… pic.twitter.com/YrNtSvlwnw — Wall Street …
by confoundedinterest17 ARMs?? Adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) have climbed to the highest origination volume share since 2008 as the yield curve steepens and bank lending demand picks up. The majority of ARM lending goes to high credit borrowers with jumbo-sized loans, which many banks see as a good fit to keep in their portfolios as they are …
“Natural resource assets have never been more undervalued, in my view. Most commodity prices are trading near historical lows when measured against gold. We’re at the early stage of recognizing that the monetary issues we face can’t be resolved unless nations begin to meaningfully accumulate gold. The next phase comes when policymakers are compelled to …
Several large gold ETF funds in CN have stopped subscribing, and many banks have issued risk warnings. Ordinary investors believe that in their eyes, a rise is a risk, and now they are warning of the risk, which means that gold will continue to rise sharply. pic.twitter.com/3tQTj50jzC — Bai, Xiaojun (@oriental_ghost) April 18, 2025
Border Czar Tom Homan delivered a fiery and relentless defense of the Trump administration’s immigration strategy during a heated appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, taking direct aim at the Biden administration’s border policies and what he described as Democratic hypocrisy. “We want people, if you’re in the country, go home, do things the right way,” …
2/ From 1940s to 1970s, Americans used to save around 10% of their annual income But today, savings relative to income is almost near 0% pic.twitter.com/aEsoNYSKiZ — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) April 18, 2025 4/ Today, the personal savings rate has dropped to 4.6% This is historically a very low level pic.twitter.com/us3oz4YLN0 — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) …
A government watchdog agency this week confirmed that all diversity, equity and inclusion positions inside the Pentagon have been eliminated. The move marks a major milestone in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s campaign against an undue focus on race and gender programs in the military. The purge in the armed forces began with the National Defense …
"US DEPLOYS B-1B LANCERS TO JAPAN" For the first time since the Vietnam War, U.S. B-1B Lancer strategic bombers are being stationed in Japan for an extended period. US wants to send a message to China. pic.twitter.com/NtRe5CUzi7 — WORLD AT WAR (@World_At_War_6) April 18, 2025
The Trump administration’s aggressive deportation practices, whether sending alleged gang members to a notorious El Salvadoran prison or rounding up foreign students for opposing Israel’s war in Gaza, have led many pundits and others to raise the alarm about a Constitutional crisis and the evisceration of due process. But as Jimmy points out, this crisis …
New Jersey is a state where they already pay the highest property taxes in the entire country and the school boards are coming for another 25% increase. Where does it end? At the rate property taxes are going up within the next decade, most people will not be able to afford their current home.
BOSTON DEM LOOTS HER OFFICE BEFORE PLEADING GUILTY—CLASSY City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson got busted for giving her cousin a $13,000 bonus… and then allegedly getting $7,000 of it back in a city hall bathroom. Because nothing screams “professional” like a cash handoff next to a toilet. But wait—it gets messier. Right before she pled …
IT’S A GOOD START: NPR: Trump’s Plotting to Cut All of Our Funding. What a scoop from NPR. The Trump administration has drafted a memo to Congress outlining its intent to end nearly all federal funding for public media, which includes NPR and PBS, according to a White House official who spoke to NPR. The memo, …
In 2021 Canadian writer, podcaster and journalist Meghan Murphty left her hometown of Vancouver and moved to Mexico. She retained her Canadian residency, however, and now she’s running for office as a candidate for the People’s Party of Canada. In this conversation with Jimmy Murphy describes her concerns about the increasingly repressive Canadian government, her …
In a world fixated on the race for superior artificial intelligence (AI), Chinese scientists have cracked the code to memory speeds once deemed impossible – with a device smaller than a grain of rice. Researchers at Fudan University on Thursday unveiled “Poxiao”, or Dawn, the fastest flash memory ever created, which can erase and rewrite …
