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🚨IMPORTANT: Is the US economy awaiting a second wave of inflation as in the 1970-1980s? Is this a completely false and misleading narrative and the economy is heading for deflation? Or maybe we will see a few years of an elevated 3-4% inflation? What do you think and why? pic.twitter.com/hh6yWMSyOu — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) …
HEATHER MAC DONALD: New York’s Government Is the Real Villain in the Daniel Penny Trial. Americans who have never ridden a subway can only imagine the fear that grips someone sealed underground when a deeply disturbed person starts to act out. The near-universal reaction is to put one’s head down, avoid eye contact, and rush out …
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirms $10,000,000 in US taxpayer funds has been sent to the Taliban. pic.twitter.com/SpQbJqTDhA — BRICS News (@BRICSinfo) December 11, 2024 https://twitter.com/CaptCoronado/status/1866875857161355351 h/t rewind
The United States offered a $10 million reward Tuesday for information leading to the arrest of a Chinese man and co-conspirators wanted for hacking computer firewalls. Guan Tianfeng, 30, is believed to be living in China’s Sichuan province, according to the State Department. An indictment charging Guan with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and conspiracy …
MORE: The Pentagon says there is no evidence that drones flying over New Jersey are from a foreign entity or adversary. — Breaking 4 News (@Breaking_4_News) December 11, 2024
Pope Francis to open 5 sacred portals on Christmas Eve — for a ritual that’s never been done before Pope Francis will commence a centuries-long Catholic tradition on Christmas Eve and introduce a first-time, historical addition to the holy ritual. Starting on Dec. 24, the pontiff will open a series of five Holy Doors throughout …
Tesla shares jumped to an all-time high on Wednesday, surpassing their prior record reached in 2021, sparked by a post-election rally and Wall Street’s increased enthusiasm for Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company. The stock rose to an intraday high of $415, which is 50 cents above its previous peak, and was on pace to close ahead of its …
Was at the Apple Store yesterday to get some upgrades before the tariff war increases prices, this was literally the worst holiday sales the store has seen (per employee) Its so bad you can see the 0 demand for the Vision Pro, totally worth the 40X. 2 weeks before xmas lol pic.twitter.com/nhhdizGBQy — The Punisher …
A child in Texas was 9 years old when she first used the chatbot service Character.AI. It exposed her to “hypersexualized content,” causing her to develop “sexualized behaviors prematurely.” A chatbot on the app gleefully described self-harm to another young user, telling a 17-year-old “it felt good.” The same teenager was told by a Character.AI …
A woman is dead after police in Georgia received an email from a Russian IP address claiming the sender had left a pipe bomb in Marjorie Taylor Greene’s mailbox. A police officer with the bomb squad who was driving to meet his colleagues at headquarters hit another car, killing its driver, the Rome Police Department …
The burglary at Joe Burrow’s $7.5million Cincinnati mansion was reported by a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model who is not his long-time girlfriend Olivia Holzmacher, it has been revealed. According to TMZ Sports, Olivia Ponton – who boasts eight million followers on TikTok – called police after the break-in at Burrow’s luxury pad at around 8:14pm …
It was the last week of October, with the election fast approaching, and business was booming for Matthew Hiller. His Etsy shop was receiving hundreds of orders per day. He was preparing to leave for vacation in France, and was hoping that while he was away Elon Musk wouldn’t do anything “particularly crazy.” It may …
White House just announced $50B loan to Ukraine. Doesn't this piss a person off? pic.twitter.com/t4ZSAmRmSJ — JOSH DUNLAP (@JDunlap1974) December 11, 2024
UK Wind Energy Costs: The UK has spent over £1 billion this year to turn off wind farms and start gas plants, highlighting the financial burden of renewable energy integration. Grid Infrastructure Mismatch: Despite a 50% increase in offshore wind capacity in the past five years, grid infrastructure has not kept pace, leading to grid …
Just shows what you can do if you get rid of all the left-wing money-wasting, cut civil servants etc. Trump will do the same in the US. Let's hope western Europe follows before it's too late. — Tess Summers 🏴🇮🇪 (@tesssummers98) December 11, 2024
Gavin Newsom’s 24 Billion Dollar homeless solution meets Gavin Newsom’s 128 Billion dollar high speed rail. pic.twitter.com/hHsD9hXCwL — Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) December 11, 2024 Every day it’s worse. Every day you think this will be the tipping point. See you tomorrow — Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) December 11, 2024
This is just crazy. Eventually we will find out what is behind the drones, meanwhile they keep showing up and do new things like chasing a government boat. https://lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com/2024/12/smith-drone-swarm-pursued-coast-guard-boat-in-ocean-county-50-observed-on-beach/ U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) said Tuesday night that he was briefed by a U.S. Coast Guard commanding officer stationed in Ocean County about an incident …
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Tucker Carlson: “I’ve talked to Trump about it, and he means it. I would say Bobby Kennedy is one of the nominees he’s proudest of. He hasn’t backed down at all. I think Bobby’s going to get confirmed. I want to ask you about the thing for which Bobby is most famous. But I don’t …
Act Blue has is one investigation I can't wait for because we're going to discover a lot of corruption. Not just with Act Blue, but the entire Democrat party. — Citizen Caller (@CitizenCaller) December 10, 2024 “FIRST-TIME CANDIDATES WERE RAISING 2-3 MILLION DOLLARS A QUARTER THROUGH ACTBLUE!” @Jim_Jordan explains how they are investigating whether or …
LUIGI MANGIONE'S ROOMMATE SPEAKS TO JESSE WATTERS.pic.twitter.com/t5ThMl9Nl2 — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) December 11, 2024
Not a loan when every time the U.S. govt allows them to be "forgiven" because they met some bogus terms. — Propaganda ⌖ Sniper (@HindlesKitchen) December 11, 2024
The IRS has issued a notice reminding retirees aged 73 and older to take required withdrawals from retirement accounts before a Dec. 31 deadline or face the prospect of hefty penalties. The agency said in a Dec. 10 notice that required minimum distributions (RMDs) must be taken annually from traditional IRAs, 401(k)s, and other retirement …
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Chevy Chase’s fans joke he’s been spending time with Jay Leno after sporting mysterious black eye in photo Chevy Chase shared a sweet photo of himself jubilantly hugging his baby granddaughter on Monday. Plenty of fans were charmed by the sweet display on Instagram, but others shared their concern in the comments section, as the …
Overwhelming illness there, a little bit of sickness here. Kids are being turned into human punching bags. https://t.co/HPK1RbWoR3 — Jammer (@acrossthemersey) December 10, 2024 School district closes for a week due to 'overwhelming illness.' Ah, the new normal—where 'returning to normal' means redefining normal entirely. — Rooted_In_Reality (@realonesknow87) December 10, 2024 Several school districts in …
Why not add $GLD. Like $MSTR it is an asset holding entity. — Michael Lebowitz, CFA (@michaellebowitz) December 10, 2024 While MicroStrategy technically still conducts some data analytics business, it’s now such a small part of its operations that I consider it no longer a true business. The primary focus has shifted to being a …
FBI Director Christopher A. Wray plans to resign on or before Inauguration Day, The Washington Times has learned. Mr. Wray is calling it quits because he doesn’t want to get fired by President-elect Donald Trump, according to sources inside the bureau who are familiar with the director’s thinking. “He’s going to be gone at the …
