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The United States on Saturday announced a new $988 million security assistance package for Ukraine as Washington races to provide aid to Kyiv before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Trump’s November election victory has cast doubt on the future of American aid for Ukraine, providing a limited window for billions of dollars in already authorized …
Profile in WSJ today on struggles of high-end real estate market in Chicago. Again, no one is crying for these sellers, but it’s bad for tax base if property values get reset lower. More taxes for everyone else… We should aspire to have people competing to move here. Not out. https://t.co/RwLK9B6vEb pic.twitter.com/ngr7gKRtsD — Stuart Loren …
The Food and Drug Administration will decide on a ban of certain food dyes in the coming weeks after receiving a petition to review the safety of Red 3, NBC News reports. “With Red 3, we have a petition in front of us to revoke the authorization board, and we’re hopeful that in the next …
US Debt-to-GDP in 2000: 55%.US Debt-to-GDP in 2024: 120%. Gold in 2000: $270/oz.Gold in 2024: $2,700/oz. You see where this is going? Fiat is the Titanic, and gold is the lifeboat. pic.twitter.com/OH0kPpCdd9 — GoldSilver HQ (@GoldSilverHQ) December 7, 2024 Gold-to-silver ratio (price): 1980: ~17:1.2020: ~114:1 (peak).2024: ~85:1. History and supply/demand dynamics says this ratio should …
Cut the rates they said, banks will lower credit card APRs they said pic.twitter.com/bZlIeLwr0i — zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 6, 2024 chart goes to Q3. In fact that's when it spiked… just after the "rate cut" https://t.co/jyVxbrcK8T — zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 6, 2024
The founder of Black Lives Matter Greater NY claimed on Friday that the jury had been targeted by a white supremacist jury specialist, Hank Newsome. He said, “They picked a white supremacist jury specialist to target the racists in that jury. ‘The prosecution pointed out the fact that the defense was eliminating people based on …
BREAKING: The impeachment vote for South Korea's president Yoon Suk Yeol has failed.https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube pic.twitter.com/XwJ3d2hnHi — Sky News (@SkyNews) December 7, 2024 SEOUL and LONDON — South Korea’s embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol avoided impeachment on Saturday after members of the ruling party walked out before the …
Those who are worried that advancements in artificial intelligence could lead to the destruction of humanity have a new reason to be anxious. New research on OpenAI’s latest series of AI models, known as o1, found that when they think they are at risk of being shut down, they will sometimes look for a way …
They almost bankrupt too — Prime-Edge (@Mylo_Meer) December 7, 2024 https://twitter.com/MichaelAArouet/status/1865295356411474215
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has expressed that he was “a little surprised” that he and Kamala Harris lost the presidential election. Walz discussed their stunning defeat in an interview with local Minnesota outlet KSTP on Thursday. “It felt like at the rallies, at the things I was going to, the shops I was going in, …
Adam Schiff officially resigns from the House effective Sunday. He’ll be sworn into the Senate on Monday alongside Andy Kim pic.twitter.com/VyYdGg6dXZ — Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) December 6, 2024 Serial liar and Trump-Russia collusion hoaxer Adam Schiff officially resigned from Congress effective Sunday after more than two decades in the US House of Representatives. Schiff will …
‘This is not a position I seek lightly.’ Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York formally announced her bid to lead her party on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee in the 119th Congress on Friday. Ocasio-Cortez is now set to run against Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia to replace the committee’s current ranking …
OBAMA IS PROJECTING AGAIN. NO ONE IS FALLING FOR IT. Obama actually describes how Democrats have targeted Trump.pic.twitter.com/Tn5YXHAP5e — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) December 6, 2024
A source at MSNBC reveals that chaos erupted yesterday morning when an enraged Rachel Maddow stormed after Mika Brzezinski backstage, igniting a fiery confrontation that left onlookers stunned. Witnesses say Maddow, visibly seething and red-faced, cornered Brzezinski in a hallway and unleashed a tirade, branding her a “sanctimonious fraud” and an “authoritarian enabler” over her …
From reporter Ken Klippenstein on BlueSky “UnitedHealthcare wasted no time telling its employees not to talk to the press in the wake of the killing of its CEO Brian Thompson, according to an internal company memo I obtained. Thompson has been accused of profiting off of insider selling before an anti-trust investigation by the Justice …
A study conducted by US Army Intelligence has suggested that reincarnation is real because consciousness ‘never dies.’ Entitled ‘Analysis and Assessment of The Gateway Process,’ the 29-page report was drafted by US Army Lieutenant Colonel Wayne M McDonnell in 1983 and declassified by the CIA in 2003. The research has resurfaced on social media, with …
Just buy the Nancy Pelosi tracker, sit back and relax. — Andrew Ronan (@AndrewRona38989) December 6, 2024
🚨🇺🇸BREAKING: MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE DROPPED IN DANIEL PENNY CASE The jury in Daniel Penny’s trial remains deadlocked on the second-degree manslaughter charge, prompting the state to dismiss it after four days of deliberations. Prosecutors are moving forward with the negligent… pic.twitter.com/x0whhAInUo — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) December 6, 2024
Update: Oklahoma police Sgt. charged with felony assault, slammed 71-year-old man with bone cancer on pavement during ticket dispute. Injury; brain bleed, broken neck and eye socket, remains hospitalized. byu/real-m-f-in-talk inPublicFreakout
Is a pardon an admission of guilt? A crime gets pardoned? h/t Orangutan
While many U.S. malls face anchor store closures and empty parking lots, some are finding new life by becoming housing. Real estate developers are building housing inside of or next to shopping malls as department stores like Macy’s, JCPenney and Sears shrink or cease to exist. At least 192 U.S. malls planned to add housing …
After Pete Hegseth spent a fourth day on Capitol Hill, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins speaks with Hegseth’s attorney Tim Parlatore about the allegations that could put the Fox News host’s Defense Secretary nomination at risk. #CNN #News
A retired Kansas City Fire Department battalion chief is set to receive an $850,000 settlement for dropping a lawsuit that claims he was denied a promotion due to his race and gender. Daniel McGrath, who is white, retired in January. Former Fire Chief Donna Lake gave the deputy chief’s job that McGrath was seeking in …
Since becoming President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard’s rosy posture toward Moscow has prompted some Democratic critics to suggest that she could be “compromised,” or perhaps even a “Russian asset” — claims the ex-Hawaii representative and Army officer has forcefully denied. But former advisers to Gabbard suggest that her views …
The man suspected of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel took a taxi to the Port Authority bus facility at 178th Street and boarded a bus out of New York City following the shooting, according to police. The unidentified man remains at large in the wake of Wednesday’s attack, which …
Home of the purple patio(Ravens), this one of the most popular bars in Baltimore. A traditional spot to pregame before headed to an O’s/Ravens game. To see it close its doors is shocking. They are keeping their suburb locations. They obviously just wanted to get the hell out of the city: pic.twitter.com/BM1hnli69e — QE Infinity …
Japan’s 🇯🇵 base salaries are rising at the fastest pace on record, pic.twitter.com/84KDHu8Sji — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) December 6, 2024
The transit service for the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area is now using police officers to enforce bus fare payments, amid 70% of riders not paying and losing nearly $50 million annually in recent years, according to news reports. “We’re not interested in citations. We’re not interested in arrests. The less citations and less arrests, that’s …