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Roughly 62,000 pounds of fentanyl smuggled into California was confiscated by authorities in 2023. The total amount of the potent synthetic opioid seized last year “is enough to potentially kill the global population nearly twice over,” Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced Tuesday. In 2023, the California National Guard supported other law enforcement agencies in counter-drug …
https://www.rt.com/on-air/ "Without Russia, there is no solid peace in the world." President Putin addresses Russia's parliament two weeks ahead of an election he is almost guaranteed to win.https://t.co/8869o6grJw 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube pic.twitter.com/92BOj6dkTW — Sky News (@SkyNews) February 29, 2024
via notayesmanseconomics Yesterday brought a very significant speech by the Bank of England Deputy Governor for Markets and Banking Sir Dave ( David to his friends) Ramsden. I have given him his full title because it might make one think he has experience in this area when in fact his official CV tells us this. …
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Petrol stations around the country are up and running again following a day-long leap-year glitch which saw card payment machines go down for more than 10 hours. Allied Petroleum, Gull, Z, Waitomo and other fuel stops around New Zealand reported problems with card payments on Thursday because of a software glitch they said was caused …
When fast food restaurants across California have to start paying workers $20 per hour on April 1, one major chain will be exempted from the mandate—and it just so happens to have a connection to a longtime friend and donor to Gov. Gavin Newsom. Panera Bread is poised to get a boost from a bizarre …
Megyn Kelly reveals ALL the texts about the Fani Willis and Nathan Wade relationship revealed between Ashleigh Merchant and Terrance Bradley, the various ways it’s clear Bradley knows a tremendous amount about the affair and other details, and more.
Many Republican senators are openly saying a negotiated settlement will be necessary to end Ukraine’s ongoing war with Russia, as Speaker Mike Johnson resists a vote to send additional aid to the key U.S. ally. “The reality at this point that we have to confront is that that war ends with a negotiated settlement,” said …
Congressional leaders agreed Wednesday to a funding deal that would prevent a partial government shutdown this weekend, extending the expiration dates for federal finances until later in March as lawmakers iron out the final details of a $1.7 trillion spending package. Roughly 20 percent of the federal government — including the departments of Transportation, Veterans …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the Republican Party for almost two decades, will step down from that position in November. McConnell, who turned 82 last week, announced his decision Wednesday in the well of the Senate, the chamber …
‘The Duke of Sussex has lost a High Court challenge against the government over his security when in the UK. Prince Harry was contesting a decision to downgrade his security status when he stopped being a working royal. He argued he had been treated unfairly in the changes to his police protection, when he still …
“Europe must spend more, spend better, spend European. We will put forward some proposals in the next weeks with the first ever European Industrial Defence Strategy. One of the central aims of the strategy will be to prioritise defence joint procurement.” — President @vonderleyen at the #EPlenary "Europe must spend more, spend better, spend European. …
via DCNF Rent prices have exploded since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic and are unlikely to moderate, with shortages in supply and price stickiness leading to current increases, according to experts who spoke to the Daily Caller News Foundation. The average price of rent for Americans increased 6.1% year-over-year in January, far higher than the rate …
Rachel Maddow decides her best dig at Trump is to describe Joe Biden. Shut up! byu/PedroM0ralles inwalkaway
by Michael A relentless crime wave is raging all over America, and you would think that politicians from both major parties would be determined to do whatever they can to make things safer for all of us. Unfortunately, that isn’t what is happening. Our politicians have become so soft on crime, and violent criminals are …
"We have rescinded so many Trump immigration policies, it would take so much time to list them!" — Biden DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas (9/23/21)pic.twitter.com/kBVD0TFFLG — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 28, 2024 Policies … as in how to enforce and execute the law? Now we have anything goes h/t EuphoricTrilby
via moneymetals Net central bank gold buying exceeded 1,000 tons two straight years, and commodity analysts at ANZ Bank expect central bank gold demand to continue hot for at least the next six years. [Emerging market] central banks could purchase over 600 tons of gold annually until 2030, to take its share in their foreign reserves to …
A New York appellate judge on Wednesday refused to halt collection of Donald Trump’s $454 million civil fraud penalty while he appeals, rejecting the former president’s request that he be allowed to post a bond covering just a fraction of what he owes. Judge Anil Singh of the state’s mid-level appeals court ruled that Trump …
Trump is worth a few billion on paper and a few off paper, exceeding 7 billion dollars. This is peanuts to him.
🚨 BREAKING: Supreme Court has *granted* cert and will consider presidential immunity. Argument is set for week of April 22, an expedited timeline. pic.twitter.com/JiFQd7BBw1 — Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) February 28, 2024 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether former President Donald Trump can claim presidential immunity over criminal election interference charges, …
More to come on this data: pic.twitter.com/iD9sfgbAog — The Coastal Journal (@1CoastalJournal) February 28, 2024 $NVDA how to create alpha with leveraged options 1. have shit ton of leverage at or above 1/4 of all option premium in the global market2. spam calls on one stock 3. gamma squeeze market makers4. repeat https://t.co/dg2eDAFMsU — ✨😇 …
TOKYO, Feb 27 (Reuters) – The number of babies born in Japan fell for an eighth straight year to a fresh record low in 2023, preliminary government data showed on Tuesday, underscoring the daunting task the country faces in trying to stem depopulation. The number of births fell 5.1% from a year earlier to 758,631, …
Cramer is the undisputed world champion https://t.co/yZiVXrZzU4 pic.twitter.com/EUXZosPRHD — zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 28, 2024 https://twitter.com/alifarhat79/status/1762597261249515600
Miss Netherlands and Portugal are two trans men. What do you think? pic.twitter.com/ecYW6V3Ile — RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) February 28, 2024
By Martin Armstrong COMMENT: I have been considering the issues of whether the affirmative defense of qualified and other immunity defenses are or are not available to employees of states and cities if the complaint seeks only equitable relief and not money damages, and whether such defendants can avail themselves of the immunity defenses …
Harvard announced it is exploring a $1.65 billion bonds sale in an attempt to raise capital through debt financing despite poor macroeconomic conditions, a move that comes after the University faced months of donor backlash. The potential ten-figure bond sale, revealed in a University filing on Monday, would see Harvard’s debt reach $7.85 billion — …
Blaze News investigative journalist Steve Baker said the FBI wants him to self-surrender to the agency Friday morning in Dallas over his January 6 reporting. 🚨BREAKING🧵- This time, it’s really happening. Unlike the two previous threats my attorneys received from @FBI / @thejusticedept (Nov. 21 and Dec. 23), my self-surrender for alleged J6 crimes is …
The gorilla grip video is from the Hannah Gutierrez trial in the Alec Baldwin Rust fiasco. It has nothing to do with Fani Willis. Fake news is spreading.https://t.co/2gASANdKTL — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) February 29, 2024
Megyn Kelly is joined by Emily Jashinsky, culture editor for The Federalist, and Eliana Johnson, co-host of the Ink-Stained Wretches podcast, to discuss Joe Biden sharing intimate details about his first marriage, and more.
A New York appellate court on Wednesday denied Donald Trump’s attempt to freeze the judgment in his civil fraud case, a ruling that means, for now, that the former president is required to post a bond for hundreds of millions of dollars in the coming weeks. Judge Anil Singh declined to address the amount of …