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Explosive allegations against Biden family demand thorough investigation, raising serious questions about potential corruption.

🚨NEW: Representatives Jim Jordan, James Comer, and Jason Smith accuse President Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, and James Biden of unregistered foreign lobbying, money laundering, bribery, and raking in tens of millions of dollars from Russia, China, and Ukraine in violation of the… pic.twitter.com/d9GOdDdF44 — KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) February 22, 2024 WATCH: Rep. James Comer (R-Ky) discusses …

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Yemen’s Houthis ‘ban’ Israeli, US and British ships from Red Sea

Yemenis ban US and UK ships from entering Red Sea waters – Reuters pic.twitter.com/ZDUQXR6KLM — Sprinter Press (@SprinterPress) February 22, 2024 Ships that are wholly or partially owned by Israeli individuals or entities and Israel-flagged vessels are banned from the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and the Arabian Sea, said statements from an agency controlled …

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Woman Killed NYPD Officer in Hit-and-Run Hours After Recording Drunken Podcast That “Vilified the Police”

A 35-year-old woman in New York will spend more than two decades behind bars for killing an NYPD officer while driving drunk without a license in a hit-and-run collision that occurred only a few hours after she had recorded a podcast in which she drank vodka and repeatedly disparaged police. Queens County Supreme Court Justice …

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The economy of Germany is seeing something of a depression

via notayesmanseconomics Some mornings the economic news sets something of its own agenda and today has been an example of that since this was released earlier. HCOB Flash Germany Manufacturing PMI Output Index(4) at 42.1 (Jan: 45.7). 4-month low. That provided quite a bit of food for thought as we had come into 2024 thinking …

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The CBO Revised the Cost of Biden’s Energy Policies Up by $466 Billion

via Mike Shedlock: The cost estimate of Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act coupled with EPA mandates, just jumped by $466 billion. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and the latest Congressional Budget Office outlook conclude IRA Energy Provisions Cost Could Double With New Emissions Rule Last April, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a new rule …

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Within 10 Years, Interest and Medicare Will Each Cost $1.6 Trillion a Year

via Mike Shedlock: Fact check true: For the first time in history spending on interest will exceed spending on defense. Do We Spend More On Interest Than Defense? The Committee for a Responsible Federal budget did a Fact Check on that question. The answer is yes. During a recent town hall, former United Nations Ambassador and current Presidential …

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Canada’s Trudeau believes there is a “deliberate undermining of mainstream media” by “conspiracy theorists.”

NEW – Canada's Trudeau believes there is a "deliberate undermining of mainstream media" by "conspiracy theorists."pic.twitter.com/IyPW3ta7OL — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) February 21, 2024 Trudeau’s government removed the CRTC requirement for all news media to ban intentional misinformation and false news stories. Laws existed in Canada for decades that prevent major news networks from intentionally publishing falsehoods …

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Inflation Dropped in Canada – So Why is the Cost of Living Unaffordable?

By Martin Armstrong Statistics Canada reported that inflation slowed in January to 2.9%, beating expectations of 3.3%. So why are Canadians still struggling to afford basic necessities like rent and food? Mortgage interest costs remain the top noted driver of inflation after rising 27.4% YoY, while rentals increased 7.9% during the same period. Bank of …

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Who’d have expected such reactions?

Major investors pull business from New York City following Trump verdict. “Prominent investors have signaled their intent to halt their business in New York following the $355 million verdict in former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud case. Real estate mogul Grant Cardone announced on Tuesday that his firm Cardone Capital would no longer underwrite New …

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New analysis finds that the number of illegal immigrants who have entered the U.S. on Biden’s watch is greater than the population of 36 states

New analysis finds that the number of illegal immigrants who have entered the U.S. on Biden’s watch is greater than the population of 36 states. The numbers are absolutely staggering and there are still months left before Joe Biden will potentially leave office. If he doesn’t, and this madness continues, it’s nearly impossible to imagine …

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Will this go far enough to change the system? I doubt it.

China starts drafting bill to boost private sector and tackle sluggish post-Covid economy following major setbacks Beijing has started drafting a bill to promote the private sector in China’s latest attempt to revive its sluggish post-pandemic economic recovery and boost investor confidence following a recent stock market meltdown and a prolonged property market crisis. The …

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Parenting and supervision. A thing of the past….

7-Year-Old Girl Buried Alive While Playing in Sand Hole on Florida Beach A little girl has died after being buried alive when a hole she and her brother were digging on a Florida beach collapsed on them Tuesday. The seven-year-old girl was playing in the sand in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea with her nine-year-old brother when the five- …

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Artificial intelligence – real crazy…

ChatGPT ‘off the rails’ as AI starts ‘threatening users’ who worry chatbot is ‘sentient.’ Some users were left wondering whether the Chatbot had gained some sort of sentience as it warned the “AI is in the room” with its users. “Scary” lines of dialogue from the bot were found within streams of nonsense. A flurry …

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South Carolina brings back firing squad executions

South Carolina has given the green light for condemned prisoners in the state to be executed by firing squad. Final approval came Friday after the state Department of Corrections said renovations had been completed on a new death chamber where the executions can take place in the state capital of Columbia. The electric chair is …

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US is collaborating with Chinese scientists to make bird flu strains more infectious and deadly as part of $1m project

The US government is spending $1million of American taxpayer money to fund experiments on dangerous bird flu viruses in collaboration with Chinese scientists. The research involves infecting ducks and geese with different strains of viruses to make them more infectious, and study the viruses’ potential to ‘jump into mammalian hosts,’ according to research documents. It …

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56% of Americans question the worth of a college degree.

Americans are increasingly skeptical of the value of a post-secondary education at a time when college attendance costs are soaring. In some cases, those doubts may be justified, according to a new analysis of earnings data from almost 4,000 colleges and other higher education programs. A decade after enrolling, attendees of 1 in 4 higher …

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Man Crosses Border Illegally – Says He’s An American – WATCH

This guy who came in through a cut in the border wall told me he was American. Pretty sure Americans don’t have to break into their own country. Jus’ sayin’. From my 7 weeks camped in Lukeville, AZ, filming the crisis. pic.twitter.com/vNVID6XUwf — Jeff Rainforth (@liberty_clarion) January 28, 2024 An illegal alien I encountered who …

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Nationwide cell outage affecting major carriers and reportedly impacting emergency services. Possible cyberattack?

BREAKING: AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile users report outage – Cell networks down nationwide pic.twitter.com/RzUG99OTgD — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) February 22, 2024 🚨BREAKING🚨: MAJOR cell service OUTAGE in at least several major cities (across multiple US carriers); 911 reportedly also affected Is this a cyber attack? Sources: Reuters, Down Detector, Mario Nawfal pic.twitter.com/YshyqeZcSG — News Nomad …

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IRS: ‘has no problem going after the small people, putting people in prison, and destroying people’s lives.’

BREAKING: IRS official Alex Mena who works in “Criminal Investigations” says @IRSNews , ‘has no problem going after the small people, putting people in prison, and destroying people’s lives.’ Mena ‘doubts the constitutionality’ of his employer, the IRS, using AI to access everybody’s bank accounts nationwide. Mena recalls IRS agents stating “…the first person you …

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