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Supposedly rated for 160mph winds, collapsed in 120mph gusts… All that is left is an expensive pile of garbage that cannot be recycled. SO GREEN! The Affected Wind Farm The damaged facility is the South Dakota Wind Energy Center (also known as the Highmore Wind Energy Project or Highmore Wind Farm), located approximately 10 miles …
Congressional Globe 1866 debate on 14th Amendment (Jacob Howard quote): https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwcg.html (search May 30, 1866) Ignoring the clear words of the man who introduced it turns the Constitution into whatever judges want it to be. Fixing birthright citizenship requires Congress or a new amendment because courts keep expanding it beyond original intent. Official transcript from …
This rule was supposed to change healthcare. It didn’t. Back in January 2021, the Hospital Price Transparency Rule went into effect. The idea was simple: Hospitals had to show their prices upfront. That included negotiated insurance rates, cash prices, and costs for common “shoppable” services before patients received care. Sounds obvious. So why are people …
Something unusual is happening in Japan. The yen just hit a 40 year low and Japan may need another $100 billion to fight back Japan is running into a problem money alone cannot easily fix. The USD/JPY pushed above 162.66, sending the yen to its weakest level since 1986. Japanese Yen just broke! 🚨 It …
This is the uncomfortable question people are starting to ask. Trump is facing a familiar political problem. If his party controls everything, voters can blame him for everything. The economy slows? Energy prices rise? Inflation stays painful? The White House owns the results. But if the opposition takes control of Congress, the political game changes. …
Is he wrong? Would you really let some illegal alien with spotty certifications work on you? If you you must be really dumb — HoosierMAGA (@MAGA_Hoosier) June 30, 2026
Trump’s first quarter stock purchase disclosure highlights his breathtaking levels of corruption. byu/Snapdragon_4U ininflation
Income by Race in America byu/charliehu1226 inEconomyCharts White non-Hispanic next in line. Hispanic households lower than White. Black households lowest among main groups. Chart from recent US data. Differences stay consistent over years. Factors like education, family structure, and location play role. Asians often include high-earning subgroups like Indian Americans.
High-profile political murder case moves forward with hearing next week.
One of the biggest winners in the AI boom isn’t an AI company. It’s memory. Every new AI data center needs enormous amounts of high-performance server RAM, and manufacturers are pouring more production into supplying those customers because that’s where the profits are. That has real consequences outside the AI industry. Gamers, PC builders, and …
This tip is so simple that it’s easy to dismiss. Most people try to quit a bad habit by telling themselves, “Don’t do it.” That works… until it doesn’t. A popular Reddit post suggests a different approach. Instead of fighting the urge, change the last physical action your hands make. If your habit is grabbing …
The obesity drug market is booming. But the stock market is treating these two companies very differently. Eli Lilly is now worth roughly $1.08 trillion. Novo Nordisk sits around $199 billion. That’s an $881 billion gap between two companies leading one of the fastest-growing drug markets in history. The obvious question is why. Eli Lilly …
Supreme Court upholds state bans on biological males in girls and womens school sports. Decision says Title IX sex means biological sex not gender identity. Justice Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion. Kavanaugh is longtime girls basketball coach which fits the ruling. Allows states to protect fair competition for biological females. Ruling gives states power to …
“T‑Mobile will never change the price you pay for your T‑Mobile ONE plan.” That was the promise. The Un-contract. The whole reason millions of customers picked the magenta team over Verizon and AT&T in the first place. Now T-Mobile is retiring legacy 3G and 4G-era plans — Magenta, ONE, Simple Choice — and automatically moving …
Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship – the guarantee of citizenship to virtually everyone born in the United States. In a decision by Chief Justice John Roberts, in Trump v. Barbara, the justices agreed with the challengers, as well as …
Trump just opened the door to cheaper car repairs with a new “Freedom to Fix” fight This one is about something almost every driver understands. A repair bill. On June 29, 2026, President Trump signed a presidential memorandum called “Lowering the Cost of Living by Promoting the Freedom to Fix.” The order directs the EPA …
Office CMBS delinquency rate hit 12.3-12.34% in early 2026, new all-time high. This beats previous 2008 GFC peak of around 10.7%. Rate surged from roughly 1.6% in mid-2022, more than 7x increase in under 4 years. Downtown offices suffer most due to hybrid work and high vacancies around 20%. Many loans from low-rate pandemic era …
The market is still climbing. But underneath the surface, multiple warning signs are flashing at the same time. Here are the numbers investors are watching. 1. Margin debt hits $1.42 trillion Investors have borrowed a record $1.42 trillion to buy stocks. The bigger warning is the speed. Margin debt surged 53.7% year over year, reaching …
One video is spreading across social media for a reason. Venezuela 🇻🇪 “They Changed My Daughter’s Last Name and Now She’s Gone” “They are stealing the children… they are taking the children who are found alone.” A desperate mother says her daughter was rescued after the earthquake, but when she went to claim her, she …
by Michael As we approach America’s 250th birthday, a lot of people are reflecting on how much our society has changed over the years. If we could go back to 1776, we would be absolutely shocked by how different day to day life was back then. Early Americans didn’t have everything handed to them, and …
Attacks on Ukrainian figures living abroad show war spilling over borders and no one fully safe. Sanctions on people like Ermolaev for Russia ties make them targets for revenge or settling scores. This kind of bombing in rich safe place like Monaco shows how dirty and personal the conflict has become. #BREAKING Vladimir Ermolaev is …
Tucker Carlson interview Viktor Bout the Russian arms dealer called Merchant of Death. Bout says Russia very close to direct attacks on Western countries supplying Ukraine. He warns war in Ukraine can spread to Europe including cities where kids study abroad. Bout criticizes Western leaders and talks about his prisoner swap for Brittney Griner.
She says all her horses got sick after Pfizer vax for Hendra virus in 2013 One horse had hormone problems and was milking but she wasn’t pregnant. Azalea discusses what happened to their horses after they got Pfizer’s Hendra shot. pic.twitter.com/puZfBD8dK5 — RosieM (@RosieM1276203) June 28, 2026 Vets reject claims Hendra vaccine is killing horses …
This week’s guest, Federico Faggin, helped invent the microprocessor – the technology that powers the modern world. By every measure, he had achieved success. And yet he felt something was missing. After a spontaneous and profound experience of consciousness, Federico began questioning everything he thought he knew about the nature of reality. What followed was …
Trump bought as much as $5 million in Axon stock before ICE sought $220 million Taser deal Federal disclosures show that on Feb. 10, President Donald Trump made an Axon Enterprise stock purchase valued at between $1 million and $5 million. That was roughly two weeks before U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement moved to solicit …
One person was killed and six others were wounded when a shooting took place at a street takeover in Carson. Lauren Pozen reports.
Congress voted for KIDS Act that ends internet freedom. Bill requires platforms to add strong parental controls and curb addictive stuff for kids. It pushes age verification on many sites which can mean ID checks or tracking. Critics like EFF say this creates surveillance for everyone not just kids. Bill bans some targeted ads to …
‘Supergirl’ flops at the box office during opening weekend taking just $38 million in the U.S. Meanwhile, this transgender ‘Supergirl’ fan showed up at a cinema dressed as the female superhero to show his support for the movie. pic.twitter.com/Nn9QD89GDx — Oli London (@OliLondonTV) June 29, 2026
Rand Paul as committee chairman send subpoena to Anthony Fauci. Fauci must appear in public on July 29 before Senate Homeland Security Committee. Questions will cover NIH money to Wuhan lab, gain of function research, and if Fauci lied to Congress. Fauci first agreed to testify voluntary this month but then refused. Paul already tried …
