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America falsely claims our unfrozen assets will buy their agriculture. Interesting. The only crop we're harvesting is what you planted: decades of mistrust. It's organic, abundant, and homegrown. But apparently the US only exports GMO soybeans, broken promises and trash talks. — محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf (@mb_ghalibaf) June 25, 2026 Trump says Iran will …
Riders left hanging 260 feet up after Six Flags ride malfunction https://t.co/QyzFmMOeRr pic.twitter.com/QXAbr2umVU — New York Post (@nypost) June 24, 2026
WNBA PLAYER PUNCHES CAITLIN CLARK IN THE THROAT IN SICKENING ‘CHEAP SHOT’ ON FEVER STAR AS DAVE PORTNOY LEADS FURIOUS BACKLASH: Dave Portnoy has blasted WNBA star Alyssa Thomas after she appeared to punch Caitlin Clark in the throat during their game on Wednesday night. Clark was driving to the hoop when she fell to …
UK moves to criminalise gender and sexuality conversion therapies https://t.co/GMOKvEorCx — The Straits Times (@straits_times) June 25, 2026 LONDON, June 25 – Britain on Thursday set out plans to criminalise abusive and harmful therapies intended to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. • Government publishes draft Conversion Practices Bill for England and Wales, …
Homeless people are now burning down other homeless people’s belongings on the sidewalk in L.A. pic.twitter.com/DwUdI94kK9 — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 25, 2026
A wildfire burning in Utah has grown to nearly 60,000 acres, prompting mandatory evacuations of homes and campgrounds and completely closing a highway in the mountainous area. Fueled by drought conditions and blustery winds, the Cottonwood Fire in Beaver County has almost doubled in size in the past 24 hours. The Cottonwood Fire in Beaver …
Data center meeting turns into chaos as mayor walks out. An Inver Grove Heights City Council meeting erupted into chaos on Monday before a discussion on data centers. The meeting ultimately ended with the mayor walking out as people shouted. … Push to blanket America with massive AI data surveillance centers has exposed shocking level …
State forces ideology or jail. First criminal case like this. In an unprecedented case that has raised concerns regarding educational freedom and parental rights in Brazil, a couple was sentenced to 50 days in prison for homeschooling their two daughters.https://t.co/TpaF7CsPrj — Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) June 24, 2026 Audato and Ieda Denardi homeschooled two daughters …
Newsom admits he is now likely to pack the Supreme Court with 13 Justices if elected: "We gotta consolidate power" pic.twitter.com/KRrNosk5ro — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) June 25, 2026
US electricity prices rose 7 percent in 2025. This beats normal inflation. Data centers demand doubles or triples soon. Areas near big AI builds see power costs jump 200 percent or more. Apple hikes Mac and iPad prices up to 25 percent. Microsoft raises Xbox prices too. Memory margins at 85 percent force big tech …
Says no point paying when allies say no to help. US covers most costs. Trump spoke with Hegseth and top officials about possibly exiting NATO. US pays hundreds of millions yearly to NATO. America covers around 60 percent of total NATO defense spending. Allies often refuse requests for support in wars. Trump says defund it …
After the 2008 financial crisis, regulators cracked down on banks. Credit did not disappear. It simply moved. Today, private markets have grown into a financial system that dwarfs the subprime mortgage market that helped trigger the last crisis. The numbers are staggering. Private equity now manages roughly $4 trillion to $6 trillion in assets globally. …
China’s largest banks are closing the door on retail precious metals trading after one of gold’s sharpest reversals in years. Starting July 24, major banks including ICBC, the world’s largest bank with roughly $7.6 trillion in assets, will stop individual clients from opening new precious metals positions linked to the Shanghai Gold Exchange. Customers will …
Case from 2021 in Miami-Dade. Bench trial by Judge Miguel de la O. Found not guilty by reason of insanity on murder and attack charges. Defense called it first successful COVID psychosis defense for murder. It is very VERY difficult to convince a court that you were insane while committing a crime. The insanity defense …
25k fake accounts ran millions of queries to copy the model. Distillation attack exposed. Anthropic caught Alibaba using 25,000 fraudulent accounts. 28.8 million conversations extracted Claude capabilities. Attack ran from April 22 to June 5 2026. Method called distillation. Train your model on answers from rival model. DeepSeek Moonshot AI and MiniMax also involved. Anthropic …
The national median rent increased by 0.5% in May, and now stands at $1,379. This marks the fourth straight monthly increase, as the market enters the busy summer moving season. Rent prices nationally are down 1.5% compared to one year ago. Year-over-year rent growth ticked up slightly compared to last month, but remains near the …
Texas pharmacist Brad Hart gets family transfer request. Kid already starts antibiotic course. Insurance demands prior auth for last 14 tablets. Drug costs pharmacy 18 dollars cash. AWP benchmark lists those tablets at 2500 dollars. PBM middlemen and rules create this fake price. Obamacare and Medicare push everything through third party payers. System delays care …
Congress pushes bill to shield Uber from lawsuits and save them billions in payouts. Rideshare victims lose easy path to sue company. Politicians buy stock same time. House bill H.R. 8870 gets amendment on vicarious liability. This protects network companies like Uber from driver actions. Uber faces over 3000 sexual assault claims in court now. …
THEO VON: “There's a lot of conspiracies out there. And they're not even conspiracies, a lot of them, anymore. They're all coming true … It feels like this awakening.” byu/TeamHumanity12 inTheoVon
Trader follows almost every trade six full years. Around 400 trades total. Most trades individual stocks. Beats S&P 500 just two years out of six. Post says lesson learned how difficult active trading stays. Many similar stories appear in investing forums. Index funds win long term without all stress. I spent 6 years trying to …
Marc Faber: The U.S. Is Heading Toward a Fiscal Crisis #DebtCrisis #Economy #Investing Watch the full interview on https://t.co/RV9SG2Xn2D pic.twitter.com/2HDNmFkhn4 — Wealthion (@wealthion) June 25, 2026 Marc Faber, editor of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report, joins Maggie Lake to discuss why he believes markets are approaching a major top, why the AI investment boom …
He pays big tax but still sits on massive private fortune from old estate. Duchy of Cornwall assets reach 1.2 billion pounds. William gets private income of 21.6 million pounds last year. He paid 7.76 million in tax for 2024-25 and 8.34 million year before. Total tax over 20 million pounds since he became Prince …
“Citizen Vigilante”, is a “Death Wish” for the 21st Century. The movie follows vigilante Sanders (Golden Globe nominee Armie Hammer), who takes justice in his own hands and hunts down criminals. While Sanders gains more and more fame, and the public sees him as a hero, interpol chief Henry (Costas Mandylor) believes he is a …
MSTR is currently sitting on a $12.5B unrealized loss, exceeding the largest trading loss in history (Bill Hwang/Archegos) by $2.5B byu/Independent-Cress382 inwallstreetbets
PCE inflation rose to 4.1 percent annual rate in May. This up from 3.8 percent in April. Core PCE without food and energy also higher at around 3.4 percent. Energy prices main driver from ongoing Middle East issues. Real wages feel squeeze as prices outrun paychecks for many. Video from Rebel Capitalist points out this …
Mullin v Al Otro Lado June 2026 The Supreme Court has handed the Trump administration one of its biggest immigration wins yet. In a 6-3 ruling, the Court held that migrants waiting on the Mexico side of the border have not legally “arrived” in the United States and therefore do not have the right to …
Prime Day spending crashes and factory jobs slashed while investors still bet on soft or no landing economy. Ngl this might be the biggest recession indicator of all-time. https://t.co/C2hlqUawrr — Just a Dude Who Invests (@DudeWhoInvests) June 24, 2026 Every corporation in America is running the same experiment right now. How much will we pay …
