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by Michael Now we are going to get to see what really happens to the global economy when the Strait of Hormuz is completely closed for an extended period of time. Before the war, approximately 45 percent of all Asian oil imports traveled through the Strait of Hormuz. The Chinese normally get more oil from …
Keir Starmer will announce a midnight social media curfew for 16 and 17-year-olds tomorrow Social Media Intervention Research 2026: Social media restriction pilots: Qualitative research with 13 to 17-year-olds in the UK Published 14 July 2026 1. Executive Summary The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) commissioned Savanta to run a qualitative study to …
This decision dramatically tilts power toward the executive by creating broad criminal shields for official acts that are tough to overcome in court. It rewards creative lawyering to label actions “official” while handcuffing prosecutors on evidence. via The Nation: Under this new standard, a president can go on a four-to-eight-year crime spree and then retire …
https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/SPCX/ SpaceX $SPCX has fallen to $137 after-hours, only $2 above its historic IPO price of $135 per share. Since trading began at $150 per share, ever single retail investor is now underwater on the stock. https://t.co/mBBWm2sBoy pic.twitter.com/f4Gky6HxIW — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) July 13, 2026
Anyone wanting to see beyond the new screen can use the conveniently located staircase at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial pic.twitter.com/4PNneQRDQ0 — Thomas Watkins (@thomaswatkins) July 14, 2026 **Factcheck:** The image shows crews installing black mesh covers on fencing around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool (Washington Monument visible in background). This is part of …
by Martin Armstrong Maxine Waters is 87 years old and is once again seeking another term in Congress. This is not about her age. There are people in their eighties who are far more capable than those decades younger. The real issue is that Washington has transformed public office into a lifetime career. Politicians are …
According to the survey of 1,700 adults, an impressive 69 percent of US employees support forcing AI companies to transfer 50 percent of their stock into a public wealth fund, an idea that has been championed by senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT). “In the eyes of the public, AI Sovereign funds are seen as a tool …
The media is straight-up complicit when they chase the whistleblower instead of the crime. This fraud is pure theft from law-abiding taxpayers and hurts the people who actually need the help most. Billions of eyes opened because one guy refused to back down despite the attacks and threats. It completely backfired on the cover-up crowd. …
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For all the worry about how America has become one big bet on AI, a similar but perhaps more alarming story is unfolding quietly in the other economic superpower. China’s vaunted AI prowess is concealing deep rot elsewhere in its economy. Though many forecasters keep expecting China to surpass the US as the world’s leading …
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Former special counsel Jack Smith obtained text messages that 44 members of Congress sent to senior White House officials during the final weeks of President Donald Trump’s first term, Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley revealed Tuesday. The latest exchanges were part of a trove of materials that the National Archives turned over to Smith’s team …
The House passed legislation Tuesday to end the nation’s biannual practice of changing the clocks — a vote that sowed division in both parties and now faces an uphill battle in the Senate despite strong lobbying from the White House and personal engagement from President Donald Trump. The final vote of 308-117 did not break …
Some license plate cameras equipped with special sensors can collect a lot more information about drivers than previously thought, according to a new report. One product, defense contractor Leonardo’s SignalTrace system — which produces sensors that can be fitted to existing license plate readers — can collect unique identifiers attached to phones, AirPods, and other …
Exelon’s CEO warns the U.S. could face widespread blackouts by 2027, arguing utilities need permission to build new power plants as investment has failed to keep pace with future demand. Competitive electricity markets discourage investment by offering insufficient returns, leaving utilities underinvesting despite rising power needs and grid reliability concerns. Fixing the grid will require …
pic.twitter.com/2Y5NI59ugd — Kevin Sorbo (@ksorbs) July 12, 2026 You start to find that drug trafficking, sex trafficking, contract killing, fraud, and corruption are all being done where the politicians are conducting all the action. It’s a big club and we all aren’t in it. HOLY F'CK 🚨 Nick Shirley found (108) people registered to vote …
The woman acts shocked like theft has no cause and effect. Crime stats show clear patterns but nobody wants to say it. Black woman is FURIOUS after seeing that milk is now locked up at her local gas station in Silver Spring, Maryland… It’s like black people can’t comprehend that if they keep stealing, stores …
Top female athletes say they've been distracted by camera angles while competing https://t.co/XCl00O0nJD — Dexerto (@Dexerto) July 14, 2026 Viewership in women's athletics drops a record 95% pic.twitter.com/R58lCSvY9N — LurkMoarTV (@LurkMoarTV) July 14, 2026 New broadcasting guidelines have been introduced in Europe to prevent women athletes from being sexualized through camera angles and slow-motion replays. …
Funny how the 'Defund the Police' crowd is always the number one reason everyone else needs to hire more police. pic.twitter.com/qAETfpyWjr — Real Common Sense (@commonsense144) July 14, 2026 🚨 JUST IN: SCOTUS Justice Amy Coney Barrett rips the people threatening her life and her family, saying her CHILDREN are now dealing with it and …
For two years, AI investors played the same game. Buy the companies building the machines. The GPUs. The memory. The data centers. The companies supplying the picks and shovels. It worked. But now the market is starting to ask a different question. What comes after the infrastructure buildout? Because eventually, someone has to make money …
US home prices make new all-time-highs. Washington printed $23 trillion and sold you the inflation as a bull market in real estate pic.twitter.com/UYuRHry8YB — Kurt S. Altrichter, CRPS® (@kurtsaltrichter) July 13, 2026 Something about the housing market does not add up. Home prices are sitting at or near all-time highs. But underneath that headline is …
Primary dealers flipped to net short corporate bonds by about 4 billion dollars this year. This marks the first time they went net short since data started in 1998. In 2017 the same dealers held peak average long positions of 16 billion dollars. Now the short sits mostly in longer-dated bonds worth 13.7 billion dollars. …
For 25 years, schools chased the same promise. More technology would create smarter students. More devices. More screens. More digital learning. The “future ready” classroom became the goal. In 2024 alone, U.S. schools spent more than $30 billion on laptops and tablets. That was roughly 10 times more than textbook spending. The idea was that …
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been ordered to temporarily stop conducting vehicle stops in the wake of two deadly shootings in Texas and Maine, sources told ABC News. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin gave the directive, a law enforcement source told ABC News, after he spoke with Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who said she …
by Michael I have been repeatedly telling my readers that we are living in apocalyptic times, and when I first started saying that I think that many people out there thought that I was exaggerating, but now what is happening to us is becoming a lot more obvious. The war in the Middle East has …
The number that jumps out is 1.2 million margin calls in one crash. South Korea’s retail trading boom just hit the ugly part of the cycle. The KOSPI dropped 8.95% in one day, triggering a circuit breaker. SK Hynix fell 15.37%. Samsung dropped 10.7%. And the damage was not just on paper. Around 320,000 to …
Something changed when people stopped arguing about surveillance online and started going after the hardware. In Houston, at least 6 Flock cameras were damaged, cut down, or spray painted around the July 4 period. Police in Houston, Texas, are panicking and have started an immediate investigation as citizens continue to destroy Flock cameras across the …
Denies but pays fines for doing it. Got it. Nothing to see here. Just like 05-09. — RealJohnGaltFLA (@RealJohnGaltFla) July 13, 2026 264,000 OTC derivatives transactions misreported over 208 business days. Fine of just $1.3 million (2 million AUD). Details missing on which stocks, trade volumes, profits, or market impact. Happened nearly every business day …
