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I work at a lumber mill that employs a bunch of illegal Mexicans who are driving the Americans who work there away. Im a new hire and the mexican training me was intentionally training me wrong to maintain his job security. 3 Americans quit last week bc the company wont …
The Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) was a nationalist partisan force that fought during and after World War II for an independent Ukrainian state. While many Ukrainians view the group as part of the country’s struggle for independence, Poland considers the UPA responsible for mass killings of Polish civilians in Volhynia …
Something changed in this story. For years, anyone who seriously discussed a possible lab leak was often treated like they were chasing a conspiracy. Now the picture looks much more complicated. The latest declassified material shows something uncomfortable: the US government was funding coronavirus research connected to the Wuhan Institute …
Peace talks are hard enough without one side threatening to “blow the s out of” the other. That is apparently what happened in Switzerland. According to reports, Iranian negotiators walked out of follow up peace talks after President Trump made a series of aggressive comments directed at Iran and Hezbollah. …
Swiss bond yields are almost back at zero. The key two-year instrument yields just a couple of basis points and is very likely going to be negative again relatively soon. As we know, Swiss interest rates have very little to do with Switzerland. As a global money center, this is …
What if it is land prices? I always get skeptical when people claim they know exactly when a crash will happen. Then I look at the list of warning signs piling up. The 18.6 year real estate cycle theory says markets typically spend about 14 years climbing and about 4 …
She borrowed $49,548.74 in student loans. 120 payments later, she’s paid $25,558 — and now owes $50,121. She’s paid on it for years and still owes more than what she originally borrowed. The entire thing is a SCAM to enslave the young people. https://t.co/Szxfluriei pic.twitter.com/RHuoEGClIO — Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) June …
Something strange is happening in the bond market. The Fed spent years shrinking its balance sheet through quantitative tightening. Then QT ended in late 2025. Now the Fed’s balance sheet is around $6.7 trillion and has started growing again through Treasury bill purchases designed to keep enough reserves in the …
The City Council on Wednesday voted down the latest bid by Ald. Raymond Lopez (15th) to hold parents responsible for teen takeovers and youth violence in Chicago. Lopez first introduced the Parental Accountability Ordinance in 2023, but it stalled for years. This past March, the City Council Public Safety Committee voted down …
Senator Bernie Sanders joins the NYC mayor to promote progressive candidates in final day of the campaign JTA — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday night described the American Israel Public Affairs Committee as “monsters,” accusing the organization of spending “millions in dark money” to “turn us against …
This story is getting attention because it touches the biggest question about social media during conflicts. Who decides what the public gets to see? According to reporting from The Intercept and internal Meta documents they reviewed, Israel’s government sent requests to Meta to remove content during the recent war, including …
More than 200 of the world’s elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking. A trove of internal records from a secret society for powerful figures in US politics, finance, and tech was …
Source: Yahoo finance A 25.2 percent Social Security cut sounds like a disaster. And that number is exactly why this story exploded. The 2026 Social Security Trustees Report does include that figure. It says that if Congress makes no changes, one way to bring the system into long term balance …
Something about this story is going to make people stop and ask questions. Sen. Ron Johnson released internal FDA emails showing agency staff were reviewing reports involving children who died after receiving COVID vaccines. According to the documents, FDA staff looked at around 10 child death cases. Later, the number …
From luxury getaway to chaos in minutes. What went wrong here? — Charles (@Charles47674402) June 20, 2026
Business secretary says Starmer is reflecting on ‘political realities’ amid overwhelming pressure from MPs Keir Starmer is expected to announce on Monday that he will step down as prime minister, after overwhelming pressure from Labour MPs to make way for Andy Burnham to become Labour leader. Speaking for the government …
The technology is real. That is what makes this so interesting. The biggest risk to the AI boom is not that AI fails. It is that the economics fail. Look at what is happening. Microsoft invested roughly $13 billion into OpenAI. OpenAI then spent billions on Azure. Microsoft booked the …
Foundation for Defense of Democracies executive director Jonathan Schanzer details his concerns for a U.S.-Iran deal on ‘The Will Cain Show.’
Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA), which oversees traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, announced Friday that all vessels must now submit transit requests at least 48 hours in advance. In a post on social media platform X, the PGSA said that only vessels that comply… pic.twitter.com/tAMGN3UYKx — CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) …
Amazon is dropping an $11 BILLION AI data center right in Indiana. This monster will guzzle electricity for 1 MILLION homes and 300 MILLION gallons of water EVERY SINGLE YEAR — just ONE facility. Drone footage shows the insane scale: endless buildings, massive cooling tanks,… pic.twitter.com/R3fcTJTWTX — Valerie Anne Smith …
This is one of those changes that sounds almost impossible until you look into it. The US government is no longer only handing out grants, loans, and tax credits to support key industries. In some cases, it is taking ownership. Through programs like the CHIPS Act and other strategic investment …
This chart explains why so many people are packing up and leaving. New York collects about $12,506 per person in state and local taxes, one of the highest levels in America. Only Washington DC collects more. And if you live in New York City, the bill gets even bigger because …
A SATELLITE JUST REVEALED SOMETHING SHOCKING: GPS JAMMING IS FAR MORE WIDESPREAD THAN ANYONE REALIZED. An experimental navigation satellite called Pulsar-0, flying just 500 km above Earth, has mapped GPS signal tampering from space for the first time and the scale surprised even the engineers who built it. As soon …
One number jumped out at me today. Nearly 2 million Americans have now been unemployed for more than six months. That is up by more than 500,000 from a year ago. Even more interesting, long term unemployed workers now make up 27.5% of all unemployed Americans. That does not happen …
By Peter Reagan For many Americans, retirement represents a long-awaited reward for decades of work and saving. It’s the season of life when the mortgage is hopefully paid down, the schedule becomes more flexible, and there is finally time to enjoy family, hobbies, and travel. For some retirees, that means visiting grandchildren …
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has announced that the Strait of Hormuz is closed to all vessels and warned ships not to approach because their security could be at risk. BREAKING: Iran's IRGC has officially declared the Strait of Hormuz closed to all vessels in response to the US violation of the …
