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You can’t make this shit up. BREAKING: Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum announces she’s pursuing legal action against the Trump admin after an ICE agent shot a Mexican national illegal alien who tried to run over agents with his car pic.twitter.com/p1nVcO2RDF — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 9, 2026 Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is reportedly planning …
This caught my eye for one reason. Who still gets to borrow money at 1.5% today? The NCUA is offering $13 million in low interest loans to low income designated credit unions. Each institution can borrow up to $500,000. The money is supposed to help pay for new products and office expansions. Applications are already …
NYT reports NRC plans major overhaul of radiation safety rules to speed nuclear power expansion. This includes ending long-standing “as low as reasonably achievable” (ALARA) guidance on radiation exposure. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/climate/nrc-radiation-regulation-nuclear-overhaul.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uVA.nIM-.BHgh6ghLK9lF
The Trump administration has joined a lawsuit attempting to stop a first-of-its-kind reparations plan that would compensate Black residents of a Chicago suburb, arguing that its race-based criteria are unconstitutional. The program, in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, offers Black residents and their descendants up to $25,000 for past raced-based housing discrimination. When the city’s …
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Trump administration prepares major ICE surge in New York City. pic.twitter.com/Z1BuqyU8gh — Remarks (@remarks) June 9, 2026 The planned ICE surge in NYC was outlined by Border Czar Tom Homan on June 8 in response to New York’s new sanctuary laws limiting cooperation with federal enforcement. Trump’s attendance at the Knicks NBA …
Trump team cuts NYC cash flow, subway fixes grind to halt 🇺🇸 Trump called Mamdani a city-destroyer. Now his administration is being accused of withholding federal funding from NYC. New Yorkers didn't vote no investments… They just need their subway fixed.pic.twitter.com/jFH3urXTBB https://t.co/l9qxMcwgE7 — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 27, 2026
USCIS announced Friday that noncitizens on temporary visas must return home for consular processing instead of adjusting status inside the US. Policy applies broadly except in extraordinary circumstances decided case by case by officers. Change hits hundreds of thousands including H-1B workers, students, spouses of citizens and others already here legally. Administration says it closes …
Health Secretary RFK Jr. said the hantavirus outbreak is “under control and we’re not worried about it.” President Trump reinforced that the virus is “very hard to catch.” 17 Americans and a dual British-U.S. citizen were evacuated from the cruise ship and moved into biocontainment units in the U.S. on Monday for further assessment and …
Federal health authorities dismantled a decade of strict limits on the flavored e-cigarette market… The FDA granted official marketing approval to four major flavored vaping lines in under two weeks… New guidance permits previously unauthorized products to remain on shelves indefinitely during administrative reviews… Public health advocates express intense rage, pointing to the tobacco industry’s …
James O’Keefe @JamesOKeefeIII WHITE HOUSE CONFESSIONS: President Trump’s Special Assistant on the White House Domestic Policy Council Admits Advisors Make Decisions Based on What “Feels Like a Good Idea,” Says “There’s No Cost-Benefit,” Reveals WH Staff Independently Shape Domestic Policy Based on Their Own Interpretation of What Trump “Would Want” — as Executive Office Budget …
by Michael It turns out that the Iranian officials that the U.S. has been negotiating with do not actually have the power to make a peace deal. So this may help to explain why there has been so much confusion. The truth is that the U.S. has been negotiating with the wrong people in Iran …
Source: https://t.co/1GPuLSkQ0W — Luke Gromen (@LukeGromen) April 19, 2026 WASHINGTON—The United Arab Emirates has opened talks with the U.S. about obtaining a financial backstop in case the Iran war plunges the oil-rich Persian Gulf state into a deeper crisis, U.S. officials said. U.A.E. Central Bank Gov. Khaled Mohamed Balama raised the idea of a currency-swap …
via Phoenix Capital Research The Trump administration is now actively gaming the inflation data. For decades, the U.S. has understated the true state of inflation by applying various accounting gimmicks to the inflation data: the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Producers Price Index (PPI). The primary reasons for this are because A) it allows …
That’s very revealing! Trump’s administration reports directly to him on a daily basis…. pic.twitter.com/ROOBNNHyZy — NBY (@Kwadwo1105) April 13, 2026
Absolute bombshell on FOX News. A top correspondent exposes massive chaos in the Trump administration. Jared Kushner secretly offered Iran unlimited uranium for peaceful use, but now JD Vance is demanding zero enrichment. Washington has absolutely no coherent strategy! pic.twitter.com/PK1mxWhVjZ — Furkan Gözükara (@FurkanGozukara) April 10, 2026
The MacDill IED plot just handed the #Trump administration the perfect closing argument for the Supreme Court. — Trumpvictory2028 (@trumpvictory24) April 3, 2026 HUGE: The Chinese-Americans accused of attempting to explode an IED at MacDill Air Force Base Visitor’s center in Tampa were anchor babies for illegal parents, colleague @MaryMargOlohan reports. DHS nabbed the duo’s …
Israel, for the first time, is planning to propose to the Trump Administration the development of U.S. military bases on its soil, including the construction of new bases and the relocation of existing military bases in countries across the Middle East, senior officials tell… pic.twitter.com/nZVM65cGON — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 30, 2026
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Last week SEC Enforcement Director Margaret Ryan resigned. Let’s discuss today. SEC Enforcement Director Margaret Ryan Resigns Reuters reports US SEC’s ex-enforcement chief clashed with bosses over Trump cases before leaving The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s top enforcement official, who left abruptly last week, had clashed with agency leaders …
Airports on verge of having to SHUT DOWN and stop all flights as TSA chaos triggers mass travel hell https://t.co/i5deT7pSmv — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) March 21, 2026 Airports across the country could be on the verge of shutting down as TSA agents continue mass callouts with the agency still shut down. Wait times to pass …
President Trump continues to assert that the war in Iran is nearly over while troop deployments to the Middle East continue to increase.
SNAP Recipients Sue Trump Administration Over Sugary Food Restrictions https://t.co/THT75uisOI — zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 14, 2026 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries sued the Department of Agriculture on March 11 over the issuance of waivers to five states restricting certain types of foods that can be purchased under the program. On May 19 last year, …
NEW: 🇮🇷🇮🇱🇺🇸 Politico from a White House source: "The Trump administration sees that oil prices will not become a political problem before 4 weeks The US administration has not thought of changing its military strategy to confront the rise in oil prices The US administration… pic.twitter.com/rt2oAMdBjB — Megatron (@Megatron_ron) March 11, 2026 TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BELIEVES …
A Google search for “Trauma Bond” yielded the following definition. A trauma bond is a powerful, unhealthy emotional attachment that develops between a victim and their abuser, often characterized by a cycle of intense abuse followed by periods of affection or kindness. Coined by Dr. Patrick Carnes, this bond is rooted in fear, dependency, and intermittent …
❝Our job is to provide options, and we will have options for the president should Iran decide not to take a deal❞ The US is keeping all options open in its approach to Iran while urging the country to negotiate a deal, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said… pic.twitter.com/HgcKyHnFfy — Anadolu English (@anadoluagency) February 24, …
🚨 BREAKING: Fed-up New Yorkers are FED UP and threatening a full-on PROPERTY TAX REVOLT against socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration! It’s starting! pic.twitter.com/1eovMWDvBy — Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) February 13, 2026 Factcheck: Zohran Mamdani has been NYC mayor since Jan 1, 2026. While there are calls for property tax reform, no confirmed reports of a …
Pam Bondi bragging about the DOW during the Epstein hearing. Why is this administration so obsessed about the stock market? Truly bizarre. She seems completely unhinged from the clips I have seen. pic.twitter.com/BBItujJwTJ — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) February 11, 2026
Epstein Documents, Videos and Photos released… Bush DOJ: 0Obama DOJ: 0Biden DOJ: 0Trump DOJ: 3,500,000+ All the Media narratives have been destroyed. — C3 (@C_3C_3) February 2, 2026 The recent DOJ release of ~3 million Epstein pages stems from the Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed by Trump in 2025, mandating disclosure. No comparable large-scale DOJ …
U.S. authorities have located more than 145,000 illegal immigrant children who were previously unaccounted for under the Biden administration, border czar Tom Homan said on Jan. 30. Homan said the findings came as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the FBI, and the Health and Human Services Department’s Office of Refugee Resettlement continue efforts to locate …
🚨 Tucker Carlson reveals the Offer the Trump Administration made to Minnesota Officials that hasn’t been made public yet — MN Officials said no 1. Local Police have to answer 911 calls from federal agents—— as of now, if an agent is in danger and requests assistance, they… pic.twitter.com/4wmcAo1Dli — MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) January 28, 2026 …
BLOOD IN THE WATER. 🩸 Trump administration just proposed a 0.09% "increase" for 2027 Medicare Advantage rates. In the world of medical inflation, a 0.09% bump isn't a "flat rate", it’s a brutal funding cut. The reaction was instant:$UNH: -9% 📉$HUM: -13% 📉$CVS: -9% 📉 pic.twitter.com/wU1qBIAtfI — Lia Holmgren (@Liathetrader) January 27, 2026 Breaking: Trump Administration proposes keeping steady the rates …