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Rage against the machine by inEconomyCharts https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2025/10/13/can-ai-replace-junior-workers Not hiring junior devs because you can replace them with AI looks like a great strategy now, but then in 20-30 years, there’ll be a severe lack of senior devs, and it’ll take another 20-30 years to get them back because you can’t just create senior devs out …
The campaign against New York Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani has become one of the most aggressive citizenship battles in modern American politics. What began as a technical review of a form has turned into a public attempt to erase an elected official’s legal identity. The tone coming from Washington is not bureaucratic. It is moral, punishing, …
Jeanine Pirro announces charges against two perps in the assault and robbery of big balls Edward Coristine — listen for the details.pic.twitter.com/iC23SLU0hk — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) October 22, 2025 Jeanine Pirro has charged two young men for attacking Edward “Big Balls” Coristine back in August. Coristine, who worked for a government office focused on …
DOJ fires 2 prosecutors who opposed charges against N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James The Trump administration fired two federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia who voiced opposition to the criminal case against New York Attorney General Letitia James, a high-ranking Justice Department source familiar with the matter told CBS News. Kristin Bird and …
Watch live from New York and Washington as protesters join a “No Kings” demonstration against U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies. Read more: https://bit.ly/4hg3ta3 A new round of “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump is planned across the U.S. on Oct. 18. The name “No Kings” reflects organizers’ belief that Trump is …
BREAKING: Senate Democrats reject for the TENTH TIME Republicans’ clean bill to reopen the federal government Chuck Schumer is totally HIJACKED by Bernie Sanders and AOC. Russ Vought and Trump will continue firing and cutting Democrat programs in the meantime 🔥 Last night the two went on a socialist town hall and had NO CLUE …
Banks are always the first to fall. pic.twitter.com/gx7JYpc91Y — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) October 14, 2025 BREAKING 🚨: Japan Japanese Yen forms a Death Cross ☠️ against the U.S. Dollar 📉 pic.twitter.com/TrbyJDNYWG — Barchart (@Barchart) October 13, 2025 JPMORGAN CFO SAYS WE DON'T LIKE BUYING BACK STOCKS AT THE CURRENT LEVELS — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) October …
Organizers estimated more than 150,000 people joined the demonstration, while the police put the crowd at 80,000. Police vehicles chasing protesters were seen to smash up bicycles. Officers out of uniform but identified by red arm bands detained protesters, tying their hand with plastic bands. At one point, police officers on bicycles sheltered inside a …
Russian Ruble has gained nearly 40% against the U.S. Dollar this year byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts h/t RobertBartus
DHS Sec Kristi Noem briefs federal officials at the ICE facility in Portland, says agents have been authorized to take any necessary action against criminal protesters: "We are working with the Department of War and the Department of Justice." pic.twitter.com/0irApkQ3xA — Katie Daviscourt 📸 (@KatieDaviscourt) October 7, 2025
via Phoenix Capital Research As I noted yesterday, gold is breaking out again. The precious metal, priced in dollars, erupted higher this week breaking out of another consolidation period. This phenomenon isn’t just about the $USD. Gold has also broken out to the upside against the Euro, Yen and Franc.
Anti-government demonstrators in Morocco filled the streets for a fifth straight night Wednesday, with protests over public services spiraling into violence and destruction across multiple cities. At least two people have died in Moroccan Gen Z protests, also dubbed “GenZ212” or the “Gen Z Uprising”, in yet another flare-up of youth-led anger similar to movements …
#Ukraine has next ZERO chance to use US #Tomahawk missiles – Expert from Responsible Statecraft Tomahawks can be fired only from guided missile destroyers, Typhon system and specific submarines IOW, despite the rhetoric, Ukraine has no chance of getting them. pic.twitter.com/YS7mrmwTZP — Michael Ashura (@MichaelAshura) October 1, 2025 Tomahawks can be launched from guided missile …
Holy shit. They’re declaring war. Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy has just followed up Starmer’s truly evil speech by lying to the BBC that Farage “flirted with Hitler Youth”. A new low – hard to disagree the government is now inciting violence against @Nigel_Farage. pic.twitter.com/2frWotAc82 — Dan Wootton (@danwootton) September 30, 2025 View post on …
We are witnessing domestic terrorist sedition against the federal government. The JTTF has been dispatched by the Attorney General, pursuant to NSPM-7. All necessary resources will be utilized. — Stephen Miller (@StephenM) September 27, 2025 The post references the deployment of the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) under NSPM-7, a National Security Presidential Memorandum issued on …
Hundreds of protesters marched through the streets of Rome to the Foreign Ministry Thursday evening to protest against the support that the government of Premier Giorgia Meloni is giving to Israel. (AP Video by Trisha Thomas).
Gold Hits New Record High As China Moves To De-Westernize Global Bullion Market https://t.co/m4wGHLAMlX — zerohedge (@zerohedge) September 23, 2025 The Gold rally has accelerated since August and delivered a +12% return over the past month – 98th percentile for monthly returns since 1980 – supported by rising futures positioning and ETF inflows, as well …
Thousands of Brazilians on Sunday protested in all 26 states and the federal district against a possible pardon for former president Jair Bolsonaro and his allies, who were convicted of attempting a coup. (AP video by Mario Lobao, Diarlei Rodrigues, Andre Penner, Eduardo François)
On the eve of New York Climate Week, activists and members of the public gathered in the city to protest the financial institutions that they claim are “profiting” off the climate crisis and wars. (AP Video: Aron Ranen).
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2025/09/19/ted-cruz-says-fcc-chair-sounded-like-a-mafia-boss-in-threats-against-abc-over-jimmy-kimmel/ U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz says FCC chairman Brendan Carr sounded more like an organized crime boss than a federal regulator when he threatened to revoke ABC’s licenses over comments by late night host Jimmy Kimmel. The Texas Republican emphasized how much he hates what Kimmel said about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk …
Judge gives US president 28 days to refile action after saying original filing is full of ‘vituperation and invective’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/19/trump-nyt-lawsuit-judge-ruling A federal judge tossed Donald Trump’s $15bn defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, book publisher Penguin and two Times reporters, and said the suit was filled with “vituperation and invective” and violated civil procedure …
NEW: 🇺🇲 Donald Trump has threatened that television networks that report against him could lose their broadcasting licenses. pic.twitter.com/RViePjvsN2 — Megatron (@Megatron_ron) September 19, 2025 “They give me only bad publicity or press. I mean, they’re getting a license. I would think maybe their license should be taken away. It will be up to Brendan …
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/18/nx-s1-5542082/cdc-acip-vaccine-hepatitis-b-mmrv#:~:text=MMRV%20no%20longer%20recommended%20for%20kids%20under%204&text=At%20issue%20was%20evidence,%20presented,which%20concerned%20some%20committee%20members. On Thursday, amid a lot of confusion, the panel voted to allow the MMRV vaccine for children under 4 to continue to be paid for by the Vaccines for Children program. But on Friday morning, they reversed course. After a second vote on the same question, they removed the vaccine from that program, which …
They did not investigate. They fabricated. And now they face a lawsuit designed not to correct the record, but to dismantle the institutions that published it. President Donald Trump has filed a $15 billion defamation and libel suit in Florida federal court against The New York Times Company, four of its senior reporters, and Penguin …
“The European Union has postponed the presentation of its 19th package of sanctions against Russia following demands from US President Donald Trump to impose stricter restrictions.” https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/eu-postpones-19th-sanctions-package-085657342.html “Trump said he was ready to impose serious sanctions on Russia, but only if all NATO countries did the same and stopped purchasing Russian oil.” https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/eu-postpones-19th-sanctions-package-085657342.html
It’s like they’re going out of their way to find new ways to turn people against Israel. If this passes it will be a huge loss for Israel & Trump. Trump said he was ushering in an era of Free Speech. Which now seems like the funniest thing he ever said. https://t.co/UaA4lxshdU — Jimmy Dore …
.@POTUS: "We're going to look into Soros because I think it's a RICO case against him and other people because this is more than protests. This is real agitation; this is riots on the street — and we're going to look into that." pic.twitter.com/zwUr03G5DA — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 12, 2025
Nobody in Nepal blinked when KP Sharma Oli finally resigned. What shocked people was how long it took. The country had already exploded. Streets were full of furious protesters, government buildings defaced, homes of top officials set on fire. A generation had stopped asking for reform and started demanding the collapse of a system that …
When foreign governments choose gold over Treasuries, it means they no longer trust Washington to protect the value of their reserves. This is the clearest sign yet that the post–World War II financial order is cracking. If demand for U.S. debt keeps falling, interest rates will spike, deficits will explode, and the dollar’s role as …
Jeffrey Epstein files: Republican rebels square off against GOP leaders. What are they hiding? https://t.co/zrCq1pjHHs — TB (@Iamnottommyb) September 3, 2025 Republican rebels on Wednesday ramped up the pressure on their party to force the Trump administration to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein, hosting victims of the convicted sex offender at the Capitol, where …