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Americans reporting the Mall of America in Minnesota is now completely dead because of ICE raids It looks like everyone’s hiding from ICE “It's like a ghost town in here. Usually it's packed. That is crazy” Americans can’t even comprehend the real number of illegals in America pic.twitter.com/ruFqHwuyZF — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) January 15, …
Stanley Kroenke owns the world’s most valuable sports empire, including the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams. Now the sports tycoon is also America’s largest private landowner, according to the newly released Land Report. At 2.7 million acres, Kroenke’s holdings are larger than Yellowstone National Park — or the equivalent of roughly 2 million football fields. Kroenke …
Something big is happening in America and most people aren’t paying attention. The warning signs are everywhere, rising prices, a weakening dollar, mass layoffs, and a growing sense that the system isn’t working the way it used to. People are struggling to afford groceries, losing jobs without warning, and wondering if playing by the rules …
Minneapolis City Officials Dismantle 'No-Go Zone' Set Up By Anti-ICE Agitators https://t.co/U3fkYFXl7q — zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 10, 2026 House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., joins ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to discuss the latest on the unrest in Minneapolis as DHS deploys additional federal agents to the city.
by Michael After years of heading in the wrong direction, nobody can deny that the United States is facing overwhelming problems. So why don’t we focus on fixing those problems first? The truth is that we can’t do everything because our resources are very limited. U.S. households are more than 18 trillion dollars in debt, …
The US launched a half-hour-long “special military operation” in Venezuela on Saturday morning that culminated in Delta Force’s capture of President Nicolas Maduro. Several military sites were bombed, US helicopters flew freely over Caracas in a surreal display of the US’ aerial supremacy, and there were reportedly no US casualties. The US’ “special military operation” …
Funny how democracy always lives on top of oil. The reason why Venezuela is under attack U.S. Southern Command chief General Laura Richardson just said the truth out loud: the U.S. focus in Latin America isn’t “democracy” — it’s controlling oil, lithium, gold, and rare earth minerals. Venezuela, with the largest oil reserves and key …
U.S. President Donald Trump: "If Iran shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go." Contributed by @AZ_Intel_. pic.twitter.com/MeOHORic7l — Open Source Intel (@Osint613) January 2, 2026 Iran’s nearly week-long protests, sparked by economic despair …
There’s nowhere else to park cash with bonds broken, crypto unstable, Japan hiking, and China already heated. Metals aren’t just a trade, they’re the last real safe harbor left before the next wave hits. BofA's contrarian sell signal got triggered Since 2002, 16 sell signals have been followed by a median 2.7% decline in global …
The ideological civil war inside the conservative movement exploded on the AmericaFest stage Friday night when Steve Bannon unloaded on Ben Shapiro, accusing the Daily Wire co-founder of being anti-MAGA, anti-Trump, and aligned with foreign-policy priorities that, in Bannon’s telling, put America last. Bannon’s blistering takedown capped a chaotic, multi-day feud at Turning Point USA’s …
This is how trouble sneaks in, quietly and all at once. When every major bond market starts pushing yields higher together, it means money is getting expensive everywhere, not just somewhere. Stocks can ignore that for a while, but balance sheets cannot. By the time equities notice, the damage is already baked in. A HUGE …
Tulsi Gabbard on the recent House Homeland Security Hearings revealing up to 18,000 known or suspected terrorists who entered the US under the Biden administration. She explains the national security risks tied to the Afghanistan withdrawal, failures in vetting, and the growing threat from these terrorists who entered our Country. I joined over 290,000 Americans …
The Department of Homeland Security is working closely with @CommerceGov to facilitate the rollout of President Trump’s Gold Card program. Under this historic initiative, qualified individuals and corporations, who contribute $1 million and $2 million respectively, will receive expedited EB-1 or EB-2 green cards following rigorous vetting. This landmark program fulfills President Trump’s promise to …
“This is 2007, 2008 magnified multiple times over,” warns Mitch Vexler, a commercial real estate developer who has gone forensic on America’s crumbling financial foundations. In today’s interview, Vexler dismantles the narrative of stability. He details a $23 trillion property overvaluation scheme, a $2 trillion commercial real estate cliff, and trillions in impaired bank loans—all …
TOURISTS entering America will have their social media histories checked at border control, if the latest Trump administration mandate is enforced. The proposed social media screening would apply to all tourists – including Brits – entering the US, regardless of whether they need a visa or not. The Federal Register notice states it would be …
Donald Trump did not rule out expanding US military operations beyond Venezuela to Mexico and Colombia. The president said in a interview taped this week that he would consider using military force on two US allies in Latin America. Trump cited Mexico and Colombia’s drug trade into the US as he continues threatening to overthrow …
Lose-lose situation. The question is, do we want a company controlling the entire film and streaming industry, or do we want to further enlarge the power of the Ellison family? Here are my thoughts from 3 days ago, but I’m happy to talk about this even further. https://t.co/Ta6bl4kFQ2 — World of Finance (@FinancesWorld) December 8, …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F1d71kEbes The American people have just taken their first full breath after surviving an attempt to smother the Republic through a Marxist-inspired cultural campaign carried out largely through the administrative state, media, academia, and politicized elements of the national security bureaucracy. Most citizens did not fully perceive it while it was happening. Many in the …
by Michael If your household is struggling to pay the bills right now, you are far from alone. The cost of just about everything that Americans regularly spend money on has been soaring, and as a result our standard of living has been steadily declining. Over the past couple of decades, our politicians borrowed and spent …
Why does it feel like no matter how hard you work, you’re still falling behind? It’s not in your head. There are real, systemic reasons why millions of Americans are getting poorer while working harder than ever. In this video, we’re breaking down 15 reasons why so many people are struggling to get ahead right …
. @JamesCarville says if you don’t want to give 40 percent of your income to the federal government you don’t deserve being American. “If you can’t live in a country with a 40% tax rate on your income above a half million dollars, then go, dude, we don’t need you. Go somewhere else. “You know, …
Politicans and the courts killed it before US citizens could actually experience the benefits Now we have to keep watching the deficit slowly eat away at our fiscal future pic.twitter.com/fObg99Rj5a — Illiquid Insights (@IlliquidInsight) November 23, 2025 The US has officially added +$2.1 TRILLION of debt since the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was formed …
BREAKING: U.S. foreclosure rates surge 32% YoY. — Polymarket (@Polymarket) November 23, 2025 2025 is hitting Americans hard: – 2.2 million+ cars repo’d, heading toward a 3M record year. – 326,000 homes in foreclosure filings. – Commercial real estate drowning: delinquencies at 7.46%, office over 11%. This is what real financial stress looks like across …
👀 pic.twitter.com/gTvNCjYbck — Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) November 19, 2025 Hey @realdonaldtrump: being Saudi Arabia’s bitch is not “America First.” — Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) November 21, 2018
Every company would be affected if the AI bubble were to burst, the head of Google’s parent firm Alphabet has told the BBC. Speaking exclusively to BBC News, Sundar Pichai said while the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) investment had been an “extraordinary moment”, there was some “irrationality” in the current AI boom. In comments …
Affordability crisis rattling mom-and-pop shops… “Surging import costs. Mounting payroll and healthcare expenses. A shortage of affordable loans. And a stressed-out workforce. Small businesses are facing mounting pressure from America’s affordability crisis. Doug Scheffel, owner of a family-run ETM Manufacturing in Massachusetts, laid off about a quarter of his employees in April as the Trump …
Families don’t delay kids by chance, they do it because the basic math of life is breaking. When a house requires a midlife crisis to afford, the future starts thinning out right in front of us. The average age of a first-time American homebuyer is 40 years old. 40. Years. Old. It was 25 in …
