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by Michael The people that guard our leaders are supposed to be the most highly trained security personnel in the world. So how could something like this have happened? As I mentioned in a previous article, I have been trying to put the pieces together. To me, it appears that we either just witnessed incompetence on an epic …
President Joe Biden’s signing of the “Promoting Resolution of the Tibet-China Conflict Act” has escalated tensions with China. According to Lenta this has prompted strong objections from Beijing The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the bill, labeling it a blatant interference in China’s internal affairs and a violation of international norms. The legislation, aimed …
That’s gotta be one of the wildest pictures in American history. Wow. — Chris Graham (@chrisgraham) July 14, 2024
Arizona rancher George Alan Kelly has charges dismissed in migrant shooting case An Arizona jury voted to acquit Kelly 7-1 in April An Arizona judge on Tuesday dismissed the case against rancher George Alan Kelly, who was charged with murder after being accused of shooting a Mexican national on his border property. Kelly, 75, was …
Every day, prominent voices sound an ever-more-urgent alarm over the Biden administration’s border policies and the multiple threats to the nation’s security they are causing. * In late June, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas concerned about the poor vetting procedures of Afghans by the Biden …
Yes, they actually published this. Huffington Post says the Biden campaign should deceive the American public into thinking Biden is healthy by using AI. Yes, they actually published this. pic.twitter.com/dSJbwlXfrf — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 4, 2024 From the article: “The president has limited time to campaign as he also focuses on running the country, …
Javier Milei and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele are reshaping the entire South American political spectrum. Who else is ready to make North America great again? pic.twitter.com/xZp2RY1XE7 — TaraBull (@TaraBull) July 2, 2024 Javier Milei: Javier Milei, the president of Argentina, has gained recognition among Latinos in the U.S. since winning the presidency last year. …
In March 2021, a brazen armed robbery took place at an upscale restaurant in Beverly Hills, California. The incident involved three gang members who targeted a man wearing a $500,000 Richard Mille watch. As the victim sat in the outdoor dining area of Il Pastaio restaurant, the robbers held him at gunpoint. During a struggle for …
Malls, retail stores, and restaurants all across the country are going out of business in a lead up to this coming recession / depression. The lucky ones that are still in business, are having a hard time right now as inflation is killing people’s purchasing power and forcing many to only spend on essentials. How …
American Ranchers Have Been Abandoned By US Government & Allowed To Be Invaded By Illegal Migrants “Everything down here is in disarray. Everything is it's horrible. It's horrible to have to live your life scared to death, wondering if this is the day that I'm gonna have to pull… pic.twitter.com/GaIruJev7G — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) …
In a surprising twist, car prices are experiencing a dramatic shift. After years of seemingly endless climbs, prices are now plummeting at an alarming rate. Here are some key points: New Vehicle Prices: Industry analysts report that the average price of a new vehicle has dropped by nearly 20% year-over-year. This decline is a welcome …
HOW old do you feel? A new study has found Americans over 45 feel 12 years older than their actual age, on average. The poll of 2,000 Americans ages 28 and older, split evenly by generation, found 55% of people who feel older than their actual age blame joint pain, and 45% have held back …
by Ed Driscoll Americans still waiting on Biden broadband plan; rural high-speed internet stuck in Dems’ red tape. Residents in rural America are eager to access high-speed internet under a $42.5 billion federal modernization program, but not a single home or business has been connected to new broadband networks nearly three years after President Biden signed the …
Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman has turned on Black History Month and declared he “detests it.” The Hollywood star known for his roles in The Shawshank Redemption and The Dark Knight trilogy made plain his antipathy in an interview, critically appraising the annual event that takes place every February across the country. Freeman told Variety in …
The lawsuit alleges Pennsylvania does not provide enough funding for the public defense system. PENNSYLVANIA, USA — The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU-PA) filed a class-action lawsuit today alleging Pennsylvania does not fund indigent defense enough to provide effective counsel, the Public Defender Association of Pennsylvania (PDAP) reports. Indigent defense is the legal requirement …
Doctors are being warned that a lifesaving cancer therapy may cause new tumors to form in rare cases. In a report in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers urged physicians to ‘be on the lookout’ for unusual symptoms in patients who receive CAR-T therapy. Twenty-five people in the US out of around 30,000 have …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, Following the conventional path is a deadend. It isn’t easy to carve a path outside the well-worn pathways of debt servitude, but it is possible. America has become a nation bifurcated into haves and have-nots, and this is generating large-scale, enduring economic, social and political consequences. In a nutshell, older generations who bought …
HONG KONG — Four American instructors from a small Iowa college were injured in a stabbing attack while on a teaching trip to China, their school and officials in both countries said. Chinese police said Tuesday that a suspect had been arrested and that those injured were receiving treatment but not in life-threatening condition. The …
US news outlets turn to Fleet Street veterans as their troubles mount https://t.co/QVIBkKFhVD — Financial Times (@FT) June 6, 2024 The Brits Invade US Newsrooms With a ‘Killer Instinct’ and Fleet Street Ethics The crisis in American news media has led to an unexpected result in a very short time: The invasion of executive news …
eBay customers will no longer be able to use American Express cards to pay for purchases from this summer. The online marketplace announced Wednesday that it would no longer accept the cards from August 17. It blamed the ‘unacceptably high fees’ imposed by AmEx for processing transactions. It is a blow to American Express, which …
Story Summary Build-to-rent communities have taken off as more Americans find themselves unable to afford a down payment on a home. An estimated 97,000 residential homes built to rent were completed in 2023, up 45% from the year prior. Build-to-rent remains relatively niche, making up an estimated 7.9% of all single-family housing starts in 2023. …
The situation in Cape Coral, Florida, has ignited outrage as city officials, without consultation, dissolved volunteer citizen groups and appointed themselves, doubling their salaries with taxpayer money. This brazen move, revealed just this week, includes a staggering stipend of $6,000 per month for the Mayor and $3,333 per month for each council member, totaling $351,972 …
Black American Speaks Out. Democrats Have Gone Too Far “Let me say this. My mind was not made up before, but it is definitely made up now. And I will definitely be voting for Donald Trump because the weaponization of the legal system, it is so blatant, and this corruption cannot… pic.twitter.com/Zc9f73QNGS — Wall Street …
Areport from the Job Creators Network shows that regulations from the Biden administration have cost the U.S. more than $1 trillion, which averages up to thousands of dollars per family. First shared with the Daily Caller, the report highlighted that there have been 923 new federal regulations under Biden, which had come with a total of up to $1.6 trillion …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmnO4O1MBdM The decline of our country is explicit. While 99% of our population is struggling to adapt to the rising cost of basic necessities, the top 1% of ultra rich Americans has seen their wealth increase by nearly 500% over the past four years. Though an America where some have more money than others is …
The average debt in America is $104,215 across mortgages, auto loans, student loans, and credit cards. Debt peaks between ages 40 and 49 among consumers with excellent credit scores. The largest percentages of the average consumer debt balance are mortgages. The average debt an American owes is $104,215 across mortgage loans, home equity lines of credit, …
Fast food prices have skyrocketed under the Biden administration, outpacing grocery bills and gas prices, according to Axios. Since before the pandemic, prices have surged by 31%, while average hourly earnings have only climbed 25%. It’s the cost of living crisis, plain and simple. Biden, the Democrats, and the media seem oblivious to the fact …
What he describes is also being seen in other nations too. Canada’s housing bubble is actually far worse right now than America’s was in 2008. All the signs seem to be pointing to the early stages of a worldwide Great Depression beginning to form. I lost my job in the ‘booming’ housing industry. I was …