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via abc7chicago: DETROIT — Gangs from South America are breaking into multi-million dollar homes across the country, including metro Detroit, WXYZ reported. Police said they are highly functional and well-trained. A police official described the crews, which are believed to consist of four to six people, as highly functional and well-trained. Keanu Reeves home raided …
by Michael For a long time, it has been clear that the middle class is being systematically destroyed. The cost of living has been rising faster than paychecks have for years, and this has pushed millions of Americans into poverty. As for those that were already impoverished, many of them have been pushed out into …
🚨 BREAKING: Joe Biden raises the possibility of “American troops fighting Russian troops”… pic.twitter.com/6uKclxmDE4 — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) December 6, 2023 Biden probably thinks this will help him get reelected because traditionally America rallies behind a U.S. President. Never mind the fact that if Russia starts killing a bunch of American troops it could easily …
via bettermarkets: Dennis M. Kelleher, Co-founder, President, and CEO of Better Markets issued the following statement in response to the testimony of Wall Street’s CEOs today before the Senate Banking Committee. “Wall Street’s CEOs testified before the Senate Banking Committee today as if they were the chief employment and economic growth officers for the United States …
The problem is linking funding to performance which incentivizes schools to push students through regardless of their readiness for the next grade level. No child left behind started this. h/t wes7946
Photo by US Embassy Kyiv From Peter Reagan at Birch Gold Group Despite President Biden’s insistence that the U.S. is experiencing the “greatest economic recovery ever,” the evidence suggests otherwise. In fact, the U.S. economy could be heading for one of the most painful periods of economic turmoil of the last 15 years. And it’s all thanks to …
Why are we paying for their war? When will we start asking these questions. Give til it hurts you cattle… via RT: Israel’s war on Hamas will cost the country $53 billion and hamper economic growth into 2024, according to figures published by the Bank of Israel on Monday. Fighting has been paused since a …
by Chris Black You know, if you wanted to remove CO2, you could just plant trees. All living things on earth are “carbon-based lifeforms,” and trees use the carbon in the air to grow. That has never been suggested. There has never been any attempt to prove that CO2 causes warming. There is no evidence …
by The Felder Report Inflation has clearly made an impact on both the psyches… 'Americans expect prices will climb at an annual rate of 4.5% over the next year, up from the 4.4% expected earlier in the month, according to the final November reading from the University of Michigan.' https://t.co/Vo7z3oIDi6 pic.twitter.com/RX8B6XP1Bm — Jesse Felder (@jessefelder) …
by Michael If you are wondering why so many Americans are stressed about their finances these days, just look at the numbers. The Social Security Administration just released national wage statistics for 2022, and the figures that they have given us do not paint a pretty picture at all. In particular, we should all be …
Conservative Group Accidentally Reveals Its Secret Donors. Some of Them Are Liberal Orgs. American Compass is a partner organization in Project 2025, a right-wing think tank that has been building the policy ….for a second Trump administration. Project 2025 is an arm of the Heritage Foundation American Compass whose specific political allegiances lie with the so-called “New Right” uses thee …
The revelation of the ‘Hemisphere’ program, a covert surveillance initiative operating from the White House, has unleashed a bombshell report exposing the unprecedented access and scrutiny of trillions of American phone records without the requirement for warrants. BOMBSHELL REPORT: White House Spying on Trillions of American Phone Records without warrants.. New 'Hemisphere' program, a covert …
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Happy Veterans Day! Do people know about our vets and the wars they fought in? Johnny finds out pic.twitter.com/8rnJzLic39 — Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) November 14, 2023
by Chris Black Young man in Alabama lives a life that is nasty, brutish and short. Increasingly common in post European America. via YAHOO: An Alabama man’s family is alleging that he was sexually assaulted and beaten, leaving him in a coma, at Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore, Alabama, just two weeks before he was …
via ABCNEWS: American aircraft on Sunday struck a weapons storage facility and a command-and-control center used by Iran-linked militants in Syria in the latest round of retaliatory strikes amid continued attacks on U.S. troops in the Middle East, officials said. “Within the last two hours, the U.S. has taken precision defensive strikes against two sites …
by Chris Black An Echelon Insights polling of 1,029 likely voters, conducted between October 23-26, found that 72 percent of those asked would not be willing to volunteer to serve in the armed forces were America to enter a major conflict, compared with 21 percent who would and the remainder saying they were unsure. Another …
Rand Paul’s fiery accusations paint a troubling picture of federal agencies’ priorities. He vehemently claims that the FBI and DHS are misusing their resources to not only surveil but also censor law-abiding American citizens. In his eyes, this is an outrageous misallocation of critical resources, diverting attention away from pressing concerns like escalating violent crime …
A couple of points here. We give a good bunch of money every year as a matter of course. Just because they haven’t spent money earmarked for war doesn’t mean it hasn’t been approved, sent or received. Israel is literally dominating in their war with Hamas after being brutally attacked killing thousands of innocent people, …
Yesterday Loudoun County students staged a walkout to protest biological men being allowed in girls bathrooms & locker rooms. NICE to see students protesting something that makes sense for a change! Fun fact: If you have a penis, you use the men’s room.https://t.co/KJaofKooZf — Joey Meugniot (@realjoeymUS) November 3, 2023 SkyTrack 7 captured the moment …
If you only realize who it is you’re supporting, America! AC
by Chris Black I don’t know about you, but I trust the Iranian ress more than the Western corporate media, even if they don’t offer proof of statement for this claim. Also, American involvement in Israel’s wars is nothing new. Israel only exists because of us, we paid for its existence with blood and treasure. …
James Comer says, in this interview, that the Repbulicans will be revealing “a lot more” evidence than just the recently revealed $200,000 check that shows the Biden’s potential money laundering and influence peddling, and that it “will be revealed to the American people soon.” Comer’s Latest Biden ‘Bombshell,’ a $200K Check to Joe, Declared …
President Joe Biden’s deputies welcomed at least one economic migrant into the United States during the last 12 months for every American newborn or high-school graduate. More than 4 million economic migrants crossed the southern border during the government’s October-to-September budget year, according to federal data released October 21. In contrast, 3.67 million Americans were …
via housingwire: In this brutal housing market, you’ll need to make $115K to buy the typical US home It is almost 3 times more than what the standard American household makes. The last two years of soaring mortgage rates and rising home prices have brought the fastest erosion in housing market affordability in modern history, …
New inflation numbers are running hot, at 5% on an annual basis. That means prices are up 17% since Joe Biden was installed, making the average American family $7,300 poorer. And analysts are predicting high inflation for years to come. Toss in Biden's green agenda and… https://t.co/qXMifIUTYb — FXHedge (@Fxhedgers) October 20, 2023 $XAU Gold …
Homebuyers today face paying $500,000 more in the course of a 30-year mortgage than they would have done two years ago after rates shot up to 8 percent. Analysis by DailyMail.com found that in 2021, an individual purchasing a $400,000 home would pay just $1,621 each month on their loan. However, today that figure stands …
by confoundedinterest17 Housing in the US is simply unaffordable! Under Bidenomics, home prices are up 30% while real weekly earnings growth has been negative for most of Biden’s Presidency. And mortgage rates are up 178% under Bidenomics. Sky-high mortgage rates and still-rising home prices have made it harder than ever to afford a home, especially for …
Arkansas is the first state in the United States that is taking a strong stance against ‘hostile foreign entities,’ particularly China, by banning them from owning agricultural land in the state. During a press conference on Tuesday, Gov. Sarah Sanders (R-AR) announced that the state has ordered the Chinese state-owned Agri Chemical Company, Syngenta, to …