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Jet fuel crisis from Middle East chaos slashes thousands more flights to Spain and Portugal. Brits face ruined summer holidays as airlines axe routes and warn of mass cancellations. EU admits very likely disruptions with sky-high ticket prices while contingency plans get dusted off. Budget carriers already gutting schedules as the perfect storm hits peak …
by Michael If I was Donald Trump, there are some very serious questions that I would be asking right now. He is supposed to be the most protected man on the entire planet, and yet a crazed Kamala Harris supporter with a long history of making extremely alarming statements about Trump was allowed to check …
𝗕𝗟𝗨𝗙: Kidal has fallen. Rebel forces are in complete control of the city. Situation in northern Mali is deteriorating rapidly for Russian African Corps and Malian Armed Forces (FAMa). Russia has requested a safe corridor for withdrawal from the FAMa base in Kidal. An… pic.twitter.com/eKhaGfJHiv — OSINT Intuit™ (@UKikaski) April 26, 2026 🇷🇺⚡The Russian AirForce …
Fertility in America has gotten quite low: pic.twitter.com/N13uDkBuhn — The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole) April 21, 2026
Reporter’s summation of today’s episode from Frontline Africa news podcast: Five things you should take away from this episode. The number one thing is that this is now a four-front war. Iran from the east, Hezbollah from the north, the Houthis from Yemen in the south, the Iraqi militias hitting American targets across the Middle …
Thanks to endless government deceptions and now the fog of war, the best we can do to find the truth is stub our toes on it and hope not to trip over it. by David Haggith Let’s start with what I said in my last Deeper Dive about the nation’s clearly declining GDP in an economy that …
REPORT: Multiple senior Trump administration officials are quietly moving into fortified military housing around Washington, D.C., and the timing is raising serious questions. The shift comes as geopolitical tensions rise and speculation grows that the U.S. government may be… pic.twitter.com/vzKswXEGC5 — The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) March 11, 2026 🚨Update: Reports now indicate multiple senior …
The oilfields are located around the Persian Gulf and not the Red Sea. pic.twitter.com/IQRHWsRN1D — Christine Guerrero (@SheDrills) March 5, 2026 ● You are 5. Start point 🍭● You want your boatload🚢 of lollipops 🍭 delivered to you at 🏠 in Egypt 🇪🇬 ● Put it on a boat 🚢 only. Can't go by car …
it’s official – Anthropic just refused the Pentagon’s demands, dario’s statement is doesn’t fuck around: – “these threats do not change our position: we cannot in good conscience accede to their request.” – dario – he described the pentagons efforts to force him to enable… https://t.co/4FKAe59xvG pic.twitter.com/ahMUZaLldh — Ejaaz (@cryptopunk7213) February 26, 2026 Here is …
UK Government agrees to publish ‘Andrew files’ as MPs attack royal FILES related to the disgraced former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and his position as a UK trade envoy will be published after the UK Government agreed to MPs’ demands. However, during a Commons debate in which Andrew was widely derided including as “a rude, arrogant …
🚨 THIS NUMBER SHOULD NOT EXIST The U.S. housing market just reached the most unaffordable point EVER. Worse than 2008. And almost nobody is paying attention. The median U.S. home now costs $415,000. Five years ago? $270,000. That’s a 54% price increase. Wages over the… pic.twitter.com/Y278wSTc61 — Alex Mason 👁△ (@AlexMasonCrypto) February 23, 2026 It’s …
Police are today being urged to launch a sex trafficking probe into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor amid claims a woman was flown in on Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Lolita Express’ and smuggled into Buckingham Palace using the codename ‘Mrs Windsor’. The paedophile’s Boeing 727–100 private jet, which he used to host orgies and traffic girls, landed around 90 times …
via Phoenix Capital Research Something doesn’t add up. We are told that the economy is doing great. Indeed, the official metrics from the Fed suggest that U.S. GDP is currently clocking in at an annualized rate of 4%. And yet… despite this, the Fed is already cutting rates AND printing $40 billion per month and …
Escalating Threats to Midterm Elections, Bannon Says Trump Will ‘Have ICE Surround the Polls’ “This is a red alert moment,” said Sen. Ed Markey. “We have to start working to protect polling places from Trump’s paramilitary ICE goons before it’s too late.” Days after President Donald Trump suggested that Republicans should “nationalize the voting” in …
The last 20 months of Biden's presidency averaged just over 3% inflation (just under 3% in his last year). Here is Kennedy in June '24 as inflation stayed at or below 3% for the remainder of Biden's term. Costs have only risen since then. Where is the outrage now @SenJohnKennedy? pic.twitter.com/hyqSP4Q9Wg — GOP Absurdity (@ConservativeTa9) …
by Michael When the economy and the financial system are both greatly shaken at the same time, the consequences can be extremely painful. Most of you still clearly remember what life was like in 2008 and 2009. It was such a dark chapter in American history. But there have been other times when we have …
… that's not how the 2nd Amendment works. "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."pic.twitter.com/LJ55Mm2GCP — Ris ᵍᵐ (Risbrian.eth) (@RisBrian) January 27, 2026 What say you, @RepFrenchHill? pic.twitter.com/J47KeYFdXe — shelby (@thetrueshelby) January 27, 2026 Trump …
🇺🇸 Minnesota State Patrol moves in to arrest protestors Source: @BGontheScene https://t.co/YCICmJQFO4 pic.twitter.com/QtaLw9m6Mi — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) January 27, 2026 🚨🇺🇸BREAKING: DOZEN MORE ARRESTED FOR REFUSING TO DISPERSE Police done playing games after protesters targeted Border Chief's hotel with projectiles and shovel attacks. pic.twitter.com/q2QdJrq1AG https://t.co/9ipIn2DrQr — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) January 27, 2026 Police made several …
its giving: pic.twitter.com/OPb2FNvqhs — st3ph (@st3phdoteth) January 19, 2026
No way this is true. Tariff rate for a doll is 25%, so $800 tariff would be on a doll worth$3,200. — Jackie Staaf (@StaafJackie) December 22, 2025 pic.twitter.com/3QiXj2zlCu — Mahovolich (@mahovolich) December 21, 2025
by David Haggith While I may be tempted to write in greater depths about some of these stories in my weekend Deeper Dive, we’ll have to see what more the week brings, but today sure brought a whirlwind of news. The swirling headlines of economic and maybe political collapse feel appropriate where I live as …
Australia launches youth social media ban it says will be the world’s ‘first domino’ More than 1 million social media accounts held by users under 16 are set to be deactivated in Australia in a divisive world-first ban that is being closely watched elsewhere. Can children and teenagers be forced off social media en masse? …
by confoundedinterest17 The Federal government is still shut down, so we have to rely on ADP for jobs numbers. The ADP weekly jobless report pointed to a deterioration in US labor momentum, stating that “for the four weeks ending Oct. 25, 2025, private employers shed an average of 11,250 jobs a week, suggesting that the …
IRVINE, Calif. (KABC) — A house of horrors in Orange County overrun with rats has been declared a public nuisance by the city of Irvine as neighbors grow frustrated with rodents roaming around freely. “There’s no way a human being can live in this environment,” said David Shuelke, an exterminator and rat expert with Twin Home …
by Michael It appears that this government shutdown could go on for a while, and that is not good news for the U.S. economy at all. On day 28 of the shutdown, the U.S. Senate failed to advance a bill to end the shutdown for the 13th consecutive time. They can keep holding more votes, but the …
Bill Melugin: BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I’m told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the …
A major police response is underway at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania in Chester County on Saturday night. https://t.co/tmUKcJzov1 — NBC10 Philadelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia) October 26, 2025 https://twitter.com/TheDefenseByte/status/1982291722559180870 NEED TO KNOW Multiple people were wounded in a shooting at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania on Saturday, Oct. 25 At least one person has died due to their injuries, …
Donald Trump has ordered the world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean in a major escalation in his war on narco-terrorists from Venezuela. The USS Gerald R. Ford is joining the deployment of US Southern Command, Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said on Friday. The $20 billion, 1,090-ft vessel — which can carry more than …
by Michael Consequences often do not show up for an extended period of time, but when they finally arrive they can be exceedingly painful. For decades, our leaders have been making incredibly foolish decisions, and for decades people like me have been ranting about it. But most people thought that everything must be okay because …
