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by Michael For many years, pundits have been warning us that the U.S. dollar would collapse. In 2025, it is actually starting to happen. The U.S. dollar hit a three year low against other global currencies last week, and on Wednesday the crash of the dollar resumed. Overall, the U.S. dollar is now down about 9 …
Karmelo Anthony renting $900K home in gated community with family, bought new car after release on bond in Austin Metcalf murder case. The Texas teen accused of fatally stabbing a high school football star at a track meet allegedly lives in a $900K home inside a luxurious gated community — despite requesting a judge lower …
Central bankers all over the world kept saying, nah, we’re not going to do it this time. They weren’t going to race to the bottom, cutting their interest rates back down to historical lows. And the data keeps coming in that says, yeah, you are. Troubling developments along these lines as Europe goes more for …
42% of mortgage refinance applications are being rejected, the highest rate in AT LEAST the last 12 years 🚨 pic.twitter.com/iWWzTkUrUz — Barchart (@Barchart) April 15, 2025
by Michael Most people on the right have no idea just how crazed many people on the left have become. Right now, a conspiracy theory which claims that President Trump is preparing to declare martial law in the United States is spreading like wildfire on social media. According to that conspiracy theory, a report will …
A judge rules on the deportation of Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil. Trish Regan reveals the 1952 law that the Administration and Courts are citing.
The revelation suggests Congress is compromised in its legislative functions, and even that the U.S. is not currently a true democratic republic. Conservative commentator Glenn Beck shared that congressmen have repeatedly told him they are being monitored by the CIA, with two also claiming they’ve been threatened by the intelligence agency. In a clip shared …
by Michael For more than a billion people living in China, freedom of religion does not exist. So those that do wish to worship as they please must do it in secret, and if they are discovered the consequences can be extremely severe. This week, China is in the news because it is suddenly engaged …
https://twitter.com/WallStreetApes/status/1909415003498885157= Proof of the fact they organized! Now we have to trace back who placed the ads, who paid for them and on to who got paid by whom -banking details, etc
JOE ROGAN: IT’S CRAZY PEOPLE ARE BEING PAID TO PROTEST TESLA “If I was 21 years old and someone said, hey, they’re gonna pay $400 to go to a Kamala Harris rally, would you go? I’m like, f**k yeah, I’d go. I’d hold that sign up, I’d probably vote for her. I heard you get… …
by Michael I am trying to find the words to describe the economic carnage that we are witnessing right now. Even before President Trump unveiled his new tariffs, the U.S. economy was rapidly heading in the wrong direction, layoffs were soaring, and stock prices were steadily falling. But now it is as if enormous amounts of gasoline have been …
by Michael I am trying to find the words to describe the economic carnage that we are witnessing right now. Even before President Trump unveiled his new tariffs, the U.S. economy was rapidly heading in the wrong direction, layoffs were soaring, and stock prices were steadily falling. But now it is as if enormous amounts of gasoline have …
A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency to resume their efforts to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development. The ruling from a three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a lower-court judge’s injunction that had temporarily blocked Musk and …
by Michael The news cycle has become so predictable lately. Corporate media outlets find something that they think the Trump administration has done wrong, and then they pound on it until they find something else that they think the Trump administration has done wrong. In response, conservative media outlets jump on the stories that the corporate media …
by Michael The entire system has been designed to generate as much revenue from your activity as possible until someday you eventually drop dead. It is tax season, and that means that it is time to feed the largest and most bloated government in the history of the entire planet once again. Of course the federal …
by Michael Is the U.S. economy headed for a recession? Nobody can deny that consumer confidence is plummeting, home sales are way down, mass layoffs are being conducted all over the nation, thousands of stores are closing, and a global trade war has erupted. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow model is currently projecting that the U.S. economy …
Average loan terms for new and used cars are close to six years and the majority of loans have terms of more than five years, as of Q2 2024. Longer-term loans can lower your monthly payments, but also cost you more in interest over time, increasing the total price of your vehicle. The average car …
by Michael Did you know that we are bombing the Houthis in Yemen? If so, you are far more informed than most of the population, because most Americans would have no hope of actually finding the nation of Yemen on a blank map of the world. On Saturday, President Trump ordered a “decisive” bombing campaign to …
His daughter rakes in millions from Democrat campaigns, while he sits on the bench pretending to be impartial. And now Kash Patel is demanding subpoenas, bank records, and an investigation into FEC violations. Kash Patel CONFIRMS Judge Juan Merchan should have never been assigned to Donald Trump’s case Kash Patel “I'm calling for the subpoenas …
Bob Grabois nails it—many on the Left can’t seem to write a single email without mentioning Donald Trump, as if their obsession with him is some undeniable truth that doesn’t need explaining. BOB GRABOYES: “Many friends, mostly on the Left, appear incapable of writing an email on any topic without inserting some gratuitous mention of Donald …
The Associated Press has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the outlet being barred from covering White House events in person. The wire service has been snubbed for refusing to update its style guide to refer to the “Gulf of Mexico” as the Gulf of America after President Donald Trump issued an executive …
This is coming from a man whose own bank has been fined billions for money laundering, market manipulation, and shady dealings. JPMorgan itself was caught facilitating money transfers for criminals, yet Dimon wants to paint Bitcoin as the real villain. JPMorgan, $JPM, CEO Jamie Dimon has said "Bitcoin has no intrinsic value. It's used heavily …
by Michael Every year, tens of billions of our tax dollars have been used by USAID to exert “soft power” and cause chaos all over the globe. Most Americans that have heard of it think that USAID’s primary purpose is to deliver humanitarian assistance to nations that desperately need it. But the truth is that …
by ExNihiloAdInfinitum My leftie friends on Facebook are in full-on meltdown mode. They think they’re going to be jailed for posts that displease Trump. Lol.
Facebook ban Starting on January 19, 2025 Facebook’s internal policy makers decided that Linux is malware and labelled groups associated with Linux as being “cybersecurity threats”. Any posts mentioning DistroWatch and multiple groups associated with Linux and Linux discussions have either been shut down or had many of their posts removed.[/color=red] We’ve been hearing all …
It’s a troubling reality that underscores the growing divide between the wealthy elite and the struggling majority. tick tock pic.twitter.com/FflitwaJ3G — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) January 23, 2025 The bottom 50% of households hold 2.4% of US wealth, per Bloomberg. — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) January 23, 2025 https://twitter.com/MichaelMOTTCM/status/1882758630866575474
