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Per Breitbart, Terry Adirim, who lead the CIA’s Centers for Global Health Services, a position she held until roughly a week ago, has been fired. Her termination is linked to her role in pressuring service members to choose between taking a vaccine authorized only for emergency use or facing discharge. Adirim authored a directive instructing military …
by confoundedinterest17 The mortgage market got its mind set on a recovery, but Biden’s mindless economic policies have jammed up the mortgage market. Example? Mortgage applications are down in a season where they typically increase. Mortgage applications decreased 1.6 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications …
Wow https://t.co/jqQKzoF0ja — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 1, 2025 “Do not talk about the Biden matter” 🚨 NEW INTERNAL FBI CHAT LOGS SHOW THE FBI IMPOSED A “GAG ORDER” ABOUT THE NY POST STORY ON HUNTER BIDEN’S LAPTOP THE DAY IT CAME OUT 🧵 THREAD: pic.twitter.com/Rnc1hHBOir — House Judiciary GOP 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryGOP) April 1, 2025 …
by confoundedinterest17 Housing and rental properties are simply unaffordable. Freddie Mac Serious Delinquency Rate on Multifamily (Apartment) loans soared to highest rate since 2000. Since it is as of January 31, 2025, you can’t blame this on Donald Trump (although I am sure they will try). Of course, home prices and rents soared under Biden. Home …
Trump’s stimulus kept the economy afloat in 2020. Biden inherited the benefits, rode the bull market, and walked away before the cracks turned into craters. Now, Trump is back at the wheel, facing an economic mess that was years in the making. Biden’s presidency was defined by easy money. Checks were sent, loans were paused, …
can confirm pic.twitter.com/tPoiFpn8MN — CornPop (@RealC0rnP0p) March 26, 2025
Secret Service agents no longer having to follow Hunter to the hood to buy crack pic.twitter.com/pOfg49F4Uy — Mostly Peaceful Memes (@MostlyPeaceful) March 17, 2025 President Donald Trump has announced the immediate revocation of Secret Service protection for Hunter Biden and Ashley Biden, the adult children of President Joe Biden. Trump made the announcement on his …
NASA, SpaceX launches mission to International Space Station to retrieve Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore. “NASA and SpaceX launched NASA’s Crew-10 astronauts to the International Space Station on Friday night in a mission that will also aim to return Starliner astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore. In a clear night sky, the launch went off as planned …
Ashley Biden’s nonprofit is facing an official IRS complaint after failing to publicly disclose its $250,000 donation from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. A watchdog has contacted the tax agency after the Women’s Wellness Spa(ce) didn’t reveal that it had received the money in 2023 – when her father was still President – from Archewell, …
Retail sales data confirms what many already knew—the economy was juiced to mask deeper problems. Now, as stimulus runs dry, the lower-income consumer is collapsing. The administration’s money-printing spree fueled corruption, not prosperity. Chicago Fed retail sales data shows the consumer hit a wall in January (-.4%) and fell off a cliff in February (-.8%). …
Jeep is owned by a company that reports their earnings in euros. pic.twitter.com/jOFuVdUhTx — James Stephenson (@ICannot_Enough) March 12, 2025 Ya people are saying Elon is using taxpayer money to host Tesla show at WH… pic.twitter.com/zls8WkICsX — TeslaFUDKer 🍁⚡️ 𝕏𝕏𝕏 (@technoking_420) March 12, 2025
The Biden administration failed to fully comply with a demand to allow Congress to review Suspicious Activity Reports involving the massive Democrat online fundraising platform ActBlue “Although the Biden Administration initially stalled the Committees’ requests in its entirety for months, on January 2, 2025, Treasury allowed the Committees to review only limited documents. We write …
Hunter Biden is claiming he is too broke to continue a legal battle he launched against his nemesis, ex Trump White House staffer Garrett Ziegler, blaming the Palisades Fire that destroyed his home. The claim, made by Hunter’s lawyer in a letter to Ziegler’s attorney this week, indicates the former First Son is out of …
by confoundedinterest17 Former Federal Reserve Chair and Biden’s Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was so in on Biden’s failed economic spending spree that she caused a fiscal disaster by refinancing Federal debt at the short end of the Treasury curve. Leaving Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent a real mess. As in $9.2 TRILLION. With interest rates …
Their lawsuits attacked departments for using standard tests—tests designed to ensure public safety. No proof of discrimination, just statistical disparities, yet they pushed DEI nonsense over competency. Now, Pam Bondi is shutting it down. Pam Bondi Dismisses Biden-Era DEI Lawsuits Involving Merit-Based Hiring of Firefighters, Cops. As part of President Donald Trump’s plans to end …
BREAKING: HHS Secretary RFK Jr. pauses a multimillion-dollar contract from the Biden administration to create a new COVID-19 vaccine. Via: Fox News pic.twitter.com/QxhdU9Jlv6 — Ian Jaeger (@IanJaeger29) February 26, 2025 FIRST ON FOX: Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has paused a multimillion-dollar contract from the Biden administration to create …
Democrats are flailing over Musk & DOGE gaining access to IRS data. But in 2023, Joe Biden gave 53 unpaid researchers & student volunteers access to the SAME SYSTEM & they said NOTHING. Democrats have no problem with waste, fraud, & abuse as long as their ideology is promoted. pic.twitter.com/MLzfYimmnz — Byron Donalds (@ByronDonalds) February …
by confoundedinterest17 Did Jerome Powell and The Federal Reserve push markets too hard? Sales of existing single-family houses, townhouses, condos, and co-ops that closed in January dropped by 4.9% from December, seasonally adjusted, to an annual rate of 4.08 million sales, according to the National Association of Realtors today. This rate of sales was up just 2.0% …
NEW: The Internal Revenue Service will begin laying off roughly 6,000 employees on Thursday as part of the Trump administration’s push to downsize the federal work force, three people familiar with the agency’s plans said. w/@aduehren https://t.co/gBHfhZBBRX — Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) February 19, 2025 The Internal Revenue Service will begin laying off roughly 6,000 …
by Mike Shedlock This post was inspired by CCN and MSNBC rants over the price of eggs. CPI food price data from the BLS, chart by Mish I started a presidential year in February ending in January, but it makes little difference to these calculations. Food Price Change Under Trump, Total 4 Years Food at …
A federal judge on Tuesday revised the restrictions on access to the Treasury’s payment system. As previously reported, corrupt Obama Judge Paul Englemayer on Saturday issued an ex parte Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) forbidding all of Trump appointees, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, from accessing Department of Treasury data in response to a lawsuit filed …
Elon Musk’s DOGE team entered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters on Friday – and staffers are pissed off! “Elon Musk’s team on Friday entered the headquarters of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday, sources tell us,” Politico reported. According to Politico, at least 3 of Elon Musk’s DOGE workers are now “senior advisors” …
If true, it’s funny AF.🤣🤣🤣 Baron; “It’s on.” pic.twitter.com/fD3lnJdiXa — I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) January 25, 2025
NYC Mayor Eric Adams Claims When He Complained About Illegals to Biden Admin, He Was Told to ‘Be a Good Democrat’ (VIDEO) By Mike LaChance Jan. 22, 2025 9:20 pm430 Comments TruthTweetShareGettrGab New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently sat for an interview with Tucker Carlson and made some revealing statements. Adams suggests that he …
Our own @pdoocy has obtained a copy of the letter that former President Joe Biden left to President Donald Trump. My reaction to the letter today on Outnumbered Fox News #FoxNews pic.twitter.com/kC1xrc9SXj — Bret Baier (@BretBaier) January 22, 2025
Here is Nancy Pelosi threatening violence against President Donald Trump. Nancy Pelosi : “This is my moment – I’ve been waiting for this” She also admitted on camera she setup J6 TAKE A GUESS WHO BIDEN FORGOT TO PARDON pic.twitter.com/jLttUkiPhh — JOSH DUNLAP (@JDunlap1974) January 21, 2025
BILL ACKMAN HAD A BIZARRE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH BIDEN.pic.twitter.com/xTJgdF1dnx — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) January 20, 2025
by confoundedinterest17 This is the worst start to a fiscal year EVER: – Spending is up 10.9% – Receipts are down 2.2% – FYTD deficit up 39.4% at $711 billion They’re handing Trump a ticking time bomb! Speaking of Biden handing a ticking time bomb (according to Zero Hedge), after rising for 5 straight months, …
