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Trump Considers Targeted Strike Against Iran, Followed by Larger Attack The top negotiators plan to meet in Geneva on Thursday for last-ditch talks, debating a new proposal that could create an off-ramp as two carrier groups massed within striking distance of Iran. President Trump has told advisers that if diplomacy or any initial targeted U.S. …
Realtors' phones ringing off the hook as panicked New Yorkers ditch coveted area codes to flee Mamdani housing chaos https://t.co/FtsaI7FHNb — Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) November 5, 2025 Real estate agents are being bombarded with calls this morning from panicked New Yorkers desperate to flee after Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral victory last night. Two desirable destinations …
More publications are chiming in about Trump’s rapacious reach for ownership of major US corporations, and we get a glimpse of his plans to kill the dollar by seizing control of the Fed. by David Haggith I’m going to keep it short today because all-day training at work prevented any of the usual time my …
Gallup’s 2025 Consumption Habits survey shows only 54% of US adults drank alcohol in the past year. That’s down from 62% in 2023 and 58% in 2024 — the lowest share Gallup has ever recorded. https://www.aol.com/us-alcohol-consumption-record-low-103851807.html A slim majority now see drinking as a health risk. 53% say moderate alcohol use is bad for you, …
The air hangs thick with an almost palpable tension, a foreboding quiet before the thunder, and make no mistake, some folks are shouting that the storm is already here. Steve Bannon, a man who rarely minces words, just slapped us with a stark declaration: World War III, he argues, has begun. He’s not whispering it …
“The U.S. dollar is likely to go down 25 to 50% over the next five years,” says Marko Papic, Chief Strategist at BCA Research. He tells Daniela Cambone that the driving force behind this decline is less about the loss of reserve currency status and more about fading U.S. economic outperformance. Papic also points out …
🚨#BREAKING: President Donald Trump is now reportedly considering getting rid of or giving away the red Tesla that Elon Musk gave him as a gift as he dose not want to speak or call to Elon musk pic.twitter.com/5BFtiU30Sa — R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) June 6, 2025 Guess they …
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has called for the European Union to break away from dependence on American financial platforms such as Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, and even China’s Alipay. She emphasized the need for Europe to establish its own financial infrastructure under full European control. 🇪🇺 EU Seeks to Ditch U.S. Payment Giants like …
Reminder that 4chan is always right. Most of the time. byu/External-Noise-4832 inconspiracy
Wow. Hedge funds have been dumping US exposure to buy Europe hand over fist this year, per Goldman. pic.twitter.com/L0VSjzO2KE — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) March 23, 2025 It’s shocking to see hedge funds desperately dumping U.S. exposure to dive into Europe this year. The logic behind it escapes me, but the numbers tell the tale. …
TL;DR – The Maldives is negotiating with India and China to conduct trade using local currencies instead of the US dollar. – This shift could undermine the US dollar’s dominance in international trade. – Maldives imports goods worth $780 million annually from India and plans to pay in Maldivian Rufiyaa. The Maldives is shaking up …
Western leaders are hoping a round of meetings at a security conference in Munich will put overwhelming pressure on Israel not to press ahead with a ground offensive in Rafah. Almost all the key figures, save the Iranian foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, will be present in Munich on Friday, including foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, …
via naturalnews: In an effort to dodge ongoing United States sanctions against its banking system, the finance committee of the parliament of Iraq wants all oil sales from here on out to be transacted in currencies other than the Federal Reserve Notes, also known as the U.S. dollar. The committee released a statement chastising the …
via Naturalnews: It is time for all member nations of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Argentina, Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) to drop the United States dollar in favor of local currencies for financial relations and settlements, according to Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov this week, at the Russia-China Financial …
via axios: House Democrats have rejected the White House’s months-long campaign to sell the term “Bidenomics.” Why it matters: Democrats are going into the 2024 election divided on how to communicate about the economy at a time when most voters are dissatisfied with it. What’s happening: House Democratic leadership stopped pushing the term months ago. The Democratic …
via Daily Caller Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives lost steam in 2023 compared to previous years as companies increasingly shift resources due to tightening economic conditions, according to Paradigm. The total percentage of American organizations with a DEI budget dropped 4 percentage points, from 58% in 2022 to 54% in 2023, while the number …
Ray Dalio says the United States is going to have a debt crisis. "There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt." – John Adams The bill always eventually gets paid one way or the other. — Gold Telegraph ⚡ (@GoldTelegraph_) September 28, 2023
https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1699771572180090967 China dumping its US Treasuries while converting Yellen Bux into gold doesn’t bode well for the dollar’s long run as the world’s reserve currency Estimated Chinese Official Gold Reserves Cross 5,000 Tonnes via Gainesville Coins: My estimate for China’s official gold reserves reached 5,029 tonnes by the end of June 2023. In the first …
Dalbir Bala, who lives in the Winnipeg area, bought a Ford F150 Lightning EV in January for $115,000, plus tax. He told FOX Business he needed the vehicle for his work, but also wanted something suitable for recreational activities such as driving to his cabin or going fishing. He also wanted an environmentally friendly vehicle …
