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https://twitter.com/dadkc66/status/1965742232029528117 And how does Canadian PM Mark Carney plan to get from Ottawa to NYC for the General Assembly of the United Nations? By bike? Motor cycle? Car? It's 7 hr 28 min (440.3 mi) via I-81 S by car. — Belladonna Rogers (@BeladonnaRogers) September 10, 2025
Palantir CEO Alex Karp: “If we don’t want this country to be what Europe is now… you have to close the border… “Both sides have to step up. “Everybody who’s criminal… I [would] make it so they self-deport, because I’m going to come tomorrow in a way you don’t like.” Via… pic.twitter.com/uvDuOXfTXI — Jawwwn (@jawwwn_) …
NATO did not act immediately. There was no formal Article 5, no joint statement. Poland could not wait. The drones were Shahed-136s, designed to explode on impact. Warsaw treated them as a real threat and struck first. The hesitation from the alliance shows how dangerous it is to wait. This was the first time a …
Something ruptured under the surface and the quiet around it feels louder than the break itself. At 05:45 UTC on Saturday, multiple subsea cables were severed in the Red Sea, triggering internet outages across Pakistan, India, and the United Arab Emirates. Microsoft called it a “service degradation,” but the phrase barely hides the scale of …
Europe is being forced to confront its dependence on U.S. protection. Countries on Russia’s border will either spend heavily on defense or expose themselves to strategic collapse. Europe’s scramble to fund Ukraine’s security proves Trump’s strategy works—forcing allies to pay their share instead of draining U.S. taxpayers. NATO members stepping up? That’s the America First …
This simultaneous explosion of printed money is a massive inflation warning. We are witnessing real time collapse of global fiat currencies. History in the making. Yikes 😬🔥 pic.twitter.com/jDdT8l2w8E — Eric Yeung 👍🚀🌕 (@KingKong9888) September 4, 2025 This chart, illustrating how central bank direct holdings of gold now exceed those of U.S. Treasuries for the first …
❗️🇨🇳China is secretly supplying engines through shell companies to a state-owned drone manufacturer in 🇷🇺Russia under the guise of “industrial refrigeration units” to avoid Western sanctions if detected. pic.twitter.com/PkTMUOmUGq — 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) July 24, 2025 They buzz through the skies in their hundreds, overwhelm Ukraine’s air defences and indiscriminately slam into military and civilian targets. …
Europe is frozen out. Russia just rerouted its natural gas straight to China for 30 years. Berlin is stranded. Brussels miscalculated. 🇷🇺🇨🇳‼️It has been decided: Russia stops supplying gas to Europe – All capacities go to China‼️ September 2, 2025 While Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping exchanged documents in front of the cameras in Beijing, …
https://twitter.com/Dal_Libano/status/1961803421893415282 Europe is drawing up ‘pretty precise’ plans to deploy troops from across the continent to Ukraine as part of a US-backed security guarantee. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen told the FT that the deployment may see tens of thousands of European-led and American-backed troops sent to Ukraine. The US is expected to …
by Michael For centuries, Islam unsuccessfully attempted to conquer Europe by sending armies. In our time, Islam is attempting to conquer Europe in a completely different way, and it is working. In 2016, there were approximately 26 million Muslims living in Europe. Today, there are approximately 46 million Muslims living in Europe and that number …
In Unterlüß, Lower Saxony, Europe’s largest ammunition factory began production yesterday. What started clandestinely is now being publicly scaled with full firepower: the European Union is building its own war economy. In the good old days in Germany, recessions were typically masked by state-funded infrastructure programs. The concept worked as long as the state did …
Central banks lowered rates, but did not start QE. Money is tight. It’s begun. pic.twitter.com/fHDFLNQWUC — The Great Martis (@great_martis) September 1, 2025 a British 30-year just hit its highest rate in forever. pic.twitter.com/E3ayXlnwYs — Michael J. Kramer (@MichaelMOTTCM) September 1, 2025 *UK 30-YEAR BOND YIELD RISES TO 5.64%, HIGHEST SINCE 1998 — *Walter Bloomberg …
The firewall didn’t just weaken. It detonated. The center in Europe has lost its grip and the populist right-wing is surging. “For the first time, populist or far-right parties are leading the polls in the U.K., France and Germany.” Political Wire “Surge in immigration and weak economic growth spark voter backlash in France, the U.K. …
CHINA'S BYD OUTSELLS $TSLA IN EUROPE FOR 2ND TIME THIS YEAR BYD crushed Tesla again in July with European 🇪🇺 sales more than tripling to 13,503 vehicles versus Tesla's 6,600 registrations that dropped over 42% from last year. This marks the second time BYD has outsold Tesla in… pic.twitter.com/PwvTJrpD3W — Wall St Engine (@wallstengine) August …
A South Lake Tahoe resident tested positive for bubonic plague after camping in the area. Officials say it was likely a flea bite. “Plague is naturally present in many parts of California, including higher elevation areas of El Dorado County,” said Kyle Fliflet, Acting Director of Public Health. That’s the tone. Casual. Like it’s just …
Migration masks demographic collapse across Europe. Meanwhile, net migration into the EU last year was 2.3m. Without considering any other effects, this is not a long-term solution because migrants age and many are coming from countries where birth rates have also gone low. — David Quinn (@DavQuinn) August 19, 2025
After a heatwave, Southern Europe is dealing with catastrophic wildfires destroying towns and cities. The heatwave had temperatures soaring up to a blistering 43C/109F! Spain, Portugal, & Italy are now in a blazing battle to save homes and land. Hot of the upload press, Drone footage of devastation left in Spain. video description “Scorching heat …
Trump in the Oval Office with the leaders of Europe all sitting around his desk… The man produces historic photos. pic.twitter.com/JSy5JNWOLA — Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) August 19, 2025
Real wage purchasing power down 89% since gold standard ended. The average hourly wage (in gold terms) just hit a new all-time low, going all the way back to 1963 The real purchasing power of the average wage for an hour's work, has declined by 89% since the end of the gold standard in 1971 …
This tweet is, very kindly, getting some attention in America It is honest Britain is not in a good way. The decent live in fear. The bad seem to commit crime without any consequences And all of us, have always looked to America for help in dark times. — Steven Barrett (@SBarrettBar) August 10, 2025
Zelensky calls Trump’s Alaska summit a “dead decision.” Putin demands Ukraine give up annexed land. Trump’s pitch is “some swapping of territories.” Zelensky’s response is clear: “We will not gift our land to the occupier.” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/zelensky-rejects-trump-s-suggestion-of-ceding-territory/ar-AA1Kd8ND Trump’s meeting with Putin is set for August 15. There is no Ukraine at the table. No European delegation …
Europe keeps talking about being strong and independent. But it still cannot act alone when it comes to defense. The European Defence Agency said, “Europe still lacks those strategic enablers that would render it capable of independently performing the full range of tasks associated with the missions and operations.”https://eda.europa.eu/webzine/issue11/interview/military-capabilities—europe-still-lacks-strategic-enablers “No European defence industry can replace …
The EU has completely f*cked Europe. Only one European car makes it into the top 10 best-selling vehicles worldwide. No European company in the global top 10 of tech. No European search engine. No smartphone. No operating system. No streaming platform. No social media giant. No cloud infrastructure. No semiconductor leader. What Europe produces at …
The EU just signed off on a $1.35 trillion trade framework that locks in a 15% tariff on most of its exports to the U.S. In return, Brussels pledged to buy $750 billion of American LNG over 3 years and invest another $600 billion into U.S. industries. Von der Leyen called it “predictability.” Markets called …
Stellantis just confirmed what trade hawks have been waiting for. The company posted a €2.3 billion net loss for the first half of 2025. That’s $2.7 billion gone. The trigger wasn’t vague. It was tariffs. The United States Reciprocal Trade Act went live in April. It authorized 25% duties on imported vehicles not built inside …
Europe faces economic paralysis if Asia crisis erupts due to rare earth and chip blind spot. https://twitter.com/MichaelAArouet/status/1947539673095774419
European Union countries are pressing the bloc to prepare new and potent measures to hit back against U.S. companies, beyond retaliatory tariffs on goods, if a trade deal can’t be reached by the Aug. 1 deadline. U.S. officials said this past week they expect President Trump to demand further concessions from the EU. The shift …
The claim that Russia secretly funded anti-nuclear environmental groups in Europe to make the EU more dependent on Russian gas might sound far fetched, but when you look at the results, Europe shutting down nuclear plants and scrambling for energy while buying Russian gas, it starts to make a disturbing kind of sense. And it …
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Europe’s energy backbone is cracking. The Netherlands has confirmed it will begin electricity rationing this summer to relieve pressure on its overstretched grid. Industrial zones in Rotterdam and Eindhoven will face rolling curtailments during peak hours. Residential areas are being asked to reduce usage voluntarily. The government says it’s a “preventative measure,” but the grid …