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BESSENT SAYS WHETHER TO SUE WARSH OVER FED INTEREST RATE POLICY IS UP TO PRESIDENT TRUMP — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) February 5, 2026 Feb 5 (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday declined to commit that the Trump administration would not sue Kevin Warsh, its nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, if he …
POLL: Support for Voter ID: Black Voters: 76%White voters: 85%Latino voters: 82% Pass the SAVE Act. pic.twitter.com/ftkKQflZu2 — America (@america) February 3, 2026 What sensible forward thinking cutting edge leading nation is having a DEBATE on whether or not there should be VOTER ID?!?!!!! Like?!?!? They’re actually fighting NOT to have ppl present ID while …
🚨 Kash Patel on Minneapolis shooting: “We fully support the 2nd Amendment, but in a volatile spot like Minnesota with riots… What’s smart? It’s not smart to go out there with a fully loaded weapon.”pic.twitter.com/X8dxGo6X5P — Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) January 27, 2026 Minneapolis shooting: DHS has claimed it's unlawful for protesters to carry a gun…even …
Chicago homeowners are getting HAMMERED with $700 higher property tax bills so the Hyatt Regency could pocket a $150 MILLION break. And guess who owns Hyatt? JB Pritzker’s family. You pay more. His empire pays less. pic.twitter.com/KVPWFIU5IR — Darren Bailey (@DarrenBaileyIL) January 20, 2026 Factcheck: Partially. The Pritzker family owns a major stake in Hyatt …
by Michael Did you know that more stores were closed in the United States last year than ever before? More than 8,000 stores were permanently shuttered in 2025, and it appears that 2026 will be even worse. U.S. consumers have very little discretionary income to spend these days, and empty stores litter the landscape. If you live …
It's plausible deniability through pretend stupidity. There's no way someone that smart about money didn't know that the covid bank bailout was going to cause rampant inflation. pic.twitter.com/ObOqknbTns — Ilgephelfis 🐸🤡👽🎻🎶 (@ilgephelfis) January 12, 2026 That Powell is forced to defend himself and the Fed from Trumpian intervention in this way is why foreign institutions …
They’re just going to destroy every Western fiat ledger. Anything stored on any fiat ledger, from currencies to stocks to bonds, will be first exorbitantly taxed and eventually simply seized. Or simply inflated to zero. That is the logic of the sovereign debt crisis. — Balaji (@balajis) January 11, 2026 I love the smell of …
Cuba’s economy, already in a deep crisis, will likely spiral ever AVANA — The ripple effects from the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro on Saturday could make their way quickly here, devastating this island that has been in a years long economic crisis. Following the dramatic operation that ousted Maduro in the dead of …
High memory prices prompt Apple to visit South Korean factories daily, causing hotel boom Samsung and SK hynix factory workers are likely tired of seeing the same faces every day. Apple has reportedly kept executives stationed in hotels near the factories. The memory shortage may impact smartphone prices, prompting the company to lobby for long-term …
THE TRUTH INSIDE VERITAS — Part 1 You wondered what happened inside PV. Here’s what happened. pic.twitter.com/6hIXybtCtX — James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) December 23, 2025
The Brown University shooter was dead for days before law enforcement found his body, according to the New Hampshire Chief Medical Examiner. Brown University shooter Claudio Neves-Valente was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside of a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire, on Thursday evening. Claudio Neves-Valente was a Brown University student and …
This feels like controlled transparency, not truth. They dump a chunk, promise the rest later, and hope the public gets tired before the names that really matter show up. When 300,000 pages exist and only some see daylight, that is not disclosure, that is damage control. The photos are shocking enough to distract, but the …
🚨 WOW! Jimmy Kimmel asks Kamala Harris why the Biden administration didn't release the Epstein files. Listen to her excuse. Kimmel: “Why didn't the Biden administration release those [Epstein] files?” Harris: “We strongly and rightly believed that there should be an absolute… pic.twitter.com/lgQmhYTKnn — David J Harris Jr (@DavidJHarrisJr) December 18, 2025 That answer tells …
Was Friday the start of a bigger pullback for stocks?$VIX Term Structure fell below 0.79 on Thursday. Volatility was too low. This only happened 3 other times in the past 4 years. Each case was followed by at least a -10% correction for $SPX pic.twitter.com/vDxvJRwZLY — Subu Trade (@SubuTrade) December 14, 2025 JAN 2008. Markets …
by Michael Inflation is a tax that nobody can escape. No matter how hard you may try, the rising cost of living is going to catch up with you eventually, and we live at a time when the cost of living has become exceedingly painful. The reason why the cost of living has become such …
Jasmine Crockett begins her Senate campaign by admitting that many donors and strategists think she'll lose "Tune out those intrusive voices that say she can't win because she's black, because she's a woman, or because she's a Democrat." pic.twitter.com/LpA77elHML — Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) December 9, 2025
Any excuse to get out of school these kids have no clue as to what they’re even doing there — GINGERSKOL💜💛 (@GlowSurfing) December 9, 2025 They're clearly just protesting winter. — Anthony Francis (@Anthony_Francis) December 9, 2025
Playing out, sadly: RECESSION INTO ALL TIME HIGHS #Employment ADP commentary from Chief Economist Richardson: “Hiring has been choppy of late as employers weather cautious consumers and an uncertain macroeconomic environment. And while November’s slowdown was broad-based, it was led by a pullback among small businesses.” Playing out, sadly: RECESSION INTO ALL TIME HIGHS#Employment ADP …
BREAKING: New Jersey Democrat Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill is reportedly pushing a SALES TAX hike to 7% BEFORE she takes office, so she doesn’t take the political fall for it. YOU WERE WARNED NEW JERSEY Sherrill said on no raising taxes: “I’m not going to commit to anything.” Per NJ Assemblywoman @DawnFantasia_NJ , Sherrill is “tussling …
U.S.-based employers announced 153,074 job cuts in October, up 175% from the 55,597 cuts announced in October 2024. It is up 183% from the 54,064 job cuts announced one month prior, according to a report released Thursday from global outplacement and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. “October’s pace of job cutting was much …
This was the biggest October budget deficit on record, surpassing even the 2020 covid firehose https://t.co/VnYskEuXlF pic.twitter.com/8oFgNjtXU2 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) November 26, 2025 Good evening. Interest expense on US debt is now on an annual run rate of over $1.2 trillion. Have a great night. https://t.co/ehjkIuYXoS — James Lavish (@jameslavish) November 26, 2025 (Reuters) -The …
Here is a brief overview of multiple signs that the economy is already in recession. by David Haggith While seven stocks have glowed brightly this year, keeping the stock exchange high, Main Street is a mess, covered over with garbage statistics. Economists and politicians like to stick to the one big number to indicate how …
Japan's government says it may "intervene" before the Japanese Yen to US Dollar ratio reaches 160. Over the last 2 months, the Yen has gone from 145 to 157 as a $110B+ stimulus package is coming byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts I agree, but does it really solve anything for Japan? With all the helicopter money, a demographic …
🚨BREAKING: Fox Business ADMITS the Economy SUCKS. “The unemployment rate going up to a cycle high of 4.44%. It's not good news.” pic.twitter.com/XGvlMOUdKo — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) November 20, 2025 This is the worst economy I’ve seen: Inflation way up Job market sucks Wages stagnating Largest wealth gap Record national debt Record consumer debt Mortgage …
BREAKING: Experts SHOCKED as the United States adds stunning +119,000 THOUSAND JOBS – despite only +50,000 expected Federal government -3,000 jobs. WOW! CNBC can HARDLY BELIEVE IT. “Nonfarm payrolls up a ROBUST 119K! 119K is the best since April!” 🚨 BREAKING: Experts SHOCKED as the United States adds stunning +119,000 THOUSAND JOBS – despite only …
by Michael Do you want to see a very clear sign that our standard of living has gone way down? When I was growing up, middle class and low-income Americans flocked to fast food restaurants such as McDonald’s and Wendy’s. But now we are being told that high prices have “driven away lower-income customers” from McDonald’s, …
As contactless payments become an integral part of everyday life, a troubling scam dubbed “ghost tapping” is becoming known for exploiting the very convenience it promises. Ghost tapping is a fraud method that targets the “tap-to-pay” feature found on cards and mobile wallets. It involves using near-field communication (NFC) technology, which enables a card or …
BREAKING: Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent just EMBARRASSED MSNBC for thinking they know more about economics than he does 🔥 🚨HOLY CRAP! Sec. Scott Bessent just SCHOOLED Fake News MSNBC anchor on how the US MADE MONEY on Argentina. MSNBC: "How does a $20 billion bailout of Argentina help Americans?" BESSENT: "Do you know what a …
The stock market is being pushed up by the same small group every single day and you can tell they’re running out of room. It’s getting harder for them to keep the illusion going. The tape looks forced. Every rally looks like someone holding a beach ball underwater and their hands are slipping. Meanwhile regular …
Mamdani is under fire for charging people $13 per beer at his ‘victory party’."I arrived thinking everything would be free, only to be charged $13 for a Bud Light. I was shocked after all the hard work I put in," one progressive campaign worker said. This is gonna be fun! 🍿🤣 pic.twitter.com/RniVT5fdYg — 🇺🇸 Pecan …