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Judge temporarily blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive Social Security data In a scathing ruling on Thursday, a federal judge wrote that DOGE “essentially engaged in a fishing expedition at SSA, in search of a fraud epidemic, based on little more than suspicion.” A federal judge on Thursday barred U.S. DOGE Service employees from accessing sensitive …
The Department of Justice drops a bombshell revealing that Trump’s would-be assassin, Ryan Routh, tried to purchase military weapons from Ukraine-including a rocket launcher-in a plot to kill Trump. He suggested that US weapons get lost ‘all the time on the battlefield’ and no one would miss them, an interesting comment by itself. The Ukrainian government …
When Amy Isabel Davidson was born six weeks ago surgeons in her delivery room broke down in tears of joy. The little girl made history by becoming the first child in Britain to be born from a womb transplant — in an organ donated by her aunt to her mother. Amy was delivered by NHS …
by Michael How many products do you have in your home right now that were made in China? If you are like most Americans, that number is very high. We should have never allowed ourselves to become so dependent on cheap Chinese goods, but we did. Walmart, Target and our dollar stores are absolutely teeming …
Japan is threatening to pull its investments from U.S. companies due to Trump’s tariffs, which impose a hefty 24% rate on its export-dependent economy. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed to Trump that these new tariff policies are “extremely disappointing,” in a… pic.twitter.com/HNP1luaiTw — Ian Miles Cheong (@ianmiles) April 7, 2025 50+ nations reach out …
BREAKING: India backs down from retaliatory tariffs on US goods, conceding to Trump. Officials now push for direct talks with the President for a new trade deal. pic.twitter.com/DJy1mSYIsz — Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) April 6, 2025 India is choosing negotiation over confrontation. In response to the United States’ 26 percent tariff on Indian imports, New Delhi …
The Telegraph. “These Houthis gathered for instructions on an attack,” Mr Trump wrote alongside the black-and-white aerial footage said to show an air strike on the Iranian-backed group. “Oops, there will be no attack by these Houthis. They will never sink our ships again,” the US president wrote. The 25-second clip showed a group starting to …
Wall Street wants sympathy because the music stopped. For years, they danced on a floor built from zero rates, fake growth, and free money. Now the lights are on, the floor’s buckling, and they’re blaming tariffs for the collapse. Tariffs didn’t create this mess. They just lit the match. The real structure was already rotting. …
.@realDonaldTrump's team says he's never felt more confident. He’s on a mission to right the Swamp’s wrongs before the end of his term. The vision? Turn the country into a place with thriving main streets and hometowns, where American workers made American products sold to the… pic.twitter.com/jx8PZ5SE4u — Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) April 5, 2025 .@VDHanson …
INDIANA AG REVEALS THAT 30% OF PRISONERS IN INDIANA PRISON IDENTIFY AS THE OPPOSITE SEX Attorney General of Indiana @AGToddRokita explains to @MattGaetz that in one prison in Indiana, “30% of Indiana’s inmates now say they identify with the opposite sex. And that’s MOSTLY male… pic.twitter.com/8K3OyvHxAd — One America News (@OANN) April 3, 2025
Germany is considering removing an enormous stockpile of gold from a vault in New York over worries about Donald Trump’s unpredictable policies. For decades, Berlin has stashed 1,200 tons of its famous gold reserves, the second largest on the planet after those of the United States, in a vault deep underground at the US Federal …
1) 1996 Nancy Pelosi encourages all of Congress to back reciprocal tariffs 2) 2008 Bernie Sanders wants tariffs, says jobs are going overseas 3) 2018 Barack Obama calls for reciprocal tariffs 4) 1988 Donald Trump says foreign countries must pay tariffs Only 1 hasn’t sold out pic.twitter.com/6jqXqaYALC — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) April 4, 2025 …
Scott Bessent before the Election: “In the next few years, we are going to have some kind of grand economic reordering. Something equivalent to a new Bretton Woods. There’s a very good chance that happens in the next 4 years and I’d like to be a part of it.” pic.twitter.com/2LDgk4QAoN — Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) April …
For Tim Hsu, who sells modern lamps and ceiling lights mostly to American customers, US President Donald Trump’s historic tariff announcement has upended his carefully made plans. Last year, the Taiwanese businessman decided to invest in Cambodia to diversify his production base beyond his traditional stronghold of south China. He was preemptively hedging against the …
FAFO Happened to a member in San Jose. pic.twitter.com/PtaqrS9eyG — Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (@teslaownersSV) April 3, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has banned American government personnel in China, as well as family members and contractors with security clearances, from any romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens, The Associated Press has learned. Four people with direct knowledge of the matter told the AP about the policy, which was put into …
BOMBSHELL: Dr. Jane Ruby sent me a sample of a plastic sheet that was collecting fallout from the skies of Florida. This also collected fallout from a recent "fog" event which sickened a lot of people. We were able to examine the samples both under the microscope and also via… pic.twitter.com/6Hmo3qwKJ8 — HealthRanger (@HealthRanger) April …
(Reuters) – The Trump administration is considering revoking tariff exemptions for low-value shipments from China, known as “de minimis,” as part of Wednesday’s tariff announcement, a source familiar with the plans said. The de minimis rule allows goods valued under $800 to enter the U.S. without tariffs, a loophole that has benefited Chinese e-commerce giants …
BREAKING:Fauci’s wife has been FIRED from the NIH. pic.twitter.com/qMe7vM6I3S — TaraBull (@TaraBull) April 2, 2025 View post on imgur.com View post on imgur.com The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has begun eliminating some 10,000 jobs as announced by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—a staggering shrinkage of the department’s workforce and …
President Donald Trump has told his inner circle, including members of his Cabinet, that Elon Musk will be stepping back in the coming weeks from his current role as governing partner, ubiquitous cheerleader and Washington hatchet man. The president remains pleased with Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency initiative but both men have decided …
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 …
Argentina’s poverty rate dropped from 52.9 percent to 38.1 percent during the second half of 2024, according to new data by the National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina (INDEC). Local outlets reported that INDEC, a decentralized entity within the Argentine Economic Ministry, observed a nationwide decrease in poverty and indigence (extreme poverty) rates …
Latest estimate: -3.7 percent — April 01, 2025 The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the first quarter of 2025 is -3.7 percent on April 1, down from -2.8 percent on March 28. The alternative model forecast, which adjusts for imports and exports of gold as described here, is …
By shifting from U.S. Treasuries to #gold, #China is making what I think is a clear statement: it wants greater financial sovereignty and less exposure to Western economic leverage. h/t MonetaryCommentary
Market overvalued ✅Market overbought ✅Bearish price action confirmation ✅ pic.twitter.com/G9f275GkAt — Guilherme Tavares (@i3_invest) April 1, 2025 Linkhttps://t.co/uFMsfLLbSj pic.twitter.com/0CnpwQeJ5J — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) April 1, 2025 ISM Prices Paid pic.twitter.com/q2t24pHB4d — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) April 1, 2025 Bond investors are worried: The 2-year breakeven inflation rate has jumped to 3.27%, the highest since the March …
Ashley St. Clair, Elon Musk's 4th baby mama, is selling her Tesla: "I need to make up for the 60% cut that Elon made to our son's child support." 🍿 pic.twitter.com/LS0tl6ludw — Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) March 31, 2025 Elon Musk’s alleged baby mama says she’s been forced to sell her Tesla after the world’s …
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Flagstaff women say they were targeted, assaulted for driving Tesla car. Recently, a woman who wants to remain anonymous under the alias “Susan,” told Arizona’s Family that she was along Route 66 in Flagstaff when another vehicle started chasing her. “I’m just appalled,” said Susan. “I didn’t buy my car for a political statement. I …
SEE IT! German space rocket explodes seconds after takeoff from Norway pic.twitter.com/2n6qK5t7Xm — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 30, 2025 View post on imgur.com
I love how everyone suck off Saylor like he is the greatest investor ever. He is up 20% on his investments over the past six-years or a whopping 3% a year. Not even outperforming inflation, but nobody wants to talk about that. https://t.co/j2Hl3eeUN8 — blake (@blakestonks) March 30, 2025 Bitcoin was a psyop.Bitcoin was "controlled …