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Rising oil prices won't cause higher inflation. More expensive oil means Americans will have less money to spend on other things. Reduced spending will cause a recession, which will result in larger budget deficits, rate cuts, and QE. That's what will cause higher inflation. — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) March 23, 2026 They are shorting crude …
Alex Karp talked like he had limits. He said Palantir would never track people. He said the company would walk away from contracts that hurt minorities. None of that matters anymore. ICE is using his software to find people faster than anyone thought possible. For years, Alex Karp, Palantir’s CEO, had declared the data management …
https://twitter.com/America42085192/status/1976764075947573483 Someone’s showing military families lined up at food banks, claiming they missed a paycheck this week. But others are calling it out because payday’s October 15, not now, and they’re still on schedule unless this shutdown drags past that. The clip’s meant to stir outrage when the real hit comes next week if Congress …
Violence getting worse. Anyone stand against system, they in danger. People not safe. Speak out, you can get hurt. Politics and ideas make people attack each other. Media protect the ones start it. No one take real responsibility. Ordinary people live in fear, don’t know who can talk, who survive. Danger is not far, it …
The silence screams. President Donald Trump has not appeared publicly in six days. No press briefings. No campaign stops. No Labor Day events. His official schedule shows nothing. His voice is gone. The void is filling with questions and speculation. Forbes: Trump seen with bruised right hand again — here’s everything we know about the …
Sunlight’s benefits extend beyond just mood and vitamin D production. Recent studies have shown that infrared wavelengths, even when absorbed through clothed skin, can trigger systemic effects that improve everything from mitochondrial function to vision. Nicholas Holscher, administrator of the McCullough Foundation, points to a study where subjects showed significant improvements in vision after just …
U.S. Stock Market at its most expensive valuation since the Great Depression 🚨 Probably Fine? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/JVCijfR202 — Barchart (@Barchart) August 11, 2025 Guess what the biggest driver of this stock market rally has been? Leverage. For the first time ever, margin debt has topped $1 trillion and has ballooned +25% over the past year. Fully one-fifth of …
The Department of Homeland Security and ICE announced a new recruitment campaign backed by the One Big Beautiful Bill. The campaign theme is “Defend the Homeland.” ICE is offering a $50,000 signing bonus, student loan repayment or forgiveness, 25 % law enforcement availability pay for Special Agents, administratively uncontrollable overtime for Deportation Officers, and enhanced retirement …
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 …
Incredible how much damage central banks have done to people in the name of the “economy” pic.twitter.com/Yb395FkCeZ — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) July 8, 2025
Border Patrol blasts Biden-Harris over immigration. THIS IS: One of the most shocking testimonies ever delivered in Congress in United States history. “I state without reservation that the United States federal government under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris is the world's largest child sex trafficking organization in modern… pic.twitter.com/91Xjm5NnMP — 🇺🇸RealRobert🇺🇸 (@Real_RobN) June 25, 2025
Japan Is the Fuse. The U.S. Is the Bomb. The cracks in global bond markets just turned into fractures. Japan’s 20-year government bond (JGB) auction was the worst since 1987. Bid-to-cover ratios collapsed. Yields on the 30-year spiked to 3.12%, and the 40-year hit an all-time… https://t.co/e2Aa7r63dz pic.twitter.com/9Yxww5ehA2 — EndGame Macro (@onechancefreedm) May 20, 2025 …
Woman who gets $4,000 a month in food stamps with Section 8 paying 90% of her rent, upset she has to sell her 2024 BMW after being ratted out.pic.twitter.com/UaTQmKjBMK — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) May 5, 2025 Section 8 will cover up to $6,192/mo for one family. That's the equivalent of a $1 million house pic.twitter.com/2J4i94xKMB …
You cannot fix a supply shock with either fiscal or monetary stimulus. Real consumption is set by the quantity of goods and services available, and tariffs pull those real goods and services out of the economy. Lowering interest rates won’t make more stuff. It will just make more… https://t.co/gkkkGOZeXz — Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) April 28, …
ENERGY FUELS SAYS IT CAN PRODUCE 6 OF 7 CHINA-CONTROLLED RARE EARTH OXIDES AT SCALE IN THE U.S.$UUUU says it now has the tech to produce six of the seven rare earth oxides China just restricted — all from its White Mesa Mill in Utah. The company already processes NdPr… — Wall St Engine (@wallstengine) …
Trump is already winning his trade war with China. “Behind the global economic chaos provoked by president Trump’s tariff tsunami, there are growing indications of a strategic purpose. It is now conceivable that plunging into, and then retreating from, a generalised trade war was actually a deliberate means to a truly geostrategic end: to thwart …
Nik Hunder’s research has uncovered alarming trends in the costs of the Red Line Extension (RLE) project, revealing how public transit projects often spiral out of control. Initially, when the CTA pitched this project in 2009, the estimated cost to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) was a modest $1.09 billion. However, by 2016, that figure …
How aspartame tricks your body Aspartame, 200 times sweeter than sugar, tricks the body into thinking it’s consuming glucose. When you ingest aspartame, it stimulates the vagus nerve, which signals the pancreas to release insulin—even though no actual sugar is present. This unnatural insulin response, repeated over time, leads to insulin resistance, a precursor to …
the way I see drug ads on tv is it is a campaign against the drug itself.. 20 side effects that are worse than the problem you take the drug for.. no thanks — smm (@Mansdefender) December 25, 2024
It’s 2025 in 🇨🇦: Federal, provincial, and personal debt are at breaking points. Food bank lines hit record highs. Homeless encampments spread across cities. Housing is out of reach. Universities and hospitals are buckling. Collapse isn’t a question of if—it’s when. — Shazi (@ShaziGoalie) December 1, 2024 This crazy chart is now updated to include …
🚨 The markets are spooked. The stink from the deteriorating fundamentals and overleveraged consumers are seeping. The BOJ's rate hike just sped up the process. Now, the markets are beyond spooked, BOJ will raise interest again and it had happened before – a reality check 🧵 — Unicus (@UnicusResearch) August 10, 2024 2. Japan flip-flopped …
Overnight, the BOJ fueled a global RISK ON rally with their announcement that there will be no further rate hikes while markets are "unstable":https://t.co/nX1iahwa8M For pundits such as Zerohedge who are still asserting that a mere .25% rate hike imploded the global Ponzi… pic.twitter.com/38TOmfe5gR — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) August 7, 2024 Back to above 147 per …
In its own telling, Science Moms is a “nonpartisan group of scientists” working to fight climate change . Science Moms is spending $2.5 million on a new advertising campaign about “unnatural disasters” in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona, and other swing states until Sept. 30 in the lead-up to the November elections. “If you knew this was …
When Donald Trump was president, the so-called ‘mainstream media’ spent a great deal of effort — often in real-time — engaging in what they considered to be “fact checks” of his statements, but a new analysis by a media expert finds such fact-checking has nearly disappeared under President Joe Biden. In a finding that will …
The intricate dance of Japan’s economic landscape unfolds as the weak yen propels a robust equity rally, fueled by foreign demand in 2023. However, a notable twist in the narrative emerges as asset managers, for the first time since May, express bullish sentiments towards the Japanese yen. This intriguing shift raises questions about a potential …
The urgent need to expose the corruption within the Biden family is undeniable; it’s a cover-up we all acknowledge. A call echoes for more Republicans to exhibit the same level of outrage and tenacity as demonstrated by Byron Donalds. The revelation of Hunter Biden receiving a staggering $4.9 million from Hollywood lawyer Kevin Morris over …
The legal landscape for Donald Trump, Mark Meadows, and Rudy Giuliani is intensifying as Fulton County DA Fani Willis refuses plea deals, while co-defendants Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, and Kenneth Chesebro have struck deals and provided potentially damaging statements. Simultaneously, George Soros injects $15 million of ‘dark money’ into Biden’s 2024 re-election effort, raising questions …
The distinction between the actions of looting anarchists and genuine citizen frustration with uncontrolled migration is crucial, as both phenomena converge to fuel the implementation of mandatory Digital ID and expedited facial recognition technology. The pattern of problem, reaction, and solution becomes evident, highlighting the potential consequences of these societal challenges in pushing for increased …
The rise of Geert Wilders and the anti-immigration PVV party in the Netherlands, securing 35 seats and becoming the largest party, sends a powerful message about the growing influence of nationalist sentiments. In the face of his impending victory, the ban on Wilders from speaking about mass immigration in the U.K. in 2009 takes on …
