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🚨BREAKING: TRUMP TO END THE WAR & RECEIVE GIFTS FROM IRAN pic.twitter.com/OXKJvQNMUW — PeloSwing🎯👸🏻 (@PeloSwing) April 1, 2026 Trump: "You know, China gets 90% of its oil from the Strait of Hormuz. They should be policing their own strait. We're getting ready to get out of there." pic.twitter.com/UW0vgDsRyk — Wall St Engine (@wallstengine) April 1, …
Trump and his family have accumulated over $1.8 billion in cash and gifts since he was re-elected. pic.twitter.com/NwOxYX7Nvi — FactPost (@factpostnews) January 20, 2026 🚨Bloomberg says crypto added $1.4B to the Trump family’s wealth. Now 20% of their $6.8B net worth 💀 Meanwhile this cycle:👇• tariffs everywhere • attacking other countries • “kidnapping” presidents • …
Fox guest on how to save money during the holidays: “Remember, adults don’t need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn’t need slippers. If they don’t live by you, don’t get them a gift.” Fox 2024: "They're waging war on Christmas!" Fox 2025: "Fuck Christmas!" — …
The final week of July 2025 is not a policy moment. It’s a collision of pressure points. The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates at 4.25% to 4.5% for the fifth straight meeting. The decision lands Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET. Trump’s push for cuts has intensified, with direct pressure on Powell and …
By Martin Armstrong The United States has once again willingly abandoned weapons and ammunition in a foreign nation. Niger has been in a state of upheaval due to economic conditions and a corrupt government. The incoming regime has asked the US military to evacuate, and likely to their surprise, the US government has agreed to …
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that state and local officials may accept gifts and payments for past favors without violating federal anti-corruption laws. In a 6-3 decision, the justices overturned the conviction of a former Indiana mayor who received a $13,000 payment from a local truck dealership after helping them secure city contracts. The …
Some Supreme Court justices have “used a loophole” to avoid financial disclosures “that could be important to litigants trying to assess whether a justice has a conflict of interest,” according to Joyce Vance, the former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama. Vance made the claim on her Substack blog, in which she questioned …
In a heartbreaking reflection of the current state of housing affairs, a staggering 36% of Gen Zers and millennials gearing up to purchase their first homes cling to hope in the form of cash gifts from family. This reliance on familial support speaks volumes about the bleak reality faced by young aspiring homeowners, forced to …
Desperate property developers in China have resorted to gifts like new cars, free parking spaces, phones and other consumer goods to attract homebuyers and boost flagging sales. These incentives are just the tip of the iceberg in a crisis involving hundreds of billions of dollars in home builder debt, trillions in local government debt and …
The Canadian government is considering universal basic income. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/basic-income-senate-myths-1.6999287 The UK government is also trialling universal basic income. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jun/04/universal-basic-income-of-1600-pounds-a-month-to-be-trialled-in-england Over the next decade, the agenda is to move over from natural gas generated electricity to that generated by solar panels and wind turbines. Renewable energy will be more expensive and there will be less of …
Isn't that bribery? — Lilith 🙏❤ ✝ In God we trust (@GodarmyofAngel) June 22, 2023 💣Truth Bomb💣 At the end of the day, John Durham said the quiet part out loud. pic.twitter.com/EbKQFlJNqq — SweetPeaBelle (@SweetPeaBell326) June 22, 2023 h/t Coorslightly