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The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a three-month stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown in 341-82 vote. The bill included $231 million for the Secret Service “to carry out protective operations including the 2024 Presidential Campaign and National Special Security Events.” The measure did not include the SAVE Act which requires proof of …
The second attempt on a deal is considered “bare-bones” to avoid extras, particularly coming from colleagues in the U.S. Senate. This Continuing Resolution bill would allow the government to remain funded and running at the current levels until Dec. 20, leaving all future negotiations until right before the holidays. The first proposal was for six …
🇺🇸JAMIE DIMON: ELON’S GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY PLAN IS A GREAT IDEA Speaking at the India Investor Summit, JPMorgan Chase CEO praised Elon’s idea to reduce U.S government wastage and bureaucracy: “So Elon, this idea about having an efficiency commission, I actually like the idea.… pic.twitter.com/uFUz36qFMv — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) September 25, 2024 JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie …
And they all get paid back pay afterwards. — Tom Baranowski (@Frisco_Tom) September 21, 2024 The United States employs a staggering 23.7 million government workers across federal, state, and local levels. The cost to taxpayers is immense. In fiscal year 2022, the federal government alone spent $271 billion on compensation for its civilian employees, covering …
This is why I start working in July pic.twitter.com/ystKrwMX7M — Discern 𝕏 (@Discernability) September 18, 2024
When Republicans vote on Wednesday to tie a stopgap spending bill to new requirements for voters to provide proof of citizenship they will have the backing of Americans, according to a new poll for DailyMail.com. It found that 48 percent of likely voters believe that noncitizens are voting in American elections, and that 45 percent …
The US House fails to pass government funding bill – government shut down looming#MacroEdge — MacroEdge (@MacroEdgeRes) September 18, 2024 Ahead of the vote, former President Donald Trump re-upped his demand that Republicans use a government shutdown threat to ding Democrats on a measure requiring proof of citizenship for registered voters. Speaker Mike Johnson’s six-month government …
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday outlined his economic agenda for the first 100 days under a second Trump administration — a plan that assumes Republicans will win unified control of government in 2025. In a speech at the conservative America First Policy Institute that was followed by a discussion with Larry Kudlow, Johnson outlined …
This is absolutely mind-boggling! The U.S. government has normalized running a $2 trillion deficit. They better hope there's never an economic downturn, or things could get catastrophic… Oh wait… pic.twitter.com/xZjW4JZkKm — The Cytadel (@thecytadel) September 12, 2024 Gold rising with rising US real rates conveys a simple message that has surprised many US investors but …
Claudia Sahm knows the job numbers are much worse than the government data shows. Her indicator showed recession 2 reports ago 👀 — Gimme3Steps (@TheSouthGAJohn) September 17, 2024 https://twitter.com/RJRCapital/status/1836012662272020707 Most uncertain FOMC meeting on record BofA pic.twitter.com/WkQhKaPFcE — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) September 17, 2024 🔥FED WILL CUT RATES ON WEDNESDAY FOR THE 1ST TIME …
https://twitter.com/MichaelAArouet/status/1835570392057999604 U.S. debt skyrockets to $35.3 trillion, costing $3 billion daily just in interest. Interesting how nobody in DC wants to fix this? Why is that? Why hasn't Biden talked about this for 4 yrs? — floridanow1 (@floridanow1) September 16, 2024 This is another reason why I think the 10-year yield should hover around 4.25%, …
I got to talk to [Scott] Baio about the new movie he’s in, God’s Not Dead: In God We Trust, which opens this weekend. The film stars David A. R. White as David Hill, a pastor who enters a congressional race after the sudden death of the incumbent. The favorite to assume the position is …
This is the same situation in the United States along with the war machine Paying $100 for bolts/nails True cost is $.10 Our governments lined their pockets for years and the gig is over The veil has been lifted — Subliminal X (@SubMessX) September 13, 2024
Some other conspiratorial points about Gold strength have to do with its continued usage as neutral reserve asset for trade settlement in BRICS and away from US$/UST. This week, China leadership is in Saudi talking to MBS about various things but including pricing oil in RMB.… — Craig Shapiro (@ces921) September 12, 2024 Gold just …
https://t.co/x86jmwPvji — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) September 12, 2024 Health insurance in the US is a racket, legalized fraud. Look at the United Healthcare chart. $UNH pic.twitter.com/FGTeB4E5jR — Devin Downing (@Devin_Downing) September 12, 2024
NEW YORK, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday he would establish a government efficiency commission headed by billionaire supporter Elon Musk if he wins the Nov. 5 election, during a wide-ranging speech in which he laid out his economic vision for the country. Speaking at the New York Economic …
BREAKING: Elon Musk says he “can’t wait” for a possible role in the Trump administration involving auditing federal agencies to identify programs to cut. “There is a lot of waste and needless regulation in government that needs to go.” BREAKING: Elon Musk says he “can’t wait” for a possible role in the Trump administration involving …
This may be the most important legislation to pass this election season. Election integrity is everything. Without it, our ability to have valid elections is dead. pic.twitter.com/FwPo13oxyH — Think for Yourself (@PhilipBLee) September 3, 2024 The SAVE Act, or the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, is a legislative proposal aimed at ensuring that only eligible U.S. …
Our government is intentionally broken by people that benefit from it not being fixed. pic.twitter.com/KldlaO9eT1 — ice (@icebergz99) September 2, 2024
NEW: Mayor of Aurora, CO suggests the federal government may have funded to send the Venezualan gangs to Aurora. The armed gangs took over apartment complexes and acted as the landlords, collecting rents. They now control parts of the city and violent crime is skyrocketing. pic.twitter.com/UcfGI9Z2hB — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 30, 2024
Venezuela experienced a significant power outage early this morning, affecting all 24 states with either total or partial power failures. Communications Minister Freddy Nanez attributed the blackout to “sabotage” of the national electrical system. BREAKING – Venezuela reports ‘total or partial’ power failure in all states: minister https://t.co/8fvG34QYwc pic.twitter.com/3uz6RNufNF — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) August 30, …
2/ US government bonds have broken below a 40-year uptrend After experiencing one of the most aggressive bear market since the 1980s pic.twitter.com/FTPZvQuipe — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) August 28, 2024 4/ Since March 2020, gold has outperformed Treasury bonds by +100% coinciding with rising government spending Government expenditures have gone from $3.4 trillion to nearly …
Why is there this strange obsession with maximizing the influx of illegal immigrants to your country? Like they’re trying to solve this as if the problem is “how do we accept more”, instead of “get them to stop coming” — Han 🇻🇮🏴☠️ (@EthanMillenium) August 27, 2024
A conservative-backed push for stricter proof-of-citizenship requirements for voting could complicate efforts to avert a government shutdown next month. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have acknowledged a stopgap of some kind, also known as a continuing resolution (CR), will be necessary to keep the government funded past Sept. 30. But calls are growing …
According to a release by the Office of Nuclear Energy, Hermes reactor is being built to announce the development of the company’s commercial reactor that could be deployed next decade. Hermes will use a TRISO fuel pebble bed design with a molten fluoride salt coolant to demonstrate affordable clean heat production. The project was cleared for construction back in December by the U.S. …
Dang, that's crazy. Sulfer dioxide is literally used to keep people indoors. Pretty fortunate it happens at the same time as unrust against a corrupt government. pic.twitter.com/I5xEuREHLA — Lewant2 (@Lewant222) August 24, 2024
August 19, 2024 The United States stands with its ally the Philippines and condemns the dangerous actions by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) against lawful Philippine maritime operations in the South China Sea on August 19. PRC ships employed reckless maneuvers, deliberately colliding with two Philippine Coast Guard ships, causing structural damage and jeopardizing …
Back to the slowing of the economy. The speed in which inflation is collapsing is astounding. I think you’re going to see a dovish Powell on Friday. The market has been telling us this the past 6 trading days. The honeymoon of falling inflation won’t last long though. https://t.co/9R1GXzHMLe — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 21, …
