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Congress has until January 30th to pass new spending legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown. The Dems are going to try to shut everything down over ICE funding, again. We are approaching a crisis point. We must nuke the filibuster and pass the SAVE Act. pic.twitter.com/mAy4nwM2Ud — Farm Girl Carrie 👩🌾 (@FarmGirlCarrie) January 19, …
S.3606 – A bill to subject aliens convicted of fraud to deportation and to bestow concurrent jurisdiction to revoke the citizenship of any naturalized United States citizen convicted of fraud on any court that enters such a conviction. Date Actions Overview 01/08/2026 Introduced in Senate https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3606/actions#:~:text=01/08/2026%20Introduced%20in%20Senate,-Site%20Content
Core CPI is at the lowest level since 2021. https://t.co/pCbKkErSEW pic.twitter.com/rQ4iaiQe9N — Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) January 13, 2026 Inflation 🥶🥶🥶 CPI MoM: 0.3% vs 0.3% exp.CPI Core MoM: 0.2% vs 0.3% exp. CPI YoY: 2.7% vs 2.7% exp.CPI Core YoY: 2.6% vs 2.7% exp. The tariff "inflation shock" yet to arrive… — Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) …
She’s really saying: “The government is broken, and even though I’m part of it, I’m the one trying to fix it.” Kristi Noem is in the government, but she talks as if she’s not, because that helps her appeal to voters who distrust Washington. A lot of politicians use this trick: They run the system …
California may be choosing politics over $160M in federal funds right when supply chains and trucker shortages are already strained. California Governor Gavin Newsom, who has driven the state into the ground, is brazenly defying federal immigration law, with the radical left-globalist, anti-American administration now sabotaging efforts to revoke thousands of commercial truck driver’s licenses …
Venezuela has 300 billion barrels of oil, the largest in the World, worth $17 trillion. Trump says the U.S. now controls it. This oil is worth more than the GDP of every country in the World except the U.S. and China. byu/TonyLiberty inFluentInFinance BREAKING: Trump says the United States will now use Venezuela's Oil reserves …
The claim that “New York now forces homeowners to offer their property to the government or NGOs before selling” isn’t true. The new rule only applies to certain distressed rental buildings in New York City, not regular private homes. Owners still get to sell on the open market after nonprofits get a short first-look period. …
If they’re hiring to accelerate Digital ID, what exactly is coming next. NOW — We’ve received a tip-off from an internal whistleblower drawing attention to a senior Cabinet Office job advert that sheds light on the government’s Digital ID programme. The Cabinet Office is recruiting a Deputy Director for Operational Policy, Digital ID, at Senior …
🚨 BREAKING US GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN MAY START ON JANUARY 31. SENATORS LEFT FOR CHRISTMAS WITHOUT AGREEING ON THE BUDGET OR EVEN THE VOTING PROCEDURE. NO DEAL – NO FUNDING. A SHUTDOWN WOULD BE REALLY BAD FOR WEAK MARKETS… pic.twitter.com/rHZGV353wL — Wimar.X (@DefiWimar) December 25, 2025 We’re supposed to believe markets won’t freak out? The last …
This is what collapse looks like in spreadsheets. Not mistakes, not edge cases, just a machine vacuuming taxpayer money into pet projects, activists, consultants, and friends of the system while interest alone eats the country alive. There is fraud everywhere and nobody ever pays for it because the people writing the checks are never the …
The U.S. condemns in the strongest terms the South African government’s recent detention of U.S. officials performing their duties to provide humanitarian support to Afrikaners. Furthermore, the public release of our U.S. officials’ passport information is an unacceptable form of harassment. This can only be seen as an attempt to intimidate U.S. government personnel in …
by confoundedinterest Nobody wastes money like government, particularly around events like Covid where Federal spending led to housing prices spiking after Covid outbreak in 2020. This made housing unaffordable for most households. This in turn helped kill the mortgage market. Mortgage applications decreased 3.8 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage …
The Trump administration on Monday unveiled a new initiative dubbed the “U.S. Tech Force,” comprising about 1,000 engineers and other specialists who will work on artificial intelligence infrastructure and other technology projects throughout the federal government. Participants will commit to a two-year employment program working with teams that report directly to agency leaders in “collaboration …
Mass public protests in Bulgaria just brought down their government. Total SILENCE from the UK MSM! pic.twitter.com/G8ZxhRDNF9 — UNN (@UnityNewsNet) December 12, 2025 The government of Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov has resigned after protesters took to the streets in cities across the country and filled the centre of the capital Sofia on Wednesday night. …
GUESS WHO’S BACK? Kalshi now assigns a 43% probability of a U.S. government shutdown on January 31, 2026, the highest level since the 2025 crisis. Goldman Sachs estimates a 40–50% risk, while JPMorgan puts the odds at 20–40% for a lapse in early 2026. Both firms say a short… pic.twitter.com/4AkcBdQhG8 — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) December …
This is a more recent version of the "Chart of the Century"….. pic.twitter.com/G86LIZxxa0 — Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) December 8, 2025 By providing "free service" to everyone, the government becomes the largest buyer – a monopsony. Once you have that relationship (or close to it) set up, special interests will use it to jack up …
No…its totally ok!!! Dont let them liars makeup any kind of rules or laws they lie all the time!!!!! pic.twitter.com/6B0wgXaTw9 — The Ancient Ones (@orion311976) December 4, 2025 Gov. Hochul is trying to claim that handing over SNAP recipient lists to the federal government is a massive “privacy violation." Reality: – Every SNAP recipient already …
by confoundedinterest17 Roll out the barrel! As in Fed money printing. How can the current housing disaster be fixed? One answer is to build more homes (made difficult by local government zoning and building policies). Another is increase household income. But Fed money printing is the easiest way to increase home prices. Since the Federal government …
⚠️China is DUMPING US Treasuries: China has sold $32 BILLION of US government bonds in 3 months, bringing its total to $700.5 billion, the lowest in 17 YEARS. China’s holdings have declined +$600 billion since 2013. China is diversifying from USD 👇https://t.co/PbgYVyVclh — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) November 29, 2025 The crypto industry is now …
A retired judge has penned an open letter to the Chancellor, urging her to introduce a tax on pointed kitchen knives in the Budget. Former circuit judge Nic Madge is advocating for a tax of approximately £20 on pointed knives to deter consumers from using them, drawing parallels with the charges imposed on plastic bags. …
by confoundedinterest17 Every time the government tries to make housing more affordable, they make the problem worse. Some people should rent and not fall for the government’s latest folly, the 50-year mortgage. True, the 50-year mortgage would lower the monthly payment by several hundred dollars (see the following example where the monthly payment falls from …
by Michael The chaos that has erupted in Mexico City is shocking the entire globe. Vast hordes of angry protesters that are fed up with the corruption of the Mexican government surrounded the presidential palace on Saturday. Law enforcement authorities knew that the protesters would be coming, and so they set up an enormous security wall around …
Josh Sigurdson reports on the implementation of tax payer funded government grocery stores proposed for all boroughs of New York City by newly elected mayor Zohran Mamdani. This proposal is not new. It has been promoted by the World Economic Forum for over a decade and previously as we reported 2 years ago, Chicago Mayor …
“The Trump administration has so far remained silent on a widening corruption scandal inside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government and inner circle. The White House did not respond to a request for comment on a $100 million corruption probe announced this week that has already prompted the resignations of senior Ukrainian officials. Corruption has long …
https://t.co/WB4W0amlqs — Kalshi (@Kalshi) November 12, 2025 Trump is upside down on every issue: -Epstein: -39-Foreign Policy: -8-Trade/Tariffs: -17-Economy: -18-Immigration: -5 pic.twitter.com/ybW4uKqHUb — Maine (@TheMaineWonk) November 13, 2025 🚨BREAKING: There is now an 85% CHANCE that the government shuts down AGAIN in just 2 months. pic.twitter.com/sRHoS93oGy — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) November 13, 2025 President Trump …
India’s Cabinet on Wednesday called this week’s deadly car explosion in the capital a “terrorist incident” carried out by “anti-national forces,” though it did not release any new evidence linked to the blast.
Finally some movement, but let's not forget this is just the start. We need strong leadership to truly bring relief and avoid this mess again. — rowdyamerican (@rowdyamerican69) November 12, 2025
The House will vote on reopening the federal government Wednesday after lawmakers’ funding bill survived a key hurdle earlier in the morning. The bipartisan deal to end the 42-day government shutdown advanced through the House Rules Committee overnight, with all Republicans supporting the measure and all Democrats against. It now moves to the full House …
🚨 BREAKING: The House is set to start voting 4PM WEDNESDAY to reopen the government. President Trump is on STANDBY to get things opened up as soon as it passes. It’s TIME! Land the plane! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/9i17KOXDtt — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 11, 2025 🚨NEWS — HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP is officially whipping NO on the …
