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Countries are scrambling not to fall behind in AI — and French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are leading a personal charm offensives to court tech CEOs. The pair have ramped up moves to court leaders of the world’s biggest tech companies this year, as they look to secure investment and …
“AI models that are capable of taking down governments and businesses are just ‘months away’ from being introduced, according to intelligence agencies. In a joint statement by signals agencies for the Five Eyes, which is an intelligence-sharing alliance between Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and United States, world leaders have been urged to ‘act …
Have you ever wondered how the hardest, most complex global problems seem to get solved with perfect cooperation, while everyday life remains a chaotic struggle? To understand how modern power really works, you have to look at the link between the most remote continent on Earth and the most dense financial networks in human history. …
The difference is that in Japan these people make the road that their children and grandchildren will walk to school down. In the UK, the people making the road are just throwing some rocks around so they can send money home to the place that their children will go to school. — Object Zero (@Object_Zero_) …
by confoundedinterest17 The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index posted a 1.3% annual gain (YoY) for December 2025, down from a 1.4% rise in the previous month. Average hourly earnings now at 3.73% YoY, higher than home price growth. Home price growth exploded following The Federal governments’ Covid-related spending splurge. Geographic divergence widened …
by David Haggith The more that is released, the more we know how much remains to be released and the more we see how the wrong stuff has been redacted in past releases while stuff that should have been redacted wasn’t “The Epstein Files are on my desk.” Let us start our tale of all …
by confoundedinterest17 Money makes the world go around and gold prices soar! Gold is looking eerily like gold prices during the Weimar Republic in Germany. Tomorrow belongs to Socialists like AOC and Bernie Sanders who want to keep spending. Along with Senator Chuck Good governments don’t print insane quantities of money.
The World Governments Summit, the largest edition in history, begins today, gathering leaders and policymakers from around the world in Dubai. Join the conversation 3-5 February 2026 Dubai, United Arab Emirates https://t.co/O5dNfJt2gR — World Governments Summit (@WorldGovSummit) February 3, 2026 NEW – Spain's PM announces new legal measures against the "dangers of social media" including …
Across federal, state, and local governments, the US is spending twice as much taxpayer money on seniors as it is on kids. https://t.co/LOap5tx5Zr pic.twitter.com/RMJem1fjcp — Connor O’Brien (@cojobrien) January 23, 2026
Ottawa, January 16, 2026 – Today, the Federal Court of Appeal published the judgment and reasons for judgment in dockets A-73-24, A-74-24, A-75-24, A-76-24, A-29-23 & A-30-23: Attorney General of Canada et al. v. Canadian Civil Liberties Association et al., 2026 FCA 6. The Federal Court of Appeal confirms that the federal government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act was …
Australia launches youth social media ban it says will be the world’s ‘first domino’ More than 1 million social media accounts held by users under 16 are set to be deactivated in Australia in a divisive world-first ban that is being closely watched elsewhere. Can children and teenagers be forced off social media en masse? …
Why would any state refuse fraud checks when dead people are collecting benefits? “HOLEE SHIZZLES‼️ Starting next week, 21 Democrat-controlled states will lose federal SNAP funding for refusing to comply with USDA anti-fraud data requirements. – in the states that did comply, they found 186,000 dead people social security numbers being used – 500,000 people …
China makes 80% of the world’s industrial robots and has the highest density of them in the world. If the west does not change soon, China’s 24/7 dark factories will allow them to have a monopoly on global manufacturing because of how cheaply quickly and voluminously they can make things. This quote hits hard: “I …
The world is broke, and most people don’t realize how close they are to getting burned. Global debt is over $337 trillion. That is not a typo. Governments owe more than the economies of almost every country combined. They are borrowing just to pay interest on what they already owe. Central banks are out of …
France is on the edge and everyone is pretending it is not. Debt is rising faster than the government can admit, deficits are stuck above 5 percent of GDP through 2027, and the debt-to-GDP ratio is on track to hit 121 percent by that same year https://www.fitchratings.com/research/sovereigns/fitch-downgrades-france-to-a-outlook-stable-12-09-2025 . That number does not just warn of …
When foreign governments choose gold over Treasuries, it means they no longer trust Washington to protect the value of their reserves. This is the clearest sign yet that the post–World War II financial order is cracking. If demand for U.S. debt keeps falling, interest rates will spike, deficits will explode, and the dollar’s role as …
The government wants your money. It will beg, steal or borrow if necessary, but it wants your money any way it can get it. The government’s schemes to swindle, cheat, scam, and generally defraud taxpayers of their hard-earned dollars have run the gamut from wasteful pork barrel legislation, cronyism and graft to asset forfeiture, costly stimulus …
Governments in the UK, US, EU and Australia are now censoring anyone who exposes their censorship while claiming to shield children. That co‑ordination looks oddly synchronized. In Australia the new law bans social media for under‑16s starting December 2025 and includes YouTube after eSafety flagged it as the most harmful among youth 96 % of children …
It wasn’t a flare-up or a trader’s stunt. The number came and stayed. Gold clocked out Friday at $3,461 per ounce. That’s no typo. The yellow metal locked in the highest close in history, topping both the daily and the weekly charts. It didn’t whisper. It was a full-throated roar from a market that’s had …
by David Haggith Over the past week, Japan has taught us a lot about what can happen when “Big Beautiful Bill Meets Beautiful Bond Market.” Bigger government spending wedded to a bond market where yields are already rising can become a big, ugly marriage. An article on Quoth the Raven by that title says, GOP opponents of …
Let them eat cake 🍰 pic.twitter.com/oo61kcRt9x — The Great Martis (@great_martis) May 13, 2025 Seeing another push higher across yields today after CPI, with some noteworthy exceptions pic.twitter.com/bWQH9ht1Cx — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) May 13, 2025 Is the bond market the scorecard for Bessent anymore? That's the big macro question. Global long term bond markets …
JUST IN: 🇨🇳 China's local governments sell 15,000 Bitcoin worth $1.25 billion via offshore private entities: Reuters. pic.twitter.com/N7L5b8PxNi — Whale Insider (@WhaleInsider) April 16, 2025 🚨BREAKING: 🇨🇳China is selling seized crypto, despite its trading ban — Reuters reports. Local governments are using private firms to sell crypto for cash to fund public budgets. China reportedly …
The world is facing a profound challenge as maturing bonds pile up across many countries, and the ability to roll them over becomes increasingly uncertain. This is a crisis waiting to unfold, with countries forced into positions where they cannot meet their debt obligations without slashing bond values—known as a “haircut.” A haircut occurs when …
While politicians across the globe keep pushing the narrative of fiscal responsibility, the bond market knows the truth: these governments are drowning in debt, and their economic recovery is little more than a façade. Bond markets do not believe the disinflation and deficit reduction messages of European and Japanese governments pic.twitter.com/PIVNPaMUBu — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) …
🚨Mike Benz FULLY UNCOVERS Drug Trafficking System Within The United States Government: “The CIA drug running operation started in the 1930s… Flying drugs out on American Military aircraft.. Washing the money through off shore bank accounts.” pic.twitter.com/FFclUxHYvb — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 20, 2025 “Marcello told his top lieutenants, "Don't worry about that little Bobby …
Musk made the comments during a virtual appearance at the World Governments Summit in Dubai alongside the United Arab Emirates’ artificial intelligence minister, Omar Al Olama. The tech billionaire—who heads the advisory committee known as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the Trump administration—was dressed for the occasion in a T-shirt reading “Tech Support.” …
By Brandon Smith By Brandon Smith In the wake of Donald Trump’s return to the White House there has been an atmosphere of palpable panic among the usual suspects. Establishment bureaucrats are screaming bloody murder in aisles like spoiled toddlers at Walmart after being told they’re not going to get whatever they want from the …
More illegal migrants headed our way Mexico military and immigration officials caught on camera aiding a caravan of illegals headed straight for our border Yes, there are children in this video, more child trafficking right out in the openpic.twitter.com/5JyyzbvbRs — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) January 3, 2025 We just had 3 terrorist attacks within a …
