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The U.S. government’s terrorist watchlist has nearly doubled in size in just six years, a CBS Reports investigation has found. An extensive review of court records, government documents and interviews with more than a dozen current and former intelligence community leaders revealed that the consolidated database of individuals has not only been quietly expanding in …
‘Democracy Dies In Darkness’? Democrats Overwhelmingly Back Big Tech/Govt Censorship “Americans have come to realize that being online can mean having your speech rights curtailed. But that doesn’t mean they like it. Indeed, they mostly oppose the idea, in particular when it’s Big Tech and Big Government censoring together, according to the latest I&I/TIPP Poll. …
Manufacturing of certain military hardware has grown by a factor of 60 over the past year, state arms group Rostec revealed ussia has greatly boosted production of military hardware over the past year, having multiplied by seven the number of tanks it manufactures, Sergey Chemezov, the CEO of defense conglomerate Rostec, said on Wednesday. Speaking …
The U.S. deficit, as reported by The Wall Street Journal, is expanding at a pace twice as rapid as initially projected, primarily due to the previously undisclosed student loan debt. This trajectory points to a 2024 deficit that could surpass last year’s by a staggering $600 billion, representing a 40% surge within a single year. …
by DesmondMilesDant The data in this graph is alarming. It shows that the US government’s interest payments on the federal debt are increasing as a share of the nation’s economy. This is unsustainable and will eventually lead to a fiscal crisis. The Debt Problem in America Is Only Getting Bigger The US is facing a grave …
So far, 2023 was not very nice to cable TV companies. They lost a total of 1,820,943 subscribers in just the first 91 days of 2023. That works out to be over 20,000 subscribers every day. This comes from the Leichtman Research Group, which tracks the cable TV and streaming markets. If that trend continues, …
by 36Taylor36 I live in western ny and just visited my sister camping in a rural poor area and its $75 a day to camp there (normal price is like $45) and the sites were packed almost full. People somehow still have money when we have had inflation for 2 years. I don’t get it, …