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The United States has spent EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS fighting and policing in the Middle East. Thousands of our Great Soldiers have died or been badly wounded. Millions of people have died on the other side. GOING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE….. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 9, 2019
Reporter’s summation of today’s episode from Frontline Africa news podcast: Five things you should take away from this episode. The number one thing is that this is now a four-front war. Iran from the east, Hezbollah from the north, the Houthis from Yemen in the south, the Iraqi militias hitting American targets across the Middle …
The war in Iran is, for markets, a hot mess. It’s on, it’s off, it’s getting better, it’s getting worse and pretty much every asset class on the planet is getting bashed around with every new headline like a ping-pong game from hell. Some of this is frankly too exhausting and ultimately too pointless to …
S&P 500 has made a lower low on the weekly timeframe. IMO, SPX could dump another 10%-15% before bottom. pic.twitter.com/GlGwRjU4z1 — Ted (@TedPillows) March 21, 2026 Bush declared victory six weeks into the Iraq War… It went on for eight years. Trump may do the same. pic.twitter.com/jrVC7chzDP — Martin A. Armstrong (@ArmstrongEcon) March 20, 2026 …
Hundreds of miniature decoy drones were launched to flood Iranian radar screens with fake squadrons of F-15s and F-16s. While operators panicked chasing ghosts, F-35s and F-22s slipped through completely undetected. The same electronic warfare was used in Venezuela. A carrier off the coast fired such a dense electronic barrage that it burned S-300 radar …
by Michael What a wild week it has been already. On Sunday night, I watched as the price of oil hit $116 a barrel. It was insane. Financial markets started to panic all over the world because investors know that if the price of oil stays above $100 a barrel for an extended period of …
📈 Futures Turn Higher as Iran Outreach Raises Hopes for De-Escalation 🟢 Dow: +0.33%🟢 S&P 500: +0.36%🟢 Nasdaq 100: +0.57%🟢 Russell 2000: +0.78%🔴 VIX: -2.15%🔴 Crude Oil: -0.44%🟢 Gold: +2.02%🟢 Silver: +4.66%🟢 Bitcoin: +6.22%🟢 Ethereum: +5.11% pic.twitter.com/yyVHR5FGMs — BeatTheBotz Investing (@BeatTheBotz) March 4, 2026 Report says Iran’s intelligence signaled willingness to talk with CIA, but …
BREAKING: The Epstein Files are 'missing records about women who made claim against Trump', according to NY Times report. — The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) February 25, 2026 Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump Documents released by the Justice Department briefly mention a woman’s unverified accusation that Donald J. Trump …
In February 2016, Jeffrey Epstein wrote an email to Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, with a sentence that should have made front page of every newspaper in the Western world: "As you probably know, I represent the Rothschilds." byu/pacmanpill inconspiracy The name “Rothschild” appears nearly 12,000 times across the 3.8 million pages released …
"Deemed not credible" – "Made it all up" Which do you morons not understand? pic.twitter.com/4qD3oObFxq — John Mann (@GunslingerTX) February 24, 2026 pic.twitter.com/Rf4nQBSYMH — Sam (@staypuffed2021) February 24, 2026 Fact check: Reports from NPR and CNN confirm 3 of 4 FBI interviews (2019, post-Epstein arrest) with a South Carolina Epstein victim—Jane Doe 4 in her …
ALERT – Our team have read through most of the Epstein files. Trump would not have released the files if he was guilty. He is honey trapping them. This will change the course of history. Epstein made over 20 attemps to entrap Trump, but Trump turned him down every single time.… — Łitecoin Bull | …
Fake and ghey, like you pic.twitter.com/0vVsV64OMA — SchroederFamilyFarm (@SchroederFFarm) February 3, 2026 pic.twitter.com/tobLp8pl9I — Lauren Flinn Bradley (@TNHottyToddy) February 3, 2026 You need to keep researching. She came out and did interviews. Said she made it all up when she was on drugs. Case dismissed. — Rebecca (@Rebecca1) February 3, 2026 Factcheck: The 2016 lawsuit …
🚨 BREAKING: Federal officers and a federal building in LA were reportedly under siege yesterday — and not a single cop in sight. This is what “stand down” leadership looks like.pic.twitter.com/2KNx0qrUia — Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) February 1, 2026 Federal Building and Officers Under Siege in LA Federal officers and a federal building in Los Angeles …
JUST IN – Trump to decertify all aircraft made in Canada, and impose a 50% aircraft tariff, unless Canada certifies American Gulfstream jets. pic.twitter.com/Ww4SrWeuYs — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) January 29, 2026 President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he is decertifying all aircraft made in Canada and threatened a 50% tariff on those planes until American-made …
🚨 Tucker Carlson reveals the Offer the Trump Administration made to Minnesota Officials that hasn’t been made public yet — MN Officials said no 1. Local Police have to answer 911 calls from federal agents—— as of now, if an agent is in danger and requests assistance, they… pic.twitter.com/4wmcAo1Dli — MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) January 28, 2026 …
So every single “trade deal” he made since April was fake and never went into effect in the first place? pic.twitter.com/VprQdlQyFN — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) January 26, 2026 As expected, the $350B was fake. It’s not happening. Trump is now going to tariff South Korea. Everything he does is fake. https://t.co/Xew72kw7Rt — ADAM (@AdameMedia) January …
Trump signals he has a favorite for Fed chair: ‘Down to maybe one, in my mind’ President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is nearing the end of a search to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and hinted he has his candidate in mind. In a CNBC interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, Those in charge of narrative control are suffering from the delusion that they’re making sense. Everything is under control until it isn’t. The name of the game in controlling the populace is narrative control, the current term for setting the context, priorities and agenda so the populace complies without being …
So by voting for Democrats, you are voting for waste, fraud and abuse. https://t.co/DTquhS4ZKi — Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) January 18, 2026
A perturbed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told President Trump late Sunday that the federal investigation into the Federal Reserve chair “made a mess” and could be bad for financial markets, two sources familiar with the call told Axios. Why it matters: Bessent’s worries about the financial fallout were somewhat realized Monday, when the dollar dropped …
California’s controversial wealth tax proposal leaves billionaires with little way out. The proposed California billionaire tax includes a special provision that makes it highly unlikely that anyone who wants to leave the state could avoid paying, according to tax attorneys. The Billionaire Tax Act, which could be added to the state’s general election ballot in …
On December 10th, the Federal Reserve launched a new round of Quantitative Easing. But this time, there is a catch: they want this round of money creation to be called “Reserve Management Purchases” (RMPs), and Chairman Powell has signaled that the Fed has no intention of ever ending them. In this latest Macro Watch video, …
Chris Buck stands barefoot in his kitchen holding a glass bottle of unfiltered Lithuanian farmhouse ale. He swirls the bottle gently to stir up a fingerbreadth blanket of yeast and pours the turbulent beer into a glass mug. Buck raises the mug and sips. “Cloudy beer. Delightful!” He has just consumed what may be the …
metals moving like they are made of crypto — Kevin (@KevinEthanRoxto) December 29, 2025 and we are now down a full 5% on silver $SLV folks the problem is, no one knows when the trade is over so if dip buyers dont step in and people think the trade is done because of price action, …
https://twitter.com/MitchMartan98/status/2001655851308724385 https://twitter.com/DanV_Barrons/status/2001683508813779205 Heritage Foundation: Powell made “brutal mistakes” and is the “worst Fed Chair in history” Powell engaged in “non‑stop money printing” Fueled “runaway government spending” Kept rates “too low for too long,” creating a market bubble Trump would be “justified in axing the worst Fed Chair in history” https://www.heritage.org/markets-and-finance/commentary/problematic-powell-what-do-the-worst-fed-chair-history Washington Morning: Powell failed on …
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband made at least $130 million in stock profits over the course of the California Democrat’s 37 years in Congress — a staggering return of 16,930%. Pelosi, 85, announced this week she will retire when her term ends in January 2027. The San Francisco pol became famous as …
She made the video so that military members would question Trump's authority. That's why they made it. To sow discord. — Ellie A (@EllieGAnders) December 8, 2025
Non-Player Combat, an AI-generated reality show, features 6 contestants on an island trying to kill each other. The reviewer criticises its technical glitches, bland dialogue, and lack of creativity, calling it dull and uninspired. Despite scathing feedback, the article acknowledges potential future improvement in AI-driven media. Created with AI assistance. Quality assured by Metro editors. …
BREAKING: The End of Apple As We Knew It In 72 hours, Apple lost four senior executives. But that is not the story. The story is this: Nearly every designer who worked under Jony Ive has now left the company. The team that built the iPhone, the Apple Watch, the iPad, the AirPods. Gone. Where …
