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The bullet that killed conservative commentator Charlie Kirk may not match the rifle used by suspected killer Tyler Robinson, a bombshell new court filing states. Robinson, 22, is facing capital murder charges and a potential death sentence for Kirk’s murder at Utah Valley University on September 10. But his defense attorneys now argue that the …
House Republicans have teed up a vote Friday night on a stopgap bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at fiscal year 2025 levels for an additional eight weeks, after their stunning rebuke of a Senate-passed deal to fund most of the department. The bill is expected to pass, assuming the GOP doesn’t …
BREAKING: 🇺🇸Epstein documents mentioning Trump's name continue to disappear Another 71 Epstein Files with the word Trump deleted from the DOJ Website We are now down from 5,361 to 4,727 – 634 files are gone@RyanRozbiani pic.twitter.com/iuSrcBQG0A — Megatron (@Megatron_ron) February 15, 2026 Factcheck: Based on recent DOJ releases and analyses from sources like NYT, CNN, …
A self-described foodie, social butterfly and New Yorker for 20 years, Lina Axmacher has long loved exploring the city’s famed restaurant culture. Then she started Ozempic. She lost her appetite — “my desire for cocktails and desserts and anything sweet” — and also more than 20 pounds (9.1 kilograms) in less than two months. But …
WASHINGTON — FIFA announced the start times for the tournament’s 104 matches on Saturday, a day after the draw for the expanded 48-nation tournament, with the final set to kick off at 3 p.m. ET on July 19. The kickoff time for the final at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, allows for prime-time …
And now they want a bailout already… pic.twitter.com/tB6DtpKj74 — Curtis Lemay (@CurtisLemay) November 5, 2025 Securing government backed bailout before they actually need them, you can't make this up. — blake (@blakestonks) November 6, 2025 A top market analyst’s warning in late October about a looming “prisoner’s dilemma” and an “AI wobble” in the stock …
Why I believe this: -Jordan Love took the snap instead of letting third quarter end and loses 15+ yds getting sacked when he could’ve easily just thrown it away or let the time end. – Matthew Golden caught a 20+ yd pass from Browns end zone, and was at the same field line as… — …
Sherwin Williams cutting its 401(k) match is a pretty loud signal about where the cracks are showing in the economy. The company lives and dies by housing turnover and renovation cycles. Normally, people buying and selling homes drive paint demand, and DIY projects keep the volume steady. But with mortgage rates still locking people into …
https://twitter.com/VarunBhat22/status/1959530842159739230 I want to clear up the misinformation about my son Raja. I’ve been confirmed that the wrestler ( Stewart Smith aka Syko Stu) is awake and stable. Raja was unexpectedly hit in the side of the head by him moments before Smith’s match, Raja was told that he could get his “payback”in… — Rampage …
Real wage purchasing power down 89% since gold standard ended. The average hourly wage (in gold terms) just hit a new all-time low, going all the way back to 1963 The real purchasing power of the average wage for an hour's work, has declined by 89% since the end of the gold standard in 1971 …
CTA and more specifically global macro funds did the heavy lifting so far, taking the reins after the biggest retail inflows ever. pic.twitter.com/DPEj91qljV — THE SHORT BEAR (@TheShortBear) May 19, 2025 Retail squeezing Wall Street into buying. pic.twitter.com/BCrILye83w — THE SHORT BEAR (@TheShortBear) May 20, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spins a tale of Automaker Stellantis temporarily shutting down auto plants in Canada and Mexico as an outcome of President Trump’s tariffs. Unfortunately, the gaslighting by Carney might work on less intellectual SnowMexicans, but it fails here. Stellantis, an EU centered auto company who sell Dodge, Ram (made in Mexico) …
China’s tech sector is quietly building its own solutions to one of its biggest challenges, replacing the advanced chipmaking tools that it currently sources from U.S. and European companies. SiCarrier Technologies, a Chinese chip equipment firm closely linked to Huawei, is taking on the formidable task of developing alternatives to critical tools from ASML, Applied …
Here is a great research paper by an academic that explains why unemployment claims are so low. https://t.co/WN4F9MI3IB — WarnTracker 2.0 (@j77324) December 1, 2024
Antisemitic riots have erupted in Amsterdam, marked by violent attacks on vehicles, pedestrians, and reports of arson. The riots are linked to escalating tensions following a soccer match on November 7, 2024, between Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv and Dutch team AFC Ajax. After the match, pro-Palestinian protesters and Maccabi Tel Aviv fans clashed, resulting …
Polymarket panic sellers look pretty stupid right about now 🤣 AtlasIntel was the most accurate pollster last election. If everyone votes, Trump wins in historic fashion! — Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) November 3, 2024
Just about everyone has a view on China’s economic troubles. Its deepening property crisis, deflationary currents, and increasing protests are all Asia observers can talk about. Yet one very important voice is barely saying a word about the state of Asia’s biggest economy: President Xi Jinping. This is true both rhetorically and by way of …
BREAKING: Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has signed an executive order clamping down on noncitizens who will try to vote in November by forcing the DMV to provide election officials with DAILY information on noncitizens and also requiring enforcement by the Attorney General… pic.twitter.com/r0LZMthBGk — George (@BehizyTweets) August 8, 2024 BREAKING: Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has …
.@realDonaldTrump challenges @JoeBiden to a golf match at Trump National Doral, Miami—giving Biden 10 strokes a side and $1,000,000.00 should he win, to the charity of his choice… pic.twitter.com/soJvbQSJcW — Dan Scavino Jr.🇺🇸🦅 (@DanScavino) July 10, 2024
What would you do if you were on this flight? Screaming match breaks out on JetBlue flight after mom caused multiple delays by 'bringing too many kids with her' https://t.co/K9qB2zZx4o — 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 👑 𝙳𝚒𝚟𝚊™ (@1776Diva) July 4, 2024 pic.twitter.com/iOzr8UQdaY — The Agent of Ultra Magadonia (@UltraMAGA_Frank) July 4, 2024 h/t Dan
Although most US homeowners are immune from higher mortgage rates because they have fixed-rate mortgages, that’s not true for other types of credit. The delinquency rate on credit card loans is now the same as it was in 2010, a year when the unemployment rate was over 9%. pic.twitter.com/Nu2aobWKeB — Peter Berezin (@PeterBerezinBCA) June 14, …
First Time Ever? 90 Actresses Turn Down Roles in Play Attacking J.K. Rowling. “The play, originally called TERF C**t portrays a fictional intervention of the Harry Potter actors staging an ‘intervention’ to get Rowling to recant her gender-critical views. No actresses want to touch the roles with a 10-foot pole, perhaps because they agree with …
by Mysterious_Comb9550 Using the current average US rent price of $1,372, to match a mortgage payment with a 20% down payment, the home value would have to be around $200,000. Considering that the median home price is currently $410,000, this means that median home would have to drop over 50% to match the average rent. Source:https://t.co/0Jc89FHlmi — …
https://t.co/DQ8EbFoijM — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) September 5, 2023 It’ll spread like wildfire, just how Fortune 500s all went woke at the same exact time. INFLATION: the more Wall Street begs for the "Fed to be done" (using Labor data as their excuse), the higher Commodities and Real World Inflation goes… CRB Commodities Index inflated …
China urges Brics to become geopolitical rival to G7 h/t by Creative-Criticism62
Fulton County Judge Cracks Jokes in Courtroom After Delivering 10 Felony Indictments of Donald Trump Fulton County Superior Court judge Robert McBurney yucked it up with the courtroom after signing off on a grand jury’s decision to authorize 10 felony indictments against a former president “Alright. Thank you Sheriff,” the judge said. “Good luck the …