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TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. forces disabled M/T Sea Star III and M/T Sevda, May 8, prior to both vessels entering an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman in violation of the ongoing U.S. blockade. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) enforced blockade measures against two Iranian-flagged unladen oil tankers attempting to pull into an Iranian port …
It would be the return of Pirates. h/t Nevada Smith
bessent saying more ships going through hormuz while amena bakr tracked exactly which ships. chinese COSCO vessels with revolutionary guard inspection and $2M tolls. more ships going through is technically true. who they belong to and what they pay to transit is the part bessent… — Stephen Lee (@Go_Crene) March 30, 2026
This isn't taxing them 5% more. This is taking 5% of everything they own. — libertarianass (@libertarian_ass) March 2, 2026
Exactly. California’s homelessness crisis is a masterclass in bureaucratic failure. The state dumped $3.75B into Project Homekey, but a 2024 audit found zero tracking of outcomes—no clue if people stayed housed or relapsed. Meanwhile, developers like Shangri-La Industries… — Watch DOGE (@dogeai_gov) February 22, 2026
Bring it on, SAVE Act morons. pic.twitter.com/CmBma6Lfat — MM (@adgirlMM) February 13, 2026 Factcheck: No, a passport is not the only acceptable proof of citizenship under the SAVE Act. The bill lists several options, including REAL ID-compliant IDs, military IDs with service records, birth certificates paired with government photo ID, naturalization certificates, consular reports
CAPEX investements "competition" will now be replaced with who of MAG7 borrowed more. — Alex_Swiss_Investor (@Alex70848763197) February 9, 2026 Per Grok: These SEC filings allow companies to prepare for issuing securities like stocks or bonds. Google’s 424B5 prospectus supplements a registration for specific offerings. Amazon’s S-3ASR is an automatic shelf registration for flexible future issuances. …
Verizon’s communications network has suffered a major outage affecting wireless service throughout the US. Mobile phone users from New York to Seattle have lost all cellular service, including the ability to make calls or send text messages. According to outage-tracking website Down Detector, Verizon’s service started experiencing widespread problems just before 12 noon ET on …
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in an interview on Jan. 11 that “hundreds more” federal officers will be sent to Minneapolis on Jan. 11 and Jan. 12 to carry out immigration-related operations in the city. “We’re sending more officers today and tomorrow, they’ll arrive, there’ll be hundreds more, in order to allow our ICE …
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem held a press conference in New York City on Thursday, a day after a woman was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota, causing widespread protests nationwide. During her press conference, Noem revealed that she was not opposed to sending more ICE agents to Minneapolis if …
The economy might hum along on paper, but real demand and real buying power are trapped at the top. US consumer spending is extremely concentrated among high-income households: Households in the top 20% of the income distribution now reflect ~39% of all spending on goods and services. Their concentration is even higher in new vehicle …
Jimmy Dore hosts Candace Owens for a detailed discussion about the killing of Charlie Kirk, focusing on the glaring inconsistencies in the official story, especially around security failures, ballistics, and conflicting eyewitness and insider accounts. Owens says that influential Zionist donors, conservative media figures, and Turning Point USA leadership are working to control Kirk’s posthumous …
This news is totally insane CEOs of Walmart and Amazon want Americans to receive stimulus again. They want it so bad! h/t @LockedUpLarry
Spot on as usual. When you start seeing fraud in lending risk management becomes impossible. Ask the banks in 2008. pic.twitter.com/9Aaq2TtBiJ — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) October 15, 2025 Auto industry bankruptcies have led to broader concerns about the health of non-bank lending. JPMorgan’s CEO Jamie Dimon voiced his concerns over the high-profile collapse. The firm …
"I believe oil, by the early 2030s, could be $500 a barrel … natural gas, it could be $50 or more." @DaveHcontrarian on the massive rise in energy prices he sees up ahead. Full interview up TOMORROW. pic.twitter.com/niMuchWD7F — Jesse Day (@jessebday) October 7, 2025 Are you still going to be pro AI in 5 …
Why Palantir Technologies (PLTR) Shares Are Sliding Today? What Happened? Shares of data analytics company Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) fell 3.9% in the afternoon session after the U.S. Army warned of ‘very high risk’ and ‘fundamental security’ problems in a new battlefield communications network being developed by companies including Palantir.
Europe is frozen out. Russia just rerouted its natural gas straight to China for 30 years. Berlin is stranded. Brussels miscalculated. 🇷🇺🇨🇳‼️It has been decided: Russia stops supplying gas to Europe – All capacities go to China‼️ September 2, 2025 While Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping exchanged documents in front of the cameras in Beijing, …
It now takes an income of 124k to buy the median priced home in America. Only 18% of single Americans make 100k. 62% of homebuyers are married. Lower rates won’t fix family formation. See the problem? pic.twitter.com/4DO0rEKUTh — Cherrygarciafan. USD🏴☠️ (@cherrygarciafan) August 10, 2025 The median household income necessary to purchase the median priced home …
The numbers are not adding up. In April 2025, the family of 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony raised over $500,000 through a GiveSendGo campaign. The stated purpose was legal defense. Two months later, they are asking for $1.4 million more. The new goal is posted. The explanation is vague. The court filings tell a different story. Karmelo …
It is literally 4x in the case of Denmark, thank god for the labor movement pic.twitter.com/MDagjTdBK5 — Henry (@HeSBK) June 10, 2025 China’s wealth distribution is shifting, and the numbers tell a story that few expected. The bottom half of China’s population now holds twice as much wealth as the bottom half of Americans. Denmark’s …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, What’s required is not just a revised spreadsheet but an entirely new culture and value system. I’ve been referencing The Ratchet Effect since 2010 as it explains why shrinking bloat is so much harder than expanding bloat. A common example is household income and spending. When the couple were just starting out, …
Watch about 5 minutes is all you need. Basically he talks about these big tech companies going all in on ai and then automating their employees out. Employees laid off and they don’t buy that companies products. So company lays off more employees, and the circle continues. They’re eating their own… h/t John Dutton
by Michael What does a country that gives $792,200,000 to Planned Parenthood in a single year deserve? And what does a country that has killed more than 60,000,000 children since 1973 deserve? The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, but then the number of abortions in the United States went up even higher. We have been …
They say inflation is cooling. The market claps. Yields dip. And just as quickly, they climb right back up. Over and over again. It is not confusion. It is the new reality. And many still do not get it. Soft inflation used to mean celebration. It meant the Fed could cut, the economy was easing …
The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is cutting an additional $450 million in grants to Harvard University. The additional cuts follow an already $2.2 billion freeze of funds last week. The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is cutting an additional $450 million in grants to Harvard University through eight federal agencies, on top …
The S&P 500 is now up more than 14% since 🇺🇸 President Trump said it was a great time to buy stocks on April 9th – Bloomberg pic.twitter.com/2OCbiEjNwc — Evan (@StockMKTNewz) May 12, 2025 Sentiment check: The last time US tariffs on China were this high, the S&P 500 was ~200 points lower, 4 Fed …
We live in a day and age where America has a cost-of-living crisis for every sector of the economy. Affording rent or buying a house? Too expensive. Having kids? Too expensive. Affording healthcare? Too expensive. It’s no wonder why so many people end up homeless and broke and in a ton of debt that they …
Powell admitted that even though the markets are pricing in multiple rate cuts this year, Powell himself has no idea if the Fed will be cutting rates at all this year. The truth is the Fed should be hiking rates. Cutting rates instead would just compound the Fed's mistake. — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) May 7, …
