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It started with a ruling. Not a warning. Not a debate. A federal judge declared the president’s deployment of troops in Los Angeles illegal. Not unusual. Not controversial. Illegal. The kind of word that should stop everything. It did not. “A federal judge has declared President Donald Trump’s use of military troops in Los Angeles …
BREAKING: Trump’s use of the National Guard during immigration protests in Los Angeles is illegal, a judge rules. Follow AP's live updates. https://t.co/VpKS0wJN8H — The Associated Press (@AP) September 2, 2025
HOME RULE: Democrats are livid that National Guard troops deployed to protect DC residents are picking up trash during their shifts. They’re calling it tyranny. pic.twitter.com/2sYH8txr9x — @amuse (@amuse) August 27, 2025
HOLY CRAP! President Trump has caused NY Governor Kathy Hochul to reverse course, and she is now DEMANDING judges stop releasing dangerous criminals from jail back onto the streets. “Come on judges! I need the judges to step up! I’m surprised at the number of judges…they do not hold someone on bail who, common sense …
Up to 1,700 National Guard troops are moving across 19 states. Not just for immigration. Not just for crime. For both. And for something bigger. Fox News framed it politely: “A support pillar to a sweeping federal interagency effort” targeting illegal immigration and violent crime.Fox News That is the cover story. The real work is …
🚨BREAKING: Sean "Diddy" Combs's lawyer just confirmed on national TV that they not only reached out but also had "actual conversations" with the Trump administration about pardoning him. pic.twitter.com/rlkphQqKRa — CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) August 6, 2025
🚨 JUST IN: National Guard soldiers in DC are preparing to carry WEAPONS, per WSJ I REALLY hope this is true. The National Guard NEEDS to be armed in a vioIent city like Washington. No way to restore law and order otherwise! pic.twitter.com/B1MThCsRCY — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 16, 2025 Friday night briefing. National Guard …
BREAKING: NATIONAL GUARD is patrolling streets and of Washington DC pic.twitter.com/5rxb78zFi7 — Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) August 12, 2025
Earlier in the day, US President Donald Trump announced an extra 25 per cent trade tariff on India after he warned the country of action over its oil purchases from Russia, taking the total levy to 50 per cent. The additional tariffs are to be applicable after 21 days from today, coming into effect on …
United Airlines grounded its entire U.S. fleet Wednesday. System-wide failure. Weight and balance software collapsed. No warning. No fallback. No workaround. Flights already airborne kept moving. Everything else froze. Chicago. Newark. Houston. Denver. All dark. https://abcnews.go.com/US/united-airlines-grounds-flights-nationwide-technology-issue/story?id=124433330 Passengers stuck on tarmacs. United’s social team? Copy-paste apologies. https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/united-airlines-requests-ground-stop-over-system-outage-heres-the-list-of-affected-airports-including-chicago-ohare-newark-article-152422332 United says it wasn’t a cyberattack. No explanation why …
It's so over for Crypto, Jim Cramer likes Bitcoin $BTC and Ethereum $ETH as a hedge against inflation and national debt. 😭pic.twitter.com/pjog2RQSeq — Just a Dude Who Invests (@DudeWhoInvests) July 23, 2025 Erratic behaviour intensifies. Mass distribution in play. pic.twitter.com/tyGlybiUWk — The Great Martis (@great_martis) July 23, 2025 $SPY $QQQ Japan trade deal and China …
The biggest threat to your wealth today isn’t inflation or recession – it’s a deliberate policy shift meant to stabilize the national debt. This may be the only way out of our debt trap. But how much of our prosperity will it cost us? By Peter Reagan There’s a phrase being whispered in the back rooms …
The Philadelphia Phillies present to you “The Coldplay Kiss Cam”. Go to 0:20 for a surprise! pic.twitter.com/BOsQP2F5K3 — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) July 19, 2025 SportsCenter began today’s broadcast by recreating the viral cheating CEO from the Coldplay concert pic.twitter.com/mNjgC4Rm85 — FearBuck (@FearedBuck) July 18, 2025 Coldplay accidentally exposed an alleged affair between Astronomer CEO Andy …
Baier: Tonight the Trump administration says it is officially ending the deployment of 2,000 national Guard troops in Los Angeles. pic.twitter.com/526GxQg8BV — Acyn (@Acyn) July 15, 2025
Independent analyses, ranging from Yale University to the Wharton School to the Congressional Budget Office, have each said that President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will add trillions of dollars to the U.S. deficit over the next 10 years. Yet, this year, the U.S. deficit is already exceeding 6 percent of GDP, a level roughly 63 …
Nation won’t heal until elites face child abuse reckoning. .@realDonaldTrump please understand the EPSTEIN AFFAIR is not going away. If the administration doesn’t address the massive number of unanswered questions about Epstein, especially the ABUSE OF CHILDREN BY ELITES (it is very clear that abuse occurred), then moving forward on… https://t.co/z7bMAf7jzP — General Mike Flynn …
🚨 TRUMP APPROVAL DOWN TO 39% SOURCE: @YouGov July 9-13 | 2,104 Adults Approve: 39%Disapprove: 56% Upside down on EVERY issue except border security (+1) and NATSEC (+4) pic.twitter.com/qF67H4mMJP — Maine (@TheMaineWonk) July 14, 2025 BREAKING: TACO trump announces that he will impose severe tariffs on Russia if there's no deal IN 50 DAYS. This …
JD Vance just threw up the MIDDLE FINGER live on national TV. “In D.C., they have this thing where, I think it means we’re number one, all the pink-haired people throw up this sign…” proceeds to flip off the camera You can’t make this up. The Vice President of the United… pic.twitter.com/PPqlLHHLrl — Brian Allen …
*SWISS CENTRAL BANK CUTS KEY INTEREST RATE BY 25BPS TO 0.0%, LOWEST SINCE JUNE 2022$CHF 🇨🇭🇨🇭 pic.twitter.com/Ajfw639gAz — Investing.com (@Investingcom) June 19, 2025 Zero yields are back! For those who believed zero and negative interest rates were something of the past. It already happened again, even without a new economic or financial crisis. The Swiss …
By Tsvetana Paraskova Battery makers in America have started to feel the pinch from China’s ban of exports of the critical mineral antimony, to the point of seeing the shortage as a national emergency. Last summer, China, which supplies more than half of the world’s antimony product, introduced export restrictions of the critical mineral. In December …
BREAKING: Dramatic SCENE at a DHS press event led by South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem—Secret Service intervenes as a Democrat Senator is ESCORTED OUT following a heated outburst. The moment was captured on camera and is now going viral. 👉 Meanwhile, a major court victory for President Trump: an appellate court rules the National Guard …
Something remarkable is unfolding in America’s political theater exposing a deep well of hypocrisy that rarely makes the evening news. Democrats who just months ago criticized President Trump for not sending the National Guard to Capitol Hill on J6 have now turned on him for deploying the Guard in Los Angeles. The issue is the …
President Trump will hold a National Security Council meeting in the morning… Also, when asked if Israel shared their plans with the US about the attack, citing the early evacuations of American personnel, President Trump says Israel didn’t tell them anything. When asked if… pic.twitter.com/Fi5bCHizqo — PATRIOT174N0N🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@174N0NPat) June 13, 2025
JD Vance confused the trade deficit with the budget deficit on national TV. You paid six figures for a Yale Law degree to flunk Econ 101 in front of millions? Brother, refund season is here and your tuition is Exhibit A. pic.twitter.com/sAMXNimrRQ — Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) June 10, 2025
Los Angeles is at the center of a political firestorm. Immigration protests have escalated into full-blown clashes, and the response from officials has been swift. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, known as “ICE Barbie” for her tough stance on immigration enforcement, has vowed to press charges against protesters involved in violent confrontations with federal agents. …
This is exactly what Donald Trump wanted. He flamed the fires and illegally acted to federalize the National Guard. The order he signed doesn’t just apply to CA. It will allow him to go into ANY STATE and do the same thing. We’re suing him.pic.twitter.com/O3RAGlp2zo — Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 9, 2025 LOS ANGELES — …
Live feed. National Guard is at the federal detention center. There are two protests planned here today: 1. One at 11AM where they are marching to this detention center. 2. Another at 2PM at City Hall. h/t Vego
🇵🇱 Polish President Nawrocki: "My Poland is a Poland where instead of migrant integration centres, there’s deportation centres for those who want to destroy our country!" Poland is in safe hands. pic.twitter.com/3X1jt3HQyu — Inevitable West (@Inevitablewest) June 2, 2025 🚨🇵🇱🇺🇸 TRUMP: CONGRATULATIONS POLAND, YOU PICKED A WINNER "TRUMP ALLY WINS IN POLAND, SHOCKING ALL IN …
CBO projections consistently underestimate the long-term increase of US federal debt: In 2001, the CBO forecasted federal debt held by the public would decline by -$2.3 trillion, to $0.9 trillion, by 2011. Instead, actual federal debt skyrocketed to $10.4 trillion, or +$9.5… pic.twitter.com/sS5UA4rHH8 — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) May 29, 2025 Scott Bessent confirms DOGE …
The United States is escalating its crackdown on Chinese influence, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio announcing that some Chinese student visas will be revoked. The policy targets individuals with alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or those studying in fields deemed critical to national security. This move signals a deepening divide between …