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The son of two senior Norwegian diplomats under investigation over their ties to Jeffrey Epstein has died by suicide — after files revealed his parents took him to the pedophile’s island when he was just 10 years old. Edward Juul Rød-Larsen, 25, who had been bequeathed $5 million by the disgraced financier, was found dead …
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 …
Man asks AI: "What is the number one cause of death that no one is talking about?" pic.twitter.com/VZCbz0JCjl — conspiracybot (@conspiracyb0t) March 21, 2026
🚨🚨🚨 CHINA SURROUNDED TAIWAN WHILE AMERICA WAS FIGHTING IRAN. THE TIMING IS NOT A COINCIDENCE. 🚨🚨🚨 Yesterday, Taiwan's military detected 26 Chinese warplanes. 7 Chinese navy ships. All circling the island at once. This is the LARGEST military presence China has shown… pic.twitter.com/Zsgp1rfWDN — 🇨🇳 Wei Zhao 赵伟 (@antmillionsbot) March 15, 2026 HONG KONG — …
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 …
This is insane… The number of federal government employees is now at it’s lowest level in 50+ years. Dropped off a cliff after Trump was elected. pic.twitter.com/zZu2jzUC8S — Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) February 11, 2026 Federal workforce reductions have accelerated sharply through 2025‑26 The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics and Office of Personnel Management data show …
The number of homebuyers is absolutely collapsing pic.twitter.com/GeQYeddflX — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) February 7, 2026 Household formation just hit a 9-year low. The next decade could see the slowest household growth in 100 years. At the same time:• Boomers are aging out• Birth rates are falling• Vacant homes are rising The uncomfortable question is simple: …
Just in🔥🔥🔥 Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has MELTDOWN at Davos over the number of people questioning the 'safety of vaccines'! pic.twitter.com/QEc9dgTqMp — UNN (@UnityNewsNet) January 22, 2026 Full vide: https://www.wsj.com/video/albert-bourla-on-the-state-of-pharma/402AA0DE-FF4F-491C-B130-156F62F8FFCE
New York is reporting the highest number of flu hospitalizations recorded in a single week, the state’s health department said on Friday. During the week ending Dec. 27, 4,546 people were hospitalized with flu, a 24% increase from the 3,666 who were hospitalized the previous week, according to data from the New York State Department …
Rounding out the top five were the Ford F-150 with 126 thefts and the Hyundai Sonata with 107 stolen vehicles during the month. Other vehicles on the top 10 list included the Ford F-250 (94 thefts), Dodge Challenger (83), Kia Optima (77), Ram 1500 (75), and Chevy Tahoe (27). The full list: Chevy Silverado GMC …
SNIP Russia is ready to receive “an unlimited number” of skilled workers from India to help address domestic labor shortages, First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov has said. Russia and India signed a labor-mobility agreement during a summit between President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi earlier this week. Manturov told …
Low Claims, Slow Cracks And The Labor Market’s Most Misleading Signal This chart only measures one thing…how many people got laid off this week and immediately filed for unemployment insurance. And on that narrow metric, the number is undeniably low, the lowest since late 2022. If you look at it in isolation, it doesn’t give …
VIDEO EVIDENCE. On October 23, Border Patrol Agents conducted enforcement operations near 27th and Whipple Ave. A large crowd of 75- 100 rioters surrounded law enforcement who set up a perimeter after agents were boxed in by a large box truck. Rioters then shot at agents with commercial artillery shell fireworks. A Border Patrol transport …
by Michael We sure have seen a lot of really crazy things happen so far this year. But in the minds of most Americans, there is one crisis that far outweighs everything else. As I have been documenting for years, our standard of living has been collapsing as the cost of living has risen must …
He said $600bn because Tim quoted that number; Zuck hates Apple, so he is unable to say a lower number. CFO in shambles — martin (@rev1ck) September 5, 2025 How much money are you spending in America Zuck? 🇺🇸 $META Probably $600 billion, the exact same amount as $AAPL… pic.twitter.com/WUqKwbEtmF — Special Situations 🌐 Research …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, What’s the impact on rent? Housing units under construction data from Census Department, chart by Mish. Decline from Post-Covid Peak Total Units: 20.7 percent Single-Family: 25.2 percent Multi-Family: 27.3 percent The decline puts the number of single-family units under construction near the middle of a very wide range of …
She also had a number of very crazy predictions, zoom to 7000, Roku 5000. Pure nutjob — Amit Agarwal (@amitb_agarwal) August 17, 2025
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The CPI's health insurance index tracks insurer profits, not premiums paid by consumers. BLS methodology uses a residual approach—insurers' retained earnings after paying claims. This creates a distortion: during COVID, deferred care boosted insurer profits (lowering CPI), while… — Watch DOGE (@dogeai_gov) July 15, 2025 Health insurance premiums explode rising 342 percent since 1999. Average …
by Michael Why has hunger in America absolutely exploded during the past 4 years? And why are store closings in the United States on pace to set a brand new record high this year? A lot of people out there don’t want to admit that the U.S. economy has been crumbling for a long time. …
What The Headline GDP Number Doesn’t Show byu/stockpreacher instockpreacher BREAKING: US goods imports fall -19.8% in April as President Trump's "reciprocal tariffs" effectively halted trade with many countries. This marks the largest drop in history for US goods imports. — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) May 30, 2025 “There was always concern that it would be …
The gap between what sellers want for their homes versus what they're selling for just hit its widest level in 5 years 🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/xhM6rVTIGa — Barchart (@Barchart) April 30, 2025 CNBC Super real estate agent Ryan Serhant: Spring selling season was good until April. March was great In April things stopped 🛑 36% of all …
by Mike Shedlock Trump does not seem concerned about services. He should be. International Tourists Pull Back on U.S. Travel and Purchases NBC News reports International Tourists Pull Back on U.S. Travel and Purchases The combination of President Donald Trump’s trade policies and hostile rhetoric toward much of the rest of the world is creating a …
OOPS! Investors haven’t been this bearish in 30yrs, BofA poll shows. 82% of fund managers expect the global economy to weaken, and a record number intend to reduce exposure to US equities. BUT “peak fear” is not yet reflected in cash allocations, which currently stands at 4.8% of… pic.twitter.com/k8xzjB6z4K — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) April 15, …
Elon Musk once promised $2 trillion in government savings. Today he says they’ll get $150 billion in FY26. pic.twitter.com/RPvWipVK96 — The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) April 10, 2025
Michelle Obama’s new podcast suffers dismal ratings ranking at number 34 in the Spotify podcast charts, just weeks after launch. Episodes on YouTube have received drastically low viewing numbers with one rapid receiving just over 60,000 views. pic.twitter.com/48xAW0Sexu — Oli London (@OliLondonTV) April 9, 2025
In the largest single deployment of stealth bombers in U.S. history, the Pentagon has sent six B-2 “Spirit” aircraft to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. The long-range bombers, which are uniquely suited to evade Iranian air defenses and can carry America’s most potent bunker busting weapons, flew in from Missouri last week in a …
When saving for retirement, we all have a goal in mind. A magic number that means we can spend our golden years in comfort. Today, we explain why that magic number keeps going up – and why your own savings goal is almost certainly wrong… By Peter Reagan Question for you: Are you prepared for …
by Michael Right now, a tremendous awakening is happening as people all over the world become educated about the tools that the elite use to enslave us to their system. The number one tool that they use to enslave us is debt. The financial powers of the world use it to enslave individuals, corporations and …
