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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Beginning Monday, a California law will require credit card networks like Visa and Mastercard to provide banks with special retail codes that can be assigned to gun stores in order to track their sales. But new laws will do the exact opposite in Georgia, Iowa, Tennessee and Wyoming by banning the use …
China has grown its nuclear arsenal from 410 to 500 in a single year Experts said China was expanding its stockpile ‘faster than any other country’ The Pentagon warned that China may have as many as 1,000 by 2030 China is expanding its nuclear arsenal faster than any other major superpower, and is in command …
The premium to own a home, rather than rent one, has hit 52.1%, the highest level in history pic.twitter.com/s8aBvDa7C7 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) June 12, 2024
Canada has ordered large online streaming services to pay 5 percent of their Canadian revenue to the government in a program expected to raise $200 million per year to support local news and other home-grown content. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced its decision yesterday after a public comment period. “Based on the …
Recent economic updates from the U.S. paint a bleak picture, stirring deep unease among investors. The latest indicators, including the sharp decline in the Bloomberg Economic Surprise Index, signal a worrisome underperformance reminiscent of the tumultuous trends observed in 2019. This downturn in economic sentiment comes at a precarious moment, with all eyes fixed on …
🇸🇻 "We don't jail the opposition here" – President Nayib Bukele to Trump Jr: pic.twitter.com/sjbtJd3nJL — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) June 2, 2024 Line of the year "We don't jail opposition here". That is a line the US would tell communist governments over the years. Let that sink in. — floridanow1 (@floridanow1) June 2, 2024 h/t …
Hunter Biden owes his ex-wife $2.9 million after a protracted legal battle — and now his one time spouse is expected to be a key witness in his looming trials. Kathleen Buhle, who was married to the first son for 24 years before they split in 2017, claims Hunter has blown off agreed-upon alimony payments, …
Hard to view this as anything other than abuse of the law for political purposes https://t.co/c8Ub8g62qq — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 1, 2024 Dem Rep. Quigley: There Is ‘Risk’ Trump Case Creates Precedent for Using Courts to Attack Opponents On Friday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) responded to a question on if the trial …
Reports like these highlight the human cost of policy decisions. They paint a grim picture of organized crime taking advantage of lax border security, with victims of sex trafficking paying the ultimate price. The implication that such operations are facilitated or tolerated under current policies raises profound concerns about national security and human rights. BIDEN …
Even Rome let the pleabs in for bread and circuses. City of Minneapolis Paid $74 Million Plus Another $140 million dollars for Target Center & Can’t Watch Wolves Playoff Game Tonight! https://www.lrl.mn.gov/guides/guides?issue=target#:~:text=2016%20March:%20The%20Minneapolis%20city,million%20renovation%20project%20is%20completed. The poor kids working at Burger King get their paycheck and wonder where it all went. Well—taxes – that is where. $214 million …
Ouch I should have included this in my articles 🥲 Isn’t it obvious $MSFT and $NVDA are helping each other to fabricate (fake) revenues? ⚠️ 1- $NVDA invests in #Coreweave 2- #Coreweave buys overpriced $NVDA GPUs 3- #Coreweave raises financing using $NVDA GPUs as collateral… https://t.co/qPr4ghswn5 pic.twitter.com/NxRM4yDdI4 — JustDario 🏊♂️ (@DarioCpx) May 23, 2024 Someone …
200 billion divided by 10 billion comes to 20. So doesn’t that mean each person would get twenty dollars? https://twitter.com/LibertyCappy/status/1792555627241423201 AC
This week, we learned: • The United States plans to issue a bond backed by profits from frozen Russian assets. • Russia has seized €700 million of assets from three Western banks. • Russia and Iran are collaborating on creating a single BRICS currency. • Putin and Xi… pic.twitter.com/LqrXx9VMXv — Gold Telegraph ⚡ (@GoldTelegraph_) May …
Be skeptical of the U.S. stock market’s recent rebound – there’s more downside ahead, and plenty of evidence to back it up. The sound of alarm bells is becoming harder to ignore. With the economy slowing amid softening consumer activity, rising unemployment numbers, and spiking delinquency rates, big name stocks that have been propping up …
American birth rates: pic.twitter.com/m0yUhHIrRB — The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole) April 25, 2024 "Low birth rate was a problem in Rome in 50 BC. The same is true of Ancient Greece." Low Birth Rate = Decline of Civilization pic.twitter.com/enGDnCa9i6 — DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) May 7, 2024
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The Department of Defense (DoD) reallocating $130 million from its $140 million training budget for the USAACE flight program to foreign obligations, including Ukraine, means that funds originally earmarked for domestic training will now be used for international purposes. BREAKING: The DoD has pulled $130M of their $140M training budget for the USAACE flight program …
Gov. Greg Abbott suggested Texas public school teachers should be barred from wearing clothes that don’t conform to traditional gender norms, raising the prospect that the GOP-controlled Legislature could pursue restrictions on transgender teachers and how they dress. Abbott, addressing the Young Conservatives of Texas convention in Dallas, made the remarks as he recounted the …
A North Korean girl who escaped to tell her story left woke college students stunned. This video unveils the harsh realities of socialism through the eyes of someone who lived it. Our North Korean defector, now a voice for the silenced, shares her gripping journey from the confines of her homeland to the halls of …
Splurging once meant spending money on buzzy restaurants, expensive vacations, and designer clothing. These days, what’s considered splurge-worthy falls into a more humble category. Groceries are shaping up to be a top spending priority for younger generations, a February report from McKinsey & Company found. The firm asked over 4,000 people, from baby boomers to …
Elon Musk questions Biden administration’s approach to immigration and crime: Why does the radical far left Biden administration welcome violent illegals into America to prey upon your friends & family? We are even warned by other countries that it is insane to make America a haven for their convicted criminals! https://t.co/uAQguenaXf — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) …
What Jesse Watters doesn't mention is that Tyson's plant in Iowa is 95% staffed by Illegal Aliens. So Tyson is firing 1,200 Illegals in Iowa while they announce plans to hire 52,000 Illegals for other meat processing plants.pic.twitter.com/bwaj3m8ODT — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) March 15, 2024 Watch this local Iowa tv report on Tyson plant …
When an airline's leadership takes maintenance as a given and begins to focus on other "areas" as their priority, danger and calamity ensues. — Cleavage Crumbs (@CleavageCrumbs) March 13, 2024 United Airlines faces a fifth incident in a week as a US-bound flight returns to Australia. Not again … A United Airlines Boeing 777-300 aircraft …
⚡️ russians complain about a massive failure of their digital services. The disruptions were recorded both in moscow and in other regions of russia, russian media report. 👉 Follow @Flash_news_ua — BLYSKAVKA (@blyskavka_ua) March 11, 2024 In Russia, there was a massive failure in the operation of digital services In particular, outages were recorded both …
A lawsuit reveals Biden’s CBP is refusing to disclose airports where it is flying undocumented aliens from other countries It comes amid a continued flow of migrants over the southern border Biden’s expansion of the CBP One app allows migrants to apply for asylum in their country, be flown to the U.S. and given two-years …
The Baltic states and Poland, more than other EU countries, help Russia circumvent sanctions, because despite the rhetoric, it is so profitable. And Poland also blocked Ukraine pic.twitter.com/Rv8Qjs22xi — Sprinter Press (@SprinterPress) March 4, 2024
UPDATE: The school district @dcantlers is defending the toe sucking video claiming it was for charity. They also claim it was students sucking other students’ toes. This doesn’t make it any better. This was a school sanctioned event which was overseen and cheered on by adults.… pic.twitter.com/mTNNPSmLVd — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 3, 2024 …
Jeff Snider is head of global investment research for Alhambra Investment Partners, a registered investment advisory based in Palmetto Bay, Florida. As Head of Global Investment Research for Alhambra Investment Partners, Jeff spearheads the investment research efforts while providing close contact to Alhambra’s client base. Jeff is published nationally at RealClearMarkets, ZeroHedge, Minyanville and Yahoo!Finance. …
Most of you have probably seen the Military’s recruiting goals are falling short month after month – But just announced, they are asking specifically for Battle Sapce Air Force Veterans to return to service. First on the List is Pilots, and then battle space controllers. Everyone knows PILOT is the most sought after role in the Air Force. Very Exclusive. One …
Source: https://www.sec.gov/files/rules/final/2024/ia-6546.pdf TLDRS SEC adopts amendments to enhance private fund reporting including those also registered with the CFTC. The amendments to Form PF will enhance reporting by large hedge fund advisers on various aspects such as investment exposures, borrowing, counterparty exposure, risk metrics, and investment performance to improve insight into fund operations and strategies, and enhance …