Elon Musk raises payment to $100 for voters who sign petition — before Monday night.

Billionaire Elon Musk has upped his financial offer for registered swing state voters to sign a conservative-leaning petition. On Thursday, Musk wrote on X that his pro-Trump super PAC would give $100 to signees and those who refer them. After Musk pushed a debunked voter fraud conspiracy theory Thursday evening at a pro-Trump town hall …

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BRICS Nations Working on International Payment System; Gold Part of the Plan

by Mike Maharrey The BRICS economic block is pushing forward with plans to develop a system that would facilitate international payments outside the dollar system, with gold serving an important role in the scheme. According to the Russian news agency TASS, BRICS officials are “developing a wide range of instruments for creating an inclusive international financial …

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California Senate passes 0 down, 0 payment $150,000 home ‘loans’ for illegal immigrants..”Unbelievable”

(The Center Square) – The California Senate passed a contentious bill to allow for undocumented immigrants to use the state’s zero-down, zero-interest home “loans” program despite national backlash following coverage of the bill’s looming passage. With 23 votes for and 11 votes against — including all nine Republicans and Democratic State Sens. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, …

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Experts say bank collapse is coming after zelle payment conspiracy scandal rocks major banks world wide

JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo Under Federal Investigation Over Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Scams and Fraud on Instant Payments Platform Zelle https://t.co/Pj4ffqcMcR — The Daily Hodl (@TheDailyHodl) August 10, 2024 The agency is responding to complaints that the banks don’t do enough to stop illicit transfers and especially scams, which …

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Guy with 400 credit and borrowed down payment threatens dealership sales guy because he offers him an SXT instead of a hellcat lol

Guy with 400 credit and borrowed down payment threatens dealership sales guy because he offers him an SXT instead of a hellcat lol 40 years of ZIRP have made broke Americans delusional pic.twitter.com/arPrrm6oAh — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) August 3, 2024 OMG https://t.co/RJygSkxWJA — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) August 10, 2024

Australia’s digital payment crash underscores the essential need for physical cash.

🚨 REMEMBER 🚨 Australia is only the 2nd country into the developed world to stop legal restrictions on the use of cash! Our campaign against the Australian Government in 2019 – 20 was epic! Our silver round is a celebration of our GREAT VICTORY!https://t.co/obAWaPGwiG — John Adams (@adamseconomics) July 19, 2024 Millions hit by massive …

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Minimum Payment Forever? People Are In Serious Trouble! Still Paying Off Last Years Debt! 25 million Americans Are Behind Payments

Almost half of all Americans are still paying off debt that they accumulated last year for a summer vacation, which is alarming news considering about half expect to go into more debt this year for more vacation. It’s things like this that are making the economy look so much better than it really is because …

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US Economy Slowing Like Biden, Down To 1.7% (According To Hot ‘Lanta Fed), Mortgage Payment As % Of Income Near Highest Since Early 1980s

by confoundedinterest17 Hot ‘Lanta! Or perhaps COLD ‘Lanta! And despite what Biden says, thiere isn’t an economic revival. Yes. everyone can see the mental decline in President Biden and he should be in a nursing home. While he vows to run for President against Donald Trump, can you imagine what he will be like in 2 years? …

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Zillow’s mobile app no longer allows you to adjust the interest rate percentage to see what your estimated monthly payment would be if interest rates were lower

Zillow’s mobile app no longer allows you to adjust the interest rate percentage to see what your estimated monthly payment would be if interest rates were lower byu/alltorntogether inREBubble Zillow’s decision to remove the direct adjustment of interest rates from the estimated monthly payment section could be seen as an attempt to prevent potential visitors …

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US government interest payment has virtually been a straight line up since 2020. The recent Chinese of US Treasuries might be one of the first signs of a major fiscal crisis in the US.

US government interest payment has virtually been a straight line up since 2020 Despite crossing $1 TRILLION, this debt crisis keeps getting worse pic.twitter.com/YE8v8uLZHG — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) May 18, 2024 2/ What matters here is not overall US government debt but rather the balance of payments. If a country runs a trade deficit this …

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Child care costs more than a mortgage payment or rent almost everywhere in the U.S.: ‘There is no escaping it’

Housing costs may have gotten out of control, but there’s another expense that now poses an even greater burden to many American families: child care. Jessica Norwood, a working mother of two in North Carolina and host of the financial-literacy show “The Sugar Daddy Podcast,” said daycare costs when her two children were ages 3 …

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Beijing narrowly escapes having to cover the debts of developer Country Garden as it scrounges up a $9 million interest payment

Yet the payments due last week were for bonds issued under a Chinese scheme where state-owned financial institutions guaranteed debt issued by a handful of major private developers, including Country Garden. About 33.7 billion yuan ($4.6 billion) of bonds have been issued under the scheme, according to Bloomberg. If the beleaguered developer failed to pay …

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Payment for order flow exposed as legalized front running, leaving US investors vulnerable

Payment For Order Flow (PFOF) involves brokerage firms receiving compensation for directing customer orders to certain market makers or parties for execution. This practice is akin to front running, where someone executes trades based on advance knowledge of pending orders from other parties, effectively taking advantage of the market. Front running is generally considered unethical …

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The WA Government is offering families a one-off cash payment. All you have to do to claim it is get a Digital ID.

CASH FOR DIGITAL ID 💵 The WA Government is offering families a one-off cash payment. All you have to do to claim it is get a Digital ID.https://t.co/hC8alxvdSn — Rebekah Barnett (@dystopian_DU) March 19, 2024 The WA Government is offering families a one-off cash payment. All you have to do to claim it is get …

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California’s Assembly Bill 1840 proposes offering illegal immigrants interest-free home down payment loans

Undocumented migrants may soon get easier access to purchasing a home under a proposal put forward in California. In January, Joaquin Arambula, a California state assemblymember, introduced a bill that would expand the eligibility requirement for a state loan program and make loans for first-time buyers available to undocumented migrants. Though the original bill does …

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BRICS announces new digital payment platform

Huge news on #dedollarization #BRICS nations are discussing a multilateral digital settlement and payments platform. Goodbye to SWIFT, dollar, and US hegemony! Meeting in São Paulo, Brazil pic.twitter.com/EO7vjnUaqt — S.L. Kanthan (@Kanthan2030) February 28, 2024 Finance ministers discuss BRICS Bridge digital currency payments Yesterday BRICS finance ministers and central bank governors met in Sao Paulo, …

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What would my monthly mortgage payment be on a $500,000 home?

“If you put down $100,000 as a 20% down payment and then borrow $400,000 with a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage with an interest rate of 7.09%, your monthly payment on the loan would be $2,685. That does not include your monthly property tax and homeowners insurance payments, which will vary based on your state and municipality. …

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Amazon drops Venmo as payment option

Amazon will no longer allow users to pay with Venmo beginning Jan. 10, according to a notice sent to users. The company announced last October it would accept Venmo at checkout. Shares of PayPal, which owns Venmo, slid on Thursday. Amazon notified users late Wednesday it will soon stop accepting Venmo as a payment method. …

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Over 60% of Canadian mortgages will be renewed within the next three years, with monthly mortgage payments set to increase by 50%.

The Royal Bank of Canada raises concerns about Canadian homeowners facing potential payment shocks, especially as 60% of Canadian mortgages are set to renew within the next three years. The Royal Bank of Canada is warning that Canadian homeowners could experience a payment shock unless interest rates significantly decrease. 60% of Canadian mortgages will renew …

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GOP Oversight Committee – We Have Found A $200,000 DIRECT Payment To Joe Biden

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 We have found a $200,000 DIRECT payment to Joe Biden. @RepJamesComer lays out the money trail. 👇 pic.twitter.com/0vq3lqhRHz — Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) October 20, 2023 pic.twitter.com/tJUMLMD5iu — Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) October 20, 2023 pic.twitter.com/mpXbMbBSGe — Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) October 20, 2023 Joe Biden once said, “Where’s the money?” Well, we found some. …

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US government is setting the stage for a major interest payment problem. Until Congress reduces the deficit, inflation won’t go away.

Despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts, high inflation persists due to the growing deficits and the nation’s $33 trillion national debt, indicating that Congressional action to control spending may be the only effective solution to address this ongoing issue. Yes, and increase in rates is a huge problem too. With $33.529 trillion in debt, if the …

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Worldwide Cyber Attack? Outage of Payment Processing Affecting Square, CashApp, Apple Pay, and More

Square, a company that supplies point of sale (POS) systems to small businesses that allow for credit card processing, has been down all day Thursday, affecting users in the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, France, and Spain. Square is one of the largest suppliers of POS systems to all kinds of businesses, like restaurants, …

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