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Canada is prioritizing cheap labor and foreign trade deals over its own citizens. By flooding the workforce with temporary foreign workers, wages are suppressed and Canadians are forced to compete against a system designed to undercut them. Meanwhile, courting China signals that economic policy is being shaped more by foreign influence than domestic needs. Domestic …
Intel’s CEO is under fire. But the real story isn’t what’s being said, it’s what’s missing. Tan’s China ties, Cadence’s criminal plea, and $8B in taxpayer subsidies are all on record. But no one’s asking how Intel passed vetting. Or why the board ignored subpoenas. “Cadence Design Systems admitted to knowingly exporting restricted electronic design …
A migrant mother in Boston received $30,000 through Governor Maura Healey’s HomeBASE program. She used it in under 10 months. The program was designed to last two years. She’s now asking for more help https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14969147/migrant-mom-complains-taxpayer-housing-handout-massachusetts.html The program requires families to pay 30% of income toward rent. Nadine lost her job. Her boyfriend left. Her share …
Welfare abuse outrage erupts online… The Nutritious SNAP Act of 2025 cracks down on taxpayer-funded junk food purchases through SNAP—a necessary reform when 26% of SNAP spending goes to candy/sweets versus 30.5% for non-SNAP households. RFK Jr. rightly called out subsidizing "poison" through programs meant for… — Watch DOGE (@dogeai_gov) July 5, 2025
CNBC — Pakistan is reportedly advancing efforts to build a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of reaching the continental United States. According to a Foreign Affairs magazine report, if successful, the development would mark a significant expansion of Islamabad’s strategic military reach and could lead Washington to officially classify as a nuclear adversary. “Although Pakistan …
IAEA told to back off by Tehran. Pickaxe mountain: Iran’s new hidden nuclear fortress Ultra-secure tunnel complex far deeper than Fordow could be perfect hiding place for ‘missing’ uranium. The Institute for Science and International Security believes Iran could “secretly deploy several thousand advanced… pic.twitter.com/eMxtx0vj76 — InsideNK/GeoPolitics (@inside_nk) June 25, 2025 Notice how the *only* …
The headlines came fast. “Gabbard says Iran isn’t building a nuke.” “Trump says she’s wrong.” “Intel split.” But the real story is more tangled than the soundbites. Tulsi Gabbard, now serving as Director of National Intelligence, testified in March that Iran had not resumed its nuclear weapons program. She said the Supreme Leader hadn’t authorized …
So if there is zero evidence of a bomb beinb build, WHY? UN NUCLEAR WATCHDOG: NO SIGN IRAN IS ACTIVELY BUILDING A BOMB IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi said the agency has no evidence Iran is pursuing an active nuclear weapons program: "We did not find in Iran elements to indicate that there is an active, …
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🇺🇦🇷🇺‼️🚨 BREAKING: RUSSIA BLEW UP UKRAINE’S CRUISE MISSILE PROGRAM WITH NATO INSTRUCTORS! It was in the center of Kiev. 1/ pic.twitter.com/KUIrrwYpWu — Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) June 7, 2025 The facility was inside the Bolshevik plant, which is was defunct for years. Below the plant is a bunker, rather was. This bunker in the center of …
Turkey has rolled out a nationwide scheme to stop and weigh people in public, with inspectors then telling them to slim down if they are found to be overwe*ght. Health workers have been deployed across each of the country’s 81 regions with weighing scales and tape measures as the drive to assess 10 million people …
By Monday afternoon, our fact-checking program in the US will be officially over. That means no new fact checks and no fact checkers. We announced in January we’d be winding down the program & removing penalties. In place of fact checks, the first Community Notes will start… — Joel Kaplan (@joel_kaplan) April 4, 2025 Well, …
BREAKING: President Trump threatens “bombing” Iran and imposing secondary tariffs if they do not make a nuclear program deal with the U.S. He also threatens 25%-50% tariffs on Russian oil if a deal is not made to end the Ukraine war. — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) March 30, 2025 JERUSALEM—President Donald Trump’s overtures via a …
This isn’t just a scary power grab by USAID—it’s a slippery slope that threatens freedom of speech worldwide. By funding foreign governments to regulate content, the U.S. has turned speech suppression into a global enterprise. Elon Musk’s lawsuit in Brazil wasn’t an isolated event—it highlights the dangerous precedent of using government funds to target businesses …
NEW ORLEANS – A considerable list of corporations and businesses in the United States have announced they are shuttering their diversity, equity and inclusion programs because they apparently figured out that hiring based on race or gender doesn’t often lead to finding the most qualified people. Well, the NFL doesn’t share that opinion and isn’t …
They’re now openly admitting it. The $42 billion high speed internet program money was laundered and used for programs it wasn’t intended for How they did it: The FCC awarded Elon Musk’s Starlink $885 million to serve 642,925 homes Joe Biden targeted Elon Musk, revoked the contract after buying Twitter and then Democrats turned around …
Funny you should ask, I’ve been investigating the fraud in the F-1 Student Visa system too. It’s just as big of a rabbit hole as the H-1B stuff and the two are very interconnected. Buckle up because this one is something. Here’s the game. Students from India fake their undergraduate degrees and just apply straight …
🚨 #BREAKING: President Donald Trump supports Elon Musk-backed work visa policies, says, "I have many H-1B visas on my properties" "I’ve been a believer in H-1B. I have used it many times. It’s a great program," Trump said. “I’ve always liked the visas, I have always been in… pic.twitter.com/ivc0nuHGvZ — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 28, …
Reverse repo surges $72BN to $268.7BN for year-end window dressing. Funding market spreads already had blown out to 3 month highs amid spike in repo tightness pic.twitter.com/wyBoMBEPN8 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 27, 2024 The Federal Reserve's emergency Bank Term Funding Program dropped to $5 billion this week. It'll be $0 in January. pic.twitter.com/md8wCxDkVv — Financelot …
Chinese hackers have breached dozens of telecommunications companies around the world. The breach, christened Salt Typhoon by Microsoft cybersecurity researchers, has afforded the cybercriminals unprecedented access not only to information on who has been texting or calling whom and when, but also on the contents of some messages, a much higher technical bar to clear …
🇺🇸OKLAHOMA LAUNCHES PILOT DEPORTATION PROGRAM Oklahoma is rolling out a program to transfer 500+ undocumented inmates in state prisons to ICE custody starting January 2025, aligning with Trump’s mass deportation plans. Officials are estimating the initiative could save over… pic.twitter.com/OCJ32GjSc7 — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) November 16, 2024 Oklahoma is rolling out a program to transfer …
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 THE FEDERAL RESERVES BTFP DROPPED BY OVER $30B THIS WEEK WHICH LEAVES ONLY $26B LEFT POWELL IS PULLING LIQUIDITY TO TRIGGER A CRISIS JUST LIKE 2020,ALSO COINCIDENTALLY THE $36T DEBT CEILING WILL HIT TOMORROW WE ARE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE A 1929 LIKE CRASH…$SPY pic.twitter.com/2lV6ZoEbkD — Mike Investing (@MrMikeInvesting) November 15, 2024 https://twitter.com/_/status/1842670322157535529 And …
Apart from technical execution, Ortberg identified Boeing’s errors in cost and risk estimation as other reasons for the company’s poor performance on several fixed-price government contracts, including Starliner. “We’re not going to be able to just wave the wand and clean up these troubled contracts,” he said. “We signed up to some things that are …
Although the offer of a guaranteed admissions program in Utah appears generous, a Heritage Foundation visiting fellow warns that it is just another way for schools to garner tuition dollars. The Utah System of Higher Education launched a guaranteed admissions initiative ensuring that every Utah high school student will be accepted into at least one …
Vice President Kamala Harris announced a new proposal on Tuesday that would require Medicare to cover the costs of long-term care at home. “It’s been a long time – decades – since a presidential candidate put forward a Medicare proposal to help middle income families cope with the crushing cost of home care,” said Tricia …
by Mike Maharrey Tanzania is poised to expand its gold reserves. According to a Reuters report, the East African nation’s mining regulator has ordered all mining firms and gold exporters to allocate 20 percent of their gold for purchase by the Tanzanian central bank. The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) began purchasing gold from local traders and miners earlier …
Saudi Arabia is readying an expansion of its cloud-seeding program, a controversial effort to boost rainfall over its parched territory, the country’s deputy environment minister said in an interview. Riyadh has assembled a team of domestic and international researchers and learned vast amounts from its early efforts at cloud-seeding, Osama Ibrahim Faqeeha said, speaking in …
Lawmakers are claiming the Biden-Harris administration’s billion dollar clean bus project is promoting reliance on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in a new scathing report that details the taxpayer-funded price tag for the energy initiative. The Biden administration authorized the Clean School Bus Program in 2021, which appropriated $5 billion for the Environmental Protection Agency …
by LittleBiteOfTheJames Edit: Please refer to the title. I mention ONLY using the software specifically. Why YSK: I work in education in an elevated role that works with multiple teachers, teams, admin, technology, and curriculum. I have had multiple meetings with companies such as Turnitin, GPTZero, etc., and none of them provide a 100% reliability in …
In a move that has sparked woke support and lucid skepticism, New York City is set to become the largest city in the United States to implement a reparations program. Sponsored by Councilmembers Crystal Hudson and Farah Louis, a pair of bills aimed at establishing a Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation Commission, along with a reparations …