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If this keeps going, Europe drifts closer to China out of necessity, not choice. Trump Isolation Deepens on World Stage as Allies Rebuff, Condemn The war in Iran and President Donald Trump’s rhetoric have driven US alliances with Europe near the breaking point. (Bloomberg) — The war in Iran and President Donald Trump’s rhetoric have …
This started as U.S. vs Iran… now it’s slowly turning into a U.S. vs China situation, and that’s where things get risky. Follow the oil and it makes sense. China depends on Hormuz for ~40% of its oil and 30% of LNG, so it’s not sitting back. They’ve already sent warships from Djibouti, parked destroyers …
Delta suspends its special desk service for members of Congress until the Democrat shutdown of DHS is over: “Due to the impact on resources from the longstanding government shutdown, Delta will temporarily suspend specialty services to members of Congress flying Delta.” pic.twitter.com/m5XOWbqHKD — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 24, 2026 View post on imgur.com NOW: …
Southwest Airlines pulls out of two major airports https://t.co/uj2lHfBTN7 — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) March 15, 2026 A representative for Southwest told the Daily Mail the discontinuation was part of ‘ongoing efforts to refine its network’. Affected passengers will have the option to rebook their upcoming flights or receive a refund. Employees who operated out of …
Iran cannot participate in the 2026 World Cup following airstrikes against the country by the United States and Israel, the Iranian sports minister said Wednesday. “Given that this corrupt government assassinated our leader, under no circumstances can we participate in the World Cup,” Ahmad Donyamali reportedly told Iranian state television. Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali …
Steve Eisman believes OpenAI is about to experience one of the greatest liquidity rug pulls in history. If I was Sam Altman I'd be freaking out too. https://t.co/iZQZrWHqoX pic.twitter.com/m28P0NFiOY — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) February 8, 2026 "more warning lights continue to flash – many of which are coming from leveraged loans. Last week, 3 loan deals …
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. has OFFICIALLY left the World Health Organisation 🇺🇸 Trump is DONE with globalism ⚠️ pic.twitter.com/T5V46N5YcU — BRITAIN IS BROKEN 🇬🇧 (@BROKENBRITAIN0) January 22, 2026 🚨🇺🇸 U.S. OFFICIALLY EXITS WHO TODAY WITHOUT PAYING $260 MILLION IN OWED FEES The U.S. officially exits the World Health Organization today, one year after Trump signed the …
UPDATE: Tonight’s show is just two instead of three segments. One of them was made longer at the last minute. No political pieces on tonight’s show. Tonight, “60 Minutes” was supposed to air a controversial subject covered thoroughly in print this week. exclusive picture from pulled segment at top deleted Teaser below The story was about Trump …
🚨 BREAKING: Rep. Tim Burchett calls for the federal income tax to be "ELIMINATED" after President Trump pulls in a record $33 BILLION in tariff revenue for October alone. Get it done! This would be HUGE for working and middle class Americans. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/9A0docjMzZ — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 28, 2025
New York City’s mayoral candidates clashed bitterly during their final debate Wednesday evening, as Democrat Zohran Mamdani said one of the women who had accused former Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment was in the audience. Trump used a similar strategy in 2016 when he appeared at a debate with accusers of Democratic rival Hillary …
BREAKING: The FCC Chairman is threatening immediate action against Jimmy Kimmel, ABC, and Disney for deliberately misleading the public by claiming Charlie Kirk’s assassin was a MAGA Conservative. Chairman Brendan Carr calls Kimmel’s malicious lies are “truly sick” and says they should result in Kimmel’s immediate suspension and may lead to ABC losing its broadcast …
Not sure pulling the trigger here was the best move. Show the gun. Stop the fight. But the guys life wasn’t in danger yet. — 𝔄𝔯𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔦𝔲𝔰 (@Wotan_Runes) September 3, 2025
A must listen with Jeff Gundlach. He's gotten the fuck out Stock valuations are a joke Reminds him of 1999 and 2007 Scams last longer than anyone thinks "takes forever" for defaults to finally arrive pic.twitter.com/ecGYq4jiVx — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) June 14, 2025 A colossal inflection point – What are bonds telling us? *Book ideas, …
The Gaza war invited global attention for being one of the most brutal wars witnessed in the Middle East. But now, the fear of a nuclear war is brewing. AMERICA, ISRAEL AND IRAN ARE IN CROSSHAIRS. After indescisive nuclear talks with Iran, the U.S. is pulling back it’s forces slowly yet steadily from the Middle …
The $VIX pulled back — but don’t mistake calm for safety. 🔹 RSI just hit a 6-week high🔹 Vol still trending higher since Dec lows🔹 Price holding above key support at 17.15🔹 VIX:VX futures price ratio still in caution zone Complacency is building fast. Every prior… pic.twitter.com/bhqn3IlIZP — Kurt S. Altrichter, CRPS® (@kurtsaltrichter) June 3, …
by David Haggith It’s always all about the oil and now rare-earth minerals and grabbing land and spreading global control. It doesn’t seem to matter who you pick as president, even the guy who claims he’s going to be all about stopping wars, all you get is more wars. Today, President Trump presented the largest …
Walmart said President Donald Trump’s new tariffs could affect its profits in the first quarter, though it expects sales to be stable during the period and for the full year. In a news release, the discounter said it wants to “maintain flexibility” in case it has to spend more to keep prices low. The big-box …
Tech giants rethink the future… cc: @Dr_Gingerballs @DarioCpx @RealJimChanos pic.twitter.com/k0tc6pnf8R — Gordon Johnson (@GordonJohnson19) March 26, 2025 JIM CRAMER JUST TOLD NVIDIA $NVDA INVESTORS TO PREPARE FOR ‘TURBULENCE’ – CNBC pic.twitter.com/ezPTeeisqZ — Evan (@StockMKTNewz) March 26, 2025 Microsoft, $MSFT, has cancelled new data center projects in the US and Europe, per Bloomberg. — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) …
The Trump administration has taken a massive step by cutting $600 million annually from research funding for Australian universities. This has been a critical lifeline for projects in fields like biomedical and clinical sciences. Seven top universities, including the Australian National University and University of Technology Sydney, are now left scrambling. This isn’t just about …
USDA Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, in an exclusive Breitbart interview following her Wall Street Journal piece, has pulled bird flu vaccines off the table for good. Initially, she thought vaccinating hundreds of millions of chickens might end the crisis faster. But after digging into the data, she found countries like Mexico, which vaccinate egg-laying …
The White House is pulling the nomination of Dave Weldon for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director, Fox News Digital has confirmed. Weldon was expected to have his confirmation hearing on Thursday. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee announced that it canceled its hearing in a statement on Thursday morning. …
by Michael Ukraine has vast deposits of “rare earth elements” that are potentially worth enormous amounts of money. Over half of those deposits are in areas of eastern Ukraine which have either already been captured by the Russians or will soon be captured by the Russians if the war continues. On Monday, the Ukrainians announced …
by Cassie B. The Fed’s latest move has some observers warning that we could be about to experience another crash. X user @FinanceLancelot cautioned: “The Federal Reserve’s emergency BTFP dropped by a shocking $30 billion this week, leaving only $26 billion left.” “Jerome Powell is pulling the liquidity rug away to trigger a crisis, exactly …
The machinery maker has refocused its employee programs on core business goals. DEI advocates say the move could hurt in the long run. Caterpillar Inc. has introduced new guidelines that refocus the company’s various employee programs on core business goals as part a broader review of its Code of Conduct and other underpinnings of corporate …
When even the government has to cut staff, it’s a hard landing, folks. Government spending is usually what pulls us back OUT of recessions. (I guess, finally, we’re going to get some job numbers.) — Uncle Milty’s Ghost (@his_eminence_j) July 2, 2024 ISM: manufacturing sector contracts in Jun for 3rd month in a row, and …
📊 TEXAS POLL: NPR/Marist: #6 (2.9/3.0) 🟥 Trump 55% (+11)🟦 Biden 44%.🟥 Trump 48% (+12)🟦 Biden 36%🟨 RFK Jr 15%—Senate🟥 Cruz 51% (+6)🟦 Allred 45%—Generic Ballot🟥 GOP 54% (+10)🟦 DEM 44%—3/18-21 | 1,197 RV | R37/D33/I27 | ±3.8%https://t.co/FtsB2UF2e7 pic.twitter.com/fmioUVmtre — InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) March 26, 2024 Here’s the full polling data from Marist. https://maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/the-battleground-2024-texas/
A conservative fund manager has pulled investments from Tyson Foods, saying the meat and poultry giant has alienated its consumers by laying off Americans workers and hiring 42,000 asylum seekers. Bill Flaig, CEO and co-founder of the $79 million American Conservative Values Fund (ACVF), told DailyMail.com that he has divested from Tyson and won’t buy …
If this isn’t suspicious I don’t know what is , isn’t it about time they put out an official statement about what’s going on ? “The Prince of Wales has pulled out of a reading at a memorial service for his father’s second cousin King Constantine of Greece ‘for personal reasons’. Queen Camilla is set …
That’s stealing and trespassing. Hope he called the cops. Because nothing says ‘entitled’ quite like using someone else’s driveway as a personal Tesla charging station. Bravo, Karen!