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Zohran Mamdani wants to freeze rent increases. Let me break it down for you. That means landlords in New York won’t be able to charge more to accommodate the rising taxes they will receive under Mamdani’s plan to tax working people (this includes the landlord) 53% of what they earn to pay for his socialist …
“We’re sitting on the ultimate house of cards,” says real estate developer Mitch Wexler to Daniela Cambone. He details how a “$5.1 trillion school bond Ponzi scheme” using inflated home values is pushing the system to “terminal failure.” He warns of the outcome: “Can you imagine what will happen if a school district… shows up …
This bill amends section 406.11 of the Florida Statutes to enhance the responsibilities of medical examiners regarding autopsies for sudden and unexpected deaths, particularly in young individuals. It introduces definitions for terms such as Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS), Sudden Death in the Young (SDY), Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death …
Thomas Massie just dropped a bomb on Washington. He wants to make it illegal for the government to manipulate Americans with propaganda. No secret accounts, no hidden websites, no podcasts trying to shape your mind. Every message has to be labeled as government content and stored for review. Congress can check it all to make …
Germany isn’t reforming its pension system. It’s tearing it down. The plan to raise the retirement age to seventy-three isn’t a small policy tweak. It’s a public admission that the deal between the people and the state is over. Chancellor Friedrich Merz isn’t offering a future where people age with dignity. He’s offering a future …
“We have in Japan it’s $550 billion, South Korea’s $350 billion. That’s upfront,” Trump told reporters on Thursday Japan has said they will make investments based on U.S. projects, rather than paying upfront. Japan says the investments should be made ‘from time to time’ until the end of Trump’s term in January 2029. Japan intended …
The Senate voted 51-49 against passing the bill, GOP Sens. Josh Hawley and Rand Paul joining with Dems in opposition. An effort on a similar bill in the House inched ahead. Democrats gained a House seat when James Walkinshaw was sworn into office after winning a special… pic.twitter.com/LGeCpnEyPq — Michael Linder (@michaellinder) September 11, 2025 …
The United States faces an economic fault line few are willing to stare at, yet the cracks are widening visibly under policies that appear deliberately reckless, with consequences that could cascade across every sector of daily life and national finance, destabilizing supply chains, investment confidence, and ordinary household budgets simultaneously. President Trump has warned that …
by Michael The month of September has certainly begun with quite a bang. Yesterday, I listed 18 things that are going to happen during September and the early portion of October, and now we have another item to add to that list. On Twitter, French President Emmanuel Macron just announced that he will co-chair “the Conference on …
The ADL is now demanding Congressional action against Wikipedia for allegedly harboring anti-Israel bias — this despite long-documented evidence that Israeli officials have coordinated pro-Zionist editing campaigns on the site. In fact, former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has openly admitted to training Wikipedia editors to shape narratives in Israel’s favor, which just highlights the …
In a private group chat in June, dozens of Democratic political influencers discussed whether to take advantage of an enticing opportunity. They were being offered $8,000 per month to take part in a secretive program aimed at bolstering Democratic messaging on the internet. But the contract sent to them from Chorus, the nonprofit arm of …
🚨 BREAKING: CDC Director Susan Monarez has been OUSTED by RFK Jr. after she attempted to push for the COVID vaccine, per multiple reports Multiple other top CDC officials are out as well, as they too complained about rescinding approvals for the vaccine Good riddance! 👋🏻 pic.twitter.com/xOJ3ws06Cz — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 27, 2025 Several …
The government wants your money. It will beg, steal or borrow if necessary, but it wants your money any way it can get it. The government’s schemes to swindle, cheat, scam, and generally defraud taxpayers of their hard-earned dollars have run the gamut from wasteful pork barrel legislation, cronyism and graft to asset forfeiture, costly stimulus …
BREAKING – CHICAGO IS NEXT: It’s official, President Trump will SURGE federal resources and/or National Guard to the blue crime-infested city of CHICAGO after the mission in DC is complete “African American ladies, beautiful ladies, they’re saying, PLEASE President Trump, come to Chicago.” “I did great with the black vote, and they want something to …
Fortune enfuego today. Immigrants worked for lower wages for many jobs that most Americans don’t want to do. If you need a dishwasher now it’s going to cost you. This is going to put a lot of pressure on wages which will of course push inflation higher. pic.twitter.com/F3WiAeC1qX — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 16, 2025 …
🚨 WOW! President Trump announces a new push to outlaw – nationwide – cashless bail, a practice in blue cities that lets violent criminals quickly get back into communities. He says he wants Congress to get this done. pic.twitter.com/A6EqWr7rNt — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 11, 2025 Trump stood at the podium and said it flat: …
Centene filed to raise premiums by 54%. Blue Cross wants 25.5%. “The governor’s office released a statement Wednesday following filings from Centene Corporation and Blue Cross Blue Shield that show premium rates would rise on the insurance plans they offer in Arkansas by as much as 54% and 25.5%.” https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/arkansas-news/arkansas-gov-sanders-opposes-insurance-rate-hikes/ Sanders called the hikes “insane.” …
Inflation rose in June to 2.6 percent annually, higher than economists expected. The Federal Reserve’s preferred gauge, the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, showed prices increasing as tariffs on imported goods pushed costs up. Vanguard analysts said, “Core goods … should reflect substantial growth due to tariffs, especially on sensitive categories like household furnishings …
The Department of Homeland Security and ICE announced a new recruitment campaign backed by the One Big Beautiful Bill. The campaign theme is “Defend the Homeland.” ICE is offering a $50,000 signing bonus, student loan repayment or forgiveness, 25 % law enforcement availability pay for Special Agents, administratively uncontrollable overtime for Deportation Officers, and enhanced retirement …
AI pretends to be pastors. It is happening now. No soul behind the voice. Just code. Faith used to come from people. Now it is from machines. Slowly they break down beliefs. Then fill the empty space with some AI god. Sounds creepy but it is real. Watch the video if you want proof. https://imgur.com/bhzgYHN
This is private sector censorship in plain view. No debate, no regulation, just quiet threats from the people who handle the money. When two companies can dictate what art or speech survives online, that is power no one voted for.
Billions in chip projects scrapped in Europe. INTEL TO LAY OFF 15% OF WORKERS, CANCEL BILLIONS IN PROJECTS IN BID FOR REBOUND-WSJ — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) July 25, 2025 INTEL EMPLOYEE COUNT BY YEAR 2022: 131,9002023: 124,8002024: 108,9002025: 75,000 INTEL HAS LAID OFF NEARLY 45% OF ITS WORKFORCE OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS$INTC https://t.co/pjYvT9mYxf — …
Wall Street is gearing up for a massive surge in Treasury bill issuance in the third quarter, that is more than half a trillion dollars. That means the government is borrowing heavily to cover spending, which puts pressure on interest rates and could crowd out private investment. “Net issuance of Treasury bills in the third …
On July 22, Trump attacked Rep. Thomas Massie on Truth Social, calling him “the worst Republican Congressman” and “an embarrassment to Kentucky.” That was no stray insult. Trump is recruiting a primary challenger and says he plans to campaign in Kentucky to remove Massie from office. The breaking point was Epstein, not just policy. Massie …
Diners are still coming in. But they are tipping less. Not out of rudeness. Out of strain. Square data shows the average tip at sit-down restaurants dropped to 14.99% in Q2 2025. That is down from 15.4% in 2024. Toast reported a drop from 19.6% to 19.3%. That is the lowest in six years across …
The claim that Russia secretly funded anti-nuclear environmental groups in Europe to make the EU more dependent on Russian gas might sound far fetched, but when you look at the results, Europe shutting down nuclear plants and scrambling for energy while buying Russian gas, it starts to make a disturbing kind of sense. And it …
Tom Lee, Fundstrat head of research and CIO, joins CNBC’s ‘Squawk on the Street’ to discuss outlooks on Nvidia, whether there may be catalysts to the upside, and much more.
JUST IN: FDA Commissioner Marty Makary says the focus MUST be on the food we give to our children instead of putting them on “Ozempic.” MAHA has a mandate. “We’ve got to talk about food as medicine, and gut health and the microbiome.” “We’ve got to talk about environmental toxins that cause cancer, not just …
“In a stagflation scenario, the risk is that rates will be higher for longer and credit losses will begin to accumulate, in particular for lenders to tech, growth, and VC, where borrowers are characterized by having no earnings and low coverage ratios.” Apollo Sadly, today's gap up in markets won't fix this. Per FDIC, the …
@BrendanCarrFCC : “The agenda that I’m trying to run at the FCC is to empower those actual local television stations to serve the public interest because what we’ve seen is we’ve got national news media — ABC, NBC, CBS — they’re exercising more control over those local TV stations. I don’t think that’s a good …