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CALIFORNIA’S GAS PLAN: LESS FUEL, MORE PAIN AT THE PUMP California is about to lose 20% of its fuel-making power, and drivers are bracing for impact. Valero’s Benicia refinery will shut down in 2026, cutting over 400 jobs and slashing supply in a state already paying $4.83 a gallon—$1.68 above the national average. So, lawmakers …
WHITE HOUSE: – WE HAVE 18 PROPOSALS FOR TRADE DEALS ON THE TABLE – WE BELIEVE THE PROPOSALS ARE SETTING UP THE FOUNDATION FOR A TRADE DEAL WITH CHINA – TRUMP WANTS THE DOLLAR TO REMAIN THE WORLD'S RESERVE CURRENCY – THE TRADE TEAM IS MEETING WITH 34 COUNTRIES THIS WEEK — amit (@amitisinvesting) April …
Bessent: We have a process in place. We are working on the big 15 economies. First, we had a fantastic meeting with Japan yesterday. I believe there have been calls with the EU.. and I believe India is also talking — that is moving very quickly. pic.twitter.com/ZudcssnRcR — Acyn (@Acyn) April 17, 2025 The rate …
WASHINGTON — Sen. Chris Van Hollen announced that he will travel to El Salvador on Wednesday to push for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who the Justice Department said it mistakenly deported. “My hope is to visit Kilmar and check on his wellbeing and to hold constructive conversations with government officials around …
🇺🇸 HOUSE DEMS UNVEIL UKRAINE BILL—MORE AID, TOUGH SANCTIONS, AND A MESSAGE FOR D.C. Democrats including Greg Meeks, Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, and Ritchie Torres just rolled out the Ukraine Support Act—a bill packed with military aid, reconstruction funds, and major sanctions on… https://t.co/hs4TgMks5b pic.twitter.com/K6ajEkMHjp — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 14, 2025
“DIDDY’S “FREAK OFF” TAPES MIGHT BE SHOWN IN COURT—YEP, IT’S THAT SERIOUS Diddy’s legal team is scrambling. They sent out a 70-question quiz to potential jurors asking stuff like: “Would you be okay watching explicit videos?” and “Do you judge people with multiple partners?” (Not awkward at all.) The prosecutors? They’re like, “This quiz is …
The SSA is streamlining its communications strategy by shifting official updates from its traditional website to , giving Americans real-time access to crucial benefit information. Regional commissioner Linda Kerr-Davis told employees the platform “will become our communication mechanism” – aligning with the administration’s push for greater efficiency and immediate public outreach. The move comes as …
Rand Paul leads Senate push to repeal Trump ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs https://t.co/przddClpEq — Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) April 9, 2025 Paul is joining Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and five other Democrats to introduce a measure that ends the emergency declaration Trump used to levy a wave of tariffs as high as 50% on dozens of nations. …
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: Trump has maximum negotiating leverage right here, right now. I think it would be a mistake to think otherwise. Many of our trading partners have not escalated, and they will get priority in the queue. I think it was a big mistake, this… pic.twitter.com/bxJICTGmBd — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) April 9, 2025 …
European Central Bank chief Lagarde calls for an alternative to American Visa and Mastercard in “a march to independence”. The completion of the Capital Market Union would pave the way for the Fiscal Union. Further European integration would add €3 trillion in value (!) every year byu/EUstrongerthanUS ingeopolitics
Gen Z Is The Most Conservative Generation In Decades Because They’re A Victim Of The Left’s Failures. Obama was elected president in 2008 and served for eight years of their lives. The Obama administration was the furthest left in American history (though Obama assiduously sought to hide it) until the Biden administration supplanted it. Those …
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has pulled no punches in an unprecedented move, candidly stating that the resistance to Elon Musk’s DOGE in Washington is driven by vested interests. According to Bessent, lobbyists in D.C. don’t want to lose the tax money that has been flowing into their pockets for years, and they’ll stop at nothing …
When several dozen Democratic political operatives and elected officials gathered at a tony resort off the Potomac River last month, frustration boiled over at the left wing of their party. Democrats had become too obsessed with “ideological purity tests” and should push back “against far-left staffers and groups that exert a disproportionate influence on policy …
This new bill in Ohio—demanding men have the “intention to become fathers” when having sex—is beyond ridiculous. It’s a direct attack on pro-life values, but it misses the mark on every level. Who’s going to enforce this? Will we have to carry “intent” certificates to prove we’re not violating the law? It’s a nonsensical political …
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The Trump administration is more focused on keeping Treasury yields low rather than on what the Federal Reserve does, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. While in the past President Donald Trump has implored the Fed to cut its benchmark rate, Bessent said Wednesday that the current strategy is using the levers of fiscal policy to …
Rep. Raskin’s outburst against Elon Musk only highlights the extent to which the political elite will go to protect their corrupt interests. With a national debt spiraling out of control, Raskin’s defense of wasteful government programs is proof that he cares more about maintaining his power and profit than solving America’s financial crisis. As the …
It seems success isn’t enough—they’re testing just how much subscribers will tolerate. Netflix is raising its prices again – after adding 19 million new subscribers in Q4 Key Takeaways Netflix confirmed it would be “adjusting prices” on most of its plans in its shareholder letter released Tuesday, saying the company “will occasionally ask our members to pay …
That’s a hostile act. Period. Full stop. Breaking from @hntrbrkmedia: China’s DJI, the world's largest drone manufacturer, has disabled U.S. geofencing on its drones, enabling flights over airports, military bases, and no-fly zones. DJI says it is putting “control back in the hands of the drone operators” pic.twitter.com/UGqDi8zjhP — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) January 14, 2025 h/t …
COMEDIANS BEGIN TO ADMIT THEY WERE PRESSURED INTO PUSHING THE LEFTWING PROPAGANDA LINE: Bill Maher appeared on an episode of the “Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade” podcast on Wednesday, where the three comedians got into a discussion about the media’s lack of coverage around Doug Emhoff’s #MeToo accusations, and “Saturday …
Ordering a pint under 25 can be hard,Searching your wallet to find your ID card; But next year, with new laws ‘cross the land,You can prove your age with the phone in your hand. So it’s Christmas! Raise your glass with a smile! Want to know more? Here’s @PeterKyle. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/pGHLgBhZwg — Department for Science, …
🇺🇸NYC TURNS RED FOR TRUMPpic.twitter.com/ywp0b186OV — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) October 27, 2024 🚨New: Tens of thousands are standing in line ahead of Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden pic.twitter.com/r3qD8UWvun — The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) October 27, 2024 WOW in NYC 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸 https://t.co/zUM5cCh8Wv — Liz Churchill (@liz_churchill10) October 27, 2024 President Trump’s Madison Square Garden …
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Today, over 100 members of Congress support a bill to fund Ozempic with Medicare at $1,500 a month. Most of these members have taken money from the manufacturer of that product, a European company called Novo Nordisk. As everyone knows, once a drug is approved for Medicare, it goes to Medicaid. …
Because if there’s one group of people who deserves to be in a position where the responsibility for peoples’ lives are in their hands, it’s people with severe intellectual and psychiatric disabilities. h/t Qplus17
by Chris Black If you search Twitter or Google News for “no innocents in Gaza” or “the myth of the innocent Palestinian,” you find hundreds or thousands of results. This is a big slogan. As they’re saying this, they want to transfer these evil people to Europe. Or Egypt. Or wherever. To countries that support …
by Chris Black Most of this racket-money is going into scam “green energy” companies that the people pushing the hoax are heavily invested in. Basically, government officials are paying themselves to cover the earth in ugly, poisonous windmills that don’t work and can’t ever be safely disposed of. The Guardian: China and other big developing …
Despite EV Push, Stellantis Has a Flood of New Gas Engines Coming. While it seems like every major global automaker has already mostly turned their attention to fully electrifying their vehicle lineups in the next decade or so, there’s little talk of the millions of gas-powered vehicles that will be sold in the interim. While …
by Chris Black Tesla is already worth more than every other automobile company on Earth combined. Waymo and other robotaxi experiments have already proved that the idea is pointless and we are still very far away from any real success. This reads like pumping a neckbeard crypto to $50 billion simply because it exists. How …
