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You can’t cut rates when you have inflation. David Tepper says Fed could cut a few more times, but easing too much risks entering ‘danger territory’ Hedge fund billionaire David Tepper said the Federal Reserve could cut rates a bit more, but then risks more inflation and other dangers to the economy and markets if …
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/09/law-enforcement-is-a-sickness-to-be-eradicated-says-enraged-chicago-mayor.html “Jails and incarceration and law enforcement is a sickness that has not led to safe communities,” Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson declared during a fiery press conference Tuesday, adding that he intends to “eradicate” that sickness. Johnson made the remarks after a reporter asked him about his administration’s public safety plan. “I get so sick …
Trump Calls For Billionaire George Soros To 'Be Put in Jail' During NBC Interview: 'He's a Bad Guy' https://t.co/kihY8E03yu — Mediaite (@Mediaite) September 13, 2025 “George Soros, and his wonderful Radical Left son, should be charged with RICO because of their support of Violent Protests, and much more, all throughout the United States of America… …
The text messages prosecutors released are supposed to show motive, but anyone under 25 would just laugh. Young people do not write in full sentences with perfect punctuation, yet that is exactly how the government says these texts appeared. It looks less like evidence and more like a script written by someone who never used …
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/deficit-slightly-higher-through-august-same-time-last-year-monthly Congress is on its way to missing a “basic” budget deadline for the 29th year in a row, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Meanwhile, the deficit so far into the current fiscal year is larger than the same period last year. “We’re less than a month away from a possible …
President Donald Trump says the hatred between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘hate each other so much they almost can’t talk.’ He also said some NATO member nations are buying Russian oil indirectly through other countries.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday repeated his claim that people on the political “left” are to blame for assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah last week. “When you look at the agitators, you look at the scum that speaks so badly of our country, the American flag burnings all over the place, …
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced the deployment of military and militia forces to 284 locations across the country in response to rising tensions with the United States after a U.S. strike killed 11 people on a vessel accused of drug trafficking. The Trump administration alleged the boat was smuggling drugs for a gang tied to …
Chicago Dem pol wants Trump to send in the National Guard — and says ‘half’ of city leaders agree but are too scared to admit it https://t.co/IxD8WfsNC8 pic.twitter.com/pL3UQ2FBT4 — New York Post (@nypost) September 14, 2025 A prominent Democratic leader on the south side of Chicago thinks President Trump should send in the National Guard …
by Martin Armstrong I have been getting a ton of emails asking if this assassination of Charlie Kirk is what the computer has been forecasting about the great divide in the United States. Multiple companies across the United States are now issuing warnings to employees that they won’t have a job to go back to …
Keith Rabois, Opendoor’s new chairman, said the company he co-founded needs to slash its workforce as much as 85% to fix its cost structure. Rabois returned to Opendoor this week, when the company named former Shopify executive Kaz Nejatian as its new CEO. “There’s 1,400 employees at Opendoor. I don’t know what most of them …
JUST IN – Trump calls for 50-100% tariffs on China until the Ukraine war ends, says he is ready to impose major sanctions on Russia. pic.twitter.com/3IMOr3vyna — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) September 13, 2025 Stop buying Putin’s oil, buy mine instead.
The slogans on those bullets matter more than the crime scene tape. “Bella Ciao” isn’t just a song, it’s a war cry tied to militant antifascist movements that glorify violence as politics. When a 22-year-old in Utah carries that language into a campus assassination, it means the radical playbook has jumped borders and planted roots …
Friendly reminder: the 129-year-old Dow Theory flipped bearish back on March 14, 2025. The "things that make shit index" $DJI is pushing higher, but the "things that move shit index" $DJT is not confirming. Without confirmation, the "oldest market signal" is still flashing a… pic.twitter.com/4nMsCYel6O — Kurt S. Altrichter, CRPS® (@kurtsaltrichter) September 10, 2025 https://twitter.com/TommyThornton/status/1965790936849633290 …
The White House has exerted extraordinary influence over decisions at the F.B.I., issuing political loyalty tests and directly ordering the firings of agents targeted by President Trump and his allies, according to a lawsuit filed on Wednesday by three former bureau officials who accused the administration of illegally dismissing them. The sprawling suit, filed in …
https://twitter.com/dadkc66/status/1965742232029528117 And how does Canadian PM Mark Carney plan to get from Ottawa to NYC for the General Assembly of the United Nations? By bike? Motor cycle? Car? It's 7 hr 28 min (440.3 mi) via I-81 S by car. — Belladonna Rogers (@BeladonnaRogers) September 10, 2025
HAVANA (Reuters) – Communist Cuba’s national power grid collapsed for the fourth time in less than a year on Wednesday morning causing a nationwide blackout, authorities said. “There has been a total disconnection of the Electric System,” the Energy Ministry and National Electric Union said. The grid operator said the grid collapsed at 9.14 a.m. …
I'm shocked… Bloomberg says Saylor's Bitcoin strategy is imploding. Is history repeating? 😏 https://t.co/OBlzX1lF2M pic.twitter.com/MMCaDqSQSt — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) September 9, 2025 So making a decentralized orange internet currency centralized doesn’t turn it into a high-trust store of value?
The Justice Department on Friday asked a federal judge overseeing the case of deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein to deny a request from NBC News to unseal the names of two associates who received large payments from him in 2018, court documents show. The Justice Department cited privacy concerns expressed by the two individuals as …
JD “I don’t give a shit” Vance says killing people he accuses of a crime is the “highest and best use of the military.” Did he ever read To Kill a Mockingbird? Did he ever wonder what might happen if the accused were immediately executed without trial or representation??… https://t.co/VdnJbZkGfS — Rand Paul (@RandPaul) September …
Gold and silver are about to explode in value while the dollar slowly crumbles. The elites have been quietly hoarding metals, but soon the masses will realize fiat is collapsing and crypto is just a trap to keep money flowing into U.S. debt. Every other asset will fall as the global debt bubble finally bursts …
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Sunday he had decided to resign, ushering in a potentially lengthy period of policy paralysis at a shaky moment for the world’s fourth-largest economy. Ishiba, 68, instructed his Liberal Democratic Party – which has governed Japan for almost all of the post-war era – to hold an emergency …
Just because you have your license and own a car, doesn’t mean you know what every button on the dashboard means. Some are obvious, like the radio volume or the hazard lights. But there’s one that could actually save you money if you remember to press it. Kazimieras Urbonas, supplier excellence manager at Ovoko, Europe’s …
When even McDonald’s customers are tapped out, that signals the consumer engine is failing. This is what the end of a credit cycle looks like. ‘The peasants who eat at our restaurants are struggling to afford breakfast.’ pic.twitter.com/k5DEMa95ZQ — hammy (@hammyXBT_) September 7, 2025 McDonald’s pushes to end tipped wages and calls for higher federal …
Global confidence in the dollar is already fragile. Any serious move into gold signals that investors no longer trust Washington to manage debt or preserve purchasing power. This is more than a market event. It is a warning that the financial system is teetering on the edge and a crisis could ignite at any moment. …
Thomas Massie publicly identified billionaire John Paulson in Epstein’s black book during a Newsmax interview. He said: “Let me give you the name of one of the billionaires who’s running $2 million of ads in my district since I started this effort. His name is John Paulson. He’s a hedge fund manager and a major …
French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that 26 of Ukraine’s allies have pledged to deploy troops as a “reassurance force” for the war-torn country once fighting ends in the conflict with Russia.
Did you know the Sinaloa Cartel runs labs that churn out millions of fentanyl pills every day? DEA is relentlessly working to shut them down. Our Special Agent in Charge Jarod Forget sat down with @boston25 to discuss our recent #SinaloaCartelCrackdown… https://t.co/LDZ9hpIOpL — DEANewEngland (@DEANEWENGLAND) September 3, 2025 Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officials in New …
Russian President Vladimir Putin said foreign troops deployed to Ukraine would be “legitimate targets”. It comes after European leaders pledged their commitment to a potential peacekeeping force.