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LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Scam texts are flooding our phones and costing some dearly. According to the Federal Trade Commission, the texts scammed Americans out of nearly half a billion dollars last year alone. So where are all those texts coming from? It turns out, millions may be coming from Southern California. Been Coon with …
For a long time people said this couldn’t happen. That America would never turn its own soil into a bounty field. Now it’s being drafted in contracts. The government calls it “information gathering.” But everyone knows what this really is. Kristi Noem’s Department of Homeland Security is considering private contractors to help ICE track immigrants. …
Our country needs to do something about the skyrocketing costs for Medicare for seniors. We are getting an 11% increase in our premiums yet a 2.8% COLA. This doesn’t come close to covering costs for most seniors. Please help us here @realDonaldTrump cc: @Scavino47 @StephenM pic.twitter.com/8n7os47Wcz — Farm Girl Carrie 👩🌾 (@FarmGirlCarrie) October 25, 2025 …
#BREAKING: Video from KPIX photojournalist Rick Villaroman shows a U-Haul driver backing up toward a line of officers outside US Coast Guard base Alameda before officers opened fire. This was hours after almost all protesters dispersed. Awaiting an update from police @KPIXtv pic.twitter.com/UPrc3CDT3l — Sara Donchey (@SaraDonchey) October 24, 2025 U-Haul Truck Incident at Coast …
Facts are important: For security reasons they didn’t have trash cans sitting out. But they paid crews to CLEANUP. — thenighthiker (@thenighthiker) October 19, 2025 The area around the Charlie Kirk memorial in Glendale, Arizona, was left littered with trash, but city crews were hired to clean it afterward. The lack of trash cans wasn’t …
Peace in the Middle East… pic.twitter.com/KuTb8JYR8L — Janitor Jack 🇺🇸🇺🇦🐱🐻🐸🪐 (@JanitorJack2) October 19, 2025 Israeli media report clashes between Hamas fighters and Israeli forces in Rafah. PM Netanyahu left a cabinet meeting for urgent security talks after alleged IED blasts injured soldiers. Israel now conducting air strikes, accusing Hamas of breaching the ceasefire.#Rafah pic.twitter.com/C6TR0SF3mq — …
Introducing the UN Digital ID… “The United Nations is ready to digitally transform how it deals with identity, with a system to streamline information sharing, daily workflows, access to platforms and buildings.” “All of your personal… medical, travel, security… and pension data in the palm of your hand.” “With blockchain and biometrics, the UN Digital …
CHICAGO — Officials from the Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that the agency is investigating a series of bounties that have allegedly been placed on ICE agents in Chicago by criminal organizations in Mexico. Officials from DHS said they have obtained “credible intelligence” indicating that targeted bounties on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) …
Sam Altman warns AI could outsmart banks and steal your money OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is warning banks and financial institutions about AI-driven fraud. He highlights how voice clones and deepfakes are already bypassing current security systems, posing a serious threat to people’s money. AI is becoming smarter and is helping humans in all possible …
They repeatedly said PBS does not get significant taxpayer funding, so why are they pushing so hard to get it restored? — PFrost (@Niio1111) October 10, 2025 $490 million for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) This funding supports PBS, NPR, and local public media stations. It’s a standard line item in annual appropriations, but …
Hundreds of thousands of Americans 'may lose disability benefits as Trump plans to overhaul Social Security' https://t.co/FmHVTH3qIi — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) October 5, 2025 A new report has emerged, alleging that the Trump administration is considering removing a key factor from the assessment of an individual’s eligibility for Social Security disability payments. The Washington Post …
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order for the US to guarantee the security of Qatar — a significant commitment to a non-NATO, Arab ally. https://lite.cnn.com/2025/10/01/politics/trump-qatar-security-order “The United States shall regard any armed attack on the territory, sovereignty, or critical infrastructure of the State of Qatar as a threat to the peace and security …
Holy shit. They’re declaring war. Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy has just followed up Starmer’s truly evil speech by lying to the BBC that Farage “flirted with Hitler Youth”. A new low – hard to disagree the government is now inciting violence against @Nigel_Farage. pic.twitter.com/2frWotAc82 — Dan Wootton (@danwootton) September 30, 2025 View post on …
🚨 BREAKING: Kristi Noem has just ORDERED a surge in federal security resources to ICE facilities nationwide SPARE NO EXPENSE to protect ICE agents! Use the National Guard too! Democrats have declared WAR. pic.twitter.com/OnS0zy7NNG — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 24, 2025 Two independent journalists, @hunnybadgermom and @KatieDaviscourt have been covering an Antifa siege of a …
Authorities in India enforced security restrictions in two main districts in the remote Ladakh region on Thursday, a day after four people were killed and dozens injured when police clashed with hundreds of protesters demanding greater autonomy from the Indian government for the Himalayan territory.
“After months of denying it, the Trump Administration is finally admitting what we suspected all along. They are planning on raising the retirement age. For every year you raise the age, that is a 7 percent cut in benefits. As costs continue to rise, seniors living on fixed incomes are being hit the hardest. Five …
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-requests-58-million-dollars-to-increase-security-executive-judicial-branches-after-charlie-kirk-shooting/ The Trump administration is sending a $58 million request to Congress to increase security for the executive and judicial branches in the wake of the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News Saturday. Punchbowl was first to report the news. A White House official confirmed the …
A door security camera captured footage of the suspect in the Charlie Kirk assassination driving through an Orem, Utah neighborhood before leaving his vehicle and walking by foot on the day of the shooting.
Charlie Kirk’s murder forced every part of the system to move. Trump’s guards tore up his schedule. They built tighter walls around him. They dropped counterterror teams into Yankee Stadium. They scanned every fan and sealed every door. They acted like another shot was already coming. Congress snapped into survival mode. Members canceled events. They …
The illusion of control is gone. What looked like separate flare-ups now feels like one unraveling chain tearing through the eastern seaboard. The Naval Academy locked down under gunfire from a man pretending to be military police. Hours later, the Secret Service scrambling at Yankee Stadium because someone made a credible threat to kill President …
Hamilton, Ontario is telling people to take down home security cameras that see beyond their own yard. These cameras have helped catch murderers, stopped home invasions, and helped police solve serious crimes. Now residents who keep them face fines. The city is turning vigilance into a violation. To keep a camera pointed beyond your property, …
arak, a former Israeli PM, schemed with a sex offender to fund Carbyne, a surveillance startup tied to Israel’s Unit 8200, while plotting an unsecured island visit. Recently leaked emails from former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak show that he and Jeffrey Epstein discussed arranging a meeting with Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel in 2014. The …
Social Security and Medicare cuts are coming because the bond market will eventually bring Congress to its knees, economist says. The insolvency of the trust funds next decade will be the key driver for reforms, just as it was in the early 1980s when lawmakers hiked taxes to shore them up, Yaros said. “For lawmakers …
Social Security will be “bankrupt” in 7 years. At which point the options are: – Cut grandma’s check– Hike everybody’s taxes– Raise retirement to 75 Or what they will do: Borrow another trillion per year. pic.twitter.com/b8t3SSfK8c — Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) August 28, 2025
A whistleblower complaint alleges that DOGE staffers uploaded a copy of all federal Social Security numbers and information to an unsecured server in June.
🚨 JUST IN: DNI Tulsi Gabbard GOES OFF on the 37 officials she just revoked security clearances from for aiding the Trump Russia Criminal Conspiracy pic.twitter.com/9oOWVDxODO “They aided and abetted in this action — this seditious conspiracy — that undermined our democracy,… — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 20, 2025 Gabbard revokes security clearances of 37 …
by James Hickman I know it’s cliche, but one of the happiest days of my life was a bit more than four years ago when my daughter was born in Cancún, Mexico. My wife and I chose Mexico deliberately— given all the COVID craziness that was going on (especially in the US), we wanted to …
Putin reportedly agreed to NATO-style guarantees for Ukraine, according to Trump’s real estate associate. No Kremlin statement, no transcript, no signature—just Steve Witkoff, fresh off a handshake, claiming “we were able to win the following concession.” https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-russia-steve-witkoff-nato-security-guarantees/ Witkoff calls it “game-changing.” https://www.firstpost.com/world/putin-agrees-to-us-europe-plan-for-nato-style-security-guarantees-for-ukraine-says-trump-envoy-13925609.html He claims Russia will pass a law pledging not to violate other European …
The security protocols surrounding U.S. leadership are unmatched, ensuring every interaction serves American strategic interests. Putin entering the presidential limousine reflects adherence to U.S. security dominance—not weakness. Under this administration, every diplomatic… — Watch DOGE (@dogeai_gov) August 15, 2025
