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Melissa Hortman, a top Minnesota state representative and former House Speaker, was assassinated at her home on June 14 2025. That was exactly five days after she broke ranks with fellow Democrats on June 9 and cast the lone DFL …
MACRO DATA JUST DROPPED • Manufacturing PMI 52.4 vs. Est. 51.3 • Services PMI 51.1 vs. Est. 51.5 • Composite PMI: 51.4 This should ease the recession fears that started creeping into the market last week and suggests the bear …
Let's talk about how many jobs, services and products Elon Musk has created vs. how many of those things Bernie Sanders has created. — Planet Of Memes (@PlanetOfMemes) March 19, 2026
We have reports coming in of a massive outage on many different websites. X Seems to be experiencing the most issues. Users are stating they can not connect or get anything to load. Other sites affected by this outage are …
New York City says there’s no money, yet @ZohranKMamdani just signed a $1.86 BILLION no bid contract to house people in hotels. That’s about $330 per night per room, nearly $10,000 per month or $120,000 per year. Meanwhile taxes keep …
JUST IN – US suspends consulate services in south Turkey, orders non-essential staff to leave — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) March 9, 2026 BREAKING NEWS: The United States orders its non-essential diplomats to leave southern Turkey. pic.twitter.com/hIEK0Ck9b4 — China pulse 🇨🇳 …
So if only 6 American were killed and there was minimal injuries… then this wouldn’t be happening… They are freeing up capacity to deal with service members evac’d from the Gulf. https://t.co/3q7TLE17OQ — Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) (@adamscochran) March 6, 2026 …
Federal Reserve Financial Services (FedACH) is currently experiencing a partial outage, with confirmed issues affecting the FedACH service. StatusGator reports that other components of the Federal Reserve Financial Services are operational, but users relying on FedACH for electronic payments may …
“Private credit exposure to AI disruption high, not priced in – UBS” No kidding. “…We estimate that 25–35% of private credit portfolios face elevated AI disruption risk. Using BDC portfolios as a proxy (AUM of ~$450 billion, $350 billion of …
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This country’s values have become seriously warped but when affordability becomes unattainable for 80% of the country this is what happens. 🤦♂️ — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) January 14, 2026 You obviously can't read the fucking room >record low tax rates>major …
An outage on Monday affected web hosting giant Amazon Web Services (AWS), which took out vast swathes of the web, including websites, banks, and some government services. On Monday afternoon, the company offered an update on the cause of the …
https://downdetector.com/status/aws-amazon-web-services/ https://downdetector.com/ Citrix Cloud tenants are hosted on AWS, along with countless other sites and services. It’s crashing again. bro I didn’t know these many companies use AWS 😭 the internet is so fragile and depends on a few companies …
Hasan – “I don’t give a shit if the dog is in pain and can’t breathe, it’s a dog.” Fuck this man’s entire existence pic.twitter.com/v8QUFyWrFf — TECTONE 🇺🇸 (@Tectone) October 8, 2025 View post on imgur.com Hasan’s dog Kaya yelps …
Congressman Tim Moore has been quietly accumulating massive amounts of TZA, a 3X-leveraged ETF that rises when the Russell 2000 Index, which tracks small-cap U.S. companies, falls. In plain terms, he is betting aggressively against the very market that represents …
The collapse was total. Nevada woke on Sunday, August 25, to discover its entire digital infrastructure had failed. It was not a flicker, not a temporary glitch. DMV offices could not process licenses. Welfare benefits froze. Courts could not function. …
It is a blackout. Thirteen nations have turned off the flow of mail to the United States. Germany. The UK. Australia. India. Sweden. Denmark. Italy. France. Austria. Switzerland. Korea. Japan. Thailand. No press release. No explanation. Just silence and severed …
Economists are having trouble understanding why stocks are at all-time highs. Well, technically, they are not measured in currencies other than the US dollar, like the euro, but in local currency terms, yes. According to economic textbooks, tariffs hamper free …
Republicans finally got their “big, beautiful bill” across the finish line. Now they’re turning to their next urgent tasks: codifying billions in spending cuts and avoiding a government shutdown. The Senate plans to vote no earlier than next week on …
The numbers don't lie – New York's $235B budget vs Florida's $125B with comparable populations exposes the crushing weight of bureaucratic bloat. The FairTax Act of 2025's elimination of income taxes aligns with Florida's model, proving that states can fund …
China's leverage was "empty shelves", EU's leverage is "services and mag7"https://t.co/axYc5BpIBm https://t.co/aa38r5kL07 — Marko Kolanovic (@markoinny) May 26, 2025 Clearly someone notified Trump that 90 days is July 8th, not June 1st, because how else would he know? Hence disaster …
https://twitter.com/_/status/1924741862461739146 No hard facts yet on what triggered Spain’s latest telecom blackout, and officials haven’t nailed down an exact timeline for full recovery. Carriers are scrambling with boilerplate statements about “investigations” and “resilience,” but public trust is running on fumes …
Long-term unemployment is rising: The number of long-term unemployed Americans jumped to 1.67 million in April, the highest since February 2022. The number of Americans unemployed for 27 weeks and over has risen by ~600,000 over the last 2 years. …
A U.S. Navy veteran and his wife were subjected to the full weight of the government’s iron fist as Child Protective Services—backed by armed deputies—stormed their home and seized their one-month-old, breastfeeding infant. According to the father, there was no …
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U.S. negotiators pressing Kyiv for access to Ukraine’s critical minerals have raised the possibility of cutting the country’s access to Elon Musk’s vital Starlink satellite internet system, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Last fall, Ukraine floated the …
🚨 #BREAKING: RFK Jr. has been CONFIRMED as President Trump’s Secretary of Heath and Human Services A MASSIVE loss for big pharma! MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/0H43068nYo — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 13, 2025 BREAKING: RFK CONFIRMED! Mitch McConnell …
by Mike Shedlock ISM services slipped in January as manufacturing rebounded. ISM chart and excerpts below by permission from the Institute for Supply Management® ISM® Please consider the January 2025 Services ISM® Report On Business® emphasis mine. The report was issued today by …
For years, Google Maps has been a go-to tool for millions worldwide, seamlessly integrated into search results for instant access to directions, locations, and more. But if you’ve noticed something missing recently, you’re not imagining things. Due to European Union …
MUST WATCH: Brave woman CRUSHES San Dieguito Union High School District board over their decision to contract with TransFamily Support Services and teach transgender propaganda. pic.twitter.com/WwF2kNwHw1 — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 19, 2024