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A TV show centring around a Chinese invasion is hitting a little too close to home in Taiwan. On the surface, ‘Zero Day Attack’ could be just another Hollywood thriller – air-raid sirens blasting, explosions ripping through buildings and swarms of military jets deployed – but this is a scenario people are actually preparing for. …
Stephen Colbert is allowed to make fun of Donald Trump all he wants – and he has for years. The problem is when he does it… on a program that costs $100 million to produce, and loses $40 million a year. He's basically Jim Acosta on Substack – hacky jokes, saving democracy… pic.twitter.com/uUFEwNKgFv — Steve …
Retail sales stall again, mainstream hypes strength that isn’t there. While the mainstream #media was falling all over themselves yesterday to show how "great" the #retailsales number was as a sign of #economic strength, the reality is that retail sales haven't grown since 2022. By the way long, flat periods of retail sales have tended …
View post on imgur.com All your favorite usual suspects here – Larry Fink, Reid Hoffman, Elon Musk, Sam Altman. It’s one big club. The only rule in the game is to consolidate wealth in the richest. Source: https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/francis-suarez-on-guest-list-for-trumps-saudi-arabia-lunch-23094103 h/t wparadise
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by Michael Over the last several decades, the global economy has become more interconnected than ever, but now everything is changing. The flow of goods between the number one economic power on the planet and the number two economic power on the planet is absolutely imploding, and that is going to have enormous implications on …
Rachel Maddow’s 100 day show has come to an end and a key member of her staff is now heading for the exit. As MSNBC prepares to go solo in the ‘Spinco’ spinoff from cable, is Rachel next to depart? CBS Parent company Paramount is reportedly eyeing a $20 million settlement with the President for …
$AMZN wants suppliers to eat the tariffs pic.twitter.com/R19xrdGogA — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) April 29, 2025 AMAZON TO SHOW COST OF TRUMP TARIFFS ON EACH PRODUCT: PUNCHBOWL — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) April 29, 2025 🇨🇳TEMU SLAPS 145% IMPORT CHARGES AFTER TRUMP TARIFFS Temu just dropped a bomb on U.S. shoppers—adding “import charges” around 145% because …
An Australian radio station is facing backlash after using an AI-generated host for the last six months without disclosing it. Australian Radio Network’s CADA station, which broadcasts in Sydney and on the iHeartRadio app, created a host called Thy using artificial intelligence software developed by voice cloning firm ElevenLabs. The Workdays with Thy show presented …
View post on imgur.com Yes. Absolutely 💯 pic.twitter.com/uiVfmfKocw — Sassafrass84 (@Sassafrass_84) April 21, 2025 h/t Buzzcheeze
by Michael More than 100 countries around the world have a national ID card. Now the United States has one too. Starting on May 7th, you will be asked to show a REAL ID card if you want to fly on an airplane. Once authorities have established that precedent, it is just a matter of time …
Wow https://t.co/jqQKzoF0ja — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 1, 2025 “Do not talk about the Biden matter” 🚨 NEW INTERNAL FBI CHAT LOGS SHOW THE FBI IMPOSED A “GAG ORDER” ABOUT THE NY POST STORY ON HUNTER BIDEN’S LAPTOP THE DAY IT CAME OUT 🧵 THREAD: pic.twitter.com/Rnc1hHBOir — House Judiciary GOP 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryGOP) April 1, 2025 …
Award-winning investigative journalist and host of The Corbett Report James Corbett joined The Jimmy Dore Show to discuss new book,“Reportage: Essays on the New World Order.” Corbett and Jimmy discussed a range of issues, including the phony left-right divide, modern-day eugenics and how elites with membership in the secretive Bilderberg Group meet to plot ways …
The damage to the economy is becoming undeniable as we face government layoffs, spending cuts, tariffs, and increasingly strained international relations. The Trump administration’s policies have angered some of our closest allies, deported countless individuals, and led to the harassment of international travelers—some even facing imprisonment at the border. The economic fallout is beginning to …
Preliminary results must have been so sky high that even the usual heavy cooking must have struggled to hide UK hyperinflation this time https://t.co/IFuE5UuAOo — JustDario 🏊♂️ (@DarioCpx) March 21, 2025 The U.K.’s Office for National Statistics said Friday it paused publication of its index of producer prices, a new disappointment for the data agency …
A budding media start-up producing a culinary docuseries has been stuck in limbo for months. After being approved for USAID funding, the show’s co-founders discovered that the agency’s money never cleared — and now the Trump administration is caught in a legal battle to dismantle USAID. Styling itself as an heir to Anthony Bourdain’s legacy, …
Another day, another scramble for physical gold, pushing Comex gold to a record high 41.6 million ounces. BUT the real action is now clearly in silver, where we are seeing an unprecedented delivery scramble pushing total silver also to a record high. Expect a price move soon pic.twitter.com/tUAswBFN9d — zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 21, 2025 Gold …
When even Pomp feels the need to start his own cheesy news show just to keep the hype alive, you know the desperation has reached new heights. This has to be the Bitcoin top. Pomp starting his own cheesy news show so he can lecture us on Bitcoin represents a new level of desperation imo. …
The Biden administration failed to fully comply with a demand to allow Congress to review Suspicious Activity Reports involving the massive Democrat online fundraising platform ActBlue “Although the Biden Administration initially stalled the Committees’ requests in its entirety for months, on January 2, 2025, Treasury allowed the Committees to review only limited documents. We write …
New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he will continue trade wars with the United States. “My government will keep tariffs on until the Americans show us some respect.” byu/Virtual_Information3 inwallstreetbet
Totally not a government script… Just release the files to the public. Don’t release it to a select “club” and hand them talking points. This is not a Reality TV show. h/t External-Noise-4832
by Michael Most Americans don’t know that for much of U.S. history there was no federal income tax and there was no central bank. But now everyone assumes that we must have a federal income tax and a central bank in order to have a functioning society. Today, there are just a handful of nations …
O’Leary is right—there’s no more time to waste. With our national debt at $36.22 trillion, we are past the point of careful trimming. The system is bloated, broken, and dragging us down. Half-measures won’t fix this. We need deep, relentless cuts—every wasted dollar, every useless program, every ounce of government excess must go. Mistakes? Sure, …
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 Steve Miller, CPSM, CSCP, Chair of the Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®) Services Business Survey Committee: …
