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A group of military whistleblowers testified under oath that they’ve seen UFOs and that the US intelligence community has tried to cover it up. Three Navy and Air Force veterans testified Tuesday morning on Capitol Hill at the third congressional hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), the new term for UFOs, since 2023. During the …
On August 11 this year, the Hong Kong High Court ordered the liquidation of Shenzhen’s China South City Holdings. By asset size, this is the largest liquidation of a Chinese real estate company since Evergrande. Notably, three years ago, Shenzhen SEZ Construction And Development Group became the largest shareholder, but still couldn’t prevent China South …
The White House didn’t burn. It leaked. Through a window that is not supposed to open. A viral video shows someone, maybe Melania, maybe a contractor, maybe a ghost, tossing objects from the second floor of the most secure residence in America. And the internet lost its mind. DailyMailA figure in white pants. A dark …
You did not notice because it felt like progress. A new iPhone. A new line. A new payment. Every September, the same ritual repeats. Behind the glass and aluminum, something was breaking. That viral tweet claiming that $17,000 spent on iPhones would have turned into $367 million is fiction (Benzinga). Even Benzinga admits the math …
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday Russia’s major aerial attack on Kyiv shows President Vladimir Putin is “choosing ballistics” instead of “real steps towards peace”.
Xi shows Trump who holds the cards by hosting Kim and Putin https://t.co/hzN6Vo8tKI — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 28, 2025 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending a military parade in the centre of Beijing, alongside Russian president Vladimir Putin and China’s leader Xi Jinping, is quite the photo-op. It’s also a key diplomatic …
A new poll shows 73% of Virginia voters don’t want biological boys to participate in girls sports. pic.twitter.com/XQOetIYLvI — Nick Minock (@NickMinock) August 27, 2025
A new poll shows handling crime is now a relative strength for President Donald Trump, which outranks his handling of immigration and the economy. (AP Video: Nathan Ellgren).
George Conway, outside of John Bolton’s house in a turtleneck, speculates that Trump ordered the raid because Bolton wrote a negative book about him. TDS patient zero. pic.twitter.com/Y2YaefL0Em — johnny maga (@johnnymaga) August 22, 2025
This is absolutely ridiculous Vegas resident shows that restaurants have started adding in small print at the bottom of their menus a “concession fee of 4.85%” to be added onto your total bill. This fee is for offsetting operational costs like rent, labor, or prime location expenses This fee is OPTIONAL, but it is automatically …
Berkshire Hathaway now owns 5.04 million shares of UnitedHealth Group, worth $1.57 billion as of June 30. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/berkshire-invests-in-unitedhealth-trims-apple-stake/ar-AA1KxN2n and, another one MICHAEL BURRY ADDS $115M OF $UNH pic.twitter.com/69BNEvrdXX — amit (@amitisinvesting) August 14, 2025 The position was built quietly over two quarters. “Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway revealed a new stake in troubled insurer UnitedHealth after …
Bloomberg’s chart didn’t predict a collapse. It recorded one. Bank of America flagged 26 companies at risk from AI. Most only saw nine. The rest were hidden behind paywalls and terminals. We found all 26. The pattern is clear. “Agentic AI deployments could displace workers as early as 2H25 across industries, such as contact centers, …
pic.twitter.com/SBh2u4VzqM — Larissa (@Larissa84403556) August 2, 2025 Las Vegas is losing visitors fast. Rising costs are pushing tourists away. Hotel rooms have become nearly 70% more expensive since 2015. Coffee costs $9. Buffets can run $100. Parking garages at the airport sit mostly empty. TSA PreCheck lines are almost gone. “Hotel occupancy dropped more than …
Newly declassified memos reveal Hillary Clinton personally approved the disinformation strategy linking Donald Trump to Russia, despite internal warnings that the FBI had no “conclusive or irrefutable evidence” tying Moscow to the DNC email breach. “President Trump wants to see justice served,” said Karoline Leavitt, his press secretary, in a televised response to the findings. …
Hepatitis C often shows no signs until serious damage is done. It can be treated, so testing is key to help you help reduce your risk. #WorldHepatitisDay #HepC🔗 https://t.co/mqokQBm3RX pic.twitter.com/ahoVG5kEv3 — UK Health Security Agency (@UKHSA) July 28, 2025 Brits at elevated risk of hepatitis C have been urged by UKHSA to get tested even …
Bubble burst could hammer crypto again. Bitcoin is a RISK ASSET. It is driven by LIQUIDITY. When liquidity dries up in a Bursting Bubble – BTC crash. Will it recover….? Perhaps. Likely. But it has crashed 4 times by more than 75%. To think that it is a great asset to hold in the burst …
President Trump takes questions from reporters as he departs the White House to head to Texas.
Flash flooding is now underway across Washington DC and surrounding areas following a rapid series of severe thunderstorms that moved through the region late Wednesday afternoon. The National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning at 5:44 PM EDT, citing radar-confirmed rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches every 20 minutes, with additional accumulation expected …
NATO drills become routine at Europe’s biggest port, EU launches €800 billion rearmament plan… 🚨🇳🇱 EUROPE'S BIGGEST PORT GEARS UP FOR WAR WITH RUSSIA Rotterdam is reserving dock space for military ships and coordinating with Antwerp to move tanks, ammo and gear fast if conflict erupts. NATO drills are now routine. Siemons, Rotterdam’s port chief, …
Inflation stays hot despite economic slump. So, we got negative consumer spending and negative consumer income, yet hot core PCE (i.e., inflation). Yet, still, stocks are making new all-time-highs on "trade deal" comments? I guess the data, indeed, does not matter. But, at some point, bluster from the @WhiteHouse will not… pic.twitter.com/ePtMrsZadH — Gordon Johnson …
A detailed report published by the Tehran Times alleges that Israel devised a covert operation to orchestrate a significant explosion on United States territory, with the explicit intention of falsely attributing the attack to Iran. The ultimate objective of this purported scheme was to instigate a full-scale military conflict between the United States and Iran. …
Musk-Trump feud sinks company cash plans The 12.5% yield on xAI's $3B Notes signals high risk, down from a $20B cash raise, amid financial strain post-Musk-Trump spat. xAI's $33B X Corp buy (plus $12B debt) & Memphis turbine issues & pressure. No profit, 3-4 mo cash burn suggest market doubt. https://t.co/Ld3I22UuEw — The Coastal Journal …
🚨 The Dollar Menu is officially extinct. In 2014, a McChicken cost $1. Today? $2.99 — up 199%. A Quarter Pounder Meal? $5.39 to $11.99 — a 122% jump. Wages haven’t doubled. Productivity hasn’t doubled. But prices? In some cases, they’ve tripled. This is why financial… pic.twitter.com/RhLeJiqdIa — Kurt S. Altrichter, CRPS® (@kurtsaltrichter) June 23, …
Interviewer: "A new study shows the world's richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than the poorest 66%." Bill Gates: "I spend about $9 million a year buying sustainable aviation fuel, to cancel out my footprint." Make no mistake: The climate agenda is merely a pretext… pic.twitter.com/kk2Ad7DkYM — Wide Awake Media (@wideawake_media) June 15, 2025
Canada's private debt bubble, driven by real estate, now exceeds that of the US in 2008 and 1929, as well as Japan in 1991, as shown in the latest (Q3 2024) data and chart. Most will ignore this warning—why social cycles like the LongWave occur. https://t.co/ltrAoFKEz8 pic.twitter.com/nAUVlfUwhC — The Economic LongWave (@TheELongWave) June 10, 2025
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Caution sign: New jobless claims are ticking up. The numbers are still low, but there's an upward trend. This is key to watch. The main reason the US economy has been so resilient is 159.5 million people are still employed and getting paychecks. If that goes down, a downward… pic.twitter.com/X8gfQWudUw — Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) June …
