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SEN. ANGUS KING: We're shooting down $35,000 drones with $2.7 million missiles. The math simply doesn't add up. HOST: Why were we so unprepared? SEN. ANGUS KING: Great question. We should've learned from Ukraine — the war there has been drone-dominated for 3 years. pic.twitter.com/gRK2g9hPE6 — Kate from Kharkiv (@BohuslavskaKate) March 21, 2026
Factcheck: The Daily Mail headline makes it sound like the CIA sat on some miracle cancer cure for 60 years, but that’s really not what the document is. When you actually look at what was declassified, it’s just a Cold War–era translation of a Soviet scientist’s speculative idea that parasites might play a role in …
by confoundedinterest17 We are seeing the aftermath of the Federal government’s fiscal response to the Covid outbreak of 2020. Home prices exploded following The Federal government’s spending spree. The end result? US housing is simply unaffordable for millions of households. Not really surprising given the soaring home prices following the Covid Federal spending spree.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with passing family wealth to the next generation. Why is the left so obsessed with inheritance taxes? Not your money, not your business. Get a real job or start a business instead of stealing other people’s money.pic.twitter.com/iCtTDSTXpA — Michael A. Arouet (@MichaelAArouet) February 15, 2026 Passing your already taxed life …
🚨 JUST IN: AG Pam Bondi just UNLEASHED the FULL Epstein Files under the Transparency Act, ALL 3.5 MILLION pages DROPPED, redactions JUSTIFIED only for victims, and HIGH-PROFILE names EXPOSED with ZERO cover-ups for embarrassment or politics. “No records withheld or redacted… pic.twitter.com/Hr7mnBW1ZX — Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) February 15, 2026 This is some serious disinformation …
by confoundedinterest17 Politicians love to scream about housing being simply unaffordable. Like mayor-elected Mandami in New York City. But the reality is that housing prices vary by city and there are more affordable cities than New York City to choose from. Federal policies should not be focused on letting people staying a particular city. When we look …
by confoundedinterest17 US housing is simply unaffordable! Mortgage rates remain elevated since the Biden Administration took control in 2021. Although under Trump, the rise in the 30-year mortgage rate has slowed. But the 30-year mortgage rate is up 126% since the beginning of 2021 and the “Joe The Boss” Biden administration. Mortgage originations at large banks …
Sandeep Jauhar, cardiologist and New York Times opinion writer, argues that in order to increase donor organs, “we should expand the definition of death.” Death is not simply a biological fact, but it's also a complex social choice. We should expand the definition of death. It will actually save lives. Read the op-ed I wrote …
The idea that we’re facing a simple deflationary crisis like the one we saw in 2020 is nothing short of foolish. During the pandemic, the Federal Reserve could just step in and unleash trillions in liquidity, keeping the markets afloat. But today’s situation is far more complicated. This is stagflation, a deadly mix of rising …
by confoundedinterest17 Housing and rental properties are simply unaffordable. Freddie Mac Serious Delinquency Rate on Multifamily (Apartment) loans soared to highest rate since 2000. Since it is as of January 31, 2025, you can’t blame this on Donald Trump (although I am sure they will try). Of course, home prices and rents soared under Biden. Home …
by confoundedinterest17 Housing is simply unaffordable in many parts of the USA and world. Its the same all over the world. except Romania and Finland. The most unaffordble countries are Portugal, Canada, the USA, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic. The most affordable? Romania, Finland, Italy, and Bulgaria. For the USA, Hawaii and California are the least affordable while West …
🚨🇬🇧 “Donald Trump has left Britain simply no choice but to plan for military conscription” – Former NATO Chief Sir Richard Shirreff How would you feel about being forced to join the army to go camp out in Ukraine? pic.twitter.com/VedELZK8Jk — Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) February 19, 2025
We won the last election by complaining about Democrats' policies, which gave us high prices. Tariff lovers will be forced to explain the persistence of high prices…https://t.co/1Tc9HdSEHi — Rand Paul (@RandPaul) February 1, 2025 Out of all the news headlines that came out this weekend, this is the most shocking . pic.twitter.com/gwXrMDiM7y — Anna Wong …
by confoundedinterest17 Some cities in the USA are simply unaffordable. The Visual Capitalist calls most unaffordable cities as least affordable. San Jose California and New York City are the two most unaffordable cities in the USA. According to household spending. On the flip side of the affordability coin is … Detroit Michigan and Cleveland Ohio. Followed closely by Dayton Ohio and El Paso Texas. Fortunately, I live …
Investors lose faith in China’s recovery; $18 trillion in wealth destroyed. China iPhone shipments fell by 47% y/y. 🚨INVESTORS LOST FAITH IN CHINA'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY🚨 China's 10-year government bond yield fell below 1.6% for the FIRST TIME EVER. CSI 300 index FELL for the 3rd STRAIGHT day in the worst start to a year in …
CBS News Journo Predicts Trump Will Get to Appoint a Fourth Justice to the U.S. Supreme Court This Coming Year or Next (VIDEO) This weekend, CBS News journalist Jan Crawford predicted that Trump will have the opportunity to appoint a fourth justice to the United States Supreme Court, this coming year or in the next. …
Foreign aid is important. But not as important as help for Americans — that should be the top priority — Matt McCann (@mccannltc) December 13, 2024
We keep hearing that "foreign countries are dumping US Treasurys" That's simply not true, in the aggregate, as this chart by @wolfofwolfst shows Sure, China is selling. And Japan isn't buying much But the rest of the world still is Don't rely headlines & do your homework pic.twitter.com/PJwzvXGmyN — Adam Taggart (@adamtaggart) September 25, 2024
Vivek is very good at saying ‘move away from the insults and accusations and give me a policy issue that makes you feel so strongly’. It’s quite wonderful. — Polly (@PursueOptimism) September 21, 2024 I think something has lit a fire under Megyn Kelly recently She's now unapologetically calling out every single lie she hears …
BREAKING: CNN just found out that Kamala Harris is a LIAR. This is simply hilarious 🤣pic.twitter.com/PJ1NLtZk9w — Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) September 5, 2024 "My values haven't changed." Remember this, @CNN? 🤔pic.twitter.com/OBn84iFGqe — Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) September 5, 2024
Six of our team members were forced to spend the night in jail for simply denouncing the mockery of Christians by having the message "STOP ATTACKS ON CHRISTIANS" written on a bus. This is not illegal in any way, as a lawyer states: “It appears impossible to constitute the crime… pic.twitter.com/eSN542E8ig — CitizenGO (@CitizenGO) August …
UK reposting content = jail. 🇬🇧 Goodbye Freedom. Hello surveillance. UK media warn reposting other people’s social media content related to riots could be a criminal offense, and that there are teams of people scouring the internet “looking for this sort of thing.” pic.twitter.com/wk1U0hzaZw — Simon Dixon (@SimonDixonTwitt) August 7, 2024 British police are arresting …
by confoundedinterest17 Housing in the US is simply unaffordable. Particularly since home prices and mortgage rates have soared under Biden. .Owning a house is less affordable for average earners in the US than at anytime in 17 years. The costs of a typical home — including mortgage payments, property insurance and taxes — consumed 35.1% of the …
by confoundedinterest17 Housing in the US is simply unaffordable. Home prices in Biden’s America are up 34.5% even though mortgage rates are up 157%. Home prices in America’s 20 largest cities rose for the 13th straight month in March (according to the latest data from S&P CoreLogic – Case Shiller – data today), up 0.33% (more than the …
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by confoundedinterest17 Housing in the US is simply unaffordable, particularly after HUD levied new regulation rising the cost of new housing up to $31,000. Wait for this to kick into the data for mortgage demand! Mortgage applications decreased 2.3 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications …
Joe Biden simply regurgitates his Lies. This is brilliant. pic.twitter.com/r4d44XeOcA — Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) March 9, 2024
by confoundedinterest17 Biden and Congress’ insane spending and debt issuance are simply unsustainable. Isn’t it wonderful to be 81 years old like Biden and a have a credit card with seemingly no credit limit? And partner with other octogenarians like Pelosi and McConnell to bankrupt the US? Free-spending US Senate Demagogue Democrat Chuck Schumer is only 73. But all …
Key sentence by the reporter: “That is the information provided to us” By who?Aren’t they supposed to investigate themselves? — Kevin (@BabyNora6) January 10, 2024
