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Donald Trump has ordered his Cabinet nominees not to post on social media without approval. In a stunning move, Trump’s chief of staff Susie Wiles told those who will become his top lieutenants to get anything they put on X, or other networks, cleared first. It came after a MAGA ‘civil war’ erupted this week …
by Mike Shedlock Republicans expand Social Security at a cost of $196 billion. Guess who benefits. Senate Votes to Expand Social Security The Wall Street Journal reports Donald Trump is Whistling Past Social Security’s Insolvency. Neither political party is serious about spending restraint, and the latest evidence is the Social Security Fairness Act that the Senate …
Health officials are warning pet owners not to give their cats raw food after a house cat in Oregon died of bird flu. h/t A Deplorable Neanderthal
Why does she have the facial expression of an AI? I don’t believe that her eyebrows moved once nor is the cadence of her blinking appear to be natural. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozATi3lG51M AC
More proof of them not being there to represent us.
It’s just a matter of where and how much Musk will cut our Social Security and Medicare benefits now. BREAKING: @RepGregLopez says outside the first meeting of the DOGE Caucus that "there will be some cuts" to Social Security and Medicare. HANDS OFF OUR EARNED BENEFITS! pic.twitter.com/NFYjA6hdEo — Social Security Works ❌👑 (@SSWorks) December 17, …
by confoundedinterest17 It is the Biden Boogie! Joe Biden is leaving the Presidency with an attrocious record. While saying he is leaving Trump with the strongest economy in modern times, the is actually leaving Trump and Republicans with a hollow shell for an economy. It is the final punch in the jaw from an angry, failed …
The law will make social media platforms liable for fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars (£25m) if they don’t systemically stop children younger than 16 from holding accounts. Australian senators have passed a world-first law that bans under 16s from having social media accounts. The legislation is set to come into force in …
by adhesivepants I don’t dislike social security. It’s an important structure to support people and as I say further below some people will absolutely need it. I just have zero faith in our current government to maintain it and fully anticipate millenials and Gen Z are paying in money they will never see because of …
Former Dixon school teacher arrested for allegedly paying students to have sex with her DIXON, Mo. — A teacher for the Dixon School District was arrested by law enforcement on Tuesday, Nov. 12 on 19 charges, including statutory rape and sexual contact with a juvenile, according to the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department (PCSD). Online court …
I’m finally coming around. #Bitcoin fixes Social Security. I’ve got the plan: The Social Security Trust Fund now owns about $2.7 trillion in Treasuries. It should sell all of those Treasuries and buy Bitcoin. This buying will surely send Bitcoin to the moon, especially since a new QE program will be required to buy all …
PARIS (Reuters) -Major French newspapers, including Le Monde, Le Figaro and Le Parisien, said on Tuesday that they were taking legal action against social media platform X for allegedly using their content without paying. Representatives for X did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The newspapers said they were due payment under their ancillary …
In this explosive segment from Next News Network’s RAW FEED, Gary Franchi exposes the total meltdown happening right now in Silicon Valley. Trump’s Day One executive order has tech CEOs literally shaking, and what we’ve uncovered about their censorship empire will shock you to your core. The mainstream media won’t tell you this, but Silicon …
pic.twitter.com/72KhUs3gQF — Neat Sweet (@NeatSweet1) November 11, 2024 KABOOM 💣💣💣💥💥 Trump just said CHECKMATE… In Chess, # = Checkmate pic.twitter.com/xcoif39A2O — MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) November 11, 2024 pic.twitter.com/Zf4yC0qwwY — OutsidetheL7™️ (@OutsidetheL7) November 11, 2024 https://twitter.com/_/status/1855792190246510595 https://twitter.com/_/status/1855787539182899664 CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED ### pic.twitter.com/ICTR4R3rJf — GP Q (@argosaki) November 11, 2024 h/t THE AC
by Michael If you think that the left is just going to sit back and accept Donald Trump’s victory, you must not have been paying attention for the past eight years. Trump is the most hated politician in modern American history, and prominent voices in the media continue to fuel that hate by making extremely …
I was really pleasantly surprised to hear “The View” be so self-reflective and honest about the will of the voters today… Yeah jk they said the government needs to control and censor social media so people they don’t like can’t share their ideas "the view" is just a bunch of ladies yelling at each other.they're …
The Social Security trust fund is on track to run out by 2032, potentially slashing benefits by 23% to stay afloat. Proposals to tackle this crisis include raising the retirement age, adjusting benefit formulas, and increasing payroll taxes. With Social Security reform a heated political issue, parties are divided on the best path to secure …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, By placing search/social media in the bucket of newspapers, radio and TV networks, perhaps we’ve obscured their true nature as “Digital Marketing Mechanisms.” Language is a funny thing. If we don’t have a word for something, in some way it doesn’t exist. When we find a word in another language …
Wow, that's quite the plot twist! If true, it really shows how deep the rabbit hole of social media manipulation goes. Can't wait to see how this investigation unfolds. Transparency in these platforms during election times is crucial, isn't it? — TVK IT Wing – Kumbakonam (Constituency) (@TVKItwingKum) October 30, 2024
Yi Tingyue has a lot going for her. She won a scholarship to China’s prestigious Sichuan University, where she graduated with a master’s in graphic design. She drives an Audi A4 and owns a penthouse apartment on the outskirts of provincial capital Chengdu. Vacations are spent touring Japan, Thailand and the U.S. Little wonder Yi …
https://x.com/FatEmperor/status/1848501339556286482 h/t MT Ballsack
Kamala worked in the McDonalds parking lot. Not the same. — Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) October 20, 2024
THREAD 🧵 The election's largest outside spender on social media isn't a PAC, it's Courier Newsroom, the constellation of liberal fake news sites funded by Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss and other left-wing megadonors. pic.twitter.com/8jVLyVEc0l — Michael Duncan (@MichaelDuncan) October 21, 2024 Courier Newsroom spent $2,586,953 in the last 30 days alone. More than any other …
Vice President Kamala Harris launched into a bizarre explanation about stars and constellations to explain former President Donald Trump’s actions. During an interview with Roland Martin released Monday, the commentator asked Harris to react to former Trump’s frequent derision of big cities with large black communities, like Detroit, Chicago and Washington, D.C. ‘I talked with …
The increase in Social Security benefits next year will be pocket-size. The Social Security Administration announced a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2025. That’s down from 3.2% this year but in line with the 2.6% average over the past two decades. Starting in January, the increase will add a little under $50 to the average …
While the three-day-long breach began on September 20, 2024, the firm has not provided an estimate for the number of victims impacted, nearly three weeks later. MoneyGram does boast of having more than 150 million customers, however, via its over 430,000 locations which span 200 countries and territories. The hack exposed basic information like customer …
The North Carolina National Guard explained to the Daily Caller why a plane loaded with aid for those affected by Hurricane Helene during Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit never made the delivery following claims that the visit was staged. While on Shawn Ryan’s podcast Thursday, Aerial Recovery members Jonathan Howard and Charlie Keebaugh claimed that …
All media has been exposed. The NY Times and others are all guilty of being used as assets by those in DC. The Hunter Laptop in the 2020 election is fresh in everyones mind. They all lied. pic.twitter.com/AhtNNae3Hu — floridanow1 (@floridanow1) October 7, 2024 “Keith Olbermann calls on Biden to deport Elon Musk. The Elon …
Donald Trump launched Truth Social in 2022 as a social media platform where the MAGA faithful could hang out without any liberals to spoil the fun. The biggest selling point? It was the only place where Trump was personally posting his unhinged screeds after getting banned from Twitter over that whole coup attempt. But new …
