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~300 stations currently out of diesel nationwide—3x the normal level—mostly from panic buying tied to price spikes after Middle East tensions. Ooof. Ugly. And we’re just getting started. https://t.co/4dsN3OmUIf — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) March 29, 2026 https://www.essence-moins-cher.fr/guides/carte-ruptures/gazole
When a country starts talking about demilitarized zones on its own soil, the leverage is already gone. Wars don’t end this way unless someone is running out of options. Ukraine’s president has floated a possible compromise to a key Russian demand that Kyiv give up territory in eastern Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s proposal could address one …
Europe and Canada also…. pic.twitter.com/l7DBt4SsPd — E T Browning (@ETBrowning01) December 17, 2025 After more than a year of sustained community transmission of the measles virus, the WHO/Pan American Health Organization has had to officially acknowledge that Canada is no longer among countries that have eliminated the potentially fatal disease. This ominous development is the …
openAI IPO seems ripe to be torn to shreds over it's bullshit nonprofit status https://t.co/1nVh5FsPWc — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) December 16, 2025 OpenAI was founded in 2015 as a nonprofit (OpenAI, Inc.). In 2019, it did not convert the nonprofit into a for-profit. It created a separate capped-profit subsidiary, OpenAI LP. The nonprofit still exists …
This is one of those stories that should not even exist anymore. Measles was eliminated in this country. That was not an opinion. That was the result of decades of boring public health work that nobody noticed because it worked. Now it is back and spreading and people inside the system are saying out loud …
🚨Just in: President Trump is terminating the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for Somalis in Minnesota. Trump said: “Somali gangs are terrorizing the people of that great State, and Billions of Dollars are missing. Send them back to where they came from. It’s Over!” pic.twitter.com/PrqlaErSkB — The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) November 22, 2025 U.S. …
“AI DEFENDING THE STATUS QUO! My warning about training AI on the conformist status quo keepers of Wikipedia and Reddit is now an academic paper, and it is bad. — Exposed: Deep Structural Flaws in Large Language Models: The Discovery of the False-Correction Loop and the Systemic Suppression of Novel Thought A stunning preprint appeared …
300,000–350,000 Venezuelan nationals and their family members deportation protections are terminated and work authorization revoked – Temporary Protected Status holders lose deportation relief and must depart the U.S. or face removal proceedings. – Employment Authorization Documents are no longer valid after tonight—no automatic extensions apply – Family members (spouses/children) under cTPS also lose status Temporary …
BREAKING: Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to revoke temporary legal status for up to 600,000 Venezuelan immigrants. https://t.co/he9AgLErAv — NBC News (@NBCNews) October 3, 2025 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday paved the way for the Trump administration to revoke temporary legal status for up to 600,000 Venezuelan immigrants, meaning some could ultimately …
by Martin Armstrong After months of legal turmoil, the 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the United States can secure its borders and has the right to end the temporary legal protections granted to migrants under the Biden Administration. Joe Biden provided 430,000 migrants from Haiti, Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua with temporary protected …
The dollar is losing its grip. Not gradually. Not quietly. It is hemorrhaging trust and authority before our eyes. In Q3 2025, the U.S. dollar’s share of global reserves fell to 42.01 percent — the lowest in recorded history. The decline is not a drift. It is a collapse accelerating with every headline. IMF financial …
The Big Beautiful Bill is sitting in the House chamber right now, and the clock is burning. The Senate passed it on July 1 with a 51 to 50 vote. Vice President JD Vance broke the tie. That sent the bill back to the House for final approval. But the House isn’t rubber-stamping anything. If …
The bond market doesn’t shout. It signals. And right now, it’s sending a message no one in Washington wants to hear. Credit markets are quietly pricing in a six-level downgrade to U.S. sovereign debt. That would drop the country’s rating to BBB, just one rung above junk status. Not a theory. Not a warning. It’s …
Michigan health leaders are declining to report the vaccination status for most of the state’s measles infections. Of the nine confirmed infections as of Thursday, April 24, seven did not have their vaccination status disclosed by the state or local health departments. The two exceptions were a pair of 1-year-old children in Ingham County, both …
BREAKING: the U.S. Supreme Court has contradicted itself—acknowledging “judicial review” doesn’t apply to a President executing Article II power under AEA …and then “ordering” the president to halt his duty “until further notice of this court” We have a constitutional crisis pic.twitter.com/uRFQgBAmX2 — John Strand (@JohnStrandUSA) April 19, 2025 https://twitter.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/1913682660075114631 Dear Supreme Court By not …
NEW YORK, April 17 (Reuters) – U.S. bond giant PIMCO said protectionism in U.S. trade policy strengthened the case for dialing down exposure to the U.S. dollar and long-dated Treasury bonds, while greater reliance on foreign bond markets had become more attractive. U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs have rocked financial markets and triggered a violent selloff last …
by Michael For many years, pundits have been warning us that the U.S. dollar would collapse. In 2025, it is actually starting to happen. The U.S. dollar hit a three year low against other global currencies last week, and on Wednesday the crash of the dollar resumed. Overall, the U.S. dollar is now down about 9 …
Microsoft co-founder and billionaire leftist Bill Gates’ nonprofit may be in danger of losing its tax-exempt status. The news surrounding the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation also involves two other organizations facing accusations of breaking the law when it comes to their scholarship and career programs, the Times of Indiareported on Thursday. “The American Alliance …
The move is reportedly part of a broader plan to revoke protection for all refugees, potentially fast-tracking their deportation US President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing to revoke the temporary legal status for all refugees, including around 240,000 Ukrainians – a move that could speed up their path to deportation, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing …
As Secretary Janet Yellen is asked about her concerns over the U.S. dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency… The Treasury Department sign falls off. The universe always finds a way to make us laugh. pic.twitter.com/9XLeFNv4Na — Gold Telegraph ⚡ (@GoldTelegraph_) October 27, 2024 Reporter: How concerned are you about the long term status of …
I am thrilled the Biden administration and Secretary Mayorkas are granting temporary protected status for Venezuelan migrants fleeing violence and oppression in search of a better life in America and who can now help contribute to our economy and fill much-needed jobs. pic.twitter.com/4rrw7JHM7j — Governor Jared Polis (@GovofCO) September 21, 2023 Colorado welcomes this action …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, The key takeaway here is: don’t count on a simplistic ideology or reform or a “supreme leader” to save the status quo from internal failure. Humans prefer simplicity to complexity. This is why mythologies still resonate with us, despite our hubristic claims to rationality and “following the science.” What we …
Russia Regains “High Income” status Despite Western Sanctions The World Bank says Russia is a High-Income country once again. This comes despite thousands of sanctions that the West has imposed on Russia since 2014. Moscow has decided to look to the Global South for its economic needs, and this strategy seems to have borne fruit. Between …
One of the best quotes regarding economics & money IMO… pic.twitter.com/Pj4zqWlYXL — John Haar (@john_at_swan) July 2, 2024 During World War I and World War II, the UK indeed faced significant increases in its national debt. In 1914, the debt stood at £650 million, but by 1919, it had surged to a staggering £7.4 billion. Similarly, during World …
WASHINGTON — President Biden is set to announce new initiatives Tuesday to ease the path to permanent residency for migrants living in the US illegally while married to Americans, according to multiple reports. The 81-year-old president’s actions to speed up lawful status for people living in the country without legal permission follows his election-year executive …
Institutions like the IMF keep wading into countries' debt problems by getting them into more debt. There are hardly any countries that went from "developing" to "developed" status over the past five decades. The global monetary system is structured to keep countries dependent. pic.twitter.com/kcmMV825NL — Lyn Alden (@LynAldenContact) June 15, 2024 Oof. pic.twitter.com/kpbc9BKHQJ — Lyn …
It's hard to understate just how unprecedented the scale of US fiscal stimulus is at the moment. Not only is the deficit massive for a non-crisis period, but its financing is almost entirely via very short-term issuance, which has never been the case before in a non-crisis time. pic.twitter.com/3mQWWPb7ds — Robin Brooks (@robin_j_brooks) May 30, …
He reminds the crowd that HE is the one in charge, NOT the citizens attending, and it doesn’t go well. https://twitter.com/_/status/1762869408123228460 https://twitter.com/_/status/1762872716107890725 In the last week alone, illegal aliens have been arrested for: • Murdering a college student in Georgia• Murdering a 2-year-old boy in Maryland• R*ping a minor in Virginia• R*ping a minor at …
A quarter of 40-year-olds in the United States have never been married, according to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by the Pew Research Center. As Statista’s Anna Fleck reports, this marks the highest figure since the data first started being published back in 1900, and a major leap from the 6 percent low of 1980. You will …
