Even when you strip out the exaggeration, the optics are still ugly and the burden still moves downward

Chicago homeowners are getting HAMMERED with $700 higher property tax bills so the Hyatt Regency could pocket a $150 MILLION break. And guess who owns Hyatt? JB Pritzker’s family. You pay more. His empire pays less. pic.twitter.com/KVPWFIU5IR — Darren Bailey (@DarrenBaileyIL) January 20, 2026 Factcheck: Partially. The Pritzker family owns a major stake in Hyatt …

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Beef prices are ridiculous. $22 per pound for New York Strip steak in Florida now

Beef prices are ridiculous. pic.twitter.com/RU4c95tWb7 — Molly Ploofkins (@Mollyploofkins) August 11, 2025 Is now a good time to talk about grocery prices? https://t.co/em3qyQW8YU pic.twitter.com/L16fZ7bMvN — Miss Aja (@brat2381) August 2, 2025 Thanks to Trump's tariffs, the price of ground beef ($6.34/lb) and beef steaks ($11.88/lb) have both reached an ALL-TIME high. Trump's USDA forecasts the …

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83% of S&P 500 companies beat earnings in Q2, but the beat rate collapses once you strip out the dollar drop.

“83% of S&P 500 companies beat EPS estimates in Q2 2025” https://www.factset.com/earningsinsight But the real driver? A 15% USD slide from 109 to 96. That FX tailwind inflated overseas earnings, padded margins, and made weak quarters look strong. Consensus EPS jumped from $62.49 to $65.67, a 5.1% gain https://roancp.com/sp-500-q2-2025-earnings-report-performance-and-expectations/ Strip out the currency boost, and …

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Strip out the headlines. Ignore the stock market charts. Forget the talking points. The American economy is flashing stress signals everywhere you look.

The U.S. economy is showing signs of strain that official headlines aren’t capturing. Despite stock market gains, underlying indicators suggest a slowdown. Labor market indicators are weakening. Initial jobless claims for the week ending June 28, 2025, were 227,980, a slight decrease from the previous week. However, continuing claims increased to 1,974,000, up from 1,937,000 …

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Penn to apologize for allowing Lia Thomas on women’s team, university to adopt biological definitions strip records return titles

BREAKING: @Penn to APOLOGIZE for allowing male swimmer Lia Thomas to invade the women's team. The University will also be adopting definitions for male and female consistent with biological sex, strip all records/titles from Thomas and return them to female swimmers, and issue… pic.twitter.com/YhKfMJAsuA — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 1, 2025

Its about time: Trump’s growing threats to strip broadcast licenses send chills across industry

New York CNN — Broadcast television licensing is not ordinarily a hot topic during a presidential election. But Donald Trump’s threats are not ordinary, either. In the past two years, Trump has called for every major American TV news network to be punished, according to a CNN review of his speeches and social media posts. …

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HHS head Becerra fails to explain child placements with strip club-linked sponsors.

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra cannot answer why he placed unaccompanied children with sponsors whose address was a strip club. He also cannot explain why he allowed them to be pimped out by individuals with no family ties to them. This is a sickening failure of oversight. pic.twitter.com/ozD8JBBaoB — Rep. Tom Tiffany (@RepTiffany) November 20, 2024 …

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Republicans pass law to send pro-Hamas supporters to the Gaza strip to complete a minimum of six months of community service as punishment

College anti-Israel agitators could be sent to Gaza under new House GOP bill https://t.co/YCOUNWc9v7 — Fox News (@FoxNews) May 9, 2024 Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., introduced the bill on Wednesday alongside Reps. Randy Weber, R-Texas, and Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., in response to the ongoing anti-Israel demonstrations on college campuses across the country. “That’s why I …

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Entire Strip Mall Leaves NYC… Because of Theft

NYC had a retail center in one of its richest neighborhoods, but when it shut down there was debate as to why. Was the rent too high? Was there not enough foot traffic? Well today NYC is back, there’s foot traffic, rents are reduced, and the stores are still empty, for some reason.

Democrats Work To Strip All Opponents Of Representation In Court

Lawyers are being forced to defend their livelihoods before bar associations and ethics boards — not for obvious misconduct, but after opposing Democrats. After the chaotic 2020 election, leftist organizations began filing ethics and even criminal complaints against lawyers who opposed Democrats in election litigation. Democrats have recently expanded these tactics to lawyers who cross …

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Israeli Defense Minister: ‘Intense Phase’ of Ground Offensive Completed in Northern Gaza, Focus Shifts to Khan Yunis in the South, and Operations Expand in Central Gaza Strip

The "intense phase" of the ground offensive in the north of Gaza has been completed, and will soon be completed around the city of Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip , Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said.Galant notes that the Israel Defense Forces have begun to… pic.twitter.com/dJ0gQpD85v — Sprinter Press (@SprinterPress) January …

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People on the Las Vegas Strip will no longer be allowed to stop on pedestrian bridges

Police say the rule will prevent stampedes and unruly behavior, but critics call it overly harsh. People on the Las Vegas Strip will no longer be allowed to stop on pedestrian bridges aside from “incidental and fleeting viewing” after Clark County commissioners passed an ordinance on the matter Tuesday morning. The ordinance, which supporters say will help …

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IDF soldiers guard West Bank water springs, allowing only settlers to access, while Palestinians are banned; Israel has launched an attack on Al-Shifa, the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip.

IDF soldiers guard the water springs in the West Bank… only settlers (thieves) have access. Palestinians are BANNED pic.twitter.com/D9vjrwl81W — Pelham (@Resist_05) November 14, 2023 🚨🇮🇱 Are these the “HAMAS TERRORISTS” hiding in Gaza’s Al Shifa Hospital? @benshapiro https://t.co/AopjkLoWsR — Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) November 15, 2023 “Israel has launched an assault on the largest …

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Israel is Going Full Dresden on Gaza Strip

by Chris Black After two weeks of total blockade and bombing, they intensified the strikes like never before. It’s an actual genocide. https://twitter.com/freepalestinemf/status/1716210500155904237 I was sure that the brave IDF soldiers were on the precipice of an all out ground invasion, but it looks like they are just bombing civilians indiscriminately and writing stories about …

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Israel orders UN to evacuate the northern Gaza Strip within 24 hours. One million residents must leave immediately.

IDF announcement sent to civilians of Gaza City: The IDF calls for the evacuation of all civilians of Gaza City from their homes southwards for their own safety and protection and move to the area south of the Wadi Gaza, as shown on the map. The Hamas terrorist organization waged a war against the State …

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