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BREAKING: 🇨🇳🇺🇲 China signaled that it would not back down in the face of a 100% tariff threat from President Donald Trump, per WSJ pic.twitter.com/VCI3sFUdTy — Megatron (@Megatron_ron) October 12, 2025 China signaled Sunday that it would not back down in the face of a 100 percent tariff threat from President Donald Trump, urging the …
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday accused the Trump administration of staging a “military-style invasion” of Chicago, striking fear in residents with “thuggery” tactics by immigration agents and even deploying Black Hawk helicopters to raid an apartment building. Pritzker slammed the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown targeting Chicago just hours after the state and City of …
The woman you see above might look as real as any other human, but she’s not. She’s actually an artificial intelligence-generated actress named Tilly Norwood who, after a short time on the scene, has sparked interest among talent agents who are keen to hire her. As such, she’s been hailed as ‘the next Scarlett Johansson …
Donald Trump has ratcheted-up his demand for Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan and is now threatening the Taliban who took it over when the US pulled out of the country in 2021. “If Afghanistan doesn’t give Bagram Airbase back to those that built it, the United States of America, BAD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN!!! President …
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "There's free speech and then there's hate speech, and there is no place, especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie, in our society…We will absolutely target you, go after you, if you are targeting anyone with hate speech." pic.twitter.com/Bqj6TQOGwP — The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) September 16, 2025 Perhaps as part of …
BREAKING: The FCC Chairman is threatening immediate action against Jimmy Kimmel, ABC, and Disney for deliberately misleading the public by claiming Charlie Kirk’s assassin was a MAGA Conservative. Chairman Brendan Carr calls Kimmel’s malicious lies are “truly sick” and says they should result in Kimmel’s immediate suspension and may lead to ABC losing its broadcast …
I’m going to use Congressional authority and every influence with big tech platforms to mandate immediate ban for life of every post or commenter that belittled the assassination of Charlie Kirk. If they ran their mouth with their smartass hatred celebrating the heinous murder of… — Rep. Clay Higgins (@RepClayHiggins) September 11, 2025 Emmy Security …
Liquidity can’t stop a business cycle that’s already turning. Weak growth is the warning shot before the crash. When the cycle breaks, stocks don’t get “saved.” They get crushed. "Liquidity cannot stand the turn of the Business Cycle" (no matter what liquiditist try to tell us). Recession is coming! And it will crush stocks. #BTC …
The grid is snapping. Not metaphorically. Not slowly. It’s breaking under unrelenting pressure, pressure from machines that never rest, never blink, never care. Data centers are not a part of the future. They are the future’s parasite. And they are feeding on your power. “Electricity prices across the country rose at more than twice the …
President Trump fired a sharp warning at Washington, D.C., saying, “If D.C. doesn’t get its act together and quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City and run this City how it should be run and put criminals on notice that they’re not going to get away with it …
On Friday morning, former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to address Apple CEO Tim Cook directly. His message was unmistakable: "I expect their iPhones, sold in the United States of America, to be manufactured and built in the United States—not India or anywhere… pic.twitter.com/eZLD8WeWiQ — Jackson (@Jackson_00j) August 3, 2025 Whatever was said …
China is cutting off rare earth mineral supplies to Western militaries, disrupting critical defense production. The Wall Street Journal reported, “China has tightened export controls on rare earth minerals used in Western defense systems, raising concerns about supply chain security.” https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/china-rare-earth-export-controls-8e9c82c1 China controls more than 90% of the world’s rare earth minerals and has long …
🚨NEW: Ofcom threatens American company 'Rumble' with censorship: pic.twitter.com/029cJjl7mJ — GB Politics (@GBPolitcs) July 28, 2025 New nonpublic emails obtained by the Committee reveal Ofcom’s subtle regulatory threats to Rumble—even though the UK is not a target market for Rumble. — Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) July 28, 2025 Ofcom: Would you like to meet again? …
Marc Faber believes there is a very real possibility that the Trump administration will default on America’s debt obligations, and he thinks you would be insane to not be holding physical gold as the government continues to drive reckless spending and inflate the deficit. Marc dives into the Big Beautiful Bill and its implications for …
Trump torches Rosie O’Donnell, calling her a “threat to humanity” and joking about revoking her citizenship—sparking a fiery war of words.
The White House is preparing a new round of trade enforcement measures targeting two of the most strategically sensitive sectors in the global economy: semiconductors and pharmaceuticals. President Trump confirmed Tuesday that his administration will announce tariffs on imported semiconductor products and is actively considering a 200% tariff on pharmaceutical imports. These moves follow Section …
Elon Musk is done playing nice. The debt ceiling bill passed the House. It raises the cap by five trillion dollars. The Congressional Budget Office projects a $3.3 trillion deficit increase over the next ten years. Medicaid gets cut. SNAP gets cut. EV credits get wiped. The tax cuts stay. The red ink spreads. Musk …
Speaker Mike Johnson is also privately telling GOP fiscal hawks that he’s pushing Senate Majority Leader John Thune to add back in hundreds of billions of dollars in spending cuts the Senate dropped, according to two people with direct knowledge of the conversations. But fiscal hawks have been skeptical the Senate will comply. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/29/congress/house-gop-leaders-watch-senate-anxiously-as-they-work-to-secure-votes-00432288 Republican …
Producers are reportedly fed up as Whoopi Goldberg’s latest outburst on The View sparks renewed demands for her removal from the show.
A significant development in the Middle East has reached a critical juncture, with recent reports indicating a grave threat from Iran. Amid ongoing conflict, Iranian officials have suggested the possibility of mining the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway crucial to global oil supplies. This development, if realized, carries the potential for severe disruptions to …
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass threatens that there will be more violent rioting if President Trump continues to enforce immigration law.pic.twitter.com/4sHYfZ5Ylo — Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) June 15, 2025 Two and a half minutes straight of Democrats calling for violence. The Democratic Party is the party of violence. pic.twitter.com/mCTd0CbCnJ — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 15, 2025
Mexico’s president-elect just said: “If necessary, we’ll mobilize. We don’t want taxes on remittances from our fellow countrymen. From the U.S. to Mexico.” A head of state openly calling for protests in the U.S. This is unprecedented. pic.twitter.com/JqFETt5NKr — Arne aus den Ruthen (@arnemx) June 8, 2025 Let this image sear into your soul. This …
Disney CEO Bob Iger reportedly threatens to fire Whoopi Goldberg as internal tensions and public backlash continue to mount.
by Michael Did you know that we just witnessed the largest decline in U.S. imports in the entire history of our nation last month? Unfortunately, things didn’t get any better this month. In fact, during the final week of May imports at major ports on the west coast are down by almost a third compared …
GOOGLE WARNS: QUANTUM COMPUTERS COULD CRACK BITCOIN MUCH FASTER THAN EXPECTED Google’s latest quantum computing research just blew a hole in old encryption timelines. It now estimates that a quantum machine with fewer than one million noisy qubits could break 2048-bit RSA encryption in under a week. That’s 20 times faster than previous forecasts and …
Russia has issued a stark warning after Germany lifted all limits on Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles. The Kremlin slammed the move as “dangerous and escalatory,” accusing Western allies of pushing the war into uncharted and reckless territory. President Vladimir Putin has threatened nuclear retaliation if Ukraine’s strikes are backed by nuclear powers. German Chancellor …
BREAKING: President Trump threatens to withhold federal funding from California if the state fails to stop biological male AB Hernandez from competing in the girl’s State Finals. Hernandez has been crushing the female competition in the long and triple jumps. “California, under the leadership of Radical Left Democrat Gavin Newscum, continues to ILLEGALLY allow “MEN …
by Michael National governments around the world are collectively more than 100 trillion dollars in debt. The United States accounts for about 35 percent of that total, China accounts for about 16 percent of that total, and Japan accounts for about 10 percent of that total. For a long time, national governments were able to fund …
by David Haggith It’s always all about the oil and now rare-earth minerals and grabbing land and spreading global control. It doesn’t seem to matter who you pick as president, even the guy who claims he’s going to be all about stopping wars, all you get is more wars. Today, President Trump presented the largest …
American ranchers have been battered by multinational corporations flooding the food supply chain with cheap beef imports from third-world countries, much of it ending up in supermarkets without consumers ever realizing it. Now, in a move to protect both consumers from flesh-eating parasites and support mom-and-pop ranchers, the Department of Agriculture warned Mexico on Saturday …