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It is just taxpayer money being stolen with no repercussions. If the donks do manage to build some small amount of actual track, no train will ever run on it as thieves will destroy it for scrap metal before that ever happens. The cost of High-Speed Rail is now estimated at $231 billion. Our country …
by Michael Where do we go from here? Peace talks with Iran have totally failed, and there appears to be no hope that the gaps between the demands that the U.S. is making and the demands that Iran is making can be bridged. There are several key issues that both sides are not willing to …
BUS CLIPPED BY TRAIN: Students captured the chaos on video after a school bus driver in Sumter County drove over a railroad crossing, despite the warning lights already having been activated. https://t.co/LaiR9X1Aq4 pic.twitter.com/u1tigqIwt5 — WFLA NEWS (@WFLA) April 8, 2026
Spain sees fourth train crash in five days https://t.co/ZaMBbE2dRD — Sky News (@SkyNews) January 22, 2026 A commuter train has crashed into a construction crane in southeastern Spain, the fourth rail incident in the space of a week. Emergency services in the Murcia region said four people suffered minor injuries as a result of the …
JUST IN – Barcelona commuter train crashes after a retaining wall falls onto the tracks, just two days after a separate fatal train collision killed at least 42 people in southern Spain. pic.twitter.com/LWQbUDxxiZ — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) January 20, 2026 Train driver killed and several people injured after train derails near Barcelona, local media report https://t.co/QdSKEGZt7w …
Training staff to block federal officers? This isn’t just education, it’s a legal powder keg. Head of Portland Maine Public Schools Sarah Lentz announces that all staff will receive training on how to interfere with federal officers attempting to detain illegals “In the months ahead, all staff will receive training in active bystander intervention —in …
NOW – Trump says the U.S. needs H-1B immigrants to make computer chips and "train our people." pic.twitter.com/LpHUMJHmz8 — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) November 17, 2025
Open AI: 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 pic.twitter.com/pj75Yv8OLs — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) November 13, 2025
@ksatnews here is video of a train colliding with a stalled rig with trailer w/cars. happened at 10:10 in schertz on FM78 pic.twitter.com/oLHeK2XvYn — CAM (@TMCSCamCol) November 2, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJS0ITDbaRI Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and senior Pentagon officials made an unannounced visit to US Marines stationed in the Caribbean as well as to Puerto Rico on Monday. The military build-up to to target Venezuelan cartels allegedly threatening America’s borders by moving their product. Upon a first somewhat dramatic stop and arrival by Osprey …
the slow motion train wreck continues, right on schedule https://t.co/USQZZcmTZB pic.twitter.com/5YMxGMHi8W — Roberto Rios (@peruvian_bull) August 20, 2025 uh oh pic.twitter.com/9ZMmCw4tme — Michael J. Kramer (@MichaelMOTTCM) August 20, 2025
Data centers built to serve TikToks and ad targeting are quietly draining our grids. U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts electricity use slicing through records, rising from 4,097 billion kWh in 2024 to 4,193 billion in 2025 and 4,283 billion in 2026, largely due to AI data center growth https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/data-center-demand-push-us-power-use-record-highs-2025-26-eia-says-2025-06-10/. In 2023 data centers consumed 4.4 % of …
In the annals of stup*d and poorly run schemes, the California High-Speed Rail project ranks among the worst. Its future, even a dramatically scaled down one, has become ever more precarious since the Trump administration’s Department of Transportation rescinded $4 billion in funds already granted the project. Governor Newsom has already filed a suit to …
.@POTUS: "I love construction… I know it better than anybody. When I see a railroad going from San Francisco to L.A., I think it's a hundred times over budget — one of the most incompetent things… We're not going to fund that anymore, it's out of control." pic.twitter.com/ACEM04pc24 — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 18, …
The bond market is jittery, with investors offloading bonds and pushing yields up, like the 30-year U.S. Treasury hitting 5.13%, the highest since 2007. A new House-passed tax bill, now in the Senate, could add trillions to the U.S. debt. Moody’s recent U.S. credit rating downgrade and sticky inflation are fueling fears. Higher yields mean …
Trump pulls the plug on Stacey Abrams’ corrupt empire— cutting off her funding and launching a criminal investigation into her shady operations.
Rachel Maddow’s $25 million contract with MSNBC is about to be cancelled.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A bomb planted near the offices of Hellenic Train, Greece’s main railway company, exploded Friday night in a busy district of central Athens, authorities said. There were no reports of injuries. The explosion comes amid widespread public anger over a 2023 railway disaster, Greece’s worst, in which 57 people were killed …
Treasury yield spreads widening could signal a significant market pullback, historically linking to major SPX crashes. Bear Porn Update: A freight train is coming for SPX, NDX, DJIA, and RUT…Why, you ask? Because history tells us. Just have a gander at the attached chart first: The big deal is that Treasury spreads are widening once …
The tragic fiery murder of a sleeping straphanger in Brooklyn this week illuminated a critical flaw in the city subway system — fire extinguishers are not accessible to the public. Fire extinguishers are readily available only to MTA workers in track tunnels and booths, the transit agency confirmed Thursday, drawing outrage from local leaders who …
A train driver’s suicide caused widespread delays on Christmas Eve and into Christmas Day in France, with some 3,000 passengers affected during the busy holiday period. The suicide by a train driver on the job has caused widespread delays in France’s rail traffic, operator SNCF said Wednesday. Some 3,000 train passengers have been affected by …
A Chinese tourist in Colombo, Sri Lanka, was knocked off a moving train by tree branches as she leaned out to pose for a photo.
by Mike Shedlock The answers, as most will quicky access, are no and no. So, how much of the AI hype is real? AI Can’t Teach AI New Tricks Wall Street Journal writer Andy Kessler has a great observation today: AI Can’t Teach AI New Tricks OpenAI just raised $6.6 billion, the largest venture-capital funding of …
On October 11, 2024, a large group was seen looting a cargo train in west Chicago. Looters broke into train containers, stealing items like electronics. The chaotic scene involved quick action by the thieves, and police were dispatched to handle the situation. 🚨#BREAKING: Dozens of people are actively looting and breaking into a cargo train …
NEW: Kamala Harris struggles through a live broadcast on Hurricane Milton, covers her mouth to tell her staff she is on a live broadcast before stumbling while reading prepared notes. "It's a live broadcast," Harris told her team before reading their notes. "To the people of… pic.twitter.com/BGeSLtQPDe — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 9, 2024 And …
Train Conductors in Thuringia, Germany, have been given permission to stop checking the tickets of migrant passengers in an effort to prevent them from becoming violent. The South Thuringian Railway implemented the policy in Spring after seeing a rise in aggressive behavior toward staff. After noticing an uptick in threatening situations involving “newcomers” and train …
NOW THIS IS HOW YOU DEAL WITH ZELENSKY!!!😎🇺🇸🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/ESksAylYDf — il Donaldo Trumpo (@PapiTrumpo) September 26, 2024 h/t Guest
Commuters heading home can expect delays as Amtrak train cancelations in and out of New York City’s Penn Station are starting to mount after a train derailment Wednesday afternoon south of the station blocked the tracks. An Amtrak spokesperson tells Newsweek, “At approximately 2 p.m., one set of wheels on Train 133 derailed while departing from …
Why is Stephen Petty speaking up about East Palestine now? “My job initially was to figure out: Was there contamination of the environment, and if so, to what extent?” Petty said. Residents have complained of rashes, respiratory issues and other ailments since the February 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment. Eighteen months later, none of Petty’s …