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Matt Bracken @Matt_Bracken48 I make these maps because I’m convinced most Americans have no concept of scale when it comes to warfare. 🧵 I point to all the folks high-fiving over a single Marine battalion landing team on its way to the conflict zone. An Amphibious Ready Group’s BLT means …
🚨BREAKING: A clip of Donald Trump from 2024 is going mega viral: “I can tell you you’re not going to have a war with Iran with me as president.” Truly curious if any MAGA voters are willing to admit they were played. pic.twitter.com/rR2FIRYqqz — CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) March 1, …
BREAKING: 🇷🇺🇪🇺 The EU is likely to increase energy imports from Russia – A leading energy analyst tells POLITICO The EU has reached a "panic moment" as not all member states have sufficient energy reserves pic.twitter.com/7v3GnLZf2f — Megatron (@Megatron_ron) March 2, 2026 Factcheck: Yes, the POLITICO article (March 1) is …
Use video mode (turn on camera) and Grok voice will explain everything you’re looking at pic.twitter.com/Y5t4SQoOQQ — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 22, 2026
President Donald Trump did not hold back on Thursday morning while responding to the attacks on ICE agents in Minneapolis, warning he will invoke the Insurrection Act if Minnesota politicians fail to rein in the “professional agitators and insurrectionists.” Trump’s statement comes after a night of extreme chaos in the …
The world is drowning in debt and nobody is sounding the alarm. Over $300 trillion owed globally, more than three times what the planet produces in a year. The U.S. alone carries $38 trillion, Europe’s biggest economies are maxed out, and developing nations are borrowing faster than they have in …
$SPY $SPX a close above 685-6870 is bullish, between 683-685 6870-6850 is neutral, and below 683-6850 is bearish. I’ll be all cash into the weekend. I only took a put scalp in the morning at the spx highs down to 6863 and that was it. I think next week will …
A Manhattan judge has ordered OpenAI to provide the Daily News and other news outlets with millions of anonymous chats between ChatGPT and its users in a major ongoing copyright infringement case. In a nine-page order made public Wednesday, Manhattan Magistrate Judge Ona Wang denied OpenAI’s request to reconsider her …
Multiple ground stops and delays at America’s busiest airports are beginning to upend the chaotic Thanksgiving travel week. Due to thunderstorms from a coast-to-coast weather system moving across the US, all flights departing from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport have been delayed by an average of 30 minutes. The air traffic …
Day laborer organizers in California are lining up at Home Depot to buy a single 17-cent scraper, return it, and repeat the process in an effort to slow sales and protest the store’s cooperation with ICE operations. Day laborer organizers in California are lining up at Home Depot to buy …
You stole a non-profit — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 1, 2025 i helped turn the thing you left for dead into what should be the largest non-profit ever. you know as well as anyone a structure like what openai has now is required to make that happen. https://t.co/k85Bfn5My6 — Sam …
Tony Blair’s think tank wants digital IDs to turn neighbours into informants, including for noise complaints… With each complaint contributing to your ‘community impact’ score. The proposal is buried in a report released just two days before Keir Starmer announced plans for a mandatory digital ID. The Prime Minister is …
The chart below shows that labor’s share and capacity utilization often move in opposite directions because higher utilization today tends to amplify capital’s pricing power rather than labor’s bargaining leverage. In the late 1990s, utilization pushed above 83% while labor’s share drifted down, as globalization and lean supply chains let …
It’s noon on a Thursday, but the day’s lunch break is already over and the cement building in Concord is once again full. Class is in session. A dozen students — most dressed in gray canvas button-downs and baseball caps — sit with rapt attention facing the whiteboard at the …
Home prices are about to turn negative again. I illustrated the last several year of home prices to show what's under way. pic.twitter.com/OZGqCtMypQ — Mike Simonsen 🐉 (@mikesimonsen) August 16, 2025 Transfer of power to the buyers. 🤙🙌 pic.twitter.com/mTIec4zllk — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 17, 2025
UK government wants you to delete old emails and pictures to save water https://www.gov.uk/government/news/national-drought-group-meets-to-address-nationally-significant-water-shortfall Not satire. Not a parody. Real advice from a government facing its worst drought since 1976. They’re calling it a “nationally significant incident.” And their solution? Clear your inbox. Because data centres use water to cool …
California just pulled the rug out from under HOAs. What used to be $500 fines a day for something like the wrong door now tops out at $100. Late fees and interest? Dead. Homeowners got a power shot with new rights to dispute violations and block punishments if they fix …
The restaurant model is in crisis. Dining prices are soaring, yet profit margins stay razor thin roughly 3 to 5% for full-service spots. https://www.upmenu.com/blog/restaurant-profit-margin?srsltid=AfmBOoq5DjWQa_U44hYuAcmjjs8XMijXRPo9iJ3DKWZpcXAB2Zdrrg6h Labor eats up about 20 to 30% of revenue in most restaurants, leaving little room after rent, utilities and food costs. https://www.lightspeedhq.com/blog/complete-guide-to-restaurant-profit-margins Tipping now makes up …
Western Union $WU talked about it on their last earnings call:https://t.co/hUCMS2dajC — Eric Finnigan (@EricFinnigan) August 3, 2025 Immigrants are fleeing the US workforce in historic numbers. The ripple effects are stark. “This year the United States may experience a net outflow of immigrants for the first time in over …
Julian Brown turned grocery bags into diesel. He filmed it. Posted it. Called it Plastoline. Said it could scale with funding. Four working prototypes. He burned himself testing it. Kept going. Then stopped. His last post was July 9. Said he was under attack. Mentioned helicopters. Told followers to record …
A U.S. State Department visa specialist was caught on camera admitting to helping illegals avoid deportation. He also made derogatory remarks about Americans and Israelis. This incident exposes serious problems in immigration enforcement. When those in charge of the gates act like gatecrashers, the system fails from the inside out. …
“Deutsche Bank’s forecast points to a sharp deterioration in S&P 500 earnings growth, with Q2 expected to turn negative and a deeper contraction anticipated later in 2025 if tariffs persist, marking a stark divergence from the more optimistic bottom-up consensus.” – @SoberLook pic.twitter.com/zRShvKWuSp — Kalani o Māui (@MauiBoyMacro) May 8, …
Cybersecurity researchers uncovered dangerous iPhone flaws that let hackers infiltrate any device linked to the same Wi-Fi network. The team at Oligo Security discovered 23 vulnerabilities in AirPlay, which allows users to stream audio, video and photos from Apple devices to other smart devices. The company found that two of …
Trump to sign sweeping ‘law and order’ EO to shield cops and turn up heat on deportations https://t.co/qR0eDKcdFg pic.twitter.com/HZm3BabJNx — New York Post (@nypost) April 28, 2025 WASHINGTON — President Trump will sign a sweeping “law and order” executive order Monday to overhaul policies that he says hamstring police and …
by Michael President Trump says that we have “a problem with Iran”, and he insists that he is going to be the one to solve that problem. If the Iranians are willing to compromise, there is a chance that we could see a negotiated deal. If the Iranians are not willing …
BITCOIN – It may turn out differently this time, but I don't want to ignore this entirely… pic.twitter.com/lgAEHRA2kz — Northstar (@NorthstarCharts) April 15, 2025
IT’S COME TO THIS: As Concert Ticket Prices Soar, More Than Half of Coachella GA Attendees Are Buying Tickets Through Payment Plans. Tens of thousands of music fans will descend on the California desert this weekend for the first of two iterations of the Coachella Music and Arts festival outside of …
Copper is hitting record levels again, just like gold. While some investors argue these metals behave differently, the reality is they are strongly interconnected in the long term. In my view, we are likely in a profoundly constructive macro environment for metals. Silver,… pic.twitter.com/lwD0j1rBFQ — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) March 26, 2025 It …
