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IRS whistleblowers tell ‘Pod Force One’ of ‘unprecedented’ corruption swept ‘under rug’ by Hunter Biden pardon https://t.co/3V1fpC8Z78 pic.twitter.com/idKzPCPcqP — New York Post (@nypost) December 17, 2025 Ziegler and Shapley went on to lay out the entirety of their case — involving some uncharged accusations of failing to register as a foreign agent while landing lucrative …
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday repeated his claim that people on the political “left” are to blame for assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah last week. “When you look at the agitators, you look at the scum that speaks so badly of our country, the American flag burnings all over the place, …
June inflation came in hot. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.3% month over month, matching forecasts but doubling May’s 0.1% print. Year over year, CPI hit 2.7%, the highest since January. Core CPI, which strips out food and energy, climbed 0.2% on the month and 2.9% on the year. That’s sticky. That’s not cooling. That’s …
CBC just reported Carney won’t meet his cabinet about Trump’s 35% tariffs until next Tuesday… meaning he’s staying on vacation. This is, by his own words, “the biggest crisis in Canadian history.” PM vacations through a trade war? CBC just reported Carney won’t meet his cabinet about Trump’s 35% tariffs until next Tuesday… meaning he’s …
Despite the worst start ever to a fiscal year, several key metrics have really turned around w/ Jun tax receipts up 12.9% and outlays down 7.0%, resulting in a surplus; last month was the first time this fiscal year that federal gov’t spending was below $500B: N.B.: Those are year-over-year increases — E.J. Antoni, Ph.D. …
BREAKING: Stephen Miller says, “there are likely hundreds of THOUSANDS of children in California who are being exploited for their labor or s*xually exploited as part of s*x trafficking.” “This administration is liberating these children and helping reunify them with their parents back in their home country. ” “I don’t know of anybody except the …
Gold just got promoted. As of July 1, 2025, physical gold is now officially classified as a Tier 1 asset under U.S. Basel III banking regulations. That means banks can count gold at 100% of its market value toward their core capital reserves. No haircut. No markdown. Same treatment as cash or Treasuries. This is …
CNN ran a segment on an app called ICEBlock. It lets users mark the location of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on a live map. No logins. No tracking. Just anonymous pins. The developer calls it a digital alert system. Homeland Security calls it obstruction. Kristi Noem, the current Secretary of Homeland Security, posted the …
A man walked into a workplace in Mellrichstadt, Germany, on Tuesday morning and turned it into a crime scene. The location was a regional grid operator called Überlandwerk Rhön. The attacker used a sharp object. One person is dead. Two others are in critical condition. The suspect is a 21-year-old German male. He was arrested …
The Trump-Bessent Treasury is not calling it yield curve control, but the structure is already in motion. No formal announcement. No coordination with the Fed. Just a sequence of moves that point in one direction. The long end of the curve is being starved. The short end is being flooded with T-bills. The Fed is …
Tech layoffs explode but H-1B demand surges As tech layoffs surge, H-1B demand hasn’t slowed down. Microsoft just cut thousands of American workers…yet they’ve already requested 14,181 more H-1B workers this year, and it’s only Q2. If AI is the reason Americans are being let go, why are companies still asking for… pic.twitter.com/pK44zRVJsj — Alb …
Rogan exposes flaws in wealth redistribution pitch… The conversation started off strong for Bernie, as he returned to his 2015–2016 form. Sanders shined a light on three mega-powerful investment firms with a massive grip on American politics: BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard. “The three of them combined are the major… pic.twitter.com/z9ew51zG62 — The Vigilant Fox …
Fox News' Jennifer Griffin: “18 years since I've been at the Pentagon, I've never seen such operational security. There was nobody speaking about this….There was a complete lockdown, almost a blackout of information…There were no leaks.” pic.twitter.com/sAqE7wWGKb — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 22, 2025
BANNON: People under 35 have zero support for this war. Who supports this? Boomers. pic.twitter.com/4wwoePvmPd — Grace Chong, MBI (@gc22gc) June 21, 2025
by Martin Armstrong US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) proudly announced that illegal crossings have reached a record low of zero. Not a single alien was permitted to enter the US illegally under the Trump administration. This stands as a stark contrast to the 62,000 people who were permitted to invade the nation under Biden-Harris-Auto …
#Citi bank is expecting #GOLD to go under $3000 / oz later this year. Is this an indirect signal that pricing of a recession is imminent? Why tell us now? Or, is a #Ratecut coming soon? SEE PIC. $GLD $BTC $SPY pic.twitter.com/S7FUX42IMb — Astro Zan (@alshfaw) June 18, 2025 Also one month earlier, Citigroup said …
The White House is no longer watching from the fence. President Donald Trump is now actively considering a direct U.S. military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. The decision window is narrowing. Israeli officials say the United States could enter the war within hours. The Fordo uranium enrichment site is at the top of the target …
The U.S. housing market is shifting, and investors are pulling out fast. A new report reveals that real estate investor purchases have plummeted 50% from their pandemic peak, with some metro areas seeing even sharper declines. In Atlanta, investor buying has dropped 65%, signaling a major retreat from the market. The numbers paint a clear …
🇺🇸Happy US Jobs Report Day! Here's What to Know: • May Nonfarm Payrolls Est.: 126,000• April Payrolls: 177,000 • May Unemployment Rate Est.: 4.2%• April Unemployment Rate: 4.2% •Time: 8:30AM ET *Source: @Investingcom pic.twitter.com/aSnU89KkYm — Jesse Cohen (@JesseCohenInv) June 6, 2025 Ahead of NFP, the expectation is a print of 125K. ADP implies just 47K …
WOW 🚨 The Pacific Palisades fire cleanup contractor is not actually cleaning up and removing the debris, they’re just burying the debris on Los Angeles fire victims properties Huge slabs of concrete and more are being buried on people’s properties, which will cost them a… pic.twitter.com/RrqFS3fLli — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) June 3, 2025 Experts …
Dollars under the mattress: In Argentina, keeping savings outside the national banking system − whether hidden at home, in private vault companies, or abroad − and in US dollars is a deeply rooted habit. It stems from a long-standing mistrust of the peso’s value and from trauma that dates to the 2001 financial crisis, when …
BREAKING: Keir Starmer announces that he is moving the British military into "war fighting readiness" and says that it is directly under threat by hostile forces and strengthen NATO. pic.twitter.com/n6ZhypaGDm — Ian Miles Cheong (@ianmiles) June 2, 2025
Stanley Zhong had a 4.42 GPA, a 1590 SAT, and ranked in the top 1% of the USA Computing Olympiad (Platinum). He built a free e-signing platform, reached the semifinals of Google Code Jam, and placed 2nd in MIT’s Battlecode. Still, 15 of 18 colleges rejected him — including… pic.twitter.com/dXu2Rgl7ME — Alumni Free Speech Alliance …
🚨 JUST IN: Dan Bongino says they’ve discovered an entire ROOM full of intentionally mishandled and hidden evidence from Comey’s FBI “We found it in bags, hiding under Jim Comey's FBI, you're going to be stunned.” Comey’s days as a free man are numbered pic.twitter.com/jfSDCpD5HB — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 29, 2025 FBI Deputy Director …
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 …
France and Japan are unraveling before the world’s eyes. The fiscal picture in both nations is not simply poor. It is catastrophic. Deep structural imbalances, ballooning debt, and no clear way out. Both are cautionary tales masquerading as advanced economies. Start with France. The national debt is now over 110 percent of GDP and climbing. …
*FED STAFF SAW RECESSION “ALMOST AS LIKELY’ AS MAIN FORECAST *FED MINUTES: TARIFFS MUCH LARGER, BROADER THAN EXPECTED pic.twitter.com/GoXICkMydr — Investing.com (@Investingcom) May 28, 2025 Federal Reserve officials are raising concerns over inflation, tariffs, and the weakening labor market. The latest FOMC minutes reveal growing worries that inflation could remain persistent, forcing difficult tradeoffs between …
$TEM DOWN OVER 16% AFTER SPRUCE POINT SHORT REPORT Spruce alleges AI drives just 2% of revenue, cites questionable leadership and aggressive accounting — sees 50–60% downside 👀 pic.twitter.com/ONPxUYyYQM — Shay Boloor (@StockSavvyShay) May 28, 2025 Tempus AI is facing a sharp selloff after Spruce Point Capital released a scathing short report questioning the company’s …
RECORD swarm of 296 drones hits Russia. Skies over Moscow shut down.https://t.co/0ptStvqxzn — KyivPost (@KyivPost) May 28, 2025 Good morning sunshines 🌞 Enjoy your ☕ and let's Go 🤩🤙 Moscow region, Russia ❗ 🛸🧚♂️💥 The electronics manufacturing plant ELMA was attacked by drones this morning in Zelenograd. The moment of the attack was captured on …
The U.S. Treasury is set to auction 2-year, 5-year, and 7-year notes this week, drawing close attention from investors. Recent auctions have produced mixed results, with some maturities struggling to attract strong demand. This round of debt sales will signal whether investor confidence is holding steady or showing signs of strain. The previous 7-year auction …