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Aussies are being urged to support cash use by withdrawing money from their nearest ATM next Tuesday, as data shows cash use is rising across Australia. Recent data released by the Reserve Bank of Australia showed that after years of decline, the rate of cash use had stabilised across the country in 2025, with around …
Hormuz is blocked And Europe’s answer? “The cheapest energy is the one you don’t use.” Ursula von der Leyen Australia said it first. Now Brussels is saying it. Translation: we have no plan. While the world scrambles for supply: 🇺🇸 US: record crude exports, 121 tankers inbound 🇦🇷 Argentina: Vaca Muerta pumping 847K bpd 🇷🇺 …
The Supreme Court ruled Trump cannot use the 1977 emergency law (IEEPA) to impose broad tariffs, saying he exceeded his authority. However, he still has five alternative statutory tools including Sections 232, 201, 301, 122, and 338 to impose tariffs through different legal… pic.twitter.com/mrAUpLmks7 — The Market Stats (@TheMarketStats) February 20, 2026 Ok… so I …
Trump allegedly stashing federal funds in a bank in Qatar to spend without congressional approval byu/No-Contribution1070 inWallStreetbetsELITE Multiple fact‑checking outlets reviewed the claim and found: The money is not Trump’s The money is not in a private Trump-controlled account The funds are held under U.S. government oversight The purpose is to manage Venezuelan oil revenue …
HOLY CRAP! President Trump reveals Jerome Powell’s reappointment to the Federal Reserve might be NULLIFIED because it was instituted by the Biden autopen – along with the other Democrat appointees SCOTT BESSENT is now investigating. This would be HUGE! “All 4 [Democrat] commissioners…I hear the autopen may have signed those commissions. Maybe I’m wrong. But …
President Trump has invoked Title 10, officially deploying National Guard members to Portland#MacroEdge — MacroEdge (@MacroEdgeRes) September 28, 2025 The president just sent troops into an American city. Portland, Oregon, a city known for protest, is now a testing ground for domestic military force. Trump announced it on Truth Social. “At the request of Secretary …
Japan Government has paid out for as many as 8432 injuries including 903 deaths after COVID-19 vaccination as of November 18, 2024 Indeed, under its relief system for injury to health with vaccination, the government has provided payouts for as many as 8432 injuries including 903 deaths after COVID-19 vaccination as of November 18, 2024 …
Data centers in the U.S. are using a lot more electricity, and that number is going up fast. Right now, they use about 5% of all the power in the country. By 2030, that could grow to more than 10%. “Forecasts show that data center energy demand will grow from 5% of total US power …
Trump signs an executive order banning “woke AI” in the federal government. Sounds bold on paper. Dig into the language and it’s a mixture of political theater, selective enforcement, and an open door for regulatory arbitrage. The order claims government AI must follow “truth-seeking,” “ideologically neutral” standards and be free from “diversity-driven distortions.” The White …
It Has Begun : Migrant Fears of ICE Shuts Down Peak of CA Citrus Harvest The impact of President-elect Donald Trump’s promise of mass deportation is already starting to show. The California Farm Bureau says fears in the Central Valley have led to migrant farmworkers not showing up for work, which has virtually halted the …
Early screen use is messing with kids’ minds in ways no one saw coming. Smartphones are making teenagers more aggressive, detached from reality and causing them to hallucinate, according to new research. Scientists concluded the younger a person starts using a phone, the more likely they would be crippled by a whole host of psychological …
by Michael Right now, a tremendous awakening is happening as people all over the world become educated about the tools that the elite use to enslave us to their system. The number one tool that they use to enslave us is debt. The financial powers of the world use it to enslave individuals, corporations and …
Quantum stocks are tanking in after-hours trading 👀 • $QUBT: -15%• $IONQ: -17%• $RGTI: -18%• $QBTS: -18% pic.twitter.com/yJO8oOp8OX — Shay Boloor (@StockSavvyShay) January 7, 2025 (Bloomberg) — The shares of IonQ Inc. and other companies linked to quantum computing tumbled in extended trading on Tuesday after Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said “very …
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-donald-j-trump-position-visas View post on imgur.com Statement by Donald J. Trump on Position on Visas “Megyn Kelly asked about highly-skilled immigration. The H-1B program is neither high-skilled nor immigration: these are temporary foreign workers, imported from abroad, for the explicit purpose of substituting for American workers at lower pay. I remain totally committed to eliminating rampant, …
A Florida company is giving new meaning to the popular “reduce, reuse, and recycle.” Specifically, it wants to reuse the byproduct produced during phosphate mining to build roads. There’s only one problem: It’s radioactive. Using radioactive material to build roads in Florida . Earlier this week, the Environmental Protection Agency approved the request of Mosaic, …
🇬🇧🎄London’s Christmas market shop vendors told not to use the word ‘Christmas’ to be more inclusive and instead use the words ‘Winter Market.’ “Something to do with religion. They cannot say Christmas.” 🎥 @benleo444 @GBNEWS pic.twitter.com/I7z9Wk8Mvk — Oli London (@OliLondonTV) December 23, 2024
Recently, the Department of Defense (DoD) reissued Directive 5240.01, which expands the circumstances under which the military can assist law enforcement, including the use of lethal force. This directive allows military action, including deadly force, in situations deemed as imminent threats to national security or public safety. However, it’s important to note that such actions …
Wow! El Salvador is securing a $1.3 billion loan deal with the IMF—but it comes with a condition: scaling back #Bitcoin as legal tender. And just like that, they succumbed to the globalist elites, as we predicted! — Jacob King (@JacobKinge) December 9, 2024 EL SALVADOR TO SCALE BACK #BITCOIN DREAMS TO SEAL $1.3BN IMF …
Senators exited the first meeting of the newly formed DOGE Caucus on Thursday morning, attended by both Vivek Ramaswamy and multiple appropriators, with few details on what the so-called Department of Government Efficiency planned to do. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said it was “way too early” to identify key priorities of the caucus and emphasized …
Bank robbers always use a car, so our risk models take that as a negative sign even if you’re legitimately driving to the bank. Risk modeling like that is why I left infosec. h/t staymadphobes
The Department of Homeland Security allocated $5 million in its 2025 budget to open an AI Office, and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has called AI a “transformative technology.” AI-aided surveillance towers, “Robodogs”, and facial recognition tools are all currently being used in homeland security in some capacity, and could be ramped up even further in …
An npc just used this on me yesterday as “proof” of Trump not supporting civil liberties 👀 They believe it so hard. Even after I showed them this which they ignored…https://t.co/hsm4Nix9Wx — CitizenPsyche (@citizen_ee96) October 18, 2024 They always saying DJT and his supporters are the ones with the hating, but check out how they …
The Sarco suicide pod has been used for the first time, its creators have confirmed, with an American woman aged 64 believed to be the first person to have died in the device ‘under a canopy of trees’ in Switzerland. Police in northern Switzerland said that several people were detained on Monday, and that prosecutors …
