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Netanyahu waited 40 years for a US president stupid enough to be dragged in an Israel war pic.twitter.com/huTUNVXY53 — Junaid Khan (@JunaidK90574180) March 16, 2026
VAN DREW: Trump asked Pelosi for the National Guard– RASKIN: Are you saying Nancy Pelosi controls the National Guard? You know she doesn't VAN DREW: Reclaim my time! pic.twitter.com/M9IbrVv1ti — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 22, 2026 Factcheck: The DC National Guard is controlled by the President via the Defense Secretary, not Congress or Pelosi. On …
Five years ago, I was violently attacked and sexually assaulted in broad daylight in Washington, D.C., by a homeless man. He served time in federal prison for what he did to me. But if you look for evidence that the attack happened in the @DCPoliceDept crime statistics, you won’t… — Anna Giaritelli (@Anna_Giaritelli) August 14, …
Charlie Munger – The Architect of Berkshire Hathaway Charlie Munger died on November 28, just 33 days before his 100th birthday. Though born and raised in Omaha, he spent 80% of his life domiciled elsewhere. Consequently, it was not until 1959 when he was 35 that I first met him. In 1962, he decided that …
This article was written by Brandon Smith and originally published at Birch Gold Group In 2022 there was considerable debate among alternative economists what the Federal Reserve was likely to do in the face of rising stagflation. There were people who argued that the Fed would capitulate to stock market demands, stop raising interest rates and …
by BoatSurfer600 WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) – U.S. banks are pushing to soften a major regulatory proposal to hike bank capital requirements, worried it could prove too onerous, especially for lenders still reeling from the March banking crisis, according to six people briefed on the matter. Bank regulators led by the U.S. Federal Reserve are …