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Consumer sentiment among young people (18–34) is near an all-time low—worse than during the pandemic, the Great Recession, and even stagflation. This morning's US retail sales data — an overall growth of 0.2% (below the 0.4% consensus forecast) and a "control group" contraction of 0.1% — are consistent with two actionable hypotheses:Greater consumer stress is …
Tucker Carlson believes the US gov is working with demons. I'm not kidding. pic.twitter.com/7vHRZ98ue3 — Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV) (@TheMilkBarTV) November 10, 2025 Political commentator Tucker Carlson has prompted renewed scorn after providing more details about a supernatural attack he alleges happened to him in his bed in February 2023, months before Fox News fired him. …
Bernie Sanders says Democrats are working to run more far-left candidates like Zohran Mamdani SANDERS: “We are doing it with the 3 candidates for the Senate…with many candidates in the House…We’re going to build that movement…to do what Mamdani did…all over this country” Bernie Sanders says Democrats are working to run more far-left candidates like …
#US flights may face delays/cancellations amid shutdown-driven #ATC shortages — reports pic.twitter.com/qkV53YBZJ6#FAA says nearly 50% of major facilities are understaffed; controllers working without pay, ABC News reported. Transportation Secretary #Sean_Duffy: “We will… — ⚡️🌎 World News 🌐⚡️ (@ferozwala) November 4, 2025 🚨⚡️BREAKING AND UNUSUAL U.S. Secretary of Transportation: We may completely shut down the airspace …
President Donald Trump has suggested his administration may find a way to fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits during the ongoing government shutdown. Speaking on board Air Force One during his trip to Asia, Trump told reporters “we’re going to get it done,” but offered no details on how it might happen. Why It Matters Around …
Bombshell evidence now suggests the breach inside Turning Point USA — the one that exposed Charlie Kirk’s private communications, finances, and internal audits — didn’t come from hackers overseas. It came from inside. The data wasn’t stolen… it was extracted — siphoned directly into a foreign tech firm with ties to Israeli intelligence. And here’s …
TIMECODES 00:00 The Coming Sovereign Debt Crisis 00:06 How Governments Inflate Debt Away 00:15 Why It Won’t Work This Time 00:33 America’s 120% Debt Problem 00:59 The Real Definition of a Debt Crisis 01:22 Why We’re Closer Than You Think 02:07 What Worked After World War II 02:59 The Spending Problem Nobody Fixed 04:12 The …
The administration is not just changing shutdown rules. It is redefining what counts as work and what counts as loyalty. By suggesting furloughed federal workers might not get back pay, the White House is sending a clear signal: your service matters only if you show up on their terms. Essential workers who are still on …
FOX News reported that Gen Z borrowers’ credit scores have fallen to an average of 676. That number doesn’t just measure financial responsibility. It measures exhaustion. It shows a generation pushed to the edge and forced to make impossible choices. People are not living carelessly. They are paying rent, buying food, filling gas tanks, covering …
Germany isn’t reforming its pension system. It’s tearing it down. The plan to raise the retirement age to seventy-three isn’t a small policy tweak. It’s a public admission that the deal between the people and the state is over. Chancellor Friedrich Merz isn’t offering a future where people age with dignity. He’s offering a future …
Trump supporter: "Trump is a Godly man. He’s working for God. He really cares about us. He cares about what happens to us. He didn’t come in there because he wanted money. He is actually working for God & wants to help us, and God is on his side."pic.twitter.com/hhtTmR0JW6 — The Intellectualist (@highbrow_nobrow) September 26, …
America’s housing crisis doesn’t hide. It sits in grocery store lots, behind gas stations, along the edges of school zones. More than 500,000 Americans now live full-time in RVs. That number doubled since 2021. These aren’t retirees chasing sunsets. These are working families, single parents, seniors who couldn’t keep up with rent, couldn’t qualify for …
"I can affirm that's not true" — Leavitt confirms that Trump was not an FBI informant to bring down Epstein pic.twitter.com/kCwlFUqqTK — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 9, 2025 View post on imgur.com AC
CoreWeave’s strategy is a ticking time bomb for the AI market. It relies entirely on debt to fund operations while inflating valuations through compute-for-equity deals. The illusion of growth props up investor confidence, but when borrowing stalls, collapse will be sudden and brutal. Nvidia-backed CoreWeave $CRWV loses 24 cents on every dollar in sales. The …
“A study by ANZ has valued Australia’s farm dog workforce at a staggering $3 billion as farmers struggle to hire and retain good staff. The study estimated the nation’s 270,000 working livestock dogs contributed to the economy at an amount similar to Australia’s beef exports to the US in 2023-24. ANZ executive director for food, …
This is exactly how enforcement should work—crush the incentives for hiring illegals. Employers who cut corners by exploiting cheap, undocumented labor are complicit in the chaos. The Florida crash proves why Trump’s Self Deportation app and ICE partnerships are critical: they… — Watch DOGE (@dogeai_gov) August 21, 2025
My rights are NOT SUBECT to the availability of a government agent. — Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@Tablesalt13) August 11, 2025
Pump this straight into my veins 🔥🔥🔥 EVERY. SINGLE. WORD. pic.twitter.com/4oLZIcE84Q — Mel (@Villgecrazylady) July 12, 2025
API's Been down for 3-4 hours now for only 50%% of users? #ChatGPT https://t.co/MQqIqfHZ99 pic.twitter.com/XwEol6oHiy — Nick Halve (@SynthRealAI) June 10, 2025 OpenAI’s popular AI chatbot ChatGPT was facing significant disruptions as of Tuesday morning — leaving hundreds of millions of users in limbo. The tech unicorn said on its web site that it was …
They never meant for you to understand the tax code. That’s not a flaw. That’s the feature. It’s a system designed to keep ordinary people tangled in forms, deadlines, and fear, while the powerful move quietly through loopholes, shelters, and carveouts you’ll never see. The Internal Revenue Service stands like a monument to this engineered …
American taxpayers spend $2 billion dollars per year on Congress – Salary $174k – $7.6 million per year for meal reimbursements – Their MRA, the Members’ Representational Allowance is $810 million – Majority and Minority leadership, Hakeem Jeffries and Mike Johnson, get $37 million just for them – MRA broken down is $1.5 million …
Donald Trump’s worldwide tariff initiative has sparked more controversy than perhaps any other program from the administration’s first 100 days. Critics claim the tariffs are already collapsing the U.S. economy while supporters believe the tariffs will lead to a dramatic resurgence of American manufacturing and the middle class. One Trump supporter, Silicon Valley investor David …
Musk was appointed as an unpaid special government employee under DOGE and is still working with the agency remotely Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is starting to transition from his role with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and is no longer working regularly from the White House, according to a report from the …
by confoundedinterest17 DOGE is working: in Q1, US debt funding needs were $2BN less than the Treasury forecast in February, and in Q2 the Treasury is expected to need $53 billion less than it forecast 3 months ago. The result?
OPEN THE BOOKS — Federal agencies have spent $4.6 Billion on furniture since 2021, despite most employees working from home.pic.twitter.com/54Kla1cD97 — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) April 9, 2025
JUST IN: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says "spiritual warfare" is real and has seen "evil forces" at work against President Trump. My full story on @PressSec is here. https://t.co/e3y5LSGKNT @realDonaldTrump @RapidResponse47 @CBNNews @700club pic.twitter.com/SS8d562pJE — David Brody (@DBrodyReports) March 31, 2025 Article quote here: “My faith is incredibly important to me, I would …
I caught a @jacksonhewitt employee coaching illegals on how they could get up to $14,000 in tax refunds whether they’re “working or not” Perhaps figuring out who is receiving tax refunds is the next thing @elonmusk should look into 👀 pic.twitter.com/1SMhP0DKZE — Savanah Hernandez (@Savsays) March 29, 2025 Then why did this paper specially say …
They're working overtime, exploiting Community Notes to target conservatives through their large Discord groups. pic.twitter.com/FIxkVb7DHx — Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) March 24, 2025 How much more do we have to see from this loudmouth lowlife before Pam Bondi arrests her? https://t.co/OTklyWWKuW — Catturd ™ (@catturd2) March 24, 2025
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😆 what's this message I found some more pic.twitter.com/b1n4F7ggeA — 🔨Robert The Builder 🇺🇸 (@NobodymrRobert) March 7, 2025