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🚨BREAKING: Trump’s ballroom will now cost $1 billion dollars and be fully taxpayer funded. pic.twitter.com/vgql9fiqMu — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) May 5, 2026 Republicans in the Senate just slipped $1 billion in taxpayer funding into a big reconciliation package for “security adjustments and upgrades” tied to Trump’s new White House ballroom (the East Wing modernization project). …
MURRAY: Is it true that people making under $184k pay a 12.4% Social Security tax rate? DAHL: Yes. MURRAY: And the rate for someone making $1 million? DAHL: 2.2%. MURRAY: So, a 12.4% tax for people making less than $184k, but 2.2% for a millionaire or .0002% for billionaires. pic.twitter.com/vgQWi886Ut — Senate Budget Democrats (@SenateBudget) …
BREAKING : Trump admitted on camera for the first time that 🇮🇷 Iran is literally making him sweat “Iran is tough & they want to fight” 🔥 pic.twitter.com/N9fzZwNn5E — Ankit Mayank (@mr_mayank) March 5, 2026 Asked whether Americans should be worried about retaliatory attacks at home, Trump told TIME: “I guess…We plan for it. But …
Fox News @FoxNews MAYOR MAMDANI: “So I’ve seen videos of kids throwing snowballs at members of the NYPD in Washington Square Park.” “And first, I want to say that officers have been on the front line of helping our city respond to this blizzard.” “The only person in our city’s workforce who deserves to be …
EVs Become New Affordability Play: Buy Used, Three Years Old, Save 50% https://t.co/4EbHqPdtYc — zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 16, 2026 Electric car affordability remains out of reach for many consumers because these vehicles still cost more than petrol-powered cars, with average transaction prices for a new EV in August 2025 at about $57,000. Still, some buyers …
by Michael If we wanted to make Russian President Vladimir Putin and his minions extremely angry, we have certainly accomplished that task. When I learned that the U.S. had seized an oil tanker that was displaying a Russian flag and that was being protected by Russian warships, I was absolutely stunned. I have been relentlessly warning that …
Yeah, it's not some kind of trick. It's reality. pic.twitter.com/s8bfSgnWhf — John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) October 27, 2025
Behind the headlines about GDP growth and “resilient consumers” is a generation that cannot afford rent, cannot buy homes, and cannot build independent lives. Wages are stuck while housing costs have exploded, so millions are forced back into childhood bedrooms even as politicians brag about the economy. President Trump is delivering a Golden Age economy. …
Las Vegas tourism needs to be boycotted American is at an MGM property and shows the prices on the menu – The cheapest steak is $87 – Ribeye is $138 – His glass of Cabernet wine was $37 Every price on this menu is outrageous. “The price gouging of MGM is just insane. Insane. Like, …
VICTORIA TAFT: Reality Check for Politico, and Media ‘Scandalized’ by Possible Trump Recess Appointments. “The Wall Street Journal called Trump’s request a ‘scheme’ and ‘anti-constitutional.’ That’s an odd turn of phrase for actions that are explicitly in the constitution under the—wait for it—’The Recess Appointment Clause’ and ‘The Appointments Clause.’” h/t Stephen Green
Never waste good chance to have fun. h/t Harmful bug
Finland launched a campaign to stop migrants from violating women. How well do you think it worked? Finland launched a campaign to stop migrants from violating women. How well do you think it worked? pic.twitter.com/rUQHFgw231 — Ian Miles Cheong (@ianmiles) March 31, 2024
So, yeah, the legacy media is super racist https://t.co/4qDZG0965s — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 12, 2024 The legacy media is racist against Asians and Whites https://t.co/HdGpnmE34k — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 12, 2024 h/t dr0id
ABC: "You believe [Trump] is ineligible to be president?" NANCY PELOSI: "They have different laws from state-to-state." ABC: "It's the Constitution…" NANCY PELOSI: "That's not the point." pic.twitter.com/2lPZc1q6A0 — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 7, 2024 ABC: “You believe [Trump] is ineligible to be president?” NANCY PELOSI: “They have different laws from state-to-state.” ABC: “It’s the …
via pjmedia: The bad news is we’re probably going to lose World War III — the Taiwan War, the Pacific War, whatevs — to China. The good news, if you want to see it that way, is that China might drive us all the way back to Hawaii without having to fire a shot. Let …
“The United States Secretary of Transportation has a clearly preferred mode of transportation. “Planes are always the most magical, ever since I was a little kid,” says Pete Buttigieg, who has worked on infrastructure legislation and a climate action plan since assuming office in early 2021. “There’s nothing more remarkable than human beings being able …
via hotair: America is under attack from within. It threatens to destroy our civilization. It is easy to place the blame for the decline of America on the Democrats. Or the academics. Or the raving lunatics who call themselves activists. Or…<insert countless other groups here.> And all of them deserve their share of the blame for the rampant …