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In 2032, Washington has to choose who gets hurt

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Social Security is approaching the crisis point for whoever is the next President of the USA. The program collects $1.44 trillion. Social Security spends $1.67 trillion. The deficits are covered by selling treasury bonds that social security built up over decades. In 2032 that fund of treasury bonds will be empty. Then Congress and the … Read more

One $150,000 earner pays what 25 low earners pay

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Everyone says “tax the rich” but look at the actual numbers. Someone earning $150,000 pays around $30,600 in federal tax. Someone earning $25,000 pays about $1,200. It takes 25 people at that lower income to contribute what one high earner pays alone. So why keep pushing high earners to leave when they’re already carrying most … Read more

Not having a record does not mean you are not a criminal.

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So out of 500,000+ immigrants, 300,000+ had a documented criminal history? And this is supposed to make me be *against* deportations? https://t.co/CbE7NgL1Vi — Lee (Greater) (@shortmagsmle) August 29, 2026 Not having a formal criminal record doesn’t mean federal and state crimes haven’t been committed. Illegal aliens – just like everyone else – aren’t getting by … Read more

Stephen A. Smith made $20 million. He says California left him with less than a third

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California wanted Stephen A. Smith’s money. Florida got Stephen A. Smith. Stephen A. Smith says he only took home ONE-THIRD of his annual income living in California. His ESPN salary alone is $20,000,000 a year. That means the government took over $13,300,000 in taxes. He now lives in Florida. SMITH: "I can't stand high taxes. … Read more

Trump orders Americans to stop complaining about data centers disrupting their communities or else be poor.

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The entire stock market bubble depends on the Data Center build-out never stopping. The house of cards collapses once it ends. https://t.co/DC9XrveYdJ — Rick J (@rickjeff78) August 31, 2026 Trump orders Americans to stop complaining about data centers disrupting their communities in new post: “The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want … Read more

Canada Is Hiding A MASSIVE AI Data Center Problem, And No One Is Prepared [VIDEO]

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A strange alliance is forming as conservative media figures in both the U.S. and Canada are now publicly supporting the mass proliferation of data centers, despite their enormous consumption of water, energy, and agricultural land. In Canada, premiers like Alberta’s Danielle Smith are championing these projects, seemingly influenced by their support for Donald Trump, who … Read more

Trump may be losing the voters Republicans can’t afford to lose

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The GOP doesn’t need Democrats to flip Republicans. They just need enough Republicans to stay home. Republicans hit with ominous ‘historic losses’ warning… Republicans are being warned of “historic losses” in the midterms, with a new polling aggregate showing the party trailing in eight major battleground Senate races just two months before voters head to … Read more

The Iran war just restarted and Washington is already warning about a longer fight

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Trump Insists Iran Is Dead — Hours After USA Resumes Strikes… President Donald Trump declared that Iran “IS DEAD” hours after US forces struck the regime for the first time in weeks, adding that any reports to the contrary are a “good line of BULLSH*T.’ The president took to his Truth Social account, hours after U.S. forces struck Iran’s Larak Island … Read more

Saylor sold the dip. Now he’s buying the pump

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Strategy didn’t simply take $370M from its bank account and throw it into Bitcoin. It raised $602.8M by selling MSTR shares, then allocated $369.7M to Bitcoin, $151.8M to STRC buybacks, $50.7M to dividends and $30M to cash. https://www.strategy.com/press/strategy-acquires-4603-btc-increases-usd-cash-to-1-61-billion-and-repurchases-152-million-of-strc_08-31-2026 Strategy resumes Bitcoin purchases after 10 week pause https://www.strategy.com/ledger Strategy bought 4,603 BTC for $369.7 million at … Read more

Goodwill is asked to give a pair of shoes to a homeless woman and they said NO

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This was a really poor decision by Goodwill. It’s all donations – they get everything for free. I will no longer be donating. https://t.co/jSdXEAHqz6 — Lara Logan (@laralogan) August 31, 2026 Google AI- Large Regional Chapters: CEOs of the largest local Goodwill organizations receive total annual compensation ranging from roughly $400,000 to over $900,000, with … Read more

Who really picks America’s CEOs?

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Let me tell you something. I know an Indian dude who runs in VC circles. He said this to me when I was having dinner. Hedge funds control most of the companies. They have a greater say in who the next CEO is. Almost all hedge funds want a CEO who: They can control Aggressively … Read more