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TRUTH SOCIAL sale of fast access to Trump posts draws legal concerns… PAPER: The ‘most openly corrupt’ presidency
A lawsuit filed this week alleges that the product is unconstitutional, and other experts warn it could violate securities laws. President Donald Trump’s media company has forged ahead with selling investors advance access to top Truth Social posts despite legal and ethical questions as it faces renewed scrutiny over its financial stability and relevance. President … Read more
Open AI loses second top executive this week.
OpenAI has replaced chief revenue officer Denise Dresser after just nine months on the job, tapping Wiz president and chief operating officer Dali Rajic to take on frontier lab’s top sales job. The move comes as part of a broader shake-up in the organization in the last month, which has seen the departures of COO … Read more
USS Abraham Lincoln to be replaced in Middle East.
WASHINGTON — The Pacific-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington has begun heading toward the Middle East as reports have emerged of mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln. The Lincoln has been supporting the U.S. war against Iran, and its deployment has included a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea of more … Read more
Scott Bessent to use ‘economic tactics never seen before’ against Iran.
The U.S. will be applying economic measures “that have never been seen on Iran,” according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. “It will be a combination of economic isolation like the world has never seen before, and the continued blockade in the Strait of Hormuz that will keep anything from going in or out of the … Read more
Fitch issues new statement and outlook on U.S. credit rating — Debt warning in first paragraph.
Fitch Ratings – New York – 13 Aug 2026: Fitch Ratings has affirmed the United States of America’s Long-Term Foreign- and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at ‘AA+’ with a Stable Outlook. A full list of rating actions is at the end of this rating action commentary. The United States’ ‘AA+’ rating is supported … Read more
Life-threatening flooding: Hurricane forecasters warn of up to 20 inches of rain in Hawaii!
Lala could bring high winds, heavy rain and big waves across the main islands over the weekend, starting the night of Aug. 14. Tropical Storm Lala is forecast to become a hurricane as it approaches the Big Island of Hawaii on Saturday, August 15, bringing with it as much as two feet of rain, according … Read more
New Documents Point to Election Integrity Cover-Up!
READ: https://www.judicialwatch.org/election-system-vulnerabilities/ Judicial Watch announced it forced the release of 8 pages of documents from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit that show that an ODNI task force stated that the Intelligence Community identified election-system vulnerabilities that could be exploited by U.S. adversaries and … Read more
White House drops the new “friendly neighborhood fraud tracker” map
The White House just launched an interactive fraud map at whitehouse.gov/fraud/map that currently centers on DC agencies, while the broader Fraud Ledger tracks nearly $230 billion in suspected fraud uncovered since January 2025. https://www.whitehouse.gov/fraud/map/ JUST DROPPED: A new friendly neighborhood fraud tracker, tracking all the fraud we've webbed up. 🕷️ ➡️ https://t.co/iBwRv9bucp 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/ULy5qdHiH6 — … Read more
Bezos is right that the income tax load sits almost entirely on the top while spending keeps exploding
Jeff Bezos: "We don't have a revenue problem in this country. We already have the most progressive tax system in the world.” “The Top 1% of taxpayers pay 40% of all taxes.” “The bottom 50% pay just 3%. We have a spending problem."pic.twitter.com/J9064Myhmi — Hedgeye (@Hedgeye) August 12, 2026
And the 33rd only kinda sorta muses about it on occasion, when prompted by a pollster.
And the 33rd only kinda sorta muses about it on occasion, when prompted by a pollster. 🙂 — Tom Luongo (@TFL1728) August 13, 2026
Reddit to join S&P 500 index on Aug. 18, shares soar
Reddit shares rose 11% in extended trading on Thursday on the social media company’s inclusion in the S&P 500. The company will join the index on Aug 18, replacing AvalonBay Communities, according to a release from S&P Dow Jones Indices. Companies often see their stocks climb when they’re added to major indexes because fund managers who trace the benchmarks have to … Read more
Man tried to tow a 45,000 pound mobile home with his Ford Expedition. He only had to go 4 miles, but it broke down after 2.
Modern problems require modern solutions, like when you're on house arrest but running low on supplies. 🧻 👀 🤦🏻♂️ 🤣 😆 pic.twitter.com/vYm3YcaAUU — DK🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸 (@1Nicdar) August 13, 2026 Entire story White Ford Expedition towing a full length mobile home through Joplin Missouri streets in May 2025. Load was way over the SUV’s tow rating and … Read more
Congress is quietly handing its daily work to machines it refuses to police
Chatbots are doing the work of Congress with little oversight From writing speeches to sorting constituent mail, AI is spreading through Congress faster than the rules governing its use. The amendment was one of hundreds filed this summer to an annual defense bill making its way through Congress. Along with her proposed change, Rep. Anna … Read more
McDonald’s puts shrimpburger on pause.
McDonald’s Taiwan today said it has halted sales of its limited edition Sea Flavor Fried Shrimp Burger and its double-patty version, after the importer notified the company last night that the shrimp patties contained nitrofurans — a group of synthetic antibiotics — and their metabolites. Sales of the shrimp burgers were suspended nationwide at 10:30am … Read more
Largest Foreign Holders of U.S. Treasuries Japan sitting there at #1 with roughly $1.2 Trillion worth
Largest Foreign Holders of U.S. Treasuries 🚨 Japan sitting there at #1 with roughly $1.2 Trillion worth 👀 pic.twitter.com/lAw7XK4Yga — Barchart (@Barchart) August 12, 2026 BREAKING 🚨: Japan Japan's 2-Year Yield hits 1.64% for the first time since 1995 🤯 👀 pic.twitter.com/zrGGriyVNw — Barchart (@Barchart) August 12, 2026
Ukraine hits Novorossiysk naval base and port in biggest Black Sea strike yet
https://t.co/7VimyxPmUO Bykov also damaged. pic.twitter.com/gidejGp9Bi — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) August 12, 2026 Ukraine's General Staff says that the overnight drone and missile attack on the Russian naval base at Novorossiysk damaged four Russian warships: the Admiral Grigorovich-class frigates Admiral Makarov and Admiral Essen, a Buyan-M-class corvette, and the Vasily Bykov. pic.twitter.com/3Vz5JaJH0D — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) August 12, … Read more
South Korean retail traders down bad
South Korean retail traders down bad byu/CMTTrader inwallstreetbets
H-1B visas should be SHUT down until the FRAUD is eradicated. We have a DOMESTIC workforce in need of JOBS.
H-1B visas should be SHUT down until the FRAUD is eradicated. We have a DOMESTIC workforce in need of JOBS. — Tom Massé™ (@essammot) August 11, 2026
Animals don’t allow weaker ones to lead while humans put least qualified in charge and call it democracy
meanwhile humans will put the least qualified person in charge and call it democracy — cici. (@strawmalibu) August 12, 2026