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US Federal Communications Commission Requests Apple and Google to Ban TikTok App Due to ‘National Security Risk’

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A head of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requested Apple and Google on Tuesday to remove TikTok from their app stores due to ‘serious national security threats’ posed by the said mobile app. In a letter dated June 24, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr told Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores … Read more

Mish Shedlock: Home Prices Have Peaked

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Home Price Disconnect Notes National is the Case-Shiller national home price index. 10-City represents the weighted average of the cities in the first chart. CPI is the Consumer Price Index OER stands for Owner’s Equivalent Rent. It is the single largest component in the CPI with a current weight of 24.151% of the total CPI. Rent of … Read more

Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul receive communion in the Vatican despite her support for abortion

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Pope Francis on Wednesday and received Communion during a papal Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, witnesses said Pelosi attended the morning Mass with her husband Paul – who is awaiting trial for a DUI The mass marked the feasts of St. Peter and St. Paul, during which Francis bestowed … Read more

California DOJ releases 2022 firearms dashboard portal. CCW’s in California being doxed.

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The California DOJ recently released new and updated firearms data, available through the OpenJustice Data Platform. The Firearms Dashboard includes data from the past decade on things like dealer records of sales, gun violence restraining orders, concealed weapons permits, assault weapons ownership, and more. There are also a variety of links to supplemental resources, such as the California Firearms … Read more

Things are going down in the Netherlands.

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by AC Our farmers say our government declared war on them and they are responding as such.. It’s about nitrogen reduction and the removal of a lot of farmers.. They are not happy.. They are blocking highways, go to our politician houses, dumping waste, and starting fires.. They now threaten to block hole netherlands next … Read more

JPMorgan Chase and Citibank Hold 90 Percent of All Gold and Other Precious Metals Derivatives Held by All U.S. Banks

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Last Tuesday, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released its quarterly report on derivatives held at the megabanks on Wall Street. As we browsed through the standard graphs that are included in the quarterly report, one graph jumped out at us. It showed a measured growth in precious metals derivatives at insured … Read more

NATO Formally Invites Finland, Sweden to Join Alliance

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‘Rabat – NATO issued today a formal invitation to Finland and Sweden to join the alliance, with the move coming a day after the two Nordic countries reached an agreement with Turkey, who had initially opposed their bid to join the alliance. Turkey, Finland, and Sweden signed yesterday a trilateral memorandum, paving the way for … Read more

SCOTUS Justice Breyer to retire on Thursday

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Justice Stephen Breyer on Wednesday said that his previously announced retirement from the Supreme Court would take effect at noon the following day, capping off a nearly 28-year career on the bench that concluded with a tumultuous court term dominated by the court’s six-member conservative supermajority. The announcement by Breyer, 83, came in a letter … Read more

EU steps back into coal age

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A number of EU countries have launched emergency plans aimed to lower and ration the use of natural gas and resurrect coal-fired power production, Business Insider reported on Tuesday. This week, Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands announced that coal-generated power could help them cope with an energy crisis in the coming winter. German Vice Chancellor … Read more

Boebert says she is ‘”tired” of the First Amendment and its “separation of church and state junk”

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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) says she is “tired” of the long-standing separation between church and state in the U.S., adding that she believes “the church is supposed to direct the government.” In a Sunday speech at the Cornerstone Christian Center in Basalt, Colo., ahead of her primary election on Tuesday, Boebert argued that “the government … Read more

EU Commission: Text messages between von der Leyen and Pfizer CEO Bourla are GONE

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NEW – EU Commission says it can’t find the text messages sent between von der Leyen and Pfizer CEO Bourla anymore.https://t.co/e4YR1k85UO pic.twitter.com/UerkEocbQZ — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) June 29, 2022 “Instant messages in general do not contain important information.” Unacceptable. The complete lack of transparency benefits the industry, not the European citizens. I fully agree with the … Read more