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Greg Bovino is Locked Out of Gov Social Media Accounts
(José Niño, Headline USA) The Trump administration terminated three social media accounts that recently retired Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino had converted to his personal brand and declined to relinquish despite them being government property, the Washington Examiner reported. Facebook, Instagram, and X accounts tied to the Border Patrol’s El Centro, California sector with a…
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Trump Pardons Corrupt Nursing Home Owner
(José Niño, Headline USA) President Donald Trump granted a full pardon to nursing home owner Joseph Schwartz in November, erasing his federal prison sentence just three months into a three year term for orchestrating a $39 million payroll tax scheme. The pardon left grieving families unable to collect multimillion dollar judgments awarded after their loved…
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Sheriff Who Jailed Alleged Charlie Kirk Assassin Abruptly Resigns
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The sheriff who initially jailed alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson has abruptly resigned, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. Washington County Sheriff Nate Brooksby, a 30-year law enforcement veteran, resigned Friday after the county reportedly received complaints “from individuals who were concerned with operations at the sheriff’s office.” “The commissioners…
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Just How Much Gold Is There?
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) One of the things that makes gold valuable is its scarcity. But just how rare is gold? Based on best estimates, geologists at Metals Focus estimate that there are 219,890 tonnes of gold currently above ground. That sounds like a lot, but if you melted all that gold into…
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HSBC: Gold Is Behaving Like a Risk Asset But Bullish Case Remains
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) After an initial safe-haven boost at the onset of the Iran war, gold corrected and has behaved more like a risk asset. However, HSBC analysts say the de-dollarization trend still makes the yellow metal a good long-term investment. As I have noted, wars in the modern era haven’t had a major impact…
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Trump Tells Other Countries Reliant on the Strait of Hormuz To Go and ‘Take It’
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday that other countries that are reliant on energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz should get involved militarily and “take it” from Iran, as the Iranian military continues to control the strategic waterway. “All of those countries that can’t get…
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4 Charged in Corruption Investigation Linked to NYC Homeless Shelter Operator
(Headline USA) Federal prosecutors probing public corruption in New York have charged the leaders of a homeless shelter nonprofit with stealing $1.3 million from the taxpayer-backed organization and steering contracts worth millions more to favored vendors in exchange for bribes and kickbacks, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday. The charges come as investigators also probe…
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Joe Kent Urges Americans To Call White House and Congress To Object To Sending Troops Into Iran
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Joe Kent, the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center who resigned over his opposition to the US-Israeli war against Iran, is urging Americans to contact the White House and Congress to express opposition to the US sending ground troops into Iran. In a post on X, Kent shared the phone numbers…
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Gas Prices Eclipse $4 a Gallon in the US, the Highest Since 2022
/tag/Tax(Headline USA) U.S. gas prices jumped past an average of $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 on Tuesday, as the Iran war continues to push fuel prices higher worldwide. According to AAA, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is now $4.02 — over a dollar more expensive than it…
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Reality TV Star Joseph Duggar Held on $600,000 Bond in Child Molestation Case
(Headline USA) A Florida judge on Tuesday ordered reality TV star Joseph Duggar held on a $600,000 bond following his arrest earlier this month on child molestation charges involving a child under the age of 12. Judge Brantley Clark also barred Duggar, 31, from having unsupervised contact with any minor under 18. Duggar, who starred…
