Politics
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Authorities Arrest over 100 People on Tennessee Roads in Support of Trump’s Deportations
(Headline USA) More than 100 people have been taken into custody by federal immigration officials in a joint operation with the Tennessee Highway Patrol. The operation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a reminder of how local and state law enforcement jurisdictions are critical to President Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations. Last week, Florida…
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Google to Pay Texas $1.4B to Settle Claims of Collecting Users’ Data w/o Permission
(Headline USA) Google will pay $1.4 billion to Texas to settle claims the company collected users’ data without permission, the state’s attorney general announced Friday. Attorney General Ken Paxton described the settlement as sending a message to tech companies that he will not allow them to make money off of “selling away our rights and freedoms.”…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Makes Big Decision in Georgia Senate Race
(Headline USA) U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Friday she won’t challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia in next year’s midterms, delivering relief for some Republicans who worry she’s too divisive to win. In a lengthy post on the social media platform X, Greene disputed GOP donors and consultants who fear she would turn off the moderate Republicans…
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CA’s $10B Deficit ‘Precisely’ Matches Illegal Immigrant Health Care Cost
(The Center Square) California legislators have been told to expect a deficit of $10 billion or more even if revenues do not fall due to higher than anticipated spending, reports Politico. Critics note that the $10 billion figure matches estimated costs of the state’s expansion of eligibility for Medi-Cal, the state’s taxpayer-financed health care system,…
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Senators Cotton and Graham Work To Sabotage Chances of Iran Deal
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), two of the most hawkish members of Congress, are working together to sabotage the Trump administration’s chances of reaching a deal with Iran. On Thursday, the senators held a press conference outlining a resolution they’re introducing that demands that any deal with Iran must include…
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‘Hawk Tuah’ 2.0: DOJ Issues Warrant for Woman Who Spat on Ed Martin
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Justice Department has issued an arrest warrant for the woman caught on video appearing to spit on former U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin. The woman, who has not yet been publicly identified by law enforcement, was seen launching into a verbal tirade against Martin during his live…
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Central Banks, De-Dollarization, and the Bull Market in Gold
(Money Metals News Service) In this episode of the Money Metals podcast, host Mike Maharrey chats with Dr. Nomi Prins in an engaging interview. Dr. Nomi Prins kicked off the discussion by framing today’s gold rally as just the beginning of a much larger trend. She forecasted gold reaching $3,000 by the end of 2024,…
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Scientists Turn Lead into Gold
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) This is the stuff of dreams. Scientists have turned lead into gold! Since ancient times, people have been trying to figure out how to transform common metals such as lead or iron into gold. Alchemy originated in Egypt in the first century. It became a popular endeavor in the…
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Students Are Only Being Taught Half the Inflation Story
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) It’s no wonder people don’t understand inflation. High school students are only being taught half the story. A friend ran across this lesson for International Baccalaureate (IB) high school students. The IB program is “a rigorous, two-year high school curriculum (Grades 11 and 12) that emphasizes intercultural understanding and…
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Saudi Migrant Said She Threatened DOJ b/c ‘They Tried to Set Her Up to Take Blame for the New Orleans Attack’
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) An illegal immigrant born in Saudi Arabia was arrested last month for sending threats to the Justice Department. According to court records, the migrant told agents she sent the threats “because they tried to set her up to take blame for the New Orleans attack.” The April 18 criminal complaint against…
