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Kind of crazy here in the U.Sā€¦. Hopefully it all calms down!! www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/p...

Hereā€™s how the U.S. government would work if Canada and Greenland become the 51st and 52nd states, itā€™s actually good news for Dems: www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

Conservative justice warns about Trump ignoring the law in Washington! www.cnn.com/2024/12/31/p...

Seriously, itā€™s about time! www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Apparently, China is hacking our mobile phones: www.politico.com/news/2024/12...

Turns out Santa was actually born in Turkey and had darker skinā€¦ amp.theguardian.com/education/20...

Banks are pissed! They canā€™t crash the marketā€¦ so theyā€™re suing!! IMO Biggest banks sue the Federal Reserve over annual stress tests www.cnbc.com/2024/12/24/b...

Interesting! So, Trump wants the Panama Canal??? Another case of vengeance, or good statesmanship??? www.yahoo.com/news/quick-r...

www.cnn.com/2024/12/19/p...

www.politico.com/live-updates...

Wait, arenā€™t we supposed to be eliminating the debt?? I donā€™t get itā€¦ but who am Iā€¦ I know nothingā€¦ Trump calls for abolishing the debt ceiling www.cnbc.com/2024/12/19/t...

A very interesting article for anyone who likes to learn about the next big industryā€¦ mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...

Not sure if this is a good idea, or not! It insures depositors. www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/b...

www.bellesandgals.com/google-hits-...

Another drone recovered!!

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Greece's ghost towns show a country at risk of 'existential' population collapse www.cnbc.com/2024/12/11/g...

ā€œGoogle wrote in a blog post, adding that the experiment is evidence that suggests that reality is comprised of parallel universes.ā€ Alphabet shares jump 6% after Google touts 'breakthrough' quantum chip www.cnbc.com/2024/12/10/a...

šŸ¤”šŸ˜µā€šŸ’« www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/de...

Why thermal batteries could replace lithium-ion batteries for energy storage www.cnbc.com/2024/12/06/w...

Bye bye Social Security!!! The GOP has been trying to get rid of it since FDR signed it into law in 1935!!! Now they can start chipping away at it! DOGE's Musk, Ramaswamy try to sell Congress on huge spending cuts www.cnbc.com/2024/12/06/d...

Keep track of this number! This is the economy Trump is inheriting from Biden! The GOP now has control, so, no excuses if the economy topples under tariffs and deregulation. Payrolls increased 227,000 in November, more than expected; unemployment rate at 4.2% www.cnbc.com/2024/12/06/j...

www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Jeff Bezos says he's optimistic about Trump, will help with reducing regulation www.cnbc.com/2024/12/04/j...

This.

Believe it or not, lead poison is still haunting half of the U.S. Even your new house may be sitting on top of contaminated soil!!! www.cnn.com/2024/12/04/h...

Totally agreeā€¦ Biden should neutralize the revenge element of Trumpā€™s campaign and calm everything down, by pardoning him! Heyā€¦ money mongersā€¦ the markets do much better when the world is at peaceā€¦ donā€™t take my word for itā€¦ look it up! www.cnn.com/2024/12/03/p...

DOGE is really not a bad ideaā€¦ grantedā€¦ maybe Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffet would be a better pair to head it up!!! www.cnn.com/2024/12/04/p...

The fact that Trumpā€™s team had no idea about any of this should deeply concern us allā€¦. But roughly 53% of us donā€™t careā€¦ and they will follow him blindly into the dark place heā€™s leading them!!

What he saidā€¦

This is getting a lot of reads. Amazing story. www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...

Heā€™s really too old to be Presidentā€¦ šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£

Dear Magaā€¦ youtu.be/2R8QxCD6ir8?...

Here we go, rememberā€¦ Banks have historically crashed the markets! They profit from itā€¦ who gets to foreclose on unpaid mortgages and repo cars?? Banks!! They also finance military resourcesā€¦ Banks raise credit card costs in response to regulation that may never arrive www.cnbc.com/2024/12/03/b...

This kind of thing is the reason Trump resonatedā€¦ Yes, it's scaryā€¦ but it's also beatable!!! www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/p...

Meanwhileā€¦ the legal system is alive and wellā€¦ Tesla CEO Elon Musk loses bid to get $56 billion pay package reinstated www.cnbc.com/2024/12/02/t...

Yoā€¦ Dems and Independentsā€¦ watch thisā€¦ and TAKE NOTESā€¦ youtu.be/HNcmo-K5Xsg?...

I saw this coming and I changed my party affiliation to Independentā€¦ not saying who I voted for, but it wasn't Trump. Honestly, Washington sort of needs this chaos to happen, in my opinion. It needs a reality check, but convicted criminals should not be doing it! www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Demsā€¦ see below!!!

More family affiliation appointmentsā€¦ Trump names Massad Boulos, campaign liaison and family relative, as a senior adviser on Middle East www.cnbc.com/2024/12/01/t...

I'm not sure punishing people for taking out student loans is an appropriate way to motivate our kids to obtain a higher education!! Hey, the rich don't take out student loansā€¦ they pay cashā€¦ it's the poor and middle class students that end up in crushing debt!! www.cnbc.com/2024/12/01/f...

Elonā€¦ Really??? Come on man!! What gives?? Just a few months ago you hated hydrogen fuel cell carsā€¦ now Telsa is building one??? Doh!!! mitechnews.com/auto-tech/el...