After the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump last month—in which the bullet missed achieving lethality by less than an inch—Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle was called on the carpet by the House Oversight Committee. On July 22, she took full responsibility for the failure to protect Trump, whose ear was nicked by the bullet. In a spasm of self-contradiction, however, she then declared that she would stay on the job “and be responsible to the agency, to this...

During the 2020 presidential campaign, then–vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, was adored in the media for being the epitome of a supportive husband. Vox deemed Emhoff a “wife guy extraordinaire” and said he “could be a new role model for men.” Marie Claire ran a profile of him headlined “The Good Husband.” The Washington Post, in an adoring piece, called Harris and Emhoff “a match made in Hollywood” and quoted a...

Mortgage rates fell to the lowest level in more than a year, raising hopes for relief in the battered U.S. housing market. The average rate on the standard 30-year fixed mortgage fell around a quarter percentage point to 6.47%, according to a survey of lenders released Thursday by mortgage-finance giant Freddie Mac, a low not seen since May 2023 and the sharpest weekly decline in around nine months. 

The White House says Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks are "close," amid fears of a widening Middle East war following high-profile assassinations of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders. Israel launched a rare airstrike on Lebanon's capital of Beirut on July 30, killing Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr, a close advisor to Hezbollah's secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah. A day later, the longtime chairman of Hamas' political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated at his...

Do you want a lesson in how the Establishment's brainwashing complex works? We have several examples to choose from.  Due to the compressed time frame of the campaign, the Media-Intelligence-Big Tech brainwashing machine is working in overdrive and rushing to produce its bulls**t at such a rapid pace that you can actually see it happen in real time. Stories that would be worked into the information sphere in increments are dumped almost at once, and because of that, you can see how the...

The United States on Thursday banned imports from five more Chinese companies over alleged human rights abuses involving the Uyghurs, according to a government posting, as part of its effort to eliminate goods made with forced labor from the U.S. supply chain. The companies include Hong Kong-based Rare Earth Magnesium Technology Group Holdings (0601.HK), opens new tab and its parent, Century Sunshine Group Holdings (0509.HK), opens new tab, which manufacture magnesium...

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