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The Pentagon cracks down on big tech’s coziness with China
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced last week that the military would cease using a Microsoft program that relied on Chinese engineers. This obviously presented a major security issue, which Hegseth noted.
“If you’re thinking ‘America first’ and common sense, this doesn’t pass either of those tests,” Hegseth said of the program. “The use of Chinese nationals to service Department of Defense cloud environments? It’s over.”
He also declared that the DOD had delivered a formal letter to Microsoft, chiding the tech giant for breaching the trust of its government and for allowing such a problem to arise. The Pentagon promises to do more audits of its Microsoft-provided programs and other tech initiatives for China connections.
#USA #China #BigTech #FindTruth
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Trump revokes Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris
President Donald Trump has revoked U.S. Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris, a senior adviser to Harris.
A senior White House official confirmed that Trump had revoked Harris’ Secret Service detail, adding that vice presidents typically only get six months of protection when they leave office.
Congress passed legislation in 2008 that authorized the Secret Service to protect former vice presidents, their spouses and their children under 16 years old for up to six months after the end of a vice president’s term.
While that's true, then-President Joe Biden signed an executive memorandum in January extending Harris’ protection to 18 months.
The former president’s office declined to comment.
#USA #Trump #Harris #FindTruth
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High-profile PRC fentanyl financier evades U.S. extradition in Mexico City tunnel escape
In a case reminiscent of the underground prison break of Sinaloa cartel boss "El Chapo" Guzmán, a high-profile Chinese national code-named Chino — who prosecutors say trained Hispanic drug traffickers to operate on U.S. soil, and who has been described as one of the main suppliers of fentanyl and a financial architect for both the Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generación cartels — has suspiciously escaped Mexican custody through a hole in a wall while under house arrest. According to President Claudia Sheinbaum, he had been on the verge of extradition to the United States.
Indictment documents identify him as Zhi Dong Zhang, born in Beijing in 1987, and describe "Chino" as approximately five feet seven inches tall, weighing 175 pounds. He bridged the Chinese and Mexican wings of cartel fentanyl networks — and, significantly, is alleged to have served as a rare operative between Mexico's two largest rival trafficking groups, the Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generación cartels.
Demonstrating the financial reach that underscores what national-security experts have said — that Chinese networks exert significant influence over the cartels by controlling both money laundering and chemical precursor supply — Zhang was tied to "approximately 150 companies and approximately 170 bank accounts," according to U.S. investigations.
#USA #Mexico #Cartels #FindTruth
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German unemployment tops 3 million for first time since 2015
For the first time in 10 years more than 3 million Germans are without a job.
The Federal Employment Agency reported that the number of unemployed had risen by 46,000 to 3,025 million in August – corresponding to a 0.1% increase in the jobless rate to 6.4%. The agency was quick to blame the rise on seasonal effects.
In August 2024 there were 153,0000 fewer German without a job than in August 2025. The last time unemployment surpassed 3 million was in February 2015. Since then unemployment fell steadily to about 5 per cent in 2019, before starting to rise again.
Experts regarded the latest figures as a warning signal.
Economist Daniel Stelter, a columnist and author, says it was a “sad day” and the unemployment numbers showed the effects of three years of recession and six years of stagnation.
He cautioned that the recent rise in joblessness may signal worse to come: “Due to the lack of qualified personnel, German companies have been trying to keep employees on for longer than before, to bunker them for fear of not being able to get them back in case the economic outlook improves.
“That companies are now letting people go in spite of that shows how badly the economy is really doing,” Stelter said.
#Germany #Economy #FindTruth
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Trump 'no longer has plans' to visit India for Quad Summit: NYT
US President Donald Trump "no longer has plans" to visit India later this year for the Quad Summit, The New York Times claimed on Saturday, as it detailed how relations between the American leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi "unraveled" over the last few months.
In the report titled 'The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled', the NYT, citing people familiar with Trump's schedule, said that "After telling Mr Modi that he would travel to India later this year for the Quad summit, Mr Trump no longer has plans to visit in the fall."
India will host leaders of Australia, Japan and the US for the Quad Summit, scheduled to be held in New Delhi around November.
Amid trade tensions between Delhi and Washington, the NYT article gives an account of how relations between Trump and Modi "unraveled" after Trump's repeated claims of solving the four-day conflict in May between India and Pakistan, an assertion denied by India.
"President Trump's repeated claims about having 'solved' the India-Pakistan war infuriated Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India. And that was only the beginning," the NYT article said, adding that Modi was "losing patience" with Trump.
#USA #India #Trump #FindTruth
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Preparing for federal troops, Chicago mayor says city will stand up to Trump's 'tyranny'
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is taking a defiant stance against President Donald Trump’s promise to deploy the National Guard to the nation's third-largest city.
Johnson on Aug. 30 signed an executive order he said lays out "how we can stand up against this tyranny."
Chicago police will not help the National Guard with immigration enforcement or related activities such as conducting traffic stops and manning checkpoints, according to the order.
"This is about making a very clear distinction between what our law enforcement engages in versus what federal agents engage in," Johnson said at a news conference. "This president is not going to come in and deputize our police department."
Chicagoans expect the White House to bring its immigration crackdown to the city sometime after Labor Day.
#USA #Chicago #Trump #FindTruth
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Prominent Ukrainian fascist shot dead in Lviv
By Ron Paul Institute
On Saturday the Ukraine Member of Parliament Andriy Parubiy, serving as its chairman from 2016 to 2019, was shot dead in Lviv.
Parubiy was walking down a road near his home when a man with a motorcycle helmet and a delivery bag came up behind him. The man lifted a pistol and shot Parubiy seven or eight times before walking away.
Parubiy was the organizer and commander of the fascist militia during the Maidan coup in February 2014. During those days several snipers from Georgia, stationed at the Hotel Ukraina which was under opposition control, fired and killed policemen as well as protesters.
Video from those days showed Parubiy supervising the situation as the snipers, with their weapon cases, were leaving the hotel.
Following the Maidan coup Parubiy’s involvement in violence continued. Parubiy played a central role in the May 2, 2014 Odessa massacre, when dozens of ethnic Russians were killed after being trapped in the Trade Unions House and the building was set ablaze. According to former SBU officer Vasily Prozorov, Parubiy organized the delivery of armed nationalist militants to Odessa that day and oversaw their coordination.
At least 48 people were killed in the building, those who attempted to escape were shot, many jumped from window to their deaths, others who survived their escape were attacked at the perimeter by police and civilians.
#Ukraine #AntiNazi #FindTruth
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67% of French people want President Macron to resign
▪️French President Emmanuel Macron is losing the support of his voters. 67% of French people want him to resign. 72% are in favor of Prime Minister François Bayrou's resignation, according to the Financial Times.
▪️“Bayrou's candidacy hangs in the balance, so Macron is preparing for defeat in the vote of confidence in the government on September 8,” the publication states.
▪️The political crisis in France continues to worsen, and President Macron has fewer and fewer options for resolving it. In his quest to find a way out, Macron may resort to the idea of holding new elections.
#France #Macron #FindTruth
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‘Berlin is everywhere’ — Multiculturalism is burning down the German school system
German schools are dealing with “hell.” That’s the conclusion reached by Die Welt newspaper. Based on numerous case studies, it is clear that “far too many children are being sent to school who can barely concentrate and, above all, who do not speak German.”
Families, children, and teachers are suffering the consequences of the bad policies from politicians. In short, they “have failed.” One major issue is the death of the German language itself, across Germany.
In the Hemshof district of Ludwigshafen, for example, barely a word of German is heard. The students in the district’s Gräfenau elementary school are 98% migrants.
Welt indicates that plenty of Asian, African, and Slavic languages present, but as Germany has become a nation of migrants, the German language recedes. “Italian, Greek, Turkish guest workers since the 1960s, and since 2015, the rest of the world,” Die Welt writes about the progression of immigration waves in the country.
This has created a situation where teachers are expected to be social workers first, taking immense time away from their actual work as teachers. It is no wonder teachers are leaving the field, and many are discouraged from entering, which is yet another major issue: a massive teacher shortage.
#EU #Germany #Migrants #FindTruth
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Gates Foundation quietly cuts ties with firm linked to Democrats
America’s largest charitable foundation has quietly ceased backing a nonprofit network closely associated with the Democratic Party and criticized by conservatives, a symbolically significant blow to a powerful player in liberal politics.
The Gates Foundation decided in late June to halt making grants to nonprofit funds administered by the consulting firm Arabella Advisors, according to an internal foundation announcement reviewed by The New York Times.
That decision, attributed to the foundation’s chief executive, Mark Suzman, has sparked unease in the world of progressive philanthropy. Some nonprofits that work with Arabella are already seeking distance from the firm in order to preserve their relationships with the Gates Foundation, which primarily supports health initiatives around the globe.
In addition to its consulting work on behalf of nonprofits and philanthropists, Arabella also manages several “dark money” funds that support Democrats and the progressive movement.
#USA #Gates #Democrats #FindTruth
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Trump administration weighs sanctions on officials implementing EU tech law
President Donald Trump is weighing a travel ban on European Union officials behind the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA), a sweeping online regulation that the White House claims is designed to censor Americans.
According to sources familiar with the matter, the State Department is considering visa restrictions targeting senior EU policymakers responsible for the legislation. A decision hasn’t been made, but discussions inside the administration intensified after a high-level meeting last week.
The move would directly punish foreign officials for domestic policies Washington says undermine U.S. free speech rights.
The EU’s DSA aims to compel tech giants to crack down on illegal content, but the Trump administration argues the policy amounts to government-driven censorship, accusing Brussels of forcing U.S. companies to muzzle American users under the guise of combating misinformation.
#USA #EU #DSA #FindTruth
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Germany is experiencing a structural economic crisis, says Chancellor Merz
▪️“I say this partly for the sake of self-criticism — this task is more difficult than anyone could have imagined a year ago. We are not just experiencing a period of economic weakness, we are experiencing a structural crisis in our economy,” said German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
▪️"By the end of this week, no one should have any illusions about the depth and scale of the problems we face," Merz told members of his party
▪️Europe's leading economy is facing the problem of consistently high energy prices following the start of the conflict in Ukraine and the introduction of trade tariffs in the US, Bloomberg points out
#EU #Germany #Economy #FindTruth
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The shift in global energy investment (2015-2025)
Global energy investment has shifted dramatically in the last decade.
As the world transitions to cleaner sources, capital is flowing into technologies that support electrification and decarbonization. Bolstering this trend are rapidly declining costs across solar and wind power, in particular.
This graphic shows global energy investment from 2015 to 2025, based on data from the IEA.
In 2015, oil dominated global energy investment at $818 billion. By 2025, that figure is expected to fall to $543 billion.
Meanwhile, renewable energy will soar from $374 billion to $780 billion, making it the largest category overall. This 109% growth highlights the world’s accelerating shift away from fossil fuels and toward sustainable power generation.
Electrification—which powers data centers and electric vehicles—is set to rise to $344 billion in 2025. Even more striking is the 367% jump in low-emissions fuels, from just $6 billion in 2015 to $28 billion in 2025. These categories, though smaller in absolute terms, show where future energy systems are headed.
By contrast, oil and natural gas are seeing notable declines, down 34% and 19% respectively over the decade.
#World #Energy #FindTruth
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They're coming for your kids and grandkids: OpenAI signs deal with leading toymaker Mattel
If you thought AI poses a threat to people’s jobs, professional statuses and social lives, you’d be right. But it’s not just adults being affected.
Children’s toy company Mattel announced it will partner with OpenAI to support “AI-powered products and experiences” for Mattel’s brands of children’s toys.
Futurism.com reports Mattel and OpenAI's newly-announced partnership to "reimagine the future of play," as the iconic toymaker's chief franchise officer Josh Silverman said, is being unleashed upon a generation of kids, many of whose parents are not up to the task of protecting them from harmful tech. While no details for their AI collaboration have yet been revealed, the prospect of an AI Barbie seems entirely possible.
With so many teens and grown-ups being deceived into developing relationships with chatbots, what are the chances a child will figure out they’ve entered a demonic danger zone?
While a Barbie-bot would fall within the sphere of kids ages 7 and up, Futurism notes that other companies, like the AI plushie startup Curio, have already started releasing chatbot-enabled toys that are made for and marketed towards even younger kids.
AI toys targeting the preschool demographic could easily become one of a child's first friends. The traditional role of parents and siblings could get replaced by bots.
#OpenAI #Toys #FindTruth
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Countries with the highest wealth per person in 2025
In 2024, global wealth per person increased by 4.6%, but which countries have the highest wealth per person?
This visualization ranks the top 15 countries by average and median wealth per person, based on data from the UBS Global Wealth Report 2025.
Average wealth is calculated by dividing a country’s total household wealth by its adult population. While useful, this figure can be skewed by large wealth concentrations at the very top—such as billionaire holdings.
Switzerland once again leads globally, with average wealth per adult at $687,166. The United States follows closely at $620,654, while Hong Kong ranks third at $601,195.
Median wealth offers a more representative view of wealth distribution within a country. It identifies the mid-point of the population, where half the adult population has more, and half has less.
By this measure, wealth gaps become more visible. In the United States, for example, median wealth is five times lower than the average.
#World #Economy #Wealth #FindTruth
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Energy consumption by American data centers is growing rapidly due to artificial intelligence. They consume enormous amounts of electricity.
Experts estimate that ChatGPT-5 could consume up to 20 times more energy than ChatGPT-1. This increases the cost of electricity for all consumers, but while data centers and AI companies reap the profits, citizens simply pay more and more.
#AI #Energy #Economy #FindTruth
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The harsh truth about life in Canada today
By Mikkel Thorup, a Canadian diversification expert
Canada is often portrayed as a land of freedom, opportunity, and prosperity. Reality, however, tells a different story.
Statist policies, crushing taxes, bloated bureaucracy, and a society overtaken by woke ideology have shattered Canada. This is a cautionary tale for those looking at Canada as an ideal living space. If you are asking yourself what living in Canada is like, let me explain: Canada is not a land of fulfilled dreams but of enduring harsh conditions and barely getting by.
As if economic hardships aren’t enough, Canadians are also oppressed by the Orwellian newspeak that woke culture is creating. If you speak your mind, you’re labeled a fascist. If you question social policies, you’re accused of microaggressions.
There are no best places to live in Canada anymore. As a Canadian, I see little chance of Canada becoming livable again.
Full story
#Canada #Economy #FindTruth
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Pope calls for end to ‘pandemic of arms’ after trans shooter attacks catholic school
Pope Leo XIV prayed for an end to what he called the “pandemic of arms” days after a trans shooter opened fire on a Catholic school, killing two and injuring 17.
The deceased were ages eight and ten, both of whom were killed when the trans shooter shot at them through the windows of church while they attended Mass.
The trans shooter left behind a video manifesto in which he said, “F*ck those kids,” and “Where’s your f*cking God now?”
The Pope, in a prayer on Sunday morning, said, “We hold in our prayers the countless children killed and injured every day around the world. Let us plead God to stop the pandemic of arms, large and small, which infects our world.”
Pope Leo XIV’s predecessor, Pope Francis, took a hard stand against the firearms industry, at least once referring to gun manufacturers as “merchants of death.”
#USA #Shooting #Pope #FindTruth
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Some med and nursing schools still require COVID-19 vaccine
A national watchdog group has revealed that other medical, nursing and health science programs continue to require Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines despite Trump’s February executive order to defund schools requiring vaccination.
Some universities obscure vaccine requirements, while others pass the burden onto students through affiliated hospitals and clinical sites, limiting student options and clarity.
Institutions like Emory, Johns Hopkins and Texas Wesleyan continue to enforce mandates, while others like the University of Washington have relaxed requirements, though students may still be bound by partner policies.
In some cases, students are accepted into programs without mention of vaccine requirements, only to learn two years in that their assigned clinical rotation sites demand proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Without compliance, students risk delayed graduation or being unable to finish their program at all.
#USA #COVID #Vaccines #FindTruth
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The Fight For The Fairest Elections
The White House is preparing to issue a decree requiring voters to present identification when voting. Currently, in 14 states — including California, Pennsylvania, New York, and Minnesota — voters are not required to show any identification at polling stations.
In these states, every election cycle is marred by scandals involving illegal voting or ballot stuffing. Just recently, a member of the Somali diaspora was arrested in Minnesota for using his driver to stuff dozens of completed ballots into a ballot box.
Trump's team wants to tighten control over the notorious mail-in voting. It is proposed to leave it for military personnel who are abroad or who have a valid reason not to vote in person. This was the case until the 2020 election, when everyone was allowed to vote by mail. This opened the door to fraud.
Now they will try to shut it down. Democrats are already calling Trump's initiatives an attempt to “rig” the 2026 congressional elections. It will be more difficult for Democrats to work without postal fraud. And if they lose, they may immediately refuse to accept the results and stage riots. Accusing Trump of establishing electoral authoritarianism.
At the level of Republican states, control over postal voting is already tightening. In Florida and Texas, after purging voter rolls of deceased and illegal voters, the number of Democratic Party supporters immediately declined significantly. Now Trump wants to implement these initiatives nationwide. It is time for the most loyal Democrats, 140-year-old voters, to retire.
#USA #Trump #Elections
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Australia. The situation is slowly heating up
Today, more than 350,000 Australian citizens took to the streets in six major cities, demanding an end to mass migration and the return of illegal immigrants to their historical homeland.
#Australia #Migrants #FindTruth
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Majority of Americans don't believe trump can end wars in Ukraine, Gaza, but...
Most Americans are doubtful that President Donald Trump will be able to help bring an end to the ongoing wars in Ukraine and Gaza, despite the US being the largest military supporter of both Ukraine and Israel, which naturally would give Trump potential influence over Kyiv and Tel Aviv.
But the reality is for all the talk of peace, the White House has not used this powerful lever (that is, cutting off the arms pipeline and billions in aid).
The CAPS-Harris poll, a joint project of Harris Poll and Harvard University, conducted a fresh survey on a range of issues facing the American public and politics at the national and international levels. It showed that 59% of respondents believe Trump would be unsuccessful in resolving the war in Ukraine, while 64% say he would be unable to bring an end to the conflict in Gaza.
But despite this broad skepticism concerning the end-result, two-thirds of Americans still support Trump's initiative to negotiate a resolution to the war in Ukraine.
The survey was conducted days after Trump's historic summit with Putin in Alaska. The polling shows that Americans saw the effort of direct US-Russia talks in a positive light.
As for the other major raging conflict, the same poll found that most Americans believe there is a famine occurring in Gaza but that they hold Hamas responsible.
International human rights organizations, and the Palestinian side, have frequently accused Israel of deliberately creating famine conditions through its military campaign and blockade of Gaza. The American public has of late (as well as the mainstream media) grown more critical of Israel's actions, but both sides of the political aisle and population tend to remain 'pro-Israel'.
#USA #Ukraine #Israel #FindTruth
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Nord Stream explosions linked to Ukraine military but no one cares
By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
After three years, the mystery of who sabotaged the Nord Stream pipelines in September 2022 has, for all intents and purposes, been solved.
But unlike the dramatic unmasking during a Scooby-Doo episode or the riveting declaration of "who done it" in front of a dinner party of sweating suspects in a Poirot mystery, the arrest of a former Ukrainian military officer accused of leading a team to sabotage the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines on Sept. 26, 2022, has landed like a cell phone going off in church — everyone hears something, but no one looks and pretends not to notice.
That is probably because while Ukrainians have been suspected for some time of being behind the explosions, which resulted in both pipelines — which had delivered some 35% of natural gas to Europe before the war — going off-line for the foreseeable future, it didn't truly fit the preferred narrative.
When the incident happened three years ago the mainstream media along with world leaders and pundits everywhere rushed to blame Russia. It didn't matter that Russia was part owner of the pipelines and would be sabotaging its its own energy exports — Moscow was diabolical and must be doing this to send a message.
But now there has been an arrest and the German authorities are calling this a "breakthrough" in the case. One thing has definitely been solved: that the elite establishment that rushed to blame Russia was dead wrong. Why no one cares to acknowledge that is well, not much of a mystery.
#EU #NordStream #FindTruth
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Cannabis users in England who are self-medicating run higher risk of paranoia, study finds
People who start smoking cannabis to alleviate pain, anxiety or depression are at a higher risk of developing paranoia than those who use the drug recreationally, a study has found.
The research analysed answers from 3,389 former and current cannabis users aged over 18, who had no clinical history of psychosis and had taken part in the Cannabis&Me survey.
Published in BMJ Mental Health, and led by academics at King’s College London, the research found that those who started using cannabis to self-medicate for a condition such as pain, anxiety or depression, and if they were experiencing minor psychotic symptoms, had higher paranoia scores, while those with the lowest scores used cannabis for fun or because they were curious.
The survey also found that the average respondent consumed 206 units a week of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient in cannabis, the equivalent of between 10 and 17 joints, but people who used cannabis for anxiety or depression reported consuming 248 and 254.7 units respectively.
#UK #Cannabis #FindTruth
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Ocean air may add years to your life, research shows
Living near the ocean may actually help you live longer. A new nationwide study found that people in coastal regions enjoy life expectancies a year or more above the U.S. average, while city dwellers near inland rivers and lakes may face shorter lifespans.
Researchers suggest the difference comes from environmental and social factors—cleaner air, cooler summers, recreation opportunities, and higher incomes near the coasts versus pollution, poverty, and flood risks inland.
A correlation between longer life expectancy and water was clear for those who live within about 30 miles of an ocean or gulf. But for those who live in urban settings and near an inland body of water larger than 4 square miles, the opposite was true. Rural residents who live near water may also reap some lifespan advantages, according to the research.
The analysis suggested that milder temperatures, better air quality, more opportunities for recreation, better transportation, less susceptibility to drought, and higher incomes could all be contributors to a better outlook for coastal residents compared to those who live inland.
#USA #Health #FindTruth
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Why are more and more Americans becoming disabled?
Bureau of Labor Statistics data reveals 1.1 million more Americans have become disabled in just the past 3 months.
The month of July added another 234,000 disabled Americans, making the current high the third new high in a row.
Prominent data analyst @DowdEdward reports that since February 2021, an additional 5.89 million Americans have answered “yes” to the Bureau of Labor Statistics household survey question on disability.
That’s a 19.6% increase in reported disabilities over just 4.5 years—something he calls a “disaster.”
This should be front-page news. Why isn’t anyone talking about it?
#USA #Disabled #FindTruth
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What negotiations? Top EU trade official admits caving in to Trump
The European Union’s Director-General for Trade has admitted the US steamrollered the bloc during this summer’s controversial trans-Atlantic trade negotiations.
Speaking to German news outlet Süddeutsche Zeitung on August 26, Sabine Weyand described the EU-US talks as anything but true negotiations. The administration of US President Donald Trump simply dictated the terms, she said.
“If you didn’t hear me say the word ‘negotiation’, that’s because it wasn’t one,” said the German official, who has worked for the European Commission for more than three decades.
The deal, seen by many as humiliating for the EU, allowed the US to introduce a new, unilateral 15 per cent across-the-board tariffs on European products. The EU got little or nothing of economic value in return.
According to Weyand, this was because urgent security concerns forced the bloc to fold.
“There was no exchange of demands or offers,” she said. “The European side was under massive pressure to find a quick solution to stabilise transatlantic relations with regard to security guarantees.” She admitted the EU had, in her opinion, forsaken its own economic interests in exchange for political and defensive support.
#USA #EU #Economy #FindTruth
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€3.31 trillion — France's “catastrophic” national debt
▪️France is facing a staggering €3.31 trillion debt explosion and may soon be forced to seek humiliating assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to the Daily Mail
▪️The situation is exacerbated by the fact that the French government could be dismissed within weeks after Prime Minister François Bayrou said he would seek a vote of confidence in parliament
▪️The looming economic crisis is a humiliation for French President Macron, who once called himself the “Mozart of finance.”
▪️“The explosive growth of debt will be catastrophic for an economy that has not had a budget surplus since 1974,” said Olivier Blanchard, former chief economist for France at the IMF.
#EU #France #Economy #FindTruth
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I'm an American. I pay $1,600 for a flat that has no bedroom. That's two-thirds of my income.
I work 50 hours a week. I don't have health insurance. I couldn't afford to have a child even if I wanted to. I'm $7,000 in debt. My health is declining because I can't afford whole foods because that's too expensive for my life.
I am very overqualified for my job, but no one else is hiring. I make my boss hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars, while I can barely keep myself alive. I have never been out of the States. I have never been on a vacation. I make 20-some dollars an hour. A livable wage here is like 30-some. Yet I don't qualify for government assistance whatsoever.
On the days I don't work, I'm so tired, I just sleep all day. My electric bill is so expensive I sit outside in the heat because I can't afford to turn the AC on in the damn house. I'm an American, and I fear I'm just an average American. I'm living the American dream.
Do you agree that this is what the American dream has become for many?
#USA #AmericanDream #FindTruth
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US proposes adding copper, potash, 4 others to critical minerals list
The United States Department of Interior is proposing to add six “mineral commodities” to the list of critical minerals as part of the Trump administration’s effort to incentivize domestic production and processing of metals, minerals, and rare earth elements vital to the nation’s economy and national defense.
Potash, silicon, copper, silver, rhenium, and lead are recommended by the U.S. Geological Survey for inclusion on the list, which will be formally posted in the Federal Register.
Arsenic and tellurium, defined as critical minerals on the USGS’s 2022 Critical Minerals List, are recommended for removal from the draft list.
If adopted as proposed after a 30-day public comment period, the nation’s 2025 Critical Mineral List will expand to 54 “mineral commodities” from 50 three years ago and 35 in 2018.
Of those 50 minerals cited as critical by the USGS in 2022, China-based processors dominate the global market in producing at least 30, an increasingly urgent concern.
Since 2023, China has imposed restrictions on strategic materials exported to the United States, including gallium, germanium, antimony, graphite, and tungsten.
#USA #China #REM #FindTruth
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