Billionaire hedge fund titan Ray Dalio, who famously predicted the 2008 financial crash, has sounded a stark alarm over America’s spiraling debt.
Dalio warned that without swift action to slash the federal deficit, the US could face an ‘economic heart attack’ in the next three years.
‘If the US doesn’t cut the deficit to 3 percent of the GDP, and soon, we risk facing an economic heart attack in the next three years,’ Dalio wrote on X. Continue reading
The newest borrowing data triggered discussions surrounding Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s debt issuance strategy.
The U.S. government will borrow more than $1 trillion over the next three months, the Treasury Department projects.
According to the latest marketable borrowing estimates, released on July 28, the Treasury expects to borrow $1.007 trillion during the July-to-September quarter.
This is nearly double the previous estimate of $554 billion in April, “primarily due to the lower beginning-of-quarter cash balance and projected lower net cash flows,” the Treasury said in a statement announcing the estimates. Continue reading
McGinnis is right… We’re in some really deep Kimchi…
I ran into one yesterday with AI… I can’t find any information on the number of fraudulent SSA numbers DOGE has found. It’s been buried… I’ll keep looking, but then I discovered a line in browser settings, most people have no idea that these exist or where they are… that warns AI is not always right… it may contain errors… No one looks there so they believe this is the gospel according to god…
The worst-case scenario is stark: artificial intelligence systems, more powerful than any human mind, could soon begin making decisions, forming plans, or even deceiving users – all without leaving behind any trace of how they arrived at their conclusions. Continue reading
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Retirees are facing the prospect of substantial Social Security cuts in just seven years, sooner than projected, due to the “big, beautiful bill,” per an analysis out Thursday from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Continue reading
Shares of UnitedHealth Group slipped Thursday after the health care giant said it was under a Department of Justice investigation.
The company said it has started complying with both criminal and civil requests from federal investigators and it was cooperating with them.
“(UnitedHealth) has a long record of responsible conduct and effective compliance,” the company said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Earlier this year, The Wall Street Journal said federal officials had launched a civil fraud investigation into how the company records diagnoses that lead to extra payments for its Medicare Advantage, or MA, plans. Those are privately run versions of the government’s Medicare coverage program mostly for people ages 65 and over. Continue reading
Editor’s NOTE: The following is too important for you NOT to read. I personally believe that I have been “hacked” informing me of “Denial of Payment” as regards to recent Dental work. One of the letters I have received was in regard to a Dental firm that I have worked with – but is NOT connected with my current Health Insurance company. Hence – I have chosen to re-post the article. ~ Jeffrey Bennett, Editor
July 7, 2025 ~ Nearly $15 billion in fraudulent claims have been uncovered in what officials are calling the largest health care fraud case in U.S. history, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino announced Monday.
“Today, in conjunction with the DOJ and our federal partners, we are announcing the results from the largest healthcare fraud investigation, as measured by financial losses, in DOJ history,” Bongino posted on X (formerly Twitter). Continue reading
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) engaged in a bipartisan push to prohibit companies from eliminating cash payments, arguing that a cashless society harms “millions” who do not have bank accounts.
Fetterman joined Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) in introducing the Payment Choice Act, which seeks to require brick-and-mortar businesses to accept cash up to $500 per transaction. The legislation would require in-person companies to take cash payments for bills under $50 and prohibit businesses from surcharging those payments. Continue reading
CASH – Johnny Cash…
Cash used to be king. Now, in many U.S. cities, it’s almost an afterthought. If you’re planning a trip or thinking about moving, you might be surprised at how little you’ll need paper money. Digital payments, cards, and mobile wallets have taken over.
Some places have even started refusing cash altogether. This shift matters for anyone who wants to avoid awkward moments at the register or just keep up with how people pay for things in 2025. Here’s what you need to know about the cities where cash is practically useless. Continue reading
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy delivered a clear message in his recent conversation with CNBC’s Jim Cramer: Artificial intelligence will fundamentally reshape Amazon’s workforce, automating routine jobs while creating new opportunities in advanced technology fields.
Jassy’s remarks, which echo a memo he sent to Amazon’s 1.5 million employees last month, underscore both the disruptive and transformative potential of generative AI across the company’s operations. Continue reading
Everybody agrees that the rich have been getting even richer in recent years. But what about all the rest of us? Unfortunately, it turns out that flooding the system with money was really good for the wealthy, but it has made things much worse for almost everyone else.
Poverty is rapidly growing all around us and the middle class is being systematically eviscerated. If you doubt this, can you explain why the number of Americans dealing with food insecurity has almost doubled over the past four years? And can you explain why store closings in the U.S. are on pace to set a new all-time record?
The middle class simply does not have the same level of discretionary income that it once did. Today, we live in a country where 70 percent of the population feels very financially stressed. If you are in the segment of the population that is doing really well right now, good for you. But you need to understand that most of the country is really hurting. Continue reading
Robots that have been taught through AI could perform surgery on humans in the next decade after successfully operating on pigs.
A robot arm has been able to remove the gall bladder from a swine with tools that can cut, clip and grab soft tissue.
The machine which was powered by AI – and has similar technology to ChatGPT – had been shown videos of humans performing similar operations. It then did the same procedure eight more times on dead boars at John Hopkins University, with a 100 per cent success rate that took just over five minutes.
Experts believe that this could mean robots could replicate the skills of humanity’s best surgeons, helping to pave the way for a revolution in health care. Continue reading
Much attention has been given to the “TACO” phenomenon, in which President Trump threatens wildly high tariffs on certain countries, then routinely backs off. However, as the New York Times notes today, many new tariffs actually have gone into effect at Trump’s direction. Over the past six months, the president “has steadily and dramatically raised U.S. tariffs, transforming global trade” in the process. Continue reading
City of Ink Tattoos has been an Atlanta staple for nearly two decades. Its owner, Miya Bailey, set up shop in 2007 and has since created an iconic small business that has become a popular spot in the city’s Castleberry Hill neighborhood.
Located in Southwest Atlanta, Castleberry Hill hasn’t always had the best reputation. Before the Civil War, it was something of a red-light district filled with prostitutes and cockfighting. Continue reading
The president announced the tariff threat against Russia as he hosted NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House on July 14.
President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 100 percent secondary tariff on Russian goods, if Moscow doesn’t agree to a deal to resolve the Ukraine conflict within the next 50 days.
“I’m disappointed in [Russian President Vladimir Putin], because I thought we would have had a deal two months ago, but it doesn’t seem to get there,” Trump said as he hosted NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte to the White House on July 14. Continue reading
Former Military Officials Launch ‘Cowardice‘ Award
A network of former intelligence, military, and national security officials on Tuesday launched the Profiles in Cowardice Award and urged the public to vote for nominees who are “silent in the face of the country’s descent into fascism,” a march led by U.S. President Donald Trump.
“We are in a constitutional crisis,” says the Eisenhower Media Network’s (EMN) website for the award. “Trump is amassing power in the executive branch, ignoring Congress and the courts. Meanwhile, leaders who have sworn an oath to support and defend the Constitution are sitting on their hands.”
“The Joint Chiefs of Staff are tasked with defending the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic,” the site notes. “But as reckless U.S. military actions push the world closer to nuclear catastrophe, they’ve chosen silence over service. No resignations. No public warnings.” “.. (Continue to full article)
‘Absolute bloodbath for Trump‘: Experts Flag ‘Stunning Numbers‘ in New Poll
President Donald Trump has repeatedly declared that he has a mandate from the American people to stem immigration, but a new Gallup Poll reveals attitudes have shifted since he took office.
When asked if immigration is generally a good thing or bad thing for the country, a record-high 79% of U.S. adults call it a good thing; a record-low 17% see it as a bad thing.
Other highlights of the poll showed “30% of Americans want immigration decreased, down from 55% a year ago.” It also showed waning support for Trump’s border wall and mass deportation policy… (Continue to full article)
FBI’s Dan Bongino Thinking of Resigning After Clash With AG Pam Bondi Over Epstein Files Fallout
FBI deputy director Dan Bongino is considering resigning over the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, a source told Fox News Digital, noting that Bongino took a day off from work on Friday due to his frustrations.
The latest revelation comes on the heels of a heated argument between Bongino and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi that occurred on Wednesday at the White House, two sources confirmed
The latest revelation comes on the heels of a heated argument between Bongino and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi that occurred on Wednesday at the White House, two sources confirmed… (Continue to full article)
“It Didn’t End on Friendly Terms“: FBI Leader ‘Seriously Thinking About Resigning‘ After White House Spat
MAGA influencer Laura Loomer says FBI deputy director Dan Bongino is now considering leaving the Trump administration after the administration’s mishandling of the controversial Epstein files.
“[Bongino] is now seriously thinking about resigning from the FBI as Deputy Director over Pam Blondi’s mishandling of the Jeffrey Epstein file release and the lack of transparency at the DOJ,” Loomer posted on X. “… Source tells me it’s very likely that Bongino resigns from the FBI unless Pam Blondi is FIRED by President Trump or resigns from the DOJ…. (Continue to full article)
Director of Federal Agency Suggests Fed Chairman Powell Is Considering Resigning
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte – a vocal critic of Powell who has backed President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure the central bank into interest rate cuts – released a statement on X and the agency’s website alluding to unspecified reports that Powell will resign.
“I’m encouraged by reports that Jerome Powell is considering resigning. I think this will be the right decision for America, and the economy will boom,” Pulte said.
It’s unclear where Pulte is getting the information he used for the statement and there is no other public information on the subject at this time… (Continue to full article)
Laura Loomer, After Scooping Bongino News, Says Ron DeSantis Is Under Consideration to Replace Pam Bondi
Laura Loomer, the prominent MAGA influencer and Trump-world insider, dropped several posts on Friday, one of which turned out to be a quickly confirmed scoop. Loomer reported that Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino is “now seriously thinking about RESIGNING” amid the ongoing fallout from the so-called “Epstein Files” memo, concluding there was no conspiracy.
Loomer’s Bongino post was quickly confirmed by mainstream media reporters from CNN and Axios. She later posted that if President Donald Trump were to fire Attorney General Pam Bondi, who has been under fire over her handling of the Epstein case, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is a leading contender to replace her.
“If Blondi is fired, I’m told @GovRonDeSantis has been considered/floated for the role of Attorney General by some over the last few months… (Continue to full article)
FBI Director Kash Patel ALSO Considering Resigning If Pam Bondi Keeps Her Job
FBI Director Kash Patel may reportedly join Deputy Director Dan Bongino in resigning if Attorney General Pam Bondi keeps her job.
According to a Friday report from Axios, Bongino and Bondi clashed over President Donald Trump’s administration’s handling of the case of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The Justice Department, led by Bondi, released a joint memo with the FBI announcing that the rumored “Epstein list” naming his associates never really existed. That conclusion contradicted Bondi’s previous claims that the supposed list was on her desk.
As a result, Bongino and Bondi reportedly got into it. That led to Bongino taking off from work on Friday “in protest.” The deputy director, according to The Daily Wire’s Mary Margaret Olohan, had also made it clear that he would be leaving his post if Bondi kept hers… (Continue to full article)
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Trump Dismisses Concerns of Chinese Businesses Purchasing Land by Military Bases: ‘I Have a Good Relationship With President Xi‘
A day after Trump officials said he may take executive action and work with states to ban U.S. land sales to China and other foreign adversaries, the president dismissed concerns about Chinese businesses buying farmland near military bases nationwide.
During a multilateral lunch with African leaders at the White House on Wednesday, President Donald Trump was asked why he believes “the Chinese have been buying up all this farmland in our country, so close to military installations.”
“I don’t want to get into that,” Trump initially said in a clip shared on X by journalist Aaron Rupar… (Continue to full article)
USDA Chief Outlines Plan to Block China From U.S. Farmland Ownership
Trump’s administration will pursue a ban on Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland as part of an effort to strengthen farm security, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Tuesday, July 8.
Appearing alongside other Cabinet officials, Republican governors and members of Congress at an event outside the U.S. Department of Agriculture headquarters in Washington, D.C., Rollins announced a department initiative to block “foreign countries of concern” from owning U.S. agriculture lands.
Rollins said officials will even try to revoke lands already owned by China-backed entities… (Continue to full article)
Trump Floats 200% Tariffs On Pharmaceuticals
Even though one area of the border has seen more border crossings this year than in the President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday his administration intends to impose a 200% tariff rate on pharmaceutical imports into the U.S., which would take effect in a year, a major fee that could affect some $200 billion in imports and raise prices on Americans’ medications if it takes effect.
It’s unclear when exactly the Trump administration could formally announce any pharmaceutical tariffs, and when they could take effect, given Trump suggesting there would be a year-long grace period first for manufacturing to move to the U.S.
HOW WILL PHARMACEUTICAL TARIFFS IMPACT CONSUMERS?… (Continue to full article)
Brazilian President Warns of Retaliation After Trump Threatens to Impose 50 Percent Tariffs
Trump has cited Brazil’s non-tariff trade barriers and treatment of former President Jair Bolsonaro as the reason behind his tariff hikes.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Thursday that his nation may implement retaliatory tariffs if the United States follows through with President Donald Trump’s plan to impose a 50 percent tariff on Brazilian goods on Aug. 1.
Lula said that his government intends to negotiate with the Trump administration over the tariff hikes. Still, he warned that Brazil may enforce its economic reciprocity laws if those talks fall through.
“If there’s no negotiation, the reciprocity law will be put to work. If he charges 50 [percent tariff] from us, we will charge 50 from them,” he told local broadcaster TV Record. “Respect is good. I like to offer mine and I like to receive it.”… (Continue to full article)
Ford CEO Jim Farley Warns AI Will Wipe Out Half of White-Collar Jobs, but the ‘Essential Economy’ Has a Huge Shortage of Workers.
During the Aspen Ideas Festival last week, he highlighted the importance of the “essential economy”—which he defined as everything that gets moved, built or fixed—while saying blue-collar skilled trades have been neglected.
The U.S. spends too little on vocational training, which is also geared more toward 1950 than 2050, contributing to a decline in blue-collar productivity, Farley explained, though the carmaker has been investing in training.
There’s already a massive shortage of trade workers, he added, estimating a deficit of 600,000 in factories and nearly half a million in construction, for example… (Continue to full article)
Veterans Affairs to Cut Staff by Roughly 30,000 by End of September
Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins revealed this spring plans to cut roughly 15% of the VA’s staff or around 80,000 workers, arguing that positions “like interior designers and other things DEI” are bloating the agency, which saw staffing levels surge during the Biden era.
While mass layoffs, also known as reduction-in-force, were on the table, Collins said he no longer viewed the technique as necessary this week due to a federal hiring freeze, deferred resignations, retirements, and normal attrition. Nearly 17,000 employees have already left because of those measures under the Trump administration, Collins said, revealing that an additional 12,000 VA workers are expected to exit the agency by Sept. 30.
I think that’s important to understand that if we continue down the path we are and just add people and add money to it, it’s not going to improve because it hasn’t improved for many years… (Continue to full article)
Social Security’s 2026 COLA Is Shaping Up to Be a No-Win Scenario for Retirees
With inflation rising, retirees are paying higher prices now but won’t receive a benefit increase until later. The key inflation metric used to calculate the Social Security COLA doesn’t fully reflect retirees’ higher costs.
Less accurate data collection this year could increase the odds that the 2026 COLA doesn’t keep up with inflation.
What if your Social Security retirement benefits never increased? The buying power of those benefits would steadily erode over time due to inflation. Many retirees would soon find themselves in dire straits…. (Continue to full article)
GOP Medicare Reversal Spells Doom for Social Security
As tensions escalate between President Donald Trump and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, Senate Republicans have sharpened their focus on finding social security budget cuts within the contentious “One Big, Beautiful Bill.”
The focus has shifted toward Medicare, prompting concerns that the program might be on the chopping block alongside the already slashed Medicaid.
Despite the eye-watering deficit, some Senate Republicans are eager to further reduce spending in a bid to ease the bill’s financial impact. Alarmingly, this push has turned the gaze of GOP lawmakers toward Medicare, raising questions about the future of two critical entitlement programs, and by extension, Social Security…. (Continue to full article)
I awoke this morning to find that America Again Crawls on Its Belly for Israel and adds another war crime to its impressive 21st century list.
The recklessness increases. President Trump committed an act of war for Israel. This comes on top of some fool green-lighting an attack on the Russian strategic triad, an attack that was played down even by Putin himself. What will Washington’s next reckless act be?
Why did Putin green-light the attack on Iran by conveniently announcing that Russia’s treaty with Iran did not include military support, a claim that John Helmer says is disproved by secret provisions in the treaty?
Russia and China could have prevented the attack, but did nothing. Peace in the Middle East could have been established with a Russian-Iranian-Chinese mutual security treaty. Why do Russia and China prefer war to peace in the Middle East? Where was Iran’s air defense? Why is Iran always a sitting duck devoid of initiative? Why are Muslims happy fighting one another instead of their real enemies? Continue reading
Major US Healthcare Data Provider Hit by Data Breach
Over 5 Million Patients Affected!
Researchers found 30 databases housing 16 billion records online. The records were most likely generated by info-stealers. Records come from a wide range of providers, from Apple to Google and many more
Security researchers have reported discovering what could be the mother of all data breaches – a set of 30 databases containing a total of 16 billion records… (Continue to full article)
Border Patrol Finds ‘Highly Sophisticated‘ Smuggling Tunnel Passing Under California Port Of Entry
The tunnel connected Tijuana and San Diego and was almost 3,000 feet long.
Border Patrol agents have disabled a tunnel that crossed the southern border and sought to be used for smuggling purposes, authorities said.
Concretely, the tunnel was found in early April while still under construction. It passed underneath the Otay Mesa Port of Entry and connected Tijuana and San Diego, U.S. Customs and Border Protection detailed. Its projected exit point would be near or inside a commercial warehouse space in San Diego… (Continue to full article)
Trump’s Border Agenda ‘The Most Effective in Decades’
As the Biden-era border chaos is being unraveled, the legacy media is now targeting Trump administration veterans like Stephen Miller – those who are actually making the immigration system work again.
Laura Ingraham opened her latest segment by calling out NBC for its attempt to smear Miller, President Trump’s point person on immigration policy and a longtime MAGA stalwart. The network criticized Miller for reportedly pressing ICE to make 3,000 arrests per day – a number Ingraham called not only reasonable but too low given the scale of the problem.
“Americans want mass deportation, period“…… (Continue to full article)
Fear Spreads At Veterans Affairs Hospitals As Trump Job Cuts Loom
VA nurses warn that veteran care could deteriorate even if frontline workers are exempt from layoffs. “When you lay off support staff, our jobs get harder.”
When the Trump administration fired 2,000 probationary employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs earlier this year, frontline health care workers were spared from the president’s cuts. But Ann Marie Patterson-Powell said she and other VA nurses still felt the effects of the layoffs.
Medical supplies became harder to track down in her oncology unit at the VA hospital in Durham, North Carolina, Patterson-Powell said. So she ended up going floor to floor looking for blood-pressure cuffs, urinals, alcohol swabs and gauze. Nurses also had to help deliver meal trays to patients’ rooms, something normally done by the food service team… (Continue to full article)
Many Americans are stuck living paycheck to paycheck, and it’s not just because they don’t make enough money. While low wages and the rising cost of living are factors, Reddit users recently shared a much broader picture of the problem, revealing how complex and widespread the issue really is. Continue reading
Just as the internet radically changed how America conducts business, artificial intelligence (AI) is also making waves in the workplace by taking thousands of jobs. It’s an outcome that industry experts have warned would happen, and professionals across multiple employment sectors have already been affected.
Beyond artists and content creators, AI is also impacting professionals in marketing, technology, translation, various levels of administration, and management. It has been a silent and ongoing trend for two years, but tech insiders say this is just the beginning. Continue reading
Chinese investment in land near U.S. military bases has become an increasing concern for national security observers. This June 2024 map shows 19 military bases where Chinese-owned farmland is in relation to them. (New York Post, 6/20/2024)
Andy Biggs, a U.S. House Republican from Arizona, is running for governor in his home state next year. The incumbent gave him serious campaign fodder this week.
Governor Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, vetoed bipartisan state legislation that sought to prevent China from buying land next to strategic assets such as military bases. Hobbs argued that S.B. 1109 was “ineffective at counter-espionage” and did not “directly protect” American military assets in the state.
Arizona State Senate Majority Leader Janae Shamp (R) slammed Hobbs, citing recent Chinese attempts to lease buildings alongside Arizona’s Luke Air Force Base where the U.S. military trains fighter pilots. (NOTE: Luke Air Force Base is about 15 minutes from my home. ~ Editor) Shamp, the bill’s author, called the veto decision “utterly insane” and challenged Hobbs for “every politically motivated veto of public safety legislation put on her desk by Republicans.” Continue reading