CUR$E AND DEFECT

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What appears to be driving U.S. gas prices is the pressure investors are putting on oil companies, whose officers answer to their investors. 

Limited production creates higher prices that are driving record profits. In a March 2022 survey of 141 U.S. oil producers asking them why they were holding back production, 59% said they were under investor pressure. 

Billionaire Stampede

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Why are all the super-rich people quickly making plans or just outright leaving these two Communist countries on the fast track?

Russia – Hemorrhaging millionaires

Russia is reportedly expecting to feel a net loss of around 15,000 high-net-worth individuals in 2022, a massive 15 percent of its total millionaire population. Affluent individuals have been emigrating from Russia in steadily rising numbers every year over the past decade, an early warning sign of the current problems the country is facing.

STOP AIR POLLUTION

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While most human beings breathe in polluted air, it is taking away a couple of years from our global collective life expectancy.

Air pollution affects every organ in our body. The contamination of the indoor or outdoor environment by any chemical, physical or biological agent modifies the natural characteristics of the atmosphere. Household combustion devices, motor vehicles, industrial facilities, and forest fires are common sources of air pollution.

ECONOMIC JOLT

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Economists war that Americans and the entire world need to continue tightening our belts for the long and bumpy ride ahead.

The Federal Reserve faces the daunting task of reassuring the public that is increasingly convinced the central bank has already blown it. Slam the breaks or slow down?

When the Fed raises rates, it would imply that the banks are seeing a growth in credit disbursement. A lot of people are opting for the loan facility. So, in order to satisfy the need for credit, banks usually shift their reliance on fixed deposits. 

Rude in America

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Which state has many KAREN and KARON types according to recently published findings comparing all the United States of America?

Someone raising their voice and yelling - One person interrupting and talking over another. Several people vigorously talking at the same time, attempting to drown out the others and make their point. RUDE

Strawberry Moon

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The night sky sees an unusually full moon named not after its hue but the beginning of the strawberry picking season.

Pictured: Strawberry Supermoon arrives for summertime. The moon reached its full stage on Tuesday but will still be visible for nights to come https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/14/pictured-strawberry-supermoon-marks-summertime/#Echobox=1655229319-1

Big Tech Equality

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Big Tech should have equal treatment under the law, carry an equal amount of weight, and pay their fair are of taxes.

We The People deserve real choice and power while shopping, searching, and doing other activities online. And we should have a free marketplace online, with real competition and innovation.

ASTROLOGICAL

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The following collection of inspirational astrological videos is sure to put a smile and make anyone consider their lifestyle.

Jack Hopkins I a good guy, a great friend, and an author, He is a highly educated astrologer, and content producer for the Organization for Professional Astrology and the International Society for Astrological Research.

US Capitol Attack Hearings

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Watch the next in a series of hearings on Congress's bipartisan investigation of the US Capitol attack right here on C-SPAN 

Trump's Campaign to Influence Pence

The January 6 Committee holds its third public hearing focusing on former President Trump’s efforts to convince former Vice President Pence to not certify the 2020 election results.

Throw any adjective at it Criminal, brazen, shocking, outrageous, unprecedented, treasonous… etc. None are enough to capture the enormity of what he did to American democracy. 

Our America?

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POTUS Joe Biden, front and center, participates in a family photo with heads of delegations, including Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, left, Colombian President Iván Duque, second from left, President of Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benitez, second from right, and Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo Cohen, right,