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China's shocking DeepSeek AI pops US Big Tech monopoly bubble
Chinese AI company DeepSeek shocked the West with a groundbreaking open-source artificial intelligence model that beats huge Silicon Valley Big Tech…
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Ben Norton
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Trump attacks Colombia, and it pushes back: 'We are not a colony'!
Donald Trump threatened Colombia with sanctions and tariffs after it rejected his abuse of immigrants. Colombian President Gustavo Petro hit back…
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Ben Norton
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Michael Hudson: Trump's tariff threats could destabilize the global economy
Trump's protectionist policies threaten to radically unbalance the balance of payments and exchange rates throughout the world, preventing countries…
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Canada's PM Trudeau: disaster in office, disaster on departure
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he is resigning. Meanwhile, Trump wants to annex Canada and make it the 51st state. Radhika Desai and…
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Trump vows to 'expand' US territory, invokes Manifest Destiny, hints at military force in Panama & Greenland
At his inauguration, US President Donald Trump promised to "expand our territory", invoked the colonialist "Manifest Destiny", and vowed to take over…
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World's richest billionaires at center of Trump's inauguration: Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg
US President Donald Trump invited Big Tech billionaire oligarchs to be at the center of his inauguration. Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg…
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BRICS expands to 54.6% of world population by adding Nigeria, Africa's most populous country
BRICS added new partner Nigeria, Africa's most populous country with no. 6 population on Earth. BRICS+ now has 10 members & 9 partners, comprising 54.6…
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What will Trump's return mean for Ukraine, Gaza, and the economy?
What will Donald Trump's 2nd term as US president mean for the NATO-Russia proxy war in Ukraine and Israel's war on Gaza? How will tariffs affect the…
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BRICS grows, adding Indonesia as member: world's 4th most populous country, 7th biggest economy
BRICS keeps expanding. As new full member, it added Indonesia, 4th most populous country with 7th largest economy. BRICS now has 10 members and 8…
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Goals behind Trump's tariffs: cut taxes on rich & escalate new cold war on China
Donald Trump's tariffs will not reduce US public debt. The federal deficit will keep growing, but they will be an excuse to further cut taxes on the…
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December 2024

Billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy is a Wall Street speculator accused of pump-and-dump schemes, not a scientist
While he misleadingly presents himself as a "scientist", billionaire DOGE co-chair Vivek Ramaswamy is just another Martin Shkreli-style Wall Street…
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BRICS expands with 9 new partner countries. Now it's half of world population, 41% of global economy
BRICS adds 9 partner nations in 2025, after admitting 4 new members in 2024. It now makes up half of global population & 41% of world GDP (PPP), with…
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