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Imagine if some of us still drove horse-drawn carriages for our daily commutes while others zoomed around in the newest-model cars. That is the gap — in terms of speed, technical innovation and consumer benefit — between how we use money today and what stablecoins promise. Recent analysis suggests that many Americans still have no idea what stablecoins are. But now that Congress has passed the bipartisan GENIUS Act — the first federal framework for stablecoins — rapid adoption is likely. Understanding how these digital dollars work will be not just helpful but necessary. Put simply, a stablecoin is a...

A white man lost it in a Walgreens after noticing the Mahogany line of greeting cards, calling the cards specifically designed for people of color “whack.” His brief rant launched a social media firestorm. What’s probably the weirdest thing about his meltdown is that such cards have been around since before the 1980s, so his outrage is coming more than 40 years after the cards first showed up in retail outlets. “Ya’ll I’m at Walgreens looking at freakin cards,” Drew Bishop370 originally posted on TikTok. Bishop thought Walgreens had just started selling the cards. Hallmark said its Mahogany line of...

A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that a Pennsylvania requirement for mail-in ballots with missing or incorrect dates to be tossed out is unconstitutional, upholding a lower district court ruling. A panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld a March ruling from a federal district court in Pennsylvania that found the requirement did “not pass constitutional muster” in a lawsuit filed around the 2022 election. The Republican National Committee had appealed the lower court ruling, but a panel of three judges appointed by former presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and George W. Bush rejected...

The previously classified documents are the focus of the current investigation into weaponization of American intelligence agencies against Donald Trump. Ironically, Democrats and deep-staters caught in the crosshairs are claiming that they are victims of weaponization and revenge.The Trump administration’s probe into weaponization of the intelligence community, beginning with the genesis of the fake Russia collusion allegations in 2016, has kicked into full gear this summer. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and FBI Director Kash Patel have declassified and released a mountain of documents shedding light on how the bureau's deeply flawed and politically-motivated Trump-Russia inquiry, known as...

https://babylonbee.com/news/genius-trump-enacts-plan-to-dumb-down-chinese-population-by-inviting-them-to-attend-american-universities WASHINGTON, D.C. — In yet another genius move designed to weaken a rival nation, President Donald Trump enacted a plan to dumb down the Chinese population by inviting them to attend American universities. Trump's plan was praised by national security experts, who cited it as a brilliant maneuver to reduce China's influence on global affairs in the long term by shrewdly allowing their students to be made substantially less intelligent at educational institutions in the U.S. "Pretty soon, Chinese kids will all be dumb, just as dumb as American students," the president reportedly told his advisors. "We'll let in...

A Democratic strategist outrageously claimed that public safety threats like migrant offenses and carjackings 'don't matter to that many Americans.' Insha Rahman, vice president of advocacy and partnerships at the Vera Institute of Justice, made the jarring declaration while addressing the Democratic National Convention (DNC) crowd during its summer meeting on Monday. The former public defender discussed Donald Trump's crime crackdown in Washington DC, calling his efforts a 'huge opportunity' for Democrats. You want to talk about the crime issues voters care about. Where does Trump go? Migrant crimes, carjackings, the really lurid, awful stuff that is a crazy, crazy...

Augusta National and The R&A have jointly announced that those hoping to qualify for The Masters and Open Championship will have the chance to via select national opens Augusta National, home to The Masters, and The R&A have announced, jointly, plans to align aspects of the qualification criteria for the Masters Tournament and The Open. Specifically, invitations (one year exemptions) will be awarded to winners, or top finishers, of select national opens, with the qualifying criteria beginning immediately. The specific home opens are: Current Scottish Open Champion Current Spanish Open Champion Current Japan Open Champion Current Hong Kong Open Champion...

DC under Trump = Pyongyang on the Potomac! That was the absurd analogy that CNN This Morning host Audie Cornish tried to make on Tuesday's show. Reacting to the news that there have been no murders in the capital for 12 days running under Trump's crime-fighting moves there, Cornish said as she held up the New York Post: "Actually, there's probably no murders in North Korea, too."Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

President Donald Trump wants Cracker Barrel to admit its mistake and ditch its disastrous attempt to sterilize its once-beloved brand and logo.The Americana culture and decor that defined Cracker Barrel for decades were put at risk recently when the company’s new woke CEO embraced a revamp that could cost the restaurant its customer base.In his business rescue plan posted to Truth Social on Tuesday, Trump encouraged the country cooking company to “go back to the old logo, admit a mistake based on customer response (the ultimate Poll), and manage the company better than ever before.”What started as a slow rollout...

President Donald Trump is embroiled in a multi-front battle with the Federal Reserve, America’s central bank. The latest episode includes Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s refusal to leave her position.On Monday, Trump announced that he “removed” Cook over allegations of mortgage fraud. In his letter announcing the move, Trump cited the Federal Reserve Act’s clause that says the president can fire a board member “for cause,” defined as misconduct or malfeasance.You’re FiredDirector of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte reportedly provided fuel for the allegations that Cook committed mortgage fraud. He referred the case to the Justice Department. According...

The fear-mongers on climate change are alive and well. The compliant media just repeat this made-up garbage every day, without questions. They should be embarrassed by such abject stupidity.Take a look at this article from July:Sounding the alarm over the financial impact for UK households, the Autonomy Institute thinktank said that climate-induced price increases for everyday food items risked pushing almost 1 million people into poverty without urgent government intervention.And of course the solution is not to eat meat; to drive cars powered by the flammable pollutant lithium; and giving up oil, natural gas, and coal. That has been the...

President Donald Trump announced that current Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has uncovered bags of hidden documents related to corruption in the 2020 election. Trump, speaking in front of his administration as they continue a historic federal crime crackdown in Washington, D.C., and push for peace negotiations in the Russia-Ukraine war, directly addressed the bombshell findings. According to a statement by President Trump, these files contain “massive” evidence of wrongdoing and will soon be made public. President Trump: “And you’ve also found many bags of information. I think they call them burn bags. They’re supposed to be burned, and...

They tell us what is (and what isn’t) worth doing.Prices matter. Now, I’m a free market, capitalistic type, so of course I’m going to insist that everyone be tied down to mere gilt and pelf in how they live their lives. Yet it is still true that prices really, really matter.Let’s walk through why that’s true, regardless of your political tribe. Any one thing—any economic resource, fresh water, human labour, cash, capital itself and so on—can be used for a multitude of different things. At any one time, the market price for that thing is the balance between the supply...

BREAKING Police have arrested & charged a 14-year-old girl after she was forced to brandish a knife to defend herself & her friend against a Muslim migrant who attempted to assault her near St Ann’s Lane in Dundee, Scotland. Protect your young daughters from Jihadi Muslims. pic.twitter.com/XdRNqv0M8P— Faraz Pervaiz (@FarazPervaiz3) August 26, 2025

Mark 4:3,4,20 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4 The sower soweth the word. 20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred. 1.) There are some aspects of the word I think we have over looked and have not gotten the full benefit of. Just from those verses right there we can draw some conclusions. 1.The sower went out to sow, that means he's talking about seed. 2.What is the purpose of sowing...

A Maryland resident who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm — the first reported U.S. case tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the diagnosis on Aug. 4. Federal health officials acknowledged the infection in an emailed statement Monday. The person has recovered, and investigators found no transmission to any other people or animals, Maryland health officials said. The CDC investigated the case in coordination with Maryland's health department. Here's what to know. What is New World screwworm? New World screwworm (NWS) is a...

The debate comes days after Gov. Greg Abbott added “legislation to impose penalties or punishments for legislators who willfully absent themselves during a session” to the special session agenda.

Detectives launched a murder investigation after Sean Small, 84, was found outside the property in Newcastle in County Down, Northern Ireland, late on Sunday night. An elderly man who had recently been released from prison after serving a sentence for sexual offences was found dead outside his home after a "brutal and sustained" attack, police have said. Detectives launched a murder investigation after Sean Small, 84, was found outside the property in Newcastle in County Down, Northern Ireland, late on Sunday night. His house and another property have been sealed off by police carrying out forensic examinations. The victim had...

Swift and Kelce started their relationship in 2023, after the NFL player said he tried and failed to meet the singer at an Eras Tour concert.

– Harjinder Singh, in St. Lucie County Jail and facing three charges each of vehicular homicide and manslaughter, is due back in a Florida courtroom Wednesday. On Aug. 12, he tried with an 18-wheeler to make a U-turn on the Florida Turnpike through a point in the divided highway marked “official use only,” leading to the deaths of three people in a minivan. Singh had correct responses to two of 12 verbal questions on an English language proficiency assessment and correctly identified only one of four highway traffic signs during an interview with the Federal Motor Carrier Administration. At 10...