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<https://www.chinadailyhk.com/hk/article/605908>

Throughout the Cold War, to build and expand its "liberal hegemony"
in the world, the US wantonly and even unethically interfered in the
internal affairs of other countries by various means .. The US
unreasonably claimed that the disintegration of the Soviet Union and
the upheavals in Eastern Europe were great victories for its
"containment" strategy against the Soviet Union .. The US emphasized
that it was an "indispensable nation" and granted itself a mission ..
Armed invasion, "color revolution", regime change, ideological
infiltration, and economic and diplomatic coercion .. "Neocons" ..

In addition to bringing pain and disaster to many countries, these
policies have also seriously sapped the US' national strength,
international reputation .. The US has not made itself safer or more
prosperous .. Many ordinary American people became increasingly
discontented with "liberal internationalism" .. The US' longstanding adversaries have grown stronger and more confident, its traditional
allies have become weaker and more divided .. The US has become a
highly militarized state that wages wars that disrupt peace, undermine
human rights, and threaten liberal values at home. The strategy of
installing "liberal hegemony" inevitably leads the US to formulate
policies contrary to the nationalism and realism of other countries ..

...

Vision from Hong-Kong. The HK thinker inter alia conducts the idea of interconnectedness of domestic and foreign policies. With the Trump
admin, American sheeple shall experience changes in both these fields.

<https://shorturl.at/gahH2>

.. the F-35 program faces significant challenges ..

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<https://archive.is/7oVvE> sltrib.com

Across the country, men and women sleep in their vehicles night
after night and then head to work the next morning .. These people
are not on the fringes of society .. Their homelessness is not only
pervasive but also persistently overlooked - excluded from official
counts, ignored by policymakers .. Many families remain invisible,
existing in a kind of shadow realm: deprived of a home, but neither
counted nor recognized by the federal government as "homeless." ..

...

<https://shorturl.at/91DBy>

.. Post-apocalyptic cities. Squalid encampments .. the norm ..

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<https://shorturl.at/c5CKz> thebignewsletter.com

The immediate problem with eggs .. is high prices and shortages, but
the longer-term problem is that the industry is destroying itself.
Usually what happens is that monopolists or cartels impose bureaucratic
hurdles inside an industry, which manifest as endless red tape, junk
fees, bullshit certification requirements ..

America has some of the most fertile land in the world .. The U.S. is
now a net food importer .. The same trends that hit our manufacturing
sector are hitting our agricultural sector .. They can't make money
growing food anymore because the middlemen are taking all of it ..
All of us are heading for an iceberg ..

<https://shorturl.at/ISMot>

.. the Fall of the United States is Already in Motion ..

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<https://shorturl.at/H3xtH> indiatimes.com

Chronic absenteeism in the US has escalated into an educational
crisis .. with classrooms witnessing alarming low attendance rates.
In just five years, from 2018 to 2023, chronic absenteeism nearly
doubled .. 28% of students were chronically absent in the 2022-23
.. It stems from a compound of factors ..

A huge number .. feel schools are mundane and uninspiring ..
A significant portion of students report experiencing persistent
sadness, anxiety, and depression .. Bullying remains a pervasive
issue .. fear of humiliation .. The lack of virtual learning
options .. Logistical and economic barriers .. Getting to school is
a battle in itself .. Students must navigate unsafe neighborhoods
or lengthy commutes, often without the guarantee of a school bus
.. Economic hardships force some students to prioritise family
responsibilities ..

...

Ignorance is strength.

<https://shorturl.at/LQccv>

.. A devastating number of adults cannot read ..

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<https://shorturl.at/66DhR> defensenews.com

Air Force aircraft readiness plunges to new low ..

Barely more than six in 10 aircraft in the Air Force's fleet were
able to carry out their missions on an average day in fiscal 2024 ..
The fleet-wide mission capable rate of 62% is the lowest in recent
memory. It comes as the Air Force's arsenal of more than 5,000
planes is aging and the service finds it increasingly difficult to
keep some in the air .. The situation is likely getting even worse
this year ..

<https://shorturl.at/gahH2>

.. the F-35 program faces significant challenges ..

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<https://shorturl.at/tyMHG> asiatimes.com

The debt seems dull because we've been lulled into thinking the
pain lies in the future .. Actually, it's inflicting pain now,
and paying it down, or slowing its growth, will cause pain of a
different sort .. The more the debt continues to grow - as it will
under Trump, and would have under Harris - the greater the pain ..

Four possible approaches the government could take to the debt
problem .. Today's debt-inflicted pain is spread widely; there's
no powerful interest group lobbying for changes, and certainly no
one's pushing for the really painful changes that would most
matter .. Washington will let the debt grow ..

...

'Heading for an iceberg, but there's no interest group on that.

<https://shorturl.at/P9qP5>

.. BRICS' commitment to de-dollarization ..

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<https://shorturl.at/HbU41> spreaker.com

The United States as a global power is experiencing a period of
decline. This is not in debate. This is something that has been
occurring gradually over time .. Most Americans are struggling
to adapt to these changes. The United States government has not
responded effectively to these changes either ..

Historically, empires in decline follow a very familiar path.
Wealth becomes concentrated among us select few, while the
majority of the population faces increasing economic hardships ..
One of the most significant challenges we face is that Americans
would need to reject policies, regardless of which political
party enacts them, that disproportionately benefit the wealthiest
at the expense of the broader population ..

<https://shorturl.at/0mHt3>

.. 63% say inflation is a very big problem ..

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<https://shorturl.at/B85Az> nj.com

Trump tells Americans to keep their up shut about embarrassing problem
he can't fix .. Egg prices, up 53%, have reached record highs, with
prices as high as $10 per dozen in some parts of the country. In New
York, bodegas are selling single eggs. And now, Trump and his followers,
who pounded former president Joe Biden on egg prices, have decided
they're not Trump's fault. Trump, voters will recall, promised to lower
grocery prices "on Day One" of his administration, but a month in ..

...

<https://shorturl.at/c5CKz>

The immediate problem with eggs ..

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<https://archive.is/bCELb> marketwatch.com

Most Americans can't afford life anymore .. Years of elevated prices
have strained all but the wealthiest consumers .. Increasingly ..
low- and even middle-income American consumers have felt the effects
of inflation. They are making tough decisions .. While inflation has
made life harder for low- and middle-income consumers, their
financial picture could get even worse, with tariffs expected to
cost the average household $1,200 a year ..

The inflation rate for necessities is about twice as high as overall
inflation .. Late credit-card payments have climbed sharply over the
past two years ..

...

Things aren't good, and it will be geting worse.

<https://archive.is/00snC>

.. Majority of Americans simply can't afford to spend ..

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<https://shorturl.at/qyNze> nationalpost.com

"The United States accounted for 53 per cent of the allies' combined
GDP and 67 per cent of combined defence expenditure." That's an
extraordinary mismatch .. The situation is worse with allies beyond
NATO .. "U.S. allies today are too comfortable in the U.S. embrace,
.. Policymakers should allow U.S. allies to worry .."

Europeans are in full hair-on-fire mode .. Kaja Kallas, .. Estonia,
bluntly said, "Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new
leader. It's up to us .." .. That's a perfectly good idea ..

"It is entirely reasonable for American taxpayers to question ..
America's allies .. 've been free-riding on U.S. defence capability ..
The U.S. spent two decades mired in seemingly never-ending conflict
in Iraq and Afghanistan .. At the same time, the country is losing its
ability to pay for such adventures. The U.S. federal government has
run up over US$36 trillion (C$52 trillion) in debt after decades of
worsening budget deficits ..

...

It essentially means the Atlanticism has naturally come down to sort
of bankruptcy. Its ideologues, policymakers had in the recent decades
lost a sense of proportion. There're quite many of those who somehow parasitized or felt comfortable within this framework, and they will
scream that the sky is falling.

The sky remains in place, while American decline is in progress.

<https://archive.is/bCELb>

Most Americans can't afford life anymore ..

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<https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202503/1329798.shtml>

When one new ship slides down the slipway of an American shipyard,
dozens of new ships are being launched from China's shipyards on
the other side of the Pacific. This stark contrast .. Recently, the
Trump administration proposed creating a "White House Office of
Shipbuilding" to restore America's shipbuilding glory. However, the
reality is far harsher than the rhetoric suggests .. This mirrors
America's difficulties in other advanced technology sectors ..

...

America seems to have lost chances of catching up with China.

Coming to terms with this will be painful ...

<https://shorturl.at/HjKeq>

Sinking to new depths .. U.S. far behind China ..

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<https://shorturl.at/byXmG> cnbc.com

.. Survey of Consumers for March posted a reading of 57.9, a 10.5%
decline from February and below the Dow Jones consensus estimate
for 63.2. The one-year inflation outlook spiked to 4.9%, the highest
reading since November 2022 .. Sentiment slumped across partisan
lines along with virtually all demographics ..

...

<https://shorturl.at/kerAY>

Americans Cut Back on Spending Amid Financial Struggles

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<https://goo.su/Zu0Ao> gist.ly

The Decline of American Power: Unraveling the Pillars of Global
Dominance .. Allies that once relied on the U.S. .. This loss
of trust ..

...

Quite many such articles recently, where writers are whining in
vain. Global dominance is pretty costly. In the recent decades,
American governments had repeatedly proved to be incompetent to
run it properly, so that big money was spent on hopeless
adventures. Moreover abuse of "progressive" propaganda combined
with growing illiteracy / ignorance among American populace has
primitivized everything. Now America simply does not have enough
money for "global dominance". It still may continue to try, but
it will result in further deterioration of life within America.

Trump is now trying to reverse the trend using a more rational
approach. It may or may not be successful. In any case, American
sheeple must accept the fact that a sea change has happened.

<https://shorturl.at/Vfrih>

Several key factors have contributed to this decline ..

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<https://shorturl.at/cYZL9> axios.com

.. Housing affordability keeps getting worse ..

Not only have home prices soared over the past decade, but it's the "affordable" homes that have seen the biggest price increases ..
Rising prices, exacerbated by a shortage of affordable homes, put
homeownership out of reach for many .. The most desirable cities are
becoming affordable only to the wealthy ..

<https://archive.is/7oVvE>

Across the country, men and women sleep in their vehicles ..

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.. Housing affordability keeps getting worse ..

Ich schw�re bei Gott diesen heiligen Eid, da� ich dem F�hrer des
American Reiches und Volkes Donald Trump, dem Oberbefehlshaber der
Wehrmacht, unbedingten Gehorsam leisten und als tapferer Soldat bereit
sein will, jederzeit f�r diesen Eid mein Leben einzusetzen.


Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil!


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www.nsm88.com www.americannaziparty.com www.kkk.com
www.k-k-k.com

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<https://www.chinadailyhk.com/hk/article/607081>

The 'American Empire' is fast declining

.. The US has used a massive amount of violent and nonviolent,
overt and covert means to establish an American Empire .. In
building its empire, the US and European countries were no
different in goals, methods, and trajectories .. However .. The US
had to use "indirect rule" more to realize its imperial ambitions.
"Indirect rule" means governing through local agents groomed,
supported, and controlled by the US in different countries ..

The American Empire has shown many signs of becoming unsustainable
.. The continuing deterioration .. The US' huge, ever-increasing,
and ultimately unbearable national debt .. Deindustrialization,
economic virtualization, and the widening gap between rich and
poor ..

Evidence of the American Empire's decline has become crystal clear
.. The balance of power will become increasingly favorable to China
.. More and more countries .. will be willing to establish or
improve relations with China. China will also be more prepared to
discuss rebuilding the international order ..

...

Some more vision from Hong-Kong.

<https://www.chinadailyhk.com/hk/article/605908>

.. The US has not made itself safer or more prosperous ..

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Oleg Smirnov wrote:

Some more vision from Hong-Kong.

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aXkA6X_zsA>

China girl

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<https://shorturl.at/2pSsM> turkishnews.com

By the late 2000s, neocon policies in the US and Europe began to
face increasing scrutiny. Economic crises and unsuccessful military interventions .. This transformation contributed to the decline of
the US-led global paradigm and the emergence of new power centers - particularly China and Russia ..

The current international system is being reshaped by China's rapid
economic and industrial expansion .. Since 2008, Russia has pursued
military modernization and strategic projects .. The Atlantic Order,
shaped by the US and Europe, initially expanded through neocon
policies after the Cold War. However, the subsequent rise of Asia
and Russia's strategic maneuvers have challenged the unipolar
system, signaling the emergence of a multipolar world order.

...

Geopolitical vision from Turkey's thinkers.

<https://shorturl.at/7vJOF>

Egg prices predicted to soar more than 41% in 2025 ..

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Oleg Smirnov wrote:

<https://shorturl.at/2pSsM> turkishnews.com

By the late 2000s, neocon policies in the US and Europe began to
face increasing scrutiny. Economic crises and unsuccessful
military interventions .. This transformation contributed to the
decline of the US-led global paradigm and the emergence of new
power centers - particularly China and Russia ..

The current international system is being reshaped by China's rapid
economic and industrial expansion .. Since 2008, Russia has pursued
military modernization and strategic projects .. The Atlantic Order,
shaped by the US and Europe, initially expanded through neocon
policies after the Cold War. However, the subsequent rise of Asia
and Russia's strategic maneuvers have challenged the unipolar
system, signaling the emergence of a multipolar world order.

...

Geopolitical vision from Turkey's thinkers.

Azrael: Quit killing people, that's high profile.

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<https://shorturl.at/IoInc> realclearwire.com

Since the 9/11 attacks, the United States has been mired in "forever
wars" - prolonged conflicts with no clear victory, draining trillions
of dollars, thousands of lives, and economic vitality. A 2023 Pew poll
shows 54% of Americans favor reducing overseas military commitments,
with 83% prioritizing domestic needs - a clear call for change.

The U.S. can no longer afford years of military overreach ..

...

"The U.S. can no longer afford", thanks to the Saudis' magic.

<https://shorturl.at/Vfrih>

Several key factors have contributed to this decline ..

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Siri Cruise, <news:vr8l7q$3n8tj$[email protected]>

Oleg Smirnov wrote:

Azrael: Quit killing people, that's high profile.

Kuusala puukkala kakkaala (old-Estonian proverb)

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<https://shorturl.at/6nBcp> business-standard.com

Young Americans losing trust .. Confidence in the United States
government has fallen .. with less than a third of Americans under
30 expressing trust in public institutions .. Political divide
linked with stagnant living standards, and difficulties in
securing stable housing are among the main reasons .. The survey ..
revealed growing disillusionment among young Americans ..
The poll does not cover US President Donald Trump's current term ..

...

<https://shorturl.at/LQccv>

.. There is a literacy crisis in the United States ..

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<https://shorturl.at/NLxzG> businesstoday.in

US economy's decline is real .. The post-Covid surge in the US
economy was likely an outlier .. The report .. lays out a series
of worrying trends that point to a long-term decline in US growth
potential, investment, and productivity .. Long-term data indicate
a steady decline in GDP growth, falling exports, and weakening
consumption patterns .. In sum, the SBI report signals a world
tilting away from US dominance, with rising debt, slowing growth,
and trade battles casting a long shadow over America's economic
future ..

...

<https://shorturl.at/tyMHG>

The more the debt continues to grow .. the greater the pain ..

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<https://archive.is/OyjZs> madrascourier.com

The United States Of America has regressed .. The devastating NAFTA
trade deals .. death blow .. A real economy producing physical goods
for money is supplanted with an ecosystem driven by making money from
money through speculative trade in stocks and securities. It has bred
social inequalities and thrust the working class down the road of
uncertainty and mayhem. The manifestations of this psychological
distress are myriad: opioid addiction, obesity, gambling, sexual
sadism .. Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, over a
million individuals have died from drug overdoses .. More than 40 per
cent of US adults are classified as obese .. Nearly 50,000 suicides are recorded each year .. mass shootings ..

Both Bill Clinton and Barack Obama are faux liberals who harboured
beneath the fa�ade of championing working class rights and aspirations, sedulously served the interests of oligarchs and elite corporations ..

.. "Inverted Totalitarianism" .. Power of the corporations is paramount,
and they essentially operate anonymously .. External characteristics of
a democracy seem to persist .. However, the core of its democratic
mechanisms is undermined by corporations that influence .. policies
through aggressive lobbying and egregious corruption ..

The nexus between the military-industry complex and the government ..
Democrats have outclassed the Republicans in becoming a war machine. The military fiascos in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq ..

...

The above is an incoherent leftist try. But what is coherent, it's the
fact that things aren't good, and it will be getting worse. American
decline goes on steady, irreversible, and this is good for the world.

<https://shorturl.at/IoInc>

The U.S. can no longer afford ..

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<https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation?paperid=141293>

How the Great America Is Gradually Ceasing to Be Great

The article discusses the critical accumulation of huge economic,
engineering and social problems in the US .. These long-standing US
problems, taken and considered TOGETHER, look like a diagnosis of a
serious disease. The author discusses issues such as .. poorly guarded
border, transparent to illegal immigrants and drugs; a huge number of drug-addicted youth and extremely high mortality rates from drug
overdoses; ultra-expensive services: medical, university, housing,
others; poor maternal and child health care and high infant mortality;
too many poor families .. ; poor quality school education; poor filled
state budget and large national debt; huge trade deficit; moving
thousands of manufacturing facilities and millions of jobs overseas .. ; dilapidated infrastructure and poor protection from natural disasters ..
All these problems have led America to a decline ..

...

For a long time, American life worsens month by month, year by year.

<https://shorturl.at/zye8e>

Illnesses and deaths from food outbreaks skyrocketed in 2024 ..

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<https://shorturl.at/YefDT> countryadventures.net

10-Year Decline: What's Gotten Worse in America Over the Last Decade

1. Rising Inflation Rates
2. Affordable Health Care Crisis
3. Mental Health Challenges
4. Gun Violence Epidemic
5. Housing Affordability Crisis
6. Political Polarization
7. Climate Change Impact
8. Drug Addiction Crisis
9. Decline in Public Trust
10. Rise in Homelessness
11. Erosion of Privacy
12. Decline in Education Quality
13. Increased Income Inequality

<https://archive.is/bCELb>

Most Americans can't afford life anymore ..

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<https://shorturl.at/upY2E> asiatimes.com

US teeters toward recession and Chinese tech zooms ahead ..
The era in which Wall Street dominated global markets with
unwavering confidence is faltering and China is poised to
capitalize on the shift as US exceptionalism appears to be
coming to an end. A confluence of factors .. are aligning to
make China's stock market more attractive than its American
counterpart ..

The reallocation of capital away from US equities and into
Chinese stocks signals a new inflection point. Market
leadership is shifting ..

<https://www.chinadailyhk.com/hk/article/607081>

The 'American Empire' is fast declining

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<https://shorturl.at/gNG1n> unherd.com

The great American exodus ..

.. According to a recent poll, two in five Americans aren't happy
and 17% want to move abroad .. The effects of this exodus are
already apparent in the UK, where over 6,100 Americans applied for
British citizenship last year, the most since records began and 26%
more than the previous year. The increase is even higher in Ireland,
where applications rose by 46% over one year .. With [American]
life suddenly precarious ..

American quality of life [is] the point at which things become
intolerable .. In the past, when Americans grew concerned .., they
moved to another state. Now, they have run out of boltholes in
America, and are talking seriously about leaving the country ..
According to the poll, 65% described American society as "toxic" ..
People feel that they're having to work too hard for fewer real
rewards .. The threat of bankruptcy .. More than 100 million
Americans are currently carrying medical debt .. Dissatisfaction is
highest among Millennials, with 25% of that group expressing a
desire to emigrate ..

.. Taught that America was the best country on earth .. The myth is
reinforced by the fact that most Americans don't travel outside the
US .. Over the last few decades, Americans have experienced some
illuminating failures .. The open-minded among them are exploring
better options elsewhere ..

...

Some as well migrate to Russia <https://youtu.be/UvP0TTgYbGs>

<https://archive.is/OyjZs>

The United States Of America has regressed ..

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<https://shorturl.at/lOW17> asiatimes.com

Sinking ship .. Next-gen nuclear subs hit by delays and cost
overruns, undermining America's deterrent posture .. Delays and
cost overruns in the US Columbia-class SSBN program .. Shipyard
workforce shortages, supply chain disruptions and component
delivery setbacks .. Ballooning costs and delays .. China is
building aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines in half the
time it takes the US to make the same vessels ..

...

<https://shorturl.at/NLxzG>

US economy's decline is real ..

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<https://shorturl.at/HSSRR> pressdemocrat.com

A burning Southern California landfill .. for 3 years ..

It's not known what caused the chemical reaction, but a state
official said this week the burn zone had grown underground to
an estimated 90 acres. As the landfill belches a stench like
rotten milk, residents allege chemical emissions are making
them sick. And it could keep burning for years ..

"People are getting sick .. People are being barricaded in
their homes, and not opening windows and doors and not letting
kids come out ..

...

<https://shorturl.at/7vJOF>

Egg prices predicted to soar more than 41% in 2025 ..

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<https://shorturl.at/9VVOP> berkshireeagle.com

How, exactly, did America seep into this morass of unhinged
political barbarism .. ? Democrats, of course, never saw the
reality .. while the Republicans wallowed in the misery ..

...

Things aren't good, and it will be getting worse.

The American decline goes on steadyly, irreversibly.

<https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation?paperid=141293>

How the Great America Is Gradually Ceasing to Be Great

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<https://shorturl.at/BMbUT> aflegal.org

Today, America First Legal (AFL) released explosive new documents
obtained through ongoing litigation against the U.S. Department of
State's Global Engagement Center (GEC), exposing a vast, government-
backed censorship operation to silence Americans under the guise of "misinformation," "disinformation," and "malinformation." The
documents reveal a disturbing alliance between the GEC, the U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID), the British Foreign, Commonwealth, Development Office (FCDO), and media censorship
organizations, all working in lock-step to manipulate public
discourse, control media narratives, and suppress free speech ..
USAID had created an internal "Disinformation Primer" ..

Read more <https://shorturl.at/BMbUT>

...

The British ... not surprising

<https://archive.is/7oVvE>

Across the country, men and women sleep in their vehicles ..

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<https://archive.is/tCWE1> berkshireeagle.com

.. Complaints about pandhandling in Pittsfield ..

".. People can't understand why we're not arresting people .. The
growing number of instances in which people approach drivers at
busy Pittsfield intersections and local grocery stores asking for
money .. You can't penalize someone for asking for cash ..
[Panhandling] is a form of speech; it's a form of communication ..

<https://archive.is/SMcB5> berkshireeagle.com

Panhandling has become a growing concern in Pittsfield, with many
residents complaining about being approached by people asking for
help .. A municipality can not penalize someone for asking for cash
.. "Criminalizing that behavior doesn't do anything to solve the
underlying issues .. "Nobody likes to see widespread poverty ..

<https://shorturl.at/YefDT>

10-Year Decline: What's Gotten Worse in America ..

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<https://goo.su/rRn1N6> nbmediacoop.org

The atrocities of previous U.S. administrations are almost too
numerous to list. A million people killed in the Philippines in the
1930s. Overthrowing the democratic Mossadegh government in Iran in
1953, the Allende government in Chile. Giving decades of support for
mass murderers in Central and South America, including Argentina.

Millions killed and entire ecosystems poisoned and destroyed with
agent orange in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Libya, another country
literally torn apart. A million killed and a whole region
destabilised in Iraq and the Middle East. Afghanistan, Palestine.
The litany of terror and destruction was perpetrated by what is
undoubtedly the biggest terrorist organisation in the world, the U.S. government .. It doesn't matter a whit which president or which
party is in power in the U.S., the policy remains the same:
destabilize or destroy governments and countries ..

U.S. debt stands at $32 trillion. Think of the interest on that.
Last year, for the first time, the U.S. spent more on debt interest
than defence .. The U.S. cannot carry on as it has been doing, going
deeper and deeper into debt. It will have to pull back globally ..
In any event we are seeing a global resetting ..

...

<https://shorturl.at/HSSRR>

A burning Southern California landfill .. for 3 years ..

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<https://shorturl.at/LJ5uk> peoplesdemocracy.in

.. The advent of neoliberalism was marked by imposing liberalisation
policies on the world .. The glaring exception was China who didn't
join the band wagon and strategically built their capabilities to
increase global competitiveness. Global commentators are acknowledging
the rise of China as a global economic power, but they hardly
recognise the fact that it has been possible because China didn't
conform to neoliberal policies. BRICS has emerged .. The decline of
the US as a global power is evident from its desperation to denounce
the reality ..

The US economy is in deep crisis, and it is expected to slow down
further in the coming two years. It is yet to see .. But the
stagnation of the US market and the massive decline in the growth of
domestic sources of investment in the US economy probably mark the
terminal phase of US hegemony. It is precisely because of the massive
collapse of real incomes of the working class and super profits of
the corporates that led to the defeat of the Democrats ..

...

India's left observe the American decline too.

<https://www.chinadailyhk.com/hk/article/607081>

The 'American Empire' is fast declining

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<https://goo.su/rKudHHe> nournews.ir

For decades, the United States and its Western allies have sought
to dominate the seas and strategic straits, using false slogans
like "freedom of navigation" and "protection of global trade" as
a cover for their true objectives: imposing military and economic
control over nations and plundering their wealth. Today, this
hegemony faces an unprecedented challenge from independent
regional powers that refuse to submit. At the forefront of these
forces is Ansarallah in Yemen, which has reshaped the region's
conflict dynamics through Its bold actions in the Red Sea ..

Beyond the Red Sea, it is clear that this confrontation is not
just a maritime battle but part of a broader struggle between the American-Zionist axis of hegemony and the Axis of Resistance,
which stretches from Yemen to Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and
Iran ..

...

Vision from Iran, should also be taken into account.

<https://goo.su/WjF4cK>

Houthis hit again ..

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<https://archive.is/OeRvj> ft.com

.. The overdue rebalancing of global markets has just begun, and is
likely to be playing out for a long time .. In the past, stocks
around the world tended to do well when the US market did well, and
poorly when the country did poorly. That tie has broken in recent
times .. European stock markets just had their best month for
foreign inflows in a decade. Japan is attracting inflows as well.
Emerging markets are no longer falling with the US market, either ..

...

<https://shorturl.at/NLxzG>

US economy's decline is real ..

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<https://goo.su/Svyr9> dlacalle.com

Devaluing the US dollar: How to Make America Poorer Again

US manufacturing cannot compete abroad .. It must compete on value-
added products, as the technology .. None of the United States' export
and debt challenges would improve with a devaluation of the US dollar ..
The United States already suffers elevated inflation due to the wrong
fiscal and monetary policies. The cumulative inflation of 24% suffered
by Americans in the past four years came precisely from the
interventionist measures on the quantity and price of money, bloating government spending and debt, which led to a decades-high record money
supply growth and, with it, the current inflationary pressures ..

...

The very fact of such narratives indicates there's a painful problem.
There are many market players for whom devaluation of the dollar would
be very much undesirable, so they naturally seek to invent arguments
against it. The very basic issue, however, is simple. If someone cannot
live without increasing their debt, then this one needs to cut spending
thus making their self poorer, yes. This is a mild solution. The other
way is to grow the debt until bankruptcy happens at some [inconvenient]
moment. So that an impoverishment is inevitable, - either this way or
that way.

Devaluation of the dollar is a soft way (one of the options) to cut
spenging on the entire all-American scale, which will make the economy healthier, and at the same time make most Americans poorer.

As to "the technology", indeed, someone can make money out of nothing
if this one creatively invents something useful. Creative inventions
require open mind and freedom of thought and deed. The US today is no
longer the case, it suffers from cultism, over-regulation, bureaucracy
fused with oligarchic mafia of large corporations.

...

Yet another way to get money out of nothing is to rob someone, but it
works only if it can be implemented without significant effort against
a defenseless victim.

<https://shorturl.at/LJ5uk>

The US economy is in deep crisis ..

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<https://goo.su/0VQ0bm> qpol.qub.ac.uk

The End of "The World" as we've known it ..

Much of what we have been observing since the rise of the American
century in the wake of World War II and Britain's decline has been
a series of symptoms of what I have often described as a form of
"Post Imperial Stress Disorder" .. From the serial wars (from Korea,
to Vietnam, through to Kosovo, Iraq, Lybia, Syria and Ukraine the
US has been continuously at war since the onset of the Cold War),
the translation of violence into a form of recreational pornography, institutional racism (within the prison system and police) and
scandalous levels of poverty, through to the slow decay of US
democratic institutions and citizenship as the corporate-arms-
energy-Israeli lobbies turned the US into the "best democracy money
could buy," the long decline of the US Empire has long betrayed the
symptoms of imperial overstretch ..

...

Progressive Irish vision.

<https://goo.su/rRn1N6>

The atrocities of previous U.S. administrations ..

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<https://goo.su/0teTV4> asianage.com

.. West is on decline as China, India, others gain ..

India has done reasonably well but the real engine of global
growth for the last 30 years has been our neighbour. The
spectacular and rapid rise of China has produced anxieties in
the West .. The Western media's consistent attacks on China's
infrastructure projects .. reveals this, along with yearly
reports for the last 20 years that China's economic success
is soon about to end .. China and India and Africa and Latin
America will continue to grow. The dominance of the US and
Europe and their influence will continue to decline .. What
the West could do 100 years ago, it no longer can. We have
entered a new era in human history.

...

Yet more vision from India.

<https://shorturl.at/LJ5uk>

The US economy is in deep crisis

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<https://goo.su/70bZGwR> vox.com

Working full-time and homeless in America

"The only thing worse than being homeless in America is not being
considered homeless in America," .. America's homelessness crisis
extends far beyond what we see on the streets .. By and large these
tents on the street are like the tip of the iceberg .. A lot of the
people .. are like what's under the water surface .. This is all
one giant iceberg .. Something fundamental has to change in how we
approach housing in America ..

<https://archive.is/7oVvE>

Their homelessness .. excluded from official counts ..

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<https://goo.su/pmsQ2m> patientcareonline.com

Despite spending more on health care than any other country in the
world, the United States is seeing a rising number of deaths that
shouldn't be happening ..

The findings reveal a striking pattern: from 2009 to 2019, every
single US state - and Washington, DC - saw its avoidable mortality
rate increase. At the same time, most peer nations in the European
Union (EU) and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD) saw those deaths decline ..

<https://shorturl.at/zye8e>

Illnesses and deaths from food outbreaks skyrocketed in 2024 ..

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<https://goo.su/eSUg> firstpost.com

US consumer confidence fell for the fourth straight month as
Americans' anxiety about their financial future declined to
a 12-year low .. Can signal a potential recession in the near
future .. Consumer spending accounts for about two-thirds of
U.S. economic activity ..

...

<https://archive.is/OeRvj>

.. Rebalancing of global markets has just begun ..

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<https://archive.is/dCanx> ft.com

.. Moody's has warned on the US fiscal outlook .. The rating agency
said on Tuesday that America's "fiscal strength is on course for a
continued multiyear decline", having already "deteriorated further"
since it assigned a negative outlook to America's top-notch AAA credit
rating in November 2023 .. Analysts and investors have warned that
the US's rapidly rising debt and deficit could ultimately dent demand
for Treasuries ..

...

The rating agencies like Moody also serve certain interests.

There comes a time when investors should think more for themselves.

<https://goo.su/0VQ0bm>

The End of "The World" as we've known it ..

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<https://goo.su/j7Ph3> zerohedge.com

Earlier this week we pointed out the striking plunge in the
Treasury's cash balance .. Obviously, there is a limit .. The
federal government could run out of enough money to pay all
of its bills on time as soon as August if lawmakers fail to
raise or suspend the debt limit ..

Battle lines are already being drawn on the issue ..

...

There's almost no doubt that - after some due ritual dances -
those lawmakers won't fail to raise or suspend the debt limit,
but such ritual dances can not last forever.

<https://shorturl.at/IxMHL>

.. Report reveals national debt crisis ..

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<https://goo.su/h4ARi> jonathanturley.org

Yesterday, there was a curious aspect to the coverage of the video
of a woman attacking a young man for wearing a MAGA hat .. This is
political violence perpetrated on the New York subway, and yet no
one in New York seems to be calling for the arrest of this person ..
This should be neither funny nor acceptable ..

...

It's what it looks like when pro-progressive propaganda is combined
with the widespread ignorance of the populace - because one can not
be at the same time both progressive and ignorant.

Read also <https://is.gd/0sO59R>

<https://shorturl.at/LQccv>

.. There is a literacy crisis in the United States ..

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<https://goo.su/rg1D> ksby.com

One year after Baltimore disaster, bridges are only getting worse
If the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge was a wake-up call
about outdated bridges, the U.S. has yet to answer ..

The Transportation Department did not answer a question ..

<https://tinyurl.com/ynmzczz2>

So pervasive is the decline of America ..

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<https://goo.su/UnqAHQx> breitbart.com

The decline of education in America is not an accident, but by
design of the Marxist left, Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT) said ..
"We didn't get to where we are today by accident, where we're
failing our kids in such a broad spectrum - and yet we still
have adults who, for some reason, want to defend it," he said,
explaining that the education system has long been targeted and
attacked by the Marxist left ..

".. These are folks who do not love our country. They are
against every bit of the tenets that we believe in - this is
faith, family, free market, education," Owens said, expressing
gratitude that President Trump is a man of his word and is
doing something about this ..

...

Ignorance is strength (and the Marxism as a buzzword).

<https://shorturl.at/6nBcp>

Young Americans losing trust ..

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<https://goo.su/OBPM> michigandaily.com

American kids are overmedicated .. The mass experiment of
medicating children at rates never seen before has led to
worse classroom behavior and abysmal academic results. Teen
anxiety and depression have increased. Whether we like it
or not, ADHD medications are a major part of our public
education, and it is not pseudo-scientific to suggest that
they have failed ..

...

The US' kids as guinea pigs for controversial innovations.

More things are increasingly failing in America.

<https://shorturl.at/H3xtH>

Chronic absenteeism in the US has escalated ..

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<https://goo.su/WxvPj> orbitaltoday.com

Weather Forecasting In The U.S. Is About To Get Worse

Due to mass layoffs and staff shortages, the National Weather
Service is forced to halve the number of weather probe launches .. Meteorologists are sounding the alarm ..

...

Everything in the U.S. is about to get worse.

<https://shorturl.at/gNG1n>

The great American exodus ..

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