Guess who is the biggest beneficiary of the U.S Farm Bill? Is it farmers??? NO.
It’s Walmart. Take a look:
“When people think of the U.S. Farm Bill, they usually picture money going to farmers. But the truth is, most of that money actually goes to food assistance programs like SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), which helps low-income families buy groceries.
Here’s where it gets interesting:
Walmart—the biggest grocery store chain in the country—gets a huge amount of that money.
Out of all the stores where people use SNAP, Walmart gets 25.8% of those dollars. Kroger gets 8.4%, and Albertsons gets 5.9%.
Now, look at the big picture:
The 2023 Farm Bill will cost $1.51 trillion over 10 years.
About 81% of that (or $1.223 trillion) goes to SNAP.
Walmart’s share—25.8% of $1.223 trillion—adds up to around $315.5 billion.
That means Walmart ends up with about 20% of the entire farm bill budget—even though it’s not a farm.
So even though the Farm Bill is supposed to support agriculture, the biggest single beneficiary is actually a giant retail company: Walmart.”
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mexicans are now living in terror of ICE rappelling through their apartment window and you're laughing?
Feds rappelled from Black Hawk helicopters during Chicago raid to target alleged Tren de Aragua gang members.
The operation involved around 300 federal officers.
Israel's contract to pay influencers some $7,000 per post is running "right now," journalist Nick Cleveland-Stout tells Glenn Greenwald.
"We don't actually know as of right now who the influencers are," he says. "There's between 14 and 18 influencers that are part of this program."
Cleveland-Stout says he thinks this is "the first real smoking gun" that the Jewish state is "paying influencers to post on behalf of Israel."
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🇺🇸🤖🔌 Average US electricity price over the years, per Axios
📝: These AI data centers are going to be a negative influence on the economy in more ways then one.
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🇺🇸 We have our first break in the matrix: Oracle.
A month ago Oracle stock soared after forecasting extraordinary growth: "We signed four multi-billion-dollar contracts with three different customers in Q1," said Oracle CEO, Safra Catz.
$455B in contract backlog. Multi-billion-dollar deals.
But according to The Information, newly surfaced internal documents paint a very different picture.
Oracle’s AI cloud margins are razor-thin around 14 cents of profit for every $1 in Nvidia server rentals.
That’s less than most retail businesses, and in some cases, the company’s actually losing money. The data shows margins fluctuating between 10% and 20%, averaging just 16%.
And reportedly, Oracle lost nearly $100 million last quarter renting out Blackwell chips, the very product driving its “AI boom.”
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10/7/23(pro Israel)
On this day, we pause to remember the horrific events of October 7, 2023—a day that scarred the soul of Israel and shocked the world. Nearly 1,200 innocent lives were brutally taken. Hundreds of men, women, and children were kidnapped and held hostage; many of whom are now dead. Countless women were subjected to unimaginable cruelty and humiliation before losing their lives. Families were shattered, homes burned to the ground, and entire communities left in grief and devastation.
Yet even in the shadow of such evil, we have witnessed extraordinary courage. We remember the victims, pray for the hostages, and stand steadfast with Israel in her fight for life and freedom.
Am Yisrael Chai — the people of Israel live.
Let’s pray for the return of all of our hostages, the living and dead:
Ariel Cunio
Alon Ohel
Eitan Horn
Avinatan Or
Elkana Bohbot
Evyatar David
Bipin Joshi
Ziv Berman
Gali Berman
David Cunio
Eitan Mor
Maxim Herkin
Omri Miran
Bar Abraham Kupershtein
Guy Gilboa-Dalal...