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Closed Borders Killing Western Union, Earnings Call Transcripts Reveal
Closed Borders Killing Western Union, Earnings Call Transcripts Reveal
Western Union CFO Matt Cagwin quietly acknowledged in yesterday’s earnings call that fewer border crossings under the Trump admin are chipping away at the remittance behemoth’s profits:
“New migration is the lifeline of our retail business. With borders closed, it is difficult to offset natural attrition… as consumers return home to their native countries,” Cagwin said.
WU has long been the dominant vampire skimming absurd fees off international remittances while providing no technological convenience that Venmo hasn’t already surpassed. It’s instead maintained its...
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Battleground Democrats Are Snubbing Two 2028 Presidential Contenders
Battleground Democrats Are Snubbing Two 2028 Presidential Contenders
Democratic candidates in several of this fall's most competitive House and Senate races are keeping Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and former Vice President Kamala Harris off their campaign trails - even though both women rank among the party's leading prospects for the 2028 presidential nomination.
The Democratic bench for 2028 includes Harris, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Ocasio-Cortez, Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff and Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly. Two of those six are women of color, from the demographic the party...
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Aug 31, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Trump Vows US Will Respond To Iranian Attacks After Ballistic Missile Strikes On Jordan
Trump Vows US Will Respond To Iranian Attacks After Ballistic Missile Strikes On Jordan
Trump Vows US will Respond to Iranian Attacks
President Trump has continued teasing possible 'retaliation' on Kharg Island after an Iranian overnight ballistic missile attack on American bases in Jordan. Trump says the US will respond to the Iranian attacks, according to Fox. According to further context
Note, the remarks from US President Trump were broadcast as part of a interview on Fox on "Sunday Night In America".
Follows the US hitting Larak Island on Sunday. In response, Iran...
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May 7, 2026 / Tyler Durden
The Democratic Party Is Dead, Long Live The Jacobins!
The Democratic Party Is Dead, Long Live The Jacobins!
Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness,
For the past century, the agendas of the Democratic Party were predictable. They professed concern for working Americans and supported blue-collar unions.
Unemployment insurance, a 40-hour work week, disability insurance, and Social Security were their trademarks—often rapidly achieved by growing government bureaucracies and continually raising taxes. Still, many Democrats were socially conservative.
By the 1970s, Democrats still deplored antisemitism. Party officials had rejected their own segregationists to champion civil rights.
Presidents like Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and...
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