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DEBT TRAP: 4,500 Walmart self-checkout kiosks offer “buy now, pay later” loans for basic items

January 03, 2024 -

The growing popularity of BNPL may seem like good news for shoppers on a tight budget, but in reality, it is a looming problem for consumers with credit card debt and little to no savings.

In December, Affirm Holdings announced that its BNPL service has been expanded to self-checkout kiosks at 4,500 Walmart stores across the United States.

Customers who use the service can purchase apparel, electronics, toys and other items. However, only shoppers who purchased at ...

More Americans continue to rely on Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) services to combat inflation and consumer debt

July 17, 2023 -

According to a survey by the Federal Reserve, approximately one in eight consumers has used a BNPL service at least once in the past 12 months, slightly up from the one in 10 who used the service in the same time period the previous year. GlobalData said the BNPL industry, valued at $309 billion, is projected to expand by over 25 percent in 2026 due to increasing demand.

Meanwhile, in a separate study of Adobe Analytics, the first two months of 2023 revealed a 40 percent ...

53% of Millennial and Gen Z consumers are resorting to “buy now, pay later” services and racking up enormous debt

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BNPL providers like Afterpay Limited and Klarna Bank AB have witnessed a sudden shift in BNPL trends among their younger users over the past few years.

In 2021 and 2022, millennial and Gen Z consumers often used Afterpay to purchase "apparel and accessories." However, in 2023, "apparel and accessories" fell behind the categories of "arts, travel and entertainment," "home and garden" and "hardware." Afterpay has also seen double- and triple-digit surges among the youngest users ...

Four years later, Fox News now admits to the entire COVID origins conspiracy and cover-up

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In fact, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) explicitly bypassed a moratorium on gain-of-function research, offshoring these unethical pursuits to the WIV through the work Peter Daszak at EcoHealth Alliance and Ralph Baric at the University of North Carolina.

The corporate media, including FoxNews, has covered this up for over four years, deriding independent journalists as “conspiracy theorists” for daring to document this nefarious, unethical money trail and expose ...

More businesses now resorting to BIOMETRICS so that government nannies can literally track everything you do, see and buy

June 20, 2023 -

Take, for instance, the employment of biometrics.

Hackney Foodbank, which operates five separate facilities throughout London under the umbrella of the Trussell Trust network, is a perfect example. The food bank is requiring patrons to use the Face Donate app, which, according to Reclaim the Net, "enables users to receive shopping tokens in lieu of traditional food parcels."

"By doing so, it helps the food bank cope with the surging demand without the need for additional ...

After shutting down its last three nuclear power plants, Germany now has to buy nuclear-generated electricity from France

May 04, 2023 -

In a politically correct "green" move that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, Germany essentially abolished its own much-needed nuclear power infrastructure, only to replace it with nuclear power from another country that likely costs a lot more and is far less available than the domestic stuff.

As with most of Europe ever since Russia invaded Ukraine and the West responded with energy sanctions, Germany, France, and other countries are struggling to produce enough energy ...

How did pharma buy so many governments?

August 13, 2023 -

(Article by Jeffrey A. Tucker republished from TheEpochTimes.com)

“For content that doesn’t meet that threshold, we instituted borderline demotions,” the company wrote on July 16, 2021. “For example, someone sharing negative side effect posts. Similarly, posts questioning whether you get a vaccine under a mandate, whether it’s government overreach. We demote those. That’s not false information but it leads to a vaccine negative environment.”

This formerly trusted ...

Judge blocks California from requiring background checks to buy ammunition

February 07, 2024 -

(Article by Jonathan Stempel republished from YourNews.com)

Jan 31 (Reuters) – California cannot enforce a law requiring people to undergo background checks to buy ammunition, because it violates the constitutional right to bear arms, a federal judge has ruled.

In a decision made public on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez in San Diego said the background checks have “no historical pedigree,” and violate the Second Amendment by treating all citizens ...

Trump supporters launch fundraiser to pay his fraud damages

February 19, 2024 -

(Article republished from RT.com)

A GoFundMe page was set up for Trump on Friday, shortly after Judge Arthur Engoron slapped him with massive monetary damages and a three-year ban on operating his businesses in New York. In its first 24 hours, the campaign raised about $100,000, a small fraction of the fraud judgment against Trump, his companies, and his adult sons.

“Let’s stand with Trump to ensure that justice prevails and that we continue to fight for a country ...

Study: Nearly two-thirds of COVID-19 vaccine recipients suffer from health complications a year later

November 22, 2023 -

The study, funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research in New Delhi and conducted between September 2021 and May 2023, focused on potential post-COVID-19 vaccination syndrome (PCVS) and its impact on the quality of life (QoL) among Indian adults aged 18 and above who received either Bharat Biotech's COVAXIN or the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. (Related: Australian actress sues AstraZeneca for life-threatening vaccine injury, but continues to ADVOCATE for other COVID-19 ...

Report: Zelensky using proxies to buy LUXURY YACHTS worth $75M with U.S. money

November 30, 2023 -

Once seen as a beacon of hope against corruption, the Ukrainian leader is now caught in a scandal involving the yachts "Lucky Me" and "My Legacy." Investigative journalist Shahzad Nasir was responsible for bringing this corruption to light.

According to Nasir, brothers Serhiy and Boris Shefir – two of Zelensky's closest friends – purchased both yachts for $75 million. The sale of both yachts, which are moored in Abu Dhabi and the coastal city of Antibes in France, were ...

Federal judge in VA rules Americans aged 18 to 20 can buy handguns

May 16, 2023 -

In a 65-page decision issued May 10, U.S. Senior District Judge Robert Payne sided with four plaintiffs who wanted to purchase guns. All four were older than 18, but younger than 21. Under current rules from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), those under 21 are not allowed to buy handguns from federally licensed firearm dealers.

The case indicated that plaintiff John "Corey" Fraser attempted to buy a Glock 19X handgun from a licensed firearm dealer ...

Delusional Biden declared Ukrainian victory back in February … 5 months later, Russian forces are still in control

July 17, 2023 -

Biden made the delusional claim in an interview for PBS' "NewsHour," a day after delivering the State of the Union address. "There's no way that [Russian President Vladimir] Putin is going to be able to [win] – he's already lost Ukraine," Biden said at the time, adding that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is coordinating in support of Ukraine.

During the February interview, the chief executive also pushed back on criticism lobbed by Republican lawmakers who ...

You’re paying for the Israel war. You’ll also pay for the refugees

November 21, 2023 -

(Article by Ryan McMaken republished from Mises.org)

By employing what is essentially the carpet-bombing approach, Tel Aviv has made the choice of adopting a policy that is sure to produce hundreds of thousands of refugees—or perhaps even more than a million. Indeed, many in the Israeli regime are motivated to maximize refugees, and push Gazans out of the country altogether using the Orwellian phrase "voluntary migration."

On a military, tactical level, the Israeli ...

Best Buy launches no whites allowed management leadership program available exclusively to “people of color”

August 11, 2023 -

James O'Keefe, who now runs a new watchdog group called OMG, relayed the findings of a citizen journalist who discovered that Best Buy has partnered with McKinsey & Company to develop a new management training program in which candidates "must meet the [racial] requirements," meaning they have to "identify as Black, Latino, Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander."

"The program is not open to white applicants," O'Keefe tweeted, along with screenshots showing more details ...

PILL HOARDERS: Maryland officials buy $1.2M worth of abortion pills prior to impending nationwide ban

June 07, 2023 -

Breitbart reported that the Old Line State made the purchase using funds from the state Board of Public Works. It joined other Democrat-led states in stocking up the abortifacients as the entire nation waits for a decision from a federal appeals court regarding the availability of the drug mifepristone.

Gov. Wes Moore announced that the Maryland Department of Health (MDH), in cooperation with the University of Maryland Medical Center, would collaborate to obtain abortion ...

New York Supreme Court reinstates workers fired for being unvaccinated, with back pay

November 07, 2023 -

New York has one Supreme Court for each county.

Earlier in 2023, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that his administration would not rehire employees who were fired because of their vaccination status. Meanwhile, at least 1,700 unvaccinated employees in NYC were fired early this year after the city adopted a vaccine mandate under former Mayor Bill de Blasio. Many of the workers who lost their jobs were firefighters and police officers.

Andrew Ansbro, president ...

Likud Party official alleges Putin supports Hamas, warns Russia will “pay the price”

October 30, 2023 -

Likud's Amir Weitmann threatened Russia that Israel will come after them once their war with Gaza is over for helping the militant group that he called Nazis, who "beheaded babies" and "raped" women. He claimed that everyone has seen such atrocities with their own eyes during an appearance on Russia's state-run RT News network this week.

While speaking about recent claims relating to al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, Weitmann criticized Russia, saying that they are going ...

3,700 Detroit casino workers launch strike for better pay and improved working conditions

October 26, 2023 -

The Detroit Casino Council (DCC) consists of five unions. These five unions are working at three major casinos in the city – MGM Grand Detroit, MotorCity Casino and Hollywood Casino at Greektown.

According to the DCC, casino workers are demanding higher wages to keep up with the rising cost of living; a reduced overall workload without a decrease in pay; and better healthcare and retirement benefits.

As inflation continues to increase, these workers want to regain ...

Insane EU emissions proposal would require people to buy new cars instead of maintaining existing ones

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The proposal comes from the European Commission and has not yet been ratified. It aims to phase out older vehicles for newer models in the name of protecting the environment. It introduces the concept of “residual vehicles,” which are those that experience breakdowns related to major parts such as the transmission, chassis, engine, brakes or steering wheel and are upwards of 15 years.

The regulation also outlines specific circumstances under which a car can be deemed residual ...