Retail sales drop significantly, according to latest data

US retail sales fell signficiantly short of expectations for November, dropping by .6% verses an expected decline of .3%, according to data released on Thursday by the Commerce Department. A decline in auto sales was one of the main drivers in this decline. Monthly auto sales saw their largest decline of the year, dropping by […]

Twitter Files Part 8: Platform ‘directly assisted’ U.S. military’s influence operations

On Tuesday, Investigative Journalist Lee Fang released Part 8 of what has been dubbed by Elon Musk as “The Twitter Files”. This latest batch exposed how Twitter “quietly aided the Pentagon’s covert online PsyOp campaign.” “Despite promises to shut down covert state-run propaganda networks, Twitter docs show that the social media giant directly assisted the […]