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Boomers flex their inflated home values while their kids and grandkids can’t afford to leave the house. The same people who got cheap houses and easy credit now act surprised when the next generation stays put. This is what happens when you rig the system for one group and leave the bill for everyone else. …
Video of agents shooting then cuffing a wounded man spreads fast and fuels fury. People see it as proof of reckless power while officials cite resistance and orders. OMG. They still dropped him on the ground and handcuffed him after a bullet through his head. pic.twitter.com/AsKoHCkZPO https://t.co/pNKH95bryc — David J. Bier (@David_J_Bier) July 13, 2026 …
Fed holdings of short T-bills nearing $500 billion with ongoing $40B monthly purchases. Interventions continue months after tax season, echoing 2020 pre-crisis moves. Equities now largest slice of US household net worth, beating real estate. Market charts described as getting crazier amid distortions. Debt levels and QE limits force new approaches. The Federal Reserve's holdings …
People are liquidating everything non-essential to cover basics. Credit cards get maxed for food then payments get missed. The resale market is flooded with boats, cars, and collectibles as families raise cash fast. This is the kind of pressure that builds into bigger problems when it spreads. People are dumping their toys. byu/Autumn_Ridge ininflation One …
Congress stays packed with people way past normal retirement age while the country deals with massive problems. They keep power and deliver nothing on key issues. The age gap makes the whole place feel out of touch and resistant to real change. About 25% of House and Senate voting members are 70+. House median age …
Chart shows Canada GDP performance under Carney worse than recent PMs. Economy contracted or grew very weakly in his first year. Worst economic start for any Canadian prime minister in over 60 years. Previous growth relied heavily on high immigration which slowed. Trade tensions and global factors add pressure.
SPR gets drained hard for price control but the old caverns crack and leak from it. Power costs climb to 17-year highs as data centers suck up electricity. Gas, solar, and wind all get more expensive at once. The whole energy backup and supply system looks ready to crack under current pressure. US pulled 352 …
Mayor says nothing while churches keep burning in the city. Four fires in months with arson suspected in some cases. The silence feels deliberate when other incidents get immediate statements. People expect basic public safety words at minimum on houses of worship getting hit. Not a single word I called the 855 Bushwick avenue fire …
Beef now so expensive, it married pork byu/Round-Guarantee4948 ininflation Beef got so expensive people now buy it married to pork in the same package. Everyone is mixing the blend into meatballs, meatloaf, stuffed peppers, and chili to stretch their money. The adaptation feels normal now but highlights how food costs keep forcing changes in basic …
A single high-dose mushroom session brought back speech, continence, and memory in someone deep in Alzheimer’s decline where nothing else has worked. The changes started fast and lasted weeks. This opens the door to rethinking what late-stage dementia really means and whether powerful brain reset tools can access hidden function. Octogenarian woman with 10-year history …
Photographer details bison attack at Yellowstone Park Mike MacLeod captured the moment a tourist visiting Yellowstone National Park was injured after being charged by a bison and tossed in the air. A grandfather out on a walk with his grandson was attacked by a charging bison and thrown at least eight feet into the air …
Wytheville had a real UFO wave in 1987 with tons of people seeing lights and objects at once. The Unsolved Mysteries episode lays it out clear. Small town gets hit hard by something in the sky and the story still holds up decades later. Makes you wonder what else flew over there that night. Small …
JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 US strikes Iranian naval base using sea drones in combat for the first time. pic.twitter.com/Weolj6m0Aj — BRICS News (@BRICSinfo) July 13, 2026
Shares of SpaceX slipped for a second trading day on Monday, bringing Elon Musk’s company closer to its $135 initial public offering price just days after making its entrance into the Nasdaq-100. Now through its first month as a public company, the stock has been volatile since its June 12 debut, and is down about …
This is exactly how social credit scores start creeping in through the back door. A 25-year-old can get blackballed for old social media posts from a decade ago with zero chance to explain or fix it. The AI and the whole mentality behind secret scoring needs to be banned outright before it becomes normal. New …
Yields on Japanese government bonds have climbed significantly with the 10 year benchmark reaching near 30 year highs around 2.7 to 2.9 percent in recent sessions. Multiple headwinds hit at once including persistent inflation, low birth rates and aging population, yen devaluation, rising bankruptcies, and public debt well over 200 percent of GDP. Government signals …
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116913091653271692 Trump stated the US will run/keep the Strait of Hormuz, guard it with forces, and expect reimbursement/payment from other countries for the protection. This follows recent Iranian actions and US positioning to ensure navigation. Multiple clips and reports confirm the remarks. JUST IN: Donald Trump says the U.S. is “taking over” the Strait of …
President Donald Trump joins Meet the Press in an exclusive interview and weighs in on the decision Gov. Henry McMaster (R-S.C.) now faces to appoint someone to fill the late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) seat. “Ultimately they’ll have an election,” Trump said. “Some are good, some are bad. And but I have somebody that I …
Classic leverage-fueled bubble where easy credit and FOMO turned a sector rally into a national gambling frenzy. KOSPI trading halted for 20 minutes after 8% plunge — 7th halt of 2026. SK Hynix down 15% in single day, on track for biggest monthly drop since Oct 2008. Koreans poured wealth from memory stocks into 3x …
Cops driving by without doing anything and mayor ignoring complaints shows leadership that cares more about optics than fixing the streets. This kind of lawlessness spreads fast when no one stops it early. NY Post article on lawless 12-block encampment near Intrepid A grotesque homeless encampment continues to expand on Manhattan’s West Side and now …
Tomorrow’s inflation report isn’t just another economic release. It might answer a much bigger question. Is this market rally built on earnings… Or built on hope that the Fed will eventually ride to the rescue? That’s what makes this CPI report so interesting. If inflation comes in hotter than expected, it doesn’t just delay rate …
I had to read that twice. Around 56,000 people, roughly the top 0.001%, now control three times more wealth than the poorest 4 billion people. That is such a tiny group you could fit them into one large football stadium. Meanwhile, billionaire wealth has climbed to a record $18.3 trillion. The global economy keeps growing. …
SOFI will SO FLY – 1.3M YOLO byu/iTouchStuff inwallstreetbets This is pure degen energy chasing fintech hype while macro bets on rates add extra leverage.
But every f****** clown on X is convinced that the market only goes up https://t.co/n2d8hnxEzl — 🏴☠️ (@calvinfroedge) July 10, 2026 Strait of Hormuz Traffic is plunging again 📉 📉 pic.twitter.com/dMN91oa4y4 — Barchart (@Barchart) July 11, 2026 Retail investors' cash allocation just hit an extreme low. The other five visits to this line: 1998, 2000, …
McConnell fell last month, went unconscious, and ended up hospitalized with mild pneumonia. Doctors cleared him of broken bones, concussion, heart attack, stroke or anything worse. He’s now in a rehab center regaining strength and says the process takes time. He won’t return to the Senate floor to vote anytime soon on doctors’ orders. Claims …
Turning him into some hero right after death proves the network still protects the old guard instead of calling out the real problems he backed for years. This kind of coverage shows why trust in Fox drops when they go easy on insiders like him. Fox article on tributes and legacy after Graham’s passing: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/america-world-lost-determined-leader-tributes-pour-sen-lindsey-graham-death …
High miscarriage and depression numbers show testosterone and transition hit female reproductive systems hard even after stopping. Limited data means the full damage stays hidden while more people go down this path without real warnings. Medical system pushing this without solid evidence on outcomes is playing dangerous games with irreversible choices. Systematic review looked at …
A recently discovered exoplanet only 25 light years away resembles our own planet a lot more than once thought. The distant world, dubbed GJ 3378b, orbits inside the habitable zone of a red dwarf star — a type of star that is much smaller and cooler than our Sun — where temperatures are just right …
Route density plus landfill control creates boring but unbreakable local dominance that lets these companies raise prices year after year without losing volume. The whole sector compounds quietly while everyone chases the next AI narrative and ignores the fact that garbage never goes away. Owning the landfill is owning the toll road on waste and …
