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pic.twitter.com/ZmEzFnNvwJ — James Beeker (@beeker_jam24189) December 21, 2025 I checked. Nope. Not seeing any of that here. American citizens have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The Democrat party makes that almost impossible. pic.twitter.com/o7dVqEsLAq — AnnieJ (@annie_j04) December 21, 2025
This is the nightmare scenario for Japan. Rates up, yen weaker, and the one lever they pulled just made it worse. Once the 10 year breaks levels like this, control turns into theater. There really is no clean exit left. 🚨 Japanese inflation is now above US inflation for the first time since 1979. pic.twitter.com/pACaUFHHfi …
This is one of those quiet setups that looks boring right before it bites. Vol is getting crushed even though stocks are barely moving, which tells you complacency is doing the heavy lifting. When UVXY and UVIX bleed this hard without a real rally, it usually means traders are leaning the same way. That works …
When the timing lines up with a DOJ deadline like this, it looks less like transparency and more like narrative control. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released a new tranche of photos Thursday from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, ahead of the broader release of the Epstein files that’s slated to take place by the end …
by Michael Will 2026 be a year of great shaking for the United States? Coming into 2025, I thought that seismic activity would be a major global theme, and that has certainly turned out to be the case. This has been an extremely unusual year for earthquakes along the Pacific Ring of Fire, and volcanoes that have been …
Rep. Ilhan Omar On Somalis: “We are doctors, we are teachers, we are entrepreneurs”…….90% of Somalis in this country are on welfare. byu/BowlingForAmmo inlibsofreddit 81% of Somali‑headed households in Minnesota use at least one welfare program. https://yournews.com/2025/12/11/5326054/study-finds-nearly-90-of-somali-households-with-children-in/ Among households with children, the number rises to nearly 90%. Overall Households: Over 80% of Somali immigrant households …
Unfortunately, today’s document release by @AGPamBondi and @DAGToddBlanche grossly fails to comply with both the spirit and the letter of the law that @realDonaldTrump signed just 30 days ago. @RepRoKhanna is correct. https://t.co/gZQyQBUT4R — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) December 19, 2025 Consider these three attachments: 1) Epstein Files Transparency Act2) Statement from Fox Digital3) existing criminal …
The UK is going insane. They want to scrap jury trials and give magistrates the power to lock people up for two years with no right to appeal. That is not reform, that is removing the last speed bump between the state and someone’s freedom. Once that door opens, innocent people do not get protected, …
Gold is hovering near $4,400 while silver has cleared $60. Yet U.S. investors remain historically underweight in precious metals. Here’s why this price action isn’t a rally – but rather a fundamental reassessment of the price of risk… By Peter Reagan Your News to Know rounds up the most important developments in precious metals and …
This is how trouble sneaks in, quietly and all at once. When every major bond market starts pushing yields higher together, it means money is getting expensive everywhere, not just somewhere. Stocks can ignore that for a while, but balance sheets cannot. By the time equities notice, the damage is already baked in. A HUGE …
But hey, inflation is down amirite pic.twitter.com/TO4OcggCT3 — ❝ 𝕵𝖚𝖉𝖆𝖘 ❞ (@jpegjudas) December 19, 2025 🚨BREAKING: Nike COLLAPSES as the U.S. Economy WEAKENS. pic.twitter.com/9FvBrPwYix — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) December 19, 2025 🚨BREAKING: Nike COLLAPSES as the U.S. Economy WEAKENS. pic.twitter.com/9FvBrPwYix — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) December 19, 2025 November's CPI report "should not be taken literally …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Trump announced a new vaporware deal announced today. It ties fusion to Trump media. $6 Billion Vaporware Deal Please note Trump Media to Merge With Nuclear Fusion Firm in $6 Billion Deal Trump Media & Technology DJT agreed to merge with an Alphabet-backed fusion energy company in a merger valued …
All this cash flying around and Bitcoin still tanks. The markets are clearly not buying the Fed’s or Treasury’s happy talk. Liquidity everywhere but risk assets shrug and slide anyway. This is the kind of week that makes you wonder who is really in control. 🇺🇸 Fed bought $23.13 billion in T-bills this week. 🇨🇳 …
This feels like controlled transparency, not truth. They dump a chunk, promise the rest later, and hope the public gets tired before the names that really matter show up. When 300,000 pages exist and only some see daylight, that is not disclosure, that is damage control. The photos are shocking enough to distract, but the …
A MAJOR US Air Force base has been plunged into lockdown after a reported active shooter incident. Personnel have been ordered to shelter in place as authorities race to respond. Luke Air Force Base in Arizona confirmed it is dealing with the reported incident on the installation. “Personnel on base have been directed to shelter …
Sold a house got to a million and lost it all, now I owe the IRS 179k and I owe creditors 100k do not do options if you adhd byu/Stardazedlover inwallstreetbets Hello, Firstly I already know what most of you are thinking, how could you do this? Trust me…I know. I’m in an absolute low …
This is the quiet global problem nobody wants to stare at. Young people are doing everything they were told to do and still getting shut out. When youth unemployment sits this high across totally different countries, it stops being local policy failure and starts looking structural. Idle young workers do not just wait patiently, they …
People say they feel broke and miserable, then swipe the card anyway. That is not confidence, that is muscle memory mixed with denial. Low layoffs and steady paychecks keep the spending alive even while people feel uneasy and stretched. This usually means the slowdown shows up late and hits harder, after everyone already told you …
If the BOJ missteps even a little, yields move fast and nothing stays local anymore. This is one of those quiet moments that only feels boring until it isn’t. Japan's🇯🇵 bond market is displaying consolidating flag patterns across the board , poised to react sharply if the BOJ makes any major policy error. We await. …
by Michael How close can we get to the edge without falling over? The largest military conflict in Europe since World War II is poised to go to the next level in 2026, war could erupt again in the Middle East at any moment, the U.S. is on the verge of starting a new war …
This is the part where bubbles always start lying to people. JPMorgan is literally listing the same warning signs we heard before 2000 and 2008, but everyone shrugs because the word AI sounds magical. When companies are burning insane amounts of cash and promising the future will fix it later, that is not innovation, that …
It is the kind of tragedy that makes everything else feel small and meaningless for a moment. 🚨 BREAKING: A private jet owned by NASCAR Driver and humanitarian Greg Biffle has reportedly crashed and exploded in Statesville, NC Unconfirmed reports from local media that Greg and his family were on board PLEASE pray that’s not …
by Michael The slow-motion disaster that we are witnessing on the west coast is unlike anything we have ever seen before. A series of atmospheric rivers has already dumped trillions of gallons of water on the region, and trillions of gallons of additional water will fall before the end of the year. This has caused …
Anyone paying attention knows this is cooked. Prediction markets have no come back down on future rate cuts. Now a 25% chance of a cut in January — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) December 18, 2025 So… CPI is down to 2.7% because they stopped measuring everything except gasoline and cars… 🤪 WTF is going on here? …
RFK Jr is putting a hard line down and daring the medical establishment to push back. Words like malpractice and junk science are meant to make anyone who questions him pause. 🚨 BREAKING: RFK Jr announced he’s signed a directive BANNING transgender surgeries for minors nationwide “So-called gender-affirming care has inflicted lasting physical and psychological …
This is straight-up audacity on a national scale. People are literally hopping states just to hit taxpayer programs like slot machines. Millions meant for the disabled and struggling addicts vanished while the fraudsters lived hundreds of miles away with zero real connection to the communities they ripped off. Minnesota did not fail they got exploited …
https://twitter.com/MitchMartan98/status/2001655851308724385 https://twitter.com/DanV_Barrons/status/2001683508813779205 Heritage Foundation: Powell made “brutal mistakes” and is the “worst Fed Chair in history” Powell engaged in “non‑stop money printing” Fueled “runaway government spending” Kept rates “too low for too long,” creating a market bubble Trump would be “justified in axing the worst Fed Chair in history” https://www.heritage.org/markets-and-finance/commentary/problematic-powell-what-do-the-worst-fed-chair-history Washington Morning: Powell failed on …
Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino is leaving his post, ending a nine-month tenure during which he drew criticism from within the agency for his lack of experience and clashed with Attorney General Pam Bondi over the handling of the Epstein files. Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and podcaster known for spreading conspiracy theories, announced …
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, on 17 December, filed a criminal complaint against the Nobel panel over the ‘instrument of war’ peace prize to Venezuelan democracy activist María Corina Machado. In a statement on 17 December, WikiLeaks said Julian Assange filed a criminal complaint in Sweden, “accusing 30 individuals associated with the Nobel Foundation, including its …
They keep saying “no confirmed link,” but then they are tracking the same rental car and delaying press conferences like they just realized how bad this could look. That is usually the tell. If this ties Brown to an MIT killing, this was not a one off snap, it was someone moving, planning, and slipping …