Container import bookings into the US are down 16% YoY; Used car prices falling back to “Liberation Day” levels

https://twitter.com/spice1975503/status/1992215378181619837 Major retailers warn of slowing consumer spending and cut forward orders Nov 19 (Reuters) – Target (TGT.N), opens new tab reported a bigger-than-expected drop in comparable sales on Wednesday and offered a wide range of profit outcomes for its holiday quarter, as it cuts prices and makes investments to appeal to cash-strapped U.S. consumers. …

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The Uproar Over 4 Dollar Fries Shows Just How Severely America’s Standard Of Living Has Eroded

by Michael Once upon a time potatoes were what the poorest people in society would eat because they were so inexpensive.  But now we are being charged an average of $4.19 for a carton of medium fries at McDonald’s.  There are many that are very upset about the rapidly rising cost of fries, and this …

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Banks raise limits faster than people can borrow

Credit card companies just handed out $1.5 trillion in new credit limits since 2020 but Americans only actually borrowed an extra $430 billion. That gap $4.1 trillion in unused credit tells you everything you need to know about what banks are doing right now.​​ Imagine your bank raises your credit limit from $5,000 to $8,000 …

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$BTC $ETH bearish next week? Maybe a local top on Monday and then a dump to fill the CME gap could happen again. Saylor’s cost average is $78K.

Indeed, $BTC $ETH bearish next week pic.twitter.com/XIelFwWkQH — Alonso Ramón Díaz (@aramondiaz) November 23, 2025 $BTC is only $10,000 away from MicroStrategy's average price. For anyone wondering, Bitcoin below $74,000 won't cause any BTC selling from MicroStrategy. But this could definitely cause some panic among market participants. pic.twitter.com/Xb3F8aVDPF — Ted (@TedPillows) November 22, 2025 This …

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SPY shows 3 percent dip, 60 percent of stocks fall below 200 day average. Japan’s forward yields flash crisis. The big crash is coming soon.

The Japanese carry trade has gone into reverse so it’s inevitable. Japan is in denial on debt. It's 10-year gov't bond yield is only 1.8% (blue), which looks ok, but that same yield 10-years forward is 4.0% (orange) and 20-years forward is 4.4% (red). The only certainty for Japan is that it'll have either a …

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X’s location feature just wrecked half the major political accounts on the platform

Today has been an absolute bloodbath for many of the large accounts in the MAGA, Pro-Russian, Pro-Chinese, Pro-Iranian, Pro-Israel, and Crypto Communities, following the implementation of account location info by X. Today has been an absolute bloodbath for many of the large accounts in the MAGA, Pro-Russian, Pro-Chinese, Pro-Iranian, Pro-Israel, and Crypto Communities, following the …

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Two Investing Titans Issue the Same Warning

When Ray Dalio and Jeff Gundlach – two legendary investors with wildly different worldviews – start warning about the same thing, it’s worth paying attention. Both say today’s economy is distorted, and warn that “illusory wealth” may vanish when reality hits… By Peter Reagan A question for you: In what world would billionaire investing legends …

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Trump softens his tone — ‘I would love to see Marjorie return to politics, after a break.’ Trump reverses in late day interview with NBC. Early this morning, Trump showed some anger.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Saturday he would like to see Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene resume her political career at some point, despite their recent falling out. Trump’s comments came the day after Greene, one of the best-known faces in the Republican arena, made the stunning announcement that she will resign in January. In …

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Tokyo cannot raise yields without blowing up its budget and cannot hold them down without crushing the yen and investors are piling into the debasement trade

Japan's government says it may "intervene" before the Japanese Yen to US Dollar ratio reaches 160. Over the last 2 months, the Yen has gone from 145 to 157 as a $110B+ stimulus package is coming byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts I agree, but does it really solve anything for Japan? With all the helicopter money, a demographic …

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The Fed enters its biggest meeting of the year on Dec. 9–10 with no October jobs report, no November jobs report, and no November CPI in hand. $VIX up 40% in a month!

BREAKING: The US Labor Department announces that November CPI inflation data will be released on December 18th. The "employment situation" data for October and November and CPI inflation data are BOTH coming after the Fed meeting. The Fed is in a data blackout still. — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) November 21, 2025 💥BREAKING: 🇺🇸 BLS …

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BUST: Trump’s tech company loses $400 million as Bitcoin plunges… Crypto Headed for Worst Month Since Collapse of ’22…

“The company behind Donald Trump’s social network Truth Social has lost more than $400m (£305m) on its stash of Bitcoin as the price of the cryptocurrency plunges in a trillion dollar market sell-off. Trump Media & Technology Group held more than 11,542 Bitcoin at the end of September, according to its latest financial statement. These …

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Female OKC 7 ELEVEN clerk FIRED for shooting man who was strangling her because she wouldn’t take his COUNTERFEIT 100 dollar bill. Police say he had a knife too!

25-year-old Stephanie Dilyard was fired from 7-Eleven in Oklahoma on Monday for protecting herself with a gun from a 59-year-old male customer who tried to take her life on Thursday. This is outrageous. Shame on 7-Eleven! (fox25news on TT) pic.twitter.com/E5NMTqRlO0 — Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) November 19, 2025 OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. (KOKH) — Stephanie …

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We’re in a silent recession.

“Nick Huber @sweatystartup We’re in a silent recession. What I’m seeing: 1) Real estate struggling bad. None of my friends in this business are growing and many are going through very stressful situations trying to recap debt. 2) Home services are hungry. HVAC, plumbing, electrical in my area are slow and asking for work. 3) …

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U.S. unemployment rate blows past expectations, highest level in years; Trump’s solution: Import more foreign workers

BREAKING: U.S. unemployment rate blows past expectations, soaring to the highest level in years. — Polymarket (@Polymarket) November 20, 2025 NOW – DHS Secretary Noem on H-1Bs: "Under the Trump admin, we've sped up our process and added integrity to the visa programs, to green cards, to all of that, but also more people are …

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Vance admits the economy sucks and “it’s going to take a bit of time” for Americans to feel the economic boom. Consumer sentiment COLLAPSES to the LOWEST since 2009.

.@VP: "This economy was not harmed in 10 months. It took a deliberate 4-year administration that was making life harder for everyday Americans, that was importing foreign workers… over regulating, overtaxing… As much progress as we've made, it's going to take a little bit of… pic.twitter.com/ycgvkBPftW — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) November 20, 2025 And …

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Trump pushing Zelensky to sign peace deal by Thanksgiving or lose U.S. support. No NATO expansion, no prosecution for war crimes.

KYIV — The White House is pressuring Ukraine to sign on to its new peace proposal by Thanksgiving or lose U.S. support to the country, according to two officials familiar with the talks, speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe sensitive diplomatic discussions. U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll presented Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on …

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BREAKING: Zelensky officially REJECTS Trump’s Peace Deal.

Zelensky reject Trump's plan and said we will not accept the peace agreement proposed by the United States. According to him, Washington received its answer long ago back on May 20, 2019, when he publicly vowed to defend the country’s independence and sovereignty.#Ukraine… pic.twitter.com/Yd6koxh49F — Muhammed Faisal (@Intl_Mediatior) November 21, 2025 Zelensky said he spoke …

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Another major economy flipping the liquidity switch back on

Massive stimulus wave incoming. pic.twitter.com/wl0ReukCvX — Laurel Lee – bzzZ (@akalaurelee) November 21, 2025 *JAPAN PACKAGE TO BE WORTH 42.8T YEN IN OVERALL IMPACT: GOVT *JAPAN'S ECON PACKAGE TO BE 21.3T YEN OVERALL: GOVERNMENT *JAPAN SET FOR 17.7T YEN IN FRESH SPENDING VIA EXTRA BUDGET 🇯🇵🇯🇵 pic.twitter.com/0lM8nxhLNG — Investing.com (@Investingcom) November 21, 2025 TOKYO — …

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XRP and Bitcoin in shambles. Saylor liquidation getting closer. Investors are selling crypto funds at a record pace.

View post on imgur.com Ooof Bitcoin 82k ☠️💀 Saylor liquidation getting closer 🤦‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/if7OKR4ktE — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) November 21, 2025 Investors are selling crypto funds at a record pace: Crypto funds saw -$2.0 billion in outflows last week, the largest since February. This also marks the 3rd consecutive weekly sale, bringing the total to …

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Four B-52 bombers in route to Venezuela

El Presidente is about to be liquidated. Yeah, we aren’t amassing all of these assets in the Caribbean to simply hit drug boats and disrupt the drug trade. pic.twitter.com/XANxokaz8Z — Maine (@TheMaineWonk) November 21, 2025 BREAKING🚨:U.S. B-52H BOMBERS GO DARK EN ROUTE TO CARIBBEAN Two U.S. Air Force B-52H strategic bombers took off from Minot …

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Economy is so bad millions of Americans eating $1.50 hotdogs with soda at Costco

Costco’s $1.50 hot dog combo is basically America’s happy meal — and it's turning 40. 🌭🇺🇸 #Costco https://t.co/9oAFQEfqRi — The Big Time with Whitney Allen (@thebigtime) November 21, 2025 Content creator Joey Kinsley has pulled quite a few gut-busting feats. He ate chili every hour for 24 hours and once consumed only potato chips for …

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The Fed is whispering a December rate cut through back channels and banks are hearing it loud and clear

It looks like the Fed is starting to communicate a December rate cut. The leading banks are getting the message through indirect channels. Fed futures now show a 70% probability of a cut — and suddenly market futures are magically recovering. I’m telling you… these hawks are basically dummy farts It looks like the Fed …

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Credit traders doubt Nvidia’s story and Oracle CDS keeps rising. Commodities are getting slammed. Not a good sign. Happens only in recessionary fear

Credit traders are far less optimistic than stock analysts when it comes to Nvidia's figures. The price of hedging against an Oracle default (CDS price) has risen even further. pic.twitter.com/xuwPK4ixR7 — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) November 19, 2025 Commodities are getting slammed. Not a good sign. Happens only in recessionary fear pic.twitter.com/FA0YdNLGy8 — optionGeek (@StockShark16) November …

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House unanimously rejects $500,000 payouts to Senators.

The House on Wednesday unanimously moved to repeal a controversial provision in the government funding law that allows senators to sue the Justice Department for up to $500,000 when their phone records are seized without their knowledge. The provision, included in the legislation that ended the historic shutdown, requires senators be notified when federal investigators …

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The Feds Are Using Dystopian AI Surveillance Tools To Monitor Where We Drive And What We Do On Social Media

by Michael For decades, an insidious Big Brother control grid has been growing and evolving all around us, and now artificial intelligence is allowing authorities to do things that they have never been able to do before.  Shockingly, that includes monitoring where we drive so that those with “suspicious” travel patterns can be detained.  There …

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Why $4,000 Gold Isn’t a Mystery — And $6,000 May Not Be Either

Gold keeps breaking records, but the real drivers aren’t “mysterious flows” or short-term headlines. This week, we look at what the mainstream are saying. And what the numbers suggest about central banks, investor demand and tightening supply… by Peter Reagan Your News to Know rounds up the most important stories about precious metals and the …

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Banks Are Cancelling Credit Cards Right Now!

Banks are cancelling credit cards and lowering credit limits right now, and it’s happening faster than many of us realize. In this video, I’m sharing real examples, personal experiences, and the steps you need to take to stay ahead of these sudden changes. From credit card companies demanding frequent usage to banks slashing limits without …

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