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🚨BREAKING: Fox Business ADMITS the Economy SUCKS. “The unemployment rate going up to a cycle high of 4.44%. It's not good news.” pic.twitter.com/XGvlMOUdKo — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) November 20, 2025 This is the worst economy I’ve seen: Inflation way up Job market sucks Wages stagnating Largest wealth gap Record national debt Record consumer debt Mortgage …
Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on Thursday said the European Union should stop sending money to the Ukrainian government after corruption reports. “There’s a war mafia, a corrupt system working in Ukraine, and then the European Commission president … instead of stopping the payments and demanding for immediate financial clearance, she wants to send another …
“THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM JUST BROKE IN TOKYO Japan’s 30-year bond yield hit 3.41% today. That number means nothing to you. Here’s why it should terrify you. Japan owes 230% of everything it produces. It’s the most indebted nation in human history. For 35 years, they kept the lights on by borrowing at near-zero rates. …
by Michael The ride up was a lot of fun for crypto investors, but now many of them are getting wiped out by the ride down. For a long time, people were using borrowed money to make absolutely enormous returns in the cryptocurrency market. Unfortunately, that bubble is bursting and an epic cryptocurrency crash is now …
https://twitter.com/spice1975503/status/1991520334458343476 Noticing a growing number of Fed officials voicing concerns about private credit lately. But this one is esp notable where one of them is openly highlighting risks among life insurers (its largest investor base). If the Fed is concerned about lifers, things are quite serious. pic.twitter.com/sC3uUFrdKq — Mr. VIX (@yieldsearcher) November 20, 2025 Everything’s …
For Everyone NOV. 19, 2025 KEY POINTS The claim “vaccines do not cause autism” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism. Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities. HHS has launched a comprehensive assessment of the causes of autism, including investigations …
The European Union is pushing back against a 28-point plan to end the war in Ukraine, reportedly being drafted behind closed doors by the US and Russia, demanding that any diplomatic attempt must have Kyiv and European leaders at the table. The plan, first reported by US outlet Axios, is said to include terms that …
by David Haggith The BLS puts its numeric statistics through a lie-detector test, and everything spikes. That’s how they know the report is ready. Surprise, Surprise, the BLS announced it will not issue any unemployment data with its October jobs report. Miserable as the numbers have been consistently looking from non-government sources, we saw that coming. It won’t include …
BREAKING: Experts SHOCKED as the United States adds stunning +119,000 THOUSAND JOBS – despite only +50,000 expected Federal government -3,000 jobs. WOW! CNBC can HARDLY BELIEVE IT. “Nonfarm payrolls up a ROBUST 119K! 119K is the best since April!” 🚨 BREAKING: Experts SHOCKED as the United States adds stunning +119,000 THOUSAND JOBS – despite only …
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed legislation Wednesday that compels his administration to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, bowing to political pressure from his own party after initially resisting those efforts. Trump could have chosen to release many of the files on his own months ago. “Democrats have used the ‘Epstein’ issue, …
by Michael During the days of the Great Recession, rapidly falling home prices caused all sorts of havoc for our major financial institutions. Unfortunately, home prices are starting to plummet once again in many areas of the country. And just like during the last housing crash, we are also seeing a surge in foreclosure filings. That …
Giant jumps in $nvda inventory and AR levels 🚩🚩🚩 Huge discrepancy between net income declared of nearly $32B and operating cash flow of $24B Accounting stays creative pic.twitter.com/3JlYNbXqiS — 🏴☠️ (@calvinfroedge) November 19, 2025 Valuation is 10x forward sales and a lot of the sales are to related parties Good luck — 🏴☠️ (@calvinfroedge) November …
America’s banking system is entering a dangerous new phase — and the warning signs can no longer be ignored. In today’s video, “The American Banking Crisis Just Got Worse (Defaults Are Rising),” we break down the shocking financial data that major media outlets continue to downplay. Credit card delinquencies, auto-loan defaults, commercial real-estate collapses, and …
Today, sanity won another battle in the war on woke. After years of dangerous ideological experimentation pushed by radical activists and rubber-stamped by weak politicians, the New Zealand Government has officially banned puberty blockers for children. This is what happens when you back a party that actually delivers. It’s a monumental victory for common sense …
US mass layoff warnings are rising at a concerning pace: 39,006 Americans were given advance layoff notice in October, the 2nd-highest since the 2020 pandemic. These notices are issued under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, which obligates covered employers to provide at least 60 days of notice before a mass layoff or …
That’s the kind of “mistake” that makes every parent wonder what else has been covered up. You don’t shut the lights off and quietly move kids unless something much worse is sitting in the background. Parents have been forced to find new child care after some troubling stories at a Manhattan day care center. CBS …
On Thursday morning, a chartered plane carrying 153 Palestinians from war-torn Gaza – many without the required travel documents – landed at an airport near Johannesburg, leaving South African officials “blindsided”. After nearly 12 hours of scrambling, the group was allowed to disembark into the care of a local charity organisation. More details have emerged …
This is readily seen in California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom’s trip to Belém, Brazil, to rub elbows with the global elite at the U.N.’s COP30 global climate conference on Nov. 11. Newsom, an all-but-declared candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in 2028, slammed the Trump administration for not attending the confab, accusing the president …
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., was indicted Wednesday in connection with stealing and laundering $5 million in federal relief funds, and using the money for her congressional campaign, the Justice Department said. In a news release citing the indictment, the Justice Department said Cherfilus-McCormick, 46, and her brother Edwin Cherfilus, 51, worked on a staffing contract …
It’ll be closer to $10B and open around 2040 — Joshua D Phillips (@JoshPhillipsPhD) November 18, 2025 Maryland more than doubles cost estimate on rebuilding collapsed Baltimore bridge Maryland officials have more than doubled the estimated cost to replace Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed and killed six construction workers last year after a …
Crazy to think that money supply is expanding this aggressively even as global central bank balance sheets have been contracting. We’ve seen a $10T increase in global money supply in just the past 12 months. Now imagine what happens once central banks inevitably need to expand their balance sheets again — which, in my view, …
by Michael A global drama of historic proportions is unfolding right in front of our eyes. But most people don’t understand what is happening because they don’t want to understand what is happening. Global events have begun to move at a pace that is absolutely breathtaking, and decisions that world leaders are making right now …
If this AI debt bubble ever pops, it won’t be just the Silicon Valley taking the first hit, it’ll be your pension and retirement funds. Why? Because the AI buildout has gotten so capital intensive that companies are relying heavily on debt rather than equity. Around $800 billion in private credit is needed for these …
“Nvidia reported fiscal third-quarter earnings and revenue that topped Wall Street expectations on Wednesday and provided stronger-than-expected sales guidance for the fourth quarter. Shares of the AI chipmaker rose more than 4% in extended trading. Here’s how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Earnings per share: $1.30 adjusted vs. $1.25 …
Look at the decline in population for young children (under age 5) in major cities from 2005 to 2024 This is catastrophic Austin +98% Orlando +89% Raleigh +87% Charlotte +81% Dallas +81% Chicago -31% Boston -33% New York – 34% LA -36% San Francisco -38% pic.twitter.com/cn1fu1t6VH — Bobby Fijan (@bobbyfijan) November 18, 2025
Larry Summers opens class by apologizing to Harvard students.pic.twitter.com/9xmfDdzRep — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) November 19, 2025 Buckle up, this is just the beginning.
In the sewer business, they say a good flush beats a full house. This one isn’t a good flush. It’s the other kind that fills your house with a stinking mess you have to live with. by David Haggith Adam Taggart, in his interview below with Freightwaves’ Craig Fuller, says Fuller’s take on the economy sounds stagflationary, …
by Michael The middle class in the United States is being systematically destroyed. I know that this may sound like an obvious statement to many of you, but when I first started writing about this more than a decade ago it wasn’t an obvious statement. For years, the middle class was slowly eroding, but now …
A crash and recession would do this market some good. 👀 👀 There’s a storm comin: pic.twitter.com/zpGmrN9Jtf — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) November 18, 2025 Scott Galloway fears a market crash or social crisis in the next year. A top finance professor recommends putting money into baseball cards Scott Galloway, the entrepreneur and NYU Stern marketing …
Meanwhile in 40% Republican New England, no representation in Congress. pic.twitter.com/8CufMovqR4 — ℝ𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕥 (@rdbrewer4) November 18, 2025 Washington — A federal court on Tuesday blocked Texas from using its newly redrawn congressional map in the upcoming 2026 midterm elections, a setback for Republicans as they work to maintain their narrow majority in the House. In …