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More investors are betting on a 50 basis point Fed cut this year. All feels very 07ish but on a much bigger scale. Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan said that a downturn could happen within 6 to 24 months.

Can’t even look at the news anymore without the blood boiling. All this talk of the economy teetering like it’s ’07 all over again, big bank bosses like Dimon muttering about crashes coming any day now, and there folks sit, staring at paychecks that barely cover rent and groceries. Gas is dirt cheap for once, …

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Banks now telling you your estimated carbon footprint. Wait until it says, ‘Sorry Dave, you can’t buy that’. You’re over your carbon allowance.’ It’s coming!

This was their plan all along. They’re about to push it over the line. This is tryanny if this becomes normal. Original post: https://x.com/RealCarlVernon/status/1980292056418566477?t=zwzbxDURfZHIBlgfQas05A&s=19 There will be nowhere to run too when the entire world runs on a carbon footprint and digital gulag system! h/t UniversalSurvivalist

$5.1T school bond Ponzi scheme could push housing to the brink. The 18-Year Housing Cycle is on the verge of collapse.

“We’re sitting on the ultimate house of cards,” says real estate developer Mitch Wexler to Daniela Cambone. He details how a “$5.1 trillion school bond Ponzi scheme” using inflated home values is pushing the system to “terminal failure.” He warns of the outcome: “Can you imagine what will happen if a school district… shows up …

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Gold tops with emotion. Stocks top slowly with psychology. Everyone’s betting on no-revenue stocks… until sentiment turns and it all comes crashing down. The bond market is quietly saying the economy is losing momentum.

$GLD is topping and $SPY is not too far. Gold topping is usually sharp spike and Equity topping is round top. More details below 👇👇 🟡 Gold Tops – Sharp Spikes Driven by Fear: Gold often rallies during crises, panic, or inflation fears. When fear peaks suddenly (like geopolitical shocks or banking stress), prices spike …

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DC court bans man from smoking weed at home; Supreme Court to weigh if users can own guns

A 76-year-old woman in Washington, DC just won a lawsuit that forbids her neighbor from smoking marijuana inside his own home. What sounds like a local nuisance case has quietly set a national precedent that could reshape every state where marijuana is legal under local law but still banned federally. For five years, Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd …

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ProPublica reveals Trump’s DHS quietly removing oversight, merging law enforcement powers, and building a hidden architecture of control

Trump’s second term isn’t a repeat of the first. It’s an expansion of power that moves quietly while the noise of rallies and courtrooms fills the air. Beneath that noise, a new kind of federal force is taking shape — one that operates without oversight, without public transparency, and without restraint. According to ProPublica, Trump’s …

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AWS services going down again

https://downdetector.com/status/aws-amazon-web-services/ https://downdetector.com/ Citrix Cloud tenants are hosted on AWS, along with countless other sites and services. It’s crashing again. bro I didn’t know these many companies use AWS 😭 the internet is so fragile and depends on a few companies to keep running…. hard to be bearish on the 3 clouds that keep the world …

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Record $1.13 trillion margin debt and 39% leverage spike set ominous prelude for next market crash

Margin debt is rising at a rate last seen before major bear markets and market CRASHES: Margin debt jumped 6.3%, or $67 billion, in September to a record $1.13 TRILLION. Investor leverage has surged 39% since April, marking the biggest 5-month spike since the late-2021 market frenzy. In the past, similar margin debt spikes have …

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ICE tried a new restraint device in Chicago raids, now a judge says body cameras are mandatory to keep them accountable

ICE is now trying to use a controversial full body restraint device during raids! 😡 pic.twitter.com/tskjCg5BAz — Suzie rizzio (@Suzierizzo1) October 16, 2025 Judge orders federal immigration agents to use body cameras in Chicago https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/judge-orders-federal-immigration-agents-use-body-cameras-chicago-2025-10-17/ CHICAGO, Oct 17 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge in Chicago on Friday ordered federal law enforcement officers involved in the …

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The trade war appears ready to intensify across the board.

Is it just me, or does Bessent seems to suggest the trade war with China will heat up dramatically after November 1st? He claims Chinese officials threatened to collapse the global economy but that's literally the last thing China wants right now.pic.twitter.com/zmFv3pNk5a https://t.co/MD9mLqVn6U — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) October 20, 2025 🇨🇳#BREAKING CHINA'S TOP TRADE NEGOATIATOR LI …

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Government shutdown could last until Thanksgiving, millions unpaid. Nuclear safety and federal programs at risk

The government could be shut down until Thanksgiving. Millions of federal workers aren’t getting paid. 2,000,000 directly affected. 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 more indirectly, including contractors and suppliers. Every day this continues, the economy loses $5 billion to $7 billion. That money just stops moving. Families can’t pay bills, small businesses can’t get contracts fulfilled, restaurants …

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Amazon’s AWS collapse leaves Snapchat, Roblox, Canva, and millions of users stranded in the dark. Half the internet goes dark overnight

https://downdetector.com/ You don’t say … 🤔 https://t.co/9oLKZGyec5 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 20, 2025 THE INTERNET JUST FACEPLANTED – AND AMAZON’S HOLDING THE CORD Snapchat’s dead. Roblox won’t load. Canva’s crying. Even Alexa’s pretending she didn’t hear you. It’s not you – it’s AWS, the invisible backbone of half the web, choking in its own …

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UPDATE: COLOMBIA’S PRESIDENT ACCUSES USA OF KILLING INNOCENT FISHERMAN IN BOAT ATTACK

The Colombian President Gustavo Petro says to US Trump:—“Colombia was never rude to the United States, but you are rude and ignorant towards Colombia” He added, “I am not a businessman like you, I am a socialist, I believe in help, common good and common benefits for humanity” pic.twitter.com/iH681ge74T — Sprinter Press (@SprinterPress) October 19, …

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When the next major crash hits, there will be signs, and this is one of them. You don’t need to be the first seller. Follow structure.

Leverage often appears as innovation before it collapses into contagion. https://twitter.com/TruthInTesting/status/1980017309537140799 No need to call tops. Just wait for price to show you the way, you don't need to be the first seller. Follow structure. The next couple of days will be key to decide the fate of the market. We got a potential change …

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Dramatically Reduced Christmas Spending, Soaring Defaults And Empty Shelves: 14 Signs That The Condition Of The U.S. Economy Is Worse Than You Think

by Michael It feels like someone has pulled a plug, because the U.S. economy is suddenly caught in an extremely alarming downward spiral.  As I discussed at the end of last week, investors are flocking to gold and silver because they can see that a storm is coming.  We have reached a point where most of …

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Trump says he’s not a king after nationwide “No Kings” protests… AI-generated video showing “King Trump” goes viral

TRUMP: “I’M NOT A KING” U.S. President Donald Trump responded to nationwide “No Kings” protests, saying, “I’m not a king.”He denied any link between the demonstrations and the ongoing government shutdown. Earlier, Trump shared an AI-generated video on Truth Social showing him… — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) October 19, 2025 President Trump makes a quick appearance …

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Feels like Massie lives rent-free in Trump’s head more than many Democrats at this point.

Massie has already surpassed his previous fundraising numbers. He’s incredibly popular in his district. Trump is just big mad.   Is This MAGA? Trump Wants Lindsey Graham Donor To Challenge 'RINO' Massie https://t.co/rA1bMapll4 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) October 19, 2025 Ever-determined to oust popular GOP Rep. Thomas Massie, President Trump has posted yet another anti-Massie rant …

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Shutdown hits renters, Section 8 funding runs dry

NEW: Section 8 payments to be PAUSED due to Democrats keeping the government shutdown Landlord has just received a letter from the Housing Authority saying after mid November, payments will be paused “October is funded, partial of November is funded. After that, if the shutdown continues, we will not be getting paid our rent” Sad …

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Zelensky: “Ukraine will not give Russia anything”

In his video address, Zelensky said that Ukraine will not make any concessions to Russia, emphasizing that “nothing will be given as a gift” and that Kyiv will continue to defend its territory and sovereignty. “In the recent Trump-Putin phone call, Russian President Putin demanded Ukraine surrender the rest of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, …

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Hamas and Israeli forces clash again, Netanyahu rushes to security meeting. The ceasefire in Gaza is collapsing.

Peace in the Middle East… pic.twitter.com/KuTb8JYR8L — Janitor Jack 🇺🇸🇺🇦🐱🐻🐸🪐 (@JanitorJack2) October 19, 2025 Israeli media report clashes between Hamas fighters and Israeli forces in Rafah. PM Netanyahu left a cabinet meeting for urgent security talks after alleged IED blasts injured soldiers. Israel now conducting air strikes, accusing Hamas of breaching the ceasefire.#Rafah pic.twitter.com/C6TR0SF3mq — …

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Are US banks facing a $100 billion shock or just the start of a bigger collapse?

There is a strong basis for saying the U.S. banking sector is facing serious challenges. Some analysts are already talking about a potential $100 billion market shock, and what we are seeing might just be the tip of the iceberg for deeper credit threats. On October 16, 2025, U.S. regional bank stocks plunged after disclosures …

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Did Trump really mis spell Colombia multiple times

President Gustavo Petro, of Columbia, is an illegal drug leader strongly encouraging the massive production of drugs, in big and small fields, all over Columbia. It has become the biggest business in Columbia, by far, and Petro does nothing to stop it, despite large scale payments and subsidies from the USA that are nothing more …

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OpenAI on track for $1.3 trillion payouts while losing $8 billion a year, AI bubble grows wilder by the day

I have a question. OpenAI is supposedly on the hook to pay the circle jerk crew $1,300,000,000,000 over the next few years. Meanwhile, their operating revenue is negative $8,000,000,000. How do they even cover that gap? Here is the breakdown of the big fantasy-level deals people are talking about: Oracle, $300 billion: 4.5 gigawatts of …

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