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Crytpo saw its biggest liquidations in history Friday when Trade Wars 2.2 flared up. Commodities were also pounded, bonds bigtime bid, even stocks sent significantly lower. Tariffs aren’t really the issue here, either, as a confluence of negatives have been sapping sentiment for the past few weeks. The stock market looks stronger than ever — …
Federal layoffs are hammering through Washington, and this is not some neutral belt-tightening. The government shutdown has become a weapon. It is not about budgets. It is about purging agencies of workers deemed politically inconvenient. Offices are emptying, programs are freezing, and the effects are already spilling into public life. People are losing paychecks. Families …
The housing market has been the ONLY market that has remained oddly unphased out all the markets that have taken hits recently…and that fucker is GROSSLY OVER VALUED! — Blackpilled Millennial (@tronics_sniffer) October 12, 2025 I don't think you understand how truly fucked we are… Imagine 2008 but 10x the leverage, + a housing bubble, …
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is ready to “immediately receive” 48 Israeli hostages — 20 of whom are believed to be alive. Hamas has pledged to release them by a Monday deadline in exchange for 250 Palestinian prisoners. https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/live-blog/israel-hamas-live-updates-families-hostages-await-release-trump-travel-rcna237100 Watch : tens of thousands of Palestinians return to their homes in northern …
DSCR loans are quietly reshaping neighborhoods. In Baltimore, investors bought hundreds of homes at inflated prices using hard money loans, and dozens of lawsuits are surfacing. Every home taken this way displaced families who had been saving for years. Prices jumped, rents rose, and foreclosures followed. If the same behavior is happening in other cities, …
Thomas Massie just dropped a bomb on Washington. He wants to make it illegal for the government to manipulate Americans with propaganda. No secret accounts, no hidden websites, no podcasts trying to shape your mind. Every message has to be labeled as government content and stored for review. Congress can check it all to make …
BREAKING: Trump just posted this about China. Taco time. pic.twitter.com/b3smphowUD — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) October 12, 2025 get your tacos https://t.co/OAo3gunLXh pic.twitter.com/XAkvw10AU3 — TT3 (@TradingThomas3) October 12, 2025 Gap up in stocks coming later tonight. Bears had their moment of fame for all but 48 hours. Most daily RSIs now fully reset while sentiment is …
oh no … China's going to sell us EVs subsidized by their tax payers to our tax payers … I'm sure this is going to hurt our tax payers, would somebody please think of the children — John Huang (@zzjohnh) October 12, 2025 This is only in response to us getting impact at the US …
Ilyasah Shabazz didn’t want to look at the AI-generated videos of her father, Malcolm X. The seemingly realistic clips — made by OpenAI’s new video-maker Sora 2 — show the legendary civil rights activist making crude jokes, wrestling with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and talking about defecating on himself. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fake-videos-of-dead-celebrities-are-going-viral-many-of-their-families-are-horrified/ar-AA1Oh2zE h/t Rev El. …
They are definitely going to try but a 100% tariff by the president strikes where it counts. China’s youth unemployment is over 20 percent with more than 12 million graduates entering a job market that cannot absorb them. Job postings have dropped roughly 22 percent while job seekers have risen 8 percent, forcing families and …
Have a friend that was close to 30M net worth Has almost a decade in crypto Lost the whole 30M yesterday in 10 minutes on cross margin An entire decade and multiple generations he could have retired all gone in 10 minutes — Cozy ⓣhe Caller 🔥💃🏻 (@cozypront) October 11, 2025 My last reply to …
HYG and JNK have been weak for the last 2 weeks. There is stress in credit and financials have been weak. — Will O'Hara, CMT (@WillOHara131) October 11, 2025 Foreigners have not even started dumping UST. Japan has not even started raising rate to lower 12% inflation. You have seen nothing yet folks. This is …
by Martin Armstrong The Affordable Care Plan (Obamacare) was never affordable, admits the editorial board of the Washington Post. The same council that praised Obama’s “signature achievement” finally revealed what the American people so clearly experienced–healthcare costs rose. “The real problem is that the Affordable Care Act [Obamacare] was never actually affordable,” the Post declared, …
When the man who built the world’s most successful hedge fund says gold looks safer than the dollar, it’s not hype – it’s math. As debt and inflation spiral, Dalio’s warning echoes history’s lesson: All crises end like this… By Peter Reagan Image CC BY 2.0 via Web Summit When the man who built the world’s …
by Michael Has the stage been set for something really, really big to happen? After I posted my article about the end of the war in Gaza, I started reflecting on what it might mean in the grand scheme of things. Suddenly it dawned on me that in order for peace to be taken away, a …
via notayesmanseconomics It is time for another trip to a land down under and my attention has been piqued by this. Australia’s Consumer Inflation Expectations for October rose to 4.8% from 4.7% prior, marking the highest reading since June. ( Forex Factory) That is from the Melbourne Institute and as you can see things are …
by Michael Did we just witness the economic trigger event that will cause the dramatic stock market crash that we were just warned about? On Friday, U.S. stock prices absolutely plummeted once President Trump announced that China’s new rare earth export restrictions would be countered by “a massive increase” in tariffs on Chinese imports into the United States. …
They repeatedly said PBS does not get significant taxpayer funding, so why are they pushing so hard to get it restored? — PFrost (@Niio1111) October 10, 2025 $490 million for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) This funding supports PBS, NPR, and local public media stations. It’s a standard line item in annual appropriations, but …
The United States did almost exactly the same thing, by imposing port fees on Chinese vessels months ago under Section 301 of the Trade Act, as part of its ongoing trade dispute with China. Specifically, in April 2025, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) introduced a service fee… — Business Nesting (@BusinessNesting) October 10, 2025 Not …
Dominion Voting Systems just got bought by investors who openly support Trump. Think about that for a second. The company that runs voting machines in dozens of states is now controlled by people with a clear political agenda. That alone should make anyone pause. This isn’t happening in isolation. NBC and TikTok have also been …
https://twitter.com/America42085192/status/1976764075947573483 Someone’s showing military families lined up at food banks, claiming they missed a paycheck this week. But others are calling it out because payday’s October 15, not now, and they’re still on schedule unless this shutdown drags past that. The clip’s meant to stir outrage when the real hit comes next week if Congress …
It’s a movement that is rapidly spreading with massive government backing. by David Haggith Some call it the new Republican Socialism. Traditionally, it was called Economic Fascism. Whatever you want to call it, it has rapidly leaped from an experiment in government ownership in a major corporation to the norm as Trump creates new shared ownership agreements …
All Chinese imports will face a 100% tariff, including electronics, machinery, pharmaceuticals, and consumer goods. Existing tariffs — currently averaging 30% on many categories — will be doubled or tripled overnight. Trump also pledged to impose export controls on critical software, further restricting U.S.–China tech exchange. Donald J. Trump Truth Social Post 04:50 PM EST …
VIX was highly compressed for weeks. Boom. This decline isn’t just about Trump. That’s simply the fuse. The signals were flashing 🚧 for 2 weeks. All those gap up sell offs. 🎯 pic.twitter.com/4oy3nhAZa9 — John (@market_sleuth) October 10, 2025 No Slowdown? Heavy Truck Sales? Unemployment Level? Really? https://t.co/H5TijNUK1k pic.twitter.com/60z7P6tMVH — Henrik Zeberg (@HenrikZeberg) October 10, …
Joe Rogan on Trump's ICE Raids: "The way it looks is just horrific.” pic.twitter.com/ZQpWEoaFed — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) October 10, 2025 Oh this is actually huge… A federal judge just issued a restraining order barring DHS from using riot-control weapons on members of the press, protesters, or religious practitioners who aren’t posing an immediate threat …
The warning lights aren’t blinking anymore. They’re screaming. Ray Dalio says the country is drifting toward civil war. Foreclosures in Florida and Nevada are climbing higher than during the pandemic. Subprime car loans are defaulting at the fastest pace in fifteen years. And tonight, President Trump will speak from the Oval Office. Not to calm …
CHINA JUST WEAPONIZED THE ENTIRE RARE EARTH SUPPLY CHAIN get used to reading chinese MOFCOM bulletins because they’re writing american industrial policy now. announced today: any product containing >0.1% chinese rare earth materials needs beijing’s approval before re-export to third countries. doesn’t matter if you manufactured it in taiwan, vietnam, or texas. chinese dysprosium in …
Please stop fighting for me. You party's fight for us is what caused this mess in the first place. pic.twitter.com/SpWvfNaTP4 — Bebe Rebozo (@dt1927915) October 9, 2025 Umm… 👇Dems in 2010: Obamacare will significantly bring down healthcare costs for everyone. Dems in 2025: We need to make healthcare more affordable. 15 years later, since the …
by Michael Just like that, it is over. From October 7th, 2023 to October 9th, 2025 we all watched as a horrifying war between Israel and Hamas played out. The death and destruction that we witnessed shocked the entire world. It has been estimated that over 67,000 people were killed, and countless more were seriously …
The countdown is on, and there is no more wiggle room. October 14 is more than just the start of a new tariff schedule, it’s the first of nine shocks set to hit before November 30. Each date brings new tariffs, deadlines, or legal triggers designed to disrupt supply chains, pressure importers, and enforce compliance …