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by Mike Maharrey Despite the significant increase in tariff revenue, the U.S. continues to run massive budget deficits. The budget shortfall for fiscal 2025 has already exceeded last year’s deficit. So much for import duties paying for the government. That’s because Uncle Sam doesn’t have a revenue problem. He has a spending problem. The Trump …
Will the Fed’s next move finally end the dollar’s global rule? Yields won’t and cannot be suppressed. They will keep rising until something implodes. Hope this helps. pic.twitter.com/7jzYfZQ9ac — The Great Martis (@great_martis) September 12, 2025 Rates should be rising, not falling. Failing to do so will lead to serious stagflation in the future. The …
by David Haggith Two horrid murders tell tales of Liberal insanity in different ways. Mural of murdered Ukrainian immigrant Today, I want to call attention to another story similar to yesterday’s that didn’t originally get near the press coverage: “Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska’s slaughter on Charlotte train is met with deafening silence from Dem leaders, …
The suspect in Charlie Kirk’s assassination has been identified as Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old Utah resident. Law enforcement sources told Daily Mail that Robinson was taken into custody as the alleged assassin who killed Kirk at a rally at Utah Valley University in Utah on Wednesday. The alleged killer confessed to his father Matt, who …
Kirk’s death tore through everyone. People couldn’t stop crying. The response hit like a second shock, fear spread faster than grief. Institutions pounced on anyone who showed the “wrong” reaction. Feeling anything became dangerous. Silence turned into the only shield. The system is hunting people. Nobody is safe. A teacher in South Carolina posted, “Thoughts …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, The CPI was higher than expected in August, but the Fed will do what it wants to do. The CPI Rose 0.4 Percent in July The BLS reports the CPI Rose 0.4 Percent in July, higher than the Bloomberg Econoday consensus of 0.3 percent. The BLS reports to a single …
via Tom McClellan Every US president and Treasury secretary claims to favor a strong dollar, although they usually secretly wish for a weaker dollar, to make US exports more attractive. But I am betting none of them have ever been aware of the relationship between taxes and the dollar, shown in this week’s chart. What …
by Michael We live at a time when our society is absolutely teeming with left-wing nuts. The day after Charlie Kirk was assassinated, shots were fired at the University of Massachusetts and at the U.S. Naval Academy. In this hate-filled environment, every school, every church, and every political gathering is a potential target. It wasn’t like this when …
via Phoenix Capital Research It’s no secret that the U.S. has a debt problem. But you might not realize just how bad this issue is. Today, there is there is $3.4 trillion in municipal debt, $14 trillion in corporate debt, $20 trillion in household debt, and $37 trillion in Federal debt outstanding. Through in student …
by Michael Finding Charlie Kirk’s killer and bringing that individual to justice is of the utmost importance. The longer it takes authorities to find this person, the more likely it is that they will never find him at all. So if we can discover some clues that will help point authorities in the right direction that …
BREAKING: Russian monitoring channels report Ukraine may have launched its largest drone attack on Russia ever. At least 150+ have already entered Russian airspace, more launches are expected. 🚨 BREAKING: Up to 150 Ukrainian drones are striking Russia’s Bryansk region in waves, monitoring channels report.Drones continue to enter airspace, making this one of the largest …
AAA bonds rated just two months ago are crashing, with lower tranches nearly worthless. Subprime auto debt tied to fraud is imploding while rating agencies keep pretending nothing is wrong. First blood….. https://t.co/LEFhuiY4JY — Bogachan Ozdemir (@Bogachan_1971) September 11, 2025 🚨Tricolor’s AAA bonds (rated 2 months ago July ’25) just plunged—par to 78¢, lower tranches …
Employers only lay off as a last resort after trying everything else. Rehiring happens slowly, if at all, when jobs are gone, it's hard to come back.with 25 or 50bps cuts, employers will not hire back these people they just let go simply because laying off people usually is the last option they do after …
Charlie Kirk’s murder forced every part of the system to move. Trump’s guards tore up his schedule. They built tighter walls around him. They dropped counterterror teams into Yankee Stadium. They scanned every fan and sealed every door. They acted like another shot was already coming. Congress snapped into survival mode. Members canceled events. They …
The illusion of control is gone. What looked like separate flare-ups now feels like one unraveling chain tearing through the eastern seaboard. The Naval Academy locked down under gunfire from a man pretending to be military police. Hours later, the Secret Service scrambling at Yankee Stadium because someone made a credible threat to kill President …
🚨BREAKING: Large Capitol Police presence outside the DNC Headquarters building in Washington D.C. pic.twitter.com/BuqDbDAHRv — World Source News (@Worldsource24) September 11, 2025 Fox News reports a bomb threat at the DNC HQ building… “No big sense of urgency at this time.” Drop a . If you believe democrats called this in pic.twitter.com/vLrCX2TNKw — MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) …
Don’t be a late bull.The building may look strong, but its foundation weakens day by day.Dollar Index at all-time lows.Gold at all-time highs.Market at all-time highs — yet small caps haven’t reclaimed theirs.Inflation ticking up but Fed expected to cut rates. All of this… — optionGeek (@StockShark16) September 11, 2025 This "market" is at extreme …
On the bluesky app there are people asking for the next person to be targeted. These include JK Rowling, Matt Walsh, Trump, Ben Shapiro, Libs of TikTok, Elon Musk, and Andy Ngo… screenshot URGENT. FYI. After Charlie Kirk, on the sky app there are people asking for the next person to be targeted. These include …
We are asking for the public's help identifying this person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. 1-800-CALL-FBIDigital media tips: https://t.co/K7maX81TjJ pic.twitter.com/ALuVkTXuDc — FBI Salt Lake City (@FBISaltLakeCity) September 11, 2025 https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1yoKMywEoQeKQ This is eerie Charlie Kirk foreshadowing pic.twitter.com/RTRDss06pC — ATX Irish Gal 🙏🏼🇺🇸❤️ (@Notmyfault99) September 11, …
How can people trust a system where those making life-or-death decisions don’t even need proper training? It keeps on getting worse 🤬pic.twitter.com/loIRkvFGJr — GFY TV (@Viralvid_89) September 10, 2025 I wasn’t aware judges didn’t even have to go to Law School. pic.twitter.com/LxihfQjO2R — The Older Millennial (@teameffujoe) September 9, 2025 Yes, it's real. In the …
Millions of families barely holding on while the system pretends everything is fine. Everybody is broke pic.twitter.com/lcsv6CXQvF — 🏴☠️ (@calvinfroedge) September 10, 2025 ⚠️THERE WE GO: The US economy has now more unemployed people than job openings for the first time since April 2021. Job openings fell -176,000 in July, to 7.12 million, the 2nd-lowest …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Let’s discuss Trump’s tax hike on US consumers and businesses. Penn Wharton Analysis of Tariff Revenue Effective Tariff Rates and Revenues Please consider the Penn Wharton Effective Tariff Rates and Revenues projection as of September 10, 2025. Key Points New tariffs have raised $80.3 billion in revenue between January 2025 …
Friendly reminder: the 129-year-old Dow Theory flipped bearish back on March 14, 2025. The "things that make shit index" $DJI is pushing higher, but the "things that move shit index" $DJT is not confirming. Without confirmation, the "oldest market signal" is still flashing a… pic.twitter.com/4nMsCYel6O — Kurt S. Altrichter, CRPS® (@kurtsaltrichter) September 10, 2025 https://twitter.com/TommyThornton/status/1965790936849633290 …
The FBI said it has recovered what is believed to be the weapon used in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, the founder of the conservative youth activist organization Turning Point USA, during an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. A “high-powered bolt action rifle,” which officials believe was the weapon used in the …
$NVDA sells GPUs to $ORCL. Oracle uses to power its data centers Oracle builds cloud on those GPUs Nvidia rents compute back via signed deals from Oracle Nvidia gets recurring revenue from hardware sales and cloud services without owning all the data centers. Oracle turns capex (buying GPUs) into opex revenue by renting compute to …
A California woman is facing six years in prison for allegedly registering her dog to vote and casting mail-in ballots in two elections, one of which was counted, the Orange County District Attorney's Office announced. Read more: https://t.co/wlhGF45Zpc pic.twitter.com/jVsSyect2V — ABC News (@ABC) September 10, 2025 A California woman is facing six years in prison …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Trump floats new tariffs on China with a new twist. Please consider the Bloomberg article Trump Floats New Tariffs on China, India to Squeeze Russia President Donald Trump told European officials he’s willing to impose sweeping new tariffs on India and China to push President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating …
by Michael After the horrifying tragedy that we just witnessed, nobody is going to be able to deny that there is a rising tide of far left violence in America. By now, most of you have viewed the footage of Charlie Kirk being assassinated. It is a moment that will be burned into our memories …
by Michael I am sitting here trying to process everything that just happened. I was doing research for this article, and then I got the news that Charlie Kirk had just been shot. I am going to try to find the words to express what I am feeling at this moment, and I will be …
A glut of housing supply is building in the Southern U.S. Home builders now have 9.6 months of supply on their lots — the 2nd-highest in 40 years. The long-term average is just 5.7 months, meaning the South is 68% oversupplied today. That’s good news for buyers. All this… pic.twitter.com/E3mHdk1D8A — Nick Gerli (@nickgerli1) September …