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They condemn it when others do it. They call it authoritarian, militarization, federal overreach. Then they do the exact same thing. Gavin Newsom, who spent months ridiculing Trump’s use of federal troops in cities like Los Angeles and Washington, has deployed his own crime suppression teams across California. The same cities. The same tactics. But …
The Federal Reserve is bleeding credibility. Not from miscalculations or inflation forecasts. From rot inside its own walls. Lisa Cook, a sitting Fed governor, is facing three separate criminal referrals for mortgage fraud. Three homes. Three states. Three filings that are inconsistent and fraudulent. The latest: a $361,000 condo in Cambridge, Massachusetts, declared a “second …
by Michael Is the fact that large companies are filing for bankruptcy at the fastest pace in 15 years a good sign for the economy or a bad sign for the economy? I don’t even have to answer that question because all of you already know the answer. And as you will see below, other types …
The collapse is not coming. It has already begun. What we call markets are stage props. What we call policy is theater. And the audience has already been robbed while the show goes on. A few months back, the mask slipped. The tremor was small, but the meaning was enormous. Trump-linked assets spiked in suspicious …
The collapse was total. Nevada woke on Sunday, August 25, to discover its entire digital infrastructure had failed. It was not a flicker, not a temporary glitch. DMV offices could not process licenses. Welfare benefits froze. Courts could not function. Government websites were offline. Phone lines were dead. The governor’s office could not communicate. Millions …
🇺🇦🇷🇺 MASSIVE RUSSIAN STRIKE MAP SHOWS KYIV UNDER FIRE A new battlefield map reveals the intensity of Russia’s overnight assault. Waves of missiles and Shahed drones launched from multiple directions tore through Ukraine’s skies, converging on Kyiv and other major cities… https://t.co/kbZBWCXJ0Y pic.twitter.com/2Q3DCf5V0s — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) August 28, 2025 🇺🇦🇷🇺 ZELENSKY: WE HAVE AT …
The tension between information and power has reached a new peak. Wikipedia, long hailed as the open-source encyclopedia anyone can edit, has suddenly become a battlefield in Washington. What started as sporadic accusations of edit wars over the Gaza conflict has transformed into a full congressional probe. On August 27, the House of Representatives escalated …
South Korea wants to modernize the US navy South Korea proposed a shipbuilding project worth tens of trillions of won to US during the tariff negotiations, Yonhap News says, citing unidentified sources. South Korea’s Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan explained the shipbuilding industry cooperation proposal, the so-called “Make American Shipbuilding Great Again (MASGA),” during the negotiations …
The water is calm. The pipelines are gone. Nearly three years after the Nord Stream explosions tore open Europe’s energy arteries beneath the Baltic Sea, German investigators say they have traced every hand that touched the fuse. Seven suspects. All Ukrainian nationals. All allegedly aboard the yacht Andromeda, which slipped out of Rostock and into …
More publications are chiming in about Trump’s rapacious reach for ownership of major US corporations, and we get a glimpse of his plans to kill the dollar by seizing control of the Fed. by David Haggith I’m going to keep it short today because all-day training at work prevented any of the usual time my …
US 2s vs 30s gap widest since 2022. Yield curves keep steepening globally, particularly driven by 30-year yields. In the US, the gap between 2-year and 30-year bond yields has reached the widest since January 2022. pic.twitter.com/elg9pKFavG — Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) August 28, 2025 Japan's 30yr is now up almost 1ppt YTDUS 30yr +12bps pic.twitter.com/5rIOLSCFK8 …
“The Fed can’t rescue this in its entirety. You’ve got 4M homes in Texas and 42M across the U.S. at risk of bankruptcy or losing the roof over their heads. That’s nearly 38% of households. The money to pay these bonds doesn’t exist. You can’t get blood out of a stone.” When… pic.twitter.com/dSuXD5SIPf — ITM …
So we’re near GFC on 90 day delinquencies on almost everything. The credit card and student debt are the most concerning. The mortgage numbers are fake due to loan modifications. It’s fraud basically. If the mortgage delinquencies were real they’d be near GFC highs So we’re near GFC on 90 day delinquencies on almost everything. …
Nvidia’s profits vanish into thin air Soaring sales, sinking cash, red flag rising $NVDA Posted $56 billion in revenue growth and $26 billion in that income but just $15 billion in cash flow that’s a 58% conversion down from 90% receivables balloon draining $5.7 billion revenue soar and cash crawls is a classic red flag …
by Michael We have seen this happen way too many times before. Over and over again, mass shootings are being committed by deranged individuals that hate conservatives and hate Christians. More often than not, the shooters are deeply involved in an alternative sexual lifestyle, and so they view conservatives and Christians as their “oppressors”. Frequently, …
https://imgur.com/KKKkpuV The warning came in the quietest way possible. Not through legislation, not through the courts, not in a press briefing where every word is scrutinized. It came in a single post, short, public, permanent, and viral. A sitting president chose a billionaire and his son as the subject of a criminal threat. He picked …
In just 3 hours, I've learned more about Robin Westman than I have about Thomas Crooks in 13 months. byu/External-Noise-4832 inconspiracy ABC — Police have identified the suspect who they say opened fire outside of a church at a Catholic school in Minneapolis, killing two children and injuring 17 others, as 23-year-old Robin Westman. An 8-year-old …
by AC In video below, on Fox News, Lutnick claimed that the reason the US is taking 600,000 Chinese students is to save US universities: Did Lutnick really just argue that Trump is letting 600,000 Chinese students into America so Americans will go to worse schools and keep them from closing? pic.twitter.com/kjmtb1B0gf — Chase Geiser …
A $1 billion gold trade, history’s largest, snakes through a dark pool, veiled from the eyes of the honest. This isn’t just money moving; it’s a theft of hope, a barricade built by the elite to shield their wealth as the system buckles. They’re preparing for a collapse they won’t name, hoarding gold while the …
The economy is breaking. And no one’s ready. 806,000+ layoffs in 2025 so far. 48% of consumer credit applications denied over the past year. Refinance rejection rate: 41.8%… the highest in 12+ years. U3 Unemployment forecast: 4.5–5.0% by year-end, according to Apollo, Peterson. (If the BLS is left the same- but who knows at this …
The collapse didn’t start quietly. It started with a fire drill in Washington, a whisper in the halls of power, a warning that no one wanted to hear. The nation’s top health agency, the CDC, has been on autopilot for years, but yesterday the brakes were slammed. Susan Monarez lasted 28 days. That was all. …
$46.7 billion in revenue. A 56% jump from last year. A figure no chipmaker has ever touched. And the stock still fell more than 5% after hours. That is not strength. That is fragility revealed. The illusion is scale. The reality is concentration. The world’s most valuable chipmaker is leaning on a single platform, a …
Fed’s Common Inflation Expectations Index just got updated and makes JPOW’s JH speech look even more awkward, if at all possible pic.twitter.com/xh36qnP5nW — KKGB (@INArteCarloDoss) August 27, 2025 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1960748123900252638 “No consumer price inflation” Is this a comedy act? Show me the CPI in 6 months🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/tGtulWJ71S — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 27, 2025 Fixed 30-year …
Gunfire tore through the quiet of morning. Children screamed. A man dressed in black, armed with a rifle, entered Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis and opened fire. Preschoolers. Elementary students. The third day of school. It was supposed to be ordinary. It was supposed to be safe. It wasn’t. “Up to 20 victims. The shooter …
The market’s heartbeat depends on one stock, and that stock just got a cold. $NVDA's "explosive growth is inevitably set to slow and Wednesday's results will be forensically examined for bumps in the road ahead."@Reuters pic.twitter.com/hCCFZaQMZ5 — Daily Chartbook (@dailychartbook) August 27, 2025 Sam Altman said AI “may be in a bubble.” High capex with …
Collapse doesn’t whisper anymore. It broke open in Iowa. A Senate seat Donald Trump carried last year is now in Democratic hands. Catelin Drey’s win shattered the GOP’s supermajority. Republicans no longer control confirmations. That is not drift. That is fracture. “For the fourth special election in a row, Iowa voted for change,” said Iowa …
The penalty is real. The tariffs are live. At 12:01 a.m. EDT, the Trump administration doubled duties on Indian goods, jumping from 25% to 50% and hitting more than half of India’s exports to the United States. The White House cast the move as punishment for India’s continued purchases of Russian oil, framing every barrel …
Quinas Technology unveils UltraRAM memory, offering DRAM-like speed, 4,000 times the durability of NAND, and data retention for up to a thousand years. BREAKING: Quinas Technology says UltraRAM memory that promises DRAM-like speeds, 4,000x the durability of NAND, and data retention for up to a thousand years, is now ready for production. In-memory computing is …
by Michael Home prices are falling all over the nation. Should we be cheering or should we be concerned? In this article, I am going to discuss two distinct scenarios. In one scenario, lower housing prices could be a really good thing for our economy. But if another scenario plays out, we could potentially be looking …
by Michael How many plagues have to hit us before people finally start waking up? So far this month I have written about rabbits with “black, tentacle-like protrusions coming from their heads”, squirrels with “ghastly growths that burst open”, deer that have “tumor-like growths hanging off their bodies”, and a “mysterious fungus” that is transforming spiders in the United States and elsewhere …