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The whole global financial system leans on a promise backed by math that doesn’t add up. Pretending these bonds are safe while ignoring the ballooning off-balance-sheet debts is the biggest confidence trick ever sold. Eventually, reality crashes the party. $1.4B Fartcoin is what you get when the "risk free" asset underpinning the entire banking & …
This is private sector censorship in plain view. No debate, no regulation, just quiet threats from the people who handle the money. When two companies can dictate what art or speech survives online, that is power no one voted for.
The US federal debt just hit 36.66 trillion dollars. That’s an all-time high. But the real story is velocity. In just two weeks, public debt jumped 441 billion dollars. That’s not seasonal. That’s a panic refill. The Treasury General Account, the government’s checking account, was nearly drained during the debt ceiling standoff. Now it’s being …
UPS is closing 73 buildings and cutting 20,000 jobs. Amazon volume is down 50 percent. That’s not automation. That’s collapse. UPS says it’s “reconfiguring the network” but the closures are concentrated in retail-heavy states where consumer demand is evaporating. Q2 revenue fell nearly 3 percent. Peak season plans? Not submitted. That means retailers don’t know …
Framing a clothing ad as a call to arms while asking for donations says more about the grift economy than any culture war. Being attractive was illegal from 2020-2025 https://t.co/cegCyaSEGN — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) July 29, 2025 NEW: Woman films herself crying over the Sydney Sweeney American Eagle ad, says the “good whites” need to …
The final week of July 2025 is not a policy moment. It’s a collision of pressure points. The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates at 4.25% to 4.5% for the fifth straight meeting. The decision lands Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET. Trump’s push for cuts has intensified, with direct pressure on Powell and …
ChatGPT passed a CAPTCHA test today. Not by accident, not through a browser quirk, but by clicking straight through the “I’m not a robot” checkbox. It fooled a system designed to block bots, and it did it cleanly. This is not just a party trick. If bots can pass human tests, the web’s default defenses …
$NVO is still blaming their weakness on " knockoff GLP1s"😂 I like the company, but why isn't $LLY doing the same? Management has to take accountability at some point! pic.twitter.com/sLzJniQLyY — Patient Investor (@patientinvestor) July 29, 2025 The fall hit hard. Early in the morning Novo Nordisk shares dropped over 20% after slicing its full‑year …
Today is the day we most likely see blow off top for $SPY. Enjoy the ride while it last! — optionGeek (@StockShark16) July 29, 2025 I know bonds aren’t as fancy as stocks, but the BOJ failing to contain this after intervening twice is quite of a loud warning bell https://t.co/Ut1FNIydIS pic.twitter.com/eG2axuFeU4 — JustDario 🏊♂️ …
Shooter walks into 345 Park Avenue with an M4. Kills NYPD officer, three civilians, and one person on the 33rd floor. Then shoots himself. Five dead. One NFL employee seriously injured. Shooter ID’d as Shane Devon Tamura, 27, from Las Vegas. Former high school football player. Left a note blaming football for mental decline. Cited …
USA blocks Taiwan President’s NY stopover President Lai planned a New York transit on the way to Paraguay and Belize. Both countries recognize Taiwan’s sovereignty. The White House canceled the stop. No statement. No media defense. Beijing objected and Washington folded. Lai’s office cited weather and tariff negotiations. Insiders say it was trade talks. Xi’s …
Julian Brown turned grocery bags into diesel. He filmed it. Posted it. Called it Plastoline. Said it could scale with funding. Four working prototypes. He burned himself testing it. Kept going. Then stopped. His last post was July 9. Said he was under attack. Mentioned helicopters. Told followers to record everything. His license leaked online. …
by Michael It has been said that there is no cure for crazy. If that is actually true, we are in all sorts of trouble. When I was growing up, the crazy people were on the fringes of our society. Today, it is the normal people that have been pushed to the fringes of our …
by Michael If you want to get a really good indication of where the U.S. economy is heading, just look at what is happening in Las Vegas. During good times, hotel occupancy rates are very high and lots of money is thrown around in the casinos. But when times are getting tough, less people head …
Cramer drops the "F" bomb when talking about Powell not cutting."Our biggest problem is we have so much growth that the Fed won't cut" Was today the top? 🤔pic.twitter.com/qmVdyv1IDq https://t.co/x3CsJfdwEK — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) July 29, 2025 Jim Cramer's 2007 "They know nothing!" https://t.co/R6ZxSzeskU pic.twitter.com/F0lzDZUsgZ — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) July 29, 2025 Fidelity said today the company …
Trump demanding Rupert Murdoch testify under oath within 15 days and seeking $10 billion from News Corp is more than a headline grabber. The lawsuit accuses Murdoch and News Corp of orchestrating a coordinated defamation campaign that damaged Trump’s reputation and business prospects. Trump claims the media giant deliberately spread misinformation and colluded with his …
Shooter entered 345 Park around 6:30 p.m. with an AR-15 and body armor. NYPD officer and two civilians hit. One cop and one civilian critical at Bellevue. FBI on site. Level 3 Mobilization. No ID. No motive. No footage. No press briefing. Just tan gear and a blackout. What they’re not saying • Shooter’s name …
California just redefined “low income” and it no longer means what people think it does. A single person earning $111,700 in Santa Clara County now qualifies. In San Francisco, Marin, and San Mateo counties, the line is set at $109,700. These are the official income limits for 2025, released by the Department of Housing and …
The Defense Department is quietly reshaping its AI strategy. Behind the scenes, officials are testing new systems to reduce reliance on outside vendors like Palantir Technologies. The shift comes despite Palantir’s recent $795 million contract boost for its Maven Smart System, which now totals $1.3 billion through 2029. That expansion was approved in May 2025, …
Russia’s largest airline went dark on July 28. Aeroflot’s internal systems were breached, locked, and shredded. The attackers say they had access for nearly a year. They moved through flight records, employee logs, internal comms. The group calls itself Silent Crow. Pro-Ukraine. Tied to Belarusian hackers. The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office confirmed the intrusion. No …
The future just went full Black Mirror. When AI can mimic your voice and face flawlessly, “security” by voiceprint or video call becomes a joke. Passwords are about to carry all the weight, and even they won’t last long. via futurism: “OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is warning of an “impending fraud crisis” in which practically …
AMD just pulled the pin. The MI350 chip, previously priced at $15,000, is now selling for $25,000. That’s a 67% jump. HSBC analysts say the chip now rivals Nvidia’s Blackwell B200 in performance. The MI355X variant, launched in June, is already shipping to Tesla and OpenAI. AMD’s 2026 AI chip revenue forecast was revised from …
The purge follows fresh criminal referrals to the DOJ tied to the Russia Hoax fallout. Here is Peter Strzok implicating all of his bosses in perpetrating the Russia Hoax. Enjoy.pic.twitter.com/X7HgfmkzNz — Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) July 28, 2025 I am trying to figure this out, too. — Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) July 28, 2025
Grocery prices now change 100 times a day. Walmart’s electronic shelf labels are live in 1,000+ stores, with 2,300 targeted by December. Kroger’s rollout is ahead of schedule. Labels update based on time, inventory, competitor pricing, and weather. USDA’s July 25 forecast shows food-at-home prices rose 0.2% MoM, up 2.4% YoY. Eggs dropped 10.8% in …
A shooting unfolded early Monday morning outside the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. Police responded to reports of an active shooter at 7:25 a.m. and located the suspect within four minutes. The gunfire occurred near the valet entrance and extended into the north parking lot. Multiple people were injured. Some were treated on site. …
According to a new op-ed from the Center for Immigration Studies, nearly 1 million illegals have self-deported under Trump’s renewed enforcement push, aided by cash incentives and digital check-ins. The report ties this exodus to a measurable increase in average wages, particularly in lower-skilled sectors. via CIS: The Washington Post claims “a million foreign-born workers …
Two Israeli rights groups B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel just accused their own government of genocide in Gaza. Their reports cite mass killings, starvation, forced displacement and the systematic destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system. They document statements from senior Israeli officials that show intent to dismantle Palestinian society. This is the first time …
Zillow’s traffic hit 230 million monthly visitors while home sales collapsed to a 30-year low. Inventory climbed 17 percent year over year to 1.36 million listings. Price cuts reached 26.6 percent of active listings in June. Mortgage rates hover near 7 percent. Sellers won’t list. Buyers won’t bite. Zillow’s Q2 revenue jumped double digits. Stock’s …
Retirement plans get cashed out, fast food becomes unaffordable, and “feeling financially free” now means half a million a year or bust. The working class is melting down in real time, but don’t worry, the White House says the economy is strong. People are so fucking broke Last year, a record 4.8% of workers in …
1/ Stay calm. There are three types of advantage in the markets: – Technical.– Behavioral.– Informational. The market is now filled with too many smart people, so nobody has a definitive technical or informational edge. The only edge you can have is behavioral; stay calm. pic.twitter.com/TfyAzi2Nz0 — Oguz Erkan (@oguzerkan) July 27, 2025 The broadening …