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Robinhood built OpenAI and SpaceX tokens with no equity rights. CEO says it doesn’t matter. OpenAI rejects the deal. This is synthetic ownership rebranded as access.
In a span of 24 hours, three senior executives from Elon Musk’s core technology ventures have stepped down. Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X, announced her resignation on July 9 after a two-year tenure marked by advertiser volatility and platform rebranding. Her departure follows a wave of backlash surrounding Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Musk’s …
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Nvidia has officially become the first publicly traded company to reach a $4 trillion market capitalization. The milestone was crossed on July 9 after shares rose 2.5% to close above $164. The company now sits ahead of Microsoft and Apple, both of which previously topped $3 trillion. Nvidia’s valuation has grown more than fifteenfold in …
The Federal Housing Finance Agency just cleared a major shift in mortgage qualification rules. Rent payments can now be counted toward mortgage applications, a change aimed at broadening access for renters hoping to buy homes. This move coincides with the return of 40-year adjustable-rate mortgages, offering longer terms but variable interest costs down the line. …
The fiscal alarm bells aren’t hypothetical anymore. Financial markets are now operating under a base case scenario that expects the United States to add another $10 trillion in debt by 2028. That would put total federal debt at $46 trillion, up 100% from 2020. On July 9, the debt increased $366 billion in a single …
Initial sales data from Amazon Prime Day is flashing a warning light. Early spending figures show a decline between 10% and 15% compared to last year’s event. This comes despite an expanded promotional window and aggressive markdowns across nearly every product category. Adobe’s projected $23.8 billion sales forecast now looks optimistic. What was meant to …
by Michael Is there a possibility that a cataclysmic eruption of Mt. Rainier could occur in the not too distant future? On Tuesday morning, Mt. Rainier was shaken by over 400 earthquakes. It was the largest earthquake swarm that we have seen at Mt. Rainier since 2009. Those that have been following my work for …
The White House is now operating on letterhead. On Monday, President Trump issued formal trade warnings to 14 countries, each receiving a tailored notice outlining new tariff rates on exports to the United States. The letters, posted publicly on Truth Social, detailed duties ranging from 25% to 40%, with enforcement set to begin August 1. …
Positioning for a market downturn in 2025 has become more tactical than ever especially after June’s macro fireworks and the July 11 CPI print looming ahead. Equities hover near record highs while the 10-year Treasury yield has climbed to about 4.42 %. Some traders now split their risk between long duration bond ETFs and targeted inverse …
The White House is now considering federal oversight in two high-profile cities: Washington, D.C. and New York City. During a Cabinet briefing on July 8, President Trump made a sharp statement: “We have tremendous power at the White House to run places when we have to.” That declaration has sparked fresh speculation about a shift …
Trump threatened tariffs. BRICS leaders fired back. Brazil’s president says there’s “no going back” on de-dollarization. Here’s why the summit’s quiet strategy just got louder, and what that means for the future of the dollar… By Peter Reagan For months, I expected the Rio Reset to unfold quietly: a slow, strategic rollout of an alternative …
Several major medical organizations are suing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Department of Health and Human Services over actions they call a “public health emergency that demands immediate legal action and correction.” The move follows several recent high-profile anti-vaccine actions by Kennedy, including firing all members of a key vaccine panel of …
ELON ASKS THE QUESTION EVERYONE’S THINKING ABOUT EPSTEIN The DOJ just told America that Jeffrey Epstein’s client list doesn’t exist. No blackmail. No powerful men. Just move along. Elon’s response captured the internet’s collective disbelief: “So… then what is Ghislaine Maxwell in prison for?” It’s a devastating question. Maxwell got 20 years for trafficking minors …
Fed faced same risks in ‘99 as today… June 1999. The Fed is concerned about: -Rampant equity speculation and its impact on wealth (SPX PE 24x, today 23x)-Too tight labor markets (UR 4.3%, today 4.1%)-Too high wage growth (ECI 3.5%, today 3.6%)-Inflation (Core CPI 2.3%, today 2.8%). They hiked from 4.75% to 5%. pic.twitter.com/A4uqxyIYmH — …
via Jesse Felder Ruchir Sharma writes, “American retail investors are all in, buying at an unusually aggressive pace this year. Roughly half of US household wealth is now invested in stocks — breaking the record set during the dotcom bubble of 2000… To the old line — never bet against the US consumer — might be …
Trump’s biggest supporters become disillusioned and enraged as Epstein’s clients all get a free pass. They don’t exist! by David Haggith The stock market threw a tantrum today when it heard that Trump is increasing tariffs. The very fact that investors recoiled from the news shows they are as lunatic in their irrational exuberance as …
Jury acquits Scarborough teen, who claimed self-defence in fatal Toronto school shooting. He told the court he carried a gun*n because his neighbourhood was ‘like Iraq’. Meanwhile, a Vaughan man faced charges for firing a warning shot during a home invasion. Same province. Different outcomes. Toronto Star — A Toronto jury on Friday acquitted a 20-year-old …
by Michael I literally feel sick right now. After waiting for years for the truth about Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation to come out, and after months of being promised that stunning new information would be released soon, now we are being told to forget the entire thing. The people that were brought in to …
by Michael It should be illegal for anyone to artificially modify the weather. That is something that we should all be able to agree on. Unfortunately, as you will see below, it has now come out that this has been happening all over the western half of the United States. In fact, cloud seeding operations were …
BREAKING: We are with hundreds of federal agents and military as a massive federal immigration enforcement operation is underway in the MacArthur Park area of the sanctuary city of Los Angeles, an area with heavy MS-13 influence. Mayor Bass has demanded raids stop, Feds respond… pic.twitter.com/g4osPOL6mr — Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) July 7, 2025 Karen Bass …
REPORTER: What happened to 90 trade deals in 90 days? TRUMP: It's all done. 🤡🤡🤡 pic.twitter.com/qNEVZBim3q — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) July 8, 2025 We’re back to Liberation Day. What a completely useless and pointless merry go round. pic.twitter.com/ehS5JMIX0e — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) July 7, 2025
by confoundedinterest17 It’s Gov’t Gone Wild! That includes The House, Senate, President and Federal Reserve. The purchasing power of the US Dollar was $1004.4 on 1915-03-01. By 2025-05-01, the purchasing power fell to $31.1, a loss of 97%. Public debt since the last year of GW Bush, Obama/Biden (with a brief hiatus with Trump) rose …
Over 74,000 Canadians have died since 2018 while waiting for essential healthcare procedures, including at least 15,474 deaths in 2023-24 due to delayed surgeries and diagnostic scans, with Ontario reporting 378 deaths from cardiac procedure delays alone. Incomplete data suggests the true number may be higher, underscoring a critical issue with healthcare wait times in …
Over the past decade, Canada spent ~$11.2 billion on overseas gender initiatives under its Feminist International Assistance Policy, focusing on gender equality and women’s empowerment. This conservative estimate excludes billions more from gender-integrated projects. Critics, like the Fraser Institute, call it wasteful, while Trudeau’s government defends it as vital for economic recovery and social equity. …
Elon Musk didn’t mince words: “The dollar will be worth nothing if the US doesn’t do something about its national debt.” That wasn’t hyperbole. That was a warning. A new study confirms what many already feel in their bones. Most Americans can no longer afford even a minimal quality of life. Forget luxury. Forget comfort. …
by Michael Will the elite soon be able to order “designer babies” that are free from all genetic abnormalities and all genetic diseases because they have been created in a lab using “synthetic human DNA”? I realize that this may sound absolutely crazy to many of you, but we are dangerously close to such a …
by David Haggith And, yet, the picture gets worse still looking further forward, based on the labor-market conditions that are building as major trends so far. Just as I expected, the government’s report on jobs Thursday totally contradicted ADP’s Wednesday payroll data report. The stock market ignored the abysmal ADP report but then soared with …
It looks like tough times could be on the horizon. ADP just posted its first negative print since March 2023: private payrolls dropped 33,000 in June. The labor market is contracting. pic.twitter.com/0YlIHDNwSz — Kurt S. Altrichter, CRPS® (@kurtsaltrichter) July 6, 2025 Something is happening in the banking system. The Fed's Primary Credit Facility is about …
by Michael Why does the U.S. just continue to get pummeled by historic storm after historic storm? We keep being told that what we are witnessing is “normal”, but there is definitely nothing “normal” about any of this. A couple of decades ago, it was extremely rare for the U.S. to be hit by a …