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MSNBC hosts Chuck Todd and Joy Reid have unexpectedly started criticizing Democrats, raising eyebrows as mass layoffs loom following NBC parent company Comcast’s announcement to spin off the network into a new entity called SpinCo. The move comes amid plummeting ratings for MSNBC since Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 election. With the network struggling …
by Ed Driscoll IT’S COME TO THIS: Embarrassing: New Orleans’ 65-Year-Old DEI Police Chief’s Shocking Admission on City’s Missing Preventative Sidewalk Barriers “I didn’t know about them” (Video). [New Orleans Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick] told reporters, “What you see behind us is what we call hardening the target. We have brought in heavy trucks. You …
$MSTR insider sales update: Now up to 5,700 transactions. 99.998% are insider sales… dumping their shares. From the Legal Council to the President and CEO, sell sell sell. pic.twitter.com/WDI5tqcI6h — Peter Spina ⚒ GoldSeek | SilverSeek (@goldseek) January 3, 2025 🚨Blackrock Sells 3510 Bitcoin Largest ever outflow pic.twitter.com/wfamDCpfZg — Thomas Fahrer (@thomas_fahrer) January 3, 2025 …
Recession dont exist in a AI market, its a thing of the past. Economic textbooks are being rewritten. White-Collar Recession: A Warning Sign A white-collar recession often serves as a precursor to a broader market downturn. Similar trends were observed in 2000 and 2008, both of which were followed by recessions in 2001–2002 and 2009, …
Meanwhile, The Washington Post lost $70 million in 2023, with 2024 looking worse. Why? Years of bias. They sold Biden as sharp, Kamala as centrist, and demonized Trump voters. Even lawsuits are exposing media lies – ABC paid Trump $15 million for Stephanopoulos falsely claiming he was convicted of rape. Now, X dominates real-time news …
From my perspective, the main takeaway is that Fed liquidity has been locked into a “stair-stepping downwards” pattern since April 2024. Starting from a new lower base at the beginning of every quarter. The “stealth QE” that occurred during 2023 is now being wiped away. From now on, Fed liquidity will likely continue to generally …
Investors lose faith in China’s recovery; $18 trillion in wealth destroyed. China iPhone shipments fell by 47% y/y. 🚨INVESTORS LOST FAITH IN CHINA'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY🚨 China's 10-year government bond yield fell below 1.6% for the FIRST TIME EVER. CSI 300 index FELL for the 3rd STRAIGHT day in the worst start to a year in …
by Michael A lot of really weird things have been happening over the past few days. I don’t know what all of it means, but what has been taking place is so unusual that it should definitely be getting our attention. For example, on New Year’s Eve lightning struck four of the most iconic buildings …
The US bond market has been in a drawdown for over 52 months, by far the longest in history. Video: https://t.co/PlZ0poWqfU pic.twitter.com/a948poplO9 — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) December 27, 2024 The US Bond Market has now been in a drawdown for 53 months, by far the longest in history.https://t.co/l5IYmkf6Ih pic.twitter.com/bGFIn2cMFW — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) January 1, …
by Prudent-Corgi3793 Yesterday, Robinhood gave all their subscribers free Dogecoin, which I promptly unloaded. Today, their promotion was free Bitcoin to Gold customers only. I was planning to be a Robinhood Gold customer long-term anyways, since the benefits for the IRA deposit and match alone would have paid for itself for my entire lifetime and then …
pic.twitter.com/BmgN8RzSM3 — Jack Krzewinski (@JackKrzewinski) January 2, 2025 "The relentless surge of the U.S. dollar is primed to cut a swath of carnage through Asia’s asset markets, leaving economic strain in its wake. The dollar wrecking ball similar wreaked havoc with Latam currencies in the 1980s… Historically, when the dollar flexes its muscle,… pic.twitter.com/y9Sc5afXM0 — …
by Martin Armstrong Countless Americans saved up their PTO throughout the year to enjoy the holiday season with family. The leader of this nation need not take such precautions. I’ve reported that Joe Biden has only been a part-time president, and that claim still holds true as it has been revealed that the president spent …
i am saying Fartcoin is worth nothing and will go to zero. fuck you and your memes. PVP draining each other when we should be upliftin' and shit https://t.co/ukYlPn6tqH — Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) January 2, 2025 https://twitter.com/leadlagreport/status/1874888207080554993 Bitcoin Update Head and shoulders depicted. Soon Knees and toes. pic.twitter.com/ZBY4t4yG1a — The Great Martis (@great_martis) January 2, …
We are being primed for the great Weimar print-fest. "Bank to cut interest rates at least four times in 2025" https://t.co/hwj607IRfM — The Old Pretender (@Dioclet54046121) January 2, 2025 Delinquencies surge in subprime credit, commercial real estate; echoes 1990s property crisis. The choice now is either to print all the way to a chaotic Weimar …
by confoundedinterest17 Well, its that time of year again. Mortgage applications drop to their lowest levels after Christmas until New Years Eve. Then mortgage applications pick up in the new year. Mortgage applications decreased 21.9 percent from two weeks earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending …
by Martin Armstrong Over 6,481 retailers have closed their doors since the beginning of the new year, according to data from Coresight Research in November, but that figure is expected to reach 7,327, marking a 57.8% increase in closures since 2023. During the pandemic, closures exceeded openings by 180 stores in 2020, with the gap …
History suggests the recent uninversion of the 10y-2y chart portends a recession to begin soon…. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1CyYI Rest of world going down fast as we speak. look under your desk. will drag US down. decoupling is fantasy. The government funded distractions always hit when they're about to crash markets — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) January 2, 2025 Locals …
Anybody else think the choice of a Cybertruck was possibly deliberate, to make a statement against both Trump and Musk at the same time? You don’t hate the legacy media enough https://t.co/wVq5JbmY5g — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 2, 2025 AP stands for Associated Propaganda pic.twitter.com/kh8rTuwlPK — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 2, 2025 h/t az116
Elon Musk: A new election should be called in Britain A new election should be called in Britain https://t.co/qavxToRa7j — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 2, 2025 Check this out Elon… this will completely disgust you. Two 13 yr old girls were drunk and nude with 7 Pakistani immigrants and the police arrested the 13 yr …
Gold looks set . pic.twitter.com/xffV75sY4L — The Great Martis (@great_martis) January 2, 2025 Gold ends 2024 up over 27%. Futures topped $2,800. Rising another 27% this year would take gold almost to a real ATH—and that's not a big stretch. So, yes, I do expect a Happy New Year… But I think copper is likely …
by Michael Someone needs to call Jack Bauer, because it appears that we definitely could use him right about now. Our “new” golden era of “peace and safety” has been very rudely interrupted by the “old” problem of Islamic terror. Of course the truth is that it is a problem that never went away. There …
by External-Noise-4832 NBC – Four senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter say they have preliminarily identified the suspect in the vehicle ramming attack in New Orleans as Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42. Din Jabbar, 42, is accused of intentionally plowing a pickup truck into New Year’s revelers at about 3:15 a.m. on Bourbon Street, authorities said. …
NY Post – New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick) struck two pedestrians with her vehicle on Saturday night, injuring one of them, according to the police department. The incident happened around 7 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Decatur and Iberville streets, police said, according to Fox 8. Both a man and a woman were struck in the incident. …
UPDATE: Witness Drops Damning Bombshell on NOLA “Terrorist Attack” – Reveals Officials Left Hydraulic Steel Barriers DOWN Which Could Have Stopped Attack (VIDEO) https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/update-witness-drops-damning-bombshell-nola-terrorist-attack/ 🚨 WTF?! The City of New Orleans HAD hydraulic steel car barriers, but left them DOWN last night Instead, they opted for “flimsy orange ones that you could just push over …
Bellwethers. Large weekly topping formations depicted. pic.twitter.com/SkI4SUEnJj — The Great Martis (@great_martis) January 1, 2025 Santa Rally option skew through yesterday's close is the highest in history. As the algos maintain the illusion through year end. pic.twitter.com/hDWqahSbXe — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) December 31, 2024 $MEK.ax One of the cheapest Goldies on the ASX. Cup and Handle …
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency in response to a terrorist attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. The attack, which occurred on New Year’s Day, involved a vehicle ramming incident that resulted in multiple casualties. The state of emergency declaration enables federal and local partners to mobilize necessary resources to …
1. The Energy Crisis Germany’s energy woes stem from a combination of geopolitical tensions, policy decisions, and its ambitious green energy transition. For decades, Germany relied heavily on Russian natural gas, a relationship disrupted by the Ukraine conflict and resulting… pic.twitter.com/313gHtP4D1 — Logan Weaver (@LogWeaver) December 31, 2024 The "Energiewende" (energy transition) aimed to make …
Markets Euphoria vs Economic Reality Update 🚩 BLS is about to announce another 650k jobs downward revision on top of the 800k jobs revisions few months ago 🚩Both France and Germany are in a deep political crisis on top of a socioeconomic one and now, when the worst winter month is about to begin, they …
by Graham Summers, MBA Stocks look very weak. The overall index is holding up relatively well, but “beneath the surface” a bloodbath is unfolding. High yield credit breaking down quite badly. As I write this, it is signaling a pullback in the S&P 500 to at least 5,850. Breadth, which also typically leads the S&P …
by Michael 2024 was definitely one of the wildest years that any of us have ever experienced. During the past 12 months, Donald Trump was convicted by a New York jury, he was almost assassinated, he won the presidential election, and he was named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. Nobody has ever had a year quite …