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It starts with nothing. A parking spot. A coffee sticker. A late-night party. And in seconds, it explodes into a full-blown scene with everyone watching. This compilation captures real public confrontations caught on camera — the threats, the shouting, the “I’m calling the cops,” and the workers who somehow keep a straight face through all …
This was actually a pretty revealing argument because both sides were talking about a different California. On Real Time with Bill Maher, Jonathan Martin defended living in California with the classic argument: Great weather. Great schools. Then Bill Maher immediately stopped him. The problem? What schools are we talking about? Because California has one of …
Peace talks are hard enough without one side threatening to “blow the s out of” the other. That is apparently what happened in Switzerland. According to reports, Iranian negotiators walked out of follow up peace talks after President Trump made a series of aggressive comments directed at Iran and Hezbollah. The talks were supposed to …
Swiss bond yields are almost back at zero. The key two-year instrument yields just a couple of basis points and is very likely going to be negative again relatively soon. As we know, Swiss interest rates have very little to do with Switzerland. As a global money center, this is where money goes when it …
What if it is land prices? I always get skeptical when people claim they know exactly when a crash will happen. Then I look at the list of warning signs piling up. The 18.6 year real estate cycle theory says markets typically spend about 14 years climbing and about 4 years falling apart. The last …
She borrowed $49,548.74 in student loans. 120 payments later, she’s paid $25,558 — and now owes $50,121. She’s paid on it for years and still owes more than what she originally borrowed. The entire thing is a SCAM to enslave the young people. https://t.co/Szxfluriei pic.twitter.com/RHuoEGClIO — Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) June 20, 2026 Every time I …
Something strange is happening in the bond market. The Fed spent years shrinking its balance sheet through quantitative tightening. Then QT ended in late 2025. Now the Fed’s balance sheet is around $6.7 trillion and has started growing again through Treasury bill purchases designed to keep enough reserves in the banking system. Supporters call this …
Source: Yahoo finance A 25.2 percent Social Security cut sounds like a disaster. And that number is exactly why this story exploded. The 2026 Social Security Trustees Report does include that figure. It says that if Congress makes no changes, one way to bring the system into long term balance would be a 25.2 percent …
The technology is real. That is what makes this so interesting. The biggest risk to the AI boom is not that AI fails. It is that the economics fail. Look at what is happening. Microsoft invested roughly $13 billion into OpenAI. OpenAI then spent billions on Azure. Microsoft booked the revenue. Google committed tens of …
Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA), which oversees traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, announced Friday that all vessels must now submit transit requests at least 48 hours in advance. In a post on social media platform X, the PGSA said that only vessels that comply… pic.twitter.com/tAMGN3UYKx — CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) June 20, 2026 Iran’s Persian …
Amazon is dropping an $11 BILLION AI data center right in Indiana. This monster will guzzle electricity for 1 MILLION homes and 300 MILLION gallons of water EVERY SINGLE YEAR — just ONE facility. Drone footage shows the insane scale: endless buildings, massive cooling tanks,… pic.twitter.com/R3fcTJTWTX — Valerie Anne Smith (@ValerieAnne1970) June 20, 2026
This is one of those changes that sounds almost impossible until you look into it. The US government is no longer only handing out grants, loans, and tax credits to support key industries. In some cases, it is taking ownership. Through programs like the CHIPS Act and other strategic investment programs, the government has started …
This chart explains why so many people are packing up and leaving. New York collects about $12,506 per person in state and local taxes, one of the highest levels in America. Only Washington DC collects more. And if you live in New York City, the bill gets even bigger because city taxes are piled on …
One number jumped out at me today. Nearly 2 million Americans have now been unemployed for more than six months. That is up by more than 500,000 from a year ago. Even more interesting, long term unemployed workers now make up 27.5% of all unemployed Americans. That does not happen in a labor market that …
By Peter Reagan For many Americans, retirement represents a long-awaited reward for decades of work and saving. It’s the season of life when the mortgage is hopefully paid down, the schedule becomes more flexible, and there is finally time to enjoy family, hobbies, and travel. For some retirees, that means visiting grandchildren more often. For others, it …
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has announced that the Strait of Hormuz is closed to all vessels and warned ships not to approach because their security could be at risk. BREAKING: Iran's IRGC has officially declared the Strait of Hormuz closed to all vessels in response to the US violation of the Memorandum of Understanding first clause …
This is the part of the franchise world that many people do not think about. You can spend years building a successful business, invest hundreds of thousands of dollars into improvements, inventory, and upgrades, and still discover that the most important thing you own is not actually yours. Franchise agreements usually have an expiration date. …
This is one of those stories where you hear the details and think, wait… how did this become normal? In Sterling, Virginia, residents near Vantage’s VA2 data center say natural gas turbines powering the facility have been running constantly since March 2025. The problem? They say the high-pitched noise never goes away. Neighbors describe hearing …
Something about the IRA contribution limit feels a little strange when you look back at where it started. When the IRA was created in 1974, the contribution limit was $1,500. That sounds small today, but here is the interesting part: adjusted for inflation, that $1,500 would be roughly $10,132 today. The current 2026 IRA contribution …
In a death spiral byu/WTD_Ducks21 inButtcoin “Genuinely asking how they can get back to their $100 peg. This is on a day when market is pretty hot as well.”
By Peter Reagan Public domain photo Human beings may be the most naturally argumentative species on the planet. If there is something that can be debated, someone will almost certainly take the opposite side. Sometimes those disagreements are minor and harmless. Other times, they involve major decisions that can affect families, businesses and entire communities. …
A major liquidity indicator just turned negative for the first time since 2021. That matters because this indicator is designed to track whether liquidity conditions are helping or hurting markets. And right now, it is flashing a warning. Then you look at the rest of the picture. JPMorgan is warning about a possible $165 billion …
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked enforcement of key parts of California’s AB 1955, the law that prevents schools from being required to notify parents about a student’s gender identity or transition without the student’s consent. The ruling is narrow for now. It applies to certain parents and schools involved in the lawsuit, …
I had to double-check this one because the number looks ridiculous. A house in Forney, Texas sold for about $388,000 in 2022. Now it’s listed as a HUD foreclosure for about $216,000. That’s a drop of roughly $172,000. Or about 45%. For a house that was built just a few years ago. The listing history …
The Fed just held rates steady at 3.5% to 3.75% and sounded pretty hawkish. No rush to cut. Inflation still matters. Higher-for-longer remains the message. So far, pretty straightforward. Then I looked at the balance sheet. According to David Rosenberg, the Fed’s balance sheet has been growing at roughly a 10% annualized rate over the …
The debate is no longer just: “Will AI change the world?” The bigger question is: “Did investors already pay for too much of that future?” A Michigan pension fund has sued Microsoft, accusing the company of misleading investors about AI and cloud growth. $MSFT getting sued for being down 20% by Michigan pension fund for …
⚠️Liquidity conditions are DETERIORATING rapidly: The Excess Liquidity Leading Indicator has rolled over sharply and turned negative for the first time since 2021. This metric measures real money growth relative to economic growth, and historically has led the US stock market… pic.twitter.com/N5Ua16Fwi4 — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) June 19, 2026 Add in the recent Fed …
This clip is getting attention because the question is bigger than Medicaid. Holy shit. This video of a Trump advisor saying on CNN that the White House is “not afraid” to cut Medicaid and says “everything” is “on the table” including cuts on Social Security. MAGA is about to lose their health care. #HandsOffOurSocialSecurity pic.twitter.com/S51mPVFHTQ …
