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They take federal climate cash and turn it into overpriced concrete so connected companies and politicians get paid. California is a full blown cartel running the state like a racket. Taxpayers get screwed twice, once for the project and again for the fake environmental credits. San Bernardino spent $961,000 on Del Rosa Avenue sidewalk improvements. …
Vibe coding their own systems will end in bugs and security holes. They save money short term but create huge tech debt long term. Hardware stocks win if they ditch cloud and buy servers. Company builds own tools for inventory tracking and maintenance. Goal is to lower $400 million yearly software spend. Some new systems …
This is Japan forcing pension money home to stop yen collapse. Billions could flow out of US and global assets into Japanese markets. Yen carry trade unwind gets another push. Watch for bigger moves in currencies and bonds soon. Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama called for more investment in Japanese stocks and bonds. GPIF and other …
This is the canary in the coal mine for the whole credit market. Private credit was supposed to be safer than banks but defaults keep climbing. When easy refinancing ends the real pain starts. Watch for more blow ups in 2026 and 2027. Fitch reports U.S. private credit default rate at 6.0% for trailing twelve …
Trump announces he will not sign the bipartisan housing affordability bill pic.twitter.com/qir0PehSAO — FactPost (@factpostnews) July 10, 2026 In earlier Truth Social posts, Trump dismissed the bill — officially called the 21st Century Road to Housing Act — as “of minor importance” and canceled a June White House signing ceremony, stipulating that he would only sign if Congress passed …
Investors expect perfect growth forever and punish any miss. Retail feels real pain from tired consumers. Levi shows the warning signs for whole sector. More misses coming as spending tightens. Market punishes any slowdown even when numbers look okay. Shares drop almost 5 percent after report. Company beats analyst earnings estimates. Full year guidance raised …
Google sucked value from publishers for years and now they fight back. Without good content search becomes useless. AI firms scramble for scraps while real journalism dies. This opt out wave shows the power shift finally happening. More news sites and publishers remove themselves from Google search. Move blocks Google from crawling and showing their …
Germany buys American missiles because they know Europe cannot defend itself. This kills any real push for EU army. US contractors win big while Germany pays for protection. Neutral days are over and dependency grows. Chancellor Merz seals deal for US Tomahawk cruise missiles. Weapons will station directly on German soil. Move closes strategic gap …
The USMNT’s World Cup dreams ended with a disappointing Round of 16 loss to Belgium, and the backlash from the defeat has extended beyond the pitch. American soccer fans have turned their attention to US Soccer’s equal-pay agreement after learning that the men’s FIFA prize money will be shared with the USWNT. The USMNT secured …
This is what happens when government and investors treat housing like a casino. Normal people cannot afford basic room anymore. Cities become playgrounds for rich while everyone else struggles. “Room” for rent in downtown Vancouver byu/Weary_Position_9591 inmildlyinfuriating
BREAKING: Deadly bacteria found in major US city's water system traced to Mark Zuckerberg's $800 million, $META, data center, per TechRadar — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) July 9, 2026 It was found in the water system, but not in the drinking water supply. Meta was flushing their water into a sewer system, and then it was being …
Leftists either cannot do basic math or want destruction on purpose. Real world examples in Europe show businesses fleeing or shutting down. “Wealth tax explained: 1. Laura loves to cook, she risks all her life savings and opens a small restaurant: Laura‘s Kitchen 2. Laura works really hard, evenings, weekends, no vacations 3. The local …
One big landlord dumping 10 percent of portfolio means trouble ahead. They bought high and now sell low with cuts. More corporate owners will follow if market turns. Regular buyers might get deals but watch for bigger wave. VineBrook now has almost 2000 homes listed for sale. That equals 300 million dollars and nearly 10 …
Iran never stopped wanting Trump dead. Every new plot shows how weak the ceasefire really was. Tanker attacks prove they control the choke point and will use it. US gets stuck in another forever conflict while oil prices spike. BREAKING: Explosions have again been reported across southern Iran, marking what appears to be a third …
This is classic communist grift where the party bosses get rich. NYC keeps electing these people and wonders why everything gets worse and more expensive. Council member introduces bill for 18.2% raise taking members from 148500 to 175500 retroactive to January. Mayor salary jumps from 258750 to 305800 with automatic 2% annual increases. Sold as …
Fed uses AI as excuse to keep rates high while real driver is energy and capex. Companies burn cash on tools that cost more than people they fired. The grid is ancient and cannot support this pace. Steel and copper win over hype every time. 🚨 THE FED JUST OFFICIALLY BLAMED AI FOR RISING INFLATION. …
Degrees were already trash for years. Now AI just exposed how fake everything became. Schools will keep pumping out worthless paper while real learning dies. Employers already figured it out and stopped caring about the diploma. “40 out of 86 Brown students scored a perfect 100 on their midterm. Then the professor moved the final …
College became a participation trophy. More people get in so average drops hard. Employers already know degrees mean nothing now. Real skills and IQ tests would sort people faster than this broken paper chase. Source: Meta-analysis: on average, undergraduate students’ intelligence is merely average – ScienceOpen h/t bradnobred
via ConsistentWeirdo NFLX has had one of the stranger years of any large cap in 2026 as its down 42% from its nov high, Reed hastings officially departed as chairman which is end of an era for a company he built from a dvd rental service,also acquisition rumors swirling after comcast announced it’s spinning off …
via WSB: Long time lurker, first time poster. Feel free to call me regarded. $USAR and $MP are companies backed by the US govt with plants in production or just starting production. $MP is the only publicly traded US stock that manufactures permanent magnets. Permanent magnets are used in complex avionics systems, robotics, EV Powertrains, i.e. …
More tech firms cut creative teams to fund AI. Gaming industry sees wave of consolidations and closures. Microsoft stock reaction shows investors like the focus on high-margin AI. Team, We are beginning the most significant restructure in XBOX history. After careful consideration, I’ve made the difficult decision to reduce our team by approximately 3,200 throughout …
This is peak complacency. When the skew hits zero and everyone is short yen together, the unwind will be violent. Bonds are already screaming in multiple countries. The spread between single-stock volatility and the VIX just hit a record high: The index looks calm because the names are canceling each other out, not because risk …
by Cassandra The Federal Reserve minutes from the June 16–17 meeting showed policymakers divided over where interest rates should go next. The official minutes admit the problem plainly. Inflation had “increased further and remained well above” the Fed’s 2% objective, while officials blamed tariffs, supply disruptions tied to the Strait of Hormuz, and demand from the AI …
Banks know exactly what they do. They buy bonds cheap, crash lending to force rates lower, and sell high. The Fed takes blame while banks laugh to the bank. This is not accident. It is the plan to transfer more wealth upward. Its happening, consumers are suffering, not just inflation but high credit card rates …
More celebrity private jet flights get called out online. Europe pushes AC limits while rich ignore them. Rules for thee, not for me.
Capex booms like this rarely pay back for the buyers, history shows telecoms and shale. Extreme concentration in one or two stocks makes markets fragile and volatile. The largest misallocation of capital in financial history. We are watching some of the greatest companies in the world (Hyperscalers) commit suicide… https://t.co/O2qAZmsz0B — The Maverick of Wall …
This isn’t the AI story I expected to read today. The next battleground for data centers isn’t just farmland or empty industrial parks. It’s tribal land. Some tech companies see Native American land as a faster path to build massive AI data centers because approvals can move more quickly and large sites are available. For …
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