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Meta’s ad math now comes with creative accounting and a side of shipping fees. Nice A whistleblower alleges that Meta (META) artificially inflated return on ad spend by counting shipping fees as revenue, subsidizing bids in ad auctions, and applying undisclosed discounts, according to Ad Week – Source — KKGB (@INArteCarloDoss) August 20, 2025 Seems …
again https://t.co/9fWlkp43o3 — Benn Eifert 🥷🏴☠️ (@bennpeifert) August 20, 2025 OPENAI CEO SAM ALTMAN CONCEDES GPT-5 WAS A MISFIRE, BETS ON GPT-6 — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) August 20, 2025 Dot-com Bubble 2.0 https://t.co/n1zf8oBAxI — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) August 20, 2025 Nasdaq $QQQ 🚨 We Have a Problem 🤯👀 pic.twitter.com/rGZnMRQqm4 — Barchart (@Barchart) August 20, 2025
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the Department of Defense to challenge Secretary Pete Hegseth to a pullup and pushup competition, dubbed the “Pete and Bobby challenge,” as the Trump administration leaders encourage Americans to drop “fat” for “fit.” The two squared off to notch 50 pullups and 100 pushups …
The Federal Reserve didn’t provide any liquidity to Wall Street between Aug 14 till yesterday (Aug 19) and decline -4% 📉 then juiced liquidity today. This market is in bad shape. $qqq https://t.co/xFh7poek9g — The Coastal Journal (@1CoastalJournal) August 20, 2025
🚨 BREAKING: In another stunning embarrassment for Gavin Newsom, the Chairman of Bed Bath & Beyond announces they will NOT open any retail stores in California. "We're taking a stand because it's time for common sense." The reasoning:– High taxes– High fees– Forced,… pic.twitter.com/QxE6Rr0rSE — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 20, 2025 They are trying to …
Every cat's dream: a timely, clean, and efficient subway system. — LeeGStringer (@Helpful_Shadow_) August 17, 2025
Ontario police charge a man for defending his home against an intruder. We’ve got to help! We need to strengthen our rights to self-defence. And we need to help Jeremy. I just got off the phone with Jeremy McDonald, a dad from Lindsay, Ontario. A man broke into his house at 3 a.m. when Jeremy …
Las Vegas tourism needs to be boycotted American is at an MGM property and shows the prices on the menu – The cheapest steak is $87 – Ribeye is $138 – His glass of Cabernet wine was $37 Every price on this menu is outrageous. “The price gouging of MGM is just insane. Insane. Like, …
Trade "deals" under Trump: Where binding agreements go to die of acute documentation deficiency. Our allies now navigate a Schrödinger's negotiation—simultaneously concluded and nonexistent. South Korea confirmed August 5 their "deal" isn't written down. Vietnam's 40%… — White House Xray (@xray_media) August 19, 2025
Britney is back with another crazy video and sings on this one. Is that dog poo in the background? pic.twitter.com/JpJZrhY9ll — ⚡️🦅PepperJack🇺🇸⚡️ (@mmullins001) August 19, 2025
This must be done – There is entirely too much rigging going on in our elections – Let's do what so many other counties have done because of the fraud involved and ban universal mail-in voting which is not the same as absentee voting where the person has to request a ballot with… — BelannF …
LMAO! Democrats are currently losing their minds over President Trump and Kristi Noem painting the southern border wall BLACK to let it get super hot from the sun. It’s being done so the criminals would burn their hands to the touch if they even tried. Genius move. 🚨 LMAO! Democrats are currently losing their minds …
Migration masks demographic collapse across Europe. Meanwhile, net migration into the EU last year was 2.3m. Without considering any other effects, this is not a long-term solution because migrants age and many are coming from countries where birth rates have also gone low. — David Quinn (@DavQuinn) August 19, 2025
Home buyers are paying more for smaller homes, a phenomenon called shrinkflation. A new LendingTree study found new single-family homes have shrunk 11% in the past decade, while their price per square foot has jumped 74%. Driven by surging land, labor, and material costs (compounded by tariffs and worker shortages), builders are trimming square footage …
So maybe republicans start arresting them or just stfu about it pic.twitter.com/MdFbFPs34I — Funny Hat and spur enjoyer (@Article15Hero) August 19, 2025
Fascinating read: This is going to be a different Jackson Hole speech from Powell. No wonder the market is so jittery about it. The Fed could be completely revamping how they conduct monetary policy by focusing more on inflation and getting it back to 2%. pic.twitter.com/fCHSBNpRt2 — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 20, 2025 Mag 7 …
There is no democracy if they can't cheat…is that correct? — floridanow1 (@floridanow1) August 20, 2025
🚨 JUST IN: DNI Tulsi Gabbard GOES OFF on the 37 officials she just revoked security clearances from for aiding the Trump Russia Criminal Conspiracy pic.twitter.com/9oOWVDxODO “They aided and abetted in this action — this seditious conspiracy — that undermined our democracy,… — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 20, 2025 Gabbard revokes security clearances of 37 …
by Michael Just because something is possible doesn’t mean that our scientists should actually be doing it. We live at a time when technology is advancing at an exponential rate, but there are very few guardrails. As a result, researchers are pretty much doing whatever they feel like doing. In secret laboratories all over the …
Target posted fiscal second-quarter earnings and revenue that topped Wall Street’s expectations. The company stuck by its full-year outlook, which forecasts a single percentage point decline in sales. Target named Michael Fiddelke as its new CEO, effective Feb. 1. Target beat Wall Street’s earnings and sales expectations and reaffirmed its outlook on Wednesday, even as …
Oklahoma will require applicants for teaching jobs from California and New York to pass an exam that the state’s top education official said is designed to safeguard against “radical leftist ideology.” Opponents decry the exam as a “MAGA loyalty test.”
The FDA is warning the public about possibly radioactive shrimp that may have been sold at Walmart. The warning is for some Great Value raw frozen shrimp because it may be contaminated with Cesium-137, a radioactive isotope. MORE: https://abc7.com/post/fda-warns-public-not-eat-possibly-radioactive-shrimp-great-value-brand-sold-walmart-13-states/17586897/
via ToastTheCorgi Everyone piling into “September rate cut” bets is ignoring the actual data and listening to wishful thinking. The Fed isn’t going to hand out a cut just because markets want it. The labor market is still holding up. Sure, unemployment has ticked up a little, but it’s nowhere near a collapse. Powell has …
