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via Mike Shedlock Construction spending has been in a huge downtrend for a year. Construction spending data from census department, chart by Mish The Census Department Construction Spending Report for May repeats the same story, down again. Total Construction Construction spending during May 2025 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2,138.2 billion, 0.3 percent …
by confoundedinterest17 Finally, US government debt growth (YoY) was approximately equal to US nominal GDP growth in Q1 2025. Unfortunately, the BBB (Big Beautiful Bill) is projected to add $3.9 trillion of debt. Unfortunately, there are insufficient spending cuts in the BBB. And the Senate just nixed kicking illegal imm*grants off of Federal healthcare programs. Unfortunately, GDP …
Yesterday, there were a lot of rumors floating around about the ban on Medicaid for illegal aliens being stripped from the bill. Thankfully, that's not true. It's very much in the bill we just passed. You can look it up below. Page 602. Section 77109.https://t.co/9B54AyrRBo — Senator Eric Schmitt (@SenEricSchmitt) July 1, 2025 But that …
📈 The Rise of China and the Decline of Japan in Global Exports byu/EconomySoltani inInfographics In 1958, China and Japan each accounted for approximately 2.5% of global exports. Japan’s share climbed to a peak of 10% in 1986, while China’s share declined to 1.4%. However, since the mid-1990s, Japan’s share has steadily fallen to 3% …
🚨 BREAKING: USAID has OFFICIALLY ceased operations, Secretary Rubio announces This was a TOP priority of @ElonMusk while he was at DOGE, even calling it a “CRIMINAL organization.” The Democrat slush fund for kickbacks and corruption is no more. pic.twitter.com/SKc4AlVywb — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 1, 2025 The U.S. Agency for International Development is no …
BREAKING: @Penn to APOLOGIZE for allowing male swimmer Lia Thomas to invade the women's team. The University will also be adopting definitions for male and female consistent with biological sex, strip all records/titles from Thomas and return them to female swimmers, and issue… pic.twitter.com/YhKfMJAsuA — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 1, 2025
California’s housing market is slowing in 2025, with inventory skyrocketing and home values now dropping on a month-over-month basis.
This chart tells me we have been getting poorer and poorer as a nation. It’s not just Covid or post covid. This economy stopped working for most people a long time ago. — Matt Williams (@MattWilliams) July 1, 2025
NEW: China launches its first humanoid robot soccer league in Beijing. This is way more entertaining than regular soccer. The AI-controlled robots were supplied by Booster Robotics for the tournament and have the skills of 5 to 6 year old children. Robots were seen getting carried off the field on stretchers after falling over. Booster …
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How Uranium Is Extracted? This simplified animation shows how uranium is extracted using a drill that pulls the reamer up through the pilot hole, widening it. The broken ore then falls into what is known as an extraction chamber. Next, a bulldozer, operated remotely to keep the operator at a safe distance from falling rock …
BREAKING – Democrats are planning a nationwide protest called “The People’s Sick Day,” where they plan to skip work and stop spending for three days to prove how “essential” they are. pic.twitter.com/ueqDI0bNL2 — Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) July 1, 2025
“It Ends, and It Ends Now”: Pam Bondi Unleashes Federal Crackdown on Sanctuary Cities “They were prioritizing illegal al*ens over American citizens… these sanctuary policies are the root of the cause of violent crime in our country.” LA. NY. IL. NJ. CO. MN. She’s suing them all. “We’re finding you… No longer will crime be …
Full Interview: https://t.co/Ar1vNW7kjX — The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) June 30, 2025 Twenty years ago, Bobby Kennedy was exiled from polite society for suggesting a link between autism and vaccines. Now he’s a cabinet secretary, and still saying it. (0:00) The Organized Opposition to RFK’s Mission(6:46) Uncovering the Reason for Skyrocketing Rates of Autism… pic.twitter.com/g8T8te3kNC …
New reports reveal AOC misled the public about her upbringing—her real childhood story paints a very different picture.
President Trump is calling for a full investigation into CNN and The New York Times over explosive leaks of classified intelligence.
Flying private for recreation has always been marketed as status. Lately, it looks more like blind risk. In 2025, the fatal accident rate for private and charter aviation remains multiple orders higher than commercial carriers. NTSB data puts the number between 5 and 13 times for small aircraft. For charters, risk increases dramatically depending on …
Salesforce has 76,000 employees, so the fact they’re not cutting 30,000 of them means they are either very bad at managing themselves, or full of shit. Or both. $CRM https://t.co/K4v8ih98UK — Tobias Maximus (@tmaxftw) July 1, 2025 Apparently with AI doing all the work it doesn’t boost margins. pic.twitter.com/khJfn7ls0Q — Tobias Maximus (@tmaxftw) July 1, …
Which is better? pic.twitter.com/Vnnefv1a8p — The Tradition Rebellion (@trad_rebel) July 1, 2025
👉This is a classic case of vacation gone wrong! This smiley Iranian national came to the United States on a tourist visa… DECADES AGO. TWENTY-THREE years ago, an immigration judge ordered him removed from the United States. Not only did Shahin Farokhrani WAY OVERSTAY his… https://t.co/43WPfDKmz2 — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) June 30, …
China effectively acts as a “central banker” for key segments of the U.S. industrial economy—not through money, but through materials. — Craig Shapiro (@ces921) July 1, 2025
There hasn't been a red July in the past decade pic.twitter.com/4eQg9zN7oZ — zerohedge (@zerohedge) June 30, 2025 It’s July again. Markets have noticed. For ten straight years, the S&P 500 has finished the month in the green. From 2015 through 2024, July never closed negative. Not once. And the first sessions of 2025 are already …
https://twitter.com/VoteHarrisOut/status/1939810401555714357 The Senate’s version of Donald Trump’s tax cut bill will cost the bottom 20% of taxpayers an average of $560 a year while giving an average boost of $6,055 to those at the top end, per Bloomberg. pic.twitter.com/EtgSox1l9N — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) July 1, 2025 $37,000,000,000,000.00 in debt… yet, we’re going to fund health care …
Saylors’ average is slowly increasing toward the mid-70s. This is going to be one of the biggest losses in history. Pin this post. https://t.co/sj89nMycaY — The Great Martis (@great_martis) July 1, 2025 JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Connecticut officially bans the state from creating a Bitcoin Reserve or investing any digital assets. — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) July 1, …
Export prices fall three months straight pressure builds on yen… BREAKING: Japan’s passenger car export prices to North America dropped -12.0% M/M in May, the largest decline on record. This follows a -4.5% decrease in April, driven by the 25% US tariff imposed on auto imports from Japan. Meanwhile, total export prices in yen terms …
