RECORD 401(k) WITHDRAWALS SIGNAL FINANCIAL STRAIN. 13% OF HOMEBUYERS ARE RAIDING THEIR RETIREMENT RIGHT NOW

RECORD 401(k) WITHDRAWALS SIGNAL FINANCIAL STRAIN A record share of Americans are tapping retirement savings as financial pressure rises. In 2025, 6% of workers with plans run by Vanguard Group made hardship withdrawals—up from 4.8% in 2024 and about 2% pre-pandemic. The main… — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) March 4, 2026 …

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GROUND INVASION: Kurdish ground forces enter Iran.

Ias an Iranian shame on USA. I’m against Islamic Iran but more against separatist Kurds attacking Iran territory — Kurus (@Pixelat_Baller) March 4, 2026 U.S. officials have confirmed to Fox News that a “thousands of Iraqi Kurds have launched a ground offensive in Iran.” pic.twitter.com/3YcsiJ9RW3 — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 4, …

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Utility worker DANGLING from FIERY Bucket Truck

WOW🚨: Insane footage out of Baton Rouge, Louisiana 🔥 A utility worker desperately fights to escape a bucket truck engulfed in flames. pic.twitter.com/ZW9QENO3Sv — Officer Lew (@officer_Lew) March 4, 2026 Dramatic footage shows a Louisiana utility worker dangling precariously on his harness from a fiery bucket truck before he plummeted …

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Iraq’s Electricity Ministry says a nationwide blackout has hit the entire national power grid.

Details from the ministry: A spokesperson stated that the power network has “completely shut down,” and the blackout has struck all Iraqi governorates (provinces). Technical teams are actively working to determine the cause, but no official explanation has been provided yet.… pic.twitter.com/97UCNw3R2x — Popeezy_NG (@Popeikue) March 4, 2026 Factcheck: Yes, …

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World’s 2nd largest shipping company, Maersk, suspends all cargo bookings for the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, & Iraq. Iran could disrupt Hormuz for months

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) — Maersk announced on Wednesday that it is temporarily suspending most cargo reservations in and out of Iraq as security worries mount throughout the Gulf. The business said that the ban applies to shipments involving many regional nations, including the UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia. …

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Can they continue “for weeks”?

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Everything is in synch. To the downside.

Mac10 @SuburbanDrone This is the story of the stock market year to date as viewed by the equal weight NDX and the World ex-U.S.: Back in late January, U.S. stocks got hit by AI panic – The fear that AI was going to implode sector after sector including many Tech …

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Qatar declares force majeure on gas exports. If Qatar fully shuts LNG, restart could take 2 weeks, full capacity another 2. That’s huge.

This is huge! Expect other Middle Eastern countries to begin doing the same! BREAKING: Qatar is set to fully shut natural gas liquefaction today, two sources close to the matter say. Restarting natural gas liquefaction after a complete shutdown would take 2 weeks. Once restarted, Qatar would need at least …

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Container ship hit by projectile in Strait of Hormuz

A container ship was struck by a projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz north of Oman, maritime security agencies said. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), an agency linked to the U.K. military that monitors commercial shipping, said the vessel was sailing eastbound when it was hit by …

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Factcheck: There are no confirmed reports from credible major outlets that a son of Khamenei was killed.

⚠️ 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 ⚠️ Reports say Mojtaba Khamenei — son of Iran’s Supreme Leader and the reported successor — has been killed in U.S. strikes in Tehran. Look, it doesn’t matter who comes into power. Anyone Islamic who touches the Iranian throne will be executed by a… pic.twitter.com/VShGP4MVCV — Iran …

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Iran is launching missiles from its underground missile cities without launch pads or standard equipment. Iran just reportedly fired a ballistic missile at Greece.

🚨🇪🇺🇬🇷🇮🇷 BREAKING: Iran just reportedly fired a ballistic missile at Greece. Intercepted by U.S. warships in the Mediterranean. Iran strikes yet another blow at Europe.@MiddleEast_24 https://t.co/K6NAcmkJz8 — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 4, 2026 BREAKING: 🇮🇷 Iran is launching missiles from its underground missile cities without launch pads or standard equipment. …

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The U.S. launches military operations against Ecuador narco-terror groups.

#BREAKING: The U.S. launches military operations against Ecuador narco-terror groups. pic.twitter.com/QkLDtrKsKF — Insider Wire (@InsiderWire) March 4, 2026 pic.twitter.com/UpPm8B0EZd — Daniel Blanco (@DanielBlancoPaz) March 4, 2026 The Ecuador crisis requires looking at the "Port of Guayaquil" bottleneck. The cartels turned the country into a transit superhighway. This joint land intervention …

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The REALITY The Media Isn’t Telling You About Iran

Iran didn’t slowly become what you see on the news — it was psychologically taken. In this episode, I break down the real mechanism behind Iran’s transformation: the difference between a people and the system that cages them, how revolutions don’t shift power but shift who gets to use violence, …

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WOLFE: S&P 500 MAY NEED DROP TO 6500 BEFORE REBOUND

*Walter Bloomberg @DeItaone WOLFE: S&P 500 MAY NEED DROP TO 6500 BEFORE REBOUND Wolfe Research warns the S&P 500 could fall to ~6500 before a durable rally. Analyst Rob Ginsberg says markets haven’t shown true panic—key signals like volume, put/call ratios, and VIX structure don’t indicate capitulation. While 6780 support …

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