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Chart shows it clear: lower and middle brackets got crushed since 1967, with $100k+ households exploding higher. Everyday costs exploding, corporate profits at records, wages stuck flat for the bottom 80%. $100k household now labeled “high income” in 2022 dollars? People making 200k still sweating college, retirement, and basics in most cities. This the squeeze …
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by Martin Armstrong For decades, Switzerland sold one thing better than perhaps any country on earth: privacy. That became its true export. People think of watches, chocolate, pharmaceuticals, or skiing resorts, but Switzerland’s real business was protecting capital from governments. That was the foundation of modern offshore banking. Switzerland has destroyed the very industry that …
IRC is screaming this one is smashing every record if it keeps going. Treatment tents torched for the second time this week — 18 suspected cases just escaped into the crowds. 1,000+ cases already, no vaccine for this strain, 40% death rate and climbing. Trump’s team is building a full quarantine camp in Kenya and …
Israeli and Lebanese military officials arrived in Washington today for the first security talks since April. Intensified Israeli airstrikes targeted Beirut suburbs and southern Lebanon just hours before the meetings. The Lebanese Health Ministry claims 14 people were killed in recent strikes, including several militants. Israel’s stated goal for the discussions is the total disarmament …
The Department of Commerce just signed 9 new letters of intent to distribute $2.013 billion in federal incentives… This funding push aims to triple domestic chip production capacity by the year 2032… Industry analysts are watching closely as chiplet costs rise, creating new economic hurdles for manufacturers… Nvidia and Google Cloud are pushing deeper into …
Notayesmanseconomics just exposed the data and the reality is ugly. GDP contraction of 0.1% in Q1 proves the French economy is stalled while every major indicator screams recession. Energy inflation spiked 16.8% and is effectively cannibalizing household purchasing power. Consumer confidence is rotting at levels not seen since March 2023 because nobody has cash to …
Don’t believe Internet fearmongers. @HHSGov defends public health AND supports medical freedom — period. HHS action …❌ Does NOT pave the way for a new mRNA vaccine❌ Does NOT provide Big Pharma with new, limitless protections from liability❌ Does NOT allow for mandates of… https://t.co/MZQNc4zKSL — Secretary Kennedy (@SecKennedy) May 23, 2026 RFK Jr. Invokes PREP Act for Hantavirus, …
It’s a reckless clown show mixing ignorance, threats, and open corruption. 9:00 AM — I will blow up Cuba2:00 PM — I will blow up Iran5:00 PM — I will blow up Oman Trump statements in a single day — Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) May 28, 2026 Donald Trump's a low intellect president. The traffic separation …
MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. — The Big Ten has won the past three national titles in football and is 4-0 against the SEC over the past three seasons in head-to-head College Football Playoff matchups, but SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said Wednesday those metrics are a “pretty narrow band” and his league still “stands alone.” “If you …
The CIA needs a proctological exam from top to bottom. This agent couldn't have done this volume of fraud in a vacuum. Just how much theft and fraud occurs at the CIA? And what else are they doing with misplaced funds? — MCGOP LD 17 (@MCGOPLD17) May 28, 2026
Yang drops the bomb. A dozen CEOs privately told him they’re firing people with AI and will never admit it publicly. Newsom sits there smiling after years of sucking Silicon Valley cash and vetoing real rules. Now he’s suddenly “protecting workers” and hugging Elizabeth Warren. Pure 2028 desperation theater. Jobs are getting wiped while this …
Muckraker caught the whole Dominican pipeline red-handed in Lawrence. Free food stamps and charity hauls stuffed into barrels and shipped straight to DR bodegas for cash. They’ve been running this scam wide open while we foot the bill. Vance just got tagged, this better light a fire under real investigators. Enough of our money getting …
Credit card processor data shows a 15% drop in luxury sector sales over the last 30 days… Metropolitan luxury malls recorded 22,000 fewer high-net-worth visitors this month than in May 2025… Luxury watchmakers are slashing prices by 20% to clear out inventory that is no longer moving at retail… Private wealth managers report a massive …
Health officials report 1,221 total cases of the Bundibugyo virus across the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda… The death toll has officially climbed to 264, with 247 suspected deaths and 17 confirmed fatalities in the current surge… Medical teams are struggling to contain the spread in Ituri and North Kivu as cases spill …
A two-story building in Oak Cliff near Bishop Arts District went up in a fireball yesterday afternoon after reports of a gas leak. Dallas Fire-Rescue escalated to a 4-alarm response with nearly 100 firefighters battling the blaze and searching rubble. At least two women and one child confirmed dead, four hospitalized, and up to 11 …
Yields spiking exactly like right before 1987, 2000, 2008. 30-year sitting at 5.20%, same spot as 2007 pre-GFC. Buffett Indicator screaming at 234% of GDP, more than double 2008 levels. Foreign custody holdings crashed to $2.68T, lowest since 2012, down $265B since March on the Iran oil chaos. BofA straight up calling SPX overcrowded as …
Notayesmanseconomics argues the net zero push is colliding with employment costs and growth pressure, not just energy transition goals. The core claim is simple. Higher costs are forcing a rethink of how fast and how far the transition can go, especially as job pressure builds in the wider economy. UK youth unemployment has passed 1 …
NOW – Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: "There will be no central bank digital currency," adding, "the most important thing we can do is to make digital assets come into the United States." pic.twitter.com/nDHHEd6xdw — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) May 28, 2026
BREAKING: Minnesota residents Shamso Ahmed Hassan and Hanaan Mursal Yusuf ARRESTED for $21 million Medicaid fraud scheme pic.twitter.com/aOaN21Ed3e — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 28, 2026 Two Minnesota women, Shamso Ahmed Hassan (55) and Hanaan Mursal Yusuf (25), both U.S. citizens of Somali descent, were arrested and charged in a major Medicaid fraud scheme. Details: …
Genes face full rewrite era, Biohub drops 6.8 billion sequence map. Biohub, a philanthropic venture of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, launched on Wednesday a world model of protein biology to accelerate drug discovery. https://t.co/3ZQ9l4b9nb — Reuters Legal (@ReutersLegal) May 28, 2026 The business of living forever, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub's …
Rich investors moving into gold, foreign currencies, and overseas assets while U.S. GDP growth just got revised lower again to 1.3%. Average 401(k) balances dropped again in Q1 as market volatility keeps hitting retirement accounts tied almost entirely to U.S. equities. CEO confidence is falling sharply too, with executives increasingly worried about Iran, inflation pressure, …
Imagine coping that hard pic.twitter.com/rntpirW2HK — AmericanMade (@BoudreauRWBlue) May 28, 2026 This is the claim, 🤡. That's why pic.twitter.com/31C6PL6vyc — jfromnash_clips (@lee_jfromnash) May 28, 2026 $83M seems high for something so long ago. NY changed laws to enable the case. No police report. No witnesses. He said she said. Political funding to support the case …
Trump Treasury is pushing U.S. currency into personality cult territory Treasury appointees reportedly pushed plans for a $250 bill with Trump’s face on it while internal resistance inside the department got shoved aside. A living president on U.S. currency was basically untouchable political territory for generations. Now officials are openly trying to break that norm …
They’re throwing millions into gold-coated horse statues, fountains, marble work, and monument projects while national parks across the country keep getting squeezed. A $5 million gold leaf contract around the Lincoln Memorial got rushed through with limited competition and almost no market comparison. Same administration still talking nonstop about government efficiency. The timing looks insane. …
After May’s soaring temperatures, experts warn this heatwave could be just the beginning. Scientists tell Helen Coffey why they fear one of the most powerful weather events ever seen could be soon heading our way There’s definitely something coming. We’re very confident about that, and it looks like it will be a big event.” Adam …
Doctors push new blood tests for colon cancer as cases surge in younger adults https://t.co/A0nBwqRzry pic.twitter.com/sSIRLfUmCp — New York Post (@nypost) May 28, 2026 The American Cancer Society (ACS) has updated its guidelines for colorectal cancer screening. The organization released the update in its flagship journal on Wednesday, noting that the new recommendations “re-affirm” that …
Tehran flat-out calls it “fake news.” Rejects every term, won’t sign shit that doesn’t hand them everything. Slams the door on any 60-day extension — “violations everywhere.” Supreme Leader never even looked at it.161 targets still locked in the threat ring: nukes, US bases, oil terminals, cables. Map didn’t budge an inch.Headlines are trash. Iran …
Police apologise for handcuffing stabbing victim who died Henry Nowak, 18, suffered a stab wound to his chest and two to the back of his leg in December last year. He died at the scene in Southampton. https://x.com/POB4LIFE/status/2059998272777863327 https://x.com/BreitbartLondon/status/2060017747896001000 U.K. beyond f**ked. Southport stabbings could have been avoided Nottingham stabbings could have been avoided Mass, …
They’re rolling out “Trump Accounts” as a patriotic savings program while moving federal onboarding, activation, and account management straight into a government-linked app ecosystem. Treasury already tied the system to IRS Form 4547 filings and activation emails before the July 4 rollout. Robinhood and BNY are sitting inside the infrastructure from day one. They sell …