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Let it burn, the fantasy was never real to begin with. $600,000,000,000 has been wiped out from the US stock market today. The stock market is finally reacting to the actual economy. pic.twitter.com/KDGxU7N0io — Ted (@TedPillows) May 18, 2026 Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson says equities are at risk of a significant drop. — TT3 (@TradingThomas3) …
Source: CBS News Poll – May 13-15, 2026 Adults in the U.S. A fresh CBS News poll shows support for the administration’s financial management is in free fall… Only 27% of surveyed Americans approve of the current response to sticky consumer inflation… The numbers drop as WTI crude holds above $104 and regional infrastructure stress …
Federal health authorities dismantled a decade of strict limits on the flavored e-cigarette market… The FDA granted official marketing approval to four major flavored vaping lines in under two weeks… New guidance permits previously unauthorized products to remain on shelves indefinitely during administrative reviews… Public health advocates express intense rage, pointing to the tobacco industry’s …
Media giants tied to the mouse empire bury the raid while other lines skate free… Ten ships hit including Disney but only the magic kingdom name sticks in the dirt… How did they successfully sweep this MAJOR story under the rug? This should be a monumental PR catastrophe for Disney but everyone just moved on …
As Republicans in several states race to redraw congressional maps to secure more seats for GOP candidates, a shocking new poll has suggested the party might want to proceed with caution. According to a New York Times/Siena poll out Monday, Republicans are in a serious hole on the generic congressional ballot. Respondents were asked, “If the 2026 general election …
Easing bets get torched fast while inflation shock rewrites the entire Fed playbook… Things accelerate hard under new leadership and the soft landing crowd just got blindsided… Bull dreams dying quick and the pain train just left the station… cleveland's fed inflation model has been on point for a long time. looking ugly.https://t.co/LPsWVSK6sN pic.twitter.com/sktkd92xdp — …
Google, Microsoft, IBM. The biggest tech companies in the world are all quietly preparing for a single threat. One that could crumble the entire digital infrastructure we’ve built for the past 70 years. The Q-day, as experts call it, is the day when quantum computers are finally unleashed and they break every form of encryption …
Florida senator admits Trump hates choking off oil flow but nuclear kill scares him more… Death to America chants force Scott to call for total regime swap no matter the fallout… 🚨 SEN. RICK SCOTT JUST NOW: "President Trump is busting his butt. Does he want the Strait of Hormuz closed? NO. But does he …
One vote congressman terrifies the swamp more than anyone else in history… Former Congressman Amash on point about Massie byu/jediporcupine inAnarcho_Capitalism Donald Trump’s feud with Thomas Massie is because Massie refused to back down on the Epstein Files. byu/yellowjackethokie inconspiracy Donald Trump rage tweeted three separate times in the same day, about how awful and …
Real assassination attempts bounce off Trump while she needs armor for speeches… pic.twitter.com/dDqMuqxspS — Chad (@ChadW_FF) May 18, 2026 Yeah they’ve tried to kill exactly nobody in 10 years Liberals? Oh my the list is very long Trump x3Congressional baseball teamLee ZeldinCharlie Kirk Just about every conservative blogger in Portland But continue to live in …
There is no other explanation, other than the slight possibility that Scott Bessent is dumber than dirt about the very things that are supposed to be his area of expertise. by David Haggith No sooner did Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declare that inflation would only be rising for another two months before it starts to …
Iran style standoffs show the art of the deal turning into predictable walk backs… TACO and manipulate market by fake news this morning pic.twitter.com/2TSSHUyYAx — imfwmf (@imfwmf2008) May 18, 2026
Something very strange happened this week inside the Trump Administration involving Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes. And whether you like Tucker Carlson, whether you hate Tucker Carlson, whether you agree with Nick Fuentes, whether you think Nick Fuentes is toxic… I don’t care… that’s actually not the point here at all. The point is much …
Data detectives at analytics firm Bubblemaps have unmasked nine connected prediction market accounts… The network raked in over $2.4 million betting almost exclusively on exact U.S. military maneuvers… The anonymous traders maintained a 98% win rate across more than 80 highly specific wagers… Winning slips nailed the exact dates of the first U.S. strikes, the …
Middle class death creeps in silent with no sirens or smoke… This slow bleed feels worse than any crash because nobody calls it out… middleclassparty @middle_class_us People think collapse looks like explosions and chaos. Nope. That’s in the movies. Reality is different. It looks like a nurse and a manufacturing tech who can’t afford rent …
Naval vessels moved to block an international flotilla attempting to breach maritime blockades… The encounter took place in international waters off the southern coast of Cyprus… Commandos boarded the lead transport vessels to enforce transit restrictions without immediate reports of violent resistance… Organizers claim the ships carry humanitarian provisions, while Jerusalem maintains strict enforcement protocols …
Governor Tim Walz declared a peacetime emergency after fires ripped through northeastern Minnesota… The Stewart Trail Fire near Two Harbors has destroyed 34 structures, including eight residential homes… High winds and parched conditions pushed the blaze across 355 acres with containment lines stuck at 30%… A secondary blaze, the Flanders Fire, has consumed over 1,500 …
Whole thing reeks of paper tiger energy and nobody’s buying it anymore. 🇺🇸 Trump at 2:00 PM — “I don’t want them making $500 million a day from the Strait of Hormuz. We’ll wipe out their entire civilization if we have to.” 🇮🇷 Iran at 3:00 PM — “We’ve established an authority to manage the …
Japan 30 year smashes all time record as BOJ faces hike pressure and yen carry trade starts cracking… UK gilts blast to 1998 highs while oil over 100 dollars piles on the deficit fueled agony… Every major debt market breaking at once screams recession setup straight out of the history books… Carry trade clowns about …
Something very bad is brewing. Futures now getting REKT đź’€ pic.twitter.com/E3bgYlDfVZ — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) May 18, 2026 Futures getting CRUSHED Never seen a crash this big Tomorrow will be BAD Buckle up! pic.twitter.com/lrnHeCx622 — Michael (Hedge Fund Manager) (@HedgeFundFomo) May 17, 2026 If you think this is bad, beware this is only the appetiser …
Shortage my ass, it’s all overpriced rate-locked bullshit finally breaking. Insider cheerleaders ignore the pain and push the narrative for another round of bagholders… Sellers are cutting their prices at a record 34.2% rate. The highest level since 2012. But yeah, we have a housing shortage. pic.twitter.com/YObuOrbKJC — Jon Brooks (@jonbrooks) May 16, 2026 “I …
Obama, bush, bush sr, Clinton, Reagan would have been arrested btw — Tone (@RunawayGodX) May 16, 2026
Pete Buttigieg is completely misrepresenting what’s going on with redistricting. The Supreme Court ruled that the redistricting Democrats had done based primarily on race was unconstitutional. Republican states are now abiding by the law and righting that redistricting. — Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) May 17, 2026 In a major 2023 decision (and reinforced in …
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has unanimously approved a proposal requiring telecommunications providers to verify customer identities before activating any new service. Backed by the Trump administration, the sweeping regulatory shift is designed to eradicate illegal robocalls, but the move could end the availability of anonymous mobile communications for ordinary Americans. Under the mandate …
One wrong retweet now lands you in cuffs under Starmer’s prison island lockdown… Elon Musk calls out the insane free speech purge sweeping Britain wide open… Free speech just died there and the rest of us are next if we blink… https://x.com/YossiBenYakar/status/2055733740236890257
Smug activist offers to educate defense chief and gets mental health reality check instead… Trans belief system called out as direct threat to troop readiness and unit strength… Arrogant witness arrogance crumbles as Hegseth refuses to play pretend on the battlefield… pic.twitter.com/dJOlZPpudq — Wayne Dunlap (@wdunlap) May 16, 2026 Men cannot be women. — Rep. …
A fresh Gallup poll reveals 7 out of 10 Americans explicitly oppose building AI data centers in their neighborhoods… Protesters packed the Utah state capitol this week to block a massive hyperscale facility threatening the Great Salt Lake basin… Senators introduced a federal moratorium act to freeze all new data center permits above 20 megawatts… …
A man told Alexa he was tired after it asked about his day. Alexa's response: "That is understandable, especially with you being in nursing school." He never mentioned he was in nursing school… Alexa first denied having the record. Then, it admitted using "background… pic.twitter.com/iiB8Qt4zyf — illuminatibot (@iluminatibot) May 16, 2026
