Independent thinking for complex markets and current events
Members of Congress are paid $174,000 annually. That figure has not changed in more than a decade, but the value of the job keeps growing in ways most Americans never see. Lawmakers only work roughly 160 scheduled days in-session per year. That includes time spent in hearings, debates, and votes, but excludes weekends, holidays, and …
Bloomberg found China is building a small city of AI data centers in a remote desert. In this mini-documentary, we reveal how it’s planning to use thousands of export-banned US chips to power them https://t.co/iIHBF0rFIA — Bloomberg (@business) July 31, 2025 China plans to build roughly 36 data centers in its remote Xinjiang desert zone, …
May’s jobs gain was revised down by 125,000, from 144,000 to 19,000. June’s jobs gain was revised down by 133,000, from 147,000 to 14,000. Together, that cuts 258,000 jobs from official data in two months. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm July added 73,000 jobs, below expectations. The unemployment rate rose to 4.2% from 4.1%. Markets now see a 95% …
Support for Israel has fallen below 50 percent in the United States. When casualties surpass 60,000, public opinion tends to shift. The stark numbers reflect a growing unease that goes beyond simple allegiance https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/29/death-toll-in-israels-war-on-gaza-surpasses-60000. Gaza faces a deepening famine crisis with over 20 percent of the population severely short on food.Starvation works quietly, cutting through …
New Medicaid work rules are set to drop 30,000 Central New Yorkers from coverage That’s not a policy tweak That’s a system shock Syracuse’s three hospitals are bracing for 14,500 newly uninsured patients Not over a decade Over two years That’s one in five of their Medicaid load evaporating These hospitals don’t get to turn …
A new study just flipped the script on diabetes treatment. Researchers tracked 174,458 patients with type 2 diabetes and found that GLP-1 receptor agonists cut dementia risk more effectively than metformin. The data spans 20 years. The results aren’t subtle. The study pulled anonymized health records from the Trinetx global network. Each drug cohort had …
Life savings wagered on one-day market moonshot. That’s it. I’ve had it. My boss just sent me a passive-aggressive email at 6 AM. My landlord is raising my rent again. I’m tired of grinding away for a 3% raise every year while the whole world gets more expensive. The “slow and steady” path is a …
No fluff here. ICE just landed a massive budget increase. Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill on July 4. DHS now gets $28 billion every year. That money fuels detention, deportation, and a hiring spree unlike anything ICE’s seen before. Goal is 10,000 new agents by 2029. First batch is 2,500. That number’s baked …
Inflation fears return money flood reignites pressure… 📈 U.S. M2 Money Supply Hits Record $21.9 Trillion in May 2025 The U.S. M2 money supply—comprising cash, checking deposits, and other liquid assets—rose to a record $21.94 trillion (seasonally adjusted) in May 2025, up 4.5% year-over-year. Although below the long-term average… pic.twitter.com/Qb7iuJnj11 — Econovis (@econovisuals) June 30, …
For the record. The US administration is weakening the USD on purpose. It is by design, folks. — Andreas Steno Larsen (@AndreasSteno) June 17, 2025 The US Dollar is worth 9.4% less than it was at the beginning of the year. pic.twitter.com/g7ZL7zXmpZ — Koyfin (@KoyfinCharts) June 16, 2025
🚨🇨🇳 UNSTOPPABLE: China can produce 500,000 FPV drones every month — and scale up to 700,000 in wartime. The PLA has already run 3 full-scale war drills using this drone swarm power. No one matches this speed, scale, and strategy.The future of warfare is Made in China. pic.twitter.com/g1Nspsk7za — Defence Index (@Defence_Index) June 2, 2025
Gold is getting more media attention: The number of articles mentioning gold has crossed 90,000 for the first time since 2022. Articles on gold have surged by 40,000 in 5 months. By comparison, at the 2020 peak, the count reached ~100,000. This comes as gold prices have seen… pic.twitter.com/EBVNwR32ci — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) June …
The latest tax and spending bill, dubbed the “Big Beautiful Bill”, has sparked outrage over its glaring disparities in benefits. While the wealthiest Americans stand to gain $70,000 in tax cuts, the average worker will receive a mere $1,700. This is not tax relief for the middle class. It is a windfall for the rich, …
In April 2025, 56,000 home deals collapsed—making it the second-highest April cancellation rate on record, according to Redfin. That’s 1 in 7 pending home sales gone. What’s driving this sudden spike in cancellations? Economic fear. Sky-high mortgage rates. Sticker shock. And way too much inventory in places like Florida and Texas.
Here’s How 1 McDonald’s Hamburger contains 1,300 strands of different DNA. This is the result of going from small farms to mega corporations “We’re pooling the bacteria from a thousand different animals” “Thousands of animals” contribute “to a single hamburger” “This is a combo bin of meat. The meat in these boxes comes from many …
by Michael Is any hope of a peaceful resolution to the war in Ukraine about to slip away? President Trump just told reporters that he is “not happy with what Putin is doing”, and meanwhile approximately 50,000 Russian troops are positioned just across from Ukraine’s “fortress city” of Kharkiv. A major offensive in the direction …
Seattle Pride is confronting a substantial funding shortfall of nearly $350,000 for its Pride Month events, attributed to recent rollbacks in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and political challenges facing the LGBTQIA2S+ community. https://t.co/N6G7WiSqcG — KOMO News (@komonews) April 27, 2025 MS-13 Added To LGBTQ Acronym https://t.co/v0qNg60VZu pic.twitter.com/O81L8q7lYP — The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) April 26, …
Yields are more likely to crash in the coming months, not the opposite. pic.twitter.com/QNo5b0NzIb — Guilherme Tavares (@i3_invest) April 25, 2025 Hardship 401k withdrawals running 15-20% above norms pic.twitter.com/C4VOxqXuNB — Special Situations 🌐 Research Newsletter (Jay) (@SpecialSitsNews) April 25, 2025 This is stunning: 44% of Americans now believe they will be WORSE OFF financially in …
The pressure is not just building. It is bursting through the seams. More than 5,300,000 student borrowers are now in default. Another 4,000,000 are about to be hunted down when federal collections resume on May 5. These are not small figures. They represent lives unraveling under debt that was never meant to be repaid in …
JUST IN: 🇨🇳 China's local governments sell 15,000 Bitcoin worth $1.25 billion via offshore private entities: Reuters. pic.twitter.com/N7L5b8PxNi — Whale Insider (@WhaleInsider) April 16, 2025 🚨BREAKING: 🇨🇳China is selling seized crypto, despite its trading ban — Reuters reports. Local governments are using private firms to sell crypto for cash to fund public budgets. China reportedly …
Immigrants in the US without legal status will be classified as dead as part of plans to stop them accessing benefits, it has been reported. The White House wants to make Social Security numbers inoperable for migrants whom it wants to pressure to “self-deport” as Donald Trump continues his clampdown on what he claims is …
https://finviz.com/futures.ashx Stock futures bounced on Tuesday in a slight reprieve from the market turmoil sparked by President Donald Trump’s tariff rollout that led to the biggest equity losses since the pandemic. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rallied 1,243 points, or 3.3%. Futures tied to the S&P 500 were up around 3.1%, while Nasdaq-100 futures also …
Bitcoin $BTC just dropped back under $80,000 🔴 pic.twitter.com/fiRJNBZyte — Evan (@StockMKTNewz) April 6, 2025 Attention @saylor, now that Bitcoin is below $80K, if you want to prevent it from crashing below your average cost of $68K, you had better back up the truck with borrowed money today and go all in. — Peter Schiff …
Second Harvest Heartland defended its executive compensation and financial stewardship, but some legislators are concerned by the “out of control” salaries at nonprofits requesting public dollars. Minnesota’s hunger crisis is growing—and apparently so is the appetite for big executive pay at one of the state’s top food nonprofits. Allison O’Toole, CEO of Second Harvest Heartland, …
The Department of Homeland Security officially posted a notice to end protections for 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans to the Federal Register on Tuesday. This sets up a 30-day deadline, which will fall on April 24, for those affected to self-deport or face the consequences. “The Department of Homeland Security is warning that if …
The United States is running on borrowed time—literally. The national debt now sits at a staggering $36.7 trillion, and every single day, another $8 billion is piled on. That’s not a typo. Eight billion dollars a day. This isn’t just bad bookkeeping; it’s a slow-motion catastrophe. Right now, the country is paying $2.4 trillion in …
Once again, the American taxpayer is left footing the bill for Hillary Clinton’s luxurious lifestyle, this time in France. In February 2024, Clinton traveled to Bordeaux, a charming city known for its wine but now tied to another extravagant retreat funded by the U.S. State Department. The trip, allegedly for promoting climate change initiatives at …
