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APRIL 29TH IS A BIG DAY. Microsoft, Google, Amazon, & Meta all have earnings…on the same day. The last time that happened? October 29th, 2020. So the question is…if you had to listen to only one earnings since all of them conflict, which one? For me, it's $META. pic.twitter.com/4Odg52UJz4 — amit (@amitisinvesting) April 21, 2026 …
BREAKING: A record 104.3 million Americans are now “outside” of the labor force. These are individuals who are neither employed nor actively looking for work, including retirees, students, stay-at-home parents, and discouraged workers. This exceeds the 2020 pandemic peak by 600,000 when nearly the entire economy was shut down. Since the 2008 Financial Crisis, the …
Trump in 2020: We’ve spent $8 trillion in the Middle East, and we’re not fixing our roads in this country? How stupid. How stupid is it? And we’re not fixing our tunnels, our bridges, our hospitals, our schools? It’s crazy. pic.twitter.com/2A9bfOrskF — Clash Report (@clashreport) March 1, 2026 TRUMP HAS NO REALISTIC PLAN FOR IRAN’S …
https://twitter.com/TheHawkPost/status/2024318985076912411 The 2020 FBI tip alleging Trump participated in horrific crimes with Epstein is entirely unverified, contains no corroborating evidence, and was explicitly described by the DOJ as “untrue and sensationalist.” The anonymous plaintiff failed to provide witnesses or follow-up, and the claims were released shortly before an election. Yet Ted Lieu and other Democrats …
Trump shared an old OAN report that falsely claimed Dominion switched votes in 2020. (Fox News, Newsmax, and OAN settled lawsuits totaling hundreds of millions of dollars.) pic.twitter.com/pS25r8EGNV — Blue Georgia (@BlueATLGeorgia) February 18, 2026 Factcheck: Trump did retweet OAN images on Feb 18, 2026, repeating 2020 claims that Dominion switched/deleted millions of his votes. …
9 large companies filed for bankruptcy in the US last week. This brings the 3-week average to 6, the highest rate since the 2020 pandemic byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts Mega bankruptcies becoming more common among large firms There’s an ongoing surge in mega bankruptcies (large companies with significant assets) across the U.S., driven by rising interest rates, …
The economy looks fine on paper while people struggle just to get by. As Statista’s Felix Richter reports below, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 9.3 million Americans reported working multiple jobs in November 2025 – the highest number ever recorded since the BLS started tracking multiple jobholders in 1994. https://www.activistpost.com/9-3-million-americans-work-multiple-jobs-to-make-ends-meet/ https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS12026620 FED'S …
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US layoffs have reached recessionary levels, with employers announcing 1.21 million job cuts in 2025, up 58% YoY—the highest since the 2020 crisis. — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) January 22, 2026 Challenger report confirms: 1,206,374 layoffs in 2025 Up 58% from 2024 Highest annual total since 2020 https://www.cmegroup.com/education/events/econoday/2026/01/feed636507.html
BREAKING: US Pending Home Sales collapsed -9.3% month-over-month, missing expectations of -0.3% forecast. This marks the steepest decline since 2020. pic.twitter.com/nz69fmYVmQ — Hedgeye (@Hedgeye) January 21, 2026 The only thing that matters: More M2=higher stock prices. Keep printing those trillions. 🧻 https://t.co/8m362hlg4m — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) January 21, 2026
Hypocrisy doesn’t get more obvious than this. 🚨 BREAKING: Chuck Schumer was just CAUGHT in massive hypocrisy. In 2020, Schumer slammed President Donald Trump for NOT ousting Maduro. “He brags about Venezuela policy?! GIVE US A BREAK! He hasn’t brought an end to the Maduro regime!” Fast forward to 2026.Now Schumer is… pic.twitter.com/JhPTdxk8Lm — ⁿᵉʷˢ …
🚨 BOMBSHELL: The Trump DOJ JUST SUED Fulton County GA to SEIZE ALL 2020 ballots & records! They're DEMANDING every used ballot, envelope, and digital file from the election after Fulton officials defied a federal subpoena and REFUSED to hand them over! They are DESPERATELY… https://t.co/zf44Kg2XwN pic.twitter.com/butBA1bI26 — Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) December 13, 2025 The …
Old enough to remember. pic.twitter.com/nj4emql7a4 — BellaliberTea (@bellaliberteaa) December 8, 2025 How can Weingarten blame Trump after opposing his reopening plan in 2020?
Oh and you can’t go for a walk on the Beach either Gavin Newsom’s 2020 Thanksgiving guidelines Never forget, Gavin Newsom not only tried to ruin your Thanksgiving, but then lied about it Gavin Newsom: I read somewhere some folks asserting we put out guidelines for the holidays. They simply were misled or, intentionally, were …
This was the biggest October budget deficit on record, surpassing even the 2020 covid firehose https://t.co/VnYskEuXlF pic.twitter.com/8oFgNjtXU2 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) November 26, 2025 Good evening. Interest expense on US debt is now on an annual run rate of over $1.2 trillion. Have a great night. https://t.co/ehjkIuYXoS — James Lavish (@jameslavish) November 26, 2025 (Reuters) -The …
This is consistent with the effects cited in the recently released SF Fed study of 150 years of tariffs. Tariff shocks = higher unemployment = lower inflation = clear aggregate demand contraction. This is not model based. It’s historical, empirical & statistically robust pic.twitter.com/wHbqUXofNV — Fifty Shades of Truth (@RamonGo62661955) November 15, 2025 Cass Freight …
The last time this happened was in February 2020, before the COVID crash. pic.twitter.com/yCQ5wo4LNe — Subu Trade (@SubuTrade) November 13, 2025 It’s over. Your kids will never retire. pic.twitter.com/yoI8QiZJgy — Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) November 13, 2025
The Fed is ending QT on Dec 1st. If you think wealth inequality in the United States is bad now… wait until QE5. pic.twitter.com/tD6kz7ZuaF — Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) October 29, 2025 HOLY SH**$CMG pic.twitter.com/olsjYrOqA3 — Just a Dude Who Invests (@DudeWhoInvests) October 30, 2025 Cars will be free in 5 years. Just grab one off …
We’re about to enter the retail holiday season. Give it a few more weeks to see the real horror. Trucking freight volumes, a signal for the goods economy are a dumpster fire right now (-17% YoY) pic.twitter.com/4YPkLJtHdu — Craig Fuller 🛩🚛🚂⚓️ (@FreightAlley) October 27, 2025 Hiring is at its lowest since 2009. But we’re still …
by confoundedinterest17 September US home sales printed at 4.06 million units. The US still hasn’t recovered from the Covid 19 outbreak of 2020 and the Fed’s response to Covid. On the commercial real estate side, CRE prices remain below Covid 19 outbreak levels.
Trump’s approval rating on the economy is at an all time low. Worst than April 2020. pic.twitter.com/DGCbZjtyD7 — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) October 23, 2025 President Trump hit his lowest approval rating on the economy in a Quinnipiac University Poll released Wednesday. Just 38 percent of respondents said they approve of the president’s handling of the …
by confoundedinterest17 Can we ask the US House and Senate if they will ever return US Federal government spending to pre-Covid levels? Both US Federal government spending and public debt are up 56% since the Covid outbreak in 2020. The answer is no. Politicians thrive on Federal spending.
Folks have no idea how bad it’s about to get—and we’re past the point of no return. Wildest records right now: – Canadians moving abroad – Gov borrowing most since pandemic – Capital flight – 🇨🇦’s gold imports—investors are preparing for a major risk event. Don't look at GDP. pic.twitter.com/IHxtZHb35R — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) October 8, …
WTF is a missold car loan? pic.twitter.com/zPJ79mXUY7 — Nobody Special (@JG_Nuke) October 7, 2025 US auto loan debt market suffers its biggest monthly loss since March 2020#MacroEdge — MacroEdge (@MacroEdgeRes) October 7, 2025 Something to seriously pay attention too. Not good. Is housing next? Auto and mortgage/rent are the first two things consumers pay because …
Don’t worry, we got a 0.25 basis cut last month. That will fix everything. ADP PRIVATE PAYROLLS COMES IN AT -32K JOBS VS +51K EXPECTED first time since 2020 for two consecutive months of negative private payrolls — amit (@amitisinvesting) October 1, 2025 Gold futures headed higher after the government shutdown begins: https://t.co/vXkwFulwUp — Reef …
FBI Director Kash Patel says the agents who knelt during the George Floyd protests broke the rules by showing bias. He called it a violation of FBI neutrality. 🚨 BREAKING: FBI Director Kash Patel has just FIRED the agents who kneeled during the George Floyd riots in 2020, per AP FINALLY! Good riddance! Keep cleaning …
This is a shocking chart. It’s foreign owned U.S. Treasuries held by the Federal Reserve. Every drop has been a liquidity crisis. When foreign governments or banks need Dollars the Treasuries exit. It’s now lower than the depths of the 2020 crash. Remember: the Fed has only one “tool” in its “tool chest”: Money Printer …
Here it is: One minute and forty-nine seconds of treasonous conspiracy captured on videotape: The Director of National Intelligence: @DNIGabbard The evidence that we have found and that we have released directly points to Barack Obama leading the manufacturing of this intelligence assessment. There are multiple pieces of evidence and intelligence that confirm that fact: …
Are U.S. Treasuries finally as risky as stocks? First, what is a Treasury? When you buy a U.S. Treasury bond, you’re lending money to the government. They promise to pay you interest (called a coupon) and then return your money when the bond matures. Safe, right? Except prices can swing if yields change. — StockMarket.News …
US bankruptcies are surging past 2020 pandemic levels, per Business Insider. What's going on? byu/AlphaFlipper inDegenBets In Wake of Trump Tariffs, John Deere Announces Mass Layoffs John Deere has been hit hard by President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The farm equipment manufacturer and industry bellwether just announced mass layoffs affecting more than 200 workers at three …