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🚨 KEVIN O’LEARY JUST NAILED IT! “There’s nothing wrong with reciprocal tariffs. If a country adds a 10% VAT tax and we don’t call it VAT tax in the US, we’ll just do a 10% tariff, there’s nothing wrong with that.” pic.twitter.com/OxgmjvjWGK — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 20, 2026
Thirteen countries, all but two of them in Africa, are now on the list, which makes the process of obtaining a U.S. visa unaffordable for many. The State Department last week quietly added Bhutan, Botswana, the Central African Republic, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Namibia and Turkmenistan to the list. Those designations took effect on Jan. 1, according …
Politicans and the courts killed it before US citizens could actually experience the benefits Now we have to keep watching the deficit slowly eat away at our fiscal future pic.twitter.com/fObg99Rj5a — Illiquid Insights (@IlliquidInsight) November 23, 2025 The US has officially added +$2.1 TRILLION of debt since the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was formed …
U may take a look into what is happening with SOFR-EFFR spread I plotted a chart for Last 8 yearsSOFR – EFFR 9 ( 5 day moving average ) pic.twitter.com/nEdtw2Iw9k — Shabeer Ali (@shabeeraly) November 3, 2025 The Fed’s recent repo injections, like the ~$29B on Nov 1, aim to ease short-term funding pressures amid …
Since this graphic was created, $ORCL is looking to raise another $18 billion in debt. $CRWV has a D/E ratio of 381% and unlike mature tech companies, it is on a doom loop of raising debt in order to cover operating losses. $NVDA has a ton of debt, but they have hidden $45.8 billion off-balance …
(Bloomberg) — It took just a few eventful weeks for President Donald Trump’s family to rack up about $1.3 billion from two crypto ventures, each less than a year old. The haul from crypto firm World Liberty Financial and separate mining operation American Bitcoin Corp. shows how still-nascent projects are already translating into tangible wealth …
by confoundedinterest17 Not exactly the Guns Of August. More like a wet cap gun firing. The jobs report for August showed only 22k jobs added. U-3 unemployment rate rose to 4.3%. U-6 unemployment and part-time rose to 8.1%. Total private jobs added was 38k while manufacturing jobs added was down -12k. Government jobs dropped -16k. …
August delivered a jolt the labor market could not absorb. Employers added 22,000 jobs, far below the 75,000 forecast, exposing a system that is faltering under pressure. Unemployment climbed to 4.3 percent while wage growth inched 0.3 percent month-over-month and 3.7 percent year-over-year, missing projections. Each number reflects more than performance. It reveals cracks threatening …
BREAKING: The Texas Senate has PASSED the new state redistricting map, which adds 5 Republican seats. Democrats staged a walkout in protest. The map must now pass the Texas House, which currently has no quorum due to Texas House Democrats fleeing the state. pic.twitter.com/PIIC2CvPeY — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 12, 2025 Texas taking out the trash! …
This is how they usher in great depression. Canada PM Mark Carney Concedes He May Not Be Able to Convince Trump to Drop Tariffs https://t.co/KoDpKWqB35 via @BreitbartNews — bronxboy1 (@bronxboy1) July 16, 2025 Leftist Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters on Tuesday that he believes it is possible a final trade agreement with the …
Rick Rieder of Blackrock: – economy in recession now – we are adding gold -we like cash Jesus pic.twitter.com/6Cfv3MsYo9 — Jack Farley (@JackFarley96) April 16, 2025 GOLD $3300 Bucks https://www.investing.com/commodities/gold Trump will NOT relent on China. Otherwise, the rest of his administration will be one of a Paper Tigre. — Sold At The Top (@soldatthetop) …
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 …
Waffle House has added a 50-cent surcharge per egg to all its menu items due to the rising egg prices stemming from bird flu. “The continuing egg shortage caused by HPAI (bird flu) has caused a dramatic increase in egg prices,” Waffle House said in a statement on Monday. “Customers and restaurants are being forced …
China has imposed sanctions on 28 major US firms, including Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, banning the export of dual-use items to these companies. Beijing says the sanctions aim to “safeguard national security and interests and fulfil international obligations" 🇺🇸🇨🇳 pic.twitter.com/jHEtN8sXhQ — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) January 3, 2025 China on Thursday said it was adding …
This is not looking good. MicroStrategy has a history of experiencing deep drawdowns when the RSI(14) monthly reaches extreme levels (above 80), followed by a negative month. Combine this with the speculative and euphoric momentum… pic.twitter.com/T7s3lqVSZ4 — Guilherme Tavares (@i3_invest) December 26, 2024 IRONY: bitcoin's fate now in the hands of a bunch of 'boomer' …