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Tenant screening industry worth $1.3 billion blocks renters over old 1985 debt-to-income rules and dismissed evictions. Credit floors, non-refundable application fees and seven-year blacklists slam doors on working families. Landlords reject solid tenants while units sit empty in the middle of a supposed housing crisis.
No fertilizer thanks to the Strait of Hormuz. We’re cooked later this year 💀 https://t.co/XQuBL0RsTP — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) May 3, 2026 500,000 American farmers don’t have any fertilizer for their 2026 crop. — Uncensored.AI (@GoUncensored) May 3, 2026 FARMERS ARE REPORTING THEIR OPERATIONS ARE “NO LONGER ECONOMICALLY VIABLE” — “WE NEED TO EXPECT MASS …
This proves OpenAI is sprinting straight into a cash crunch and the IPO will be the biggest bag dump of the decade on retail. OpenAI Misses Key Revenue, User Targets in High-Stakes Sprint Toward IPO OpenAI recently missed its own targets for new users and revenue, stumbles that have raised concern among some company leaders …
Live recession oddshttps://t.co/yvED3yZNF6 — NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) April 26, 2026 Grok: Accurate per the American Farm Bureau Federation’s survey (April 3-11, 2026; 5,700+ farmers). 70% say they can’t afford all the fertilizer needed this season due to price spikes. Many plan to cut rates or acres, risking lower 2026 yields. South hit hardest (78%). Full report: …
Home prices just did it again. For the 33rd consecutive month, the median price of an existing home climbed—this time to $408,800 in March, a record high for the month, according to the National Association of Realtors’ existing home-sales report. Politicians from President Donald Trump to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani have campaigned on …
“I’m f*cking stressed out. I’m f*cking stressed. We should not be working like this. I work my ass off and I can’t even f*cking pay bills — All of sh*t just pointless” The cost of living in America has to come drastically down. Americans can’t afford bills, they can’t afford a home, they certainly can’t …
Farmers are sounding the alarm. Fertilizer prices have jumped 77 percent in just twelve days of the Iran conflict. Thirty percent of global fertilizer flows through the Strait of Hormuz. Crops cannot grow without fertilizer. Corn, soy, wheat, and other essential crops are now at risk. Grocery bills are about to surge. Food shortages are …
This is a crisis. Young people can't afford homes. https://t.co/7jj3uwrsah — Nicholas J. Stelzner (@stelzner_n1150) February 16, 2026 Job openings have collapsed 46% from COVID peak. Openings lead unemployment. I'd guess the bottom will be around 5m job openings pic.twitter.com/lftRY2uogs — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) February 16, 2026 "housing corrections start on the coasts and then …
The housing affordability crisis is forcing homebuilders to do something they’ve almost never done: slash prices on new homes more aggressively than homeowners are for their homes on the market. This is a first for the housing market in recent history, according to a Realtor.com report released Thursday. “The current housing market is entrenched in an affordability …
4 million Americans can’t afford to heat their homes this winter. Utility bills are skyrocketing, shelters are reaching capacity, and people are freezing on the streets with nowhere to go. In this video, we look at what’s really happening behind the rising electricity costs and why so many families are struggling just to stay warm. …
Americans are now living in storage units, sheds, tents, and vehicles because rent has become completely unaffordable. This isn’t about bad decisions or laziness, this is about a housing market that stopped working for everyday people. In this video, we hear directly from those going through it: families in cars, single moms in RVs, workers …
The Los Angeles City Council has given initial approval to an ordinance aimed at outlawing “vanlording,” the practice of leasing recreational vehicles to unhoused residents on public streets — a phenomenon long visible in Venice and increasingly across the San Fernando Valley. The measure, introduced by Councilmember Traci Park in 2023, amends city law to …
Economy going to be so good but we gotta keep cutting rates https://t.co/Ah1mWdIOjh — TT3 (@TradingThomas3) December 5, 2025 Kevin Hassett, head of the National Economic Council, argues a wave of new factory construction and reshoring projects is building “massive momentum” for the U.S. economy into next year. He points to dozens of recent factory …
by Michael If your household is struggling to pay the bills right now, you are far from alone. The cost of just about everything that Americans regularly spend money on has been soaring, and as a result our standard of living has been steadily declining. Over the past couple of decades, our politicians borrowed and spent …
Veronica Martinez woke up early one recent morning to make a fresh batch of cookies. She packed them in a box and headed to a community center in East Oakland, where a nonprofit called Trybe invites families to get the things they need — produce, milk, eggs and even diapers. Most of the families set …
Even if Google “wins” the AI battle, won’t it ultimately erode earnings as Gemini cannabalizes traditional search that has much higher ad sales? Or do they eventually plan to do ads as well on Gemini? — George (@George_Dubs_) November 29, 2025
An American finances a $111,916 truck and pays $1,898 a month. After 84 payments, the total hits $159,464 — for the SAME truck. He pays $47,548 EXTRA. This isn’t “financing” — it’s legalized robbery. If you need an 84 month loan, then you can't afford the car. — Jack Bravo (@JackBravo365) November 23, 2025
by Michael The middle class in the United States is being systematically destroyed. I know that this may sound like an obvious statement to many of you, but when I first started writing about this more than a decade ago it wasn’t an obvious statement. For years, the middle class was slowly eroding, but now …
Families don’t delay kids by chance, they do it because the basic math of life is breaking. When a house requires a midlife crisis to afford, the future starts thinning out right in front of us. The average age of a first-time American homebuyer is 40 years old. 40. Years. Old. It was 25 in …
Congressional Perks: Congress spends on pricey airfare, lodging and private jets. Members of Congress regularly commute between Washington, D.C., and their home districts with taxpayers paying the tab, but some choose to spend more than others – a few even charter private jets, an investigation by The Center Square found. When it came to charter …
This is how recessions start, one empty table at a time. If 30-year-olds can’t afford Chipotle, what happens when the real slowdown hits. Either Chipotle has collapsed as a brand or young Americans are out of money. Or, both. What is happening here? pic.twitter.com/1gIAEzmrf1 — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) October 30, 2025 They tried college …
The Nikkei’s up 5x. The yen’s down 50%. The GDP’s down 25%. That’s not a bull market, it’s an illusion. The Nikkei is up 5x since the GFC lows, now above 50,000, meanwhile: In 2009Japan GDP: ~5.3 trillion USDUSD/JPY: ~98 TodayJapan GDP: ~4 trillion USD (end 2024)USD/JPY: ~153 Do you now realise why virtually nobody …
America is experiencing a cost of living crisis that’s forcing families to make impossible choices between basic necessities. In this video we examine the collapse of economic stability through real stories: SNAP benefits being cut before major holidays, full-time teachers unable to afford living, and workers spending entire paychecks on utilities alone. We explore how …
Rent vs Wage Growth Data: “Since 2000, housing costs have been rising faster than median household income. Inflation-adjusted rents have grown steadily, to more than 20 percent above their 2000 level. Inflation-adjusted prices for single-family homes have grown even faster… In contrast, inflation-adjusted median household income barely rose over the whole time period.” Source: https://home.treasury.gov/news/featured-stories/rent-house-prices-and-demographics …
Most buyers since COVID couldn’t afford the house just like 2008. Especially with mortgage rates where they are. https://t.co/I9OLqLUANX — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) September 16, 2025 It would take a heart of stone to read about these F*cked Borrowers who can't sell their overpriced houses, & not laugh byu/Boo_Randy_II inHouseBuyers Markets don't seem to have …
Well the FFR is 4%. Why do banks get to charge 30% on the people who can’t afford it? It won’t end well — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 17, 2025
Meanwhile, the Fed’s policies have made billionaires richer while the rest of the country is stuck. Housing Bubble 2.0 isn’t just slowing. it’s unraveling in plain sight. Lumber prices crashing is just the tip of the iceberg. Builder supply at nearly double the long-term median is screaming recession. History doesn’t lie: 5 of the 6 …
BREAKING 🚨: U.S. Housing Market Homeowner Households declined for the first time in 9 years 👀📉 pic.twitter.com/8lUGHnHx93 — Barchart (@Barchart) August 14, 2025 Las Vegas has the 3rd highest home foreclosure rate among major US metro areas as of July pic.twitter.com/0iYxb3C9cx — Las Vegas Locally 🌴 (@LasVegasLocally) August 14, 2025 Cheap REITs aren't bargains – …
