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We’re not a serious country anymore pic.twitter.com/mdGiQrlY0F — Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) June 13, 2026 via RT: Studying archaeology, alongside Greek and Roman Civilization, for my bachelor’s degree has given me a pessimistic outlook on the world. At least that’s …
by Martin Armstrong The United States has crossed a threshold that historically marked the beginning of sovereign debt crises for empires throughout history. According to newly released figures, U.S. debt held by the public has now surpassed 100% of GDP …
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 …
New drivers get lied to about $150k years while real first-year pay barely hits $60k after fuel and feesThe backbone of the economy is snapping one exhausted driver at a time. Man they deregulated trucking calling it freedom then built …
1.5 million Californians just signed a petition to tax the state's 200 billionaires 5%.. one time.. to fund hospitals, schools and food programs.. they needed 875,000 signatures.. they got nearly double.. and California's own governor is fighting against it.. the …
BLAKE NEFF: The SPLC themselves are America's leading hate group. Their entire business model is based on ginning up hatred against other people.@BlakeSNeff pic.twitter.com/mwUirSdEvn — Bannon’s WarRoom (@Bannons_WarRoom) April 22, 2026 One thing that’s been very conspicuous over the past …
Pablo Galante Escobar, the head of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at Vitol, warned the audience at the FT Commodities Summit earlier today that the “world is on borrowed time” and that the Gulf energy shock will develop into a food …
Mark my words. In about a week, Americas are going to wake up in the morning and feel what this chart actually means. pic.twitter.com/DhxJsQciSV — Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 (@JoshEakle) April 10, 2026 The biggest gain ever on nothing (fake …
An idyllic city known for its historic buildings and Southern charm has been beset by homelessness and drug use under a Democratic mayor. Savannah, Georgia has long been promoted as one of America’s prettiest cities, with more than 20 public …
by Martin Armstrong The latest statements coming out of Washington are the result of a structural imbalance that has existed for decades. President Donald Trump is now openly considering pulling the United States out of NATO, calling the alliance a …
by Michael Should we be concerned about the large fireballs that have been flying through our skies in recent weeks? I have been writing so much about the war in the Middle East that I haven’t given this fireball swarm …
Reporter’s summation of today’s episode from Frontline Africa news podcast: Five things you should take away from this episode. The number one thing is that this is now a four-front war. Iran from the east, Hezbollah from the north, the …
By Peter Reagan There are a few ways economists try to measure how the economy is doing. Gross domestic product is the one you’ll hear about most often. It gets reported, revised, debated – and then repeated as shorthand for …
One of North America’s largest refining hubs just went up in flames. Port Arthur fuels huge parts of the eastern 🇺🇸. Gas prices aren’t staying calm after this 💥📈 https://t.co/74np4iGVqe — Shazi (@ShaziGoalie) March 24, 2026 A massive fire erupted …
Trump declares that “America’s greatest enemy is the Democratic Party” after the “death” of Iran, in a new post on Truth Social. pic.twitter.com/n35ecgw03S — ILRedAlert (@ILRedAlert) March 22, 2026 Very true, and Trump was a democrat and still is the …
Oil has surged from $65 to $120 in just weeks. The Strait of Hormuz, which carries 20 percent of the world’s oil, remains effectively closed to most shipping. Initial predictions said flows could recover in 5 days. That stretched to …
By Brandon Smith It’s the magic number, the line that’s not supposed to be crossed; when a nation’s public debt finally exceeds its GDP. Historically speaking, it’s not a sign of doom like many economists suggest. Numerous countries have sustained …
via Phoenix Capital Research The U.S. is in very serious danger of igniting another inflationary storm. Gurus and pundits like to point to the decline in official inflation data points like the Consumer Price Index (CPI) as indicating that inflation …
Four people were killed Friday in southern Michigan as powerful storms that produced at least one tornado reduced homes to rubble, sent parts of roofs flying into the air and left a trail of debris hanging from power lines.https://t.co/EB3yrk3eX0 — …
IRAN JUST RIPPED OUT AMERICA’S EYES IN THE GULF NYT SATELLITE PROOF DROPS THE HAMMER 🇮🇷🇺🇸 The New York Times — Published The Satellite Images Washington Didn’t Want You To See. While the Pentagon swore "Minimal Damage," Iran systematically shredded …
by Michael All over the United States, the streets of our major cities are covered in poop. So exactly what does that say about us? It isn’t as if this is a new problem. As long as human societies have …
The Pentagon just threatened to BLACKLIST one of America's most valuable AI companies. Not Huawei or some Chinese chip maker… It's ANTHROPIC. The company behind Claude. $380 billion valuation. And the reason is genuinely insane: For months, the Pentagon has …
by Michael Did you know that more stores were closed in the United States last year than ever before? More than 8,000 stores were permanently shuttered in 2025, and it appears that 2026 will be even worse. U.S. consumers have very …
Stocks now outweigh the money supply by three to one, which only works as long as liquidity keeps pretending it’s infinite. When cash tightens even a little, there’s nothing underneath that valuation but hope. That's when people want to be …
The hottest restaurant items of 2025 aren’t gourmet burgers – they’re value meals. When eating out turns into a budgeting exercise, it reveals something deeper about inflation, the rising cost of living and the quiet erosion of our quality of …
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by Michael So many seniors that were once so full of life are now just shadows of their former selves. It can be really easy to assume that they are “just getting old” and that nothing unusual is happening to …
by Michael We possess technology that would have been unimaginable to people living 100 years ago, we have access to more entertainment than any other generation in human history, and we have been enjoying an artificially-inflated standard of living that …
Forget 2007. The US consumer today is facing a worse crisis. It's not Systemic Leverage; it's Household Arithmetic. My new memo breaks down the structural squeeze: why the 2026 economy faces a consumer solvency crisis, not a liquidity crisis. — …
by Michael Once upon a time potatoes were what the poorest people in society would eat because they were so inexpensive. But now we are being charged an average of $4.19 for a carton of medium fries at McDonald’s. There …