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A 21-year-old socialist and unpaid former NYC Council intern who claimed she was axed after demanding she and her peers get paid $32 an hour with full health benefits — and plans to sue the Council — was born into wealth. Mina Farahmand — who willingly interned for free last year to help get fellow …
Crowded long positions in tech + rising bond yields is a classic warning sign of potential volatility. Record leveraged ETF money shows retail is still very bullish and using max leverage. Extra liquidity from M2 is the main fuel keeping stocks elevated despite warnings. CITI WARNS OF GROWING BEARISH PRESSURE ON NASDAQ Citi says bearish …
The southwest border is “more secure than at any point in history,” but Americans are still paying an enormous price for the Biden administration’s unprecedented illegal immigration crisis, including a new multi-million-dollar investment to support the influx of underage migrants still living in the United States. The government calls them Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC), though …
People usually argue about one tax. What gets overlooked is how many taxes stack on top of each other. Start with the federal income tax, which reaches a top marginal rate of 37%. Then add 15.3% in combined payroll taxes for Social Security and Medicare, although employees and employers typically split that burden. If you …
Insiders continue to use retail as exit liquidity. Another week of non-stop stock dumping. pic.twitter.com/4mF0muklul — Ted (@TedPillows) June 27, 2026 S&P 500 is set to close 8 consecutive 6M candles in green. This has only happened once before. During the dot-com bubble, $SPX closed 11 such candles in green and then crashed 51%. pic.twitter.com/IBg6YmXQyi …
The siren has been sounded ..Citizens and residents are urged to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place. — Ministry of Interior (@moi_bahrain) June 27, 2026 🚨🇮🇶 BREAKING: The Green Zone in Baghdad is on lockdown, with reports of heavy military movements and gunfire near the U.S. Embassy. -Heavy Iraqi military movements are …
The White House on Wednesday asked Congress for $87.6 billion in supplemental spending to pay for the Iran war and a host of other things including aid to U.S. farmers, and Ebola response. White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought made the request in a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson. “I …
After the U.S. reached a deal with Iran, the focus may now be moving to another nuclear problem. South Korea’s president said Trump told him: The time has come to focus on North Korea’s nuclear program. The comment came during their meeting at the G7 summit in France. South Korea also raised another issue. The …
BlackRock cut another around 200 jobs. This is just under 1% of their total workforce. Cuts happen in investment, operations, tech and private credit teams. CEO Larry Fink now make this kind of small cuts regular thing, not big one-time layoffs. This is fourth round in last 18 months. Company says it is to keep …
Guy doubled down because someone questioned his balls Betting heavy on Section 232 tariffs crushing Chinese solar imports T1 building full US solar cell factory plus BESS for AI data centers Targeting 350-450M EBITDA next year on domestic supply chain play 1M+ bet on T1 Energy (TE) PT 2 byu/Beneficial-Ad-7771 inwallstreetbets
via notayesmanseconomics The better news from the Middle East and the consequent fall in the price of oil ( Brent Crude is a further US $4 dollar this morning) will have the ECB with rather itchy shirt collars this morning. That is because on Thursday they announced this. The Governing Council is committed to setting …
BREAKING: An aircraft carrying a pilot and four passengers crashed into mangroves near the east end of the runway in Key West, Florida. Crews located the wreckage after a 30-minute search. VIA: @alertpage pic.twitter.com/QzpRy72CuU — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 14, 2026 A pilot and 11 skydivers were killed on Sunday when an airplane crashed near an …
🇷🇺🇺🇦 Ukrainian drones struck another of Putin's major oil depots, this time in the city of Rybinsk in eastern Russia. Writers: Mhedi, Ianpic.twitter.com/G8HZpOad4D — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) June 14, 2026
Been seeing a LOT of these critics and I must admit, they make good points on this…see below. h/t 1guynAz
here’s the actual link for everyonehttps://t.co/PpJFhest0a — emmy o. (@emmalineoscar) June 4, 2026 A California man was arrested after allegedly trying to bring a bomb through security at Sacramento International Airport on Saturday, May 30, the Department of Justice announced. According to the complaint, the man attempted to go through a TSA checkpoint with a …
Houston Public Media reports a recent derailment involving a train carrying chemicals, with officials confirming an investigation is underway Chemical cargo rail incidents continue to surface with repeated “under investigation” responses from operators Past derailments involving hazardous materials have left communities dealing with long-term contamination and cleanup uncertainty East Palestine case remains a reference point …
AI might turn out to be a giant bust. Just another glorified SIRI 🤦♂️ https://t.co/OqZRZ56SXZ — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) May 19, 2026 “The American economy was experiencing a once-in-a-century acceleration of innovation, which propelled forward productivity, output, corporate profits, and stock prices at a pace not seen in generations, if ever.” Alan Greenspan – January …
The Justice Department is now probing valuations at a BlackRock private credit fund. That sentence should stop everyone cold. Not because BlackRock is about to disappear. It isn’t. Not because one fund valuation probe means anyone has been proven to have done anything wrong. It doesn’t. A probe is not a conviction, and we need …
Federal debt in arrears smashes through 2019 peak , now $171 billion and climbing… Middle aged borrowers lead the collapse , average defaulter pushes nearly 40… Millions walk away from payments in early 2026 , fresh wave of skips hits hard… Americans are defaulting on their student loan debt at a record pace: Delinquent federal …
The intensifying bond market crisis is the final warning that the Federal Reserve has learned absolutely nothing from the disaster of 2022. We are watching Treasury yields surge at the same time that oil is sitting above $100 a barrel which is a recipe for a total currency collapse if the Fed keeps pretending that …
"If you keep firing missiles I'll be forced to extend the ceasefire by another 14 days" — Mike1010011 (@mike1010011) May 4, 2026 TRUMP: – IRAN TAKING SHOTS AT SOUTH KOREAN CARGO SHIP DURING PROJECT FREEDOM – TIME FOR SOUTH KOREA TO COME AND JOIN IRAN MISSION – WE’VE SHOT DOWN SEVEN SMALL BOATS, IT'S ALL …
The United Arab Emirates has again said that their air defenses are dealing with another wave of Iranian missiles and are urging people to stay sheltered. pic.twitter.com/Vn70eIRy1P — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) May 4, 2026
THIS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL What happened to CAR this week should not be legal. A company with $8.6 billion in debt, losing money, no major news, no earnings beat. Stock goes from $107 to $850 in a month. Then crashes 80% in 2 days. Here’s exactly what happened, read it twice: Two funds, RS Investment …
Another UFO researcher found dead David Wilcox. Claims he would never harm himself back in 2022 byu/FeelsAmazingManGun inconspiracy In 2022 he felt the need to let people know he would never be suicidal. He was on to something important. 4 years later he dies by suicide… alongside of the 10 other scientists and researchers …
SHREVEPORT, La. — A Louisiana father fatally shot eight children, including seven of his own, in an attack on his family Sunday morning that stretched across two houses in a Shreveport neighborhood left shaken by one of the nation’s deadliest mass shootings in recent years, police said. Two women, including the gunman’s wife, who was …
https://x.com/dolfiniran/status/2044891352819781722 Factcheck: @dolfiniran is a legitimate Iranian account. It posts real-time Persian-language analysis of the Iran-Israel conflict and is widely reported in OSINT circles (including Drop Site News and others) as linked to advisors close to Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. Not an official regime handle, but treated as an insider source with apparent …
Official document: https://www.sec.gov/files/rules/sro/finra/2026/34-105226.pdf First, there should be a “regulatory notice” coming which can be as early as next week. Then, some brokers worry that they may lose customers if customers jump to others brokers that implement the new rule immediately after the “regulatory notice”, so there is a limit on the earliest broker use of …
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 …
🇮🇷 Odds of another leadership change in Iran before the end of the year just surged to 62% Source: Polymarket https://t.co/QuWnl8InO5 pic.twitter.com/bLQMKRsqCO — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 7, 2026 🚨 68% chance Trump is impeached before his term ends. pic.twitter.com/McyJUHWh2V — Micah (@micah_erfan) April 7, 2026
🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 BREAKING: An Orwell Prize-winning war correspondent reports the missing F-15E weapons systems officer is safe and back in American hands. Toby Harnden, a former Royal Navy officer and author, who reported from 33 countries including Baghdad and Jerusalem for The Daily… https://t.co/VR0rRFEbZm pic.twitter.com/HlKnnRV9Pm — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 5, 2026 🚨 BREAKING: US government …