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Southern California home sales fell to their lowest level for an August on record as stubbornly elevated prices and mortgage rates – plus economic uncertainty – scared off house hunters. The six-county region had 14,476 sales in the month, according to Attom’s tracking of closed transactions involving houses and condos, both existing and newly constructed. …
An outage on Monday affected web hosting giant Amazon Web Services (AWS), which took out vast swathes of the web, including websites, banks, and some government services. On Monday afternoon, the company offered an update on the cause of the issue and said it was working to restore services. At 6:01 PM ET, Amazon said …
We are now into week three of the #governmentshutdown with no end in sight. The #WhiteHouse has already fired more than 4,000 federal workers since the shutdown began. https://abc7.com/post/democrats-say-intimidated-trumps-threats-shutdown-enters-third-week/18013375/ President Trump’s administration for now must stop firing workers during the government shutdown, a federal judge in San Francisco ordered on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Susan …
“the Trump administration said it had “determined that the United States is in a non-international armed conflict with these designated terrorist organizations” and that Trump directed the Pentagon to “conduct operations against them pursuant to the law of armed conflict.”” 👍👍 — Dhead2023 (@head99691) October 14, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States struck another …
Gold’s record-setting rise over $4,000 isn’t about tariffs or shutdowns – it’s about trust. With U.S. debt near $38 trillion and persistent inflation still eroding our savings, the world is starting to realize how valuable a safe haven really is… By Peter Reagan Your News to Know rounds up the most important stories about precious …
Oklahoma’s GOP governor objects to Texas troops in Illinois https://t.co/EiGMpOfJ0I — KFOR (@kfor) October 9, 2025 (The Hill) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, the Republican chairman of the National Governors Association (NGA), on Thursday spoke out against the deployment of the Texas National Guard to Illinois, characterizing the move as an apparent violation of the …
Drone video captured homes that collapsed into the ocean on North Carolina's Outer Banks on Tuesday amid rough surf from dual hurricanes off the Southeast coast. pic.twitter.com/fh2tiRRo6T — Adventure Bloom (@adventure_bloom) October 4, 2025 These houses are literally built on sand. I feel for the homeowners. But a foundation of sand?… pic.twitter.com/MoLYrdym4z — Darrell (@abalone_diver) …
Scamath is back at it.Another top signal. https://t.co/eyKhfWeOZD pic.twitter.com/x4BrRBZZ4Q — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) September 30, 2025 Cramer might’ve been right — during the dot-com bubble traders only lost their pants. But in the AI bubble, they’ll end up losing even their underwear! pic.twitter.com/VI13nPWPzf — optionGeek (@StockShark16) September 30, 2025 Translated: nobody is using Sora and OpenAI …
We often discuss the connected nature of the economy – how two completely separate things affect one another. Today, a sudden slump in cardboard demand indicates rising recession risk – at the very moment when families have less savings to fall back on… By Peter Reagan In the world of poker, professional players will often …
” Be fearful when others are greedy, be greedy when others are fearful. ” The Buffett Indicator just hit 217%. That’s 69% above trend. Every time in history we’ve been this stretched… the crash came fast. pic.twitter.com/aKOddEybpr — Mr. Uppy (@MisterUppy) September 22, 2025 Throughout most of 1929, market was melting up. Millionaires were being …
Best guess who's moving the value of a useless metal by trillions… pic.twitter.com/na2Pt8d6xL — Patrick Barkio (@P_DiddyBarkio) September 23, 2025 Anchor: The president repeatedly said that he would end the war on day 1, but we are 250 days into the administration. Marco Rubio: Yeah, but that's not up to us to end the war. …
via notayesmanseconomics This week has opened with a lot of concern for the economy of Argentina as you can see from this via the Buenos Aires Times. Argentine leader Javier Milei announced plans to meet President Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday after hinting his country is in negotiations to halt a market sell-off …
by Michael The terrorists that shoot people and blow things up aren’t the real threat. We can handle the small scale stuff. What we should really be concerned about are the terrorists that are thinking much bigger. If terrorists cook up a highly contagious disease in a lab and release it in multiple U.S. cities, …
⚡️BREAKING Taliban: 'The Bagram Airbase will not be returned to the Americans, we are ready to fight with them for another 20 years' pic.twitter.com/j8XtAZMksE — Iran Observer (@IranObserver0) September 21, 2025 🚨 Breaking | Afghanistan responds officially to Trump:“This is Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, and it will remain under the control of the Islamic …
New AirPods Can Translate Languages in Your Ears… https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/technology/personaltech/new-airpods-language-translation-feature.html?unlocked_article_code=1.m08.lhli.6teXl_l52J1V The technology is one of the strongest examples yet of how artificial intelligence can be used in a seamless, practical way to improve people’s lives. This week, I saw an old friend, and he caught me up on what he’d been up to over the summer. …
Charlie Kirk didn't even believe in race. https://t.co/cIQtPA7YXX pic.twitter.com/jRVmPuFDBs — Kaizen D. Asiedu (@thatsKAIZEN) September 15, 2025
Another Shutdown 'Looming' As GOP, Democrats Clash Over Stopgap Funding Bill https://t.co/qDQSKX3ZIX — zerohedge (@zerohedge) September 16, 2025 With just over two weeks until yet another episode of government funding distraction theatre, Congress is bracing for a high-stakes showdown that could once again bring the federal government to the brink of a shutdown. House Republicans …
Here’s Henry Dells, the gentleman who was about to speak to Kirk stating the old man conffesed to the shooting, didn’t have a gun but distracted the police from doing their job. Starts at 32:00 h/t BananaFighter
Nvidia will eventually lose 60 to 70% market share. pic.twitter.com/agyse2XC0c — The Great Martis (@great_martis) September 12, 2025 Is it true AI companies are depreciating their hardware over a 20+ year period instead of 3 in their earnings reports? If so, they're hiding their debt and falsifying earnings estimates. — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) September 12, 2025
by Mike Maharrey Despite the significant increase in tariff revenue, the U.S. continues to run massive budget deficits. The budget shortfall for fiscal 2025 has already exceeded last year’s deficit. So much for import duties paying for the government. That’s because Uncle Sam doesn’t have a revenue problem. He has a spending problem. The Trump …
So they’re going to surveil and punish their citizens even more for posting things online. Got it. Another "global health crisis" conveniently paired with a new EU initiative to police "disinformation." Translation: narratives will be managed, dissent will be censored, & the crisis will be whatever they say it is — Miles Harris (@MilesHarrisLGA) September …
Everyday costs are exploding. Gas is up 94 percent. Electricity is up 78 percent. Fuel is up 49 percent. Hotels are up 38 percent. Rent and food are up 25 percent. Average earnings have fallen 2.8 percent. Citizens are being squeezed from all sides and the economic strain is driving a subtle exodus. This is …
via notayesmanseconomics As this week has progressed with the Western Capitalist Imperialists struggling with rising bond yields China can afford a wry smile. We noted the all-time lows being seen as its benchmark 10 year yield went below 2% as autumn turned to winter last year. Well now it is 1.75% as those invested in …
Not sure pulling the trigger here was the best move. Show the gun. Stop the fight. But the guys life wasn’t in danger yet. — 𝔄𝔯𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔦𝔲𝔰 (@Wotan_Runes) September 3, 2025
Why are basic items now treated like contraband at Walmart? This is why your local Walmart locked up the batteries, Matt👇💯 https://t.co/3CAMdgoCsP — Liberacrat™️ (@ViralVideos) August 30, 2025
They are printing billions in tether and it’s seeping into $BTC and $ETH. Tether(@Tether_to) just minted another 1B $USDT! In the past 3 days alone, #Tether and #Circle have minted a combined $4B in stablecoins.https://t.co/Ptsy2BsPoEhttps://t.co/6dITkpO0hm pic.twitter.com/nad7EQ7baI — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) August 30, 2025 https://twitter.com/3e3dev/status/1961958208609931344 Bitcoin Reminder: Each time Bitcoin hits the ceiling , an 80%+ drop …
by David Haggith We have now deployed all the essential pieces to completely blow up the housing market and take banks down with it on an even grander scale than last time. For several years, when writing about the next housing collapse that would be part of the nation’s economic decline into the “Everything Bubble …
$TGT REKT pre market as the company lowers guidance and misses earnings. The CEO also stepped down. Another sign the consumer is tapped out. pic.twitter.com/I9ffPKV0zf — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 20, 2025
