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Wall St is building a “Shorting Machine” for Private Credit the 2008 playbook is back.

https://www.wsj.com/finance/wall-street-builds-new-tool-to-bet-against-private-credit-bdf8bafa A report just dropped that should have everyone be more cautious. Major banks (Goldman, BofA, Barclays) are teaming up with S&P Global to launch a Credit-Default Swap (CDS) Index for Private Credit. If you aren’t familiar with 2008 history, this is essentially the “Big Short” alarm bell. Here’s the breakdown of why this is …

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Court overturns prison term for Tina Peters, sends case back for new sentencing

Colorado court throws out election denier Tina Peters’ 9-year sentence for tampering with election equipment The state appeals court is asking the trial court to resentence Peters. The Colorado Court of Appeals has thrown out election denier Tina Peters’ nine-year prison sentence, finding that the lower court violated her First Amendment right to free speech …

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Redcoats are back with a new tax.

Two hundred and fifty years after we told Britain they could not tax Americans without representation, several European nations have decided that “taxation without representation” is a good idea again. So far, they are getting away with $3 billion a year. President Trump cannot let this go on. These foreign governments have designed a Digital Services …

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Israel assassinates a senior Hezbollah commander, the man who was trying to open a diplomatic back channel.

Iran’s former foreign minister was nearly assassinated at his home in Tehran. His wife was killed. He’s in critical condition. The NYT reports he was secretly brokering a possible meeting between Iranian officials and JD Vance through Pakistan. Someone just tried to kill the man running the back channel. While the back channel was running. …

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I told you we are going down today. It was a fake rally. SPY megaphone in play. Flush to 620 then rip back to 656? The Trump Taco chart

I told you we are going down today. It was a fake rally pic.twitter.com/QH0MBK0B7E — Data Driven Stocks (@stockdatamarket) March 30, 2026 SPY has formed a downward slanted megaphone pattern (Descending Broadening Wedge) starting last Friday. This pattern has the potential to bring us as low as 620 by the end of this week. When …

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Iran Just Declared the Strait Effectively Closed Again. Chinese Container Ships Reportedly Turned Back in Strait of Hormuz

Iran: The Strait of Hormuz is closed — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) March 27, 2026 Iran declares Strait of Hormuz closed and warns ships will face ‘harsh measures’ Three container ships of mixed nationalities were forced to turn back after warnings Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has announced that the Strait of Hormuz is closed and any …

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Iran pushes back on US ceasefire plan calls it unreasonable, vows to continue fighting

IRAN RESPONDS TO U.S. 15‑POINT PROPOSAL ➡ Iran has received the U.S. 15‑point ceasefire proposal via Pakistan. ➡ Tehran’s initial reply is cautious — described as “not positive” but no formal acceptance or rejection yet. ➡ State‑aligned sources describe the proposal as “maximalist” and “unreasonable.” ➡ White House says diplomacy continues, downplaying reports of flat …

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The TACO Trade Is Back — But the Real Story Is 5.2% Inflation Expectations

via Phoenix Capital Research President Trump just unveiled another massive TACO. The term “TACO” is an acronym for “Trump Always Chickens Out.” It implies that the President, for all his bluster and verbal aggression, is in fact quite opposed to conflict, especially if it hurts the stock market. Earlier today, President Trump tweeted the following: …

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Iran fires ballistic missiles at joint UK-US base on Diego Garcia while Israel launches attacks in Beirut. The UK has hit back at Iran. Israel defense minister warns attacks will escalate this week. What is $200B even gonna do, this is surely just a start

💥 BREAKING: 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇮🇷 Iran has launched two ballistic missiles at the joint US-UK military facility at Diego Garcia in the middle of the Indian Ocean, according to several US officials. None of the missiles struck the base.#Breaking #IranWar‌ pic.twitter.com/qp1mUezMHE — Six Pocket (@six_pocket) March 21, 2026 The UK has hit back at Iran’s reckless attacks …

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2008 warning signs flashing again across markets: credit squeeze, shadow banks, oil shock, rising unemployment. The smell is back. Private equity is already in trouble. The crisis is coming in April.

The 2008 parallels aren’t subtle anymore. Let me lay them out: ✓ Credit bubble reversing ✓ Shadow banks gating investor redemptions ✓ Forced asset sales to raise cash ✓ Collateral getting marked down (JP Morgan just did this) ✓ Oil shock driving prices toward $100 ✓ Central bankers focused on inflation, the wrong risk ✓ …

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The Reserve Bank of Australia has reminded us that central banks are back in crisis due to the Iran war

via notayesmanseconomics This morning has brought some bad news for the central banking fraternity and sorority. It comes from a land down under so let us take a look. At its meeting today, the Board decided to increase the cash rate target by 25 basis points to 4.10 per cent. That is from the Reserve Bank of Australia …

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Trump says he underestimated Iran and thought it wasn’t going to fight back.

BREAKING: Trump admits failure on Iran war, says he was “Shocked” to see that Iran fought back and targeted GCC countries. “Nobody expected that” byu/Criticall16 inWallStreetbetsELITE Trump says "They weren't supposed to go after all these other countries in the Middle East. So they hit Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait. Nobody expected that. We …

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Donald Trump Explained What He Wanted To Do To Iran During An Interview With Barbara Walters All The Way Back In 1987

by Michael Almost 40 years ago, a seemingly meaningless interview eerily foreshadowed what is happening in the Middle East right now. What I am about to share with you is absolutely amazing, because it shows that the threat that Iran poses was very much on Donald Trump’s mind even when he was a young man. …

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If you need any more proof that these motherf**kers are working together, look back to 2016. This shit is all going according to plan for them.

https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/1rsixt1/if_you_need_any_more_proof_that_these/ Yet when you bring up how the nomination was stolen from Sanders twice, all the bootlicking sellout dems will wail and cry and go on and on how we nee to just keep voting for the lessor of two evils. Is Trump the worst most corrupt president in my lifetime? Of course because I …

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Trump prepares to use Cold War-era powers to force California oil production back online

BREAKING: President Trump is preparing to invoke Cold War-era powers to renew oil production off the southern California coast, per Bloomberg. Trump is set to invoke the Defense Production Act to preempt state laws and allow Sable Offshore Crop to restart oil production in… — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) March 11, 2026 The legal basis …

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WE ARE BACK AT WAR! Iran rejects ceasefire and Trump claims of war progress, warns regional oil exports could halt. Iran is planning to impose duties on tankers and ships in the Gulf

IRAN REJECTS TRUMP CLAIMS OF WAR PROGRESS, WARNS REGIONAL OIL EXPORTS COULD HALT Iran dismissed Donald Trump’s statements suggesting the war is nearing completion and warned that continued U.S.-Israeli attacks could lead to a halt in oil exports across the region. — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) March 10, 2026 JUST IN: 🇮🇷🇺🇸 IRGC accuses President Trump …

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“Australia is making a terrible humanitarian mistake by allowing the Iran National Woman’s Soccer team to be forced back to Iran”

If you have not followed – the girls refused to sing their national anthem … They will likely be punished for it. "Australia is making a terrible humanitarian mistake by allowing the Iran National Woman’s Soccer team to be forced back to Iran, where they will most likely be killed. Don’t do it, Mr. Prime …

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Multiple EXPLOSIONS rock Iranian city Sanandaj. CENTCOM drops bada** footage of the US military blowing up MULTIPLE key Iranian regime sites, obliterating their ability to strike back even further

Footage shows multiple explosions going off into a plume of smoke in an Iranian city. 🚨 JUST IN: CENTCOM drops bad*ss footage of the US military blowing up MULTIPLE key Iranian regime sites, obliterating their ability to strike back even further "The Iranian regime's ability to impact U.S. forces and regional partners is rapidly declining, …

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Pete Hegseth admits he blew up an unsuspecting Iranian ship returning back from India in international waters. Iran is furious.

They were in India for a peaceful navy demonstration with other countries. These weren’t deployed soldiers. pic.twitter.com/En9sKHc5Hn — Brattani (@Bratt_world) March 5, 2026 If a military strike really happened in international waters, the implications are serious. Under maritime law and the UN Charter, actions against vessels outside an active war zone raise major questions about …

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EU faces energy panic, may turn back to Russian energy

BREAKING: 🇷🇺🇪🇺 The EU is likely to increase energy imports from Russia – A leading energy analyst tells POLITICO The EU has reached a "panic moment" as not all member states have sufficient energy reserves pic.twitter.com/7v3GnLZf2f — Megatron (@Megatron_ron) March 2, 2026 Factcheck: Yes, the POLITICO article (March 1) is real. Analyst Ana Maria Jaller-Makarewicz …

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White House prepares Section 232 move after levy struck down. Mike Johnson signals Congress unlikely to back Trump’s 15% tariffs. Senate Democrats push $175B Trump tariff refunds

Trump's administration is considering new national security tariffs on a half-dozen industries after a Supreme Court decision last week that invalidated many of his second-term levies, per WSJ. The new tariffs, to be issued under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962,… — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) February 24, 2026 HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON SAID …

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Get Ready for Blow Back! US Aided Mexican Forces In “El Mencho” Killing, Resort Towns Burn In Chaos

The Sunday killing of Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, the leader of Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), by Mexican security forces unleashed coordinated cartel retaliation attacks, driving rapid instability across Guadalajara (Jalisco’s capital) and spilling into high-traffic resort areas, including Puerto Vallarta. CNN reported that the US provided intelligence support to Mexican Army Special Forces, …

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40 AGs push online ID rules, states back Kids Online Safety Act

If passed, the Kids Online Safety Act could ultimately tie a person’s ability to access the internet to providing digital proof of their identity, according to privacy and free speech watchdog group Reclaim The Net. Forty state attorneys general (AGs) last week urged federal lawmakers to pass a bill that could ultimately require people to …

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GDP Miss badly and Inflation is back. Trump leaked GDP 40 min before data release

Wow. US Q4 GDP:+1.4% vs 2.8% exp. Government was shut down for almost half of the quarter, but relatively weak growth. pic.twitter.com/THSADgL5KR — Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) February 20, 2026 DECEMBER PCE +2.9% VS +2.8% EXPECTED CORE PCE +3.0% VS 2.9% EXPECTED highest PCE since November 2023…yeah we may not be getting this rate cut for …

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Repo madness is back! We are on the cuffs of something that we aren’t prepared for

We are on the cuffs of something that we aren't prepared for — Mia Lockhart (@Miamissdria) February 19, 2026 @grok why they pumped those money into the US Banking system, what problem so that signal falling down and global financial collapse is about to begin. Analyze and give me explain it pic.twitter.com/RA6XO5D0u3 — PhuQui Capital …

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RadioShack is back!

Still the best commercial I've ever scene! pic.twitter.com/OZ6FErnilz — Bite-Sized Nostalgia (@landofthe80s) February 9, 2026 AI – RadioShack kinda came back, but not like the old days. A company called Unicomer bought the brand and is pushing it mostly online now, with no big return of the classic stores. They even showed up at CES …

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