U.S. National Debt now growing by $180 million per hour — and $5 billion every day. Take a guess on the national debt back in 2008.
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Most people know the 2008 crash happened. Very few know who designed the response. Henry Paulson was the US Treasury Secretary in 2008. He was the man who went to Congress and demanded 700 billion dollars of taxpayer money to bail out the banks. Before becoming Treasury Secretary — Paulson was the CEO of Goldman …
“SAM STOLE A PICASSO”: Musk takes the stand in SF trial of the century Lawyers tell jury: “Altman stole a non-profit museum and sold the art”… Opening statements: $134 billion in damages sought to be returned to “charity”… Altman’s defense: “This is a baseless and jealous bid to derail a competitor”… Judge warns Musk over …
Burry is calling the top again. Burry is up against $550 billion in Japanese investment in U.S. infrastructure, which includes semiconductor stocks, as per the Fed. pic.twitter.com/hYK9nbm3RH — MaryJo Kringas (@maryjokringas) April 24, 2026 pic.twitter.com/XKOg51Sx4S — Robert Harris (@robertharris_1) April 24, 2026 He's correct. NVDA is way overpriced. All of them are. They'll find a …
Severe flooding hit Hawaii in one of its worst disasters in decades—but not everything in the headlines is accurate. In this video, we break down what really happened, the truth about the Wahiawa Dam collapse claims, and how close the situation came to becoming catastrophic. From billion-dollar damage to mass evacuations, we explore the real …
🚨 BREAKING INSIDERS JUST STARTED MASSIVELY DUMPING EVERYTHING EXCEPT OIL RIGHT AHEAD OF THE U.S. MARKET OPEN ON MONDAY! EVERY SINGLE INSIDER IS SELLING BILLIONS NONSTOP: 0 BUYS. 1,382 SELLS. $13.58 BILLION IN VOLUME. THIS IS REALLY BAD FOR MARKETS… pic.twitter.com/BRRaddPa9n — Wimar.X (@DefiWimar) April 19, 2026
Insane prices. They were looking north of 2 billion and got nearly double that. BREAKING: The San Diego Padres are nearing a deal to be sold to private-equity billionaire José E. Feliciano and his wife Kwanza Jones at a MLB-record valuation of around $3.9 billion. News with @miriamgottfried.https://t.co/nStdAXFcQ2 — Jared Diamond (@jareddiamond) April 17, 2026 The San …
Cracks in the US private credit market are widening: Investors requested a record -$14.0 billion in redemptions from private credit funds in Q1 2026. This is up +146% from -$5.7 billion in Q4 2025 and +278% higher than the -$3.7 billion in the full year 2024. Meanwhile, just… pic.twitter.com/wBJ3bUSW1X — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) April …
The U.S. government is spending $88 billion a month in interest on national debt—equal to spending on defense and education combined The problem with an increasing debt burden is that it costs more to maintain it: This is precisely the issue with which the U.S. Treasury is wrangling at present. As total U.S. national debt …
The problem with an increasing debt burden is that it costs more to maintain it: This is precisely the issue with which the U.S. Treasury is wrangling at present. As total U.S. national debt ticks over $39 trillion, the interest payments on that value are eye-watering: $529 billion for the first six months of the …
BREAKING: The Bank of Japan’s total assets fell -$98 billion in Q1 2026, to $4.14 trillion, the lowest since Q2 2020. Since the Q1 2024 peak, the BoJ has reduced its balance sheet by -$590 billion, or -12.6%. Japanese government bond holdings fell -$84 billion in Q1, the largest quarterly decline since QT began. This …
This is literally insane So many people showed up to oppose a $6 billion dollar data center in Missouri they had to use bleachers The whole crowd yells and chants they don’t want the data center Festus City Council voted to approve the data center anyway right in their faces pic.twitter.com/I9xOyK9U4p — Wall Street Apes …
by Martin Armstrong The latest IRS data makes one thing clear. The United States is undergoing a massive redistribution of wealth between states, and it is being driven almost entirely by tax policy. California lost $11.9 billion and New York lost $9.9 billion in income in a single year, while Florida gained $20.6 billion. This is …
by Martin Armstrong California is now facing the consequences of policies that ignore reality. Between 2019 and 2023, the state lost a staggering $91.4 billion in income as residents relocated elsewhere, with another $11.9 billion leaving in just a single year. This is not a minor shift. This is a structural problem that is accelerating, not stabilizing. …
We keep firing off multi-million dollar missiles to knock down $20k drones. Iran’s drones can be made in weeks, the missiles take months or more. It can take up to 2 years to build a Tomahawk, costing $3.6 million a piece, according to the report. Moreover, last year’s budget had included only 57 of them. …
NEW: 🇮🇷🇮🇱🇺🇸 Trump said the US need $2 billion a day to reopen the Strait of Hormuz US Senator: But it was already open before the war? So what was the point of whole war? pic.twitter.com/AqbxXQJd8T — Megatron (@Megatron_ron) March 26, 2026 Factcheck: No, Trump didn’t say the US “needs $2 billion a day to …
Let me tell you why this Goldman Sachs headline is the most dangerous one you’ll read today.. Companies spent $450 billion on AI last year.. fired tens of thousands of people to “restructure around AI”.. replaced entire departments with chatbots.. And Goldman Sachs just said it contributed basically zero to economic growth.. so where did …
Jury finds Musk liable for two statements over Twitter bots Shareholders’ lawyer says damages could reach billions of dollars Musk plans appeal, lawyers call verdict a bump in the road SAN FRANCISCO, March 20 (Reuters) – A U.S. federal jury found Elon Musk liable on Friday for claims he defrauded Twitter shareholders by trying to …
🇮🇷🇺🇸 Pete Hegseth accuses Iran of investing in missiles and weapons instead of people, during a speech in which he's asking for $200 billion for weapons, instead of people. pic.twitter.com/gQkIDT0W0m — Megatron (@Megatron_ron) March 20, 2026 "Fed rate hike is now back in play if oil shock continues," per Bank of America. — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) …
President Trump continues to assert that the war in Iran is nearly over while troop deployments to the Middle East continue to increase.
"To date, we've struck over 7,000 targets across Iran and its military infrastructure… Today will be the largest strike package yet," says @SecWar. "Our capabilities continue to build; Iran's continue to degrade. We're hunting and striking death and destruction from above." pic.twitter.com/veaFnlQBEZ — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 19, 2026 No matter what Trump does …
🚨BREAKING: THE US TREASURY WILL WITHDRAWAL $81.273 BILLION FROM THE MARKET TODAY. https://t.co/s4AwuXDUo0 pic.twitter.com/jIQiGRxiVc — Gordon Johnson (@GordonJohnson19) March 16, 2026
The difference is that in Japan these people make the road that their children and grandchildren will walk to school down. In the UK, the people making the road are just throwing some rocks around so they can send money home to the place that their children will go to school. — Object Zero (@Object_Zero_) …
House Republicans discussed plans for a second party-line megabill during their policy retreat in Florida this past week, and now GOP senators want in on the action. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), in her capacity as head of the Senate DOGE Caucus, sent a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson and House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) …
The ongoing war with Iran could cost Israel an estimated NIS 9.4 billion (USD 3 billion approximately) per week under current restrictions on economic activities, the Israeli Finance Ministry has warned. The ongoing war with Iran could cost Israel an estimated NIS 9.4 billion (USD 3 billion approximately) per week under current restrictions on economic …
🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING: The US has spent nearly 2 billion dollars on the war in Iran, according to estimates. pic.twitter.com/uKjI7wFMKe — Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) March 3, 2026 🚨BREAKING: JESSE WATTERS TURNS ON TRUMP “Gas prices are gonna jump. Mortgage rates are already ticking up. You're gonna see inflation.” pic.twitter.com/cHygnRCxfm — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) March 2, …