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The AI-driven data center boom has officially hit the household wallet, and the 267% figure is the smoking gun. This isn’t a national average, it’s a localized shock hitting “data center alleys” across 13 states. While the tech giants are …
Total Personal Outlays jump $195B in single month as utility and fuel bills spike… Savings Rate craters to 3.6%; consumers “burning through” cash to maintain lifestyle… Wall Street Reacts: Nasdaq futures drop 200 points on “Higher for Much Longer” reality… …
President Donald Trump is adding his name to U.S. dollar bills, the first time a sitting president’s signature will go on paper currency, the Treasury Department announced Thursday. Trump’s signature will go on the bills in honor of the country’s …
Democrats introduced bills to fund part of DHS — 8 times.Republicans passed bills to fund all of DHS — including TSA — through the House twice, with bipartisan support.Senate Democrats blocked full DHS funding 5 times.One side wants to pay …
The egg on your plate this morning was made from corn. Not literally. But the hen that laid it ate roughly two pounds of feed for every dozen eggs she produced. That feed was primarily corn and soybean meal. The …
Four headlines appeared today that, when placed together, raise a question that economists and politicians rarely want to confront. More Americans are having their electricity shut off as unpaid bills pile up. Analysts are asking what the S&P 500 may …
Something uncomfortable is starting to show up across several economic headlines at the same time. Fuel prices are climbing again. According to data from AAA, the national average price of gasoline has surged to roughly $3.43 per gallon, after sitting …
Trump says that he won't be signing any bills until SAVE act is passed https://t.co/3by3bFkM3t — Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) March 8, 2026 President Donald Trump announced in a social media post on Sunday that he would not sign any …
by Michael I feel quite exasperated right now. Everyone knows that the economic numbers that federal bureaucrats in Washington are feeding us each month are fraudulent. It has been that way for a very long time. The employment numbers are …
Rent is due. The electric bill sits on the counter. The grocery receipt from last week still stings. For half of Americans, keeping up with basic monthly bills has become nearly impossible. A nationwide survey of 5,000 Americans from Talker …
US East Coast bomb cyclone could bring heaviest snow in decades to North Carolina A storm will rapidly strengthen along the East Coast this weekend, delivering heavy snow from the Carolinas to New England, with blizzard conditions likely in the …
Stand back! Bill just blew a big one and is feeling a little unsettled! by David Haggith DOGE got eaten by Big Beautiful Bill. The results are fully in. We all remember the brazen braggadocio as Musk raised a chainsaw …
BREAKING: THE THIRTY YEAR EXPERIMENT IS OVER Japan’s 10-year yield just hit 1.85 percent. Highest since the collapse of Lehman Brothers. But here is what no one is telling you: The 30-year yield touched 3.40 percent. The 40-year approaches 3.71 …
Charities that help people cover their medical bills say they’re seeing an alarming increase in requests for help. Worse yet, they say, it’s coming even before cuts to Medicaid in President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act take effect …
AI is sucking up more energy than the country of Italy. Soon to be more than Japan. And it’s driving electric bills up 30% in New Jersey and 40% in Missouri. Trump’s trying to get more oil, gas, and nuclear. …
Misty Pellew’s family lived in the dark for several days this month. Pellew’s power was shut off Nov. 13 because of $602 in unpaid bills, the latest in a string of financial humiliations that began six months ago after her …
This is readily seen in California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom’s trip to Belém, Brazil, to rub elbows with the global elite at the U.N.’s COP30 global climate conference on Nov. 11. Newsom, an all-but-declared candidate for the Democratic nomination for …
I don’t understand why anyone would support AI. It’s going to: Steal your job Triple your electricity bill Destroy younger generations. People should be outside of OpenAI HQ among others with torches and pitchforks. https://t.co/MyH8gPMeqL — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) November …
US grocery prices have never been more expensive: The average cost of groceries for a family of 4 is now up to a record $1,030/month. This marks a +$280 increase since January 2017, when the average family spent $750 a …
Kennedy on U.S. Senate floor: Stop paying Members of Congress during government shutdowns 2 bills presented: both with no pay during shut down, one without back pay when government reopens. He states that Obama used the same in 2013 shutdown. …
69.2% of Americans now live paycheck to paycheck. Read that again. 69.2% y’all. PYMNTS’ latest report shows 692 out of every 1,000 U.S. adults are barely keeping up. It was 68% in May👇 And now? 1 in 4 can’t even …
by confoundedinterest17 Like tuna surprise (bleech!!), Fed Chair Powell announced a move towards reinvesting maturing MBS into ST Treasury bill decreasing the duration of The Fed’s balance sheet. Fed’s QT Surprise: Powell announced that maturing mortgage-backed securities (MBSs) will be reinvested into short-term …
Residential electricity costs are near a record high, per Bloomberg: pic.twitter.com/PDG3LPCNQg — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) September 2, 2025 For the first time in Florida, utility regulators are mulling how to handle data centers — the energy-guzzling facilities that house computer equipment …
Serious question, what do we think is the best trade to play for the coming power needs, that US infrastructure clearly is not ready to supply? Long PJM & ERCOT?Long Uranium? (hoping someone wakes up) — Hammer Capital (@yourfavorito) October …
Elbows up pic.twitter.com/ZZ5T9YPz05 — DivineAxiom (@DivineAxiom) October 6, 2025 Bill C-2: Police and border agents could track everything you do. Your calls, your messages, even your movements could be collected and shared without anyone checking. Bill C-8: The government could …
Translation: "electric bills of ordinary Americans have to double every year and subsidize us so we can get very rich making chatbots" https://t.co/utRlCTQmF2 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) October 2, 2025 🦔 Let me explain the real power problem with AI data …
EU’S TRADE WALLS BACKFIRE: FOOD PRICES SURGE, EXPORTS CRASH Imagine if every U.S. state had to agree before making any trade deal, and then California always got the final say. That’s basically how the European Union works. Countries like Estonia …
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-ai-data-centers-electricity-prices/ Electricity bills are going up around the US, but they’re rising even more sharply in areas located near data centers, according to an investigation into power costs by Bloomberg. The price of wholesale electricity has risen as much as …
The lights are still on, but keeping them that way is getting expensive fast. No one in charge wants to admit how bad it has become. Electricity in the average U.S. city now costs 18 cents per kilowatt-hour. That is …
Private equity firms like BlackRock and Blackstone are acquiring U.S. electric utilities, raising concerns about monopolistic control and skyrocketing electricity rates. Historical examples, such as California’s 2000–2001 energy crisis, demonstrate how privatization can lead to price gouging, rolling blackouts, and …