Get Ready for “Business Friendly Socialism”

via schiffsovereign On New Year’s Day in the year 1829, a 29-year-old young lady from Washington DC named Peggy Timberlake married John Eaton— a powerful senator from Tennessee. Eaton was also close friends with the incoming president Andrew Jackson. Peggy, on the other hand, was rumored to be somewhat of …

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THE BIG LIE: Small Business Just Exposed the FAKE Job Market

The “official” labor market numbers are a fraud, and today, small business owners just provided the smoking gun. While the mainstream media continues to push the narrative of a “strong” economy, the latest NFIB Small Business Optimism report paints a terrifyingly different picture. Today, I’m breaking down the data they …

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Inflation now forecasted to hit 5%. Mortgages, credit cards, auto loans and business borrowing costs are all about to get even more expensive.

US Treasuries dump hard, yields smash 2007 highs and climb toward 5 percent… Bond vigilantes force inflation forecast straight to 5 percent nightmare… Fed cornered into July rate hike or lose total control of the debt disaster… Just getting started 🔥 We’re going much higher 🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/QOecLbynC9 — QE Infinity …

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Small Business in the TINA Economy: Competing for the Scraps

Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, While the top 10% who manage the TINA Economy are fixated on their ballooning stock market wealth, the bottom 90% are melting away. Some day that might actually have consequences. Let’s start with a thought experiment focusing on soaring household expenses. Consider healthcare insurance, which …

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Epstein had no degree, no credentials, no public business wins, yet he controlled a billionaire’s fortune, owned a private island, and had access to presidents. His resume doesn’t explain his wealth. So what does? The answer is in the people who built him.

via triptoasturias Epstein didn’t climb his way to power. He was handed it by a sequence of people who gave him access, training, and protection at every stage. Here’s the timeline the media won’t walk you through. 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟒: 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 Epstein lands a job teaching math and physics …

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UBS admits 25% to 35% of private credit faces AI disruption risk. Tech and business services are packed with it. None of this is priced in.

“Private credit exposure to AI disruption high, not priced in – UBS” No kidding. “…We estimate that 25–35% of private credit portfolios face elevated AI disruption risk. Using BDC portfolios as a proxy (AUM of ~$450 billion, $350 billion of which is public), exposure to high disruption risk subsectors is …

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Pandemic-era fraud: SBA finds $430M stolen in Minnesota, thousands of fake small business loans under investigation

TRUMP’S SBA CHIEF FINDS 7,000 FAKE LOANS WORTH $430M IN MINNESOTA ALONE Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler says her team found 6,900 fraudulent small business loans in Minnesota that stole $430 million from taxpayers. It took them 2 days to find $3 million worth of fraud once they started looking. …

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New Venezuelan president tells Trump to f**k off! Venezuela, Cuba and Iran will do business with Russia and China

Acting Venezuela President Delcy Rodríguez: "Venezuela has the right to relations with China, Russia, Cuba, Iran and all the peoples of the world, and with the United States as well." pic.twitter.com/pBmC6qswyw — COMBATE |🇵🇷 (@upholdreality) January 15, 2026 Factcheck: The quote from Delcy Rodríguez matches her speech in Venezuela’s National …

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Small business employment down again. Costco weak. Dollar stores ripping. Something is off with the consumer story.

Strong consumers do not flee bulk stores for bargain bins. Small business employment shrank again in December according to Paychex. We will get a clearer picture once we get the ADP and payroll data later this week. pic.twitter.com/KmzIqUJ6fG — Peter Berezin (@PeterBerezinBCA) January 6, 2026 Riddle me this. If the …

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Fox Business ADMITS we are in RECESSION.

🚨WOW! Fox Business ADMITS we are in RECESSION. pic.twitter.com/nQ1JrcOdJc — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) January 5, 2026 Repo operations at the Fed on the last day of 2025 signal growing stress in the financial system, similar to the setup we saw in 2019. Banks and other financial institutions borrowed $74.6 billion …

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Fox Business is PANICKING over the AWFUL Economic Numbers. CNBC says consumer sentiment just hit the lowest reading ever recorded

But hey, inflation is down amirite pic.twitter.com/TO4OcggCT3 — ❝ 𝕵𝖚𝖉𝖆𝖘 ❞ (@jpegjudas) December 19, 2025 🚨BREAKING: Nike COLLAPSES as the U.S. Economy WEAKENS. pic.twitter.com/9FvBrPwYix — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) December 19, 2025 🚨BREAKING: Nike COLLAPSES as the U.S. Economy WEAKENS. pic.twitter.com/9FvBrPwYix — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) December 19, 2025 November's CPI report …

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US small business bankruptcies hit record 2,221, applying to a job now is like tossing your resume into a black hole

US small business bankruptcies are surging as if there is a recession: A record 2,221 small firms have filed for bankruptcy under Subchapter V year-to-date. Subchapter V allows businesses and individuals with under $3 million in debt to reorganize more quickly and cheaply than… pic.twitter.com/R2wg9XB4vk — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) …

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When even Fox Business is saying the economy sucks you know things are getting real

🚨BREAKING: Fox Business ADMITS the Economy SUCKS. “The unemployment rate going up to a cycle high of 4.44%. It's not good news.” pic.twitter.com/XGvlMOUdKo — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) November 20, 2025 This is the worst economy I’ve seen: Inflation way up Job market sucks Wages stagnating Largest wealth gap Record national …

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