Rand Paul and Ted Cruz slam FCC Chairman Carr’s attack on Jimmy Kimmel: “Absolutely inappropriate. Brendan Carr has got no business weighing in on this.”

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/rand-paul-fcc-chair-had-no-business-intervening-in-abc-kimmel-controversy/ Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) slammed Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr for policing speech after the FCC chair pressured ABC into suspending Jimmy Kimmel. Carr’s statement that ABC must take action against Kimmel was “absolutely inappropriate,” Paul said on …

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Saylor crypto imitators are now under pressure as doubts grow about their business model

Who could have ever seen this coming? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/saylor-crypto-imitators-are-now-under-pressure-as-doubts-grow-about-their-business-model-140027268.html Enthusiasm for Michael Saylor’s Strategy (MSTR) — and some of its numerous imitators — has been fading, with the stocks for some of those companies tumbling over the past month. Over Sunday …

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China drops $GOOGL anti-trust investigations as part of tarrif deals and business expansion.

https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/china-closes-google-antitrust-probe-as-trade-talks-with-us-advance-125091800526_1.html China has decided to end its antitrust investigation into Google, coinciding with renewed trade discussions with Washington over TikTok and Nvidia, The Financial Times reported on Thursday. The move indicates a tactical recalibration by Beijing, shifting its regulatory scrutiny …

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The Enron-like accounting inflating the AI mania: Oracle’s revenue stream mostly depends on Nvidia, AMD, Meta, OpenAI, and xAI, yet Meta, OpenAI and xAI themselves all run on Nvidia and AMD.

Oracle slashes 3,000 jobs while their “backlog” ramps up 300%. Make it make sense. Correct After the crash, business schools will start teaching Earnings Quality again It was a super popular class after the https://t.co/4y5lv9vF2o fiasco, but has been replaced …

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WARNING: Liquidity cannot stop the business cycle from turning; Recession signals flash and the biggest market bubble in history threatens to burst; 25bps cuts don’t matter.

Liquidity can’t stop a business cycle that’s already turning. Weak growth is the warning shot before the crash. When the cycle breaks, stocks don’t get “saved.” They get crushed. "Liquidity cannot stand the turn of the Business Cycle" (no matter …

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The labor market is going from frozen to cracking. How long can the US economy survive with jobs only in healthcare?

The labor market is going from frozen to cracking. Look at how many industries have LOST jobs in the past 3 months. Mining -13,000Construction -10,000Manufacturing -31,000Information -15,000Business/Professional -51,000Federal gov't -34,000Finance 0 job gains The US job… pic.twitter.com/BsUYoCTMX3 — Heather Long …

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Small banks are hiding massive losses in CRE. Massive, like going out of business levels of losses; Tom Lee said he thinks Financials will be one of the sectors leading over the next 1-2 years

Are office buildings the last prop holding banks from imploding? Small banks are hiding massive losses in CRE. Massive, like going out of business levels of losses. That's why they're kicking the can hoping they don't have to foreclose. There's …

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Business Flees California due to Overregulation

by Martin Armstrong California has been repelling capital through overregulation. The energy sector high-tailed out of the state in recent years under Governor Gavin Newsom’s net-zero policies. Now, even retailers feel forced to evacuate as California becomes increasingly anti-business. Bed …

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Tariffs now acting like massive tax hike, 17.5% blended rate begins crushing consumer, business margins; Nearly 160 companies will lay off employees throughout June

After months of speculation about what duties will be implemented, we are finally starting to fully see the impact of tariff policies in the government cashflows data. Today the blended rate stands at around ~17.5%. pic.twitter.com/94MZRJOiFj — Bob Elliott (@BobEUnlimited) …

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We Are Much Closer To A Major War With Iran, And Trump Warns That Anyone That Buys Iranian Oil “Will Not Be Allowed To Do Business With The United States Of America In Any Way, Shape, Or Form”

by Michael 2025 is going to be largely defined by whether there is a major war with Iran or not.  If a verifiable deal with Iran can be reached that prevents Iran from producing nuclear weapons, I will applaud the Trump …

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