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Most buyers since COVID couldn’t afford the house just like 2008. Especially with mortgage rates where they are. https://t.co/I9OLqLUANX — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) September 16, 2025 It would take a heart of stone to read about these F*cked Borrowers who can't sell their overpriced houses, & not laugh byu/Boo_Randy_II inHouseBuyers …
by Mike Maharrey Despite the significant increase in tariff revenue, the U.S. continues to run massive budget deficits. The budget shortfall for fiscal 2025 has already exceeded last year’s deficit. So much for import duties paying for the government. That’s because Uncle Sam doesn’t have a revenue problem. He has …
Gold is piercing a level that has held for 45 years. Moves of this size never happen in calm markets. Confidence in the current monetary system is fraying. The rally is powered by record central bank buying, ballooning U.S. debt, Fed credibility under question, and geopolitical fractures. The mainstream media …
by Michael Are we defined by what we do? For so many of us, our identities are tied to our occupations. For example, when I worked in the legal field many years ago so many of my colleagues took great pride in being able to say “I’m a lawyer” when …
by alemorg With the current jobs report coming out with much lower amount of jobs than expected while declining for the past couple of months, on top of Trump’s BLS pick who wanted to cherry pick data or at least manipulate how it looks, on top of tariff impacts being …
Imagine if Biden did this to Florida during Covid to enforce lockdowns. This sets an extremely dangerous precedent which will used be democrats against us after next election. Trump’s base is splintering. Megyn Kelly: “You can’t just send the National Guard into random cities…It very clearly is not constitutionally permissible. …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZwCEQjo2qc You can’t plan a budget with a failing dollar, because groceries next week could cost 20% more than they do today.
The UK has no choice but to start cutting its welfare bill, this could happen here in the US. The UK faces the doom loop of rising borrowing costs, growing deficits and a government facing a lot of bad choices to raise revenues. Yields on 30-year gilts have reached their …
Android has always let you install apps from outside the Play Store, a process called sideloading. It’s how people get apps that aren’t available in their region or alternative versions of popular apps. Starting next year, Google is tightening the rules: developers will need to verify their identity before their …
maybe the EU wants them to implode, so they can bail them out and enforce certain conditions? pic.twitter.com/e2gXVWbuuT — myuzumaki (@myuzumaki_com) August 27, 2025
Contrarian investor and Cornell professor Dave Collum delivers one of his starkest warnings yet: the “everything bubble” has left markets more fragile than at any point in modern history, and the Fed can’t save us this time. In this explosive interview with James Connor, Collum explains why he believes the …
That govt contracts have limited growth upside Anyone in industry understands this and that PLTRs revenue will likely peak soon https://t.co/l08pIIXfpD — Merlin Capital 🧙♂️ (@merlinscapital) August 24, 2025 Palantir CEO Alex Karp has sold more than $62.7 million worth of shares in the artificial intelligence software company, according to …
‘I don’t blame them, we have a great country, but the point is we can’t look after everybody.’ Political Commentators Andy Williams and Kane Blackwell clash over immigration laws and the planned protest over the weekend.
There is no democracy if they can't cheat…is that correct? — floridanow1 (@floridanow1) August 20, 2025
US bankruptcies are surging past 2020 pandemic levels, per Business Insider. What's going on? byu/AlphaFlipper inDegenBets In Wake of Trump Tariffs, John Deere Announces Mass Layoffs John Deere has been hit hard by President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The farm equipment manufacturer and industry bellwether just announced mass layoffs affecting more …
Tariffs are supposed to pay down debt and maybe fund a public dividend. President Trump claims, “We’re taking in so much money that we may very well make a dividend to the people of America.” https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-tariffs-going-enough-080300997.html Reality check: the federal deficit for FY2025 is $1.8 trillion. Tariff revenue? $80 billion. …
James Comey just posted an emotional 5-minute video tribute to Taylor Swift. This man was the director of the FBI.pic.twitter.com/uBsJZgh2qM — The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 17, 2025
Well the FFR is 4%. Why do banks get to charge 30% on the people who can’t afford it? It won’t end well — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 17, 2025
Meanwhile, the Fed’s policies have made billionaires richer while the rest of the country is stuck. Housing Bubble 2.0 isn’t just slowing. it’s unraveling in plain sight. Lumber prices crashing is just the tip of the iceberg. Builder supply at nearly double the long-term median is screaming recession. History doesn’t …
Hunter Biden tossed out a line in a Channel 5 interview: “Epstein introduced Melania to Trump. The connections are, like, so wide and deep.” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/first-lady-melania-trump-puts-hunter-biden-on-1b-notice-over-false-defamatory-epstein-comments/ar-AA1Ktxs3 Melania Trump’s lawyer Alejandro Brito didn’t flinch. He sent a $1B demand letter calling the claim “false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory.” https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-14/melania-trump-sues-hunter-biden/105650958 Hunter’s source? Michael …
It now takes an income of 124k to buy the median priced home in America. Only 18% of single Americans make 100k. 62% of homebuyers are married. Lower rates won’t fix family formation. See the problem? pic.twitter.com/4DO0rEKUTh — Cherrygarciafan. USD🏴☠️ (@cherrygarciafan) August 10, 2025 The median household income necessary to …
President Trump fired a sharp warning at Washington, D.C., saying, “If D.C. doesn’t get its act together and quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City and run this City how it should be run and put criminals on notice that they’re not going …
In 2024, top CEOs added billions to their pay. Palantir’s Alexander Karp gained over $1,000,000,000 in stock. Broadcom’s Hock Tan raked in $1,150,000,000. A dozen other CEOs landed $50,000,000 to $100,000,000. It was a record year for the executive class. https://www.wsj.com/business/c-suite/ceo-pay-growth-structure-63b91e62 While the rich leveled up, millions of families went …
The restaurant model is in crisis. Dining prices are soaring, yet profit margins stay razor thin roughly 3 to 5% for full-service spots. https://www.upmenu.com/blog/restaurant-profit-margin?srsltid=AfmBOoq5DjWQa_U44hYuAcmjjs8XMijXRPo9iJ3DKWZpcXAB2Zdrrg6h Labor eats up about 20 to 30% of revenue in most restaurants, leaving little room after rent, utilities and food costs. https://www.lightspeedhq.com/blog/complete-guide-to-restaurant-profit-margins Tipping now makes up …
Nearly half of millennials say the cost of living keeps them from buying a home. “Forty-five percent of people aged 23 to 38 say high living costs stop them from owning a house,” Bankrate said in a survey.https://www.bankrate.com/surveys/down-payment-survey-september-2019/ Only 38% of Gen X and 31% of Baby Boomers said the …
Budlight will never recover pic.twitter.com/dcug9mimWm — aka (@akafaceUS) August 2, 2025 Bud Light is losing ground fast. Its sales dropped sharply after a string of bad publicity and poor marketing choices. Once America’s top-selling beer, it now ranks third behind rivals like Modelo and Michelob Ultra. “Bud Light’s market share …
What if your credit card had no limit – and you never had to pay the bill? That’s how Washington has treated the national debt for 25 years. But now even former insiders are warning: the free money is coming to an end… By Peter Reagan A credit card that …
Stellantis just confirmed what trade hawks have been waiting for. The company posted a €2.3 billion net loss for the first half of 2025. That’s $2.7 billion gone. The trigger wasn’t vague. It was tariffs. The United States Reciprocal Trade Act went live in April. It authorized 25% duties on …
Germany: After nine underage girls sexually abused by Syrians at swimming pool, CDU mayor points to ‘hot weather.’ After underage girls were sexually assaulted in the Barbarossabad swimming pool in Gelnhausen, the CDU mayor of the area pointed out that “hot weather” makes tempers “fray.” However, local Mayor Christian Litzinge (CDU) appeared …
