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by Michael Did you know that the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar has fallen by more than 97 percent since 1913? Sadly, as you will see below, the decline in the purchasing power of our currency appears to have greatly accelerated in recent years. Thanks to the rising cost of living, most Americans have …
🚨#UPDATE: This leaves nearly 10 million people without power in Cuba as the country’s national electric grid has collapsed — R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) March 16, 2026 Cuba’s electrical grid suffered a total collapse across the entire island on Monday, the country’s power operator said, marking the latest …
U.S. Treasury Secretary on Strait of Hormuz: "The Iranian ships have been getting out already, and we’ve let that happen to supply the rest of the world." pic.twitter.com/TwK7tIFHV2 — Open Source Intel (@Osint613) March 16, 2026 BREAKING: US oil prices extend losses to drop below $95/barrel, now down -8% in 12 hours. pic.twitter.com/bQfzNvx5AY — The …
This is insane The US economy is now reliant on older Americans more than ever before pic.twitter.com/PE0U2wf7sI — Cheddar Flow (@CheddarFlow) February 20, 2026 US Consumer Sentiment collapses to levels not seen since the Great Financial Crisis pic.twitter.com/kMt4jDRY50 — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) February 20, 2026 Sam Altman just admitted AI will make most humans economically …
10Y moving higher in hot patch of economic data this morning pic.twitter.com/aaJ7AJh615 — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) February 2, 2026 US ISM Manufacturing PMI came in at 52.6% vs 48.5% expected. The US economy has entered the expansion phase. — Ted (@TedPillows) February 2, 2026 Do not confuse the increase in shipping rates as being bullish …
Jan. 24—A massive drilling rig operating on ConocoPhillips’ behalf toppled over while traveling along a gravel road on Alaska’s North Slope on Friday afternoon, local and company officials said. No one was seriously injured and all personnel were accounted for in the incident, which occurred around 4:45 p.m. Friday and involved the Doyon 26 rig, …
BREAKING: US Pending Home Sales collapsed -9.3% month-over-month, missing expectations of -0.3% forecast. This marks the steepest decline since 2020. pic.twitter.com/nz69fmYVmQ — Hedgeye (@Hedgeye) January 21, 2026 The only thing that matters: More M2=higher stock prices. Keep printing those trillions. 🧻 https://t.co/8m362hlg4m — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) January 21, 2026
A bridge in India fell into the River Ganges for the second time in a year while it was still under-construction. This is literally the Mississippi of India. We would assume their best were working this project? Note* – No Foreign labor appears to have been involved in this… pic.twitter.com/vL7e5BamI5 — Chief_Engineer (@ChiefEngineerCE) December 30, …
The restaurant industry is breaking down fast — and workers are being left behind. Restaurants across the country are closing with little warning as food costs soar, rent climbs, and customers cut back. For servers, cooks, bartenders, and managers, that means sudden job loss, lost tips, and no safety net. In this video, we break …
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Victor Davis Hanson, a distinguished historian and classicist, is known for his deep analysis of military history, ancient civilizations, and contemporary political affairs. As a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, he offers sharp insights into the lessons of history, the decline of empires, and the challenges facing modern society. Through his books, lectures, and …
WHITE FERTILITY COLLAPSED – THE REST OF THE PLANET DIDN’T The generation now starting school is the first in recorded history that will grow up on a planet where people of European descent are a shrinking global minority. Native fertility across the entire Western world has collapsed below replacement and shows no sign of recovery. …
UK Innovation Is Bleeding To Death: The House of Lords Science & Tech Committee just dropped a brutal 2025 report: “We’re world-class at inventing… and world-class at losing it.” – DeepMind? London-born. Google’s now. – Arm? Cambridge chip genius. SoftBank owned. – Graphcore? Bristol AI unicorn. Folded into SoftBank – 500+ UK jobs gone. – …
New home sales in China collapsed by 42% in October when compared to last October, representing more than just another setback for the beleaguered Chinese real estate market, the world’s largest asset class. This is a major problem for Chinese banks, not that they were expecting different. So, we see interest rates are back to …
Household savings collapsed from a 32% pandemic peak to near 3%, leaving consumption far more exposed to wages and credit. byu/MonetaryCommentary inEconomyCharts The U.S. personal saving rate hovered around 7% during the 2010-2020 period, as households maintained a steady buffer of disposable income. But the sudden shock of Covid‑19 and accompanying shutdowns sent the rate …
https://twitter.com/1778Barrett/status/1977037683596689480 The Minnesota shootings were not random. They were not what the media first said. This was planned. Vance Boelter went after Democrats who broke ranks, not because they were Democrats. He didn’t act for the right. He acted against the left. The press called it right-wing extremism at first. When the facts didn’t fit, …
The car industry is in dire waters. $200 MILLION Per Day LOSS! The Car Market Just COLLAPSED The car market didn’t just cool off. It didn’t just dip a little, like most experts expected. What we’re seeing right now is nothing less than a complete collapse of the automotive industry as we know it. Across …
They didn’t hedge. They didn’t even flinch. A new Jackson Hole paper opens with this line: “In our baseline, it is possible to push long-run debt to 250% of GDP without raising interest rates.”source That isn’t reassurance. That’s a loophole. Four economists ran models out to the year 2100, assuming that as long as investors …
At this time, numerous emergency crews are responding to a cargo ship fire in the Baltimore Harbor on Chesapeake Bay, according to Maryland officials. The Baltimore City Fire Department reported that the ship caught fire in the Patapsco River near the site of the Key Bridge collapse While initial reports described it as an explosion, …
Across China, an entire generation is learning to live without expecting progress. Not just on buying homes. Not just on getting married. They’re disconnecting from the promise that tomorrow will be different. And they’re learning to find peace in that silence. The Chinese middle class has collapsed. It’s not collapsing. It’s not struggling. It has …
Time to re-watch “The Big Short” for a preview of coming attractions. Nonbank mortgage lenders and loan brokers react quickly to demand, which has collapsed. https://wolfstreet.com/2025/05/12/housing-bubble-bust-1-and-2-as-seen-through-employment-at-mortgage-lenders-they-shed-jobs-again-38-gone/ The lemmings who think real estate only goes up (thanks to 16 years of Fed QE) are in for a rude awakening. Silver, Bitchez!! byu/Boo_Randy_II inWallstreetsilver
The mega cap Tech stocks (MSFT, GOOG, AMZN, META, NVDA) have made an existential bet on Artificial Intelligence hardware capacity that will be a huge bust. The solution side is not keeping up with the hardware arms race. There is no ROI from AI solutions. pic.twitter.com/8BzMOzE7co — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) April 28, 2025 Back in 2018, …
Foreigners no longer coming to America……US Southwest border encounters have collapsed pic.twitter.com/gXcpDRu7SM — Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT 🍖 (@MikeZaccardi) April 25, 2025
The White House has put itself and the country in a bad situation but doesn’t realize it yet. Around April 10th China to USA trade shut down. It takes ~30 days for containers to go from China to LA. 45 to Houston by sea, 45 to Chicago by train. 55 to New York by sea. …
NEW: ‘The Office’ star Rainn Wilson claps back after MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle claims Elon Musk and Donald Trump are responsible for the public distrust of the mainstream media. Wilson: “40% of Americans don’t trust mainstream media. Why is that? How did we get here?” Ruhle: “Trump won and tons of people were shocked or angry …
The pressure is not just building. It is bursting through the seams. More than 5,300,000 student borrowers are now in default. Another 4,000,000 are about to be hunted down when federal collections resume on May 5. These are not small figures. They represent lives unraveling under debt that was never meant to be repaid in …
Canada’s small business sector is grappling with a severe crisis as its confidence plummets. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) has reported an alarming decline in the Small Business Confidence Index, which dropped to 23.2 in March 2025. This is a staggering 60% drop from the previous year, highlighting the deepening challenges that small …
by AC Most people including myself are focused on the economy and how it is doing. But the more concerning thing is actually the state of our society and it’s associated cultures. It is pretty clear to me that it is collapsing and may already be collapsed. The structure of our society has always been …
Key trendlines are holding (technically speaking), 1991? When in Rome, or Tokyo… https://t.co/y9IUT9Swie — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) September 16, 2024 https://t.co/FlHvFPUPlO pic.twitter.com/IMUe4DWUNA — The Great Martis (@great_martis) September 16, 2024 2/ Aug 2000 to April 2001: Market dropped by about 25% and yields were falling Creating a "stocks-down-yields-down" environment This is typical during economic recessions …