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EL CAJON, California — Customers packed Cory Gautereaux’s small gun store northeast of San Diego on a recent Friday afternoon. Many of the people buying pistols at Firearms Unlimited California said they were concerned about the massive number of migrants being released onto the local streets after the area became a hub for the crisis …
‘All For Show’: Biden’s Newest Potential Executive Order For Border Crisis Doesn’t Hold Water, Experts Say. “’If Biden confines his executive action to just tweaking the asylum laws, that is meaningless if he continues to wave people in on parole and hand them an indefinite work permit,’ Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Center …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuWuaIoZyPI Adams plans to give NYC bureaucrats $2.1B raise as he pushes program cuts over migrant crisis Mayor Adams Mayor Eric Adams signed off on a order that will provide more than 100,000 administration officials and other non-union employees with a retroactive pay increase boosting their salaries by 16.2%. ED REED Mayor Eric Adams …
https://twitter.com/_WilliamsonBen/status/1778587672119796156 In a stunning display of journalistic spin, NBC News has once again chosen to deflect blame and distort the truth regarding the ongoing immigration crisis plaguing the United States. Rather than holding President Biden accountable for his reckless reinstatement of ‘catch and release’ policies within his first two weeks in office, NBC instead shifts …
Despite modest wage growth, the gap between income and the cost of living continues to widen in the US, making essentials like homeownership increasingly out of reach for many. As a result, more individuals are turning to innovative solutions like online property auctions to navigate the challenging market landscape. Affordability in the US is getting …
2/ On 1st Oct 2007, Gold broke out to ATH for the 1st time in 1.5 years Thereon, the US unemployment rate began rising rapidly and economy growth slowed down Which ended in the 2008 Financial Crisis pic.twitter.com/Ws5AjjTaz3 — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) April 10, 2024 4/ Today, Gold is once again breaking to new ATH …
Once again, the UK government shamelessly backs arms sales to Israel, fueling outrage amidst airstrikes and humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Despite mounting pressure, their review finds no reason to halt export licenses. Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron has confirmed that UK arms sales to Israel will not be suspended. The announcement follows mounting pressure on the …
Remember I showed you they were all running to private credit since banks won't lend them anymore. Oops pic.twitter.com/3JmLhXYWre — (Inspector)AMCBiggums (@AMCbiggums) April 9, 2024 https://finance.yahoo.com/video/imf-warns-private-credit-market-181702578.html
58% of people surveyed by Fannie Mae think it would be difficult to get a mortgage these days, 4% higher than in February. It is near the record of 60% share of respondents in October. US Housing affordability is near the historic low. pic.twitter.com/V7l3822s3m — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) April 9, 2024 Visualizing the U.S. …
China's Real Estate Collapse At the heart of the decline in family wealth is China's real estate meltdown, which is having a pervasive effect on a society where 70% of family assets are tied up in property. Towards the end of last year, 34 of the top 50 Chinese property… pic.twitter.com/owUbTR8RjW — Reef Insights (@ReefInsights) …
Americans are poor people with a manipulated home price. They don't have/save shit pic.twitter.com/j8b8IDajcU — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) April 7, 2024 Guys this time is totally different! Also this time: pic.twitter.com/65cBdcJZDn — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) April 7, 2024 How many people have held onto their house because they were told rates would come down before …
by confoundedinterest17 We are living in the USA where corruption, favoritism, open borders and an out-of-control Federal budget and debt are destroying this once great nation. Former Kansas City Fed President Thomas M. Hoenig was absolutely right when he said recently that The Federal Reserve panders to Wall Street, Congress and special interest groups, prioritizing immediate relief over …
From Peter Reagan for Birch Gold Group Social Security and Medicare benefit programs are in big financial trouble, and have been for quite some time. The recent 254-page report issued by the Treasury Department revealed the most-current summary of the incredible shortfalls that the Trust Fund is suffering: via Treasury Department, Fiscal Year 2023 Financial Report of the United States (pdf) …
When the end of World War Two brought on a housing crunch decades ago, Canada created a catalogue of homes that could be constructed quickly. It worked. Now, faced with a housing crisis again, we’re bringing that post-war catalogue back – with a new set of modern blueprints. When the end of World War Two …
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan and Joao Gomes, vice dean of Wharton, warn of an impending fiscal crisis due to escalating US national debt. They call for prioritizing debt payment, tightening fiscal policies, and a fundamental change in government budget management. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts public debt could reach 166% of the …
Insiders have been dumping shares heavily over the last 60 days pic.twitter.com/KrT0SyQgQm — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) April 3, 2024 As the storm clouds gather on the horizon, a chilling revelation strikes fear into the hearts of investors: insiders are fleeing the market en masse, signaling a looming crisis. Over the past 60 days, insiders …
Disconnect between Fed 🏛 & S&P 500 pic.twitter.com/V4HEctJ1O8 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) April 3, 2024 10 largest stocks trade at P/E of 26x vs. 47x at peak of DotCom pic.twitter.com/9K2BTuGSGm — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) April 3, 2024 A stark dissonance grips the financial markets as the gap between the Federal Fund Rate and …
SAN FRANCISCO/LONDON (Reuters) – The ranks of would-be Tesla buyers in the United States are shrinking, according to a survey by market intelligence firm Caliber, which attributed the drop in part to CEO Elon Musk’s polarizing persona. While Tesla continued to post strong sales growth last year, helped by aggressive price cuts, the electric-vehicle maker …
Earlier this month, a Beijing-based franchise of a well-known gold brand was sued for fraud in a scheme that had allegedly cheated more than 70 investors out of over 60kg (132 pounds) of gold, the National Business Daily reported late last month. The case is ongoing. Some victims claimed they had invested in gold bars …
Buying a house for a buck – sounds too good to be true. Well, that’s because it is. “The reality is you probably need closer to $150-200,000 to renovate one of these structures,” Dr. Dwanda Farmer, community economic development expert and CEO of the CED Doctor in Baltimore, said. That’s why the Department of Housing …
Non-performing loans at China’s big four banks — Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Bank of China, China Construction Bank, and Agricultural Bank of China — jumped 10.4% in 2023, from 1.117 trillion Chinese yuan, about $155 billion, in 2022 to 1.23 trillion yuan. This is according to a Nikkei analysis based on the companies’ …
BREAKING: Cases of the measles surge by 800% in 2024 due to Biden's border crisis Remember when you lost your job for not taking the COVID vax? https://t.co/hDd8UD1z3r — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) March 29, 2024 (NewsNation) — A measles outbreak in Chicago that produced 33 confirmed cases, the majority of which are tied to a …
“Ukraine is heading towards a truly definitive energy crisis. In the east and west, thermal power plants are being liquidated one after another by completely demolishing the main turbine and generator sections. Dams also began to collapse from south to north. It is expected that all dams and thermal power plants will be decommissioned in …
🚨🇳🇱BREAKING: NETHERLANDS – SNIPERS IN PLACE AT HOSTAGE / BOMB SITUATION In the heart of Ede, a hostage crisis escalates as a masked man with a "bag full of explosives" threatens at least 4 hostages at a local bar. Authorities have responded with a large-scale operation,… https://t.co/ksAE0fSiz4 pic.twitter.com/6gSM7pii58 — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 30, 2024 …
BlackRock, which had over $10 trillion in total assets under management at the end of last year, oversees the largest retirement funds in the U.S. Read more: https://t.co/PAWap6GET3 — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) March 29, 2024 With the debt-to-GDP rising to the point where it was during World War II, the cost of Social Security will likely …
via Mike Shedlock The EU never enforced its Growth and Stability Pact or Maastricht Treaty rules. The crisis is coming to a head with France and Italy in the spotlight. The first casualty will be Green policy. Image composite by Mish from the European Commission Compliance Tracker Compliance Rules Deficit rule: a country is compliant if …
A silent crisis is forming under the surface of a broken economy and collapsing financial markets: America’s growing population of baby boomers may never have a chance to retire. We’re on the verge of a national retirement crisis that will affect our entire society, but most people don’t even know how big are the risks. …
BlackRock Chair Larry Fink said capital markets can help solve a crisis brewing around the ability of Americans to afford retirement as lifespans elongate, and that the government can provide a basic safety net. In his annual letter to shareholders of the investing company overseeing $10 trillion in assets, Fink called the decreasing ability to …
(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) The White House suggested on Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to manufacture a crisis in US-Israel ties after he canceled plans to send an Israeli delegation to Washington over the Biden administration’s decision to allow the adoption of a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate Gaza ceasefire and …
