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American Eagle stood strong against woke critics after its recent ad with Sydney Sweeny caused a stir. The company made it clear it would not give in. People said the ad pushed old beauty ideas. American Eagle said it was about jeans and style, not about genetics or politics. Even with the fuss, the brand’s …
Members of Congress are paid $174,000 annually. That figure has not changed in more than a decade, but the value of the job keeps growing in ways most Americans never see. Lawmakers only work roughly 160 scheduled days in-session per year. That includes time spent in hearings, debates, and votes, but excludes weekends, holidays, and …
by Michael Our society is more addicted to the Internet than ever. So how has that affected us? Are we happier than we once were, or are we less happy? Are we more mentally healthy than we once were, or are we less mentally healthy? I don’t have to give you the answers to those …
by Michael By the time we got to this stage, I always thought that far more people would be awake. Perhaps the reason why so many Americans are still sleeping is because the major wars that are currently raging are happening on the other side of the planet. It is easy to relax when nobody …
As of July 21, 2025, every retail client on Schwab’s platform can trade more than 1,100 securities around the clock. That includes every stock in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100. Hundreds of ETFs are in the mix. The session runs Monday through Friday. No breaks. No blackout windows. Orders stay live until 8pm Eastern. …
from Kerry Lutz’s Financial Survival Network Is a silver short squeeze imminent? Legendary resource investor Rick Rule joins Kerry Lutz on the Financial Survival Network to drop a bombshell on silver markets, mining, and the risks short sellers are blind to. From the failure of algorithmic hedging to the rise of AI in exploration, this interview covers it …
by Michael There has never been a month quite like July 2025. We are only about halfway through the month, and there has already been more than a dozen catastrophic flooding events around the world. As you will see below, many of those flooding events have occurred in the United States, and now forecasters are warning …
by Michael 2025 has certainly turned out to be a year that has been filled with chaotic natural disasters. In particular, we have been hammered by one major flooding event after another in recent weeks. A couple of days ago, I wrote about the “1,000 year storms” that hit Texas and North Carolina. As you will see …
REPORTER: What happened to 90 trade deals in 90 days? TRUMP: It's all done. 🤡🤡🤡 pic.twitter.com/qNEVZBim3q — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) July 8, 2025 We’re back to Liberation Day. What a completely useless and pointless merry go round. pic.twitter.com/ehS5JMIX0e — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) July 7, 2025
HOLY SH*T! 900 EARTHQUAKES HIT JAPAN, GOVERNMENT WARNS OF IMMINENT 9+ ‘MEGAQUAKE’ Japan has been rocked by 900+ earthquakes in just 10 days across the Tokara Islands. Now the government says the risk of a magnitude 9+ MEGAQUAKE in the Nankai Trough is as high as 82% and could kill nearly 300,000 people. This isn’t …
🚨BREAKING: Trump signed order extending deadline for TikTok closing for 90 days. pic.twitter.com/eRyqrkiuFJ — World Source News (@Worldsource24) June 19, 2025
Circle is up 543% in 13 days. Incredible. pic.twitter.com/OhV4ffYabo — Brew Markets (@brewmarkets) June 18, 2025
Any chance this could still be valid? pic.twitter.com/RfsL17Fvm3 — Guilherme Tavares (@i3_invest) May 27, 2025 AI super stock Nvidia reports earnings tomorrow which will set the tone for the entire Tech sector. Analysts are making all manner of predictions based upon linear extrapolation of the AI super bubble. The only thing they don't consider is …
Let's check in for an update on where we're at with 90 deals in 90 days. pic.twitter.com/qNOvFBUsTR — Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) May 27, 2025 Last Wednesday the bond market imploded which tanked stocks. Followed by the European tariff news on Friday. Those are the two gaps down you see on this chart, ending at the …
*US TO CUT TARIFFS ON CHINESE GOODS TO 30% FROM 145% FOR 90 DAYS *CHINA TO LOWER TARIFFS ON US GOODS TO 10% FROM 125% FOR 90 DAYS China going to 10% is where I expect both sides to be at by the end of these talks. The US needed to save face and stay …
Issuing debt that the Fed then buys with created out of thin air funny money is so Zimbabwe 2.0. The fed is already sitting on over $1.5 trillion in bonds. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TREAS10Y The train is out of control… The first 7 months of FY 2025 produced a deficit of $1.1 Trillion. That’s $196 Billion more than …
🚨BREAKING: FED “NOT QE 💵🖨️ The Fed bought $14.8 billion worth of 10 year bonds today. This is on top of the $20 Billion it bought yesterday. That’s $34.8 Billion in 2 days. “NOT QE” https://t.co/in9KDHZ4ld pic.twitter.com/lTDQ5PZjGY — The Coastal Journal (@1CoastalJournal) May 6, 2025 #QE is backMoney printer is back on.Powell wants to keep …
Chinese factories are getting wiped out in the trade war. Containers are down by half. Factories are laying off half their workers or shutting down. One local analyst calls it "way bigger” than Covid-19. China needs a deal. pic.twitter.com/C93kukiUmy — Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) May 1, 2025 Layoffs at Chinese factories and trucking companies …
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A Chinese student who was airlifted from Japan’s Mount Fuji last week had to be saved a second time just four days later, local authorities have said. The 27-year-old climber made an emergency call on 22 April after getting altitude sickness on the mountain’s Fujinomiya trail, about 3,000 metres (nearly 10,000 feet) above sea level. …
Canadian entrepreneur and actress Jasmine Mooney was arrested and detained by ICE for 12 days after trying to enter the United States at the San Diego border to obtain a visa last month. “Every single guard that sees me is like ‘What are you doing here? I don’t understand – you’re Canadian. How are you …
🇺🇬UGANDA DECLARES EBOLA OUTBREAK OFFICIALLY OVER Uganda’s health ministry declared the Ebola Sudan Virus outbreak over after 42 days with no new cases — no small feat without an approved vaccine. The outbreak started in January when a nurse died in Kampala, a city packed with 4… https://t.co/kvgRcxPnPf pic.twitter.com/2xoCBuZton — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 26, …
Goldman Sachs just sent up the flare. CTAs are primed to inject a jaw-dropping $90 billion into global stocks, with nearly half of it coming straight to U.S. equities. This isn’t some distant forecast. This isn’t a “maybe” situation. This is happening right now, regardless of what the market does. Let’s be clear: Commodity Trading …
WOW 🚨 The FBI started a national indoctrination campaign for a January 6th narrative ONLY 2 DAYS after J6 “I had no idea that there was a TWICE DAILY phone call that began only two days after January 6th in which the FBI was inviting in through one of their special resources… pic.twitter.com/qLKLMdiIPz — Wall …
This is a major signal. Homes sitting on the market for 47 days longest in 6 years isn’t just about high mortgage rates. It’s about liquidity freeze in the real economy. Buyers can’t afford to stretch, sellers don’t want to cut, and volume is collapsing as a result. This kind of… https://t.co/E8sPDxFwNH — EndGame Macro …
by David Haggith A new supply-chain crises is storming around us, and shipping is worse than when we were as many days into the Covid lockdowns as we are now into the Trump Tariffs. The stock market has returned to crashing due to dark clouds already thundering all around us because of the Trump Tariffs: …
You might be wondering, “Why in the heck would you go five days without eating?” The short answer: it was part of a health kick. Weight loss was only a small part of my reasoning, though it surely became a huge benefit. Years prior, I’d experienced fasting for two days due to an ulcer in …
Former LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy has reportedly taken his own life at the age of 24 – days before he was due in court accused of negligent homicide. Lacy was considered one of the top prospects coming out of college football ahead of the 2025 NFL draft. But shocking reports emerged on Sunday that …
