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Except DEMOCRACY means that VOTERS choose their representatives. Politicians don’t choose their voters.Proposition 50 ends democracy in California.At least be honest about it. — Pmdiet (@Pmdiet13) October 13, 2025 Even my Democrat parents voted NO on Prop 50. They both said “giving more power to Sacramento is the last thing California needs.” Oh, and I …
Germany isn’t reforming its pension system. It’s tearing it down. The plan to raise the retirement age to seventy-three isn’t a small policy tweak. It’s a public admission that the deal between the people and the state is over. Chancellor Friedrich Merz isn’t offering a future where people age with dignity. He’s offering a future …
JUST IN – Trump calls for 50-100% tariffs on China until the Ukraine war ends, says he is ready to impose major sanctions on Russia. pic.twitter.com/3IMOr3vyna — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) September 13, 2025 Stop buying Putin’s oil, buy mine instead.
Postal traffic into the United States plunged by more than 80% after the Trump administration ended a tariff exemption for low-cost imports, the United Nations postal agency said Saturday. The Universal Postal Union says it has started rolling out new measures that can help postal operators around the world calculate and collect duties, or taxes, …
#NASDAQ100 $QQQ $NDX #NQ_F 📉 👀https://t.co/4emZtssBxP — Invariant Perspective (@InvariantPersp1) August 26, 2025 Jerome Powell revealed the jobs market is suffering from a “much larger” slowdown than initially reported. https://newrepublic.com/post/199467/federal-reserve-jerome-powell-economy-worse
I don’t know who needs to hear this but… There is a NON-zero chance that tomorrow’s AI boom ends tomorrow. I’m not betting that way, but it is important to realize that there is a non-zero chance it all ends tomorrow with $NVDA earnings. Some of ya’ll way too concentrated.… — I Sell Options Guy …
President Trump announced on Truth Social Monday that he would be putting an end to mail-in ballots. If he can, Democrats are going to have to make some major changes.
In the hazy impressions of memory, some may even recall it fondly: The AOL dial-up internet service that those of a certain age associate with the World Wide Web is coming to a close. The company, also known by its “You’ve got mail” greeting and the CD trial discs — so many CDs — made …
The only thing these companies will be mining in a year is Chapter 11 paperwork. WSJ Small companies are pouring billions into bitcoin and lesser-known cryptocurrencies — raising big questions about risk, regulation, and what could go wrong if the market turns. — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) July 26, 2025 We have eclipsed peak insanity. In …
Baier: Tonight the Trump administration says it is officially ending the deployment of 2,000 national Guard troops in Los Angeles. pic.twitter.com/526GxQg8BV — Acyn (@Acyn) July 15, 2025
Flash warning for brutal unwind ahead. S&P call option volume has become completely unhinged. While the #speculation is currently working, which is drawing more investors into the scheme, this will eventually have very bad outcomes. pic.twitter.com/gsVGIEbUzD — Lance Roberts (@LanceRoberts) June 25, 2025 $NVDA Just as we test ATHs, volume is quickly fizzling out, showcasing …
🇺🇸Happy US Jobs Report Day! Here's What to Know: • May Nonfarm Payrolls Est.: 126,000• April Payrolls: 177,000 • May Unemployment Rate Est.: 4.2%• April Unemployment Rate: 4.2% •Time: 8:30AM ET *Source: @Investingcom pic.twitter.com/aSnU89KkYm — Jesse Cohen (@JesseCohenInv) June 6, 2025 Ahead of NFP, the expectation is a print of 125K. ADP implies just 47K …
This isn’t just about higher borrowing costs; it’s a signal that inflation and debt are forcing a reckoning. Given the recent House-passed tax bill that could balloon the U.S. debt further, and the bond market’s reaction with yields hitting highs not seen since 2007, the pressure is on. NEW INFLATIONARY REGIME HAS BEGUN! This is …
President Donald Trump’s Middle East trip is off to a successful start, with Saudi Arabia announcing a $600 billion investment in the United States on Tuesday.
A minivan smashed into a motorcyclist, sending them off the road, then fled the scene. pic.twitter.com/J7C1vNNscW — Fox News (@FoxNews) May 6, 2025
Rachel Maddow’s 100 day show has come to an end and a key member of her staff is now heading for the exit. As MSNBC prepares to go solo in the ‘Spinco’ spinoff from cable, is Rachel next to depart? CBS Parent company Paramount is reportedly eyeing a $20 million settlement with the President for …
BREAKING: 🇪🇺🇨🇳 EU airlines saying they’re going to start buying Chinese COMAC planes instead of American Boeings in response to the tariffs- RCE This was announced by the Irish Ryanair. Reuters reports that US lawmakers immediately began threatening the company. pic.twitter.com/vlRz4C4ttT — Megatron (@Megatron_ron) May 2, 2025 🔴 Japan negotiators firmly opposed US proposal – …
from Kerry Lutz’s Financial Survival Network In a bold declaration, Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. has officially ended government-sponsored censorship through the State Department. In this episode, Robert Ian of ConquerChange.com breaks down Rubio’s April 17th, 2025 interview where he claims the Global Engagement Center—the controversial censorship arm of the State Department—was shut down in late 2024. …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rick Woldenberg thought he had come up with a sure-fire plan to protect his Chicago-area educational toy company from President Donald Trump’s massive new taxes on Chinese imports. “When he announced a 20% tariff, I made a plan to survive 40%, and I thought I was being very clever,” said Woldenberg, CEO …
US stocks turned higher on Friday to cap a chaotic week on Wall Street, as investors weighed the latest tariff-related developments in the trade war between the US and China. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose 1.8% after seesawing earlier in the session. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) climbed 2.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) …
The Border Crisis Is Over. “Bi-den! Bi-den! Bi-den! Bi-den! Bi-den!” “They should let us pass. We are calling out to Mexico and the U.S. and to Biden, the new U.S. president, to remind him of the presidential campaign promises he made, to make him aware we are here,” said one of them, Raul Pino Gonzalez …
Everyone "expects" the apocalypse… and nobody is actually trading it pic.twitter.com/KFF0544JgB — zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 1, 2025 Free Trade ends this week. Along with a 45 year bull market for stocks. pic.twitter.com/YHnyWPTUuB — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) April 2, 2025 The stock market's CAPE ratio is clocking in at 35.6. It has only been higher than this …
Attention Bitcoiners: You guys are running out of time. Most of you are too young and inexperienced to recognize what the markets are telling you. The Bitcoin bubble has popped. Real gold is in and digital fool's gold is out. You fail to recognize this shift at your own peril. — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) March …
Canada spent $216 million searching for graves that were never there. The media fueled hysteria, politicians poured in taxpayer dollars, and now? Nothing. Not a single body. Millions wasted. History rewritten. And no one will apologize. Canada’s $216M Search for Indigenous Graves Ends with No Bodies! The Investigation into Indigenous Graves in Canada: A Summary …
“The deficit was the root of all our evils—without it, there’s no debt, no emission, no inflation. Today, we have a sustained fiscal surplus, free of default, for the first time in 123 years. This historic achievement came from the greatest adjustment in history and reducing monetary emission to zero. A year ago, a degenerate …
The S&P 500 closed 2024 with its best two-year gain since the dot-com bubble years of 1997 and 1998. Yet it ended the year with four consecutive daily losses, a year-end losing streak that hasn't happened since 1966, the year stocks peaked before entering a 16-year bear market. — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) January 1, 2025 …
Saylor is going to be the catalyst that ends this cycle. Spectacularly, like GBTC/3AC. It's all going to feel extremely obvious in hindsight. Until that moment, higher lol. — badenglishtea (@badenglishtea) December 11, 2024 Yup, same will happen with the bitcoin bill they're trying to get tax payers to buy the non productivity crap bitcoin. …
Microstrategy was the top performing stock in Y2K and it's the top performing stock now. pic.twitter.com/SnYBtJjWl4 — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) November 11, 2024 Perpetual buying at higher highs keeps the cattle interested. This doesn't end well. Books shall be written. https://t.co/8IKaeuKxb3 — The Great Martis (@great_martis) November 11, 2024 MicroStrategy’s $2 Billion Bitcoin Buy Is Largest …
Blue line marks 2Y10Y yield curve inversion bottom. Red line marks SPY correction bottom. White bar is constant period in between. The Labor market is telling us something. 👇🏼 Who’s listening? pic.twitter.com/oM1Gt8KUjL — Kalani o Māui (@MauiBoyMacro) August 14, 2024 h/t mrmrmrj
