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Not only that but shocked to see this on associated press of all places…. h/t bobbystills5
Meta to cut 8,000 jobs, Microsoft offers buyouts to to staff as AI spending costs hit Big Tech workers. Meta (META) on Thursday became the latest Big Tech company to announce layoffs as the ballooning costs of the AI build-out and efficiencies continue to hit workers in the industry. The company says it will cut …
Folks piling in over a month ago, someone always knows 👀 https://t.co/sM5fpaIW69 — Financhle (@Financhle) January 25, 2026 The Trump administration is taking a 10% stake in USA Rare Earth as part of a $1.6 billion debt-and-equity investment package aimed at helping the company develop a domestic mine and magnet facility, two sources familiar with …
Thirteen countries, all but two of them in Africa, are now on the list, which makes the process of obtaining a U.S. visa unaffordable for many. The State Department last week quietly added Bhutan, Botswana, the Central African Republic, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Namibia and Turkmenistan to the list. Those designations took effect on Jan. 1, according …
This was predictable a couple of years ago pic.twitter.com/OaZi1OeAsV — Northstar (@NorthstarCharts) December 24, 2025 Crypto hedge funds are on pace for their worst year since the 2022 crypto winter.@sidcoins pic.twitter.com/agSizaReHb — Daily Chartbook (@dailychartbook) December 24, 2025 *SPOT GOLD HITS $4,500 AN OUNCE FOR FIRST TIME pic.twitter.com/9heNqnCQJC — Investing.com (@Investingcom) December 24, 2025
They just want infinity trillion in CAPEX to fill their bags before being exposed. I mean it’s hilarious. These are the leading minds of the entire AI industry? This is the big old pitch for why they need trillions more investment? This is what’s driving the S&P 500? — Lee Hepner (@LeeHepner) September 23, 2025 …
New York City’s Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has said he wants to “shift the tax burden” to “richer and whiter neighborhoods” if he secures election in November. https://www.newsweek.com/zohran-mamdani-proposes-taxing-whiter-neighborhoods-nyc-2091452 How do you feel folks about taxes based on race? Maybe I‘m not progressive enough, but it sounds racist to me. pic.twitter.com/O7vMAStn0Z — Michael A. Arouet …
For the record. The US administration is weakening the USD on purpose. It is by design, folks. — Andreas Steno Larsen (@AndreasSteno) June 17, 2025 The US Dollar is worth 9.4% less than it was at the beginning of the year. pic.twitter.com/g7ZL7zXmpZ — Koyfin (@KoyfinCharts) June 16, 2025
And rates marginally lower over that 4 week period! I was promised an apocalypse! pic.twitter.com/LI9S16eHje — Glen Evans (@Glen_Evans_01) April 25, 2025
Sorry folks, but even after today’s flip-flop, we’re still looking at the bigliest tariffs since the 1930s. pic.twitter.com/AZa9egjraK — Peter Berezin (@PeterBerezinBCA) April 9, 2025 Let me get this straight, every other country said they were willing to negotiate with Trump and reduce their tariffs to ZERO, so Trump put those negotiations on hold. Then …
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Fed will be forced to buy Treasury debt to create articificial demand to lower rates. Foreign buyers of US debt will disappear, leaving the Fed to carry the entire load. This is the end game folks. — Garrett Goggin, CFA & CMT (@GarrettGoggin) January 29, 2025 Population collapse. Add illegal immigration and you get a …
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🚨There it is folks… this is treason.. Ex-Border Chief Aaron Heitke said he was Ordered to Hide Illegal Aliens from the Media and Cover up the Border Disaster by the Biden/Harris Administration ▪️“Special Interests Aliens” (SIAs) and “Known and Suspected Terrorists”. He was… pic.twitter.com/JIV1SyWjp0 — MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) September 19, 2024
Oh yea she's drunk drunk. Folks this is what you call a functioning alcoholic. — the_constitutionalist (@germanconservat) August 16, 2024
When even the government has to cut staff, it’s a hard landing, folks. Government spending is usually what pulls us back OUT of recessions. (I guess, finally, we’re going to get some job numbers.) — Uncle Milty’s Ghost (@his_eminence_j) July 2, 2024 ISM: manufacturing sector contracts in Jun for 3rd month in a row, and …
With the end of the 2023 debt ceiling suspension fast approaching, experts are sounding alarms about a potential fiscal crisis. The looming election could exacerbate political gridlock, making it harder for Congress to reach an agreement on the debt ceiling. Without a confirmed Treasury Secretary in place, the financial markets and economy face heightened risks, …
AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD: College Student Aces Final By Just Answering ‘Racism!’ To Every Question. According to sources, local English major Charlie Miller was able to ace her final exam by simply writing in the word “racism!” for every answer. “Yeah, I completely forgot to study last night so I figured I would try it,” she …
In 2006, the then-senator demanded American employers be punished for hiring illegal immigrants. In a newly unearthed speech from November 2006, current Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden touts his support for a 700-mile southern barrier, warns of “tons” of drugs pouring in from “corrupt Mexico” and calls for a crackdown on American employers who hire …
‘A $3,500 Chastity Belt:’ Apple Vision Pro Buyers Outraged Headset Doesn’t Support VR Porn The much-hyped Apple Vision Pro headset has arrived, but some early adopters are disappointed to find it doesn’t support immersive VR porn out of the box. Apple’s firm stance against porn on the device led one disappointed pervert to label the …
Cuz most folks are not benefiting from the “strong” economy. Its all about the debt, folks. Only the wealthy benefited from years of appalling fiscal & monetary policy. The much-too-late rate hike is now hurting low & middle income people the most. https://t.co/FYvLs5ipQd — Frank Giustra (@Frank_Giustra) February 11, 2024 Steven F. Hayward, a professor …
If you really think “they” are going to let either Trump or Biden get anywhere near the finish line, wake up folks. There’s something ugly brewing & it’s staring us in the face. pic.twitter.com/p9G5QcSN6U — Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) December 23, 2023
Just talked with a man who works with a local animal shelter on the Florida Gulf coast He said they’re overcapacity 10-15 new dogs coming in each day Why? He said it’s b/c families are struggling in this economy If you’re looking for new dogs for Christmas, I hope you adopt pic.twitter.com/5ODRJYDIG3 — DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) …
by Profbam People who claimed “it doesn’t hurt you” or “why do you care?” were hoping that regular individuals would ignore the situation until it becomes too difficult to stop. The evidence of people being punished for not accepting the false idea is why regular people are concerned. High school girls’ basketball team deemed ineligible …
via fortune Salesforce is hiring (again) after laying off about 10% of its staff earlier this year—and its former workers are being encouraged to apply to the company’s 3,300 new roles across sales, engineering, and data cloud. … Now, attracting boomerangs is a new success metric for the company with Benioff even outlining that his …
FOLKS I'M BANNED IN FRANCE AND GERMANY BECAUSE I USED THE TERM "FAGGOT". — Malik Obama (@ObamaMalik) September 3, 2023 View post on imgur.com
Canada likely sitting on the largest housing bubble of all time: Strategist The Canadian housing market is at high risk of unravelling, according to one expert. The level of debt that Canadians have taken on in comparison to their incomes has put many in a precarious position should mortgage rates continue to rise — which …
by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CUUR0000SA0R#0 Zooming in: CPI tracks the loss of the purchasing power of your dollars, and thereby the purchasing power of your hard earned labor: July 2022 purchasing power of $100 in January 2000: 57.1 (down -3.33% in purchasing power in the last year!) July 2021 purchasing power of $100 in January 2000: …
by Chris Black We are reaching levels of retarded foreign policy that make me think Idiocracy was a documentary from the future. https://twitter.com/thonwingp/status/1689848652301570049 Biden on China’s economy: “They’ve got some problems. That’s not good, because when bad folks have problems, they do bad things”. So China is now “bad folks”? Don’t people realize just how …
by Dismal-Jellyfish https://www.bea.gov/news/2023/personal-income-and-outlays-june-2023 Wut mean?: In June, people earned $69.5 billion more, which is a 0.3% monthly rise–more money earned more money to spend, adding to inflation… Prices of things people bought (PCE price index) went up slightly by 0.2%. Even if we leave out the usually volatile food and energy prices (like the Fed does …