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In a span of 24 hours, three senior executives from Elon Musk’s core technology ventures have stepped down. Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X, announced her resignation on July 9 after a two-year tenure marked by advertiser volatility and platform rebranding. Her departure follows a wave of backlash surrounding Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Musk’s …
The Fed turned off the faucet. The tide rolled back. And now Opendoor is standing in the wreckage of its own hype. The company that once promised to reinvent real estate is now laying off staff, facing delisting, and scrambling to stitch together a reverse stock split just to stay alive. On June 11, Opendoor …
Is higher unemployment coming to the US? US consumers' perception of the labor market has weakened to the second-lowest level since 2021. The difference between the share of Americans saying that jobs are plentiful minus those saying they are hard to get fell to 13.2%, marking… pic.twitter.com/gv045S3LhL — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) May 28, 2025 …
A source “very familiar with the Bidens” tells @MarkHalperin that “Biden Inc.,” the family business that generated millions of dollars in revenue to support their lifestyle, has dried up. “The trough is empty, the spigot is turned off,” says Mark. “Biden Inc. needs a source of… pic.twitter.com/T1CVgO7p4Z — 2WAY (@2waytvapp) May 8, 2025
Most Popular ETFs: Top 100 ETFs By Trading Volume The following table lists the top 100 most heavily traded exchange-traded products, highlighting the funds that will generally be the most liquid. Generally, ETFs with the highest average volume are used widely as trading vehicles among active traders. The figures below reflect the average daily trading …
🚨 President Trump announces that the SBA will begin handling student loans — and that HHS will handle the special needs and nutrition programs. "Coming out of the Department of Education immediately." pic.twitter.com/2gbz2n2Q7s — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 21, 2025
by Michael Have you noticed that people around you are behaving more erratically? These days, you just never know what is going to set someone off. A person may seem relatively normal, but then the moment you express an opinion that they don’t like they totally lose it. It is almost as if the majority …
Every year Bankrate does an annual emergency savings report and they survey Americans, and find out how much money people have saved for emergencies, which helps us gauge the financial health of the overall US economy. And surprise surprise it’s not looking good. In fact, it’s even worse than it was a year ago.
Retail’s enthusiasm is undeniable, with record inflows driving bullish sentiment to new extremes. With over $448 billion flowing into US stocks in 2024, plus $25 billion just last week, retail is doubling down on tech. They’re betting on an unstoppable future, even as the market shows signs of tension. Retail Investors have built the largest …
Not climate change pic.twitter.com/OJ2wFnihwj — Seraph™ (@TmSeraph) January 10, 2025 Recent satellite photo of LA area is crazy… pic.twitter.com/WURJvdceaW — 𝐿𝒾𝒻𝑒𝐿𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝒫𝒶𝓉𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓉 (@LL_PATRIOT) January 10, 2025
Imagine doing the CFA when you could have just gone long Fartcoin and destroyed every single PM. pic.twitter.com/tWrRQ7iBEA — Trevor Scott (@TidefallCapital) January 3, 2025
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: December 16, 2024 ~ According to the December 6 release of Federal Reserve H.8 data, cash assets at the 25 largest U.S. banks have dropped by a stunning $663 billion from their peak levels on December 15, 2021. (See chart above, taken from the St. Louis Fed’s FRED graph, which is …
Adam Schiff officially resigns from the House effective Sunday. He’ll be sworn into the Senate on Monday alongside Andy Kim pic.twitter.com/VyYdGg6dXZ — Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) December 6, 2024 Serial liar and Trump-Russia collusion hoaxer Adam Schiff officially resigned from Congress effective Sunday after more than two decades in the US House of Representatives. Schiff will …
Trump won and the global economy has "unexpectedly" gone into a tailspin https://t.co/W5lAAGM06Q pic.twitter.com/af02CAdEnx — zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 4, 2024 US executives are selling stock at extreme levels: The ratio of insider sellers to buyers hit nearly 6x, the most in at least two decades. This is DOUBLE the average seen over the last 3 …
by Michael Chaos is starting to erupt all over the planet. Martial law was just declared in South Korea, civil unrest is raging in the streets of Georgia, and civil war threatens to topple the Assad regime in Syria. It is almost as if someone decided to flip a switch and now vast hordes of …
Over $2B Gone: “Unfathomable Damage” to the Party They Spent Over $2 Billion & Did “Unfathomable Damage to the Party” Kamala Harris spent over $1.2 billion on a failed campaign, and the Democrat Party now owes $20 million. After PACs and other funds are added up, it will potentially come to over $2 billion spent. …
by confoundedinterest17 Fortunately, the Biden/Harris administration is winding down. On the mortgage side, the mortgage market is already gone under Biden/Harris where mortgage purchase applications are down a whopping 60%. Mortgage applications increased 1.7 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending November …
The new Jaguar car ad is comedy gold. Wait for it… pic.twitter.com/YxuNeT7M2W — Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) November 20, 2024 Jaguar cars(?) Changes logo and releases new ad, doesn’t feature a single car, just…. their future which you will all come around to apparently https://twitter.com/_/status/1858800846646948155 Soon you'll see things our way. — Jaguar (@Jaguar) November 19, …
Holy smokes! Kevin O'Leary just said that Nancy Pelosi's and Chuck Schumer's gripping influence on the Democratic party is GONE after this election. “The influences of a Schumer or a Pelosi or a movie star or an Obama deciding to anoint somebody—those guys are gone. In four… pic.twitter.com/0QCxmI0Iyo — The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) November …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, The global economy is toast. All that’s left is the distribution of the burned bits. The six one-offs that drove growth and pulled the global economy out of bubble-bust recessions for the past 30 years have all reversed or dissipated. Absent these one-off drivers, the global economy is stumbling off …
Over the last 3 years, 1 out of every 10 affordable NYC apartments vanished. Where did they go?
by Flying Elvii I have been saying over and over that there is a lot more money being thrown at Ukraine than just from the Defense Budget. USAID is paying to run the Ukrainian Government and the entire Ukrainian Welfare System, as well as giving your money to other countries to profit from funneling it …
by confoundedinterest17 Where has all the GDP gone? Not to wages. As expected, Q3 Real GDP was revised upwards to 5.2% annualized. Of course, this shatters JKP’s talking points that Biden inherited a train wreck of an economy from Trump. Q3 2020 Real GDP grew at over 30%. And on a year-over-year (YoY) basis, US real GDP grew …
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL): "Mr. Speaker you are out of compliance with agreement that allowed you to assume this role. The path forward for the House of Representatives is to either bring you into immediate total compliance, or remove you pursuant to a motion to vacate the chair." pic.twitter.com/TXcrrsRuiF — CSPAN (@cspan) September 12, 2023
My visit to a NYC drugstore today: – Passed a group of illegal aliens– Walked through a cloud of pot smoke– Everything locked behind glass– Half of the customers masked– Others asking the pharmacists how soon the new booster will be available Our cities are gone. — Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) September 8, 2023 Again – …
Economy and stock market is about to melt down. People have no savings left and cannot keep their heads above the rising tide of inflation. https://twitter.com/_/status/1692500764524986609 SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — This week, for the first time, American credit card debt surpassed $1 trillion. Getting into credit card debt at any time is not good, but …
via Wayne Allyn Root: You’ve heard it all. “Inflation has peaked.” “Inflation is no longer a problem.” “Disinflation is now a greater threat.” “Inflation is 0.” These are the greatest hits of government propaganda and misinformation. But this is serious fake news. This kind of lie effects the lives of the entire American middle class. …
Burisma Pressured Hunter to Enlist U.S. Government to Help Oust Ukrainian Prosecutor-General Viktor Shokin . . . WASHINGTON —Former Hunter Biden business partner Devon Archer told the House Oversight Committee Monday about President Biden’s role in his son’s foreign dealings — detailing about two dozen encounters as Republicans in Congress move closer to launching an …
OMG This is so insane Joe Biden is gone, absolutely gone pic.twitter.com/PSM0zvZwPC — Drew Hernandez (@DrewHLive) June 28, 2023 and WAS THAT ENGLISH??🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/xfE9creZYt — il Donaldo Trumpo (@PapiTrumpo) June 28, 2023 https://twitter.com/_/status/1674126063428042753 h/t A Deplorable Neanderthal
FIGHT THE POWER: Colleagues Want A 95-Year-Old Judge to Retire; She’s Suing Them Instead. Pauline Newman specializes in dissent. In her 40-year career as a federal judge, she has written more than 300 dissenting opinions. So when the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said she thought it was …