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Cops driving by without doing anything and mayor ignoring complaints shows leadership that cares more about optics than fixing the streets. This kind of lawlessness spreads fast when no one stops it early. NY Post article on lawless 12-block encampment near Intrepid A grotesque homeless encampment continues to expand on Manhattan’s West Side and now …
Developers pivot to other sites but face similar hurdles across regions. Largest Data Center Project Ever Proposed Is Officially Dead The largest data center project ever proposed in the U.S. is officially dead. Blackstone-owned QTS Realty Trust withdrew its appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court on July 2, closing out a three-year legal fight over …
The White House used its July 4 event to highlight DOGE, but it also felt like the end of a chapter. Whether DOGE disappears completely or simply changes direction, the push for rapid government efficiency no longer feels like the main story. Congress has already moved on. Now the fight is over Medicaid, Planned Parenthood …
WTAF? 🇦🇺 Meanwhile in Australia “We see Anal Tearing growing” Australian Prime Minister just said this. pic.twitter.com/pdO8xaWtEZ — Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) June 27, 2026 h/t MT Ballsack
Get the latest SSTRC stock update following recent geopolitical instability. We analyze how the current Middle East situation is affecting asset prices.
This statement is getting attention because it goes beyond another battlefield update. Israeli War Minister Israel Katz said in a video that Israel had destroyed first-line villages in southern Lebanon and described the area as a permanent security zone. He also said around 200,000 displaced Lebanese residents would not return. That is the part causing …
This number is what caught my attention. China’s government debt to GDP ratio jumped from 90.4% to 99.2% in one year. Almost a 10 percentage point increase. That means debt grew much faster than the economy. China’s official GDP growth in 2025 was about 5.0%, but government borrowing increased at a much faster pace. And …
Another example of just how insane this housing market is. https://t.co/I3jGmafRGB — Eric Spracklen 🇺🇸 (@EricSpracklen) June 3, 2026 Homeowners have never been more delusional about the price of their homes pic.twitter.com/6XGXylDuQL — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) May 30, 2026 Paid $610,000 in '22 and tried to flip it seven months later for an eye-watering $770,000. …
Iran says negotiations with the United States are over, blaming repeated ceasefire violations and Israeli strikes in Lebanon Now Tehran is threatening to completely block the Strait of Hormuz and warning about the Bab el-Mandeb Strait as well Around 20% of the world’s oil moves through Hormuz Bab el-Mandeb is one of the most important …
Intellectual Property Law Only Applies Until An AI Company Can Steal All Of Out Work To Replace Us byu/I_Reading_I inconspiracy All of the AI companies are freely training their models off of people’s intellectual property, in many cases with data they illegally used. The head of the copyright office tried to push back against this …
The UK’s Courts and Tribunals Bill, spearheaded by Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy in late 2025 and moving through Parliament in early 2026, represents the most aggressive overhaul of the English legal system in decades. Defendants lose the right to choose a jury trial for “either-way” offenses (theft, burglary, drug possession) if the court deems …
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by confoundedinterest17 I spoke at the American Action Forum in Washington DC on the future of government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Speaking with me was Laurie Goodman from The Urban Institute. Laurie loves Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and argued passionately against shutting them down. I argued to shrink their retained portfolios …
And yet, manufacturing jobs are still in freefall. h/t Dyn-O-mite_Rocketeer
By Brandon Smith It’s the magic number, the line that’s not supposed to be crossed; when a nation’s public debt finally exceeds its GDP. Historically speaking, it’s not a sign of doom like many economists suggest. Numerous countries have sustained for decades with a ratio of well over 100% and many other factors have to …
treasury notes performed very well in both instances pic.twitter.com/maLk8R0oMv — Matthew (@GoodTexture) February 23, 2026 Seasoned traders know what this means. The generals are starting to crumble. These aren’t high beta stocks. I’ve seen this movie a few times. It always plays out the same. 1Q 2000, 3Q 2007, 3Q 2015, & 4Q 2021 the …
Hundreds of private equity firms are sitting on portfolios that nobody wants to buy and the flood of competition is making it worse. Their investors are fed up. This isn’t speculation. The capital is out there, but it’s not going into overpriced, illiquid assets. PE firms thought they could paper over risk forever. They can’t. …
BitMine's $6.6B unrealized ETH loss is now ~66% of Archegos's $10B blowup in 2021. If they're forced to liquidate 4.2M ETH into a thin market, this doesn't stay "unrealized." It becomes one of the largest documented trading losses ever and likely takes ETH down another 20–40%… — Hyphen Connect (@HyphenConnect) February 2, 2026 BitMine Immersion …
ADP National Employment Report And What the Headline Misses About Today’s Labor Market ADP says private employers added 41,000 jobs in December, framing it as a rebound. But when you slow down and look at where those jobs came from, the picture changes. Nearly all of the net… pic.twitter.com/D1zs99G6CR — EndGame Macro (@onechancefreedm) January 27, …
The economy looks healthy on paper. GDP is strong, unemployment is low. But beneath the surface, Americans are stuck – in their jobs, their homes and their financial situations. A quiet loss of mobility may be the biggest risk facing us today… By Peter Reagan Strong U.S. economic growth is one of the big recent …
The Trump administration has told countries that want a permanent spot on the new Gaza Board of Peace (BoP), which will be responsible for rebuilding the Gaza Strip and ensuring Hamas’s disarmament, that they must contribute “at least one billion dollars,” Bloomberg News reported on Saturday night. “Each Member State shall serve a term of …
NEW YORK, Jan 1 (Reuters) – Democrat Zohran Mamdani became New York City’s mayor on Thursday, vowing during a public swearing-in ceremony on the steps of City Hall to enact an aggressive agenda aimed at making the nation’s largest city more affordable for working people. Mamdani, a member of his party’s left-wing democratic socialist faction, …
How long before $250 trillion of hidden risk explodes in the financial system? World ‘blind’ to risks in booming $250tn shadow bank market The world’s top financial regulators have admitted they are blind to dangers lurking in the shadow banking sector. On Tuesday, the Financial Stability Board (FSB), a network of global watchdogs, said “severe …
by confoundedinterest17 Well, tariffs didn’t turn out to be a lethal weapon as Democrats predicted. The US economy continues to grow! The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the third quarter of 2025 is 3.5 percent on December 16, down from 3.6 percent on December 11. After this morning’s releases from the US Census …
Silent Trump flees growing storm over Epstein 'cover-up' as he jets off for holidays without ANY comment https://t.co/X1Ba9kt4lp — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) December 20, 2025 President Donald Trump remained silent amid accusations of a ‘cover-up’ after the release of thousands of files related to convicted pedophile Jeffery Epstein. The president hyped the economy while speaking …
by Michael We possess technology that would have been unimaginable to people living 100 years ago, we have access to more entertainment than any other generation in human history, and we have been enjoying an artificially-inflated standard of living that has been fueled by an unprecedented debt binge for decades. So why are so many …
Volodymyr Zelensky has announced the resignation of his chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, after an early morning raid by anti-corruption investigators on his home and office. The Ukrainian president said, in a video posted to his Telegram account: “Russia really wants Ukraine to make mistakes. There will be no mistakes on our part.” He added: …
“Nvidia reported fiscal third-quarter earnings and revenue that topped Wall Street expectations on Wednesday and provided stronger-than-expected sales guidance for the fourth quarter. Shares of the AI chipmaker rose more than 4% in extended trading. Here’s how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Earnings per share: $1.30 adjusted vs. $1.25 …
23 states are now in a recession and 11 more are close to it. The last time this many states entered recession at once was 2008. Back then, unemployment hit 10% and foreclosures doubled within 18 months. byu/TonyLiberty inFluentInFinance 23 states are now in a recession and 11 more are close to it. The last …
by Mike Maharrey After barely rising in August, consumer debt grew modestly in September, likely reflecting growing debt stress on American households. The U.S. economy depends on consumers buying stuff. Persistent price inflation forced Americans to blow through their savings and then turn to credit cards to make ends meet. Credit card spending has slowed …