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This will push datacenters and frontier labs out of the US. — Ron S. Friedman (@RonSFriedman) June 1, 2026 AI is trained on human creativity and intelligence, funded by federal research using taxpayer dollars, and powered by data centers built on American land. The success of AI should belong to all of us. It’s time …
IRGC outlet disputes Trump’s account of emerging Iran deal “Claims by US President Donald Trump about a possible agreement with Iran are “a mix of truth and lies” and do not reflect the draft terms being reviewed in Tehran, IRGC-affiliated Fars News reported, citing informed sources. The report said the draft agreement, framed as “commitment …
The Conference Board’s latest index dropped to 93.1 in May, a clear sign that shoppers are feeling the pinch. Consumers cited soaring prices at the gas pump and grocery checkout as the primary drivers of their sour mood. Mentions of war and geopolitics in the survey hit new highs, signaling deep anxiety over the Middle …
by Michael So much can change in a single day. In just the last 24 hours, the ceasefire with Iran has ended, fighting has erupted once again in the Strait of Hormuz, six Iranian fast attack boats have been sunk, and one of the most important oil facilities in the United Arab Emirates has been …
You left out the part where they conditioned it with saying the US has to lift the blockade first. pic.twitter.com/kr4lYhpcuL — Michael Bento (@MichaelPBento) April 27, 2026 https://www.cnbc.com/markets/pre-markets/
Quoted cost of $600 in metal parts per hydrant. Which means the thieves might get as much as $60. The cost to repair will be $6,000. Or possibly $60,000 if there’s a lot of water damage as a result. It’s a lot easier to destroy value than to create it. Thieves destroy nearly 75 Detroit …
Liquidity is so thin in US financial system that banks had to borrow ~10bn$ from the FED standing repo facility to buffer the impact of “Tax Day” – amazing pic.twitter.com/S6zQe6x2RG — JustDario 🏊♂️ (@DarioCpx) April 15, 2026 2008: US Treasury reports no systemic risk in Subprime Mortgage Lending — Mista Indigo (@Cheekybaua) April 15, 2026 …
Reporter’s summation of today’s episode from Frontline Africa news podcast: Five things you should take away from this episode. The number one thing is that this is now a four-front war. Iran from the east, Hezbollah from the north, the Houthis from Yemen in the south, the Iraqi militias hitting American targets across the Middle …
Some shit about to happen in the stock market. There's a large put volume — Data Driven Stocks (@stockdatamarket) March 10, 2026 It happens slowly… then all at once. Just like the 2008 stock market crash. History doesn’t repeat exactly – but it definitely rhymes. pic.twitter.com/Aij0xlRaPY — Common Sense Investor (CSI) (@commonsenseplay) March 10, 2026 …
I wonder who it can be https://t.co/2HZjIYL0QC — Mathew (@mrnuu) February 16, 2026 Factcheck: Yes, Polymarket has an active market on “US strikes Iran by Feb 28, 2026” with ~14% odds on Yes and over $16M in volume. Large bets are common, but individual trades aren’t publicly detailed, so I can’t verify the exact $64K …
Trump 'orders plans' for US to invade Greenland? byu/Evening_Owl_5418 inconspiracy US President Donald Trump has ordered special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland, the UK-based Daily Mail reported Sunday. Policy “hawks around the US President,” following Washington’s success in carrying in a Jan. 3 military operation in Venezuela that …
China is in a big trouble: Tens of thousands of young people are becoming homeless😭 Because they are Blacklisted by Social Credit System. Once you are blacklisted, you are immediately cut off from banking service and digital payments. So you can’t pay rent, buy food or receive salary..it will end up you become homeless. ——And …
On a frigid day after Mass at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in rural Nebraska, worshipers shuffled into the basement and sat on folding chairs, their faces barely masking the fear gripping their town. A pall hung over the room just as it hung over the holiday season in Lexington, Neb. “Suddenly they tell us that …
.@glennbeck I’m tired I’m worn out I’m fed up I’ve had enough I’m tired of exposing corruption; nothing happens and no one goes to jail No one pays for a damn thing anymore.💥Where is Pam? They have made good evil and evil good.Nothing has happened with the biggest scandal… pic.twitter.com/6FI47X5TUg — 🦅 Eagle Wings 🦅 …
Credit traders are far less optimistic than stock analysts when it comes to Nvidia's figures. The price of hedging against an Oracle default (CDS price) has risen even further. pic.twitter.com/xuwPK4ixR7 — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) November 19, 2025 Commodities are getting slammed. Not a good sign. Happens only in recessionary fear pic.twitter.com/FA0YdNLGy8 — optionGeek (@StockShark16) November …
The cash squeeze in wholesale money markets that we’ve been following got a whole more exciting on Friday, and now we have the full set of numbers on it. Interest rates soared the most since 2020 further proving the Federal Reserve’s program which is supposed to keep this from happening doesn’t keep it from happening. …
This is why there is literally “no bid” in housing unless you are wealthy and paying cash. https://t.co/p538tx6F5H — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) October 23, 2025 Sellers Are Getting Ghosted: 15% of Homebuying Contracts Were Canceled in September Housing costs are frightful and economic jitters are in the air, leading some buyers to leave sellers in …
by Michael When three thugs in Halloween masks terrorized a family in northern Virginia a few days ago, it was a sign that Halloween crime season is off to an early start this year. Once we get to the evening of October 31st, you will want to make sure that your home is both occupied and …
Remember the very subtle scene in The Big Short where the Moody's rating chick was wearing blinders. pic.twitter.com/Fu7qhSk1xv — Orlando (@Orlando74180344) October 18, 2025 Moody’s says the private credit & banking systems are perfectly “sound.” In 2007, right before the Great Recession, they also rated nearly 45,000 mortgage-related securities as triple-A. By 2010, 73% had …
Japan is entering a phase of policy schizophrenia, balance sheet tightening without rate hikes. Markets will punish that contradiction. Expect higher yields, volatility in the yen, and stress in equity markets until the BOJ capitulates. pic.twitter.com/AvNHiU0hmh — Bobbidazzler (@DazzlerBob) September 19, 2025 When bond yields rise despite central bank rate cuts, it often signals market …
👀 👀 This is what usually happens once the rate cuts start. pic.twitter.com/ocumfep07B — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) September 9, 2025 Wall Street has a new religion: the rate cut. But to receive its blessings — beefier market valuations, more robust lending activity, a stronger-ish economy — there must first be a sacrifice. It’ll have to …
by alemorg With the current jobs report coming out with much lower amount of jobs than expected while declining for the past couple of months, on top of Trump’s BLS pick who wanted to cherry pick data or at least manipulate how it looks, on top of tariff impacts being felt just now since Trump …
Assuming the economy continues its downturn as all the major markets are pricing, what would that look like and what should we be looking for? That leads into the question of how deflationary money becomes a deflationary or depression economy in the first place. That means we need to examine economic mechanisms.
U.S. homeowners now hold $34 trillion in home equity, nearly three times the level seen during the 2006 housing bubble. As a share of GDP, this is the highest housing wealth in American history. U.S. homeowners have $34 trillion in equity. That's almost triple the levels in the 2006 bubble. As a % of GDP, …
Where there's smoke, there's fire. pic.twitter.com/Z0pR2xNLid — The Great Martis (@great_martis) July 19, 2025
Tucker Carlson’s statement on the Israeli attack: “drop Israel. Let them fight their own wars … What happens next will define Donald Trump’s presidency.” pic.twitter.com/v65XQDQ1iG — Liam McCollum (@MLiamMcCollum) June 13, 2025
by Michael This week there has been a tremendous amount of speculation that a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities is imminent. Now it has happened. When I originally wrote this article, I thought that a military strike on Iran would not happen until after one last round of talks with the Iranians this weekend. Even …
by Michael Most people don’t realize it yet, but we really are living at one of the most dramatic moments in human history. If deals are not made with Iran and Russia, missiles will start flying all over the place and we will soon find ourselves right in the middle of the kinetic phase of …
A $3,500 gold forecast isn’t just about price – it’s a warning. Central banks are ditching dollars for bullion (while the gold/silver ratio just broke 100:1!) Amid back-ups at Swiss refiners and compliance with the Basel III accord, are even U.S. banks ditching the dollar? By Peter Reagan Your News to Know rounds up the most …
