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IRGC navy declared Strait closed after hitting vessel on unauthorized route. US officials confirmed strikes on key Iranian gas and nuclear related sites.

Iran just dared Trump and got hit back hard on their energy crown jewels. Closing Hormuz is suicide for their economy but they did it anyway. 🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 BREAKING: Strikes are reportedly hitting Asaluyeh and Bushehr right now. -U.S. airstrikes are reported against Asaluyeh in southern Iran, with additional strikes in Bushehr -Asaluyeh is the onshore …

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Massive delayed maintenance nightmare incoming — Homeowners skipped roof, HVAC, and foundation repairs for years, now six figure repair bills are hitting.

via mattjouff I will preface this by saying: I have absolutely no data on this, I am simply going on logic on anecdotes, but I am interested to see if anyone else has stories or experiences that corroborate this. Here is my thesis: There is a growing silent pile of over due maintenance across US …

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Gas prices hitting the drive-thru… MCD stock at 52-week lows… The end of the “cheap” burger?

McDonald’s CEO is catching heat for openly worrying about higher gas prices hurting their business while regular people are already getting crushed at the pump and on grocery bills. Worried about fuel costs:$MCD CEO: "Obviously, higher gas prices…are not going to be helpful, particularly for lower income consumers who are already, I think, under pressure" …

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This population crash is hitting harder than I expected.

Global Decline in Birth Rates: 1950-2024 1. 🇰🇷 South Korea: 88%2. 🇨🇳 China: 83%3. 🇹🇭 Thailand: 81%4. 🇯🇵 Japan: 80%5. 🇮🇷 Iran: 75%6. 🇧🇷 Brazil: 74%7. 🇨🇴 Colombia: 72%8. 🇲🇽 Mexico: 72%9. 🇵🇱 Poland: 71%10. 🇹🇷 Turkey: 70%11. 🇷🇺 Russia: 69%12. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 69%13. 🇲🇾… pic.twitter.com/uzih4Ry86I — The Data of Everything (@TheDataHubX) May 2, …

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This New York bill basically shuts off chat for anyone under 18 across the internet. They’re not just hitting social media, this goes after gaming chats too

This takes me back to 1998 COPPA when the government first stepped into how kids use the internet. The New York Childrens Online Safety Act will ban anyone under 18 from chatting online. “All social media platforms under NYCOSA would be required to turn off open chat functions, which allow adults to instantly and privately …

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Trump mentions hitting Iranian bridges. If long rebuild civilian infrastructure like bridge becomes a target, retaliation could spread across the Gulf and lock the region into a cycle of infrastructure warfare

Trump says the U.S. will hit Iranian bridges that would take “15-20 years to rebuild.” Bridges are civilian infrastructure that millions of Iranians depend on daily. Destroying them doesn’t weaken the IRGC. It punishes ordinary people and makes postwar reconstruction exponentially harder. And if the pattern holds, Iran will retaliate by hitting bridges somewhere in …

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Silence from the US and NATO signals quiet approval of escalation hitting global supply chains

In case you haven't heard, the US and NATO are saying diddly squat about Ukraine's recent targeting of Russian oil and fertilizer facilities. That means they support fuel shortages and future food shortages. I wonder why? https://t.co/8UkSSmV122 — Chris Martenson (@chrismartenson) March 29, 2026 BREAKING: Ukraine bombed Russia's 2nd largest oil refinery which produces jet …

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Four front war claims, AWACS hit report, nuclear exit risk all colliding

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 …

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20-year yield hits 4.97%, stocks face a cap, but credit markets are not pricing a recession yet. United Airlines plans for oil hitting $175 a barrel and staying above $100 next year.

United Airlines plans for oil hitting $175 a barrel and staying above $100 next year as industry faces worst shock since COVID The U.S.-Israel war on Iran has delivered the biggest disruption to the airline industry since the COVID-19 pandemic, and United is bracing for a future where oil prices remain high through 2027.   …

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Something Worse Than Inflation Is Hitting U.S. Households Click to teach Gmail this conversation is important

By Peter Reagan I’m going to start with something that sounds like good news. Most of the truly catastrophic things we worry about… never actually happen. That’s not just optimism – it’s human experience. As Mark Twain supposedly said, most of the terrible things in his life never occurred. But here’s the problem. The things …

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Fertilizer shock ripples into food prices, strait crisis starts hitting grocery bills. Your eggs look simple, but the costs behind them just jumped everywhere. Hormuz disruption threatens the income lifeline of over 100 million people.

The egg on your plate this morning was made from corn. Not literally. But the hen that laid it ate roughly two pounds of feed for every dozen eggs she produced. That feed was primarily corn and soybean meal. The corn was grown with nitrogen fertiliser at $610 per ton on the CBOT March settlement. …

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Iran claims massive cyberattack on US as retaliation for ‘brutal attack’ on elementary school. US to blame for strike on Iran girls’ school that killed 175

An Iranian-linked hacking group has claimed responsibility for the global disruption of one of the world’s leading medical technology companies. Michigan-based Stryker experienced a global outage on Wednesday, saying thousands of employees have lost access to work systems. It employees approximately 53,000 people globally. The company is a leading provider in advanced medical technologies that …

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If you think a -$74B net drain is bearish, wait until the corporate tax receipts start hitting the ledger mid-month.

The situation gets even tighter as we approach the March 15 corporate tax deadline. Historically, this triggers another massive spike in the TGA as cash moves from private bank accounts (reserves) into the Treasury’s vault. If you think a -$74B net drain is bearish, wait until the corporate tax receipts start hitting the ledger mid-month. …

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Now the economy is collapsing, layoffs are hitting everywhere, just like Hoover in 1929.

Sorry Trump, the math ain't mathing. The only reason you can claim that is your April 4th tariff threat forced businesses to front run orders, even worse than the $6 QE. Now the economy is collapsing, layoffs are hitting everywhere, just like Hoover in 1929. https://t.co/RiYezViUBR pic.twitter.com/XwRqKVkusa — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) February 13, 2026 Wow. Tech …

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Trump’s disapproval climbs to 55 percent, Ken Griffin warns tariffs are hitting Americans hard, and Cruz secretly criticizes Trump and Vance

Pres. Trump’s disapproval rating has reached 55%. That's up from 43% when he was inaugurated on January 20th, 2025. TRUMP’S TARIFFS, CONTINUED INFLATION, & GREENLAND ADVENTURISM ARE GOING OVER LIKE A LEAD BALLOON.https://t.co/0NLAH6U7L0 pic.twitter.com/jQ9cOCpikN — Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) January 25, 2026 Ken Griffin: 'Unfortunately, the most recent research indicates the tax been borne by both …

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Forecasters warn a catastrophic storm from Texas to the Carolinas, hitting dozens of states with snow, ice, and record cold.

The tweet of 2026 so far. https://t.co/BfIxOpGfXL — SpaceWeatherNews (@SunWeatherMan) January 21, 2026 Forecasters warn of a ‘potentially catastrophic’ storm from Texas to the Carolinas ATLANTA (AP) — With many Americans still recovering from multiple blasts of snow and unrelenting freezing temperatures in the nation’s northern tier, a new storm is set to emerge this …

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A massive liquidity wave is hitting markets. Copper has now reached 12k/mt, one of the strongest performing hard assets of 2025.

Market liquidity is surging: The Treasury General Account (TGA) dropped -$78 billion over the last week, the largest liquidity injection since June. The TGA is the US government’s main cash account at the Federal Reserve, and when it declines, cash flows directly into the financial system and boosts liquidity. This marks the 4th-largest weekly drop …

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AI infrastructure debt unwind is hitting markets in real time

$MSFT news last week now this, what is SEC doing? https://t.co/ieuyGXnoC3 — TT3 (@TradingThomas3) December 12, 2025 Grok: Oracle stock fell after Bloomberg reported delays in some OpenAI data centers to 2028 due to labor/material shortages. Oracle denied it, stating no delays to contractual sites and all milestones on track. This echoes last week’s report …

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Markets are hitting all time highs even as the recession begins. Burry is betting hard on a crash. First come the layoffs, then the defaults. The Fed won’t cut interest rates too much this time.

Playing out, sadly: RECESSION INTO ALL TIME HIGHS #Employment ADP commentary from Chief Economist Richardson: “Hiring has been choppy of late as employers weather cautious consumers and an uncertain macroeconomic environment. And while November’s slowdown was broad-based, it was led by a pullback among small businesses.” Playing out, sadly: RECESSION INTO ALL TIME HIGHS#Employment ADP …

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The youngest working adults are hitting a darker mood than anything seen in decades

Consumer sentiment among young people (18–34) is near an all-time low—worse than during the pandemic, the Great Recession, and even stagflation. This morning's US retail sales data — an overall growth of 0.2% (below the 0.4% consensus forecast) and a "control group" contraction of 0.1% — are consistent with two actionable hypotheses:Greater consumer stress is …

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