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Nothing says entitlement like suing because your taxpayer-funded food benefits won’t pay for junk food. If someone else is buying your groceries, the response should be gratitude, not arrogance. This lawsuit is a perfect example of how welfare breeds an entitlement mentality. https://t.co/Z2bbkmFlPs — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) March 16, 2026
Fitch has downgraded Paramount’s debt to junk status and put the media giant on a negative credit watch over uncertainty related to its $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, warning that its leverage and free cash flow “may remain outside negative rating sensitivities” for longer than anticipated. The firm said the downgrade reflects “competitive …
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump and RFK Jr. are SURGING MAHA into SNAP — within DAYS, stores across multiple states are banned from selling junk and sugary food to EBT shoppers or they may be kicked off SNAP Even more states are joining later this year pic.twitter.com/Um8tvYPGFA — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 15, 2026
BREAKING: The 18 states banning junk food for SNAP users beginning in 2026 include: Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah, West Virginia, Idaho, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Colorado, Texas, Virginia, Florida, Arkansas, Tennessee, Hawaii, South Carolina, North Dakota, and Missouri. pic.twitter.com/allNRqJMEd — Leading Report (@LeadingReport) December 29, 2025 The states implementing junk‑food restrictions under federal waivers are: 1. Arkansas …
Six more states are banning SNAP recipients from using their taxpayer-funded food assistance benefit to purchase junk food. On Wednesday, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced that Hawaii, Missouri, North Dakota, South Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee will amend the statutory definition of “food for purchase” under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beginning in 2026. …
Junk bonds are high-risk corporate debts offering higher returns to investors. The chart shows their yields (interest rates) had been falling for 4 months—a positive sign of lower perceived risk—but recently spiked to 6.84%, breaking that downtrend. Implications: Rising yields… — Grok (@grok) October 15, 2025 Junk bonds are high-risk corporate debts offering higher returns …
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Government food assistance programs have long been a lifeline for struggling families. But when taxpayer dollars start funding junk food, candy, and soda, the system loses all credibility. Benefits meant for essentials like milk, bread, and fresh vegetables are instead fueling unhealthy habits and expanding waistlines. There was a time when food stamps were strictly …
Powell may pretend he doesn't need to get involved, but the market is about to drag him in kicking and screaming pic.twitter.com/izA4VUQmQN — zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 8, 2025 Junk bond yields going parabola https://t.co/LGDN6xHOiq pic.twitter.com/ILja6xLDGY — The Great Martis (@great_martis) April 8, 2025 The crash that's now happening in the bond market has more dire …
Junk bond yields have exploded pic.twitter.com/F8Slv78mou — The Great Martis (@great_martis) April 7, 2025 High-yield spreads are blowing out…$SPY $TLT pic.twitter.com/zV75YPlXh5 — Fibonacci Investing⚡️ (@FibonacciInves1) April 7, 2025 Market distress is skyrocketing: US high-yield corporate bond spreads are up 100 bps since April 2nd, to 4.45%, the highest since October 2023. This marks the largest …
The last time the market dropped 9.5% in two days, the Fed unleashed a multi-trillion bailout of the economy including $500BN in QE, $1 trillion daily repo and tens of billions in junk bond ETF purchases byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts
🇺🇸🇨🇳 SPACE FORCE CHIEF WARNS: CHINA’S ORBITAL TECH IS A DESTABILIZING FORCE Gen. Chance Saltzman told Congress that China’s anti-satellite weapons and space capabilities are a growing threat, calling them a “powerful destabilizing force.” Saltzman: "We do all training in… https://t.co/0CQ1TCQBOm pic.twitter.com/0yqGVV0rAs — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 4, 2025
Those junk mail envelopes come with prepaid return postage. If everyone sent them back stuffed with their own junk mail, the original senders would be stuck footing the bill for the return postage. If everyone did this it would annoy the junkers a little. Right?? — Austin Spitler (@fedmykidkorn) April 1, 2025
The Wall Street Journal spoke to 30 packaged food company leaders. They said their greatest business “threat” was Americans wanting to be healthy. pic.twitter.com/1uwsRXLH6e — Calley Means (@calleymeans) March 28, 2025
Food stamp recipients could be prevented from purchasing soft drinks, candy, ice cream and more under a new House bill. Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Oklahoma, introduced the Healthy SNAP Act last week. The bill would exclude junk food and prepared desserts from benefits provided by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the official name for food stamps. …
The Federal Trade Commission today announced a final Junk Fees Rule to prohibit bait-and-switch pricing and other tactics used to hide total prices and bury junk fees in the live-event ticketing and short-term lodging industries. These unfair and deceptive pricing practices harm consumers and undercut honest businesses. “People deserve to know up-front what they’re being …