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They want hard collateral or U.S. government guarantees before finalizing the deal. A group of banks including JPMorgan Chase, $JPM, Bank of America, $BAC, and Goldman Sachs, $GS, is struggling to put together a $20 billion loan to Argentina without leaving themselves on the hook to the virtually bankrupt South American country, per WSJ — …
‘Epstein bomb set to drop — nobody wants to defend Trump’: 100 GOP Reps to mutiny, congressman warns A Democratic congressman claimed that a staggering number of his GOP colleagues are ready to defy Donald Trump over the release of the Epstein files because they don’t want ‘to defend a pedo-protector.’ California Rep. Eric Swalwell …
The hurt in his eyes when he realized the dems were so hateful. That reminds me of my son, who did something really stup*d. He wore a MAGA hat and a Trump t-shirt to the Harris rally and a Harris hat and a Harris t-shirt to Trump’s rally. When he came back from Trump’s rally, …
Europe needs to stop punishing entrepreneurship. Reducing taxes and cutting regulations are the bare minimum. They should also reward tech investments with attractive tax breaks. This doesn't even need to be a Peninsula-wide initiative either. Pick a few cities and make Special… — George (@BehizyTweets) October 3, 2025 Europe is falling behind year by year …
…as is this pic.twitter.com/RX3uEP90IM — Northstar (@NorthstarCharts) September 26, 2025 Bitcoin itself hasn't broken down yet, so all hope is not lost… pic.twitter.com/7A0326p8sm — Northstar (@NorthstarCharts) September 26, 2025
by Michael Those that laughed when we warned about the violence that would be coming from the radical left owe us an apology. Even before the election, radical leftists all over social media were talking about the need for a violent “revolution” if Donald Trump won. Of course once Trump was victorious that just pushed …
BREAKING 🚨 Super Typhoon Ragasa: Video shows floodwaters surging into the lobby of the Fullerton Ocean Park Hotel in Hong Kong pic.twitter.com/DVTz8Ml1ev — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) September 24, 2025 Live view of Hong Kong. Southern Chinese cities scaled back many aspects of daily life on Tuesday as they braced for Super Typhoon Ragasa, one of …
Smart money is never the one left holding the bag… — Jerry Trades (@JerrysTrades) September 18, 2025 It should be obvious to everyone now that we're at the end of a 16 year economic cycle that was prolonged with cheap debt similar to 1929. https://t.co/NI1wf4NU25 pic.twitter.com/qnEppAZnlo — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) September 17, 2025
Roseanne Barr – Fired by ABC/Disney and her show canceled in 2018. Gina Carano – Fired from The Mandalorian in 2021 and dropped by her agency. Megyn Kelly – Fired by NBC in 2018; morning show canceled. Dave Chappelle – Faced Netflix walkouts and calls to pull his special. Joe Rogan – Targeted by the …
The chart below shows that labor’s share and capacity utilization often move in opposite directions because higher utilization today tends to amplify capital’s pricing power rather than labor’s bargaining leverage. In the late 1990s, utilization pushed above 83% while labor’s share drifted down, as globalization and lean supply chains let businesses capture demand without raising …
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday repeated his claim that people on the political “left” are to blame for assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah last week. “When you look at the agitators, you look at the scum that speaks so badly of our country, the American flag burnings all over the place, …
A deranged leftist has been caught on camera firing shots towards a MAGA supporter’s home after ripping a Donald Trump sign from his property. Swain County Sheriff’s Office said they were called to a river rafting business in rural Bryson City, North Carolina, just before 6pm on September 6 to reports of gunshots. The chaos …
The Epstein files scandal is turning into the biggest cover-up in American history. https://t.co/p47rlmguzF — Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) September 4, 2025
ICE didn’t upgrade its tools. It transformed them into weapons, reactivating spyware that had previously been banned for international abuse and unethical surveillance, giving the agency the power to hack phones, read private messages, and track anyone it deems a target. Families continue to vanish from homes, workplaces, and parking lots without hearings, warnings, or …
Alp Mehmet explains why Sir Keir Starmer’s plans to speed up the processing of illegal migrants will only make the UK’s migration problems worse and why Nigel Farage’s mass deportation plan is the only proposed policy that will work.
That govt contracts have limited growth upside Anyone in industry understands this and that PLTRs revenue will likely peak soon https://t.co/l08pIIXfpD — Merlin Capital 🧙♂️ (@merlinscapital) August 24, 2025 Palantir CEO Alex Karp has sold more than $62.7 million worth of shares in the artificial intelligence software company, according to securities filings. This means Alex …
Tangipahoa Parish Alert: An immediate mandatory evacuation has been ordered for everyone within one mile of the intersection of Hwy 51 & Hwy 10 in Roseland. https://t.co/oriSxgDVHP pic.twitter.com/stYyOc2Cjt — WBRZ News (@WBRZ) August 22, 2025 Drone footage shows explosion and fire at Roseland plant. A mandatory evacuation is underway. Here's the latest>>>https://t.co/EkZzyYqage pic.twitter.com/2XIjfiNYlX — wdsu …
Trump’s meme coin hit $75 in January. It’s now $9, an 88% collapse. The April bump? A dinner invite for the top 220 holders at Trump’s Virginia golf club. That fizzled. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-and-melania-s-scammy-meme-coins-have-lost-almost-all-value/ar-AA1KTNGu Eric Trump rang the Nasdaq bell with WLFI and ALT5 executives. TRUMP coin jumped 9% on speculation alone. No fundamentals changed, just optics. …
via Reddit: Yes, I know this is obvious to most but there’s still enough questions about these sorts of services (and wanting to invest because they think diversifying away from stocks is good or they are attracted to the novelty of asset classes previously unavailable to them with “invest like the 1%” tag lines, etc) …
Yieldstreet is one of the best-known examples of American startups with the stated mission of democratizing access to assets such as real estate, litigation proceeds and private credit. But some Yieldstreet customers who participated in its real estate deals face huge losses on investments that they say turned out to be far riskier than they …
“It’s a retail darling… I like Alex Karp, I like his politics, I like him as a person… But even if Palantir was the greatest company ever created and you slapped the highest possible multiple on it, the stock is still trading above that. It has gotten absurd.” https://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/short-ideas/25/08/47107749/gamestop-short-seller-andrew-left-is-taking-on-retail-investors-again-now-says-palantir-stock-is-beyond-overvalued “You cannot be a big data …
Taxing your right pocket to refund your left pocket. — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) August 10, 2025
Governor Maura Healey says Trump and Abbott “left her no choice.” But Massachusetts hasn’t elected a Republican to Congress in 30 years. No GOP seats to defend. No red districts to flip. So what exactly is she gerrymandering? “This is an attempt to grab power, to change the rules, to determine a certain outcome,” Healey …
The EU has completely f*cked Europe. Only one European car makes it into the top 10 best-selling vehicles worldwide. No European company in the global top 10 of tech. No European search engine. No smartphone. No operating system. No streaming platform. No social media giant. No cloud infrastructure. No semiconductor leader. What Europe produces at …
A lifelong Republican breaks down over what Trump’s done to America: Mr. Trump, I’m so disappointed in you. I voted for you, and you turned us into a bunch of hateful, mean horrible people…I’ll never ever vote Republican and I’ve been voting for 80 years https://t.co/o0g0hyGCzU — Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) July 26, 2025 An …
Trump made a bold tax pitch during a meeting with the Philippine president. He proposed no federal tax on profits from selling a primary residence. The idea mirrors a bill introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called the No Tax on Home Sales Act. Details are scarce but the effects are clear. Currently, single filers …
Almost exactly one year ago, Jay Powell said: "I don't see the stag, nor the 'flation.'" Today, the Fed’s projections anticipate both. This is a timely reminder that we’re still grappling with a rare trifecta of macro imbalances: Inflation like the 1970s, government debt… pic.twitter.com/OKiiXDkyQp — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) May 7, 2025 When Powell …
You cannot fix a supply shock with either fiscal or monetary stimulus. Real consumption is set by the quantity of goods and services available, and tariffs pull those real goods and services out of the economy. Lowering interest rates won’t make more stuff. It will just make more… https://t.co/gkkkGOZeXz — Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) April 28, …
That's the week. Bulls just bought the right shoulder of a head and shoulder top that is equally overbought now as it was on the left shoulder. The "E" stands for Tech earnings. Have a great weekend everyone. pic.twitter.com/PfRP5cq92h — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) April 25, 2025 Just a few days to go in the month. This …
