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pic.twitter.com/pVKDFKqntq — no pullbacks in inflation (@no_pullbacks) September 17, 2025 and then there's this forthcoming problem pic.twitter.com/gL79bspbz7 — Scott Tindle (@scott_tindle) September 17, 2025
Israel didn’t drift into this fight. It drew the map, lined up the targets, and pulled the trigger while insisting it was chasing peace. In less than two weeks, warplanes hit Tunisia, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Yemen, and Qatar, six borders crossed, six governments rattled, and not a single declaration of war. The strikes were timed, …
The economy may appear strong for the top earners, but for the rest of the country, the pressure is building toward a breaking point. Political movements will grow more extreme as citizens feel ignored and powerless, widening the gap between elites and the struggling majority. The McDonalds CEO just gave a reality check for the …
Without giving numbers this chart is my personal sales metrics over the last 12 months. Something happened in Feb. pic.twitter.com/awTFN5xeM6 — TrustDansCharts (@DizzleTheRizzle) August 27, 2025 This isn’t growth, it’s inflation’s disguise. Negative investment and exports show the economy’s underlying weakness. — MacroInsight360 (@MacroInsight360) August 28, 2025 Here’s an interesting trend from the retail sector: …
George Conway, outside of John Bolton’s house in a turtleneck, speculates that Trump ordered the raid because Bolton wrote a negative book about him. TDS patient zero. pic.twitter.com/Y2YaefL0Em — johnny maga (@johnnymaga) August 22, 2025
via notayesmanseconomics: After looking at China a couple of days ago it is again time to look East to Nihon this time. We can start with the latest economic news. TOKYO — Japan’s economy grew an annualized 1.0% in the April-to-June quarter from the previous three months, according to preliminary government figures released Friday, avoiding …
The U.S. economy is no longer driven by the middle class. It is carried by the top 20 percent. The top 10 percent alone now account for nearly half of all consumer spending. This is not a passing trend. It is a complete takeover. “The top 10 percent of U.S. households… account for 49.7 percent …
by Michael Everybody agrees that the rich have been getting even richer in recent years. Â But what about all the rest of us? Â Unfortunately, it turns out that flooding the system with money was really good for the wealthy, but it has made things much worse for almost everyone else. Â Poverty is rapidly growing all …
🚨BREAKING: Bill O'Reilly says Trump told him the rationale for NOT releasing Epstein files: "There are a lot of names associated with Epstein that had nothing to do with Epstein's conduct. They maybe had lunch with him or maybe had some correspondence for one thing or another."… pic.twitter.com/tS0budsnuW — Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) July 10, 2025 …
JD Vance just threw up the MIDDLE FINGER live on national TV. “In D.C., they have this thing where, I think it means we’re number one, all the pink-haired people throw up this sign…” proceeds to flip off the camera You can’t make this up. The Vice President of the United… pic.twitter.com/PPqlLHHLrl — Brian Allen …
by Michael Did anyone out there actually believe that Iran would roll over and surrender once we bombed their nuclear facilities?  Needless to say, that was never going to happen.  The guys running Iran are lunatics that would rather die than surrender.  They are “Twelvers” that are eagerly anticipating the arrival of “the Mahdi”, and …
by Michael Just within the past few hours there have been monumental developments regarding the war in the Middle East. Â As you will see below, there are signs that President Trump has made some sort of really big decision. Â Events are moving so rapidly now. Â In fact, I had to come up with an entirely …
🚨BREAKING: Dozens of U.S. warplanes are now in transit to the Middle East. These aren’t training ops. This is a full-blown forward posture shift.Air tankers, combat escorts, surveillance birds, moving in coordinated lanes. Something is either already underway… or about to… pic.twitter.com/vwwm2s2fRz — Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) June 16, 2025 US officials confirm that forces in …
Across China, an entire generation is learning to live without expecting progress. Not just on buying homes. Not just on getting married. They’re disconnecting from the promise that tomorrow will be different. And they’re learning to find peace in that silence. The Chinese middle class has collapsed. It’s not collapsing. It’s not struggling. It has …
5% GDP growth in the middle of a recession pic.twitter.com/lkW3z8SmKH — The Long View (@HayekAndKeynes) June 2, 2025 https://www.atlantafed.org/cqer/research/gdpnow
by Michael Do you ever feel like you are “functionally unemployed”?  If so, you are definitely not alone.  There are lots of people out there that cannot pay the bills each month even though they have jobs.  In fact, there are lots of people out there that literally cannot afford to put a roof over …
The problem with today’s news is not just what gets covered but where it comes from. A handful of big cities dominate the story, shaping the national conversation with a narrow and often skewed perspective. I’ve talked to journalists who admit they have little connection to everyday America. They live in bubbles, far from the …
Woman who gets $4,000 a month in food stamps with Section 8 paying 90% of her rent, upset she has to sell her 2024 BMW after being ratted out.pic.twitter.com/UaTQmKjBMK — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) May 5, 2025 Section 8 will cover up to $6,192/mo for one family. That's the equivalent of a $1 million house pic.twitter.com/2J4i94xKMB …
by Michael Israel is about to “conquer” Gaza and “flatten” any buildings that remain, the U.S. bombing campaign against the Houthis has already hit more than 1,000 targets, the IDF just bombed the second largest port in Yemen, President Trump is demanding total dismantlement of Iran’s nuclear program, and the Iranians are threatening to launch missiles …
The Middle Class consumer is tapped out: pic.twitter.com/hfQCJRaSWd — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) May 4, 2025 Dow Jones 2008 process overlay update. It's probably nothin. https://t.co/ReUIuxGxHb pic.twitter.com/Nkvs8wygjv — The Great Martis (@great_martis) May 4, 2025
There’s something happening right now that every single American needs to know about.A silent revolution.One that isn’t being talked about enough on the news.And it’s not a theory. It’s already underway. You may think you’re safe. That your job, your income, your future—are secure. But buried beneath all the headlines about inflation, debt, and the …
They don’t handcuff you with chains anymore. They hand you keys to a house, a nice car, a college diploma, a daycare drop-off schedule, and a pile of plastic. It’s called the American dream. But if you look close, the locks are on the inside. Start with the house. Three thousand a month for shelter. …
Some truth telling on tariffs. This is going to hurt the middle class way more than Wall St. Seriously give this a listen pic.twitter.com/ibDE8NgfmV — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) April 8, 2025 “What will China do? – a show stopper stimulus plan – start selling $760 Billion Treasury Bills – limit supply chain tech equipment to …
by Michael Absolutely gigantic dust storms are “triggering massive highway pileups” in the middle of the country, virtually the entire Southwest is currently experiencing at least some level of drought, and dust storms and soil erosion are now costing our economy more than 100 billion dollars every year.  If you think that what we are witnessing is “normal”, …
🇺🇸 MASSIVE U.S MISSILE DEFENSE AIRLIFT TO MIDDLE EAST Tzvai Tracker reported 95 U.S Air Force cargo and refueling flights into the Middle East from March 25 to April 3. At least 24 were C-17 and C-5 missions from South Korea, delivering Patriot missile batteries and a THAAD… https://t.co/uTMp2fhO4Q pic.twitter.com/UbYpSa2gcs — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April …
When the United States left the gold standard in 1971 under President Richard Nixon, it marked a fundamental shift in how the U.S. government could manage its finances. Prior to that, the value of the dollar was tied to a specific amount of gold, which acted as a safeguard to prevent unchecked printing of money. …
It’s funny. These are numbers you’d normally see with a Democratic president. Things have completely flipped. The middle class is now firmly Republican and the financial elite are Democrats. Mind boggling https://t.co/M1kYvBZetT — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) March 20, 2025
On Sunday, the US launched a large scale attack against the Iran-aligned Houthi militants in Yemen, killing at least 53 people and wounding almost 100 in the Yemen capital Sanaa and surrounding area, according to the Houthi-run health ministry. President Trump warned that he will hold Iran responsible for any further attacks by Houthi militants …
President Trump: Stop Bombing Yemen and Exit the Middle East! pic.twitter.com/dfDLAQvPwA — Ron Paul (@RonPaul) March 18, 2025
by Michael It happened in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. Â Now it is happening in Syria. Â They wanted to get rid of Assad because they said that he was evil. But then they replaced him with a man named Ahmed al-Sharaa who is far worse. Â The U.S. government previously had issued a 10 million dollar reward …