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This tweet is, very kindly, getting some attention in America It is honest Britain is not in a good way. The decent live in fear. The bad seem to commit crime without any consequences And all of us, have always looked to America for help in dark times. — Steven Barrett (@SBarrettBar) August 10, 2025
Intel buried the Clinton-Russia hoax deep. Durham didn’t get access to the annex until 2025. The FBI had it all back in 2016. Yet, they pushed ahead with the Steele Dossier anyway. They knew it was political. They used it to spy on Trump. The intel community sat on key evidence for nine long years. …
View post on imgur.com UN confirms 2,309 out of 2,604 aid trucks entering Gaza between May 19 and August 5 were intercepted before arrival. “The United Nations published data on Tuesday showing that 88.7% of aid trucks collected by the international organisation in the Gaza Strip in recent months were intercepted before reaching their destination.” …
Bank of America just dropped a massive warning that U.S. growth stocks hover in a bubble bigger than the dot‑com crash. A recent note shows about 37 % of the S&P 500 is tied up in ten firms alone, near the highest level ever recorded and edging into record territory. The average P/E for those top names clocks …
by Michael Our society is more addicted to the Internet than ever. So how has that affected us? Are we happier than we once were, or are we less happy? Are we more mentally healthy than we once were, or are we less mentally healthy? I don’t have to give you the answers to those …
When VIX is high, it’s time to buy. When VIX is low, it’s time to go defensive. Getting a bit frothy out there pic.twitter.com/6hw8vrENWh — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) July 26, 2025 Yes I thought Palantir $PLTR was super expensive at $50, now I just believe it’s astronomical levels of expensive at $160. The market …
For the first time since at least 2005, U.S. nuclear weapons have been deployed onto the territory of the United Kingdom, with sources reporting that several B61-12 Thermonuclear Gravity Bombs were transferred this week from the U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, to the newly-built nuclear …
Nvidia has officially become the first publicly traded company to reach a $4 trillion market capitalization. The milestone was crossed on July 9 after shares rose 2.5% to close above $164. The company now sits ahead of Microsoft and Apple, both of which previously topped $3 trillion. Nvidia’s valuation has grown more than fifteenfold in …
Fed faced same risks in ‘99 as today… June 1999. The Fed is concerned about: -Rampant equity speculation and its impact on wealth (SPX PE 24x, today 23x)-Too tight labor markets (UR 4.3%, today 4.1%)-Too high wage growth (ECI 3.5%, today 3.6%)-Inflation (Core CPI 2.3%, today 2.8%). They hiked from 4.75% to 5%. pic.twitter.com/A4uqxyIYmH — …
Market watches closely insiders cash out near highs… Jeff Bezos just filed for his sale of 3,324,926 shares of Amazon $AMZN bringing in ~$736.7M (Pre-Tax) Bezos is now ~13.3% of the way through his most recent filing to sell shares pic.twitter.com/RFzgokdUO0 — Evan (@StockMKTNewz) July 1, 2025 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos unloaded more than 3.3 …
Apparently a lot of metrics are saying overvalued… h/t Trimethlamine
The US Dollar Index has dropped nearly 10% in just 6 months, so why is nobody talking about it? byu/Select_Season7735 inStockMarket Since the US Dollar Index began in 1967, it has rarely dropped 10% in just 6 months. In fact, it’s only happened twice: Late 1985-Mid 1986, and Early 2025-Now. With the dollar crashing at …
Trump said today there were 21 Million. How do we remove 20 million in just 3.5 yrs? — floridanow1 (@floridanow1) June 16, 2025
Elon Musk’s fortune has soared to an estimated $430 billion, cementing his status as the world’s wealthiest individual by a staggering margin. His closest competitor, Mark Zuckerberg, holds $224 billion, making Musk’s wealth nearly double that of the Meta CEO. The numbers tell the story. Musk’s empire spans Tesla, SpaceX, X Corp, Neuralink, and The …
THIS IS AMAZING. Legal immigrants are turning against the Democratic Party's shameless support of illegal immigrants. BIG TIME. 🔥pic.twitter.com/4L8hRBKyq6 — Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) June 10, 2025 Legal immigrants are speaking up, rejecting the Democratic Party’s push for open borders and unchecked migration. Studies show that high-skilled immigrants strongly oppose illegal immigration, understanding the importance of …
If ur a foreigner holding US stocks, ur risk cannot even be quantified. If dollar collapses to 80, and even if stocks go to 7000, you won’t win. If dollar and stocks both collapse ? You are fucked . Get out now . https://t.co/MvpJZBh47p — tic toc (@TicTocTick) June 4, 2025 Central banks have been …
After months of speculation about what duties will be implemented, we are finally starting to fully see the impact of tariff policies in the government cashflows data. Today the blended rate stands at around ~17.5%. pic.twitter.com/94MZRJOiFj — Bob Elliott (@BobEUnlimited) June 2, 2025 The treasury daily statement gives insight into the duties collected in pretty …
4 companies control almost the entire US crop seed market 2 companies, Bayer and Corteva alone account for over half of corn seed sold American farmer shows “this one box of corn seed cost me $17,000” This is what happens when farming is monopolized by mega corporations pic.twitter.com/dAMy9aXvC1 — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) May 29, …
The numbers don't lie – New York's $235B budget vs Florida's $125B with comparable populations exposes the crushing weight of bureaucratic bloat. The FairTax Act of 2025's elimination of income taxes aligns with Florida's model, proving that states can fund essential services… — Watch DOGE (@dogeai_gov) May 29, 2025
Housing Vacancy has increased 28% since the second quarter of 2022. Despite the claims regarding shortages. Now at 8.2% combined vacancy rate and no sign of slowing. pic.twitter.com/G7vaInermG — Mr.Awsumb (@MrAwsumb) May 29, 2025 https://t.co/Fc03RBIPF7 pic.twitter.com/gQGpYEv08k — Michael Burry Stock Tracker ♟ (@burrytracker) May 29, 2025 The U.S. housing market is facing a dramatic shift, …
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 …
Unemployment 20-29 (2 year associate academic):.6%Unemployment 20-29 (2 year vocational):5.2%#econtwitter further thoughts? — Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) May 15, 2025 College was supposed to be the ticket. The path. The safety net that guaranteed something better. Parents took out loans. Students borrowed more. Politicians promised it was the only way to get ahead. And now, those …
Appreciate the critical comments. More context was needed for this post. • This policy was proposed to a 35 yr old• Pitched as the best wealth tool• Told they could borrow whenever Not all insurance is bad. This was not remotely suitable. — Ryan Greiser, CFP® (@Greiser) May 11, 2025
This is a pretty crazy statistic. 1/3 of people who made a commitment to spend nearly half a million dollars on something regret what they bought pic.twitter.com/hzUV404rJ5 — Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW) May 7, 2025 Unsold housing inventory in USA has continued to rise sharply, to highest since Global Financial Crisis byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts
The Fed has wrecked our financial markets: secured overnight financing is now almost triple where it was pre-pandemic and this essentially must keep increasing or things will start to break; the Fed is barely able to hold its house of cards together… pic.twitter.com/5q1AFbyxIu — E.J. Antoni, Ph.D. (@RealEJAntoni) May 6, 2025
The world is arming itself at the fastest rate since near the end of the Cold War, according to a new report, as major wars rage in Ukraine and Gaza and military tensions spike from Europe to Asia. The 9.4% year-on-year rise to $2.718 trillion in global military spending in 2024 is the highest figure …
Seattle Pride is confronting a substantial funding shortfall of nearly $350,000 for its Pride Month events, attributed to recent rollbacks in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and political challenges facing the LGBTQIA2S+ community. https://t.co/N6G7WiSqcG — KOMO News (@komonews) April 27, 2025 MS-13 Added To LGBTQ Acronym https://t.co/v0qNg60VZu pic.twitter.com/O81L8q7lYP — The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) April 26, …
The tariff war not only has a significant impact on people’s livelihoods but also delivers a fatal blow to industries that rely heavily on international trade and exports. On April 17, a worker from a factory in Dongguan said the biggest losers of the tariff war might be their own factory.
🚨BREAKING: A Butler, PA man has been taken into custody by the FBI for making threats to assassinate President Trump — yes the same Butler where President Trump was nearly assassinated during a rally last year. The threats were allegedly made by 32-year-old Shawn Monper under a… pic.twitter.com/yEGGk5gEIR — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 11, 2025 BREAKING: …
BREAKING: S&P 500 futures fall nearly -100 points as the selloff from today’s session continues. pic.twitter.com/iz4auNYI5O — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) April 11, 2025 BREAKING: Gold surges to a new all time high of $3,210/oz, now up over +90% since October 2022. pic.twitter.com/Hzcb2mch3B — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) April 10, 2025 This is not a …