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🚨 BREAKING: In an incredible gesture, President Trump reveals the anonymous billionaire who is paying the troops during the shutdown has OFFICIALLY sent a check for $130M. WOW! "Today he sent us a check for $130 million." REPORTER: Who? TRUMP: "He doesn't want the… pic.twitter.com/AeCmughszR — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 23, 2025 Meanwhile, the list …
White House: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer." pic.twitter.com/jWZLsSQKgP — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) October 5, 2025 Doocy: "So the Democratic position is that illegal immigrants should not have any access to taxpayer-funded health insurance?" Sen. Mark Kelly: "Federal law is that undocumented individuals do not have …
EU’S TRADE WALLS BACKFIRE: FOOD PRICES SURGE, EXPORTS CRASH Imagine if every U.S. state had to agree before making any trade deal, and then California always got the final say. That’s basically how the European Union works. Countries like Estonia and Cyprus can’t cut their own deals. They’re stuck with what the EU decides. Now, …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, This exploitation is indeed profitable, but there is a very high price to be paid for abusing our trust. Price and Value–now there’s a twisted tale. We’ve been trained to compare price and buy the lower priced option as the better value, but price doesn’t reflect value, and we’re paying a …
What do you expect? They all feed the same bubbles, it’s just one big circle. After governments, the ones I trust the least are banks and financial institutions pic.twitter.com/qyusdt0VwF — 구미호 (@ThinkInError) September 16, 2025 Banks are so short on easy collateral that they’re forced to borrow overnight money at a higher rate than the …
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent did something unusual last week: he told the truth about the Federal Reserve. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Bessent accused the Fed of conducting what he called a “gain-of-function” experiment in monetary policy. The analogy is deliberate and damning. Just as lab-made viruses can escape their confines and wreak havoc,… …
The Treasury is burning cash faster than anyone admits. Gotta use that money to buy back treasuries, no liquidity in the system to keep the market afloat — Pugtato (@onlypugtatos) September 12, 2025 BREAKING: The US Treasury posted a $345 billion budget deficit in August, the largest monthly deficit of 2025 and the 2nd-worst August …
Apple did not deliver innovation. It delivered a thinner phone with weaker specs, a higher price, and hidden compromises disguised as features. The iPhone 17 Air costs $999, has a single rear camera, and offers less battery life than the cheaper iPhone 17. Apple described it as “a paradox you have to hold to believe” …
In a private group chat in June, dozens of Democratic political influencers discussed whether to take advantage of an enticing opportunity. They were being offered $8,000 per month to take part in a secretive program aimed at bolstering Democratic messaging on the internet. But the contract sent to them from Chorus, the nonprofit arm of …
Working Americans have been in depression since 2008. They bailed out the establishment by stealing YOUR quality of life. It doesn't just "feel" worse, it IS worse. pic.twitter.com/oWLyAme7Nv — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) August 23, 2025 Insane chart: Boomers for the win. Sickening https://t.co/8Ldcixm4OL — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 24, 2025 What bubble? 😳 pic.twitter.com/f3Lmfvz5t0 — …
From CPI inflation earlier this week to skyrocketing producer inflation yesterday to stark proof today that foreign businesses are NOT compensating one bit for tariffs, YOU are the one getting stung! by David Haggith These tariffs are like a horror movie with unsuspecting victims. As I work on this weekend’s Deeper Dive that goes to …
(2) Options Advantage/Passive Flows? Derivatives are already available on Bitcoin, and will increase with time. More importantly, the temporary lack of access to them or inability of certain investors to buy Bitcoin is more a disadvantage to those investors, not a plus for $MSTR. — James Chanos (@RealJimChanos) August 13, 2025 (4) Here are the …
Delinquency rates across consumer debt classes are now brushing up against levels seen during the Global Financial Crisis. The New York Fed reports that 4.4% of all outstanding household debt is delinquent. “Loan delinquency rates remained ‘elevated,’ according to the report, at 4.4% of outstanding debt overall, with student loan delinquencies spiking sharply higher, into …
Tariffs Announced by Trump. 🇮🇳 India – 25% + 25% = 50%🇧🇷 Brazil – 50%🇸🇾 Syria – 41%🇲🇲 Myanmar – 40%🇱🇦 Laos – 40%🇨🇭 Switzerland – 39%🇨🇦 Canada – 35%🇮🇶 Iraq – 35%🇷🇸 Serbia – 35%🇩🇿 Algeria – 30%🇱🇾 Libya – 30%🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina – 30%🇿🇦 South Africa – 30%🇧🇳 Brunei –… — The …
It’s really interesting how AI will make those companies using it more profitable by shedding jobs- yet there is zero mention of the proposition that there will be less demand to buy their products if people don’t have a job — Jehovah (@renegade_56) August 4, 2025 Eye-opening chart, S&P 490 has had no earnings growth …
Snowflake debuted at roughly 100× revenue valuation at its IPO, even though it was doubling revenue annually. Palantir meanwhile is clocking in at around 30% annual growth—a sharp disparity. Investors are now questioning how PLTR earned wildly higher multiples given slower expansion. https://www.businessinsider.com/palantir-q2-earnings-preview-pltr-stock-price-outlook-ai-forecast-2025-8 Palantir’s Q2 revenue surged 48% to $1 billion, boosted by U.S. government contracts …
Credit card debt in the U.S. has climbed to $1.25 trillion. Many Americans manage four or five cards. Interest rates average around 24%, making essentials like groceries costly on credit. Balances get shifted between cards just to stay current. Meanwhile, banks posted record profits last year, fueled largely by high credit card interest income. “U.S. …
Data centers built to serve TikToks and ad targeting are quietly draining our grids. U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts electricity use slicing through records, rising from 4,097 billion kWh in 2024 to 4,193 billion in 2025 and 4,283 billion in 2026, largely due to AI data center growth https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/data-center-demand-push-us-power-use-record-highs-2025-26-eia-says-2025-06-10/. In 2023 data centers consumed 4.4 % of …
Foreigners are paying 10% of the tariffs. Americans are paying 90%. Congratulations for playing yourselves. pic.twitter.com/ycDGeTQGb0 — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) July 27, 2025
US Health Insurance companies keep raising their deductibles “I’m paying every single month for my health insurance, but I have to pay $9,000 before I can actually use my health insurance? What do you mean — So why do I have health insurance?” And once you pay the $9,000 the insurance company is still going …
https://twitter.com/VoteHarrisOut/status/1939810401555714357 The Senate’s version of Donald Trump’s tax cut bill will cost the bottom 20% of taxpayers an average of $560 a year while giving an average boost of $6,055 to those at the top end, per Bloomberg. pic.twitter.com/EtgSox1l9N — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) July 1, 2025 $37,000,000,000,000.00 in debt… yet, we’re going to fund health care …
At +$3-$3.8 trillion in debt over the next 10 years, the Big Beautiful Bill has a big price tag, too. So big that some MAGA stalwarts are having second thoughts. Debt really does matter. So who’s picking up the tab, and how much will it cost? By Peter Reagan Key takeaways Between the existing debt …
“Consumer spending is strong” Well, you see, they’re not actually PAYING… — Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW) May 19, 2025 Nails it: The consumer is tapped out: Like more so than any period in history Anyone got some answers? pic.twitter.com/C53VyxwSxY — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) May 20, 2025 Consumer sentiment on employment at weakest level since 2008 per …
A growing number of Americans are using buy now, pay later loans to buy groceries, and more people are paying those bills late, according to new Lending Tree data released Friday#MacroEdge — MacroEdge (@MacroEdgeRes) April 26, 2025 Americans are so fucking broke I don't even know where to fucking start pic.twitter.com/6YW4fe2zpm — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) …
40% of the people that took out loans are not paying. The loans are over $1.5 Trillion. Major problem. — floridanow1 (@floridanow1) April 22, 2025 governments and taxes should DEFINITELY help students repay their loans! — Chris ⛈️ (@ChrisTradeCryp) April 23, 2025
Student loan defaults just skyrocketed to 15.6%, the highest level on record. As a result, the NY Fed is reporting that credit scores of student borrowers are about to plunge. Potentially by as much as 150 points.
Roth IRA contributions offer a flexibility that many overlook. Unlike traditional retirement accounts, where penalties and taxes loom over early withdrawals, Roth IRAs let you access your contributions without facing any tax hits or penalties. This unique feature can be a game-changer if you find yourself in need of liquidity. Let’s break it down. If …
Combine that with California and Arizona’s new requirement for only cage-free egg production, and we’ve got an absolute disaster on our hands. Egg prices have skyrocketed by a whopping 64% during Biden’s presidency. EGGS: Here's Why It's Been So Hard to Find Eggs. The CDC reported that a staggering 128,907,392 wild aquatic birds, commercial poultry, …
This is a slap in the face to every hardworking New Yorker. These roads were built with their taxes, yet Governor Cuomo wants to tax them again just to use what they’ve already funded. Middle and lower-income workers—who can least afford it—are the ones hit hardest by these unnecessary tolls. 🇺🇸 SEC. DUFFY: NEW YORK …
