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The intensifying bond market crisis is the final warning that the Federal Reserve has learned absolutely nothing from the disaster of 2022. We are watching Treasury yields surge at the same time that oil is sitting above $100 a barrel which is a recipe for a total currency collapse if the Fed keeps pretending that …
NYC dumping record $43B into public schools – at whopping $44K per pupil – despite plummeting enrollment, poor test results https://t.co/RCrJi5xffH pic.twitter.com/wimekawfPD — New York Post (@nypost) May 12, 2026 The numbers don’t add up! New York City is already dumping a record $43 billion into its public schools while spending heaps more per-student than …
“Data is power” sounds less like a mission statement and more like a warning. Power without clear limits, transparency, and accountability doesn’t protect people. it controls them. This isn’t about being anti-tech. It’s about asking who benefits, who gets watched, and why… pic.twitter.com/K6HHvKiZZj — THEWATCHTOWERS (@THEWATCHTOWERS) April 22, 2026 Palantir’s official X account just posted …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NFJ-r9fUSE Three major earthquakes struck the Pacific Ring of Fire within ten days — Tonga, Vanuatu, and now Indonesia’s Maluku region with a magnitude 7.8. These aren’t random isolated events. They’re all connected to the same system: the Pacific plate, the largest tectonic plate on Earth. In this video we break down why Indonesia’s Banda …
‘A significant movement is underway’: JBLM flights raise questions about U.S. troop deployments to Middle East “A significant movement is underway,” according to open-source analysts tracking U.S. military aircraft, as flights from Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) fuel new questions about a potential buildup of American forces in the Middle East tied to the escalating conflict …
🚨Alert: Negotiations are now DEAD! WAR is about to break out across the Middle East. US and Israel are fully prepared to strike ALL of Iran’s nuclear facilities and ballistic missile sites!! pic.twitter.com/ynPkcmwdqc — US Homeland Security News (@defense_civil25) February 18, 2026 Factcheck: Based on recent reports from NYT, Al Jazeera, PBS, and others as …
Oracle's free cash flows isn't expected to go positive again until 2030 https://t.co/WCAPamfTiz pic.twitter.com/H9X5qJw8H7 — Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) February 2, 2026 A Panicking Oracle Plans To Raise Up To $50 Billion, As Its Stock And Bonds Crater https://t.co/UBt8H4OO8W — zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 2, 2026 Just over a month ago, on Dec 17, alongside the news …
via notayesmanseconomics This morning has brought news which made me double-check it. So without further ado let me hand you over to the Financial Times. Please do not adjust your sets. Investors have increased bets that interest rates in the Eurozone could rise next year even as the US continues to lower borrowing costs, in …
Credit card companies just handed out $1.5 trillion in new credit limits since 2020 but Americans only actually borrowed an extra $430 billion. That gap $4.1 trillion in unused credit tells you everything you need to know about what banks are doing right now. Imagine your bank raises your credit limit from $5,000 to $8,000 …
Japan's government says it may "intervene" before the Japanese Yen to US Dollar ratio reaches 160. Over the last 2 months, the Yen has gone from 145 to 157 as a $110B+ stimulus package is coming byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts I agree, but does it really solve anything for Japan? With all the helicopter money, a demographic …
via notayesmanseconomics It is time to look at Nihon or the land of the rising sun again. What we are seeing there is that again it looks to be pushing the boundaries of monetary and fiscal policy. Let us start with monetary policy and here is Reuters from just under a week ago. A Bank …
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/25/health-aca-obamacare-federal-government-shutdown.html “The Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax credits are set to expire at the end of this year unless Congress intervenes. If the ACA subsidies disappear, health providers could lose more than $32 billion in revenue and see an extra $7.7 billion in unpaid medical bills from uninsured patients, a new analysis finds. Average …
Japan is entering a phase of policy schizophrenia, balance sheet tightening without rate hikes. Markets will punish that contradiction. Expect higher yields, volatility in the yen, and stress in equity markets until the BOJ capitulates. pic.twitter.com/AvNHiU0hmh — Bobbidazzler (@DazzlerBob) September 19, 2025 When bond yields rise despite central bank rate cuts, it often signals market …
You deserve a raise and your own hour on CNN. It would be the most watched segment on their network. — Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) August 29, 2025
Australia’s housing crisis isn’t about affordability anymore. It isn’t even about supply. It has become something darker: a creeping attempt to redefine ownership itself. For decades, the family home was treated as sacred ground, the one place politicians swore would remain beyond the reach of constant taxation and interference. Now that line is being erased. …
Raise tariffs ON other countries? Bro, tariffs are only charged to Americans. — Brent Freeman (@bgetsbetter) August 2, 2025
On July 30 2025 the Trump administration held a White House event called “Make Health Tech Great Again” to unveil what is being billed as a digital health ecosystem. Over 60 organizations including Google, Amazon, Apple, Cleveland Clinic, UnitedHealth Group, Oracle and Anthropic signed on to voluntary data‑sharing and interoperability frameworks managed through CMS. The initiative promotes …
We asked the Hollywood Celebrities who helped “raise” $100 MILLION for the L.A. Fire Victims… WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MONEY?! 🤔 Katy Perry and her friends WON’T tell us 🤐 (wonder why?) pic.twitter.com/HsWE0j8LKe — Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) July 26, 2025
Foreign tourists should absolutely pay more to visit America’s parks—they’re OUR natural treasures. Prioritizing U.S. citizens while funding conservation through foreign fees is smart policy. But let’s not ignore the $1B cut to the Park Service budget proposed for 2026. Staff… — Watch DOGE (@dogeai_gov) July 4, 2025
No surprises in the new CBO letter on Trump's tariffs. Tariffs will raise US tax revenue, reduce the size of the US economy, place upward pressure on prices for consumer and capital goods, and reduce average realincome for households. pic.twitter.com/sac0b2v9Gy — Erica York (@ericadyork) June 4, 2025 U.S. National Debt projected to soar to $55 …
Donald Trump’s second term is shaping up to be a financial empire unlike anything seen before. The scale of self-enrichment has expanded far beyond his first presidency, with billions now flowing into Trump-affiliated ventures from foreign governments and private investors. This is not just business as usual. It is a transformation of political power into …
$DJT is down 10% on news it will raise $2.5 billion to buy Bitcoin. Maybe the markets don't have the appetite for yet another Bitcoin treasury company. Also, how can Trump's company front-run the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, using taxpayers' dollars to pump up what he bought first? — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) May 27, 2025 Trump …
There was a time when my weeks all felt the same. Monday came and went, dragging into Tuesday. Friday seemed forever away. I was working hard, but by the weekend I was so worn out I couldn’t really enjoy it. The stress built quietly and followed me right back into the next week. Something had …
If the cuts were real why do we need to raise the debt ceiling by $5 trillion for less than 2 years? pic.twitter.com/ll9E1BBWdH — Special Situations 🌐 Research Newsletter (Jay) (@SpecialSitsNews) May 18, 2025
A Colorado regulatory panel agreed Friday to raise fees on industrial companies by as much as 67% and to implement a new system, beginning in 2027, under which those firms must report even small levels of emissions for 342 different toxic air contaminants. … However, groups such as the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, American Petroleum …
The big news in the UMich data was not inflation expectations. Look at what people are saying about the jobs market! Expected change in unemployment worst since the 2008 recession. No one is asking for a raise in this environment. pic.twitter.com/jruNl4pbMN — RenMac: Renaissance Macro Research (@RenMacLLC) March 14, 2025 Interestingly, most of that rising …
At this point I am convinced $MSTR is a social experiment to see how long people will keep buying into the scam cap raises when the facts are literally staring them in the face and the company is not even hiding it. Like, what else can Saylor get away with. — Foul Tarnished (@gitgud111) February …
Jan 30 (Reuters) – Retailer Costco Wholesale (COST.O), opens new tab will increase pay for most of its hourly U.S. store workers to more than $30, according to a memo sent to employees this week. The company will increase hourly pay for its top of the scale employees over the next three years, with the …
Link from Investing.com, Published 01/22/2025, 10:27 PM Updated 01/22/2025, 10:30 PM. The BOJ’s regional branch managers said wage hikes are spreading to companies of all sizes and sectors, meeting a key prerequisite for raising interest rates. As such, the central bank is likely to raise rates to 0.5% on Friday. Has the Yen carry trade already …