The “Good News” Is Always the Same: the Stock Market Is Up–Until It Isn’t

Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, Cloaking a fake “market” with artifice to maintain its asymmetrical distribution of wealth and income also cloaks its detachment from the real world. I often refer to the dynamics of self-correction and self-liquidation. Systems that use feedback to rebalance extremes are self-correcting: rather than accelerate as they approach a cliff, …

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Michael Tracey — Not all Epstein victims are the same… Here is one of Thomas Massie’s alleged Epstein ‘survivors’ — This woman is not a victim.

Every single "Epstein victim" pictured here was an adult at the time of their claimed victimization. Has the media bothered to clarify this? pic.twitter.com/zUxnnqZp4X — Michael Tracey (@mtracey) February 12, 2026 SheThinksFreely @L08818 Here is one of @RepThomasMassie alleged “survivors” Elizabeth Stein She works for Tides Foundation (soros open society funded) funded World Without Exploitation …

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Trump warns NYC is “never the same” if Mamdani wins, hints federal government may take over

The White House is now considering federal oversight in two high-profile cities: Washington, D.C. and New York City. During a Cabinet briefing on July 8, President Trump made a sharp statement: “We have tremendous power at the White House to run places when we have to.” That declaration has sparked fresh speculation about a shift …

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Doge’d! Federal Job Hires Decline, Native-born Jobs Increase (Fed Likely To Keep Rates The Same)

by confoundedinterest17 The April Jobs report blew away the tariff crash hysteria. 177k jobs were added, far better than the doomsayers predicted. Even better, more jobs went to native-born workers than foreign-born workers. Even better still, Federal jobs decreased (thanks to Doge). The US labor market under the Biden administration “grew” almost entirely on the back of …

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Man arrested in Butler for threats to kill Trump. Same town where Trump was nearly shot rocked again

🚨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: …

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Trump announces historic $1 trillion Pentagon budget… Ron Paul says Trump is fueling the same military machine that bankrupted America

President Trump announces he'll be requesting a record-breaking $1 trillion Pentagon budget. "$1 trillion, and nobody's seen anything like it. We have to build our military and we're very cost conscious. But the military is something that we have to build, and we have to be… pic.twitter.com/WkGoNrUytW — Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) April 8, 2025 What …

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Four Texas Deputies from the same Texas Sheriff’s Office have committed suicide in the past 6 weeks.

Yahoo — A Texas police department has been left in shock after four of its deputies died by suicide within the span of six weeks. The death of Deputy Christina Kohler was announced by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) last week. The 37-year-old law enforcement officer had joined the force in 2018 and served in …

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Matt Gaetz Appears to Join Elon Musk in Declaring President Trump Will Have to Take the Same Actions as Nayib Bukele in El Salvador

The judicial coup is global BrazilRomaniaUnited States The exception is El Salvador, where the judicial coup was defeated by @nayibbukele Time for BUKELEACIÓN, globally. https://t.co/XNKlX7c5di — Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) March 19, 2025 The U.S. is facing a judicial coup. — Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) March 19, 2025 https://twittercom/_/status/1902165165681918398 It is the only way https://t.co/vRVreKr0F2 — Elon …

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We Are On The Verge Of Completing An Impressive Trifecta: A Stock Market ‘Correction’, A Global Trade War And A Government Shutdown All At The Same Time

by Michael We certainly do live in “interesting” times.  In all my years of writing, I have never seen a stock market correction, a global trade war and a government shutdown all happen at the same time.  If the federal government does indeed shut down on Friday, we will complete that very impressive trifecta.  Needless …

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Trump and Musk set the standard at the federal level, and now Florida is bringing that same accountability to the state. Hope every state does this.

Imagine if every governor followed suit—billions in taxpayer dollars saved, bureaucratic bloat slashed, and real efficiency restored. Florida GOP Gov DeSantis announces state DOGE task force Florida’s state DOGE force is based of of the federal agency started by President Donald Trump and led by Elon Musk to cut government spending. Florida GOP Gov. Ron …

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We’ve reached a point where 89% of fund managers are starting to see what’s coming, and they’re all saying the same thing: U.S. equities are overvalued.

It’s the highest level of concern we’ve seen since the Dot Com Bubble. What does this mean? The U.S. economy is heading into dangerous territory. But it’s not just the stock market that’s in trouble. The U.S. government’s interest expense has gone off the charts, pushing past a staggering $1.1 trillion. And if current trends …

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Two Key Court Rulings Go Against Trump. Expect More of the Same

by Mike Shedlock A judge accuses Trump of defying a court order. Surprise Not. Judge Finds Trump Administration Violated Court Order NBC Reports Judge Finds Trump Administration Violated Court Order Halting Funding Freeze A federal judge in Rhode Island on Monday said that the Trump administration had violated his order halting a sweeping federal funding freeze and ordered …

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States are just as corrupt as the U.S. government. The same greed, the same waste. We’re long overdue for audits across the board.

California, Pelosi’s home state, has likely funneled billions of taxpayer dollars into questionable pockets, just like the federal government. New York, Illinois, Texas, Arizona—you name it. These states have been siphoning off funds meant for the people, and where’s the accountability? It’s high time we examine where that hard-earned tax money is really going. Far …

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EVERYONE in LA IS TRYING TO BUY THE SAME HOUSE!

LA is literally on fire and apparently so is it’s housing market now. That’s right, people are already so desperate to get into a new home, there are now bidding wars on almost every rental unit in LA and many of the homes for sale. It is utter chaos and it makes me wonder if …

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PLTR and NVDA topped. Goldman is feeling the same vibe many of us do.

PLTR TOPPED Uncle K can see the future bc he understands the psychology of yolo-chasing fakebull-Mofoz pic.twitter.com/3wSorYttes — KAY KIM (@2kaykim) January 9, 2025 NVDA TOPPED These fakebullz been buying the highs not understanding the big picture These mofoz gonna panic sell and the entire thing collapse back down pic.twitter.com/9MhViNA29c — KAY KIM (@2kaykim) January …

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China’s huge trade surplus now funds Belt and Road, gold, assets. We are facing the same critical point that led to the Opium War

via Angelo Giuliano: HUGE China trade surplus. The problem (for the US) ? China is not taking any more US debt anymore, instead China is recycling its US trade surplus into > – Belt and Road initiative – Gold – tangible assets investments We are facing the same critical point that led to the Opium …

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Seeing McDonalds and Starbucks struggle at the same time is a warning sign also. Last time that happened was 2008.

Seeing McDonalds and Starbucks struggle at the same time is a warning sign also. Last time that happened was 2008. — WarnTracker 2.0 (@j77324) December 20, 2024 McDonald's has laid off some workers in California. Lamb Weston, which 14% of their business comes from selling fries to McDonald's, reported terrible earnings today. pic.twitter.com/EH7FplOpb8 — WarnTracker …

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