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American Eagle said Wednesday its partnership with Sydney Sweeney has been its “best” advertising campaign to date as it announced fiscal second-quarter earnings that beat expectations. The company’s splashy, yet controversial, campaign with the “Euphoria” star led to some criticism and blowback but the launch, coupled with a recent partnership with Taylor Swift’s new fiancé …
The silence is deafening. The predators are walking free while the institutions that promised protection shuffle papers and feign ignorance. Jeffrey Epstein survivor Lisa Phillips and other victims aren’t waiting for the government to act. They’re taking the reckoning into their own hands. Lisa Phillips didn’t hedge. She declared: “We know the names. Many of …
NEW – Venezuela’s Maduro says he has a Huawei smartphone gifted by Xi, calling it “the best in the world” and immune to U.S. surveillance pic.twitter.com/4xk8eQVce6 — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) September 3, 2025
Says he Has an obligation to protect lives NOW – Trump says "we're going in" to Chicago. pic.twitter.com/hqoXNxrEPl — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) September 2, 2025 Sets up an epic confrontation with State Governor and Chicago Mayor who incite residents to resist. Mayor Brandon Johnson says that him resisting President Trump deploying National Guard to Chicago is …
Mike McGlone, Senior Commodity Strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, predicts that Bitcoin could crash, while gold rises and oil falls, as he believes markets are in a dangerous bubble that will burst with major volatility coming in the final months of 2025.
Secretary Kristi Noem blasts CBS network for allegedly covering up details of MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the danger he poses. Seem they didn't learn their lesson. Sue them again! CBS News did the same with the interview with Kamala! Trump sued them for 16 million. pic.twitter.com/5aB3fy93P5 — Donna Marie (@sabback) August 31, 2025
Mayor Brandon Johnson snapped and stormed out of his press conference when asked how effective his executive order will be against the federal government. He said, “I don’t take orders from the federal government.” They certainly don’t take orders from him. (mayorofchi on TT) Mayor Brandon Johnson snapped and stormed out of his press conference …
Yup. Basically pic.twitter.com/mKedOV6P44 — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 31, 2025 The Federal Reserve is facing pressure on two fronts as inflation picks up and the labor market shows signs of slipping. Sevens Report Research founder Tom Essaye joins Opening Bid to explain why this puts the central bank in a difficult policy spot heading into …
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday Russia’s major aerial attack on Kyiv shows President Vladimir Putin is “choosing ballistics” instead of “real steps towards peace”.
The Home Office’s bid to challenge the decision to temporarily block the owner of the Bell Hotel in Epping from housing asylum seekers has been heard at the Court of Appeal. Officials set out their case by suggesting the rights of asylum seekers must be placed above those of local people. Three senior judges are …
“The Fed can’t rescue this in its entirety. You’ve got 4M homes in Texas and 42M across the U.S. at risk of bankruptcy or losing the roof over their heads. That’s nearly 38% of households. The money to pay these bonds doesn’t exist. You can’t get blood out of a stone.” When… pic.twitter.com/dSuXD5SIPf — ITM …
Google has eliminated more than one-third of its managers overseeing small teams, an executive told employees last week, as the company continues its focus on efficiencies across the organization. “Right now, we have 35% fewer managers, with fewer direct reports” than at this time a year ago, said Brian Welle, vice president of people analytics and …
They are out of their minds. I just don't get how a single person votes for a democrat at this point. They want our cities filled with anarchy and chaos. — Kate (@kate_p45) August 25, 2025
Despite allusions to nepotism and corruption, the Commerce Department hasn’t made clear what it wants to do with the newly clawed-back funds. The U.S. Commerce Department has seized control of a $7.4 billion semiconductor research fund from the National Center for the Advancement of Semiconductor Technology (NATCAST), a private non-profit set up during the Biden …
Don’t expect this two-minute clip to repeat on CNN or MSNBC. “And one thing that I would like that I wanted to say to you is that America’s role, not as a keeper of peace, but a maker of peace, is emerging more evidently.” “Many wars in Europe, in Asia, in Africa, and in the …
JUST IN: Ghislaine Maxwell says Epstein didn’t kill himself. pic.twitter.com/2ne0oSntnY — Jacob King (@JacobKinge) August 22, 2025 “During a two-day interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Ghislaine Maxwell stated, ‘Jeffrey did not kill himself. I believe he was murdered. There are too many inconsistencies, too many missing pieces.’” https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/doj-releases-transcripts-ghislaine-maxwell-190120160.html That line wasn’t leaked. It …
Trump: "They gave me $600 billion. And that’s a gift… That’s not a loan… There’s nothing to pay back. They gave us $600 billion that we can invest in anything we want.” European Union: Me: “He didn’t get a penny” White House spox: ”Pointless nitpicking”… pic.twitter.com/HRFM36qp3q — Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) August 22, 2025
Meta’s ad math now comes with creative accounting and a side of shipping fees. Nice A whistleblower alleges that Meta (META) artificially inflated return on ad spend by counting shipping fees as revenue, subsidizing bids in ad auctions, and applying undisclosed discounts, according to Ad Week – Source — KKGB (@INArteCarloDoss) August 20, 2025 Seems …
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Tuesday that Intel must give the U.S. government an equity stake in the company in return for CHIPS Act funds. “We should get an equity stake for our money,” Lutnick said on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” Tuesday. “So we’ll deliver the money, which was already committed under the Biden …
Chamath’s SPAC is back. Again. “American Exceptionalism Acquisition Corp.” just raised $250 million. No warrants. No rights. Only speculative heat. Founder shares vest only if the stock price jumps 50 percent. That is not discipline. That is bait. https://www.newswire.lk/2025/08/19/chamath-palihapitiya-launches-new-spac-targeting-ai-and-energy/ Sam Altman’s warning barely registers. “Are we in a phase where investors as a whole are …
What exactly is P/B? Think of it as the market price of a company compared to its “book value,” which is basically assets minus liabilities (net worth on paper). If P/B = 5, investors are paying $5 for every $1 of assets. A simple measure, but one that reveals when markets… — StockMarket.News (@_Investinq) August …
ZELENSKIY SAYS IT WOULD BE 'IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE UP TERRITORY' TO RUSSIA: FOX NEWS — zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 18, 2025 President Trump tells Zelensky – NO NATO membership, and NO re-claiming Crimea from Russia. 🚨 BREAKING: President Trump tells Zelensky – NO NATO membership, and NO re-claiming Crimea from Russia. "President Zelenskyy of Ukraine can …
As economists speculate whether the stock market is in an AI bubble that could soon burst, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has just admitted to believing we’re in one. “Are we in a phase where investors as a whole are overexcited about AI?” Altman said during a lengthy interview with The Verge and other reporters last …
BREAKING: Sam Altman just revealed who GPT-5 is really built for: > India is our 2nd largest market > It may become our LARGEST > We’ve taken a lot of feedback from users in india what they’d like from us… > more affordable access > and we’ve put that in GPT-5 Now it all makes …
Putin reportedly agreed to NATO-style guarantees for Ukraine, according to Trump’s real estate associate. No Kremlin statement, no transcript, no signature—just Steve Witkoff, fresh off a handshake, claiming “we were able to win the following concession.” https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-russia-steve-witkoff-nato-security-guarantees/ Witkoff calls it “game-changing.” https://www.firstpost.com/world/putin-agrees-to-us-europe-plan-for-nato-style-security-guarantees-for-ukraine-says-trump-envoy-13925609.html He claims Russia will pass a law pledging not to violate other European …
🇺🇸 TRUMP: “BEST WAY TO END THE WAR IS A FULL PEACE DEAL – NOT JUST A CEASEFIRE” “A great and very successful day in Alaska! The meeting with Putin went very well, as did a late night phone call with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine. It was determined by all that the best way to… …
🇺🇸🇷🇺 Trump says Putin meeting "extremely productive… very good chance of getting there, we didn't get there…" implying no ceasefire was reached. No details of any deal were provided and neither Putin nor Trump took any questions.#USA #Trump #Russia #Putin #Alaska… pic.twitter.com/T6TJdux7Cj — Shadow Observer (@TheShadowObs) August 15, 2025 The president did not take questions …
“It’s a retail darling… I like Alex Karp, I like his politics, I like him as a person… But even if Palantir was the greatest company ever created and you slapped the highest possible multiple on it, the stock is still trading above that. It has gotten absurd.” https://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/short-ideas/25/08/47107749/gamestop-short-seller-andrew-left-is-taking-on-retail-investors-again-now-says-palantir-stock-is-beyond-overvalued “You cannot be a big data …
Crypto CEO says the quiet part out loud by inButtcoin I wonder what will happen if one of these companies sells their whole stake, all at once. h/t RadicalRectangle
One in seven Americans now use BNPL to buy groceries The number of Americans using BNPL services like Klarna, Affirm, and Afterpay for food has surged. A LendingTree survey found that 25 percent of BNPL users are using the loans for groceries—up from 14 percent last year. This isn’t budgeting. It’s survival. “A quarter of …