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Borrowing costs surged again this morning, the 30-year fixed rate hit a new spring high as the bond market reacts to wartime energy spikes… Freddie Mac reports the three-week slide in rates is officially over, the 10-year Treasury yield is dragging home ownership out of reach for thousands… Active listings have finally breached the 1-million …
Live recession oddshttps://t.co/yvED3yZNF6 — NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) April 26, 2026 Grok: Accurate per the American Farm Bureau Federation’s survey (April 3-11, 2026; 5,700+ farmers). 70% say they can’t afford all the fertilizer needed this season due to price spikes. Many plan to cut rates or acres, risking lower 2026 yields. South hit hardest (78%). Full report: …
While Americans Enjoy Christmas Celebrations and Last-Minute Holiday Preparations, ICE Law Enforcement Was Hard at Work Arresting the Worst of the Worst Including Gang Members, Pedophiles, and Attempted Murderers Release Date: December 22, 2025 If you are in the United States illegally, self-deport via the CBP Home app before December 31, 2025, and receive a …
🚨 @POTUS announces "WARRIOR DIVIDENDS" — a $1,776 non-taxable lump sum payment for our great service members, already on its way. https://t.co/s9lVlknp6x pic.twitter.com/PsINTaUoVt — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 18, 2025 .@POTUS: "Next year, you will also see the results of the largest tax cuts in American history… many families will be saving between $11,000 …
Once CPI prints on Thursday and it is in line or cooler than expected Then there is very little in the way of the market running for the next few weeks at the very least. All important catalysts will be out of the way. The market has, by all accounts, handled the storm very well …
The special agents uncovered several skimmers in Florida stores They are educating the people who run these stores – so they know what to look for. Most often EBT users are the target. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/u-s-secret-service-confiscates-skimmers-from-local-stores/vi-AA1RAs0c
Fox guest on how to save money during the holidays: “Remember, adults don’t need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn’t need slippers. If they don’t live by you, don’t get them a gift.” Fox 2024: "They're waging war on Christmas!" Fox 2025: "Fuck Christmas!" — …
Flu strikes every winter, but this year something seems to be different. A seasonal flu virus suddenly mutated in the summer. It appears to evade some of our immunity, has kick-started a flu season more than a month early, and is a type of flu that history suggests is more severe. The NHS has now …
Forget the daily market chatter about flashy tech or quick trades. If you want the real pulse of the American economy, look no further than where people actually live: the housing market. Right now, that vital sector, for some of its biggest players, is signaling real trouble, not just a passing chill. Is it bad …
Can’t wait for earnings season. It’s gonna be a doozy 🔥🔥 https://t.co/07HLc2AVtO — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) June 12, 2025 A good indicator of economic strength is the number of second hand shops for luxury goods such as designer bags and watches It looks like they are popping up like mushrooms and full of inventory, isn’t …
Earnings season is about to kick off, with notable names like $ASML, $TSM, and $NFLX Which are you looking forward to the most? pic.twitter.com/bYucaF71vu — Investing visuals (@InvestingVisual) April 13, 2025
from Reddit: Why YSK: TurboTax has been scamming the American public for years, including me. They overcharge for basic tax filing services and pressure users to pay when they don’t need to. They utilize dark patterns in their software and lobby to stop the IRS from building its own public filing system for citizens to …
San Jose State University has finally acknowledged that it has lost a significant number of women from its volleyball team amid the ongoing controversy over the school’s decision to include a transgender player. The mass exodus comprises at least seven players who have entered the college transfer portal and will leave the team after this …
For a massive chain like Walmart to be closing stores right as we enter the busiest shopping season of the year, something really bad must be going on. A few weeks ago, the company’s CEO Doug McMillion shared a bleak outlook for holiday sales, and warned investors about a profit squeeze. But the fact that …
Google is being mocked for a new ad for holiday shopping which features a man dressed as a woman shopping for skincare. In an Instagram post sponsored by Google, influencer Cyrus Veyssi laments his dry skin. “I’m so dry,” he pouts while looking at his reflection. “This winter dryness is not it, especially when I …
⚠️BRACE FOR MORE US JOB MARKET DATA REVISIONS⚠️ Nonfarm payrolls will likely be revised DOWNWARD by another ~300,000 jobs for 2Q 2024. This is according to the QCEW data released by the BLS. If this trend continues, it will turn out that August and October saw JOB LOSSES. pic.twitter.com/rA3cgv6En6 — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) December …
by Michael If you live in a warm home and you have plenty of food to eat, you should consider yourself to be extremely blessed, because millions of others are deeply suffering right now. Most of the country is living paycheck to paycheck, the number of homeless Americans is higher than ever, demand at food …
Was the FBI using a software tool to spy on you during election season? Seems like it. pic.twitter.com/C0eo4A9mti — House Judiciary GOP 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryGOP) November 12, 2024 https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2024-11-12%20JDJ%20to%20FBI%20re%20social%20media%20tracking%20tool.pdf
Wow https://t.co/WVlZ7VkO8a — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 3, 2024 This is ridiculous.. At what point do we stop letting them treat us like crap? — aka (@akafaceUS) October 2, 2024
A leading climate expert called for up to 38 tropical storms due to supercharged "climate fueled" oceans, but so far we have only seen 5. Experts have now concluded that the oceans and atmosphere are actually "overheating" due to global warming and a "new normal" is emerging. — Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) September 8, 2024 Another …
It has been the longest stormless streak in the Atlantic Basin in over 50 years, and AccuWeather meteorologists point to several factors that have put a temporary pause on the 2024 hurricane season. The first week of September is usually one of the busiest times of the year for tropical storms and hurricanes, but there …
NOAA predicts above-normal 2024 Atlantic hurricane season La Nina and warmer-than-average ocean temperatures are major drivers of tropical activity hurricane season, which spans from June 1 to November 30, predicts an 85% chance of an above-normal season, a 10% chance of a near-normal season and a 5% chance of a below-normal season. NOAA is forecasting …
Speaking in Philadelphia this morning. "We've already started another wild fire season in Canada". It's a Freudian slip. He's telling us the truth. pic.twitter.com/oyNbQbdkEW — Martyupnorth®- Unacceptable Fact Checker (@Martyupnorth) May 22, 2024 Here’s a 1 min version Speaking in Philadelphia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says “misinformation and disinformation” are the biggest threats to democracy. …
I never understood the second rule. If you return stolen property to the rightful owner the next year, can you then claim tax deduction? h/t TonyLiberty
Gabriel Prout is grateful for a modest haul of king crab, but it’s the vanishing of another crustacean variety that has the fishing port in Kodiak, Alaska, bracing for financial fallout; for the second year in a row, the lucrative snow crab season has been canceled. “We’re still definitely in survival mode trying to find …
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-announces-2023-form-1099-k-reporting-threshold-delay-for-third-party-platform-payments-plans-for-a-5000-threshold-in-2024-to-phase-in-implementation The politicians decided it would be a great idea if they had every garage sale Sally report their income from online reseller apps like ebay and mercari. That’s about 200 Million more Schedule C forms the IRS now has to go through. They delayed this for 1 more year. They have been talking about …
by Michael Is your job safe? According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were more than 13 million layoffs and discharges in the United States during the first nine months of 2023, and now “layoff season” has arrived. As the end of the year approaches, companies start taking a hard look at the bottom …
Will It Be Riot Season Again in 2024? Conservatives must learn the lessons of 2020—and prepare. via city-journal.org: The resurgence of public protests in support of Hamas has revealed a disturbing truth: the left-wing rioting following George Floyd’s death in 2020 was not an anomaly, but a tactic that activists can repurpose for any …
