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Investors expect perfect growth forever and punish any miss. Retail feels real pain from tired consumers. Levi shows the warning signs for whole sector. More misses coming as spending tightens. Market punishes any slowdown even when numbers look okay. Shares drop almost 5 percent after report. Company beats analyst earnings estimates. Full year guidance raised …
First monthly decline since 2022. Fixed asset investment dropping 4.1 percent. Manufacturing and real estate sectors struggling. Industrial output showing slight improvement. Domestic consumption remaining extremely fragile. Internal demand failing to keep pace. Structural headwinds intensifying across major sectors.
Green councillor in the UK gets absolutely torched for posting his gas-guzzling Lamborghini right after winning on a “war on motorists” platform. Daily Mail clip of the proud flex going mega viral with everyone calling out pure hypocrisy. pic.twitter.com/QkTWMB7Oov — EchoVoid (@2496tre) May 12, 2026 Regular voters are taking this personally because they’re getting hammered …
The head of the World Health Organization has told countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases after the outbreak onboard the MV Hondius, and thanked Spain for the “compassion and solidarity” it had shown by taking in the stricken cruise ship and evacuating its passengers and crew. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged authorities to follow the …
Thomas Massie reminds everyone that when X initially started revealing account locations, the Official DHS Twitter account of the United States showed it was set up in Israel… byu/BasedBalkaner inconspiracy https://streamable.com/38nzq6
Late 1999 saw similar volatility expansion with fading volume before the dot com peak rolled over. The erratic movements the S&P 500 is displaying right now are deeply worrisome. When wild, erratic price action appears during extremely elevated valuations exactly as we witnessed in the final stages of the dot-com bubble it has historically been …
He also shared this. The guy lost his fucking mind. pic.twitter.com/eAJ4nfreTJ — Rude Awakening ✝️ 🇺🇸 (@RudeAwakeningHQ) April 13, 2026 HOLY WAR Pope hits back at Trump after president blasts him as ‘terrible & weak’ over Iran war & posts AI pic of himself as Jesus POPE Leo XIV has hit back at Donald Trump …
🚨‼️ BREAKING 💥Video goes viral showing thousands of crows flying over Tel Aviv. In many cultures, the flight of this type of bird is seen as an omen — a sign that something is about to happen. pic.twitter.com/GCUNckBde7 — Express News (@ExNewsHD) March 25, 2026
Benjamin Netanyahu has now released a second "proof of life" video showing him still in control of the Israeli government. The video shows him interacting with small crowds of Israelis outdoors. Netanyahu says, "We're following the instructions and guidelines exactly, and… pic.twitter.com/9SmAlzwUDi — Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) March 16, 2026 Just in: Iran's new Supreme …
Fox: A new poll shows 60% disapproval of Trump. This is just ahead of his State of the Union address. pic.twitter.com/ZyFWsmVhrf — FactPost (@factpostnews) February 23, 2026 Fox: A new poll found that 64% are against Trump's tariffs. Is this a losing proposition for Trump? 90% of the tariffs have been passed on to American …
If this is the mindset going forward, the degree is just a receipt and the real skill is knowing which button to press. That is not evolution, that is convenience winning over competence. Seriously. https://twitter.com/dicesweetlifee/status/2024479199168274438 Former Goldman Sachs executive: Knowledge is now worth zero with AI. pic.twitter.com/QCp3RLTGYd — hinata (@HinataMotivates) February 19, 2026
An Irish investigative outlet accessed the account using a password the DOJ accidentally published. It found shipments from 2024, listed under a dead man’s name. Then the invoices vanished. Jeffrey Epstein died on 10 August 2019 in a federal detention cell in Manhattan. His FedEx account, apparently, did not. Invoices accessed by The Ditch, an independent …
AI productivity bubble: Early adopters are already burning out. “There will be a wake up call and a reckoning for entire sectors who are adopting AI.” Natasha Bernal. pic.twitter.com/raHUrKMIgp — Ewan Morrison (@MrEwanMorrison) February 17, 2026 The market is EXTREMELY confused right now. Software like $ADBE and $CRM are getting nuked because of AI risk. …
In early 2013, Jeffrey Epstein’s girlfriend, Karyna Shuliak, was stressed about her US visa status. Later that year, she married an American citizen and her worries were gone. A Green Card followed, and, in 2018, citizenship. Then Shuliak divorced her spouse: a woman named Jennifer who had been in a relationship with Kimbal Musk after …
Most people are totally ignoring that once these systems go live there is no undo button for a collapsed middle class. Its honestly pathetic how we just watch it happen without even putting up a fight. QE Never thought about AI in charge of financial aspects of trading accounts You are correct about zero regulations …
WHAT RESPONSIBLE POLITICAL LEADER WOULD POST SUCH A THING? NOT ONE. THAT TELLS YOU WHO TRUMP IS! President Trump has once again trolled world leaders by re-sharing a map that incorporates Canada, Greenland and Venezuela as part of the US. The AI-generated mock-up picture uploaded on Truth Social Monday shows European leaders, including French President …
Major dealers are reporting a complete sell out on COPPER inventory. Standard 1oz rounds and 10oz bars are on backorder for 6-12 months. This is the exact same signal we saw before SILVER began its historic rally. Physical demand increases, and the price follows. The Catalyst: Global copper deficit has hit 600,000 tons already in …
Classic media meltdown. They don’t care about the fraud, they’re mad someone with a camera and a rental car scooped them. CNN PANEL MELTS DOWN OVER NICK SHIRLEY’S VIRAL FRAUD INVESTIGATION: “YOU CAN’T JUST SHOW UP AND START ASKING QUESTIONS” They’re not mad about fraud. They’re mad they got scooped. A CNN panel unloaded on …
If they’re hiring to accelerate Digital ID, what exactly is coming next. NOW — We’ve received a tip-off from an internal whistleblower drawing attention to a senior Cabinet Office job advert that sheds light on the government’s Digital ID programme. The Cabinet Office is recruiting a Deputy Director for Operational Policy, Digital ID, at Senior …
Repo-pocalypse: Banks Are Quietly Borrowing from the Fed Again Like It’s 2020 The Fed injected $125 billion into the banking system in just five days — its largest short-term cash rescue since the 2020 crisis. Banks are tapping the Fed’s repo window at pandemic-era levels, a signal that liquidity may be thinning faster than expected. …
Everything here points to stress building faster than anyone in charge wants to admit. When this many cracks show up at the same time, something bigger is already pushing underneath the surface. Odds of a U.S. recession in next year almost 40%https://t.co/b3edTK8whk — NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) November 16, 2025 There’s never just one cockroach 🪳 https://t.co/yVDebFcIo7 …
⚠️This is INSANE: Retail investors' options volume spiked to a RECORD HIGH in October, according to Citadel Securities data. Mom-and-pop investors are now trading options TWICE as FREQUENTLY as they did last year. Also, their activity in 0DTE options hit a record ~60%. pic.twitter.com/cf4T9EIv3P — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) October 27, 2025 BREAKING: 🇺🇲 Starting …
This story just won’t go away. Private credit=subprime MBS 💀 https://t.co/LlOq0NvN1u — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) October 22, 2025 Andrew Bailey has said the crisis in the $3tn shadow banking industry has echoes of 2008, in comments that will fuel concerns about a looming crash. The Governor of the Bank of England said private credit lenders …
TRUMP: “I’M NOT A KING” U.S. President Donald Trump responded to nationwide “No Kings” protests, saying, “I’m not a king.”He denied any link between the demonstrations and the ongoing government shutdown. Earlier, Trump shared an AI-generated video on Truth Social showing him… — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) October 19, 2025 President Trump makes a quick appearance …
Grok says Democrats are primarily responsible for the shutdown. pic.twitter.com/rNKnyBlcln — Sassy Squirrel (@THE_MEGA_MAGA) October 17, 2025
Mamdani suffers awful showing in NYC mayoral debate — but Cuomo still can’t bury him https://t.co/mUOxY2IfZs pic.twitter.com/dkljaCqwkk — NY Post Opinion (@NYPostOpinion) October 17, 2025 While Zohran Mamdani has vile views and worse politics, his campaign has been a logistical triumph and his Democratic debate performance in May was startlingly impressive. There was every reason …
BREAKING: Samsung has announced a pilot program to begin showing ads on its smart refrigerators across the United States. pic.twitter.com/kpJ31tHGFK — The General (@GeneralMCNews) October 4, 2025 The pilot program, first reported on by Android Authority (3), runs ads to certain “Cover Screens” — the default displays that appear when the fridge’s touchscreen goes idle. Ads will …
Delinquency rates are now ~1.5 percentage points above the 2008 Financial Crisis peak. At the same time, prime auto loan delinquencies rose to their highest in 15 years. Meanwhile, the total value of auto loans in the US jumped $13 billion, to a record $1.66 trillion in Q2 2025. An auto debt crisis is brewing. …
NEW YORK — Ford is recalling more than 355,000 of its pickup trucks across the U.S. because of an instrument panel display failure that’s resulted in critical information, like warning lights and vehicle speed, not showing up on the dashboard. According to documents published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the recall covers certain …
Always ask how much self pay is before showing your insurance card — The Questionable Gardner (@T_Q_Gardner) August 28, 2025