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Private credit market hits $2 trillion with banks insurers and pensions dangerously tangled in. FSB warns the sector has never faced a real downturn and data is too patchy to track dangers. Bailey just admitted the shadow banking bomb is wired up and ticking. FSB warns in a new report that traditional banks, insurers and …
Musk ‘was going to hit me,’ OpenAI executive says at trial OpenAI President Greg Brockman told a California jury Tuesday that Elon Musk physically threatened him during a 2017 confrontation, testifying that the billionaire stormed out after he was refused absolute control of the artificial intelligence company. “I actually thought he was going to hit …
Secretary Brooke Rollins @SecRollins Today, just four companies — JBS, Cargill, Tyson Foods, and National Beef — control roughly 85% of the cattle processing market. That level of concentration has surged from just 25% in 1977 to 71% by 1992, and now to an astonishing 85%. Together, these companies operate through dozens of subsidiary businesses, …
bessent saying more ships going through hormuz while amena bakr tracked exactly which ships. chinese COSCO vessels with revolutionary guard inspection and $2M tolls. more ships going through is technically true. who they belong to and what they pay to transit is the part bessent… — Stephen Lee (@Go_Crene) March 30, 2026
Bernie Sanders: Larry Ellison, the second richest person on Earth, who is a major investor in AI, predicts an AI powered surveillance state is coming where "citizens will be on their best behavior because we are constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on." pic.twitter.com/PhHYPSvgmh — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) March 29, 2026 Jimmy welcomes back …
BUT THE MONEY SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN SPENT: NYC never opened 25 planned preschools despite demand surge — and may not have even known one existed. Roughly 20 planned early childhood education centers in the Big Apple mysteriously sit idle as demand surges for universal pre-K and 3K seats close to home, The Post has learned. …
by David Haggith Trump blows hard on his horn in his speech tonight, but it adds up to a time-wasting pile of nothing. Following up on yesterday’s government report about continually weakening employment, I should have noted that, while a 4-year high in the unemployment rate doesn’t sound like much, remember that takes us back to …
Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin says today’s debt trajectory echoes past periods of financial strain. Treasury data backs him up. Here’s why rising interest costs and structural deficits matter more than any headline… By Peter Reagan There’s an old line that those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Personally, I’ve always …
She introduced the bill that allowed the fraud to happen https://t.co/ZfdDMtGaFt — Chadwick Moore (@Chadwick_Moore) December 4, 2025 Um, you are, um, a liar and a, um fraud and um it’s time to go um bye bye! pic.twitter.com/44LCvFyfFR — GinnyM (@PatriotXV11) December 4, 2025 Minnesota Somali population key statistics.% in Poverty: 58%% on Food Stamps: …
This sounds like he's raising a flag for a bailout https://t.co/RTweqJnS8p — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) November 21, 2025 NOW, that statement should freak the investors out. This is NOT normal. https://t.co/mKKdVIzRD6 — Unicus (@UnicusResearch) November 21, 2025
Trump’s immigration crackdown has galvanized Chicagoans, who have banded together to protect their loved ones and neighbors. They have borne witness the best way they could: by pulling out their phones to document what was happening. (AP Video: Laura Bargfeld)
Sounds like he was pissed because Trump outted him? pic.twitter.com/NoqzEQwiCC — dishdr (@TherealdishDR) November 13, 2025 Grok confirm: No verified evidence shows Epstein resented Trump specifically for “outing” him. Their fallout occurred earlier when Trump banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago after reports of him soliciting an underage girl there. The quote from Epstein’s emails reflects personal …
Remember the Year of Magical Investing is drawing to a close and we are now talking about investing in profitable companies. Too much OpenAI IOUS flying around for me…Time to be more conservative and diversified — Jim Cramer (@jimcramer) November 12, 2025
Socialism always sounds “free,” until the economy collapses, and families flee. Venezuela proved it. Now states like NY & CA are learning the hard way. Americans are leaving big-government states for more freedom. You can’t spend, tax, and tariff your way out of a $2T deficit. Washington doesn’t have a revenue problem; it has a …
Smells like #enron, sounds like Skillings, arrogant like Worldcom and Maddox, magically connected like Sam Bankman Fried, and a habitual liar claimed by his board, close friends, associates and relatives. cannot make this crap up. https://t.co/H5jpiWYyDN — Gary Cardone (@GaryCardone) November 6, 2025 Not to mention this shady shit. OpenAI whistleblower who died was being …
Zohran Mamdani completely changes the way he talks and how he sounds depending on what country he’s in Here are clips of him – In America– In South Africa– On a Turkish podcast– During his hip-hop rapper days This is absolutely insane. He’s an actor pic.twitter.com/N0lK5Z5hTQ — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) October 21, 2025 Remember …
Sounds like trade talks are going well pic.twitter.com/AngPXpZrla — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) September 22, 2025 https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/modi-urges-indians-rid-foreign-122233361.html Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a public address on Sunday asked citizens to stop using foreign-made products and instead use local ones, pushing for a self-reliant campaign when trade ties with the United States have soured. After U.S. …
Ahahahaha 🤣🤣 He's starting to realise his policies were anti-industry. I wonder if he'll figure it out about tariffs too. pic.twitter.com/TOXybEEUmV — denome (@denomeme) September 15, 2025
“When we have the next crisis, the word ‘private’ is going to be in every headline,” says Cornell Professor Dave Collum. In this interview with Daniela Cambone, Collum warns that the biggest risks in the next financial crisis won’t come from the public markets—stocks, Treasuries, and the like—but from the shadowy private markets: private credit, …
Inside you’ll see: • The valuation dashboard (Buffett Indicator, Tobin’s Q, CAPE, P/B) and why “long-term averages” may be misleading when you add an extra century of data. • How index concentration, mega-cap cash-flow multiples, and extreme P/Es mirror late-stage bubbles. • Classic warning lights: Dow Transports diverging, insiders dumping, and a yield-curve signal with …
Houses are everywhere, prices stop climbing, buyers rejoice eventually. Insanity. I don’t see how housing doesn’t struggle going forward. Wait until the boomers die off. There will be no one left that can afford to buy. https://t.co/aNWA55mzBY — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 31, 2025 Among all recent grads living at home, the divide between men …
🇺🇸 SEN. MULLIN: I DON’T BUCKLE UP BECAUSE OF CARJACKING "I'm not joking when I say this. I drive around in Washington, D.C., in my Jeep, and yes, I do drive myself. And I don't buckle up. The reason why I don't buckle up, and people can say whatever they want to, they can… https://t.co/QR7uHm44eC …
It now takes an income of 124k to buy the median priced home in America. Only 18% of single Americans make 100k. 62% of homebuyers are married. Lower rates won’t fix family formation. See the problem? pic.twitter.com/4DO0rEKUTh — Cherrygarciafan. USD🏴☠️ (@cherrygarciafan) August 10, 2025 The median household income necessary to purchase the median priced home …
Trump signs an executive order banning “woke AI” in the federal government. Sounds bold on paper. Dig into the language and it’s a mixture of political theater, selective enforcement, and an open door for regulatory arbitrage. The order claims government AI must follow “truth-seeking,” “ideologically neutral” standards and be free from “diversity-driven distortions.” The White …
Elon warns Europe heading toward widespread slaughter. He is back on track and paying attention to things that matter. Living at the office again too. — Always Looking for the Truth (@lehmanlaw) July 21, 2025
https://twitter.com/Dragonboy155/status/1943400872106692915 A protester was seen apparently firing some kind of weapon at federal agents during the immigration raid at a farm near Camarillo on Thursday. It’s unknown if anyone was injured in the chaos. https://t.co/tZBT2XnVEH pic.twitter.com/p4YZ3qkHnM — ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) July 10, 2025
A new startup, founded and led by for OpenAI CTO Mira Murati just raised the largest seed round ever; $2B. Her company, Thinking Machines Lab, has an estimated valuation of $10B based on the fundraise. Here’s the kicker, Thinking Machine Labs has no product. All it has is a vague stated goal “to make AI …
This sounds like Trump has promised something interesting for China. I wonder what could that be 🤭Interestingly, US undergoes review of AUKUSAnything on South China Seas and Taiwan will be extremely interesting https://t.co/4C15XIupuq — David Lee (@DavidLe76335983) June 12, 2025
Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang weighs in on President Donald Trump threatening Apple with tariffs, trade talks and the state of China’s economy during a wide-ranging interview on ‘Mornings with Maria.’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfVRv5QuB48
In 2022, people watched prices surge and blamed gas stations and grocery stores. Today feels different. Prices are still high, but the real concern has shifted. The fear now is not about inflation today. It is about trust tomorrow. People are no longer just worried about paying more. They are starting to wonder whether the …