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Fox News rolling out the red carpet with nonstop patriot talk on Graham ignores his history of pushing wars and big spending that hurt regular Americans.

Turning him into some hero right after death proves the network still protects the old guard instead of calling out the real problems he backed for years. This kind of coverage shows why trust in Fox drops when they go easy on insiders like him. Fox article on tributes and legacy after Graham’s passing: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/america-world-lost-determined-leader-tributes-pour-sen-lindsey-graham-death …

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Retail spending patterns are showing clear signs of cooling off.

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 …

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German Chancellor finally admits Trump is right on Europe defense spending

Germany’s Chancellor Merz admits: Trump often applies pressure through a very forceful approach. The last American presidents politely asked us, “Please, finally do a little more for your own defense,” but across Europe those requests largely fell on deaf ears. Now there is an American president who says, rather bluntly, “Enough is enough.” And I …

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The Pentagon is spending millions to make sure it never runs short of munitions again

This isn’t about one chemical plant. It’s about what the Pentagon thinks it may need for years to come. Alzchem Group AG is building a $150 million nitroguanidine plant in Bushy Park, South Carolina. Nitroguanidine isn’t a household name. But it is a critical ingredient for modern military propellants. No propellant. No steady flow of …

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AI spending explodes to 8% of GDP while BofA tells investors to hedge S&P rally for coming correction.

AI capital expenditures has now hit an astounding 8% of GDP! This surpasses every single bubble in history. With most of this buildout funded through private credit & demand driven by circular financing, it's unclear what the consequences will be when the bubble finally pops. pic.twitter.com/M8DkJvCNjK — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) June 30, 2026 BOFA: HEDGE THE …

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AI capex spending hits hundreds of billions but payback timing looks fuzzy for hyperscalers.

Something about the AI race keeps bothering me. Every earnings season, the spending gets bigger. The timeline for earning it back stays fuzzy. Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and Google are pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into AI infrastructure, building data centers, buying GPUs, expanding power capacity, and upgrading networks at a pace the industry has …

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Florida slashes spending 4 years straight with rainy day fund tripled and no income tax.

Florida has cut spending for multiple years under DeSantis. The state budget is significantly smaller than New York’s despite similar populations. Rainy day fund has grown substantially. Florida has no state income tax and continues property tax relief efforts. Video confirms recent budget finalization. 🚨 JUST IN: Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed that after he finalizes …

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Government spending hits its highest share of GDP ever. BofA survey shows gold now least overvalued in 2.5 years

Recession signals are flashing while government gobbles a record share of the entire economy. The US government has never consumed a larger share of the economy than it does today. pic.twitter.com/lKtm7dzHIm — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) June 21, 2026 When CPI rate > Unemployment rate with a yield curve inversion it tends to lead to recession. …

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AI hype is facing real pressure on costs, competition, and spending.

Spending is exploding (CapEx records, big acquisitions like Cursor). Pricing power is cracking (token costs falling, Microsoft looking at cheaper Chinese models). Competition is heating up fast from open-source and lower-cost models. Big players (Microsoft, SpaceX/Elon) are making aggressive moves because the economics of frontier AI are getting tough. ⚠️Is the AI pricing bubble starting …

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US consumer spending just posted its biggest real drop in years

This is reality. Inflation is a real struggle right now. pic.twitter.com/2XrW7guwjE — Abounding Wealth (@AboundWealth) June 13, 2026 It means regular people are buying less stuff once you factor in higher prices. May saw the biggest drop in real (inflation-adjusted) retail spending in years, with 7 declines in the last 9 months. This usually happens …

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High-end retail reports massive luxury spending slump

Credit card processor data shows a 15% drop in luxury sector sales over the last 30 days… Metropolitan luxury malls recorded 22,000 fewer high-net-worth visitors this month than in May 2025… Luxury watchmakers are slashing prices by 20% to clear out inventory that is no longer moving at retail… Private wealth managers report a massive …

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Trump D.C. beautification push is starting to look like a federal vanity spending spree

They’re throwing millions into gold-coated horse statues, fountains, marble work, and monument projects while national parks across the country keep getting squeezed. A $5 million gold leaf contract around the Lincoln Memorial got rushed through with limited competition and almost no market comparison. Same administration still talking nonstop about government efficiency. The timing looks insane. …

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Senator Gillibrand went ballistic after Sean Duffy called out her hypocrisy on private jets and luxury spending.

She got dragged for $7 million in gravy train perks while attacking others. So…she’s just gonna lie like it’s nothing?😂 pic.twitter.com/18pGRfkpzg — Refugee316 (@Refugee316) May 19, 2026 .@gillibrandny just flat out LIED on camera. "I've never been on a private jet." BULLSHIT!She's been flying private and luxuriously for YEARS with taxpayer money!It's public record, Senator. …

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Joe Scarborough slammed the golden ballroom spending priorities.

He pointed out gas at $4.50 a gallon, unaffordable rent and healthcare while pushing $1 billion for luxury White House stuff. People are calling it completely backwards priorities. Joe Scarborough: With gas prices at $4.50 a gallon, with health care unaffordable for the overwhelming majority of Americans, with rent just astronomical, and most Americans under …

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Celebrities are getting dragged online for preaching about inequality while spending huge money at the Met Gala

Celebrities dropped massive cash on outfits and tickets to Jeff Bezos’ event while acting like they care about regular people and inequality. Protests outside chanted tax the rich while inside it was all excess. FUCK THE MET GALA Also, fuck any celebrity that paid 100,000 dollars to attend a Jeff Bezos event and act like …

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AI spending is the only thing keeping U.S. GDP at a 2% surge — New data shows AI investments accounted for nearly 75% of recent economic growth

The U.S. economy is currently a “hollowed-out” powerhouse. While the 2% GDP surge looks decent on a teleprompter, new data confirms that nearly three-quarters of that growth is just the tech giants frantically buying server racks and H100 chips to avoid falling behind in the AI arms race. Outside the Silicon Valley bubble, the “real” …

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AMERICANS ARE CUTTING SPENDING, PRIORITIZING ESSENTIALS OVER TRAVEL AND LIFESTYLE EXPENSES

AMERICANS ARE CUTTING SPENDING, PRIORITIZING ESSENTIALS OVER TRAVEL AND LIFESTYLE EXPENSES — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) May 1, 2026 #BREAKING: Reports say millions of Americans are stuck with vacant and flipped homes, listing high and refusing to sell over fears of steep sale taxes. — Insider Wire (@InsiderWire) May 1, 2026 "Most Americans care deeply about …

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Inflation ripping higher while real spending collapses is the exact combination that breaks markets and no amount of AI fairy dust changes that math. SPY has just officially topped?

Keep acting like the consumer is still strong and spending like nothing’s changed… and yeah, it’s going to look fine until it suddenly isn’t. Inflation still hot and people already stretched, that’s the kind of setup where things can roll over, but timing is always the tricky part. U.S. inflation picture is the worst in …

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Rep Nancy Mace challenges Tim Walz over reported autism spending surge from $1.1M in 2017 to $343.1M in 2024, a 31,099% increase

The numbers are in Rep Nancy Mace confronts Governor Tim Walz on Autism spending increases Overall Increase from 2017 to 2024 2017: $1,099,946.52 2024: $343,176,474.78 Total increase: $342,076,528.26 This is a 31,099% INCREASE, or roughly 311 TIMES higher than 2017 levels The numbers are in Rep Nancy Mace confronts Governor Tim Walz on Autism spending …

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US New Home Sales Decline By Most In 13 Years In January (Home Prices Remain Too High After Covid Spending Spree)

by confoundedinterest17 Despite falling mortgage rates, analysts expected December’s drop in new home sales to accelerate in January… and accelerate they did… crashing a stunning 17.6% MoM (-2.7% MoM exp) – the biggest MoM drop since July 2013. This huge MoM drop dragged sales down 11.3% YoY – the worst slide in three years. Source: Bloomberg …

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