Turns out cutting labor oversupply still works. Fewer undocumented workers means tighter job markets, which means pay goes up.

According to a new op-ed from the Center for Immigration Studies, nearly 1 million illegals have self-deported under Trump’s renewed enforcement push, aided by cash incentives and digital check-ins. The report ties this exodus to a measurable increase in average wages, particularly in lower-skilled sectors. via CIS: The Washington Post …

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The signs are the same as 2008, only louder. If you’re still holding dollars like they mean something, you’re already behind.

This is what slow-motion collapse looks like. M2 is ripping, debt is spiking, and faith in fiat is circling the drain. Banking Crisis: Lender of Last Resort 2023 was three times worse than the 2008 GFC. The next crisis will be biblical. 2026? pic.twitter.com/CLU2IcYIA5 — The Great Martis (@great_martis) July …

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Heart attacks in teens are still rare, but the risk is rising.

Pediatric ER shifts are tracking cases that wouldn’t have been flagged five years ago. Chest pain in 16-year-olds. Hypertensive spikes in healthy teens. Vascular stress showing up in imaging reports. Cardiologists are watching and recalibrating. The latest 2025 data confirms it. Heart attack risk among young adults is climbing, and …

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Israel just can’t sit still for a week without bombing anyone.

Yesterday Israel agreed to a U.S. request to pause military strikes on Syrian forces, raising hopes for a brief calm in regional hostilities. However, Today, Israeli airstrikes targeted key Syrian government buildings, specifically the Syrian Ministry of Defense and the General Staff headquarters in Damascus, according to regional sources. The …

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France proposes cutting Easter Monday and May 8 holidays to close €43.8B budget gap. Pensions frozen. Deficit still at 5.4%.

France’s government is running out of options. On July 15, Prime Minister François Bayrou proposed eliminating two national public holidays to help close a €43.8 billion budget gap in the 2026 fiscal plan. The move is part of a broader austerity package aimed at reducing the deficit from 5.4% of …

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Amazon Prime Day spending down 10% to 15%. Consumer sentiment still in the gutter. Bezos sells $665.9M in stock.

Initial sales data from Amazon Prime Day is flashing a warning light. Early spending figures show a decline between 10% and 15% compared to last year’s event. This comes despite an expanded promotional window and aggressive markdowns across nearly every product category. Adobe’s projected $23.8 billion sales forecast now looks …

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VIDEO: Donald J. Trump: “Are you still talking about Epstein? I can’t believe you’re asking a question about Epstein…

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper JUST IN – Trump on Jeffrey Epstein: Are you still talking about Epstein? This guy has been talked about for years. Are people still talking about this creep? I can’t believe you’re asking a question about Epstein… JUST IN – Trump on Jeffrey Epstein: Are you still …

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The $3,000 capital loss limit was set in 1978. Still frozen. Should be $15,430 today. Same with dependent care and Social Security brackets. Congress never adjusted.

Some numbers never move. Not because they shouldn’t. Because Congress never bothered. The U.S. tax code is riddled with thresholds that were set decades ago and never indexed to inflation. They sit frozen in time while the cost of everything else climbs. The result is a quiet tax hike that …

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Massie: “There are still voices in this administration — you’ve still got JD Vance, Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr — you’ve still got calmer heads that could prevail.”

Massie: "There are still voices in this administration — you've still got JD Vance, Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr — you've still got calmer heads that could prevail." pic.twitter.com/tW96irp959 — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 22, 2025 Ok this is wildly inappropriate and insane. pic.twitter.com/Dbc0wovE0f — DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) June 22, 2025

Missiles hit the stock exchange and mfs still bought the dip LOL

Missiles hit the stock exchange and mfs still bought the dip LOL https://t.co/uVfYUAZxbP pic.twitter.com/LEDUQl3ipk — Hooman (@hoomansv) June 19, 2025 "War is bad for the stock market!" Tel Aviv's stock market: pic.twitter.com/nyHGzhwkOh — Heisenberg (@Mr_Derivatives) June 19, 2025 August 17, 2024 pic.twitter.com/5rUamvWrKX — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) June 19, 2025

Despite war, tariffs, and recession talk, foreigners still hold near record levels of U.S. stocks. The fear is loud. The money isn’t moving.

The headlines keep flashing red. But when you follow the money, you get a different picture. Despite a world tangled in geopolitical tension and recession warnings, foreign investors are still gripping American stocks like they know something the headlines don’t. The numbers say it all. As of June 2024, Treasury …

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Trump says he’s keeping Tesla and still using Starlink while markets bet on a possible truce with Elon Musk

Trump said today he’s not selling his Tesla and will keep using Starlink. Polymarket currently gives a 34% chance that he and Elon reconcile by the end of the month. pic.twitter.com/Drx0QBGbjw — TT3 (@TradingThomas3) June 9, 2025 ICYMI — Whoopi Goldberg believes the Trump-Musk feud is fake. pic.twitter.com/gyd4Pe6EqB — Toria …

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NVDA earnings down 41% from peak, traders still pricing future that may never return, Wall Street stays silent

I don't know if we'll ever get this type of correction, but this support line would represent a -90% peak-to-trough correction if it ever happens. pic.twitter.com/oGnwqwjCRZ — Curtis (@curtis90335) May 30, 2025 https://coastaljournal.substack.com/p/the-hunger-games-of-inflation?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=18thb9&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

Marco Rubio: Aid scandal explodes 88 cents of every USAID dollar vanishes into NGO pockets. U.S. still tops world in aid outflow despite deep misuse and broken reforms

Mind Blowing information from Marco Rubio – Only 12 cents of every dollar spent from USAID went to recipients, the other 88 cents went to NGOs who pocketed the money – Even with the reforms we put in place and what we’re suggesting in changes to our foreign aid, we …

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