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Massive fraud in safety-net programs shows weak controls and lack of real-time oversight. A nonprofit clinic stole $58 million through 340B, and nobody caught it until the FBI showed up. The fraudster was buying mansions and Bentleys while the patients this program is supposed to help got nothing. THIS is what tax-exempt clinics are fighting …
Crowded long positions in tech + rising bond yields is a classic warning sign of potential volatility. Record leveraged ETF money shows retail is still very bullish and using max leverage. Extra liquidity from M2 is the main fuel keeping stocks elevated despite warnings. CITI WARNS OF GROWING BEARISH PRESSURE ON NASDAQ Citi says bearish …
AI is moving into the most vulnerable part of dating byu/Ok_Astronomer_7797 inworldinsights Source: Match and the Kinsey Institute Unveil 14th Annual Singles in America Study
The US has set a dangerous new precedent, civilian water is now part of the war, and millions are exposed. NoLimit Alpha @NoAlphaLimits 🚨 THE US JUST BOMBED A WATER PLANT. READ THAT AGAIN: America just struck a freshwater desalination plant on Qeshm Island, Iran. Do you understand what that means? – 30 villages just …
Rep. Melanie Stansbury @Rep_Stansbury The growing list of countries that are investigating or pushing leaders to step down over the Epstein Files ⬇️ -The UK -Norway -Sweden -Slovakia -France -Latvia -Lithuania -Poland -Ireland Meanwhile the U.S. President is trying to tell Americans to “move on” after he appears 38,000 times in the files, alongside dozens …
Markets, especially the major financial stocks globally, have begun to respond to dramatically altered liquidity prospects. Marketplace liquidity is mercurial, especially late in the cycle. Market blowoffs fueled by speculative leverage guarantee acute liquidity instability. On the upside, self-reinforcing speculation and leveraging propagate liquidity overabundance and the perception of endless liquidity. But speculative melt-ups set …
ANTISOCIAL MEDIA: Bombshell report exposes how Meta relied on scam ad profits to fund AI. Documents showed that internally, Meta was hesitant to abruptly remove accounts, even those considered some of the “scammiest scammers,” out of concern that a drop in revenue could diminish resources needed for artificial intelligence growth. Instead of promptly removing bad actors, …
https://twitter.com/Notbullnorbear/status/1958221007820300469 Think of the Reverse Repo Facility (RRP) as the Fed’s overnight parking garage for cash. Funds drive in with dollars, the Fed hands them Treasuries as a claim ticket, and the next day they swap back with a little extra. That extra is interest, the RRP rate. — StockMarket.News (@_Investinq) August 20, 2025 The …
JOE ROGAN: WHAT IF QUANTUM COMPUTING ENDS ENCRYPTION? “What is money essentially right now? It’s all ones and zeros, right? And what is the bottleneck? Well, the bottleneck is encryption, right? So that’s how you protect people from stealing your ones and zeros. But what if it gets to the point where we’re all using …
Millions of Americans depend on daily medication to function, to work, to stay alive. Blood pressure pills. Antidepressants. Insulin. Thyroid tablets. Inhalers. Medications for epilepsy, anxiety, heart conditions, diabetes. Take a guess how many people in the U.S. are prescribed drugs long-term. Over 131 million. That’s more than half the population. And in a crisis, …
It Has Begun : Migrant Fears of ICE Shuts Down Peak of CA Citrus Harvest The impact of President-elect Donald Trump’s promise of mass deportation is already starting to show. The California Farm Bureau says fears in the Central Valley have led to migrant farmworkers not showing up for work, which has virtually halted the …
Jackie Duda spent nearly a year recovering after a life-threatening case of sepsis. Duda, of New Market, Maryland, was never denied medical care, even when bills from her extended hospital stay and doctors’ visits surpassed $250,000. But the 61-year-old hasn’t had the same luck with dental bills. As a freelance health journalist, she learned there’s …
Check out the article about how California has 6 of the 10 counties nationwide with the highest risks of home-price declines. California’s high-risk counties are less-populated regions to the north. Their prices may have been pushed out of economic balance by remote workers seeking cheaper homes to live in away from the Bay Area job hubs. San …
Payment For Order Flow (PFOF) involves brokerage firms receiving compensation for directing customer orders to certain market makers or parties for execution. This practice is akin to front running, where someone executes trades based on advance knowledge of pending orders from other parties, effectively taking advantage of the market. Front running is generally considered unethical …
‘Not only will climate change destroy the planet, but more importantly it’s also homophobic!’ What next, a bogus study showing the woke are more likely to be hit by lightning? h/t Qplus17
“Nonprofit in Democrat Detroit: Director For Home Ownership Programs For Detroit Arrested For Stealing 30 Homes “Prosecutors say instead of keeping people in their homes, Zena Thomas worked to steal them right out from under the owners.” “This scheme targeted some of our most financially vulnerable citizens and was perpetrated by an individual whose job …
This jobs data could not be better for housing bears. Full time employment is collapsing while they report a "strong" jobs market leading to higher for longer rates and collapsing sales and then prices. pic.twitter.com/mdz9wXh9uO — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) April 6, 2024 Gig economy workers, exemplified by platforms like Uber and DoorDash, often lack the …
The Swiss government-sponsored rescue of Credit Suisse and U.S. bank salvages in March 2023 doused the immediate fires kindled by a run at little-known U.S. regional lender Silicon Valley Bank. But regulators and lawmakers are only starting to address how banks could better withstand deposit runs, and whether they need easier access to emergency cash. …
by Chris Black When this first started in 2017, after Trump’s election, they said that saying mean things on the internet would cause people to kill themselves. Seriously, that was the argument. You can look it up. Then you got the “election meddling” and “Covid disinformation.” We always hear about “hate speech,” but frankly, that …
https://twitter.com/NeilMispelaar/status/1733611415397605745 Joe Rogan about Justin Trudeau “That guy can eat shit” pic.twitter.com/6Iw2vJpd80 — Matt in Vancouver (@belligerentNuck) December 8, 2023
Over a third of people appointed to the HHS leave to take jobs in private sectors Republican presidents were more likely to appoint people directly from industry READ MORE: ‘Patient influencers’ are being paid by big pharma More than half of Centers for Disease Control (CDC) staff go on to work for big pharma, a …
Energy bills for Britons will remain ‘volatile for some time to come’, regulator Ofgem warned today as it confirmed the price cap will fall after wholesale costs dropped. The cap will drop from an average of £2,074 per year to £1,923, but campaigners said bills remained unaffordable amid calls for an ‘urgent reboot’ of the …
via Brandon Smith: The past week the National Education Association, the largest teachers union in the US, issued guidance on the use of leftist activist symbols in public school classrooms. As part of their advice to teachers, they recommended violating district and state rules and hanging items such as pride flags and BLM flags. This is generally …