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The retail crisis that many people dismissed as overblown has now wiped out over 8,000 stores across the United States, and we’re only getting started. In this video, we take a closer look at what’s really happening in the retail industry in 2026, why so many beloved brands are disappearing, …
CNBC is reporting a huge drop in homebuyer demand. January 2026 was one of the worst month for sales on record, and now the NAR is claiming it’s a “new housing crisis”. Mortgage demand to buy homes is also plummeting. Could this mean that the long-awaited U.S. housing crash is …
@grok whats a Hindenburg moment — Dean Gillberry (@FartieFrenchie) February 7, 2026 A “Hindenburg moment” often refers to the Hindenburg Omen, a stock market indicator signaling potential crashes (named after the 1937 airship disaster). In this context, it might imply a peak before a downturn, like boasting at market highs. …
"Rent is throwing money away!" Meanwhile she pays $5,155 a month for a mortgage and $3,241 of it VANISHES into interest and taxes.pic.twitter.com/NZq2A4SX1P — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) January 23, 2026 There is no such thing as home price appreciation outside of inflation. Its a wealth transfer from young to old …
by Michael Did you know that more stores were closed in the United States last year than ever before? More than 8,000 stores were permanently shuttered in 2025, and it appears that 2026 will be even worse. U.S. consumers have very little discretionary income to spend these days, and empty stores litter …
BREAKING: President Trump announces a 10% tariff on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, Netherlands, and Finland beginning February 1st. This tariff will be increased to 25% beginning on June 1st. Tariffs will remain in effect until the US reaches a deal to buy… pic.twitter.com/978qAHjxao — The Kobeissi Letter …
Banks seize 367,000 homes as housing pain spreads across US… and it is about to get much worse https://t.co/YWpfrzWOTz — Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) January 15, 2026 The past year was difficult for homeowners — but experts warn that 2026 could be even more challenging. Foreclosures — when a bank …
🚨BREAKING: For the FIRST TIME since 2008, the U.S. is LOSING BLUE COLLAR JOBS. pic.twitter.com/cStOYOLPsB — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) January 7, 2026
If even half of this is real, the system is being looted in plain sight There is NO WAY that any sane person can look at this “high speed rail viaduct” in California and conclude there was no waste, fraud, or abuse in the $20+ BILLION spent on it $20,000,000,000.00!!!!! …
The bigger story is how easily billions vanish without anyone blinking. TRUMP: “MINNESOTA SOMALI FRAUD NOW $18 BILLION… CALIFORNIA IS WORSE, ILLINOIS IS WORSE, NEW YORK IS WORSE” Trump revealed that Minnesota’s Somali welfare fraud has doubled to $18 billion during a New Year’s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago, warning that …
via Macro_Untold Everyone talks about the “coming” crash, but if you look at the actual transaction logs from the last 6 months, the crash isn’t coming—it’s already here, and it’s being hidden by “Extend and Pretend” accounting. I’ve been digging into the specific numbers on the Blackstone 1740 Broadway default …
This is the part nobody wants to say out loud. The money wasn’t mismanaged, it was routed exactly where they wanted it to go. Homeless people were just the excuse, the real product was a fat paycheck and a clean paper trail. There is fraud everywhere now, and nobody ever …
“This was not a short squeeze rally… This was real, honest-to-goodness, new money buyers coming in,” says veteran trader Bert Dohmen. As silver surges nearly 90% for its best year since 1980, the legendary analyst who called the 1987 crash, the dot-com bust, and the 2008 meltdown is sounding his …
Michael Burry warns the U.S. stock market could face a crash worse than the 2000 dot‑com bubble. The veteran investor says several tough years may be ahead for investors. He points to the surge in AI and tech stock valuations, combined with the dominance of passive investing, as key risks. …
Forget 2007. The US consumer today is facing a worse crisis. It's not Systemic Leverage; it's Household Arithmetic. My new memo breaks down the structural squeeze: why the 2026 economy faces a consumer solvency crisis, not a liquidity crisis. — Craig Shapiro (@ces921) December 3, 2025 This Black Friday, shoppers …
Veronica Martinez woke up early one recent morning to make a fresh batch of cookies. She packed them in a box and headed to a community center in East Oakland, where a nonprofit called Trybe invites families to get the things they need — produce, milk, eggs and even diapers. …
Worse than 2008 incoming? byu/diehard404 ininflation Just a few years ago I (in school) thought a job offering $40k was a solid starting income. Now, I’m concerned about any job offering less than $60k. Inflation is the silent killer byu/Comfortablejack ininflation The housing crisis is also a crisis of hopelessness …
Why is crypto crashing? https://t.co/8eHuDd6Hsy — Dividend Hero (@HeroDividend) December 1, 2025 JUST IN: Strategy says they will sell their #Bitcoin if its stock falls below mNAV and fresh capital dries up. Remember when Saylor lied and said they would never sell? It’s not even been 6 months and they’re …
Charities that help people cover their medical bills say they’re seeing an alarming increase in requests for help. Worse yet, they say, it’s coming even before cuts to Medicaid in President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act take effect and the potential expiration of Obamacare subsidies at year’s end. …
Eb Gargano has been writing recipes online long enough to anticipate the seasonal rhythms of her web traffic. The Easy Peasy Foodie creator can predict when US readers begin searching for her stress-free turkey instructions, or when her Christmas cake will start its annual climb up Google search results. This …
They don’t want to do it themselves, they want to encourage their students to do it and ruin their lives by getting arrested or worse. — Creature of Habit2 (@CreatureHabit2) November 25, 2025 Lol you can tell he'd run like a coward if things actually got hot. — Barbara Sherman …
Every company would be affected if the AI bubble were to burst, the head of Google’s parent firm Alphabet has told the BBC. Speaking exclusively to BBC News, Sundar Pichai said while the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) investment had been an “extraordinary moment”, there was some “irrationality” in the …
Something feels off, and I think a lot of us can sense it. In this video, we’re diving into what so many Americans are waking up to right now: The uncomfortable truth that the systems we’ve trusted our whole lives might not be as solid as we thought. From money …
The American economy is crashing right now, and it’s worse than most people realize. From banks refusing cash withdrawals to nearly a million jobs lost to automation, from healthcare premiums doubling overnight to stores packed with inventory nobody can afford, the warning signs are everywhere. In this video, we’re looking …
by Michael After many years of steady economic deterioration, a very dark cloud of economic pessimism hangs over our country. The cost of just about everything has been rising faster than paychecks have been, thousands of stores are closing all over the nation, and large corporations are conducting mass layoffs on a …
What was once promised as convenience and innovation is now exposing cracks that affect real people. Teenagers are confiding in AI chatbots with alarming guidance. Homebuyers are being misled by algorithm-generated listings. Platforms we trust for daily life are quietly decaying. Across the digital landscape, the costs of automation and …
Beijing said economy grew 4.8% in the third quarter, a deceleration that nonetheless keeps it on track to hit its official annual target https://www.wsj.com/economy/chinas-economic-growth-slows-to-one-year-low-07e36e7b The July-September data was the weakest pace of growth since the third quarter of 2024, and compares with a 5.2% pace of growth in the previous …
by Michael It feels like someone has pulled a plug, because the U.S. economy is suddenly caught in an extremely alarming downward spiral. As I discussed at the end of last week, investors are flocking to gold and silver because they can see that a storm is coming. We have reached …
