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Imagine you own a house worth $1 million. No mortgage. Just $1 million sitting there. Now look at what that money can earn. The 30-year Treasury recently hit 5.337%, the highest level since 2007. At 5.3%, $1 million produces roughly: $53,000 a year. $4,417 a month. Before taxes. And the crazy part is that you don’t need to buy another house. You don’t need tenants. You don’t need to fix a roof. You don’t need to replace a furnace. You don’t need to chase rent. You can just own a Treasury bond. Now compare that with the house. Your $1 million ... Read more... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

Food giant Tyson Foods is closing several of its beef plants in the US including one in Illinois, with state representatives describing the closure as “devastating” and “abrupt,” with more than 2,500 workers expected to lose their jobs. The company announced the closures in a Thursday news release, saying it was “making strategic changes to its beef operations to position the company for long-term success.” Tyson will close two beef facilities and sell another, with plans to anchor around its central US locations in Dakota City, Nebraska; Holcomb, Kansas and Amarillo, Texas. “Recent USDA cattle inventory data, which included continued evidence ... Read more... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

CNN goes off the rails after TWO panelists flat-out accuse ICE agents of murdering American citizens. Scott Jennings refuses to let it slide. Even the host had to step in and push back. SARAH MATTHEWS: “There weren’t murders of American citizens in our streets, and was able to do… immigration enforcement.” JENNINGS: “What murders are you talking about?” MATTHEWS: “Talking about Renee Good. Alex Pretti.” JENNINGS: “Have there been convicted murderers in these cases?” MATTHEWS: “I have seen the video evidence which shows a very—” JENNINGS: “So just for the record, you’re flat-out calling him a murderer? Is that what you’re ... Read more... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

Republicans are now predicted to lose in Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, Iowa, and Texas. Senate map based on recent Fox News Polling (map via @270toWin) 🔵 GA Ossoff 56–43 (D Flip) 🔵 NC Cooper 53–44 (D Flip) 🔵 OH Brown 53–45 (D Flip) 🔵 IA Turek 50–46 (D Flip) 🔵 TX Talarico 51–48 (D Flip) 🔵 ME Jackson 48–46 (D Flip) 🔴 MI Rogers 51–47 (R Flip) pic.twitter.com/w5yKQONsad — InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) August 14, 2026 Right left makes no difference. We get war and inflation. AC... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

In the coming days the U.S. national debt is set to breach $40 trillion for the first time. Soberingly, Bank of America’s chief equity strategist, Michael Hartnett. predicts that the next milestone, $50 trillion, will be reached in July 2029. These worrying landmarks reinforce a market perception that fixed-income investments are losing bets, a sentiment Hartnett summarizes as “Anything But Bonds.” It’s not a milestone so much, though, as a millstone. In his weekly “Flow Show” strategy note published Friday, Hartnett calculates that the cost of servicing the interest on that debt has reached $1.5 trillion yearly. Moreover, unless the yield ... Read more... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

The reason why S&P 500 earnings estimates keep going up is because for the first time in history, capex expense is now being counted as revenue in Wall Street's forward earnings estimates. If Wall Street was counting AI capex expense at the same rate as they are counting the… pic.twitter.com/vj9JKqJzDe — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) August 14, 2026 The AI trade has a $70 billion secret, and it sits off everyone's balance sheet. To keep the buildout going, Nvidia agreed to backstop up to 25% of a $500 billion financing push, guaranteeing the resale value of its own chips. Meta and Broadcom already ... Read more... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

This is a really disturbing trend. People have basically given up on buying a home or they can’t qualify to buy one. The only thing that reverses this trend is lower prices because rates aren’t dropping anytime soon. pic.twitter.com/ui48i3wKCp — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 15, 2026 No way to spin this as good. https://t.co/8JoOef0de6 — Edward Dowd (@DowdEdward) August 15, 2026 Redfin estimates 966,752 to 967,000 active buyers in July. That is down 2.5 percent from June and the lowest since tracking started in 2013. Sellers outnumber buyers by 51.3 percent, nearly half a million more sellers. Nearly 80 percent of ... Read more... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

It’s insane the US has this many Flock cameras installed byu/CloggedAssassin inmildlyinfuriating... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

The California Democratic Party executive board voted Sunday to endorse Proposition 40, the one-time 5% wealth tax on billionaires. It needed a second vote to clear the 60% threshold. The measure is on the November 2026 ballot. It targets California residents worth more than $1 billion as of early 2026, raises an estimated $100 billion over five years, and sends most of the money to healthcare. Governor Gavin Newsom opposes it and wants a national version instead. Some major unions also oppose it. Party board endorsed Prop 40 after a tight second vote. One-time 5% tax on net worth over $1 ... Read more... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

$160 million a day. That is roughly how much ExxonMobil is making based on the profit figures being discussed. Exxon reported $28.8 billion in 2025 earnings, generated $52 billion in operating cash flow, and returned $37.2 billion to shareholders through dividends and buybacks. Then comes the question people keep arguing over: Why does an industry that is already one of the most profitable in the world still receive public support? According to the Subsidy Tracker database, Exxon Mobil is connected to: $1.955 billion in state and local subsidies across 165 awards. The database also lists: $346,185 in federal grants and allocated ... Read more... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.

Joe Kent told interviewers the group met at Tucker Carlson home. They talked about forming a third party because both big parties fail on wars. Members include Marjorie Taylor Greene Thomas Massie Joe Kent and Tucker Carlson. Goal is America First no foreign wars and less corporate money. They tried to get Carlson to run for 2028 but he said no. Ballot access problems mean they may start as insurgents. Funding would come from grassroots not PAC money. Photo of the group at the meeting circulated widely this week. BREAKING: Joe Kent told Piers Morgan that the process of forming a ... Read more... READ MORE... Disclaimer: This post is shared for discussion and critical analysis only. Submission does not equal endorsement. The content may reflect claims or opinions from the original source. Please verify information independently and review primary sources before forming conclusions. If you notice factual errors, misleading claims, or possible AI generated or edited clips, please leave a fact check comment with sources for the community.