The U.S. debt wall is here: $8 trillion gets refinanced. The bill could jump $300 billion a year

The government can survive one expensive year, but when trillions of old cheap debt keep getting replaced with higher-rate debt, the interest bill starts behaving like a bill that renews itself every year. CBO already projects net interest outlays rising from about $1 trillion in 2026 to $2.1 trillion in 2036. 2026 is the year … Read more

‘The Trump Administration will hold every corporation accountable for replacing American workers with cheap foreign labor.’

Damn, that’s crazy. pic.twitter.com/SRR92oUhTR — Blane (@BlaneShipleft) September 14, 2026 A small university in Indiana keeps a second, separately registered federal record that almost nobody opens. On that record sit 9,123 graduate students, 98.3% of them foreign nationals. Trine University. Trine paid roughly $16 million to a single recruiting agency that runs… — LayoffHedge (@LayoffAI) … Read more

AAA warns fill your gas tank awhile you can

we saw some of the largest weekly increases in gasoline and diesel prices in months in the last week- these states had it the worst… including a large 67c/gal rise in Georgia's diesel prices and a 32c/gal jump in Michigan's gas prices: pic.twitter.com/8wf9knYW8q — Patrick De Haan (@GasBuddyGuy) September 14, 2026 Truckers who voted for … Read more

Scientists Turn Sunlight Into Quantum Entanglement

Scientists have turned ordinary sunlight into a source of quantum entanglement, opening a surprising path toward more energy-efficient quantum technology. Quantum technologies often depend on powerful lasers that consume significant amounts of energy. As these systems grow larger and more widespread, their energy requirements could become an increasingly important concern. Now, researchers have demonstrated that … Read more

More listings, fewer sales, prices still up

Something isn’t adding up in the U.S. housing market. Existing home sales just fell to a 14-month low. Meanwhile, housing inventory climbed to its highest level since 2019. Yet home prices are still UP 1.6% YoY. Here’s what’s happening: Mortgage rates above 6.7% are weighing on buyers, while homeowners locked into much cheaper mortgages have … Read more

This is how a central bank manufactures stagflation. Watch the euro forward curve roll over as the growth bill comes due.

The ECB is hiking rates to fight an energy shock. Higher rates do not produce a single barrel of oil. Europe's 2y2y forward rates ripped from near zero in 2022 to roughly 3.5%, chasing a supply spike the central bank cannot tighten away. Citadel Securities says they are capped… pic.twitter.com/IwcKXR7Itd — Kurt S. Altrichter, CRPS® … Read more

Global diesel shortage may last well into 2027. John Thune floats a diesel export ban.

We’re completely f**ked either way. The US is considering halting diesel exports. The US is the world’s largest diesel exporter… Russia, the 2nd largest, has already halted exports. A US export ban would send global diesel prices even higher and force countries like Japan to dump USTs to fund their domestic needs. In other words, … Read more

Diesel in Germany is $11 a gallon

Diesel here in Germany is at €2.49/liter… That's ~$11 per gallon. Germany is fucked. pic.twitter.com/UOhZKROHhy — Lukas Ekwueme (@ekwufinance) September 15, 2026 Romania has warned about the risk of mass bankruptcy after the closure of the LUKOIL Refinery, about 460 companies in Romania may go bankrupt if the country’s authorities do not reopen the Petrotel … Read more

Massachusetts took their daughter. The full file is still sealed.

This is absolutely horrendous . A family in Massachusetts has lost custody of their own daughter because they refuse to Affirm her as a boy.Apparently, a school counselor, “socially” affirmed her as a boy without the parents knowledge, and contacted the state on “behalf” of the… pic.twitter.com/nGxInFCsUo — Leah Rain ✝️🇺🇸🎸🏝️ (@LeahRain77) September 15, 2026 … Read more

Boston drops Flock after outside agencies gained access to vehicle data

Days after Boston launched its Flock Safety pilot program in April 2025, the surveillance system shared vehicle data in violation of the Boston Police Department’s contract. The disclosure, first reported by WBUR ahead of the release of the city’s 2025 Surveillance Technology Report to the City Council on Monday, surfaced one day after Boston Mayor … Read more

The United States is now in negotiations with terrorists?

pic.twitter.com/aHeoUiATWN — The Hormuz Report (@HormuzReport) September 14, 2026 BREAKING: The United States has reportedly requested direct talks with Yemen’s Houthis — JD Vance has confirmed Washington is holding direct conversations with Ansar Allah as the group tightens its grip on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Vance said the U.S. is “on top” of the… — … Read more

Thomas Massie introduces 8 articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth.

Massie launches push to impeach Hegseth Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie on Tuesday introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, an extraordinary attempt by members of the president’s own party to oust a Pentagon chief. The articles are for high crimes and misdemeanors, including the war in Iran, the Trump administration’s boat strikes … Read more

Smackdown for AI companies seeking ‘antitrust exemption’ — Are you freaking nuts.

Two Senate Republicans said Tuesday that providing antitrust exemptions to artificial intelligence companies to facilitate discussions on how to make AI safer should be taken off the table — as lawmakers discuss ways to respond to industry warnings about the need for guardrails on the rapidly evolving technology. “To watch AI CEOs saying, ‘We’re about … Read more

Saudi Arabia built a backup for Hormuz. Now that backup is under attack

Saudi Arabia built that 745-mile pipeline specifically so it could move oil around Hormuz when that route became dangerous. Now the backup route is getting squeezed too, while Yanbu loadings have been suspended. NEW OIL THREAT Saudi Arabia’s 1,200-km (745-mile) East-West Pipeline, which links its Gulf oil fields to the Red Sea, has been the … Read more