Stan Druckenmiller: “the clowns in Washington – unless they get a signal from the bond market, they’re just going to keep spending”

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Stan Druckenmiller told Scott Bessent exactly what it would take to stop Washington from spending: “the clowns in Washington – unless they get a signal from the bond market, they’re just going to keep spending” this is him explaining the arithmetic nobody runs on corporate America, why he went from 93% invested to flat over … Read more

DOJ plans record monitors for the midterms under Trump

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BREAKING: Harmeet Dhillon said in an interview with Bloomberg News that the DOJ will be sending 1,000 election monitors to polling locations for the midterms. “[The DOJ] has sent monitors to election hot spots, polling places to increase voter confidence to troubleshoot problems and we are doing that now,” she said. https://newsletters.democracydocket.com/anchor-twitter Dhillon also said … Read more

Yes but, Google would NEVER read your Gmail.

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Google wants to buy a dead airline’s internal messages for $10 million. Spirit Airlines stopped flying in May, and now Google wants roughly 100 million emails, 500 million Teams messages and millions of employee records going back decades. Customer data is excluded, but employee data isn’t. A third party would strip identifying information before Google … Read more

Viral De-Flock America campaign urging people to destroy AI cameras on Halloween night gains momentum

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A viral campaign is urging Americans to turn Halloween into “De-Flock America” night and target controversial surveillance cameras while crowds and costumes provide cover. Posts promoting the campaign have spread rapidly across Instagram and X, calling for Flock Safety cameras to be disabled, covered or destroyed on October 31, 2026. The idea is that Halloween gives participants … Read more

Navy destroyers keep breaking down

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A US Navy guided-missile destroyer spent four days last month without working toilets, galley services and air conditioning in the blistering heat of the South China Sea after the warship lost power. The incident was due to an engineering failure aboard the warship, the US 7th Fleet said in a statement to CNN, another setback … Read more

Long-term debt owners now pay the price for global deficits

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The entire world is repricing long-term debt at the same time. Bloomberg's Global Treasury 20+ Year yield just hit ~4.3%, the highest since 2015 and roughly double its 2020 low. Real yields are driving this and breakevens are anchored. The market wants more to fund the… pic.twitter.com/tohkFuNjRt — Kurt S. Altrichter, CRPS® (@kurtsaltrichter) August 18, … Read more

Iran’s secret plan to escalate the war

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After President Trump signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran in mid-June, administration officials fanned out to build support for an agreement they hoped would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and start winding down the war. Iran’s hard-line leaders huddled in Tehran and came up with a different plan, according to Iranian and Arab officials. … Read more

US M2 money supply is rising at the fastest pace in five years, investors brace for global stagflation.

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https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h6/Current/ Investors see the combination of rising money supply and ongoing supply hits as the setup for prices that stay high even if activity slows. That mismatch is what stagflation looks like in real time. US M2 money supply is rising at the fastest pace in five years. The last time money supply accelerated this … Read more

Not only Michael Burry, but now the European Central Bank warns of a stock market correction coming

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https://t.co/mytuql0bzk — Common Sense Investor (CSI) (@commonsenseplay) August 18, 2026 🔥JUST IN: Ray Dalio warns the stock market bubble now rivals 1929, and could become the BIGGEST in American history. The Bridgewater founder says AI euphoria has produced "classic signs" of a bubble, pointing to record IPOs and trillion dollar valuations. Markets now trade at… … Read more

Try paying people enough to care

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“People don’t want to work anymore.” Okay. Offer someone $15 an hour for a difficult job. Then offer that same person $45 an hour. Watch how quickly the “work ethic problem” disappears. The latest data makes this harder to dismiss. Average hourly earnings rose 3.2% over the past year in July, while inflation was 3.4%. … Read more

The illusion of accountability

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That is all there is – and even the illusion is weak, tedious and tiresome. I’m seeing people in my personal sphere fucked over every which way you look. Victims of the healthcare industry. Victims of our justice system. These institutions are not just lacking – on the contrary – they seem purposefully designed to … Read more

ICE proposes legal insurance to shield local officers making arrests

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering a new proposal to protect local police officers from potential financial fallout if they face allegations of misconduct while executing immigration arrests. A planning document released Friday shows the agency intends to subsidize liability insurance for state and local officers who are trained and authorized to enforce federal … Read more