“The Fed is politically independent”
"The Fed is politically independent" https://t.co/aKd6yQ1BDf — 🏴☠️ (@calvinfroedge) August 1, 2026
The dirty secret behind the EV revolution
I came across a post from someone who spent 30 years in the auto industry, and it got me thinking. The public conversation about EVs almost always starts at the dealership. It almost never starts at the mine. One claim that caught my attention was this. Some life cycle estimates suggest an EV doesn’t offset … Read more
When banks chase paper this hard to win the next IPO mandate, you are late in the cycle.
Wall Street is lending cash against stock that cannot be sold. JPMorgan’s private-bank loan demand jumped tenfold in months. Goldman’s San Francisco loan balances are up 50% since 2023. Banks are writing share-pledge loans against pre-IPO AI paper, some as small as $150 million. That is leverage stacked on valuations nobody can mark. 2021-vintage startups … Read more
Gunman walks parking lot fires into Tesla at charger then hits restaurant
Videos from Twin Falls Idaho today show a gunman with a rifle walking the parking lot and firing into a Tesla at the Supercharger next to In-N-Out. Employees ran. Family accounts say a man inside the Tesla was shot in the head and died. His wife was shot and lived. Official victim names still pending. … Read more
Mideast and Europe fights start overlapping
They cannot even keep the water pumps safe but still talk about winning the big war. At least seven states reported cyberattacks on water and wastewater systems this week. Minnesota hit first with more than 30 systems. Michigan and others followed. Hackers targeted internet-connected controllers that run pumps and treatment. Some systems lost pressure. Flooding … Read more
Middle Class Americans Are Finally Speaking Out About the Cost of Living Crisis
Middle class Americans are finally speaking out about the cost of living crisis — and what they’re saying reveals just how difficult life has become. From groceries and housing to everyday bills and basic necessities, more Americans are questioning how long they can keep up with rising costs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZYl_PHDrN0
Hyperscaler bond yields climb while Nvidia default insurance hits record
Big tech AI builders sold huge piles of bonds this year. Amazon Alphabet Meta Oracle already did about 194 billion through early July. Goldman sees the five big ones hitting 250 billion total in 2026. Longer bonds got hit hardest. SpaceX 30-year yield rose to 7.3 percent. Oracle long notes climbed near 7.8 percent. Some … Read more
Preemptive pardons are making Washington look like a criminal syndicate
Nothing says confidence in clean government quite like giving someone a pardon before they’re even charged with a crime. Think about what a preemptive pardon actually says. “You are free for whatever you may have done in the past, and the federal government can’t prosecute you for it.” That used to be an extraordinary constitutional … Read more
Can social media still grow when AI is replacing search, creators, and advertising?
Snap’s earnings this week may end up answering a much bigger question than whether the company beat estimates. Can social media still grow when AI is changing the way people search, create content, and discover information? For more than a decade, the formula was simple. Get more users. Keep them scrolling longer. Sell more ads. … Read more
GOP backs Morocco claim language on Spanish cities then screams about the migrant invasion
Link to the committee report for this bill containing the favorable language for Morocco with respect to the territory controlled by Spain:https://t.co/SIcFaQYkIK pic.twitter.com/gFuy1nWo9X — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) August 1, 2026 Massie posts that two weeks ago House passed bill greenlighting Spanish territory transfer to Morocco. Every Republican except him voted yes. Now same people act … Read more
Mamdani blocked from speaking at fallen NYC soldier’s funeral
They gave him the Zo-ld shoulder. Mayor Zohran Mamdani was snubbed from eulogizing Army Sgt. Angel Sarah Rampersad at the fallen soldier’s Queens funeral Friday — and the embarrassing scene unfolded in real time as he fumed while waiting in vain to give his speech, sources revealed. Mamdani, who was relegated to the fourth row … Read more
Real wages dropped 0.4% and 30 year yields hit the highest since 2007 while parents face $900 back to school bills
Private sector labor costs rose 0.9 percent in second quarter 2026. Slightly higher than the 0.8 percent Wall Street expected. Yearly wage growth slowed to 3.1 percent for private sector, smallest since early 2021. Real wages after inflation dropped 0.3 to 0.4 percent. Wall Street still freaks out when regular workers get paid more. US … Read more
Swiss stocks are the quiet cheat code almost no dollar investor uses
The CHEAT CODE almost no USD investor knows exists. Swiss stocks returned 7.7% a year over the last 100 years. Pictet has tracked it since 1926: the most defensive, quality-heavy market on earth. Nestlé, Roche, the compounders of record. Now the trick. The SNB’s rate is 0%. The Fed’s is above 4%. When a USD … Read more
Bessent’s notepad just exposed the US bailing out Japan’s broken yen
A notepad in front of U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent reads “To Do Buy Japanese Yen $5-10 bil” as he participates in a cabinet meeting at Camp David, Maryland, U.S., July 31, 2026. The note, photographed at 1:33 EDT, came after Reuters earlier reported the Treasury had put banks on alert fora possible … Read more
Netflix may have found the limit to endless price increases
The interesting part about Netflix falling isn’t that people suddenly hate Netflix. It’s that for the first time in years, customers are starting to question whether the deal still makes sense. That is a much bigger problem. For a long time, Netflix had one of the strongest pricing machines in the world. Raise prices. Crack … Read more
Kamala on CSPAN: claims Elon + Rubio’s DOGE cuts to USAID “killed” 600,000–700,000 people
I’d like to see her to name just one. 🚨 KAMALA JUST PULLED A NUMBER OUT OF THIN AIR AGAIN She claims Elon + Rubio’s DOGE cuts to USAID “killed” 600,000–700,000 people. That’s not a statistic. That’s fan fiction. DOGE didn’t kill anybody. All they do is lie. pic.twitter.com/8np50Ksmco — Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) July 31, … Read more
Man passes out on jet ski and hits dock full speed
Man passes out on jet ski and hits dock full speed pic.twitter.com/3QecunXdIM — Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) July 31, 2026
New Windows Update Makes Dell PCs Just Shutdown
The next Windows Update you do on a Dell computer… could be your last.
AI convinced her to walk out onto a busy freeway.
ChatGPT convinced an Alabama woman to end her life to fulfill a divine prophecy, lawsuit alleges Madison began using ChatGPT in December 2024. Her initial interactions with the system were mundane, but then turned dark, the complaint alleges. “ChatGPT destroyed Christian’s mental stability and grasp on reality,” the lawsuit says. “ChatGPT convinced Christian that it … Read more