Breaking Down California’s Insane “Super Bowl Tax”

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via James Hickman Yesterday, the Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. From a financial perspective, each Seahawks player will take home $178,000—payment for that particular game. Now, given that the Superbowl was played in California—and the players earned money playing in the game— … Read more

Coinbase CEO says LIVE on Fox that major banks are actively working behind the scenes to undermine the President’s pro-crypto agenda.

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https://twitter.com/davexrpliono2/status/2020548280375996797 🇺🇸 COINBASE CEO CALLS OUT BANKS LIVE ON CNBC: BANKS ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO SHUT DOWN CRYPTO AND BLOCK THE MARKET STRUCTURE BILL. “BANKS DON’T OWN THE RIGHT TO LEND MONEY.” “CRYPTO IS ALREADY PROVING IT CAN COMPETE HERE.” “CRYPTO DESERVES THE SAME FREEDOM TO OPERATE.” pic.twitter.com/BsLdzRKUp6 — Bitcoin PulseX (@BitcoinPulseX) February 8, 2026 … Read more

Iranian Parliament member says Trump asked Iran to do a small fake war with them, presumably to please the US electorate.

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Iranian Parliament member says Trump asked Iran to do a small fake war with them, presumably to please the US electorate. pic.twitter.com/qoxVx7trSA — Jay in Kyiv (@JayinKyiv) February 8, 2026 A shocking claim from Iran is raising fresh questions over U.S.–Iran brinkmanship. Iranian MP Mahmoud Nabavian alleges that ahead of indirect nuclear talks in Oman, … Read more

Can’t be good for bonds $TLT

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Can't be good for bonds $TLT https://t.co/VdIuQ2BICE — Logical Thesis (@LogicalThesis) February 8, 2026 This isn't positive. The bond market will implode. The market needs deleveraging before it's too late. Few understand this. Stay vigilant. https://t.co/8oMmEfGUel — The Great Martis (@great_martis) February 8, 2026 The best thing to happen to Trump politically was losing the … Read more

The stadium looked dead. The TPUSA All-American Halftime Show combined for over 25 million views from youtube and rumble

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The TPUSA All-American Halftime Show combined for over 25 million views from youtube and rumble pic.twitter.com/tTrzTuS3BR — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 9, 2026 The Super Bowl lost 1.6M viewers after Bad Bunny finished his half time show 😭 — Janty (@CFC_Janty) February 9, 2026 LMAOO.. The stadium looked dead af during the halftime show.. 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/MGsxVim0yY … Read more

The Washington Post seriously ran a Super Bowl piece calling Colin Kaepernick the “most relevant” figure even though he hasn’t played since 2016.

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The Washington Post really ran a Super Bowl story calling Colin Kaepernick the “most relevant” figure even though he hasn’t played since 2016. That’s almost 10 years ago. Fans just want football and instead they get another recycled culture war lecture. No wonder readers keep bailing. Bezos hasn’t gutted the Post enough yet, because this … Read more

No evidence shows Jeffrey Epstein won the $85 million Powerball or received the payout

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To see how rigged the system is, just one day after Jeffrey Epstein began his 18-month jail sentence in Florida, he “luckily” won a $80 million Powerball jackpot. pic.twitter.com/b2OIHLgfTV — Jacob King (@JacobKinge) February 7, 2026 What the FUCK do you mean Jeffrey Epstein won the $85m power ball lottery after he took a deal … Read more

Re-Set: Reversing the Debt-Debasement Death-Spiral

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Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, The end-game of debt-debasement is already visible. The only thing that’s still up in the air is our response. The unspoken foundation of the US dollar debasement narrative is TINA: There Is No Alternative to debasing the USD to zero because reversing course by reversing the expansion of debt and … Read more

Did the AI Bubble Just Burst?

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via Phoenix Capital Research Was the entire AI story just an enormous bubble? The AI story, at least as it pertains to Big Tech hyper-scalers, is imploding in real-time. Oracle has erased ALL of its 2024-2026 gains and is sitting on its long-term bull market trendline. Microsoft (MSFT) is in a similar position after erasing … Read more

Buffett said short horses when cars arrive. Private credit went long horses in enterprise software

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Buffett once said if you saw cars coming in 1905, you should’ve shorted horses, not picked automakers. Private credit in 2021-2022 decided to go long horses. Specifically, enterprise software at peak valuations funded with floating rate loans. pic.twitter.com/DY3dqVYS24 — junkbondinvestor (@junkbondinvest) February 5, 2026 U.S. hedge funds have cut software stocks’ share of net exposure … Read more

Treasury ramps up enforcement in Minnesota benefits fraud case, banks under IRS scrutiny

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Finally, maybe the banks and middlemen are about to get hit instead of just the little guys (crazy how that never happens). Imagine some suits actually sweating because someone decided rules matter for once. Half of them will act like it’s nothing, but this kind of audit actually makes people pause. Feels weird seeing enforcement … Read more

DOJ pulls Epstein files after redaction errors exposed victims

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JUST IN 🇺🇸: 541 Files Related to Trump DELETED The DOJ continues to delete files containing the word "Trump." Originally, there were 5,361 files; today, there are 4,820. https://t.co/4vk4nYBJZy pic.twitter.com/jXTJTcOkxF — Ryan Rozbiani (@RyanRozbiani) February 5, 2026 What’s True Thousands of Epstein‑related files were temporarily removed from the DOJ’s public release in early February 2026. … Read more

California gas prices expected to jump even higher as Valero closes refinery.

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California’s already sky-high gas prices are expected to surge after Valero abruptly shuttered its Benicia oil refinery amid a spiraling “oil crisis,” a new report claims. The Benicia refinery began shutting down on Saturday, four months earlier than planned, a former Valero manager told the California Globe Tuesday. Thermal imaging showed the facility went cold as … Read more

Private credit chaos is just getting warmed up. Since August, Ares and KKR have dropped -30%, with Apollo down -11% and Blackstone -21%. PE stocks just had their WORST January in a decade.

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Firms like Blackstone and Apollo have billions tied up in software companies that used to be “safe,” but now everyone is worried those investments gonna be worthless once AI automates the tasks people used to pay big monthly fees for. It’s a massive reckoning for the “shadow banking” world that thought tech valuations would just … Read more

Amazon drops $40M on First Lady’s documentary plus $35M for ads—all while scoring a billion-dollar military contract!

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pic.twitter.com/Bh5g5gsGl1 — Vinh Le (@VinhLeRealty) February 3, 2026 Amazon MGM Studios just blew $40M to buy the rights for this Melania doc and then dumped another $35M into a marketing blitz for a movie that only made $7M at the box office. This $75M disaster happened to land the same week AWS snagged a $581M … Read more