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The place where I shout into the wind:
https://thepatternstack.substack.com/
Wall Streetâs finally realizing this Middle East conflict isnât a quick fixâthe S&P is down 5.4% & the Fed may *raise* rates, not cut them, thanks to soaring oil prices.
#Economics
#Finance
#VelocityEconomics
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Wall Street skids as Middle East turmoil fans inflation fear | Velocity Economics
The market just woke up to the fact that this war isn't ending anytime soon, and they're finally pricing in what that actually means. "The market is finally settling into the idea that this may go...
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/468
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Iran just crippled Qatarâs LNG exportsâ17% gone, $20B in revenue lostâafter Israel hit Iranian gas facilities. Exxon & Shell are taking the financial hit while Europe & Asia scramble for energy.
#Energy
#ForeignRelations
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/462
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Exclusive: Iran attacks wipe out 17% of Qatarâs LNG capacity for up to five years, QatarEnergy CEO says | Velocity Economics
Three to five years. That's how long it takes to repair what Iran blew up in hours. Qatar just lost 17% of its LNG capacity â 12.8 million tons per year offline, $20 billion in annual revenue gone,...
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/462
1 day ago
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Trump is calling NATO allies âcowardsâ for refusing to help secure a shipping lane *he* destabilized after starting a war without consulting them.
#Politics
#ForeignRelations
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/461
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Trump calls NATO
The man who started a war without telling his allies is calling those same allies "cowards" for refusing to fix the mess he made. That's where we are. Nine months into a war Trump launched to...
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/461
1 day ago
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Trump wants to let 401(k)s invest $2T in risky, unregulated "private credit" as funds like Blue Owl (-35% YTD) collapse.
#Finance
#Politics
#VelocityEconomics
#PrivateCredit
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/463
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âPerfect stormâ: Wall Street turmoil muddies Trumpâs pitch to boost 401(k)s | Velocity Economics
They're about to dump the trash on you. Trump just spent a year pushing a plan to let your 401(k) buy into private credit â the $2 trillion shadow banking system that operates outside regulation,...
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/463
1 day ago
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dotcom or bust - The market is flashing 1999 levels of overvaluation (S&P 500 at 39 CAPE, Buffett indicator at 218%) but this article just wants to sell you stocks.
#Economics
#Finance
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/466
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The Stock Market Is Sending a Major Warning. Here's What Investors Should Know Right Now. | Velocity Economics
The article admits the market is a bomb waiting to go off, then tells you the solution is to buy better stocks before the explosion. That's not analysis. That's a sales pitch dressed up as a...
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/466
1 day ago
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Trump admitted starting a war knowing it would raise gas prices (now up $1/gallon) & is now asking for $200B more while his allies profit.
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/podcast/49
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War Profiteers & Your 401(k)âWhat Could Go Wrong? | Velocity Economics
The podcast details a series of interconnected financial and geopolitical concerns. It claims the President initiated a war despite knowing it would negatively impact household finances, citing a...
https://followthemoney.wtf/podcast/49
1 day ago
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reposted by
Stoner Philly Fan
2 days ago
Whatâs really being fought isnât just Cuba. Itâs whether any country can exist outside US economic control without getting squeezed into submission.
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Duffy: "What Democrats really want is they want TSA agents to take their masks off. TSA agents don't want to wear masks. And by the way, Democrats spent a couple years during covid mandating that we all wear masks, now they want TSA agents to take them off." (He means ICE.)
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A study came out claiming AI models âpreferâ Bitcoin. Anthropicâs Claude showed 68% Bitcoin preference â highest of any model tested. I use Claude. So I asked it to read the study. đ§”
#AI
#Bitcoin
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$5.7 TRILLION in options expire Friday as war escalates & the market's already tankingâexpect a massive, forced sell-off. Smart money hedged for disaster, and now retail investors are gone.
#Finance
#Economics
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/458
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Wall Street Faces a $5.7 Trillion Triple-Witching Jolt on Friday | Velocity Economics
$5.7 trillion in options expire Friday. That's the largest March options expiration in recorded history â bigger than anything since they started tracking this in 1996. And it's happening while the...
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/458
2 days ago
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Trump ignited a war with Iran & now demands $200B moreâmore than all Ukraine aidâto escalate it, despite widespread opposition.
#MilitaryDefense
#Politics
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/457
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$200 billion for the war in Iran? Trump calls it a 'small price to pay.' | Velocity Economics
Trump started a war without congressional approval that three-quarters of Americans oppose, and now he wants $200 billion to keep it going. He's calling it "a small price to pay to make sure that we.....
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/457
2 days ago
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The
#EpsteinFiles
aren't evidence of past crimes. They're the glue holding the coalition of the powerful together.
2 days ago
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Gary R Simonds
2 days ago
We need 15 million
www.headsupnews.org/p/how-big-wi...
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How big will No Kings 3 be?
Organizers are hoping for nine million people â maybe more
https://www.headsupnews.org/p/how-big-will-no-kings-3-be?utm_source=substack&publication_id=3773886&post_id=191406400&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=1i0jl&triedRedirect=true
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The Heritage Foundation, the group behind
#Project2025
, has a chilling new plan for Americaâs women. Force women into traditional roles by gutting childcare, attacking divorce rights, and even banning IVF.
#SocialPolicy
#Politics
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/455
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The group behind Project 2025 has a chilling new plan for Americaâs women | Velocity Economics
The Heritage Foundation just published their sequel to Project 2025, and this one drops the pretense entirely. They're not talking about tax policy or regulatory reform anymore. They're explaining,...
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/455
2 days ago
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The irony of watching a live stream Disneyland on "It's a Small World" while our leadership is starting WWIII đ€Šââïž
2 days ago
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Phoenix is hitting 100° in Marchâa first everâwhile 40 million face brutal heat & soaring costs. The system isn't just failing, it's actively punishing the poor & vulnerable.
#Environment
#Energy
#VelocityEconomics
#ClimateChange
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/448
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Unprecedented March heat wave shatters records across Southwest with triple-digit highs | Velocity Economics
Phoenix is about to hit 100 degrees. In March. For the first time in recorded history. Not almost 100. Not a few days into April. Triple digits in a month when spring is supposed to be starting. And....
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/448
2 days ago
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reposted by
marketocean - EN - BETA VERSION
3 days ago
𧔠ETF Concentration Risk Returns to the SpotlightâAnd the Math Is Unforgiving A recent Seeking Alpha analysis comparing Vanguard Materials ETF (VAW) against iShares U.S.
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*gestures at everything* This is what imperial collapse looks like
2 days ago
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Powell admits inflation is high & the Fed failed to fix it in 5 years, but insists it's not
#stagflation
despite describing exactly that.
#Economics
#Finance
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/444
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Plenty to worry about, but not stagflation, says Powell | Velocity Economics
Powell's telling you not to worry about stagflation while describing exactly stagflation. Let's walk through what he actually said. "Unemployment was in double figures, and inflation was really...
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/444
2 days ago
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Israeli firm Black Cubeâknown for spying on Harvey Weinsteinâs accusersâis meddling in Sloveniaâs election.
#Politics
#ForeignRelations
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/440
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Black Cube, leaked tapes and corruption: Israeli spy firm crashes Sloveniaâs election | Velocity Economics
An Israeli spy firm that helped Harvey Weinstein hunt his victims just got caught running surveillance operations in Slovenia days before a national election. The operatives flew in on a private jet.....
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/440
2 days ago
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Trump bombed Iran, gamed gas prices, and now is forcing open a California pipeline shut down after a 2015 spill. It won't lower prices, but it *will* help a Texas oil companyâSableâpocket more profit.
#Energy
#Politics
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/441
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Trump administration invokes emergency powers to restart oil operations off California coast | Velocity Economics
Trump launched a war that choked off global oil supply, watched prices spike exactly like everyone said they would, and is now using that crisis as justification to override California's authority...
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/441
2 days ago
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The FBI is bypassing the Supreme Court and buying your location data from brokersâno warrant needed. They're tracking your movements through apps, then claiming it's legal because a private company
#CriminalJustice
#Politics
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/442
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FBI is buying data that can be used to track people, Patel says | Velocity Economics
The FBI director just confirmed they're buying your location data from brokers to track you without warrants. Supreme Court says they need a warrant to get it from your phone company? No problem â...
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/442
2 days ago
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Trumpâs âquick strikesâ on Iran have morphed into openly discussing a full-blown occupationâseizing islands & risking troops in missile rangeâwhile oil prices soar to $119/barrel.
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/podcast/48
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Iran WarâOops, We Occupied? | Velocity Economics
The podcast reports that three weeks into a conflict initiated by the U.S., the situation has escalated to discussion of a potential ground invasion and occupation of Iran, specifically targeting...
https://followthemoney.wtf/podcast/48
2 days ago
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Banks are losing the fight to block
#crypto
from offering interest on stablecoinsâpotentially shifting $500B by 2028. Congress is letting them rebrand it, not fix the underlying risk to your money.
#Finance
#Politics
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/439
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Tillis: Negotiators âvery closeâ to stablecoin yield deal to unlock crypto bill | Velocity Economics
The banks are about to lose this fight, and when they do, you're going to pay for it. Here's the setup: crypto exchanges want to offer "annual percentage yield" on something called stablecoins â...
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/439
2 days ago
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McDonald's is launching a $3 menu because their broke customers can't afford burgersâCEO admits inflation gutted purchasing power. Itâs not a comeback, itâs a desperate scramble for shrinking wallets.
#Economics
#Business
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/428
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McDonaldâs newest $3 value menu is sounding an alarm about Americaâs K-shaped economy | Velocity Economics
McDonald's just announced a $3 value menu because half their customer base is so broke they can't afford a hamburger. The CEO is positioning this as some kind of strategic win â "McDonald's is not...
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/428
3 days ago
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AIPAC & the Democratic establishment crushed the 26-year-old progressive, Kat Abughazaleh, but sheâs vowing to primary everyone who enabled it.
#Politics
#SocialPolicy
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/424
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âWe are not doneâ: Abughazaleh ends campaign with call to action | Velocity Economics
A 26-year-old progressive challenger just lost a congressional primary after AIPAC, dark money groups, and the entire institutional weight of the Democratic establishment came down on her campaign....
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/424
3 days ago
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Aaron Rupar
3 days ago
WARNER: You omitted a paragraph about Midnight Hammer 'obliterating' Iran's nuclear capability that's in your written report from your oral opening GABBARD: I recognized the time was running long WARNER: So you chose to omit the parts that contradicts the president
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Every billionaire's fortune depends on people showing up tomorrow. The entire economy is a consensual hallucination that only works if everyone keeps playing. The moment enough people stop, the leverage inverts instantly.
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Trump started a pointless war with Iran based on false pretenses, and now oil's over $100 while allies refuse to help escort tankers.
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/podcast/47
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War, Inflation & The Fed's ParalysisâShocker! | Velocity Economics
The podcast reports that producer prices rose 0.7% in February, with diesel fuel increasing 13.9% in one month, while the Federal Reserve is expected to take no action despite accelerating inflation.....
https://followthemoney.wtf/podcast/47
3 days ago
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RFK Jr's anti-vax crusade is tanking childhood immunization rates in Michiganârates are down 4% for white toddlers and 4.6% for Hispanic kids.
#Healthcare
#SocialPolicy
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/418
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Child vaccination rate drops sharply in Michigan under RFK Jr's influence | Velocity Economics
Michigan's toddler vaccination rate dropped three percentage points in a single year â about 13 times faster than the normal annual change over the past 18 years. The only times it fell faster were...
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/418
3 days ago
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Producer prices jumped 0.7%âdouble expectationsâfueled by a 13.9% diesel surge. The Fed is powerless to stop accelerating inflation and is pretending this is a normal economic challenge.
#Economics
#Finance
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/411
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Inflation surprise: Producer prices rise more than forecast in February, complicating Fed outlook | Velocity Economics
They're telling you inflation is complicating the Fed's outlook. What they mean is the Fed never had control in the first place, and now they're out of moves while prices spiral. Producer prices...
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/411
3 days ago
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Wall Street is delusional: the US is bombing Iran, oil's over $100, and analysts think stocks are showing âresilienceâ because the S&P is only down 3.8%.
#Economics
#Finance
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/413
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Investors Are Wondering If Stocks Have Seen the Worst of the War | Velocity Economics
Three weeks into a war that's strangling global oil supply, and Wall Street analysts are telling investors the worst might be over. Read that again. The Strait of Hormuz â the chokepoint for 13...
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/413
3 days ago
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Trumpâs bombing Iran costs $1B/day & killed US troops, yet Dems like Foushee (Lockheed/Northrop donor) & Hickenlooper funded the war machine then feigned opposition.
#Politics
#ForeignRelations
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/417
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Iran war fuels tensions in US Democratic primary races | Velocity Economics
The Democrats are fighting each other while Trump's war hemorrhages money and kills American soldiers, and the party establishment is treating this as a distraction from winning swing voters instead.....
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/417
3 days ago
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Trump is openly plotting to *take* Cuba after deliberately collapsing their power grid, and lied about being warned Iran would retaliate for attacks.
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/podcast/46
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Trump's Cuba GrabâLights Out, Diplomacy's Dead | Velocity Economics
Donald Trump announced his intention to âtakeâ Cuba, coinciding with a collapse of Cubaâs power grid after the US halted oil shipments. The transcript alleges Trump intentionally engineered the power....
https://followthemoney.wtf/podcast/46
4 days ago
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US bombs Iran, oil spikes to $100/barrel, and youâll pay more for everythingâgas, groceries, everything. Donât let them tell you itâs not our fault.
#Economics
#Finance
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/405
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Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures stall as oil tops $100 again, dispelling hopes for market reprieve | Velocity Economics
The stock market is doing what markets always do when the country is at war and bombing children â it's watching the price of oil. Let's be clear about what's happening here: The article mentions...
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/405
4 days ago
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Trump is openly saying people with dyslexia (like Newsom) are unfit to be president, pushing blatant ableism as political strategy.
#Politics
#SocialPolicy
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/406
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Trump says presidents should not have learning disabilities, criticizes Newsom | Velocity Economics
The President of the United States just spent multiple days arguing that people with dyslexia shouldn't be allowed to run for president. Let that sink in. Not a policy disagreement. Not a debate over....
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/406
4 days ago
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Trump literally said he wants to *take*
#Cuba
, after intentionally crippling their power grid. Heâs escalating beyond Venezuela &
#Iran
, openly defying decades of agreements.
#Politics
#ForeignRelations
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/402
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Trump says he can do 'anything I want' with Cuba | Velocity Economics
The President of the United States just said he can "do anything I want" with another country and expects to have "the honor of taking Cuba." Not regime change. Not intervention. *Taking.* Like a...
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/402
4 days ago
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Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz, spiking oil 60% while the US wasted $3.7B bombing them. Gold is now $5K/oz because global trust in dollars is collapsingâMeta's firing 15,800 to fund failing
#AI
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#VelocityEconomics
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Gold, Bombs & Avocado ToastâThe System's Broke | Velocity Economics
Gold reached $5,000 per ounce following a U.S. military action against Iran, which included $3.7 billion in spending during the first 100 hours and the destruction of Iranâs air force and navy. Iran.....
https://followthemoney.wtf/podcast/45
5 days ago
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Meta plans to cut 15,800 jobs while pouring $135B into
#AI
, and investors are rewarding them with a 3% stock jump. Theyâre shifting costs from people to cloud contracts, proving profit > people.
#Business
#Finance
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/396
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Meta shares jump after Reuters report on plans for layoffs of 20% or more | Velocity Economics
The stock jumped. Meta announces it might fire one in five workers â 15,800 people â and investors celebrate by driving shares up 3%. That's the whole story in one sentence: the market rewards human.....
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/396
5 days ago
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Bitcoin boosters funded a study âprovingâ AI likes
#Bitcoin
, but it just shows AI repeats what itâs fed.
#Finance
#Technology
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/395
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AI Models Prefer Bitcoin Over Fiat and Stablecoins, Study Finds | Velocity Economics
A think tank funded by Bitcoin enthusiasts asked AI chatbots what their favorite currency is, and â shockingly â the chatbots trained on text written by Bitcoin enthusiasts said Bitcoin. This is...
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/395
5 days ago
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US bombs Iran, spends $3.7B, and gets nothingâIran controls the Strait of Hormuz, halting 20% of global oil/gas. Oil prices spiked 60% and Saudi Arabia is asking *Iran* for permission to ship.
#Energy
#ForeignRelations
#VelocityEconomics
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Iran holds the key to reopening global energy markets | Velocity Economics
The United States bombed Iran, destroyed its air force and navy, killed 200 children including 165 at a girls' elementary school, and is now learning that none of that matters if Iran decides...
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/397
5 days ago
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Mohammad Paktyawal, an Afghan vet who fought *with* US Special Forces for 16 years, was arrested by
#ICE
and died within 24 hours.
#SocialPolicy
#CriminalJustice
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/399
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Afghan asylum-seeker dies in ICE custody, US advocacy group says | Velocity Economics
A 41-year-old Afghan man who fought alongside U.S. Special Forces for sixteen years dies within 24 hours of being arrested by ICE while taking his kids to school. The government says his tongue...
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/399
5 days ago
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7 days ago
The president is the most arrogantly stupid leader we have ever had in the history of America.
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Airline CEOs are finally demanding Congress fix the TSA pay crisisânot because they care about workers, but because travel is collapsing.
#Politics
#Business
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/388
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US airline CEOs urge Congress to end standoff, pay airport security officers | Velocity Economics
Fifty thousand people are going to work every day knowing they won't get paid. They're screening bags, checking IDs, running the machinery that keeps air travel functioning â and the government they.....
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/388
6 days ago
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Iran bombing spiked oil prices, exposing Australiaâs pathetic energy prepâtheyâre relaxing pollution standards & rationing fuel. Chinaâs EVs are shielding them from this mess.
#Energy
#Economics
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/389
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Iran war shows up folly of slow energy transition | Velocity Economics
The war on Iran just exposed how everyone's "climate commitments" are marketing material. Oil prices are through the roof because the U.S. and Israel shut down the Strait of Hormuz by bombing Iran......
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/389
6 days ago
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Wall Street gutted the first-time homebuyer dream in cities like Memphis & Charlotte.
#Housing
#Economics
#VelocityEconomics
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Here's where institutional investors have been buying the most homes | Velocity Economics
The story they're selling you: Big investors buying up homes is mostly political theater â they only buy 1% of houses nationally, so why are we talking about this? The story they're burying: In the.....
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/394
6 days ago
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FCCâs Brendan Carr is threatening to revoke broadcast licenses if stations donât report the Iran war how the president wants.
#Media
#Politics
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/390
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FCC's Carr warns broadcasters while reposting Trump comments on Iran reports | Velocity Economics
The head of the agency that licenses television and radio stations just threatened broadcasters with losing their licenses if they report Iran war news the president doesn't like. Read that again:...
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/390
6 days ago
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Israeli forces executed a Palestinian familyâparents & two young childrenâat a checkpoint in the West Bank.
#ForeignRelations
#Politics
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/387
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Israeli forces kill Palestinian parents, two children, in West Bank, medics say | Velocity Economics
While Israel bombs Iran and the world watches, Israeli forces shot a Palestinian family in the head. All four of them. The father, the mother, a five-year-old, a seven-year-old. Each one shot in the....
https://followthemoney.wtf/analysis/387
6 days ago
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Israeli forces executed a Palestinian familyâparents & two young childrenâat a checkpoint, while settlers continue killing Palestinians in the West Bank.
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/podcast/44
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Headshots & HeadlinesâOilâs Bloody Price | Velocity Economics
The podcast reports that Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian family of four â a father, mother, and two young children â at a West Bank checkpoint, claiming the familyâs car âaccelerated...
https://followthemoney.wtf/podcast/44
6 days ago
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