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The Collapse Chronicle @collapsechronicle.bsky.social · 10m

Dept. of Then They Came for the Hospitals: As Medicaid cuts deepen, small-town hospitals across Republican states are closing, leaving millions without access to emergency care.

Rural Hospitals in the United States Face Collapse

As Medicaid cuts deepen, small-town hospitals across Republican states are closing, leaving millions without access to emergency care.

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Laurence Seton 🇨🇦💙 @laurenceseton.bsky.social · 8m

Awesome video!

Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 14h

Crypto vs AI — which bubble bursts first? youtu.be/9oP9HPhB-VI?...

AI doesn’t think. Crypto isn’t money. Both claim to be revolutionary, but both are built on fantasy.

From the greed driving crypto to the fear driving AI, I argue that both reflect a deeper crisis in capitalism itself.

Crypto vs AI — which bubble bursts first?

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Laurence Seton 🇨🇦💙 @laurenceseton.bsky.social · 25m

He actually said that!

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 30m

Inadvertent honesty from Trump tonight:

"I never thought we'd go into every city and take a really safe city that we've all been living with for years and make them safe... I did get elected for crime but I didn't get elected for what we're doing. This is many many steps above."

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StockMarketNews @investinq.bsky.social · 40m

Fed’s Standing Repo spiked to $6.75B, the biggest jump since COVID outside quarter-end.

Do you know what this means?

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Max from UNFTR @unftr.com · 35m

Obama deported 1M more immigrants than Bush and 3x more than Clinton. The cages? Built under Obama. The right stayed quiet because he did their job better than they could, and Democrats had Obama blindness. Under Miller's regime, Trump will catch up soon.

Watch the full video: youtu.be/EcQ32v8dCDI

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Laurence Seton 🇨🇦💙 @laurenceseton.bsky.social · 30m

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You never get what you deserve; only what you have the leverage to negotiate SLR & G-SIBs 10-15-2025

YouTube video by All Things Financial

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 56m

Coming up at 4 ET on Uncovered, Hegseth’s war against the first amendment, Noem’s airport videos, Trump’s deals in Middle East, his whining about the Time cover, No Kings, Vance covers for Homan’s bribe, Qatari AF facility in US, & lots more! www.youtube.com/live/DkCIxdu...

LIVE: MAGA gets UNCOVERED and PANICS over BIGGEST PROTESTS Yet

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 1h

Hey American farmers, Trump just doubled Argentina's bailout from $20 billion to $40 billion.

That's the same Argentina that, because of Trump's tariffs, has now supplanted ALL of America's soybean sales to China.

Trump sold you out – then gave the guy who benefited an extra $40 billion gift.

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Laurence Seton 🇨🇦💙 @laurenceseton.bsky.social · 1h

This is one of THE best sources for keeping up on socio-economic issues. Highly recommended!

StockMarketNews @investinq.bsky.social · 1h

Stocks look strong, but the system underneath is starting to strain.

Reserves are drying up, liquidity’s fading, and the Fed’s “fix” may come too late.

Read my full FREE article on this here:

The Fed’s Out of Ammo: Why the Real Crisis Is a Liquidity One

The market isn’t struggling with interest rates, it’s running out of cash, and the Fed’s running out of room to fix it.

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StockMarketNews @investinq.bsky.social · 1h

Stocks look strong, but the system underneath is starting to strain.

Reserves are drying up, liquidity’s fading, and the Fed’s “fix” may come too late.

Read my full FREE article on this here:

The Fed’s Out of Ammo: Why the Real Crisis Is a Liquidity One

The market isn’t struggling with interest rates, it’s running out of cash, and the Fed’s running out of room to fix it.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 1h

Hey Mike Johnson, America has a question for you: What would be someone's motivation for covering-up for a pedophile?

There's only a couple answers:
• Either you're guilty of the same crimes, or
• The accused party is blackmailing you for other very serious crimes you've committed.

Which is it?

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Laurence Seton 🇨🇦💙 @laurenceseton.bsky.social · 1h

Excellent video on the importance of rare earth minerals, 90% of which are purified by China.

Dobby Does Doom @sonofscience.bsky.social · 14h

Brilliant short explainer covering the double bind of how vital rare earth minerals are to modern industrial civilisation, and how environmentally destructive mining them is.

#overshoot #collapse

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Trade War Explained: The Rare Earth Metals China Dominates and US needs

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h

Bessent’s friends have huge investments in Argentina.

Elon Musk does too.

Bessent is sending $40 billion of our money to Argentina with more to come.

There is zero oversight. Congress not involved.

One unelected man is sending a fortune to Argentina and nobody will stop him,

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 2h

The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in a HUGE voting rights case today.

Louisiana v. Callais will determine whether the heart of the Voting Rights Act lasts beyond the midterms.

Uphold the VRA.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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Mr Global 🌎 @mrglobaltoo.bsky.social · 3h

Calling Out Lying Politicians

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Calling Out Lying Politicians

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

Now we are up to $40 billion for Argentina. Can anyone stop Bessent from unilaterally sending unlimited amounts of our money to South America? And Republicans won’t even negotiate with the Democrats on health care for Americans. Where is Congress?

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StockMarketNews @investinq.bsky.social · 4h

Meta Platforms says it will invest $1.5 billion in a data center in Texas to support AI workloads.

The grid can barely keep up, and Big Tech’s still adding servers like it’s Black Friday.

At this rate, Texas might run out of watts before it runs out of land.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 6h

Locking in for oral arguments on the big voting rights case at the Supreme Court.

The next two hours or so will be... incredibly bad.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 5h

PS: “No kings equals no paychecks” is such a bad dumb message you’d think that it was a Chuck Schumer tweet. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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StockMarketNews @investinq.bsky.social · 6h

EISEN: “You've taken stakes in 5 companies now. Are there going to be more?”

BESSENT: “I wouldn't be surprised. When we get an announcement like this week with China on rare earths, you realize we have to be self-sufficient or we have to be sufficient with our allies”

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 6h

NEWS: White House grows nervous as No Kings Day 2.0 set to break records, Supreme Court may gut Voting Rights Act, Vance refuses to condemn pro-Hitler messages from young Republicans, and more.

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NEWS: White House Grows Nervous as No Kings Day Protests Set to Break Records

White House grows nervous as No Kings Day 2.0 set to break records, Supreme Court may gut Voting Rights Act, Vance refuses to condemn pro-Hitler messages from young Republicans, and more

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20h

If you can’t sell your soybeans because of Trump’s tariffs after Argentina stepped in and took your customers, you can take solace that the guy you voted for also just gave $20 billion of your tax dollars to the country that is bankrupting you.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 14h

Crypto vs AI — which bubble bursts first? youtu.be/9oP9HPhB-VI?...

AI doesn’t think. Crypto isn’t money. Both claim to be revolutionary, but both are built on fantasy.

From the greed driving crypto to the fear driving AI, I argue that both reflect a deeper crisis in capitalism itself.

Crypto vs AI — which bubble bursts first?

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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