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A Deep Dive Into The Opioid Crisis
09.05.2024, 05:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - A Deep Dive Into The Opioid Crisis Authored by Matt Bivens, M.D. via Racket News, Editor’s note: the following is the first essay in a series, written by former Moscow Times co-worker and current E.R. doctor Matt Bivens. The remaining features will be published serially on his Substack site, The 100 Days. None of the articles in the series will be...
The Missing Piece Of The Puzzle: Behind The Inexplicable "Strength" Of US Consumers Is $700 Billion In "Phanton Debt"
09.05.2024, 04:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Missing Piece Of The Puzzle: Behind The Inexplicable "Strength" Of US Consumers Is $700 Billion In "Phanton Debt" Yesterday we discussed the latest consumer credit data, which revealed that the amount of credit card debt across the US has hit a new record high of $1.337 trillion (even though it appears to have finally hit a brick wall, barely rising...
"Is Consumer Travel Spending Easing?" - BofA Identifies New Trend As Travel Companies Miss Earnings
09.05.2024, 03:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Is Consumer Travel Spending Easing?" - BofA Identifies New Trend As Travel Companies Miss Earnings One theme we've spotted this earnings season has been an increasing number of companies warning about low-income consumers. From McDonald's to Starbucks to Tyson Foods, executives on earnings calls have warned about mounting headwinds hitting the...
Jan. 6 Arrests Running At Nearly Double The Rate Of 2023 And 2022: Report
09.05.2024, 02:37 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Jan. 6 Arrests Running At Nearly Double The Rate Of 2023 And 2022: Report Authored by Joseph M. Hanneman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Nearly 1,425 people have been arrested on Jan. 6 charges, with 2024 arrests running at almost double the rate from 2023 and 2022, a U.S. Department of Justice report shows. Capitol Police officers use pepper spray...
500 Individuals Recount Discrimination, Sexual Harassment At FDIC In New 200-Page Report
09.05.2024, 00:38 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 500 Individuals Recount Discrimination, Sexual Harassment At FDIC In New 200-Page Report Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, The Federal Deposit Insurance (FDIC) failed to provide its employees a safe workplace free from “sexual harassment, discrimination, and other interpersonal misconduct,” a new report released on Tuesday concluded...
Gen-Zers Slide Deeper Into Debt As Bidenomics Failure Crushes America's Future Leaders
09.05.2024, 00:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gen-Zers Slide Deeper Into Debt As Bidenomics Failure Crushes America's Future Leaders It may seem crazy, but here's some advice for heavily indebted Gen-Zers: Put down the smartphone. Stop spending on DoorDash and Uber Eats. Perhaps cancel a few streaming services. Also, the spending party is over despite calls from the White House to cancel student...
The "Soft Landing" Lie: A Global Economic Slowdown Is Already Underway
08.05.2024, 23:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The "Soft Landing" Lie: A Global Economic Slowdown Is Already Underway Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, If people have learned anything from the past few years of Ivy League elites and TV talking heads feeding them economic predictions, I hope they finally understand that the “experts” are usually wrong and that alternative analysts...
Watch: Boeing 767 Cargo Plane Crash-Landed In Turkey
08.05.2024, 19:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Watch: Boeing 767 Cargo Plane Crash-Landed In Turkey Amid continuous and what seems like weekly turmoil at Boeing, which includes another whistleblower's death, new probes by the Federal Aviation Administration, and a series of mid-air mishaps with various Boeing planes, a 787 cargo plane in Turkey suffered a landing gear malfunction, resulting...
Crash Data Involving New Truck, Bus Drivers Getting Worse
08.05.2024, 19:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Crash Data Involving New Truck, Bus Drivers Getting Worse By John Gallagher of FreightWaves Deaths resulting from large-truck crashes where newly licensed drivers are involved continue to rise, according to recent government data, but a proposed safety requirement that could help reduce those deaths will likely be delayed again. The percentage of fatal...
Brazen Election Interference: Illinois Democrats Retroactively Change Law To Knock Out Republican Challengers
08.05.2024, 15:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Brazen Election Interference: Illinois Democrats Retroactively Change Law To Knock Out Republican Challengers By Mark Glennon of Wirepoints As an alternative to a primary election, Illinois law allowed for a party to get its candidates on the ballot for General Assembly spots by party slating procedure, along with collection of a requisite number of...
Wisconsin Voter Roll Transparency Challenged By Public Interest Legal Foundation
08.05.2024, 05:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Wisconsin Voter Roll Transparency Challenged By Public Interest Legal Foundation Authored by Steven Kovac via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Public access to Wisconsin’s state voter roll is too restricted and too expensive, according to the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), a national election integrity watchdog organization. Residents cast...
Trudeau Government Offers Free Access To National Parks For Migrants Only
08.05.2024, 03:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trudeau Government Offers Free Access To National Parks For Migrants Only Via The Post Millennial, Parks Canada has decided to offer a real break in 2024 for people looking to enjoy some of Canada’s glorious outdoors and backwoods. But only people who are newcomers and new Canadian citizens. In a Parks Canada post, the federal government agency announced...
Bad-Loans Hit Record-High As Used-Car Prices Suffer Worst Bear-Market Ever
08.05.2024, 02:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bad-Loans Hit Record-High As Used-Car Prices Suffer Worst Bear-Market Ever A bear market in the used car market was confirmed in November and has since worsened through April. At the same time, negative equity values are hitting new record highs while auto insurance rates have soared the most since the mid-1970s. While gas prices at the pump are...
Stan Druckenmiller Gives Bidenomics An "F"
08.05.2024, 00:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stan Druckenmiller Gives Bidenomics An "F" Billionaire investor and Duquesne Family Office Chairman & CEO Stan Druckenmiller slammed Bidenomics and warned the Federal Reserve and federal government "misdiagnosed Covid and thought it was -- we were going into a depression." Druckenmiller has been irritated by the massive fiscal spending by the...
7 Numbers That Clearly Reveal The Direction That America Has Chosen
07.05.2024, 23:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 7 Numbers That Clearly Reveal The Direction That America Has Chosen Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, Over the past several decades, America’s culture has been transformed at a pace that is absolutely breathtaking. When I was growing up, I was convinced that I believed in a shared set of national values that most other Americans...
Shocking Collapse In Credit Card Debt Growth Just As Card APRs Hit All Time High
07.05.2024, 21:43 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Shocking Collapse In Credit Card Debt Growth Just As Card APRs Hit All Time High After several months of wild swings in US consumer debt, culminating with last month's jump in credit card debt to a new all time high despite record high credit card rates, in March households finally hit a brick wall because according to the latest consumer credit data...
One Third Of Stanford Students OK With Violence To Shut Down Speech; Report
07.05.2024, 20:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - One Third Of Stanford Students OK With Violence To Shut Down Speech; Report Authored by Samantha Swenson via The College Fix, More than one third of Stanford University students say using physical violence to stop a speech is acceptable in at least some circumstances, according to a new report. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression conducted...
Title IX Rule Change On Gender Triggers Lawsuits From 15 States
07.05.2024, 20:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Title IX Rule Change On Gender Triggers Lawsuits From 15 States Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Republican-led states are suing the Biden administration and advising schools to ignore the new federal Title IX changes that expand sex discrimination protection to students who identify as the opposite sex, or...
Biden Ready To Use SPR Again If Oil Prices Rise
07.05.2024, 19:44 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Ready To Use SPR Again If Oil Prices Rise Several weeks after we reported that - very unsurprisingly - the Biden admin had halted its laughable attempts to refill the SPR as oil prices soared (having missed its entire window to do so when WTI was trading in the low $70s), we speculated that it may be only a matter of time before the senile president...
Florida Becomes First State To Ban 'Fake Meat'
07.05.2024, 19:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Florida Becomes First State To Ban 'Fake Meat' Authored by Patricia Tolson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Florida’s governor has signed a first-of-its-kind bill into law to officially ban lab-grown meat, in a bid to protect the Sunshine State’s cattle industry and its residents. Lab-grown meat is presented in the Disgusting Food Museum in...
Zelensky Assassination Plot Foiled, Two Colonels Arrested, Ukraine Intelligence Says
07.05.2024, 18:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Zelensky Assassination Plot Foiled, Two Colonels Arrested, Ukraine Intelligence Says The Ukrainian government and intelligence services are claiming that a major assassination plot targeting President Volodymyr has been thwarted. The plot also allegedly aimed to take out other top military and political figures. Ukraine's state security service (SBU)...
Billionaire, Harvard Donor Ken Griffin Says Protesters Are Byproduct Of "Failed Education System"
07.05.2024, 17:34 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Billionaire, Harvard Donor Ken Griffin Says Protesters Are Byproduct Of "Failed Education System" Ken Griffin, the founder of Citadel and a Harvard University alumnus, was interviewed Monday evening at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills. During the interview, Griffin blasted protesters at woke elite colleges and universities...
What Will CBDCs Mean For Gold?
07.05.2024, 14:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - What Will CBDCs Mean For Gold? Via SchiffGold.com, With the eventual introduction of central bank digital currency (CBDCs) now seemingly inevitable, there are a lot of directions central banks could take with their digital currency projects that would have dramatic implications for the price of gold. Touted for their “convenience” and “efficiency...
Futures Flat As Post-FOMC Rally Takes A Breather
07.05.2024, 14:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Flat As Post-FOMC Rally Takes A Breather US stock futures are flat after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 both closed 1% higher on Monday, helped by growing optimism among investors that the economy is finally slowing greenlighting earlier rate cuts by the Fed. As of 8:00am ET S&P futures were unchanged at 5,206, trading about 1% above its 50DMA,...
NHTSA Threatens Tesla With $135 Million Fine If It Fails To Hand Over Autopilot Data By July 1
07.05.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - NHTSA Threatens Tesla With $135 Million Fine If It Fails To Hand Over Autopilot Data By July 1 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has threatened Tesla with "civil penalties" if it does not comply with handing over data in connection with its December recall of Autopilot. Since then, the automaker has pushed out an over-the-air...
Credit Smacks Of Complacency As Spreads Collapse
07.05.2024, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Credit Smacks Of Complacency As Spreads Collapse By James Crombie, Bloomberg Markets Live writer and strategist Wafer-thin spreads on corporate debt don’t matter — until they do. There are several potential triggers for risk premia to flare, denting credit portfolios. Spreads have collapsed across the board, from investment-grade and junk bonds...
San Diego Sues CNC Milling Technologists, Alleging They're Flouting California ‘Ghost Gun’ Laws
07.05.2024, 05:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - San Diego Sues CNC Milling Technologists, Alleging They're Flouting California ‘Ghost Gun’ Laws Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times, The San Diego County government is suing the manufacturer of a computer numerical control (CNC) machine, alleging that it is being used to manufacture unserialized firearms parts. The lawsuit, filed on behalf...
McMaken: The FBI And CIA Are Enemies Of The American People
07.05.2024, 05:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - McMaken: The FBI And CIA Are Enemies Of The American People Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, Joe Rogan and Tucker Carlson sat down for a three-hour-plus discussion on the Joe Rogan Show last week, covering everything from UFOs, to religion and artificial intelligence. But perhaps the most important topic they covered was the insidious...
Ex-CNN Host Chris Cuomo Reveals COVID Vaccine Injury: "I'm Sick Myself"
07.05.2024, 03:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ex-CNN Host Chris Cuomo Reveals COVID Vaccine Injury: "I'm Sick Myself" Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Former CNN host Chris Cuomo said in a recent news segment that he is suffering from a health condition after he received a COVID-19 vaccine. Former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo attends the 12th annual CNN Heroes tribute in...
Illegal Immigrant Crisis Stings Border Town In Unexpected Way
07.05.2024, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Illegal Immigrant Crisis Stings Border Town In Unexpected Way Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Benny Rodriguez, an 80-year-old grandfather of seven, beams as he points to faded photographs on the wall and proudly narrates the story of Eagle Grocery, a family-run business since 1939. (Illustration by The Epoch Times, Getty...
Confidence In Biden Economic Stewardship Historically Low
07.05.2024, 01:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Confidence In Biden Economic Stewardship Historically Low By Megan Brenan of Gallup With Americans less optimistic about the state of the U.S. economy than they have been in recent months and concern about inflation persisting, their confidence in President Joe Biden to recommend or do the right thing for the economy is among the lowest Gallup has measured...
Five Simple Policies To Reset America's "Rigged" Health System
07.05.2024, 00:43 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Five Simple Policies To Reset America's "Rigged" Health System Calley Means, a one-time consultant for big food and pharmaceutical companies in the Washington, DC, swap and now the founder of TrueMed, a company that enables tax-free spending on food and exercise, has outlined on X five simple policies the federal government can implement to correct...
DHS Shuts Down Expert Group That Denied Hunter Biden Laptop Story
07.05.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - DHS Shuts Down Expert Group That Denied Hunter Biden Laptop Story Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The Biden administration has agreed to shut down a national security experts’ group as part of settling a lawsuit accusing the group of being politically biased in favor of Democrats. On Sept. 19, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security...
House Panel Calls To Defund Federal Agencies That Stonewall Congressional Probes
06.05.2024, 23:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - House Panel Calls To Defund Federal Agencies That Stonewall Congressional Probes Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are calling for budget cuts to federal agencies that refuse to cooperate with lawmakers’ investigations, warning that failure to discipline agencies that deny oversight-related...
The Militia Used As An FBI Front Group In 2020 Is Again Proliferating On Facebook
06.05.2024, 23:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Militia Used As An FBI Front Group In 2020 Is Again Proliferating On Facebook Authored by Ken Silva via Headline USA, The tech publication Wired reported Thursday that the Three Percenter, or III%er, militia is again proliferating on Facebook ahead of the 2024 presidential election. A car passes Facebook's new Meta logo on a sign at the company...
The Washington 'Blob' Seems "Ready To Wreck The Republic To Save Themselves"
06.05.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Washington 'Blob' Seems "Ready To Wreck The Republic To Save Themselves" Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, Prisoners of Themselves “Ok, let’s be clear. If the intelligence community led by the CIA is not the 'deep state', what is?” - Jeffrey Tucker You realize, don’t you, that the gross misconduct of government officials...
Florida Bans 'Indoctrination' In Teacher-Training Programs
06.05.2024, 21:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Florida Bans 'Indoctrination' In Teacher-Training Programs Authored by Patricia Tolson via The Epoch Times, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill into law on May 2 banning “indoctrination” programs for teachers. The measure, HB 1291, prohibits programs, courses, and curricula in teacher training from “distorting” historical...
Republicans Attempt Rollback Of Electric Truck Rule
06.05.2024, 20:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Republicans Attempt Rollback Of Electric Truck Rule By John Gallagher of FreightWaves The Biden administration’s recent final rule setting new carbon emissions standards for truck makers could be overturned if Republicans in Congress get their way. Senate and House Republicans on Wednesday introduced a resolution of disapproval of the Environmental...
Despite Powell's QTeasing, The Correction May Not Be Over Yet
06.05.2024, 17:08 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Despite Powell's QTeasing, The Correction May Not Be Over Yet Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The latest FOMC meeting caused a stock rally as Jerome Powell turned more “dovish” than expected. While Powell did note that progress on inflation has been lackluster, the announcement of the reversal of “Quantitative Tightening” (QT)...
Berkshire's Growing Cash Pile Has A Hidden Message On Stocks
06.05.2024, 15:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Berkshire's Growing Cash Pile Has A Hidden Message On Stocks Authored by Ven Ram, Bloomberg cross-asset strategist, US stocks are seeing no evil and certainly hearing none, but Berkshire Hathaway’s ever-growing cash pile should hold a tacit warning for those who are overexuberant. Berkshire’s war chest surged to a record $189 billion at the end...
Biden Wants The Wealthy To Pay Their "Fair Share", What Percentage Is That?
06.05.2024, 13:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Wants The Wealthy To Pay Their "Fair Share", What Percentage Is That? By Mish Shedlock of MishTalk What percentage of all income tax collection should the top 1 percent pay? Top 10 percent? Summary of the Latest Federal Income Tax Data Inquiring minds may wish to peruse a Summary of the Latest Federal Income Tax Data, 2024 Update by the Tax Foundation...
Trump Says Jack Smith Should Be "Arrested" After Documents Revelation
06.05.2024, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Says Jack Smith Should Be "Arrested" After Documents Revelation By Jack Phillips of The Epoch Times Former President Donald Trump argued that special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents case against him should be tossed after prosecutors wrote that they misled a judge about the order of items in an evidence box. In a post on Truth Social...
Biden Administration Finalizes Rule To Allow 'Dreamers' To Enroll In 'Obamacare'
06.05.2024, 11:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Administration Finalizes Rule To Allow 'Dreamers' To Enroll In 'Obamacare' Authored by Jana J. Pruet via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Biden administration announced on Friday that it had finalized a directive to expand the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as “Obamacare,” to thousands of immigrants who were brought to the United...
Maryland Officials Release Timeline And Cost Estimate For Rebuilding Baltimore Bridge
06.05.2024, 10:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Maryland Officials Release Timeline And Cost Estimate For Rebuilding Baltimore Bridge In the wake of a catastrophe that claimed the lives of six roadwork crew members and disrupted one of the nation’s busiest ports, Maryland has committed to a monumental task of rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The project, set to be completed by the fall...
Elon Musk Warns Over Biden's Massive Deficit Spending
06.05.2024, 09:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Elon Musk Warns Over Biden's Massive Deficit Spending Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sounded the alarm on the Biden administration’s massive deficit spending, warning that unless steps are taken to slow down the growth of America’s national debt, the U.S. dollar will become worthless. President...
Yen's First Intervention Rally Owed Very Little to Short Squeeze
06.05.2024, 06:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Yen's First Intervention Rally Owed Very Little to Short Squeeze By Garfield Reynolds, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist The first of Japan’s apparent twin interventions last week may have capped USD/JPY for some time to keep the pair under 160. But that had very little to do with flushing out yen short positioning at least with the initial...
Marine Vet With PTSD Given More Than 5 Years In Prison, Fined $200,000 Over Jan. 6
06.05.2024, 05:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Marine Vet With PTSD Given More Than 5 Years In Prison, Fined $200,000 Over Jan. 6 Authored by Joseph M. Hanneman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Ryan Taylor Nichols, a Marine Corps veteran and disaster-rescue specialist who argued that post-traumatic stress drove his behavior at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, was sentenced on May 2 to more than five...
Pritzker Doubles-Down With $827 Million Taxpayer Handout To Troubled EV-Maker Rivian
05.05.2024, 23:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Pritzker Doubles-Down With $827 Million Taxpayer Handout To Troubled EV-Maker Rivian Authored by Mark Glennon via Wirepoints.org, At $1.5 million per job, this new incentive package from the state is at least 15 times the norm. For this much money, the state could have just handed out a million bucks to 827 people, instead of creating 550 jobs. Gov...
Which States Have The Highest Minimum Wage In America?
05.05.2024, 15:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Which States Have The Highest Minimum Wage In America? This year, 22 states are raising their minimum wage, impacting almost 10 million workers across the country. Many states raise the minimum wage each year to adjust to a cost of living index, while others have raised the pay floor for delivery drivers and fast-food workers. Today, the federal minimum...
Are We Destroying The Economy On Purpose?
05.05.2024, 15:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Are We Destroying The Economy On Purpose? Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance In one of the most fascinating discussions I’ve had in a while, I spoke last weekend with my friend Andy Schectman about the state of the world, markets, geopolitics and the economy. What started as a friendly catch-up quickly turned into delving into angles on the state of...