Brexit has deepened the British economy’s flaws and dulled its strengths
https://www.economist.com/britain/2025/12/30/brexit-has-deepened-the-british-economys-flaws-and-dulled-its-strengths

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The $17 Trillion Pivot: How the US Seizure of Venezuela Just Rewrote the Global Order. The Cold Math of Dominance: How controlling $17 trillion in reserves checkmates Iran, secures the Petrodollar, and turns a failed state into America's ultimate strategic asset.
https://sylvainsaurel.substack.com/p/the-17-trillion-pivot-how-the-us

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U.S oil companies right now

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Are we headed towards a financial crisis, in the next few years?

According to Economist:

When Lehman went bust, its failure caused some $10trn in global equity losses within weeks. It’s impossible to know what will be the spark that sets off the next conflagration. A sudden consensus that ai won’t live up to expectations? A massive corporate fraud? Something else entirely? What’s clear is that, once the blaze begins, plenty of kindling will help it spread—thanks to Wall Street’s obsession with bonuses, hidden illiquidity, mismatched books and unregulated markets.

According to fool49:

So with bad incentives for financial professionals and financial deregulation, we may be headed towards a financial crisis. As stock and mutual funds and other financial assets ownership has.gone up, a lot more people will be impacted negatively by a crash in the markets. Also other problems like rising debt, volatile cryptocurrency, and illiquid private investment. And don't forget the elephant in the room. The so called AI bubble.

To me the other problems are much more serious, than an over investment and stretched valuations in AI. I wouldn't be surprised by a market crash of over 20%.

Reference: Economist

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Trump Pardoned 3 Crypto Felons In 10 Months—Here's What Each One Cost
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-pardoned-3-crypto-felons-133109095.html

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Trump Says We Have the “Hottest” Economy. Markets Tell a Different Story. | The U.S. economy entered 2025 as the “envy of the world.” It exited well behind its peers.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-says-we-have-the-hottest-economy-markets-tell-different-story

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Trump Says We Have the “Hottest” Economy. Markets Tell a Different Story. | The U.S. economy entered 2025 as the “envy of the world.” It exited well behind its peers.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-says-we-have-the-hottest-economy-markets-tell-different-story

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On season 3 of Landman on Paramount+

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Mitt Romney says taxing the rich is now necessary 'given the magnitude of our national debt'
https://fortune.com/2025/12/22/mitt-romney-national-debt-tax-rich-people-lower-spending-oped/

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Can the global economy handle a world with fewer kids? : Consider This from NPR
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/02/nx-s1-5661675/can-the-global-economy-handle-a-world-with-fewer-kids

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We have money to run Venezuela and to bail out Argentina, but not to keep affordable healthcare?

Who in their right mind thanks that running Venezuela will be free, let alone morally justifiable? We spent trillions of dollars and many thousands of American lives in Iraq and Afghanistan to no benefit. What makes us think Venezuela will be any different? And, unlike the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, which were approved by Congress and NATO allies, this Venezuela boondoggle breaks every law of the land.

The US blew up boats all along the coasts of South America, then murdering helpless survivors in the water. This puts us in company with tyrants, killers and pirates.

Meanwhile, we just cancelled healthcare subsidies for low-wage American workers.

Disgusting. Is this who we are now?

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Maduro, Venezuela, The U.S.—And The Oil Shock China Can’t Price In
https://www.forbes.com/sites/guneyyildiz/2026/01/03/maduro-venezuela-the-us-and-the-oil-shock-china-cant-price-in/

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Trump Admits To Ignoring Medical Advice, Doctor Says He Never Got An MRI.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/01/01/trump-admits-to-ignoring-medical-advice-doctor-says-he-never-got-an-mri/

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Compound effect must go nuts at this point
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Brazil is trading with China in their own currencies and eventually the U.S. can’t sanction people

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"I Voted Trump to Lower Prices": Now My Groceries Cost $100/Week, My Farm's Bankrupt, and Healthcare Just Doubled. Where's My $2,000 Check?
https://thedailyadda.com/2026/01/05/i-voted-trump-to-lower-prices-now-my-groceries-cost-100-week-my-farms-bankrupt-and-healthcare-just-doubled-wheres-my-2000-check/

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Trump's economic approval hits a new low at 36%, poll finds
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/17/nx-s1-5645003/trump-poll-economy-approval

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He’s not going to reduce the cost of anything and is only raising our cost of living and increasing the debt ceiling

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“I’m terrified”: Florida woman who spent years voting Republican now faces losing the health coverage keeping her alive
https://yourusabiz.tech/florida-woman-terrified-gop-vote-costs-her-healthcare/

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McDonald’s CEO blames “broke customers” for the company’s problems . . .

https://preview.redd.it/dff9lote4jbg1.jpg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f3f8cf859e3bd68db4f73713081ef065ca359597

Photo above - Separated at Birth? General Hux of Star Wars, vs McDonalds CEO Chris Kempczinski . . .

I don’t envy Chris Kempczinski, McDonald’s CEO. He’s struggling to explain why he earns $50,000 a day – 3 times what the typical fast-food worker makes in an entire year. Chris finally settled on a mass-broadcast Instagram video called "Tough Love with the McDonald's CEO". He stressed that "nobody cares about your career as much as you do," and told struggling workers to "make things happen." (see link below).

This almost sounds like a call for revolution, no?

Predictably, this idiotic rant didn’t play well with employees or customers. Maybe investors took heart in it?

And there are a lot of them (investors). McDonalds has a market cap of over $200 billion. Four times bigger than Ford. MCD share prices are up 80% over 3 years - how’s THAT for inflation? $26 billion in revenue, and a 32% profit margin. (see second link below)

And the CEO says “broke customers” are the reason the company isn’t doing better.

It’s not that they aren’t trying. In the 2024 election cycle, McDonalds spent $2 million on campaign contributions. Another $3 million on lobbying the same politicians. The company contributed both to Kamala’s campaign and Trump’s. Both to the Democrat and Republican national committees. Millions and millions. And McDonalds is blaming “broke customers”????

I'm calling on president Trump to launch a seal team strike on McDonalds CEO Chris Kempczinski’s mansion right away. Take him into custody. Blindfold and handcuff him. Fly him to New York City to face arraignment. Not sure yet what charges should apply. We’ll figure something out . . .

I’m just sayin’ . . .



**McDonald’s CEO blames ‘broke’ customers as $200B giant defends price increases**

**McDonald's Corporation (MCD) Stock Price, News, Quote & History - Yahoo Finance**

**McDonald's Corp Profile: Summary • OpenSecrets**

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Trump Super PAC Raised More Than $100 Million in Recent Months
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/us/politics/trump-super-pac-maga-inc-fundraising.html

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