Bisignano's IRS: Fewer Audits, Longer Lines, Same Old Lies.
IRS chief Bisignano gutted 25,000 jobs & claims “ideal” staffing—despite zero data. They’re hiding wait time improvements by counting chatbot responses as service. #Economics #Politics #VelocityEconomics
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Microsoft Nukes Privacy—USPS Next?
Today: Microsoft killed your privacy tools. The economy shrank while profits surged. Trump crashed an oil market and blamed allies. The EPA chief keynoted a climate denial conference. And 250 dead in Beirut.
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/podcast/74
Bessent's Crypto Plan: Rigged Rules, Robbed Consumers.
Bessent wants Congress to pass a crypto bill that guts consumer protections so US companies can compete with places like Abu Dhabi.
#Finance #Politics #VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/683
USPS is raiding worker pensions—$2.5B by September—because Congress is deliberately starving a constitutionally mandated service. Stamp prices are already up 46% & heading to $1.
#Economics #Business #VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/682
GDP growth revised *down* to 0.5%—the third cut to this number. While consumer spending & investment fall, corporate profits surged $246.9B, meaning companies are profiting from a shrinking economy.
#Economics #Finance #VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/681
Microsoft just bricked WireGuard, VeraCrypt & Windscribe with a secret policy change, leaving millions vulnerable.
#Technology #Security #VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/679
Trump's Iran Fiasco: Empire of Bluff
Trump threatened war with Iran, then caved, lifting two decades of sanctions on Iranian oil for a temporary, breakable ceasefire. He blinked & now Iran has all the leverage.
#Politics #ForeignRelations #VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/677
JD Vance is campaigning for Hungary’s pro-Russia leader Viktor Orban days before his election after he blocked $90B in EU aid to Ukraine. #ForeignRelations #Politics #VelocityEconomics
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Exxon's Lawyer Now Enforces Rules Against Exxon
The SEC just hired a Gibson Dunn lawyer—who defends ExxonMobil & crypto firms—to lead enforcement after the previous director quit protesting agency leadership.
#Finance #Business #VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/674
Today: Pension thieves worried about your losses. Fake economic data. Tech bubble popping. Russia targeting U.S. bases for Iran. Trump threatening to end a civilization. A historian calling the coup before it runs.
Follow the money.
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/podcast/71
DeSantis signed a law letting him label any group “terrorist” and shut them down—no court needed. It’s a direct path to silencing dissent, starting with groups like CAIR and chilling free speech on
#Politics #SocialPolicy #VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/664
Trump Threatens Genocide. Media Buries It.
Trump literally threatened genocide against Iran (89 million people) on Truth Social and Reuters is framing it as a deadline.
#ForeignRelations #MilitaryDefense #VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/662
Russia is actively helping Iran target US bases with satellite imagery & hacking tools, confirmed by intel. Meanwhile, the Sec of State downplays it as "insignificant"—seriously?
#ForeignRelations #MilitaryDefense #VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/663
Trump's Coup Playbook: Yale Historian Names the Steps Now
Trump’s openly prepping a coup, mirroring Putin & Orbán: provoke a crisis (maybe even a false flag attack), then deploy the military domestically.
#Politics #ForeignRelations #VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/661
Fake Data Fuels False Optimism—Again
Core capital goods orders supposedly rose 0.6% in Feb, but they revised Jan down to a *drop* of 0.4%. It's a rigged system of lowered baselines & manufactured optimism.
#Economics #Business #VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/660
Tech's "Success" is Profiting From Crisis & Hype
Tech profits soared by exploiting pandemic isolation & dodging consequences—now rising interest rates (thanks, Iran war) reveal the AI hype can't justify inflated valuations.
#Technology #Finance #VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/659
Pension Thieves Now Worry About Your 401(k) Losses
Corporate greed shifted retirement risk onto workers, and now a war in Iran will tank their portfolios *and* the economy.
#Economics #Finance #VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/658
Trump's "Easter Miracle" War: Sacrilege as Strategy.
Trump is falsely framing a war he started as an "Easter miracle" while his Treasury Secretary compares a rescue to Jesus' resurrection.
#Politics #ForeignRelations #VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/647
Trump's War Killed the Jobs Market—Quietly.
Trump’s war & gutted immigration created a jobs market already at COVID-era lows—30k/month isn’t enough. Oil at $100/barrel will finish what he started.
#Economics #Labor #VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/645
Dimon Warns: War's Real Cost Is Coming For Your Wallet
Jamie Dimon is warning JPMorgan shareholders that Trump's threats are already spiking oil prices & will likely *raise* interest rates—meaning higher costs for everyone.
#Economics #Finance #VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/648
Stengel: Trump Killed “Brand USA.” It’s Over.
Obama’s former “marketing officer” says America’s global reputation is *dead*, thanks to Trump’s actions—specifically, killing 100+ Iranian schoolchildren.
#ForeignRelations #Politics #VelocityEconomics
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Iran's Ultimatum—& Your Wallet's Pain
Trump issued an impossible ultimatum to Iran, and they called his bluff. Oil's at $108/barrel, the Strait of Hormuz is closed, and Jamie Dimon says your interest rates are going up because of it.
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/podcast/70
Dead Cats & Dodgy Debt—Your Pension's Screwed
$3.5T in private credit is collapsing, hitting your retirement savings as firms like Blue Owl freeze withdrawals. Trump wants another $500B for the Pentagon while slashing NASA & EPA.
#VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/podcast/69
Hedge funds dumped $50B in stocks last month & are now actively betting on a market crash—they're shorting everything but toothpaste. Forget rallies, the smart money sees sustained economic pain.
#Finance #Economics #VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/622
The jobs report is smoke and mirrors: 76k of 178k jobs were striking workers returning, and long-term unemployment is *rising*. Don't fall for the "turnaround" spin.
#Economics #Labor #VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/624
Trump is openly announcing civilian targets in Iran—bridges, power plants—after Iran targeted desalination in Kuwait.
#ForeignRelations #MilitaryDefense #VelocityEconomics
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Trump's Thirst Trap—Global War Edition
Trump is escalating a war most Americans oppose, openly threatening attacks on Iran’s infrastructure and ditching NATO over it.
#VelocityEconomics
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Trump's War—Your Wallet's Nightmare Trump’s speech spiked oil prices 8% & tanked futures 1%, proving he has no plan to end the Iran conflict. You’ll pay more at the pump for his endless war. #VelocityEconomics
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NYC’s Council Speaker is trying to hide $5.4B in cuts with fake accounting, and Mayor #Mamdani is calling her out. The real fixes? Tax the rich and stop Albany from stealing NYC’s money.
#Politics #Economics #VelocityEconomics
followthemoney.wtf/analysis/619
Trump's Labor Department just opened the door to let Wall Street dump its worst garbage directly into your retirement account — and they're framing it as doing you a favor
#Finance #Business #VelocityEconomics
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