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Homeowners now carry the load for Minneapolis commercial collapse

Frey’s $2.3 billion budget plan includes the biggest property tax hike in at least 26 years. The gap comes from higher labor and operating costs, the end of one-time federal pandemic money, and lower downtown commercial property values. City data shows downtown commercial values have dropped for years, shifting more of the tax burden onto homes.

 https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/homeowners-now-carry-the-load-for-minneapolis-commercial-collapse/

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Housing market signal: Spent $3,000 on Zillow leads. 30 days. Not a single call above $300,000. Demand isn’t cooling. It’s evaporated.

As of this morning, 41% of all homes for sale in the United States are undergoing price cuts.

 There are many locations across the country this morning where over 50% of inventory is undertaking price cuts.

 These include but not limited to:

San Antonio: 54.38%

Austin: 54.34%

Dallas: 52.92%

Denver: 51.52%

Tampa: 51%

 On the opposite end of this spectrum are markets where less than 20% of inventory is undergoing price cuts:

 Rochester: 15.85%

Atlantic City: 18.54%

Hartford: 19.27%

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/housing-market-signal-spent-3000-on-zillow-leads-30-days-not-a-single-call-above-300000-demand-isnt-cooling-its-evaporated/

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 Surveillance cameras that have been installed this year using Palantir A.I. tracking near me in the USA, they are seen pointing away from main roads and directly into neighborhoods & parks.

 https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/surveillance-cameras-that-have-been-installed-this-year-using-palantir-a-i-tracking-near-me-in-the-usa-they-are-seen-pointing-away-from-main-roads-and-directly-into-neighborhoods-parks/

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WSJ Catches Up, Discovers AI's Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities Are $3 Trillion And Growing $1.2 Trillion Per Quarter

Just as we reported more than two months ago...

 https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/wsj-catches-discovers-ais-balance-sheet-liabilities-are-3-trillion-and-growing-12-trillion

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The World Is Running A Huge Oil Deficit, The SPR Hits A 4 Decade Low, And Diesel Shortages Are Looming

  GO TO URL TO SEE THIS 

 https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/the-world-is-running-a-huge-oil-deficit-the-spr-hits-a-4-decade-low-and-diesel-shortages-are-looming/

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Seven Thugs Arrested After Mob of “Youths” Attack, Kick and Punch Anyone in Sight at Wisconsin State Fair – Police Officer Punched in the Face

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/08/shock-video-seven-thugs-arrested-after-mob-youths/

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As Japanese Bond Yields Soar, Unrealized Losses At Life Insurers Hit $200 Billion

Unrealized losses on domestic bonds at Japan's major life insurers have soared to 30.86 trillion yen ($194 billion) as of the end of June, up 60% year-on-year.

 https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/japanese-bond-yields-soar-unrealized-losses-life-insurers-hit-200-billion

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Blasphemy Law Is Back: Retired British Police Officer Fined For Islam Joke

Ex-officer hit with criminal conviction over satirical meme as free speech collapses under two-tier justice..

 https://www.zerohedge.com/political/blasphemy-law-back-retired-british-police-officer-fined-islam-joke

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A Shocking Number of Democrats Now Approve of Socialism According to New CBS News Poll

From CBS News:

CBS News poll on whether Democrats split over socialism, and how Americans see parties in today’s economy

 Most Americans believe a free market system is a good thing.

Americans are net-negative on socialism. Capitalism is better-liked.

But those ideas aside, right now they say it’s harder now to do things like buy a house, raise a family, and to just feel financially secure than for the last generation. Younger people are especially apt to feel opportunities are fewer.

 So most also call the current U.S. economic system unfair, in terms of the way it works for chances to get ahead.

That has downstream effects on politics, including those seen in this year’s Democratic primary battles:

The Democratic rank-and-file does have a higher view of socialism than capitalism.

How these views are getting expressed in the parties

Unlike the public overall, Democrats are mostly positive on socialism and have a more favorable impression of it than of capitalism.

Socialism finds more positive views among Democrats with college degrees than those without. They’re even more likely to perceive a gap between the richest and the middle class. And less likely to say the Democratic Party is “effective.”

Younger Democrats more than older ones, and White Democrats more than other racial groups tend to have more favorable views of socialism.

In particular, Democrats feel socialism would make their own finances better and that on balance, capitalism makes them worse.

 Six in ten Democrats have a positive view of socialism, according to a new CBS News poll. Among Democrats with a college degree (or more), that number goes up to 71%.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/08/shocking-number-democrats-now-approve-socialism-according-new/

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How One Engineer’s “Stupid” Twin-Propeller Design Turned the Spitfire Into a 470 MPH Monster

If Other Countries Give Fewer Shots, Why Can't We Ask Why?

Do other countries ignore science when they have fewer shots?

 https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/if-other-countries-give-fewer-shots-why-cant-we-ask-why

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Thiel Dumped Nvidia. Now 72% Of His Portfolio Is Betting On This

Peter Thiel exited Nvidia. Three months later, 72% of his public equity portfolio is sitting in energy and utilities. The AI bottleneck is moving.

 https://www.zerohedge.com/the-market-ear/thiel-dumped-nvidia-now-72-his-portfolio-betting

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Do What Israel Tells You!' - Graffiti On USAF Jet Suggests Troops Think War Isn't For America

"Everybody knows what this is. Everybody knows they're fighting for Israel."

 https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/do-what-israel-tells-you-graffiti-usaf-jet-suggests-troops-think-war-isnt-america

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Meta Flags Migration Searches... Then Offers UN Asylum Help

"It's a guidebook to migration when people are searching for illegal immigration," said one journalist about the new Meta information warning

 https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/meta-flags-migration-searches-then-offers-un-asylum-help

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China's YMTC Is Now World's 3rd Biggest Flash-Memory Supplier With 14% Market Share

... driven by expanding supplies to domestic electronics manufacturers and the increased production of its latest-generation 3D NAND architecture...

 https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/chinas-ymtc-surges-worlds-3rd-biggest-flash-memory-supplier-14-market-share