Trump Vows US Will Respond To Iranian Attacks After Ballistic Missile Strikes On Jordan
Trump teasing potential assault on Kharg Island.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/oil-tops-91-us-diesel-crack-near-100-us-iran-strikes-resume-tehran-claims-supertanker
Book-Sellers Alarmed As AI Giants Shred Millions Of Books
One book store owner noticed a sudden spike in book sales in April-between double and triple the weekly sales tally...
https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/book-sellers-alarmed-ai-giants-shred-millions-books
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24 States To Sue US Postal Service Over Mail-In Ballot Restrictions
The USPS wants tracking and verification on ballots to prevent fraud. Not surprisingly, Democrat controlled states say no...
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/24-states-sue-postal-service-over-mail-ballot-restrictions
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New York’s Biggest Teachers Union Fighting the Socialist Mayor It Helped Elect After Mamdani Files Lawsuit to Stop Pay Raise
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/08/new-yorks-biggest-teachers-union-fighting-socialist-mayor/
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The BLS JUST Admitted the Jobs Data is WRONG
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Health insurance cost has quadrupled in 25 years. Health insurance costs are exploding again. Employers are already cutting back
Employers are already considering dropping expensive benefits, including GLP-1 coverage, while ACA premiums are headed for another large increase. So you’re not just looking at an insurance company problem. The costs are starting to change what employers are willing to cover.
And the progression is nasty:
2026: 20% median finalized ACA increase
2027: 15% median proposed increase
2027: employer healthcare costs +9.5%
2027: pharmacy costs +12%
2027: average employer healthcare cost >$19,000 per employee
Health Insurance Costs Are Soaring. Here’s Why
Next year’s hike in health insurance consumer costs is projected to be 9.5 percent. That is on top of this year’s 9 percent increase and 6 percent in 2025. From 2000 to today, when inflation rates were typically 3 percent or less (except during COVID), the growth rate for health insurance costs has been 6-to-9 percent. Because of compounding, this means in the last 25 years, consumer insurance costs have more than quadrupled.
This year, the average U.S. family of four will have a gross take-home pay of $83,730 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Healthcare costs for this same family will amount to $37,824, the bulk of it the price of ever-increasing insurance premiums.
The pattern is clear. The cost of health insurance keeps rising without regard to external factors and without providing any value to the consumer. When you pay more for something, you expect to get more. Why is this not true of health insurance? And will these mandatory, disproportionate, and progressively more unaffordable consumer costs continue to rise indefinitely? Apparently, the answer is yes.
In 2010, insurance costs were already unaffordable. After signing Obamacare into law, President Obama admitted that his namesake healthcare act would reform health insurance, rather than making health care affordable, despite its name, the Affordable Care Act (ACA). He further assured the public that Americans would save $2,500 on health insurance costs.
https://spectator.org/health-insurance-costs-are-soaring-heres-why/
Employers are preparing to drop weight loss drugs because healthcare costs keep rising
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/more-us-employers-drop-weight-loss-drugs-2027-healthcare-costs-increase-2026-08-25/
About 14% of employers have already dropped or plan to drop GLP-1 weight-loss drug coverage by 2027. Employer healthcare costs are expected to rise 9.2% in 2027, while pharmacy costs are projected to rise 12%.
Small businesses are increasingly giving up employer health insurance
https://www.statnews.com/2026/07/07/small-business-health-insurance-costs-out-of-pocket-series-part-1/
The share of working-age Americans receiving health coverage through a job has fallen from 67% in 1998 to about 60%. Small businesses are increasingly dropping traditional coverage because premiums and out-of-pocket costs have become too expensive.
https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/health-insurance-cost-has-quadrupled-in-25-years-health-insurance-costs-are-exploding-again-employers-are-already-cutting-back/
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Who really picks America’s CEOs?
Let me tell you something. I know an Indian dude who runs in VC circles. He said this to me when I was having dinner.
Hedge funds control most of the companies. They have a greater say in who the next CEO is.
Almost all hedge funds want a CEO who:
They can control
Aggressively increases revenue in a short period of time
White men are nationalistic, and that’s a problem for hedge fund managers.
To aggressively increase revenue, you need a CEO who will:
Offshore
Replace expensive employees with cheaper ones
Squeeze more hours for the same pay
Indians fit the profile quite well compared to White men.
You don’t see them picking Chinese people, even though the Chinese are far more intelligent than Indians.
Indian CEOs are selected for convenience, not for competence.
The Indian diaspora mistook it for competence.
https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/who-really-picks-americas-ceos/
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Goodwill is asked to give a pair of shoes to a homeless woman and they said NO
Google AI-
Large Regional Chapters: CEOs of the largest local Goodwill organizations receive total annual compensation ranging from roughly $400,000 to over $900,000, with regional averages hovering around $670,000 to $700,000.
Highest-Paid Local Leaders: Local executives at major regional operations (such as Goodwill of North Georgia or Goodwill Industries of Houston) have reported total compensation packages ranging from approximately $550,000 to over $900,000 (and occasionally higher depending on specific organizational metrics and tenure)
They don’t make that money by giving away free anything.
https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/goodwill-is-asked-to-give-a-pair-of-shoes-to-a-homeless-woman-and-they-said-no/
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