Ten thousand contracts print instant $125 million profit as oil crashes twelve percent on the planted leak.
Iran flips the script with Persian Gulf Strait Authority and oil rips back eight percent after the shorts already cashed.
At 3:40 AM ET today, nearly 10,000 contracts worth of crude oil shorts were taken without any major news.
This is equivalent to ~$920 million in notional value, an unusually large trade for 3:40 AM ET.
At 4:50 AM ET, just 70 minutes later, Axios reported that the US is "close" to a "memorandum of understanding" to end the Iran War.
By 7:00 AM ET, oil prices had fallen over -12% with these crude oil shorts gaining approximately +$125 million.
Minutes later, Iran launched the "Persian Gulf Strait Authority" and oil prices surged +8%.
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I love how scared he sounds
OpenAI President Greg Brockman told a California jury Tuesday that Elon Musk physically threatened him during a 2017 confrontation, testifying that the billionaire stormed out after he was refused absolute control of the artificial intelligence company. ( Brockman's stake in OpenAI is worth nearly $30 billion, despite not personally investing money into the company)
“I actually thought he was going to hit me,” Brockman said.
The testimony came on the second day of Brockman’s appearance at the trial of Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, in which the Tesla and SpaceX founder accuses the company of betraying its original nonprofit mission.
According to Musk, the company pivoted to a for-profit structure and misappropriated his $38 million founding donation to build a company now valued at more than $850 billion.
https://citizenwatchreport.com/i-love-how-scared-he-sounds/
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Chip stocks turn into money black holes sucking every dollar out of software and the rest of the market. Burry just added to his $SOXX short
(iShares Semiconductor ETF NASDAQ:SOXX)
(The low for 2026 on this ETF was $184.81 on 4/3. It opened today at $497.89. I womder why Burry thinks this ETF is over priced!!)
Tech concentration turns the stock market into a violent algo casino with sky-high peaks and razor-sharp drops.
Ninety percent of trading now runs on machines so fundamentals got tossed out the window.
AI supercharges every headline and earnings beat into instant bloodbaths or moonshots.
https://citizenwatchreport.com/chip-stocks-turn-into-money-black-holes-sucking-every-dollar-out-of-software-and-the-rest-of-the-market/
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Bottom half pays almost nothing yet acts like the rich are screwing them on purpose
When will the poor start paying their fair share?
The top 1% pay 38% of all the taxes
The bottom 50% pay only 3% (This shift towards the rich paying more started with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980)
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JetBlue founder David Neeleman warned about serious bankruptcy risk — The airline industry is currently going through its most severe financial turbulence since the pandemic
Neeleman, serial airline entrepreneur who founded JetBlue in 1999 and served as CEO until 2007, discussed the airline’s financial challenges in a chat that was circulated on X.
“JetBlue’s in a really tough spot. I think I told you this last week, but when Jamie Baker, who is an analyst for JP Morgan, came out with his estimates for all the airlines based on $4.50 fuel, it showed JetBlue losing $1.3 billion this year. That would probably put them into bankruptcy, I would assume,” Neeleman said.
He noted that such losses would bring the airline’s debt to $9 billion, up from current interest payments of over $600 million annually to $800 million.
https://citizenwatchreport.com/jetblue-drops-formal-bankruptcy-warning-the-airline-industry-is-currently-going-through-its-most-severe-financial-turbulence-since-the-pandemic/
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Renters in major cities now spending over 40 percent of income on housing
New data shows renters in many major US cities are now spending more than 40 percent of their income on housing.
This is well above the recommended 30 percent threshold and is squeezing household budgets hard.
In some cities the figure is approaching 50 percent for lower-income households.
This trend is pushing more people to take on extra jobs or move to cheaper areas.
Landlords report high demand but also rising late payments. 40 percent of income going to rent is brutal for a lot of people.
This is the kind of quiet pressure that builds up over time.
It’s changing how entire generations think about where they can afford to live.
In cities like Miami, New York, and Los Angeles, the median renter is effectively working the first two weeks of every month just to pay the landlord, leaving a shrinking margin for $100+ oil, record-high insurance, and grocery inflation.
(Back in the early 1960s when i was in high school, a rule of thumb was to never pay more than 25% of your income in rent. But we only had 180 million people in America in 1960 which was
still more than the 150 million recommended by an in depth emprical study of the US economy by Nobel Prize winner Wassily Leontief)
https://citizenwatchreport.com/renters-in-major-cities-now-spending-over-40-percent-of-income-on-housing/
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DeepMind workers revolt over Pentagon “Project Epic Fury”
Employees at Google DeepMind’s UK offices have voted 98% in favor of unionizing with the Communication Workers Union and Unite the Union, seeking to halt the company’s AI technology involvement with the US military and Israel, including the Project Nimbus deal. The roughly 300 London-based staff sent a letter to management demanding formal recognition within 10 days or face legal action, with plans for protests and research strikes if unmet.
Union Vote and Demands
Approximately 300 employees at Google DeepMind’s London headquarters participated in the vote, achieving 98% support for unionization with the CWU. The workers’ primary demand is for the company to end its defense contracts, particularly those linked to Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion cloud computing agreement between Google, Amazon, and Israel’s Ministry of Defense. Sources familiar with the effort told the Financial Times that successful union recognition would lead to meetings with management to push for policy changes on defense deals.
https://citizenwatchreport.com/deepmind-workers-revolt-over-pentagon-project-epic-fury/
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Buffett has stacked nearly $400B in cash, openly warning the dollar could break and seeing inflation risks straight out of Volcker hell.
95-year-old Buffett parks $380 billion in cash while flat-out warning the dollar could collapse.
Market is now a church with a casino bolted on and the casino has never been more packed.
Avis rental car gets GameStop-style meme-squeezed while Buffett calls one-day options pure gambling.
Oracle admits he no longer understands most businesses and sees inflation risks straight out of Volcker hell
Buffett just pulled the fire alarm with his wallet still open.
Man the guy who built an empire reading balance sheets is now saying the whole game feels alien and the cash is his only edge.
When even he smells black-swan smoke and starts hoarding dry powder the next blindside hit is going to rearrange the entire board.
https://citizenwatchreport.com/buffett-has-stacked-nearly-400b-in-cash-openly-warning-the-dollar-could-break-and-seeing-inflation-risks-straight-out-of-volcker-hell/
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AMD’s stock soars 20% as data center growth pushes revenue and guidance past estimates
Advanced Micro Devices reported first-quarter earnings Tuesday that topped expectations, while the company’s revenue forecast also exceeded estimates as demand soars for chips to power artificial intelligence workloads.
The stock ripped 20% higher in premarket trading on Wednesday.
Here’s how the chipmaker did versus LSEG consensus estimates for the quarter ended in March:
EPS: $1.37 vs. $1.29 adjusted expected
Revenue: $10.25 billion vs. $9.89 billion expected
Revenue climbed 38% from $7.44 billion a year ago, the company said in a release on Tuesday. Data center sales increased 57% to $5.8 billion from $3.67 billion in the same period a year earlier. Net income rose to $1.38 billion, or 84 cents per share in the quarter, from $709 million, or 44 cents per share, a year ago.
For the second quarter, AMD said it expects about $11.2 billion in revenue, versus expectations of $10.52 billion, according to LSEG.
https://citizenwatchreport.com/amds-stock-soars-20-as-data-center-growth-pushes-revenue-and-guidance-past-estimates/
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Google is internally testing a new AI agent called Remy — The 24/7 shadow assistant
Google is working on a new AI agent called Remy. It is reportedly designed to act as a full-time personal assistant, managing a user’s digital life. Unlike traditional chatbots, Remy focuses on execution, taking actions on behalf of users rather than just answering questions.
This project is part of Google’s broader push with Gemini, aiming to evolve from a conversational tool into a complete digital operator. Notably leaked Internal documents describe Remy as a “24/7 personal agent” for work, school, and everyday life.
The name “Remy” reportedly comes from the Latin word Remigus, meaning “oarsman” or “rower,” symbolizing the agent doing the heavy lifting for users. It may also be a playful nod to the chef rat in Pixar’s Ratatouille.
What Remy Can Do
Remy is built to handle tasks with minimal human supervision. It can summarize emails, reply to messages, organize meetings, and execute multi-step tasks. The agent also learns user preferences and behavior patterns over time.
Once fully developed Google may integrate Remy into its ecosystem of apps including Calendar, Gmail, Docs, and Search. Remy can monitor important events, proactively manage schedules, and adapt to user needs.
This isn’t a chatbot. Project Astra-Agent is built on “Native Reasoning,” meaning it doesn’t just draft an email, it reads your 1099s in Drive, drafts the response to your accountant in Gmail, and schedules the follow-up in your Calendar without you opening a single tab.
(But AI currently puts down and censors "conspiracy theories" about 911 so beware of what it will do. Google is a Bilderberg owned company so it will
probably report you to the Mossad, FBI or NSA for being a bad boy.)
https://citizenwatchreport.com/google-is-internally-testing-a-new-ai-agent-called-remy-the-24-7-shadow-assistant/
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The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department is currently cleaning house in a way we haven’t seen in years. Several heavy hitters in the command staff just got their walking papers because they were caught cooking the books on crime stats.
Basically, the “illusion of safety” in D.C. was being manufactured in spreadsheet cells rather than on the streets. High-ranking officials were caught pressuring commanders to downgrade violent felonies into “lesser offenses” to keep the political heat off. This isn’t just an internal HR issue, it’s a full-blown integrity crisis that has the House Oversight Committee and the Feds breathing down their necks. After letting the city turn into a war zone this cleanup feels way overdue. Fire enough of them and watch the next crime spike finally meet real resistance on the streets.
“The D.C. Police Union on Tuesday confirmed that the Metropolitan Police Department had sent termination papers to “multiple high-ranking command staff officials” in connection with a scandal over falsified crime data.
The Department of Justice last year accused the MPD of falsifying its crime data show a marked drop in criminal incidents. In March, Executive Assistant Chief for Patrol Operations Andre Wright and his wife, Inspector Natasha Wright, were placed on leave in connection with the scandal.
“Today, the department is finally acting on those truths,” the union said. “Multiple top officials implicated in the scandal are now facing termination for their roles in the manipulation scheme. It should not have taken threats from Congress to complete this necessary investigation and deliver accountability.””
https://citizenwatchreport.com/top-officials-in-dc-police-face-termination-for-lying-about-crime-stats/
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Indiana Primary: Senate Incumbents Crushed By Trump-Backed Challengers
Rumors of MAGA's "death" are greatly exaggerated, it would seem...
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/indiana-primary-senate-incumbents-crushed-trump-backed-challengers
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JPM Tried $1 Million Payoff To Bury Banker's Sexual Assault Claims Before Daily Mail Bombshell
The report stated that Rana's lawyers did not accept the $1 million offer and later countered JPM with a proposed settlement of $11.75 million.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/jpm-tried-burry-bankers-sexual-assault-claims-1-million-daily-mail-bombshell
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Don't Even Think About Selling': Mr. Gold (Bill Holter) Warns US 'Officially A Banana Republic'
"...Should you store food? The answer is yes because something really bad is right in front of us. It’s a credit collapse...”
https://rumble.com/v79gihy-us-officially-a-banana-republic-bill-holter.html (Video)
https://www.zerohedge.com/precious-metals/dont-even-think-about-selling-mr-gold-warns-us-officially-banana-republic
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Minnesota Democrats BLOCK Fraud Committee Subpoena into Somali Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Involvement with $250M COVID Fund Scam
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/minnesota-democrats-block-fraud-committee-subpoena-somali-rep/
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Over 123 Historic Christian Churches In Canada Burned Or Vandalized In Past 5 Years – More Than 220 Burned In Europe
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/123-historic-christian-churches-canada-burned-vandalized-past/
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Three-Times Deported Illegal Alien from Honduras Beats Man Unconscious, Rapes Him Behind Dumpster
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/horror-illegal-alien-honduras-beats-man-unconscious-rapes/
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MSTR posts loss of $38.25 per share. Announces the end of their HODL strategy
That’s a reversal from MSTR’s longstanding “never sell” strategy, which originated with chairman, founder and bitcoin evangelist Michael Saylor – and it comes as the company posts a $12.5 billion net loss in the first quarter due to the slump in the bitcoin price during the beginning of the year.
“Our ability to sell bitcoin either to buy U.S. dollars or sell bitcoin to buy debt if it’s accretive to bitcoin per share is something that we would consider doing going forward,” Phong Le, president and CEO of the company, said on the earnings call Tuesday evening.
https://citizenwatchreport.com/mstr-posts-loss-of-38-25-per-share-announces-the-end-of-their-hodl-strategy/
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Food banks across the US report record demand in April.
Food banks in multiple states reported record demand in April as more families struggled with high grocery prices.
Several large networks said they distributed 20-30 percent more food than the same period last year.
Many working families who never used food assistance before are now showing up.
This comes as inflation on staple items remains sticky. Record demand at food banks from working families is a worrying sign.
When people who have jobs still need this level of help it shows how tight things are.
This is one of those under-the-radar indicators of real stress.
Demand is now outstripping COVID-era peaks.
Financial pressure on families from inflation, government shutdowns and the Iran war is apparent at area food banks, where some say demand is outstripping even what they saw during the covid-19 pandemic.
From July 2024 to July 2025, the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank distributed 5 million more meals than the previous year, jumping from 48 million to 53 million in that period.
During the height of the pandemic in 2020, the food bank distributed 40 million meals.
That equates to a 32.5% jump in five years.
And that food bank isn’t alone.
In the first three months this year, the Westmoreland County Food Bank saw a 14% increase in the number of people in need of help compared with the same time in 2025.
https://citizenwatchreport.com/food-banks-across-the-us-report-record-demand-in-april/
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Hassett on American consumers: “Credit card spending is through the roof. They’re spending more on gasoline, but they’re spending more on everything else too.”
https://citizenwatchreport.com/hassett-on-american-consumers-credit-card-spending-is-through-the-roof-theyre-spending-more-on-gasoline-but-theyre-spending-more-on-everything-else-too/
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Austin native pulls $94k with zero debt maxed 401k and $34k down payment but still priced out of his own hometown
$480k home with 10 percent down hits $3,400 monthly mortgage while he clears just $5,800 take home
I max my 401k, I have an emergency fund, no credit card debt, no car payment and no student loans. Grew up in Austin. My parents bought their house in 1991 for $87,000 on a single teacher’s salary. That same house sold last year for $610,000. The neighborhood hasn’t changed that much with most facilities and infrastructure staying the same. What changed is that money from somewhere else decided Austin was a good place to park itself and now the people who are actually from here can’t afford to stay. I have some money saved up from slots on jackpotdaily, with around $34,000 set aside specifically for a down payment. On paper that sounds like progress until you open Zillow and realize $34,000 gets you about halfway to a down payment on the median home here which is sitting just overhalf a mil. Not to mention that’s before you look at what a mortgage at current rates does to a monthly payment.
I was on my phone a few weeks ago and pulled up a mortgage calculator. A $480,000 home with 10% down at today’s rates comes out around $3,400 a month before taxes and insurance. I take home about $5,800 a month. Thats a decision that restructures your entire financial life around one asset.
Like I know $94k is a good salary but Im tired of the framing that this is a personal failure. That if people just saved harder or moved further out or skipped enough lattes they could make it work. The math does not work and it does not work for a lot of people making decent money and living the legal way. I think we should be honest about that instead of pretending it’s a character issue
My parents didn’t do anything extraordinary. They bought a house when buying a house was a thing a working person could do.
https://citizenwatchreport.com/austin-native-pulls-94k-with-zero-debt-maxed-401k-and-34k-down-payment-but-still-priced-out-of-his-own-hometown/
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Why Countries Are Canceling Dollar Debt and Taking Yuan Loans Instead
(By switching dollar denominated loans into yuan loans, countries are saving $100 million plus a year in interest charges.
The yuan is appreciating in value while the dollar is losing value so the borrower is better off if he switches to a yuan loan
and MAKES ALL PAYMENTS UNTIL THE LOAN IS PAID OFF.)
Israel conducted airstrikes in Beirut for the first time since a recent ceasefire, killing several people and targeting a senior commander of Hezbollah's elite Radwan Force, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The strike marks a significant escalation, occurring despite a US-mediated truce, and deepens tensions as Lebanon reports fresh casualties.
Ceasefire violations continue in southern Lebanon, with Israeli forces carrying out raids and strikes across the region even after the formal truce. Lebanese authorities reported at least 13 killed in southern areas and the Bekaa Valley, while Hezbollah claimed retaliatory attacks on Israeli positions. Diplomatic progress remains stalled, with Lebanese leadership calling for Israeli withdrawal as a precondition for further talks.
Lebanese Health Ministry reports over 2,700 killed since the conflict intensified in March.
US and Iran continue diplomatic efforts, but Israel asserts the ceasefire does not apply to its actions in Lebanon. (Source Brave Browser AI for April 8th)
(Iran, China and Russia wants a comprehensive peace that includes Gaza and Lebanon and the treatment of Palestinians in Israel, the West Bank and East Jerusalem.)
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Fighting disease with Pinion at Pure Land Farm ( Iwill use AEA products when I start my survivalist network homestead.)
Finger on the scale at Walmart