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  1. The AI Bubble Is Real and It’s About to Hit Regular People the Hardest

    Okay - I just went back through my notes app - and hooooboy. I started to research and write sooooo many things this week that I just abandoned because there’s too much to cover - even if you spend 12 to 14 hours a day, everyday trying to keep up with it all. But I…

  2. Trump Accounts Are a Wall Street Subsidy Disguised as a Baby Bonus

    Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been talking about Trump accounts like he’d just invented sliced bread. What he’s not mentioning is that this whole setup is designed to look generous while quietly offloading risk, funneling billions to Wall Street, and potentially undermining Social Security. Here’s how it works: The government seeds $1,000 into accounts for…

  3. Trump’s 50-Year Mortgage Was Pitched With a Literal Posterboard at a Golf Club

    You probably saw that Trump floated a 50-year mortgage plan over the weekend. Maybe you saw the pushback - his own base losing their minds, Republican congresspeople calling it debt slavery, housing experts explaining why it’s economically illiterate. What you might not know is how this disaster actually happened. Saturday night at Trump’s Palm Beach…