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Andrew Lokenauth
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TRUMP coin is now down 98% from its peak.

A $10,000 investment at its peak would be worth $204 today.

Around 1 million wallets have now lost a combined $3.81 billion.

Why would anyone invest in this??

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I turned down a 4th-round interview. Then 3 people called to ask why.

I told them 4 rounds is too many. Every interview required me to take time off work, and they hadn't even offered me one dollar yet.

A hiring process should respect your time.
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I’m convinced much of America’s $39.5 trillion national debt came from corruption, fraud, and waste.

Wasteful programs. Failed projects that burned billions. Trillions spent with little to show for it.

American taxpayers have been robbed.

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JUST IN: A finance influencer was stabbed by a follower who lost money on his stock picks

Police say the man invested based on the YouTuber’s videos & blamed him for major losses

He’s now under arrest on suspicion of attempted murder after stabbing the influencer several times in the face & body

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Today, IBM is down 26%, erasing $70 billion in market value, and is on pace for its worst trading day ever.

Yesterday, Jim Cramer told viewers to buy IBM right now. He called $IBM “inexpensive” and said CEO Arvind Krishna was “doing a fantastic job.”

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The U.S. government is now adding about $35 billion to the deficit every week.

At the same time, it is spending about $22 billion a week on net interest on the national debt.

During the first nine months of fiscal year 2026:

• The national debt climbed to $39.39 trillion
• The federal deficit hit $1.373 trillion
• Interest paid so far this year: $857 billion (up 13%)
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720,000 people left the U.S. labor force last month.

This pushes the labor force participation rate down to 61.5%, its lowest level since 1976 (outside of the pandemic).

The biggest drop came from prime-age workers, aged 25 to 54.

These are peak working and earning years.

That deserves more attention than it's getting.
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Stanford scientists just solved one of the biggest problems with human aging.

They found a way to regrow joint cartilage.

They blocked an aging-linked protein called 15-PGDH, and the results were massive. Old, worn cartilage began to grow back in older mice. Human cartilage samples also showed signs of new cartilage growth.

This is a massive milestone for human longevity. Actual biological repair. Proof that the body can fix its own parts.
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The day before Trump paused tariffs and sent the S&P 500 up 9.5%, his investment accounts bought 327 stocks worth up to $12.8 million.

It was one of the biggest one-day market rallies in history.

The trades were disclosed more than a year late.

The penalty was $200.

Parking tickets cost more than that.
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The average new car payment just hit $772/month. A record high.

4-year car loans used to be normal. Now buyers are stretching payments to 6, 7, and even 8 years.

1 in 5 financed new-car buyers pays $1,000+ a month.

That’s not a car payment anymore. That’s a second rent check.

Rent is up. Insurance is up. Food is up. Student loans are back. And the average new car is close to $50,000.