Cheesles
@cheesles.bsky.social
Retired dividend investor.
Having a go at sustaining a high-income portfolio.
Having a go at sustaining a high-income portfolio.
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🚨US job cuts are SKYROCKETING:
US firms announced 154,600 job cuts, according to Macroedge tracker, the highest count in at least 2 YEARS.
This is a +84% jump from the 84,000 recorded in September.
The US labor market is deteriorating FAST.👇
US firms announced 154,600 job cuts, according to Macroedge tracker, the highest count in at least 2 YEARS.
This is a +84% jump from the 84,000 recorded in September.
The US labor market is deteriorating FAST.👇
⚠️The US labor market is in a recession
The job reports for September and October have not been released due to the government shutdown, but private data show a grim picture of the labor market.
globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:00 AM
🚨US job cuts are SKYROCKETING:
US firms announced 154,600 job cuts, according to Macroedge tracker, the highest count in at least 2 YEARS.
This is a +84% jump from the 84,000 recorded in September.
The US labor market is deteriorating FAST.👇
US firms announced 154,600 job cuts, according to Macroedge tracker, the highest count in at least 2 YEARS.
This is a +84% jump from the 84,000 recorded in September.
The US labor market is deteriorating FAST.👇
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People will soon pay a premium for certified human-only created art, music, lit, etc.
Duh.
Bummer that we'll have to.
Duh.
Bummer that we'll have to.
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
People will soon pay a premium for certified human-only created art, music, lit, etc.
Duh.
Bummer that we'll have to.
Duh.
Bummer that we'll have to.
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Rarely is it asked why the president of the United States is at war with the United States.
After Zohran’s Win, Trump Is Coming for New York
An inside look at NYC’s preparations for when Trump sends in the National Guard and an ICE and CBP surge.
www.thebulwark.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Rarely is it asked why the president of the United States is at war with the United States.
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Make no mistake, Vance and Thiel want to eliminate immigrants and subjugate white Americans into becoming their low wage servants.
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Make no mistake, Vance and Thiel want to eliminate immigrants and subjugate white Americans into becoming their low wage servants.
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"A guy" (known child sex trafficker) "emailing a reporter" (at the most important newspaper in the world, about a presidential candidate's ties to himself, a known child sex trafficker) about "old girlfriends" (underage girls they trafficked) is not "a whole news story" (yes it is.)
The emails that you’re seeing now are news in themselves, but that’s because of how they’re coming out—a congressional committee released them—& the context in which they’re being viewed. A guy emailing a reporter talking about old girlfriends or saying someone is “dirty” is not a whole news story.
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
"A guy" (known child sex trafficker) "emailing a reporter" (at the most important newspaper in the world, about a presidential candidate's ties to himself, a known child sex trafficker) about "old girlfriends" (underage girls they trafficked) is not "a whole news story" (yes it is.)
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i'd give 3:1 odds on the trump administration just straight-up using tariff revenues as a slush fund to pay for things outside the appropriations process
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
i'd give 3:1 odds on the trump administration just straight-up using tariff revenues as a slush fund to pay for things outside the appropriations process
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Thank you Uncle @carlquintanilla.bsky.social for pushing back on total lies and being a voice of reason among the insanity.
HASSETT: We're comfortable that inflation has come way down
QUINTANILLA: Even though it's been increasing for 5 straight months?
HASSETT: Well I guess there's ups and downs and seasonals
November 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Thank you Uncle @carlquintanilla.bsky.social for pushing back on total lies and being a voice of reason among the insanity.
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Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
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I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
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The end of the shutdown should be pulling gold prices down because it reduces odds of recession and pushes real rates up. That isn't happening. Gold prices are rising again on headlines the shutdown will soon be over. This should give all those debt aficionados - especially across Europe - pause...
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The end of the shutdown should be pulling gold prices down because it reduces odds of recession and pushes real rates up. That isn't happening. Gold prices are rising again on headlines the shutdown will soon be over. This should give all those debt aficionados - especially across Europe - pause...
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This is fair criticism. I mean, look at us.
I don't think democrats are going to pay for this electorally at all, that would require a public who is smart enough to not elect Trump lol
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is fair criticism. I mean, look at us.
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ethics in tech was to some degree a ZIRP. they all went batshit when the free money dried up (see: David Sacks's mental breakdown when SVB failed as a result)
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
ethics in tech was to some degree a ZIRP. they all went batshit when the free money dried up (see: David Sacks's mental breakdown when SVB failed as a result)
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GOLDMAN: ".. We see a growing risk that the imbalances that built up in the 1990s will become more visible as the AI investment boom extends.
".. a greater reliance on debt finance; .. more complicated vendor financing .. and a Fed that is cutting rates into a non-recessionary period."
".. a greater reliance on debt finance; .. more complicated vendor financing .. and a Fed that is cutting rates into a non-recessionary period."
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
GOLDMAN: ".. We see a growing risk that the imbalances that built up in the 1990s will become more visible as the AI investment boom extends.
".. a greater reliance on debt finance; .. more complicated vendor financing .. and a Fed that is cutting rates into a non-recessionary period."
".. a greater reliance on debt finance; .. more complicated vendor financing .. and a Fed that is cutting rates into a non-recessionary period."
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Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
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Text from a low income neighbor. His family hasn’t eaten in 2 days because they didn’t get their SNAP benefits
He works 60 hour weeks at a min wage job & it just isn’t enough. He has young children. This is the horrific cruelty Trump is imposing on ordinary Americans😓
(We bought them 2 weeks food)
He works 60 hour weeks at a min wage job & it just isn’t enough. He has young children. This is the horrific cruelty Trump is imposing on ordinary Americans😓
(We bought them 2 weeks food)
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Text from a low income neighbor. His family hasn’t eaten in 2 days because they didn’t get their SNAP benefits
He works 60 hour weeks at a min wage job & it just isn’t enough. He has young children. This is the horrific cruelty Trump is imposing on ordinary Americans😓
(We bought them 2 weeks food)
He works 60 hour weeks at a min wage job & it just isn’t enough. He has young children. This is the horrific cruelty Trump is imposing on ordinary Americans😓
(We bought them 2 weeks food)
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2015: oh well they probably have my social security number already
2025: oh well they probably have root at the Pentagon already
2025: oh well they probably have root at the Pentagon already
The Government Shutdown Is a Ticking Cybersecurity Time Bomb
Many critical systems are still being maintained, and the cloud provides some security cover. But experts say that any lapses in protections like patching and monitoring could expose government system...
www.wired.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
2015: oh well they probably have my social security number already
2025: oh well they probably have root at the Pentagon already
2025: oh well they probably have root at the Pentagon already
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GEO and CoreCivic need a massive #TeslaTakedown style movement.
“Private prison” companies are a scourge and are allowing ICE to do what it is doing. They must go.
“Private prison” companies are a scourge and are allowing ICE to do what it is doing. They must go.
GEO, one of the largest private prison operators, said Trump’s immigration crackdown eventually will fill up detention facilities and force the government to use more electronic systems to track non-citizens it wants to deport.
GEO Group Sees Ankle Monitor Growth in Trump Immigration Push
GEO Group Inc., one of the largest private prison operators, said President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown eventually will fill up detention facilities and force the government to use more electronic systems to track non-citizens it wants to deport.
bloom.bg
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
GEO and CoreCivic need a massive #TeslaTakedown style movement.
“Private prison” companies are a scourge and are allowing ICE to do what it is doing. They must go.
“Private prison” companies are a scourge and are allowing ICE to do what it is doing. They must go.
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Consumer sentiment nears lowest level ever as worries build over shutdown — www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/c...
Consumer sentiment nears lowest level ever as worries build over shutdown
www.cnbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Consumer sentiment nears lowest level ever as worries build over shutdown — www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/c...
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Awwww there’s our little investor, why don’t you come down here and tell the family all about your doggy coins and your podcasts
May 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Awwww there’s our little investor, why don’t you come down here and tell the family all about your doggy coins and your podcasts
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After SCOTUS arguments, @legalafmtn.bsky.social's Michael Popok and I sat down with @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov.
I asked AG Bonta about a possibility discussed by Justice Barrett: tariff refunds if Trump loses.
Here's his response. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLUp...
I asked AG Bonta about a possibility discussed by Justice Barrett: tariff refunds if Trump loses.
Here's his response. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLUp...
November 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
After SCOTUS arguments, @legalafmtn.bsky.social's Michael Popok and I sat down with @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov.
I asked AG Bonta about a possibility discussed by Justice Barrett: tariff refunds if Trump loses.
Here's his response. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLUp...
I asked AG Bonta about a possibility discussed by Justice Barrett: tariff refunds if Trump loses.
Here's his response. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLUp...
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Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕