Sunday, July 27, 2025

Tag: stock market

More than a dozen US officials sold stocks before Trump’s tariffs...

Ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the markets.

Not very bright

How much of Donald Trump’s directive on U.S. tariffs imposed on nations all over the world—that in recent days has caused a stock market loss of trillions of dollars—is a result of his not being very bright?

Trump labels Tesla dealership attacks as domestic terrorism amid Musk controversy

Trump escalates his support for Elon Musk by declaring attacks on Tesla dealerships as domestic terrorism, raising concerns over government overreach and the criminalization of political dissent.

How Warren Buffett privately traded in stocks that Berkshire Hathaway was...

Confidential records show that, on at least three occasions, he sold millions of dollars of shares in stocks that Berkshire was trading.

New 1% stock buyback tax better than nothing, but won’t fix...

Right now, inequality is as predictable as another decade of authoritarian Republican politics—banish the thought.

Forget the badgering of hack politicians. Consumer boycotts & eco-smart investing...

Imagine the convergence when boycotts and selective stock investments boost targeted street actions

The stock market is not the economy

The next time you hear someone say the stock market is a reflection of the economy, tell them that’s rubbish! The real economy is jobs and wages.

Indecent stock market boom exposes riot-inducing inequality, not economic positives

Can enough discredited craziness end up teaching, “Everybody does better when everybody does better"?

On the same day Sen. Richard Burr dumped stock, so did...

The brother-in-law, a Trump appointee, sold between $97,000 and $280,000 worth of stock. Burr is under federal investigation over whether he traded on non-public information gathered through his work in the Senate.

Why stock buybacks must be ended

Buybacks don’t grow the American economy. So why are buybacks so popular with Corporate CEOs?

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Trump’s Epstein problem proves ‘Pedocon Theory’ is real and needs to be mainstreamed

“Pedocon Theory” is real and it’s time Democrats not only acknowledge that, but start using it to win elections.

We’re all Palestinians now

Instead of America democratizing the Middle East, it’s increasingly clear that Trump and crew have decided to Middle-Easternize the United States.

A new youth-led lawsuit is challenging Trump’s fossil fuel orders

In Lightiser v. Trump, 22 young people are using the protections of the Constitution to demand a livable future.

Is the World Order Collapsing?

Will world order will continue as is, with occasional disruptions and non-compliance?

Live by phony conspiracies, die by real conspiracies: Truth crawls from a swamp of...

On top of six months of popularity-killing blundering, reality is outing Trump—blowing apart obsolete fix-it moves.