Economy
Fed's Own Numbers Prove Inflation Victory Lap Is a Lie
The Fed's preferred inflation gauge hit a near-three-year high and gas surged 59%. Now rate hikes loom—and working Americans pay the bill.
June 25, 2026
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Dissenter’s Economy desk covers inflation, jobs, energy prices, the Federal Reserve, and trade — with an eye on how Washington policy lands on working families and small business, not just Wall Street headlines.
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Central Banks Admit Inflation Sticks After Iran Ceasefire—Workers Pay
ECB and Fed blamed geopolitics for price hikes. Iran ceasefire came. Inflation stayed.
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SK Hynix Seeks $29B on U.S. Markets — To Build Chip Factories in Korea
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Irvine Blew Millions on Bloat, Now Wants Residents to Pay
City officials inflated staff and vanity projects. Now they want credit card fees and parking charges to cover the deficit.
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Fed Keeps Rates High, Squeezing Workers as ECB Admits Inflation Stays
Unelected central bankers admit inflation isn't going away. The Fed won't cut rates, and Main Street foots the bill through November.
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Musk Loses Trillionaire Status in Market Sell-Off, Press Cheers
The establishment press is gloating over a paper-loss number, ignoring the actual value of the companies behind it.
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Amazon to Sell AI Chips, Tightening Grip on Digital Economy
Amazon will sell its custom AI chips to outside firms, tightening its grip on the digital stack while regulators stand idle.
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Elites Declare Brexit a Failure by Their Favorite Metric: GDP
The same class predicting doom for America-first policies is using GDP to prove British voters got it wrong.
June 24, 2026
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$17.5B Nuclear Loans: Taxpayers Take Risk, Westinghouse Takes the Cash
Taxpayers front the risk for 10 new reactors while the only licensed builder partners on every project—and the utilities stay hidden.
June 24, 2026
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Chevron-Microsoft AI Deal: Profits for Giants, Costs for You
A 20-year West Texas gas pact reveals who owns the AI economy—and who gets stuck with the bill.
June 24, 2026
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AI Bubble Pops: Tech Stocks Crash, Retail Investors Hold the Bag
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Meta Builds 'Arena' Prediction Markets App to Funnel Billions Into Betting
Zuckerberg's 'Arena' would funnel billions of users into prediction markets while regulators look the other way.
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Surfside Condo Collapsed in Slow Motion — Regulators Did Nothing
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Goldman Sachs Hedges Rate Shock While Main Street Gets Locked In
Wall Street gets the exit ramp; Denver homeowners get zero offers and mounting losses.
June 23, 2026
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SpaceX Drops 23%, Press Crows—But the Fed Is the Real Story
Wall Street's stenographers are cheering SpaceX's post-IPO pullback, but a thin float, a $20B bond sale, and a hawkish Fed tell the real story.
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Alan Greenspan Is Dead. Main Street Is Still Paying for His Symphony.
The Fed chair spent 18 years building the fiat-money regime that enriched Wall Street and fueled the 2008 crash that wiped out working Americans.
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Gold at $4,200 as Iran 'Progress' Masks Strait Closure
Smart money hedges against peace-talk failure while Fed rate hikes hammer Main Street wallets
June 22, 2026
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AI Chip Squeeze Exposes Big Tech Cash-Out as Retail Left Holding the Bag
Memory bottleneck costs billions while Big Tech insiders cash out and ordinary investors take the hit
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Tesla Autopilot Kills Woman in Her Home; Driver Walks, No Charges
Martha Avila is dead after a Tesla on Autopilot plowed through her home. The driver walked, and federal regulators did nothing.
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Trump's Hormuz Oil Toll Means Americans Pay at the Pump
A 20% surcharge on Hormuz crude sounds like making the world pay rent — but Main Street picks up the tab for policing global waterways.
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Three Elderly Americans Dead in Grand Canyon as Government Neglects Public Land
Heat kills hikers on trails with no water or shade while Washington ships billions overseas.
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Newsom, Bass Declare Emergency 3 Days Late As Toxic Fire Chokes Boyle Heights
Newsom and Bass finally act as chemical smoke blankets Boyle Heights and 85 million pounds of food rot — three days after the blaze began
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Fed Chair Warsh Goes Dark, Signaling Higher Rates for Main Street
The new Fed chief is slashing public communications, signaling higher borrowing costs and leaving working Americans in the dark.
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Virginia Pols Shield $1.9B Data Center Tax Break in Backroom Deal
Late Friday backroom deal slaps a token fee on Big Tech, but working Virginians still cover the shortfall.
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