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pat_k

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18. The market is an all-in bet on the magnificent 10 and AI.
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 03:39 PM
9 hrs ago

Last edited Wed Apr 8, 2026, 04:33 PM - Edit history (1)

It's completely decoupled from reality.

As long as the regime keeps shoveling billions of our tax dollars into the unregulated AI takeover of government functions, and as long as the companies that dominate the indexes keep up their unregulated, incestuous, circular financing deals to artificially inflate values, the indexes will continue to be a "reality-free" zone

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The stock market is currently polishing his knob GusBob 11 hrs ago #1
The market is an all-in bet on the magnificent 10 and AI. pat_k 9 hrs ago #18
Traders now sticking their fingers in their ears Miguelito Loveless 8 hrs ago #30
Oh FFS Blue Owl 11 hrs ago #2
can you even IMAGINE if this was a woman or POC president Skittles 3 hrs ago #32
They'd better stock up. tanyev 11 hrs ago #3
Look at the price of those eggs. A fraction of what they were. twodogsbarking 11 hrs ago #4
And that fraction is 8/ 5ths Playingmantis 2 hrs ago #34
Give him a medal to suck on, Bayard 11 hrs ago #5
Can't help but harken back to this tweet Coldwater 11 hrs ago #6
That was back before he knew how thick his file in the mossad was thanks to epstein PSPS 9 hrs ago #25
Trump doesn't make decisions based on objective criteria. hay rick 11 hrs ago #7
We are living in the Twilight Zone episode "Its a good life - a very bad man"... bsiebs 11 hrs ago #8
ROFL...just posted the exact same thing Prairie Gates 11 hrs ago #10
... its the perfect summary of where we are... thanks to the traitorous maga/republicans bsiebs 11 hrs ago #12
Current scenes in the West Wing Prairie Gates 11 hrs ago #9
Yup, we have president Anthony Fremont PSPS 9 hrs ago #23
"...to 'soothe' Trump..." mwmisses4289 11 hrs ago #11
I could sure use some soothing right about now. Hugin 10 hrs ago #13
"Donald Trump hates being humiliated" Talitha 10 hrs ago #14
It's what happened to him during that famous WH Correspondent's Association dinner event BumRushDaShow 10 hrs ago #16
I say turn it up to 11 johnnyfins 8 hrs ago #28
Have they tried a pacifier dipped in sugar water? DavidDvorkin 10 hrs ago #15
a pacifier dipped in a strong sedative? DBoon 10 hrs ago #17
Some nice, soothing water hemlock. . or poke? niyad 9 hrs ago #19
Even better. DavidDvorkin 9 hrs ago #21
yet another reason why he should be removed from office UpInArms 9 hrs ago #20
And the republicans are OK with having their president Anthony Fremont PSPS 9 hrs ago #22
While the GOP is busy pacifying the Big Baby, Dems should respond with this MadMax9999999 9 hrs ago #24
How did we get here? smh JustKay 9 hrs ago #26
;-{) WAAH! Goonch 9 hrs ago #27
he's a huge melting snowflake. GAH!!!!!! what a baby. pansypoo53219 8 hrs ago #29
Since the Nazi Fuck Around "hates being humiliated"... Try Cha 8 hrs ago #31
They should try fentanyl dalton99a 3 hrs ago #33
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