August 2025

Disney Earnings: Pay TV Weakness Overshadows Strength In Parks & Streaming Disney shares are trading lower in premarket following Q3 results that were broadly in line but revealed underlying softness. The company raised full-year adjusted EPS guidance to $5.85 (from $5.75), ahead of the Bloomberg Consensus $5.77 estimate. While adjusted EPS of $1.61 beat consensus ($1.46), investor sentiment was dampened by […]

In Latest Empty Promise, Apple To Announce Another $100 Billion Investment In US Manufacturing President Donald Trump will announce that AI laggard Apple will commit to spend another $100 billion on domestic manufacturing, the latest (unforceable and thus meaningless) pledge by the tech giant to increase US production of its products as it seeks to

Former CIA Officer: Russiagate Deep State Operatives Still Work At The Agency Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A former CIA operations officer has warned that Deep State operatives who concocted the fake Russia collusion narrative against President Trump under then Director John Brennan are still active inside the agency. Bryan Dean Wright told the

DOGE Worker “Big Balls” Bloodied After DC Attack; Trump, Musk Call To Federalize DC  President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have called for the federalization of crime-ridden Washington, D.C., following the brutal attack on 19-year-old Edward Coristine, a former staffer at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) whose LinkedIn handle earned him the nickname ‘Big Balls’.  “I

Futures Rebound As Dip Buyers Just Won’t Stop US futures rebound from yesterday’s modest drop as the market shakes off stagflationary concerns raised by NFP/ISM, although spoos trade well off their early session gains. As of 8:00am ET, S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures were  0.2% higher. In premarket trading, McDonald’s and Shopify jumped after earnings beats; Mag7 names

‘Sabotage’: Thoughts On Trump’s BLS Director Tirade Via SouthBayResearch.com, “Listen all y’all, it’s a sabotage Listen all y’all, it’s a sabotage Listen all y’all, it’s a sabotage Listen all y’all, it’s a sabotage I can’t stand it, I know you planned it I’m gonna set it straight, this Watergate Lord, I can’t stand rockin’ when

China Humanoid Robotics Index Jumps After Unitree Debuts “Stellar Hunter”  Update (ET): The Solactive China Humanoid Robotics Index – a thematic equity index tracking Chinese companies involved in the commercialization of humanoid and robotics technologies – jumped more than 4% on Wednesday after Chinese robotics firm Unitree released a stunning video of its new robot

Italian Police Arrest 13 In Nationwide Crackdown On Chinese Mafia Groups Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Italian police arrested 13 people in a nationwide sweep against Chinese organized crime groups, striking what authorities called a “double blow” to criminal networks accused of drug trafficking, labor and sex exploitation, and money