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SPLC, Treasury Yield, 30-yr, Retail Sales, Hormuz, FOMC, Bodies Bodies Bodies, MayCara, Road to Boston, ODs down 14%,

The press release tells you the feel-good story. Free diapers for needy families! The numbers tell the feel-bad reality. Only 'participating' hospitals. Only Baby2Baby diapers. Only one route for taxpayer dollars to flow: from the state budget, to a nonprofit's overhead, to a single vendor's warehouse, to a limited set of families.The budget tells you everything.

Hormuz, calories, housing Days on Market, Sentiment, Cuba

IMF PortWatch Hormuz Daily Transits, Clinton on Iran, ISM Services Purchasing Managers Index, Middle Class Report, NYC Racial Equity Report, Impeachment Kalshi, etc.

Crude, Poly and Kalshi Hormuz ships odds, The Middle Class Is Shrinking Because of a Booming Upper-Middle Class per American Enterprise Institute, BNY has partnered with Robinhood, which will serve as brokerage and initial trustee for Trump Accounts, A visual guide to Iran's coastline and strategic islands

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Balkanization of Health Policy, NPR bias, VIA and Waymo, Economic Indicators:• TEUs (Port of LA/LB): 958,355.15 in Aug (-6.03% MoM)• Housing Starts: 1.307M in Aug (-8.54% MoM)• Manufacturing PMI: 48.7 in Aug (+1.46% MoM), still in contraction but improving• 30-yr Mortgage Rate: 6.28% in Sep (-4.70% MoM)

Bribing Kids to stay off of Socials, pricey Disney, concerning Job reports, new Movies, protectionist policy in US.

Ben dives into Tesla's current struggles at $297 while maintaining long-term bullishness despite missing Cybertruck targets. He defends the Doge initiative's government efficiency push and breaks down the latest employment data showing concentrated job growth in education, health, and hospitality sectors.The investing segment explores autopilot trading strategies, including the "World War 3 portfolio" (89% returns) focused on drone and defense stocks, plus Nancy Pelosi's tracker showing strong tech positions in Nvidia and Google. Ben also covers Boom Supersonic's quest to revive commercial supersonic flight and highlights innovative deep-sea desalination technology that could revolutionize fresh water production using ocean pressure.Economic indicators show mortgage rates hitting 6.85%, treasury yields climbing to 4.51%, and housing market sentiment at 40-year lows while home prices reach historic highs. The episode wraps with insights on the rare earth mineral shortage and China's recent export license allowances for American companies.Markets, innovation, and the data that drives decisions - all on this week's TBPS.