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Midnight Writer

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1. I've watched CNBC the last few days. They and their investment experts are drinking the kool-aid.

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Thu Dec 25, 2025, 10:45 AM

Thursday

I have not heard one person on the network question the validity of these "surprising" numbers, even though the fact that Trump fired all the people who gave real data and replaced them with hand-picked sycophants is well known.

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The latest government inflation and GDP figures are worthless, and will be for months to come [View all] Zorro Thursday OP

I've watched CNBC the last few days. They and their investment experts are drinking the kool-aid. Midnight Writer Thursday #1

Here's a non-paywalled link to the article Wiz Imp Thursday #2