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[quote=Anonymous]Post 2 of 2 today.

While the losses will undoubtedly continue to pile up, this will be my last post of the year. Feel free to keep it up in the meantime. See you in January -- HNY!

[b]China’s Trade Surplus Climbs Past $1 Trillion for First Time—President Trump’s tariffs weren’t enough to hold back the global export flood by China, which pushed past last year’s record in just 11 months.[/b]
https://archive.ph/loyym#selection-521.0-521.143

[b]The No. 1 cause of America’s affordability problem just got worse—wage growth at lowest point since May 2021.[/b]
“American workers made an average of $36.86 an hour in November, up 3.5% over the past year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. That may sound like a nice raise, but it’s barely enough to keep pace with the 3% annual gain in consumer prices. And it was the lowest annual paycheck growth that Americans have had since May 2021.
And, of course, that’s just an average, boosted by a 4% wage gain last month among top earners, Bank of America’s deposit data showed. Middle-income household paycheck gains were just 2.3%, and low-income households gained just 1.4% in pay over the past year.”
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/16/economy/affordability-wage-growth-inflation

[b]LOL: Trust these numbers? Economists see a lot of flaws in delayed CPI report showing downward inflation.[/b]
“A chief point of concern is the way housing inflation was calculated, specifically the owners’ equivalent rent figure for November.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/18/trust-these-numbers-economists-see-a-lot-of-flaws-in-delayed-cpi-report-showing-downward-inflation.html

[b]US coffee drinkers face higher prices even after Trump's tariff reset—Nine-month lag for raw bean prices to filter through to stores and fewer levers for Trump to pull before midterms. [/b]
https://apple.news/Az0Fo12dRT7KvBR13GDbF8Q

[b]Wine Buyers Stock Up Befor[/b]e Tariffs Raise Prices: ‘Drink Less or Pay More’—New vintages from European Union poised to get pricier due to Trump administration duties and a stronger euro.
https://apple.news/AZkDjgq8xSpOHLiyQV3_dWQ

[b]US toy company Learning Resources is suing the administration, claiming the president’s tariffs are illegal – and millions of dollars are on the line.[/b]
https://apple.news/A7ENKojxXROSCveour4jtQA

[b]Nike fails to contain margin bleed amid tariffs, turnaround, as shares fall—Sales in China fell for the sixth straight quarter, down 17%.[/b]
https://apple.news/AELCHOg9zSoO4ONIMp2i3uw

[b]Tariffs take a bite out of mom-and-pop stores as small business profit growth turns negative for first time in 18 months, BofA says.[/b]
https://apple.news/Aa8gk7wj4RQOmhO7uwfzPZA

[b]Southeast Asian economies prove resilient in the face of Trump’s tariffs as supply chains expand.[/b]
“This is because many Chinese exporters turned to transshipping to reduce tariff payments—a process that led them to route goods through ASEAN countries before shipping them to the U.S.
Consequently, in 2025, the U.S. saw a reduction in Chinese goods, which were slapped with steep 40% tariffs, and an increase in ASEAN imports, which had lower tariffs averaging 10%.”
https://apple.news/AeuJX8krrTwusSM3pfiMkTA

[b]Bari Weiss’ much-hyped CBS News town hall with Erika Kirk was a massive ratings flop.[/b]
“According to Nielsen, the Saturday night town hall saw a 41 percent decline in in the key 25-54 advertising demographic compared to the network’s standard programming in that time slot year to date.”
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/bari-weiss-erika-kirk-cbs-news-ratings-b2885768.html

[b]…and then “according to multiple people familiar with the matter, Weiss decided not to hold the previously planned internal town hall this month, opting instead to push it to the new year. The decision came just as the network was grappling with underwhelming ratings for a broadcast it had heavily promoted as a signal of its new editorial direction."[/b]
https://www.rawstory.com/erika-kirk-bari-weiss/

[b]A retired policeman was jailed over an anti-Trump meme. Now he’s suing—Attorneys for 61-year-old Larry Bushart say a Tennessee sheriff violated the First Amendment: “In America, we do not jail people for political speech.”[/b]
https://apple.news/A8lErZ6xUTwaqTVSIrmxUbg

[b]Ohio State alumni demand name of top donor Les Wexner be removed from football facility.[/b]
“The former students held an on-campus protest to put pressure on Wexner to testify and brought up his past friendship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“Wexner’s name should not be on the Les Wexner football complex because he continues to defy subpoenas from lawyers representing students who are suing Ohio State for not protecting them from Strauss, and because of his association with Epstein,” former OSU wrestler Mike DiSabato said before the protest. “Epstein and Maxwell were directly involved in funding this facility.””
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/osu-alumni-demand-name-schools-top-donor-les-wexner-removed-football-f-rcna249553[/quote]

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