Your gateway to a free society
Article
As Stocks Hit Record Highs, Americans' Consumer Confidence Collapses To Record Low
As Stocks Hit Record Highs, Americans' Consumer Confidence Collapses To Record Low
With the "mini war" still ongoing (albeit with a 'ceasefire' in place), expectations were for UMich consumer sentiment to continue languishing at record lows in final May data released this morning.
And it did, with the headline sentiment - along with both Current Conditions and Expectations - all plunging to record lows...
Source: Bloomberg
Yep... Americans have never been more miserable... Black Friday, meh; 9/11, nothingburger; GFC, fleshwound...
“The cost of living continues to be a first-order concern, with 57% of consumers spontaneously...
aboutLiberty Portal
Liberty Portal is your gateway for free markets and free thinking. We aggregate open-sourced content to promote and popularize important people and lessons within the liberty movement.
suggested
Mar 12, 2026 / Tyler Durden
US Knows Location Of Most Iranian Sleeper Cells Inside America, Trump Says
US Knows Location Of Most Iranian Sleeper Cells Inside America, Trump Says
Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
President Donald Trump said on March 11 that his administration knows the location of most Iranian sleeper cells in the United States.
President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on March 11, 2026. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
Joint U.S.–Israeli strikes killed many top leaders in Iran, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and denigrated the country’s military, prompting concerns that Iranian undercover terrorist cells, or sleeper...
Read more
May 19, 2026 / Dave DeCamp
US Launches Airstrikes in Nigeria for Third Day in a Row
US Africa Command said on Tuesday that its forces launched airstrikes in northeastern Nigeria on May 18, marking the third day in a row that the US conducted strikes in the West African nation. AFRICOM said the latest strikes were launched in coordination with the Nigerian government and claimed that the targets of the strikes […]
Read more
Apr 6, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Slower EV Sales Will Be The "New Normal" For Tesla Amidst AI, Robotics Push
Slower EV Sales Will Be The "New Normal" For Tesla Amidst AI, Robotics Push
Tesla Inc. is increasingly betting its future on AI, autonomy and robotics — but it still depends on selling cars to finance that shift, and that core business is under pressure, Bloomberg reported this week.
Wall Street estimates point to roughly 372,160 vehicle deliveries last quarter. That would mark an 11% increase from a weak year-ago period, yet still place among Tesla’s softer recent results and far below its near-500,000 peak quarters. Earlier headwinds — including political...
Read more
support
If you like what we do and want to support us, then you are a fine humanitarian. Click the link below to find out more.
Support the liberty movement
Want to get in touch?