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Apr 2
About once a year, I retweet this fun question about whether compounding gravitational lensing has unaccounted-for effects on theories of dark matter. I asked @AnthropicAI's ML (Claude) to evaluate the idea. This was the conclusion:

(Orig hypothesis: )
1/x threadreaderapp.com/thread/1553419…Dark matter filaments - newatlas.com https://newatlas.com/dark-matter-filaments-found/23281/
A dramatic Einstein ring seen by Webb https://phys.org/news/2025-04-einstein-webb.html
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Claude: "Your summary is accurate, and I think you've identified a compelling correlation between the observed cosmic web structure and your hypothesis about compounding lensing effects. Let me analyze the implications:
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The summary:
- A typical light ray from a z~10 source (very early universe) encounters 1-15 significantly sized deflectors - Most paths involve a total deflection of 10-100 arcseconds from a straight line
- The median path might zigzag, but end up displaced by ~30 arcseconds
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Who organized and executed the 9/11 attacks, and the post-9/11 coverup?

The technical details of 9/11 are very important, because understanding WHAT actually happened to the WTC buildings on 9/11 must be understood with a high degree of accuracy and precision before proceeding to determine WHO did it and WHY. We must present and discuss the empirical evidence from 9/11 as accurately and precisely as possible, so that others will view this important evidence with serious consideration. To help emphasize this important point, I would like to share some words from a fellow scientist.

"Anyone declaring who did what or how they did it before they have determined what was done is merely promoting either speculation or propaganda. The popular chant, "9/11 was an inside job," is, scientifically speaking, no different from the chant that "19 bad guys with box cutters did it." Neither one is the result of a scientific investigation supported by evidence that would be admissible in court. Neither identifies what crime was committed or how it was committed. The order of crime solving is to determine:

1) WHAT happened, then
2) HOW it happened (e.g., what weapon), then
3) WHO did it. And only then can we address
4) WHY they did it (i.e. motive).

Let us remember what is required to (legally) convict someone of a crime. You cannot convict someone of a crime based on belief. You cannot convict someone of a crime if you don't even know what crime to charge them with. If you accuse someone of murder using a gun, you'd better be sure the body has a bullet hole in it. Yet, before noon on 9/11/01, we were told who did it, how they did it, and why they did it (they hate us for our freedoms); before any investigation had been conducted to determine what had even been done.

Many people have speculated as to who committed the crimes of 9/11 and/or how they did so. But without addressing what happened, speculation of this kind is nothing more than conspiracy theory. My research is not speculation. It is a forensic investigation of what happened to the WTC complex on 9/11." -Dr. Judy Wood, Ph.D. (Materials Science Engineer)

As for the question of 'who' truly orchestrated the 9/11 attacks, the large and conclusive body of verifiable, physical evidence from 9/11 mostly points to a relatively small number of private weapons, defense, and security corporations, which happen to be some of the leading corporations involved in directed energy research. These corporations are some of the primary 9/11 suspects which must be brought to court for evidence-based interrogation and public questioning. Although it's possible that these corporations, their owners, and/or their employees could be affiliated with other organizations, agencies, or individuals, it is at these corporations specifically which the large body of evidence from 9/11 mostly points. In addition, a group of Israeli citizens temporarily staying in the U.S. were arrested on 9/11 after being seen suspiciously filming and celebrating the 9/11 attacks as they happened, suggesting that they may have had foreknowledge of the attacks. Once back in Israel, they were observed on a television show stating that they were "sent to document the event," which is concerning. Investigations that followed the arrest of the ‘dancing Israelis’ revealed a significant Israeli spy operation in the U.S. that sold a toy helicopter (Zoom Copter) to disguise their illegal spy operation. It is unclear if the "dancing Israelis" or the ‘Zoom Copter’ spy operation are linked to these private weapons, defense, and security corporations.

The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) and many private weapons, defense, and security corporations [e.g. Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), Applied Research Associates (ARA), and many others] engaged in an enormous conflict of interest when NIST contracted these private corporations to conduct the fraudulent 9/11 "investigations" using our tax dollars (it's like paying a fox to investigate the attack on a farmer's chickens even though the fox is the primary suspect). It is NIST and these private weapons, defense, and security corporations, many of which are associated with the Directed Energy Professional Society (DEPS), that are the primary suspects of the 9/11 attacks, not necessarily our government. It is NIST and these suspect corporations that we must bring to court for evidence-based interrogation and public questioning.

The primary connection between the federal government and the corruption surrounding 9/11 is the organization known as the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), as they are the government entity that committed science fraud based on the Data Quality Act during the fraudulent 9/11 "investigations", which ultimately gave rise to the extremely unscientific "official story" known as the '9/11 Commission Report'. NIST has clearly helped promote a 9/11 cover-up by committing science fraud, ignoring large amounts of evidence, and using unscientific explanations to deceive most of the public into mistakenly believing a gravity-driven "collapse" occurred on 9/11. Although it's uncertain how deeply the federal government is involved in this corruption, there is irrefutable evidence linking the government entity NIST to the 9/11 cover-up. If we focus on the large and conclusive body of verifiable, physical evidence from 9/11, it will lead us to those corporations, organizations, and entities that were involved in the 9/11 cover-up, and ultimately the 9/11 attacks.

In 2007, Dr. Judy Wood and her attorney Dr. Jerry Leaphart took legal action against the private corporations that the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) had contracted with to conduct the fraudulent 9/11 "investigations", many which are the leading weapons, defense, and security corporations involved in directed energy research (an enormous conflict-of-interest). The filings in these legal efforts included Requests For Corrections (RFC) based on the Data Quality Act, and a Qui-Tam federal whistleblower lawsuit. The federal qui-tam case was so strong, thanks to all the physical evidence that Dr. Wood has gathered, that it was successfully appealed to the level of the U.S. Supreme Court in October 2009, despite the attempts of the corporate defense lawyers pushing for premature dismissal of the case at each level of appeal. The case was then unlawfully dismissed without being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, and this is detailed in the legal documents found on Dr. Wood's website and in her textbook 'Where Did The Towers Go?'. To this day, Dr. Judy Wood is the only individual who has submitted physical evidence in the form of a lawsuit to pursue truth and justice for our nation and planet. The legal documents from her court cases can be viewed at the following links:

1. drjudywood.com/articles/NIST/…
2. drjudywood.com/articles/NIST/…

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Most people do not understand the 9/11 attacks as well as they think they do, including most 9/11 “truthers.” Please study the following evidence and draw your own conclusions. 🧵 THREAD

Humankind has made a major scientific discovery by learning to manipulate matter using directed energy in a new and extremely powerful way. This is one of the most important scientific discoveries since the nuclear fission technology that was used to create the atomic bomb. It is an irrefutable fact that directed energy technology was used to transform large quantities of WTC building materials to fine dust in midair on 9/11/2001. This inescapable conclusion is revealed by the large and conclusive body of verifiable, forensic evidence from 9/11, and is overwhelmingly proven beyond any reasonable doubt.

This table briefly summarizes and compares the various explanations that attempt to address the large body of empirical evidence from 9/11 (table from Dr. Judy Wood's presentation at the 2012 'Breakthrough Energy Movement' conference in Holland). facebook.com/drjudywood/pho… Source: drjudywood.com & vimeo.com/57923364

Dr. Judy Wood, Ph.D | 9/11 Breakthrough Energy Technology youtube.com/watch?v=vadSaW…

IRREFUTABLE 'Introduction to the Evidence' 9/11 Video Series youtube.com/watch?v=BxA2cZ…

WTC7's destruction may have looked like a conventional controlled demolition, but the observed 'lathering up' process, the minimal seismic impact, and other pieces of empirical evidence from 9/11 conclusively show us that this was not the case. You can even see the WTC buildings disintegrating into fine dust in mid-air with your very own eyes, like Alka-Seltzer tablets in water. The truth is far more important than most people realize, including most 9/11 "truthers."

Dustification | Episode 3, IRREFUTABLE: Classified Free-Energy Technology Revealed to the World youtube.com/watch?v=x2IMiQ…

High Definition Clip of WTC1 Turning to Dust in Midair on 9/11 (Slow Motion) youtube.com/watch?v=dueVm1…

WTC1 Literally Turning to Dust ("Lathering Up") on 9/11 [45x Speed] facebook.com/drjudywood/vid…

Steel Column 'Spire' Turns to Dust on 9/11 | CNN News youtube.com/watch?v=qa0iIY…

Steel Column 'Spire' Turns to Dust on 9/11 | Raw Footage youtube.com/watch?v=dzm2wf…

Media Acknowledges Steel Turned to Dust on 9/11 (Full Clip) | ABC News youtube.com/watch?v=eJb-GP…

WTC7 underwent a 'lathering up' process prior to its destruction, similar to WTC1. Large quantities of dust spontaneously poured from virtually the entire south face of the building for hours before it was finally destroyed. The office fires in WTC7 were contained to only a few floors. This dust / 'lather' is clearly not smoke from those small office fires. This process was captured on video, and a link to some of that video recording is included below. This is one of the many pieces of forensic evidence from 9/11 that are not explained by thermal or kinetic forces of any kind (e.g. airplanes, jet fuel, explosives, thermite, nuclear bombs).

WTC7 Lathering Up (Closeup) [at 9:10 into video]: youtube.com/watch?v=V_AoDy…

WTC7 Lathering Up (Timelapse): youtube.com/watch?v=YCtfQJ…

WTC1 Lathering Up (Timelapse): youtube.com/watch?v=cDoWaa…

Even Richard Gage, the leader of 'Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth' (AE911Truth), admitted to me that thermite does not explain the evidence from 9/11, and that he has not studied the important Columbia University NYC seismographic data. He also lies to the public and censors the many pieces of evidence that thermite can't explain. I recorded his suspicious responses on video when I questioned him at a presentation in Peoria, IL.

Richard Gage Questioned at AE911Truth Presentation (4/12/2011) by Medical Student youtube.com/watch?v=qBP9mN…

Thermal and kinetic forces of any kind are not consistent with the large body of evidence from 9/11. Most evidence suggestive of explosives or thermite is testimonial in nature, such as witnesses "hearing explosions" or "seeing molten liquid". Testimonial evidence is the weakest form of evidence because people are often mistaken, biased, and/or repeating things they heard from others. Loud, explosive noises can be caused by many things, and it's very likely that items were independently exploding as the buildings were transformed to dust. Please also keep in mind that glowing objects or liquids do not directly imply hot or molten steel, as many objects glow or melt under lower stresses and temperatures. As for the small amount of empirical evidence for thermite, such as the study that allegedly found thermite in WTC dust samples, this could be explained by many common, logical things, which are discussed at these links:

Thermic Lances Used To Cut Steel Beams during WTC Ground Zero Cleanup | 9/11 Myths: youtube.com/watch?v=5VskSi…

WTC Steel Columns Cut at Angles During 9/11 Ground Zero Cleanup | 9/11 Myths: youtube.com/watch?v=DdBv7u…

9/11 "Pull It" WTC Building Demolition via Pulling Cables | 9/11 Myths: youtube.com/watch?v=cUZtTQ…

9/11 Ground Zero Molten Steel or Work Lights? | 9/11 Myths: youtube.com/watch?v=xEfjmv…

9/11 WTC Explosive Demolition is NOT Supported by the Evidence | 9/11 Myths: youtube.com/watch?v=DMNNPn…

Copper thermite is used for creating electric joints in building construction ('cadwelding'): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exothermi…

Cad Weld - Copper Ground to Rebar: youtube.com/watch?v=u3p9Py…

Steven Jones proves primer paint, not thermite: oystein-debate.blogspot.com/2011/03/steven…

Bentham Open Access Publishing Accepts Nonsense Manuscript for Dollars: scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/06/10/non…

Bentham Science Publishing Editors Quit After Fake Paper Accepted: legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/20…

No Thermite on 9/11?! | Thermite Does NOT Explain the Evidence! youtube.com/watch?v=LkRjXA…

Melting Aluminum In The Foundry: metalwebnews.com/howto/furnace2…

Aluminum Glows: drjudywood.com/articles/alumi…

Thermite and Glowing Liquid Aluminum (Section IV): drjudywood.com/articles/why/w…

Please study the large and conclusive body of verifiable, physical evidence from 9/11, including the Columbia University NYC seismographic data, University of Alaska magnetometer data, United States Geological Survey (USGS) dust analysis, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) AVIRIS thermal imaging, NASA AVIRIS dust and iron (ferrous/ferric) spectrometer imaging, 7 total WTC buildings destroyed on 9/11, WTC1 & 2 steel turning to dust in midair, WTC1 'lathering up', WTC7 'lathering up', WTC2 falling dust trails, WTC1 & 2 minimal seismic impact, WTC7 minimal seismic impact, WTC lack of P-wave seismic signal, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) verified Hurricane Erin (category 3), WTC1 & 2 rapid speed of destruction, WTC1 & 2 top-down direction of destruction, WTC7 'free fall' destruction, disappearance of most of WTC4, vertical cylindrical holes in surrounding WTC buildings, relative lack of rubble compared to explosive controlled demolitions, lack of major damage to surrounding non-WTC buildings other than Bankers Trust, rapid spontaneous rusting of WTC metals, rapid spontaneous rusting of Bankers Trust metals, 1400+ 'toasted' and warped cars up to 1/2 mile away, numerous flipped cars, spontaneous 'weird' fires, ground zero fuming for years without high heat, truck loads of fresh dirt being hauled in and out of ground zero for years, numerous unharmed survivors in WTC stairwells, mostly undamaged WTC shopping mall, mostly undamaged PATH trains, mostly undamaged WTC 'Bathtub' foundation, presence of dust 'fuzzballs', strange round window holes, shriveled WTC steel beams, strangely curved steel beams, wavy steel beams, vertical axis 'rolling up' of steel beams, thinning of steel beams, holes in steel beams, Bankers Trust warped and shriveled metal beams, objects fusing with unburned paper, missing file cabinets, missing office machinery, missing office furniture, missing toilets, missing door knobs, lack of high heat, cool temperature of WTC dust, unburned paper, unburned clothing, unburned pedestrians, elevated levels of tritium, lack of ionizing radiation, glowing and molten materials, spontaneous explosion of Scott air tanks, numerous similarities between 'The Hutchison Effect' and phenomena observed at ground zero, and much more.

The large body of empirical evidence from 9/11 is overwhelmingly conclusive, because there is only one thing that can explain it all, and nothing else comes close. Only the general category of weapon technology known as 'directed energy weapons' (DEW) can explain all of the empirical evidence from 9/11, and it does so completely and irrefutably.

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Hurricane Erin (category 3) traveled in a straight line towards New York City for 4-5 days from September 7th-11th 2001, reaching its closest point to land, just off the coast, on the morning of 9/11/2001. Despite Hurricane Erin's threatening trajectory, we suspiciously weren't warned by most corporate news broadcasts in the days leading up to 9/11, or on the morning of 9/11. When most corporate news channels displayed schematic weather maps of the northeast U.S. coastline, Hurricane Erin was not shown. Hurricane Erin was similar in size to Hurricane Katrina and similar in strength to Hurricane Sandy (category 3), and hurricanes rarely head straight for NYC, yet we weren't warned by most corporate news outlets that Hurricane Erin was heading straight for densely populated New York City.

Hurricane Erin - Pt.1 Manufactured Storm | IRREFUTABLE Episode 6 youtube.com/watch?v=bhbZNO…

Video Compilation of Local News Weather Reports from September 11th 2001 youtube.com/watch?v=1xWjdY…

Astonishingly, Hurricane Erin reached its closest point to NYC on the morning of September 11th 2001, before it did a sudden ~150° turn away from its straight-line trajectory later that day and headed back out to sea. Hurricane Erin got so close to NYC that thunder and rain were reported and/or measured at nearby international airports, including Newark, JFK, and LaGuardia, even though skies were clear in NYC. It is widely known that major corporate media outlets do not hesitate to report on category 3 hurricanes that are heading straight for the east coast. Instead, they warn people that a hurricane is coming, and they report on it frequently, giving regular updates and alerting the public in case a potential evacuation becomes necessary, and so preparations can be made.

Furthermore, if one studies Atlantic hurricane paths tracked from 1995 to 2010, one can easily see that Hurricane Erin's path is unique in its suddenly getting locked onto a straight line towards NYC and the 2001 magnetic north pole, along the minus-15 declination line of earth's magnetic field for 4+ days, then making a strange ~150° turn after reaching its closest point to NYC, before heading northeast away from the U.S. eastern coast. Turns of 45° to 90° are fairly common for northern Atlantic hurricanes, but not ~150°. Official NOAA & UW-CIMSS Hurricane Erin tracking information, Farmer's Almanac airport weather records, and a video compilation of corporate news clips and weather reports from the morning of September 11th, 2001 are provided below.

Hurricane Erin, a category 3 hurricane, during mid-morning on 9/11/01. Notice how close Hurricane Erin is to New York City. A column of dust can be seen coming from ground zero, and the hurricane's eye has an unusual appearance. Why didn't the morning news inform us about the category 3 hurricane that was headed straight for NYC on 9/11?
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(9/11/01) Source: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a0…

Hurricane Erin, a category 3 hurricane, during mid-morning on 9/11/01. Notice how close Hurricane Erin is to New York City. A column of dust can be seen coming from ground zero, and the hurricane's eye has an unusual appearance. Why didn't the morning news inform us about the category 3 hurricane that was headed straight for NYC on 9/11?
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(9/11/01) Source: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a0…

Hurricane Erin (category 3) approaches New York City during mid-morning on 9/11/01. Notice how close Hurricane Erin is to NYC. A column of dust can be seen coming from ground zero. Why didn't the morning news inform us about the category 3 hurricane that was headed straight for NYC on 9/11?
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(9/11/01) Source: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a0…

Hurricane Erin (category 3) approaches New York City during mid-morning on 9/11/01. Notice how close Hurricane Erin is to NYC. A column of dust can be seen coming from ground zero, and the western edge of Hurricane Erin can be seen at the bottom of the photo. Why didn't the morning news inform us about the category 3 hurricane that was headed straight for NYC on 9/11?
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(9/11/01) Source: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a0…

Hurricane Erin got so close to NYC that rough seas and sea swells were reported by many news channels. There are also reports that thunder and/or rain were reported at nearby international airports, including Newark, JFK, and LaGuardia, even though skies were clear in NYC.

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Hurricane Center 'Best Track' figure showing the recorded path of Hurricane Erin from September 1-17, 2001. Notice the hurricane was headed straight for NYC for several days, reaching its nearest point to NYC on the morning of 9/11. If one studies Atlantic hurricane paths tracked from 1995 to 2010, one can easily see that Hurricane Erin's path is unique in its suddenly getting locked onto a straight line towards NYC along the minus-15 declination line of earth's magnetic field for 4+ days, then making a strange ~150° turn after reaching its closest point to NYC, before heading northeast away from the U.S. eastern coast. Turns of 45° to 90° are fairly common for northern Atlantic hurricanes, but not ~150°.
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1. nhc.noaa.gov/prelims/2001er…
2. nhc.noaa.gov/2001erin.html
3. weather.about.com/od/hurricanes/…

Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison figure showing the recorded path of Hurricane Erin from September 1-15, 2001. Notice that the hurricane was headed straight for NYC for several days, reaching its nearest point to NYC on 9/11. If one studies Atlantic hurricane paths tracked from 1995 to 2010, one can easily see that Hurricane Erin's path is unique in its suddenly getting locked onto a straight line towards NYC along the minus-15 declination line of earth's magnetic field for 4+ days, then making a strange ~150° turn after reaching its closest point to NYC, before heading northeast away from the U.S. eastern coast. Turns of 45° to 90° are fairly common for northern Atlantic hurricanes, but not ~150°.
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1. tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/storm_archive/…
2. weather.about.com/od/hurricanes/…

Official NOAA 2010 Atlantic hurricane season map showing wind speeds, category levels, and tracked paths. Each storm is color coded and labeled with the name of the storm. If one studies Atlantic hurricane paths tracked from 1995 to 2010, one can easily see that Hurricane Erin's path is unique in its suddenly getting locked onto a straight line towards NYC along the minus-15 declination line of earth's magnetic field for 4+ days, then making a strange ~150° turn after reaching its closest point to NYC, before heading northeast away from the U.S. eastern coast. Turns of 45° to 90° are fairly common for northern Atlantic hurricanes, but not ~150°.
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1. noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/im…
2. weather.about.com/od/imagegaller…
3. weather.about.com/od/hurricanes/…

NBC Morning News forecast on September 11th, 2001. Where is Hurricane Erin? The hurricane was headed straight for NYC for several days, reaching its nearest point to NYC on 9/11. Why didn't the morning news inform us about the category 3 hurricane that was headed straight for NYC on 9/11?
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Video: youtube.com/watch?v=1xWjdY…

CBS Morning News forecast on September 11th, 2001. Where is Hurricane Erin? The hurricane was headed straight for NYC for several days, reaching its nearest point to NYC on 9/11. Why didn't the morning news inform us about the category 3 hurricane that was headed straight for NYC on 9/11?
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Video: youtube.com/watch?v=1xWjdY…

Video compilation of news clips and weather reports from the morning of September 11th 2001: youtube.com/watch?v=1xWjdY…

These are some of the many pieces of empirical evidence from 9/11 that are not explained by thermal or kinetic forces of any kind (e.g. airplanes, jet fuel, explosives, thermite, nuclear bombs).

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April 2025: The Moment of Structural Recognition

As of April 2, 2025, the U.S. macro-financial system is entering a phase of nonlinear fragility, defined by an accelerating convergence of debt rollover constraints, household credit exhaustion, and commercial real estate insolvency. While markets remain technically solvent and rates off their 2023 highs, the underlying momentum is negative and self-reinforcing.

This is no longer a question of soft landing vs hard landing. The high-probability path forward is a deep recession. The only variable is whether the Federal Reserve will act quickly enough to prevent it from becoming disorderly.

Structural Drivers of Recession (Q2 2025–Q2 2026)

1. Sovereign Debt Rollover Constraint
•$9.2 trillion in U.S. Treasury debt matures in 2025, the largest 12-month rollover on record.
•Most of this debt was issued at sub-2% coupons. Current market rates are 4.19% on the 10-year, 4.5–5% on short-dated bills.
•Rolling this debt increases interest expense by $400B–$500B/year, crowding out other federal spending.
•Yield suppression is now a monetary imperative. The Fed must lower rates or trigger a bond buyer revolt.

2. Commercial Real Estate Maturity Cliff
•20% of all CRE debt (~$1 trillion) matures in 2025.
•Office asset values are down 25–40%. Many loans cannot be refinanced without loss recognition.
•Regional banks—who hold over 60% of CRE exposure—face rising credit impairment and shrinking equity buffers.
•CRE is now a contagion vector for the broader credit system.

3. Consumer Credit Stress
•FHA mortgage delinquencies: 11.03%
•VA delinquencies: 4.70%
•Subprime auto loans: 6.1%+ default rate
•Credit card delinquencies are climbing fast. Personal savings rate is near post-pandemic lows.
•Consumers are already underwater—before unemployment has begun to rise.

4. Monetary Policy Constraints
•Fed Funds Rate: 4.25–4.50%. Inflation still above 3% (CPI), core sticky.
•Political environment prevents large-scale QE or fiscal stimulus unless a crisis breaks first.
•Fed balance sheet remains above $7.5 trillion—limited room to absorb another shock without risking USD credibility.
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Fed’s Strategic Dilemma: Act or Collapse

Policy Options (Apr 2025–Apr 2026):

Failure to execute this path will result in a disorderly recession and potential financial system freeze. Image
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Housing Market Forecast: Q2 2025 – Q2 2026

National Median Home Price Change: –8.5% (Expected Value)

FHA/VA Concentration Zones
•Areas with >25% FHA origination share from 2020–2022 are most at risk for double-digit price drawdowns, forced selling, and rising REO inventory by Q4 2025.Image
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Musk is now a bigger fount for toxic, self-aggrandizing bullshit than P.T. Barnum ever was.

He’s an utter 🤡—and that’s both a historical and provable fact. There’s nothing non-journalistic about observing when a man has become infamous for his rank nonsense and foolish gambits. Image
But that’s only the start of the story.

PROOF has outlined—with full sourcing—how Musk for years avoided politics on the advice of his father, and for years avoided revealing his far-right ideologies for fear they would destroy his business empire.

He was right. It’s happening.
In other words, he *knew* his far-right ideologies would be grotesque to consumers.

He *knew* that if he entered politics in America, those ideologies would cause him to become an instant target for hate from a majority of patriotic Americans—who unlike him believe in democracy.
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Apr 2
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Van Damme & The Tate Brothers

Both cases center on Bucharest and Ilfov County, hotspots for trafficking due to proximity to urban wealth and rural desperation. Van Damme’s alleged encounters occurred in a villa in Ilfov, while the Tates’ compound in Pipera is less than 20 kilometers away. DIICOT investigations indicate that trafficking networks in this region often share logistics recruiters, safe houses, and client pipelines. Van Damme’s activities (2018–2022) overlap with the Tates’ establishment of their operation (2021 onward). The Tates moved to Romania in 2017, scaling their webcam business by 2021, the same period when Van Damme was filming projects like The Last Mercenary

Both cases involve exploitation masked as legitimate fronts Van Damme’s victims were presented as "models" via an agency, while the Tates used a webcam business to disguise forced pornography. DIICOT has noted that such fronts often connect to a wider network of intermediaries who supply victims to elite clients, including celebrities and influencers.

A key figure in Van Damme’s case, a Romanian fixer named Victor Popescu (real name, per leaked DIICOT files), facilitated victim recruitment through the modeling agency. Popescu’s name surfaced in a 2023 Tate-related raid, where financial ledgers showed payments to a "V.P." for "consulting services" in 2021. While not conclusive, this suggests a possible shared handler within Romania’s trafficking underworld.
Trafficking Network Convergence:

The Romanian trafficking scene in Bucharest and Ilfov County is a tightly knit underworld where high-profile clients actors, influencers, and businessmen intersect through a web of fixers and fronts. Van Damme’s case ties to a modeling agency and NGO that supplied girls to elite circles, while the Tates ran a parallel operation exploiting women and minors through their webcam empire. Both relied on the same predatory infrastructure: recruiters targeting vulnerable populations, safe houses in Ilfov’s rural fringes, and a culture of impunity fueled by corrupt officials. A DIICOT source from a 2023 raid on a Tate property mentioned an encrypted ledger listing “VIP clients” across Europe, with one entry coded “JCVD” a potential match to Van Damme’s initials linked to a $50,000 transaction in 2021.
In July 2021, Van Damme was in Romania filming Black Water 2, staying at a discreet estate in Ilfov County, 15 kilometers from the Tates’ Pipera compound. That same month, the Tates hosted a private “business summit” at their property, attended by international guests, including a Belgian national matching Van Damme’s profile 6’0”, muscular, mid-50s per a leaked guest list seized by DIICOT. Witnesses from the Tate case described “foreign VIPs” arriving in blacked-out SUVs, with one survivor recalling a man with a “distinct accent” and “action star vibe” present during a late-night session where girls were paraded.
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This is my best most fun FoI ever. It started with me requesting information on their EDI form, as usual. Image
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Apr 2
3 major takeaways from yesterday’s Congressional Hearing on the JFK assassination were:

1. @jeffersonmorley calling out the MSM’s impossible/non-existent “smoking gun standard of proof”, that essentially requires a letter of confession to reach the level of probable cause.
2. @TheOliverStone calling for a new full investigation of the assassination, including a new investigation of the ballistics and most importantly, a new forensic autopsy.
3. Making it clear for Congress that both the Warren Commission and the HSCA suppressed the Bethesda witnesses who actually corroborated that the head wounds seen at Parkland were consistent with what was seen by many at the autopsy. This only came out from the ARRB in the 1990s.
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Apr 2
Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” is finally here

Will this mark the end of extreme uncertainty?

A thread 🧵 Image
2/ Uncertainty around economic policy has surged to levels not seen since the 2020 pandemic

While this will eventually subside, there is no guarantee that uncertainty won’t increase in the near term Image
3/ This brings us to a key market indicator we’ve been monitoring: homebuilders

We recently discussed their importance as a leading indicator

And several readers noted their sensitivity to tariff policy

Which makes them even more relevant today Image
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Apr 2
Im glad to see more doctors speak about things like #MECFS #POTS #MCAS #fibromyalgia etc but it also worries me because its seems many have a rather superficial understanding. For example, i quite often hear such doctors speak about MCAS only in terms of histamine

#medtwitter
They talk about the more obvious histamine related symptoms like hives. I heard one dr say one of the "most common" symptoms is dermatographia (skin writing) and im really not sure thats the case (both our samples may be biased though)
Treatments are (as far as I've seen) exclusively spoken about as trigger avoidance and antihistamines.

Similarly ME is described as chronic fatigue (not PEM), and POTS is described as dizziness and fainting
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