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#1 Nike Stock Fell 78% And S&P 100 Exit May Mark Capitulation - Jim Osman for Forbes, Benny Johnson, Mrs B, Spencer Pratt/The Kobeissi Letter, I Meme Therefore I Am us, NightHawk Capital on X
Nike stock has fallen roughly 78% from its 2021 peak, traded this summer around levels investors had not seen in more than a decade, and is now about to suffer another symbolic blow. Nike is being removed from the S&P 100, an index intended to represent some of America’s largest and most established blue-chip companies. It will remain in the S&P 500, so I would not overstate the mechanical significance of the change, but after everything that has happened to Nike over the last several years, the timing is difficult to ignore. Most investors will see another piece of disappointing news. I am starting to wonder whether the more useful question is how much negative news investors still expect from here. Discussions point to marketing choices like Dylan Mulvaney and Colin Kaepernick campaigns, plus operational shifts such as direct-to-consumer focus and inventory issues, amid flat revenue of $46.4 billion in fiscal 2026. CEO Elliott Hill is leading a turnaround with athlete-focused products and stronger retailer ties....#2 Trump Proposal Would Pay Some Parents to Stay Home With Children: Report - Rob Taub and Mills Hayes for News Nation, Reagan Scott/Eric Daugherty, Being Libertarian, Gunther Eagleman™, Mark R. Levin, Heidi Whitaker/Daily Wire, and Dana Loesch/Politics & Poll Tracker on X
The Trump administration has drafted a proposal that would pay some stay-at-home parents using funds from a federal program originally designed to help working families afford child care. The Stay-at-Home Parent Child Care Subsidy Proposal originated within the White House, according to a White House official who spoke with NewsNation. Earlier reports had said the proposal came from Vice President JD Vance’s office. The New York Times reported the plan would create what could become the first federal grant program to directly compensate parents for staying home to raise their children...
#3 Prediction Markets’ Regulation Draws Closer to Supreme Court - Zach Schonfeld for The Hill, 𝓖𝓇𝓾𝓅 ℰ𝓼𝒸𝓻𝒾𝓫𝒶̀, DeRizvi, Noah Zingler-Sternig/Nick Devor, Marshall Cohen, and Position XBT on X
Prediction markets have arrived at the Supreme Court’s doorstep. New Jersey, this past week, urged the justices to settle how prediction markets should be regulated, and a split among the nation’s appeals courts is increasing expectations that they may be inclined to get involved. The Trump administration is trying to push states out, hoping to keep prediction markets under federal control. Leading platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket agree. But a bipartisan group of states wants to be the overseers. They say the new platforms are no different from regular gambling, which they regulate with broad control...
#4 Florida Judge Resigns After Investigation Finds She Made $30,000 in Political Donations - Kevin Killough for Just the News, Scott Stoudt, Kim Guerino/Tom Fitton, Di_American! gparents fled Communism, CONSTITUTION X 🇺🇸, The Gateway Pundit/Florida Loves Extraterrestrials, and Raymond Weston on X
A Florida judge has resigned after an investigation found that she was making political contributions in violation of state rules on judicial conduct. Diana Tennis, who served the Ninth Circuit Court in Orange and Osceola counties since 2015, came under investigation in September 2025, according to local news outlet WESH. The judicial qualifications commission found that she contributed nearly $30,000 in 900 donations to left-leaning political organizations and candidates, including former President Joe Biden and Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, Democrats. The Florida Code of Judicial Conduct prohibits judges from making political donations, attending political party functions, or endorsing candidates....
#5 Trump Posts Map Labeling New Mexico as ‘New America’ After Online Hoax - Ryan Mancini for The Hill, The Telegraph, Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, Eric Daugherty/Donald J Trump, and Vitruvius Republic 🇺🇸 on X
President Trump on Sunday posted a map of New Mexico labeled “New America” following the spread of a since-debunked online hoax claiming he had signed an executive order renaming the state. The map Trump shared on Truth Social showed a large “X” over “Mexico” in the state’s name, with the word “America” labeled below it. The official White House account reposted the image to social platform X. Fact-checking website Snopes detailed how an X user posted the “New America” executive order claim on Sept. 1, going viral across other social media platforms. The outlet debunked the report, noting the original post came from a satirical social media account...
#6 X Caught a 200K-Account Chinese Bot Farm Pushing Panic Over AI Data Centers - Michael Austin for The Western Journal, Charles Mok 莫乃光, TheBlaze, Just the News, and Conspiracy Truther on X
The social media platform X revealed that hundreds of fake accounts have been weighing into the emerging debate over artificial intelligence data centers. The X Global Government Affairs team revealed in an Aug. 27 post that they found a Chinese bot farm of roughly 200,000 accounts, with around 200 “posting in a manner that could manipulate a legitimate debate about American AI and energy policy.” “These posts contained claims that AI data centers are driving up household electricity prices and straining the grid,” the post from X said...
#7 ‘Moon Is Ours’: Trump Shares Post Claiming US Ownership Over Earth’s Natural Satellite - The Economic Times, Polymarket, The Rover Report, Wolf Brief, and
My Mixtapez on X
US President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed America's ownership over the moon, sharing glimpses of the natural satellite. He published a series of AI-generated posts on the platform, also claiming Strait of Hormuz as US territory.#8 Larry Fink Says U.S. Will Need Roughly $10 Trillion Over the Next Decade to Build Out AI Infrastructure - Rex Edison for Yahoo Finance, Catherine Austin Fitts, Deep Leaks/Exposing the Agenda, Trudru60, Think4Yourself and The White House/MamaT on X
The posts spread fast: BlackRock CEO Larry Fink openly announced that ordinary people's savings would be seized to build AI data centers. Mandatory. Forced. Done deal. Except that's not what he said. What Fink actually predicted is more nuanced — and still worth your attention, especially if you hold a 401(k). The gap between the viral version and the sourced reality is wide enough to drive a data center through...#9 Kennedy Center Ceiling Collapse Reignites Debate Over Trump-Backed Renovation Plan - Sarah Robinson for WUSA9, Doug Spencer, Richard Grenell/Ted Lieu/HeyHeyJaxLo/Calliope, darlene superville, MikeKirby, and Sollencia on X
The Kennedy Center's Trump-aligned board wants to close the venue for up to two years for an estimated $250 million renovation. The proposal is currently on hold. Part of the ceiling inside the Kennedy Center’s Grand Foyer collapsed Friday, renewing debate over President Donald Trump's proposed renovation of the performing arts venue. No one was injured when the section fell Friday evening, leaving a large hole in the ceiling and debris scattered across the foyer's red carpet...#10 Pentagon Refuses Payout for Soldiers Who Died in Iran Conflict ‘Because It Isn’t a War’ - Sophia Yan for The Telegraph/Yahoo News, Golden Phoenix, Sumner, Bill wolf,
Nairaland Forum, and Twilight on X
The families of US soldiers who have died in the US-Israeli war against Iran are battling to ensure they receive appropriate pay and benefits for their loved ones. Libby Klinner, a widow, wrote on social media that the US Air Force had deemed her ineligible for additional benefits following the death of Major Alex Klinner, her 33-year-old husband, because Congress had not officially declared war. He was one of six crew members of a KC-135 refueling aircraft that crashed in western Iraq in March while supporting US strikes against Iran...
