Former Whiskey Unicorn Uncle Nearest Is Struggling To Survive After Defaulting On $108 Million In Loans

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Will New Rules Impact Your Student Loan Forgiveness? These Borrowers Are Impacted By Trump Administration Changes

ToplineThe Trump administration published proposed regulations this week that seek to limit which public service employees can have their student loans forgiven, one of several ways the Trump administration has taken steps in recent months to restrict loan forgiveness after the…

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Ex-ViX Exec Rodrigo Mazón Joins Paramount As Head Of Latin America And Canada

​Former ViX and Netflix executive Rodrigo Mazón ​has been named Paramount​'s Head ​of Latin America and Canada ​direct-to-consumer operations​. He start​ed this week in the newly created position​. Based in Los Angeles, Mazón will oversee all initiatives, operations, strategy and programming…

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Judge Refuses To Release Epstein Files, Says DOJ Should Do It Instead Of Legal ‘Diversion’

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A Clinton-appointed federal judge on Wednesday denied the Trump administration's request to unseal grand jury materials used to charge Jeffrey Epstein with sex trafficking, and instead said that the federal government is the 'logical party' to dump said 'files.'"The information contained in the Epstein…

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Obama Calls California’s Redistricting Proposal ‘Responsible,’ Report Says

ToplineFormer President Barack Obama approved of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to combat a Texas redistricting plan that could add five GOP seats in the U.S. House with California’s own redistricting, according to the Associated Press, calling the move "responsible" even…

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Leaked Emails Show EPA Sought To Discredit Scientist After Ohio Train Derailment Disaster

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Via American Greatness,Leaked emails from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) show that the agency sought to discredit an independent scientist who questioned official data on contamination following the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment and fire in February 2023.Following the official EPA…

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Big Mac Price Cuts Signal McDonald’s Return To Value As QSR Battles Intensify

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The era of $18 Big Macs, which we called "Mcflation," ignited during the Biden-Harris regime years of generational-high inflation fueled by out-of-control green spending, looks to be ending.A new internal memo obtained by The Wall Street Journal shows McDonald's will slash combo…

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PSG Partners With Rematch To Drive Unique User-Generated U.S. Content

Paris Saint-Germain’s (PSG) U.S. academies are partnering with community-driven sports highlight platform Rematch to allow their communities to capture and share unique content from games across the country. The partnership will integrate Rematch into the PSG Academy ecosystem and allow for…

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She Thought That Her Computer Science Degree Would Get Her A Six Figure Job – Instead It Got Her An Interview With Chipotle

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Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,If you recently graduated from college, good luck trying to find a decent job. What we are experiencing right now reminds me so much of the early 1990s. If you were a new…

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Novak Djokovic Won’t Continue To Play ‘If He Doesn’t Think He Can Win,’ Patrick McEnroe Says

The good news for Novak Djokovic is that he’s reached the semifinals of all three majors he’s played in this year. The bad news is that the 24-time Grand Slam champion is 38 years old and hasn’t won a major since…

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Ethereum Treasury Boom Drives Demand: Can The Market Handle The Risks?

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Ethereum is undergoing a correction after weeks of strong momentum, but institutional adoption is quietly reshaping the market’s long-term dynamics. According to CryptoQuant, the popular “Crypto Treasury Strategy,” long associated with Bitcoin, has now entered the Ethereum ecosystem. Over 16 companies…

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FOMC Minutes: “Committee might face difficult tradeoffs” regarding Unemployment and Inflation

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by Calculated Risk on 8/20/2025 02:00:00 PM This is a little stale since this meeting was before the July employment report.From the Fed: Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, July 29–30, 2025. Excerpt:n their discussion of inflation, many participants observed…

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‘Hawkish’ FOMC Minutes Shows ‘Majority’ Fear Inflation More Than Employment

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Since the last 'dovish' FOMC statement (and Powell's post-statement 'hawkish' presser) on July 30th, we have had 'cool' payrolls print and 'hot' inflation prints with retail sales mixed... and now everyone is anticipating Friday's speech by Powell at Jackson Hole. So,…

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Wednesday assorted links

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1. “Statistical bias along less salient dimensions, such as physical attractiveness, is more likely to go undetected.” 2. The new Austin Vernon solar start-up. 3. Turn your research paper into a music video. 4. European freedom of speech increasingly in danger. …

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Meta Artificially Inflated Ecommerce Ad Metrics, Former Employee Claims

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Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has been accused of artificially inflating the performance metrics of its ecommerce advertising product, Shops ads, according to a whistleblower complaint filed Wednesday in a U.K. employment tribunal.The complaint, brought by Samujjal Purkayastha,…

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Acclaimed Body Horror Thriller ‘Together’ Gets Streaming Date, Report Says

Together — the critically acclaimed horror thriller starring Dave Franco and Alison Brie— is reportedly coming soon to digital streaming. Together opened in theaters on July 30 after being acquired by indie studio Neon at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival in…

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Netflix Is All In On Children’s Programming As It Signs Deal With Mark Rober—Following ‘Ms. Rachel’ Success

ToplineNetflix has announced it will develop an educational family competition show with content creator Mark Rober, its second deal in a year with a popular children’s YouTuber, as the streamer leans into creating new family and kid-friendly content as a proven…

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Bitcoin Decentralization Under Threat? Hashrate Is Now Concentrated In These Two Pools

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Bitcoin’s core promise of decentralization is facing a major test. Two pools now control a majority share of the network’s hashrate. This level of concentration challenges the very foundation of Bitcoin’s decentralized ethos.In an X post, Jacob King, the CEO of…

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