This awful person is John Morgan of the Morgan and Morgan law firm.

The average bond yields since January 2025 have been around 4.2%, while the federal budget deficit was slightly less than 5.2%. Given that the debt held by the public amounts to roughly 100%, the government needs 9.4% of nominal GDP growth to outpace the growth of the debt while in reality it was only 5.9%.

Over a significant period of time, the required nominal GDP growth rate hasn’t been seen since the 1970s. Since then, we've seen the Reagan and Bush tax cuts that promised exactly that and failed. Over the 8 years that Trump’s tax cuts were in effect, they failed to accelerate GDP growth either.

The only realistic way to stop the debt from spiraling out of control is to reduce the budget deficit and lower inflation by cancelling tariffs and solving the problem with the Strait of Hormuz, which keeps oil prices elevated. But the Trump administration is doing just about the opposite of all that.

President Trump's portfolio investments are back in the spotlight after his accounts bought as much as $500,000 in Boeing (NYSE: BA) stock on the same day the aerospace giant secured a major contract with the U.S. Navy — an overlap that could renew questions about potential conflicts of interest involving the president's investments and his administration's decisions.

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Today issued the following letter to stockholders from Lawrence Firestone, the Chief Executive Officer of 22nd Century Group, Inc.

2026 Mid-Year Strategic Update Shareholder Letter:

✔ We Win by Expanding Our Retail Presence — 2,000 Outlets Today, ~5,000 by Year-End

✔ We Win by Driving Commercial Execution That Can Scale

✔ We Win by Improving the Economics — Gross Margin

✔ We Win by Building More Than a Single Product

✔ This Is How We Create Long-Term Shareholder Value in the >$50 Billion US Market

Read the full release: https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/22nd-century-ceo-chairman-larry-120000071.html

TNDM Tandem Diabetes Care stock watch, strong day, attempting to rally off the 21.39 support area.

Long Trade

• Target 1: 26.17   Profit: 18.9%   Stop/Trailing Stop: 20.72
• Loss: 5.9%   P/L ratio: 3.2 : 1 - Good
• Target 2: 27.69   Profit: 25.8%   P/L ratio: 4.4 : 1 - Excellent  Extreme rally

BULLISH

• [Positioning] Intermediate trend bullish, Uptrend.
• [Timing] Strong bullish 3 day candlestick pattern.
• [Timing] Good long trade quality

BEARISH

• [Positioning] at resistance

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We know Trump for his talent in managing his stock portfolio, even if he claims to delegate. He's been long on a very large number of stocks. Trump knows that interest rates could rise, that things will get turbulent with the midterm elections, and he anticipates a possible sharp market crash. This is bad for his image, so someone has to be blamed. The Democrats! They're preventing Americans from benefiting from AI by blocking the construction of data centers. It's their fault that everything is grinding to a halt. To keep making a profit, Trump may have asked for a switch to puts and shorts, a perfect 180-degree turn to profit from the decline. Winning when the market is down is always pleasant, it's like going skiing.

All of this is pure fiction, please don't send the CIA to my house, I'm harmless.

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Analysts say large paper windfalls on investments in OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceX have muddied the tech sector’s earnings metrics

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As the exclusive leader in FDA-authorized, reduced-nicotine combustible cigarettes, 22nd Century Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: XXII) is rapidly scaling its national footprint. Backed by an improving balance sheet, the company’s strategic shift toward high-margin product lines provides a highly compelling catalyst for investors tracking disruptive micro-cap equities.

Aggressive Retail Expansion

22nd Century is executing a disciplined rollout of its flagship VLN® and Pinnacle® brands, aggressively expanding market access and driving consumer trial across major U.S. markets. The company's recent operational milestones reflect a massive trajectory for retail growth:
Massive Target Expansion:Management is aiming to broaden its retail presence from over 2,000 current stores across 20 states to approximately 5,000 retail outlets across multiple classes of trade by year-end 2026.

California Market Entry: 22nd Century initiated a strategic 60-store retail trial in California for Pinnacle VLN®, securing a crucial first foothold in the nation's largest and most policy-driven tobacco market.

Northeast Consolidation: The company expanded Pinnacle VLN® distribution into approximately 150 additional locations across the highly lucrative metro New York and northern New Jersey convenience retail markets.

Product Line Extension: To support higher-margin revenue opportunities, 22nd Century launched Pinnacle Pure™, a new tobacco- and water-style combustible cigarette anticipated to reach over 2,000 retail locations.

State-Level Authorizations: The company has achieved near-national state authorizations, unlocking seamless pathways for broader retail penetration and expanded partner-brand opportunities.

Solid Financial Footing

Crucially, 22nd Century is funding this aggressive expansion from a position of renewed financial stability and disciplined capital allocation.

Zero Debt: The company operates with maximum financial flexibility, reporting zero outstanding long-term debt after fully extinguishing its remaining senior secured debt in 2025.

Strong Cash Position: 22nd Century ended the second quarter of 2026 with a healthy $6.1 million in cash and cash equivalents to comfortably support ongoing commercialization initiatives and strategic growth objectives.

Improving Margins: By strategically shifting away from high-volume, low-priced export manufacturing toward its proprietary, higher-margin VLN® and natural style products, the company improved its gross loss from $(0.6) million in Q1 2026 to $(0.3) million in Q2 2026.

Path to Breakeven: Management remains laser-focused on advancing toward EBITDA breakeven as these higher-margin revenues continue to scale.

By pairing its uniquely differentiated, FDA-authorized modified risk claims with a debt-free balance sheet and an accelerating national retail presence, 22nd Century Group is building a highly sustainable foundation for long-term shareholder value.