Brandon Brock 🇺🇸

Agriculture and Business. #AgLending. #cowcents. Texas Tech University Alumnus. #CASNR #AAEC. West Texas A&M University Alumnus. #MBA.

[Charlie Bilello @charliebilello]

Price Increases over last 7 years...
New Cars: +22%
Used Cars: +29%
Groceries: +33%
Shelter: +35%
Family Health Insurance: +38%
Restaurants: +39%
Transportation: +41%
Electricity: +44%
Gasoline: +49%
Auto Insurance: +51%
Gas Utilities: +60%
Home Prices: +60%
Fuel Oil: +60%
Dozen Eggs: +72%
Ground Beef: +79%
Coffee: +127%

[Charlie Bilello @charliebilello]

January 2025: "Don't worry about the $2 trillion deficit and the rising national debt. We are going to grow our way out of it with 5% Real GDP."

Today: "Wait till next year."

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

BREAKING: Total US federal debt is now up to a record $39.4 trillion, rising +$3.2 trillion over the last 12 months.

Since 2020, US federal debt is now up a massive +$16.3 trillion.

This marks a +$2.5 trillion average annual increase, or +$209 billion per month.

At this pace, total US debt will surge to $50.0 trillion before 2030.

The US debt crisis has no end in sight.

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US issues $81,000,000,000 in refunds after Supreme Court ruled President Trump's tariffs illegal.

[Texas Tech Basketball @TexasTechMBB]

Congratulations to @CoachTubbySmith on being inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame!

[John Rich🇺🇸 @johnrich]

Let’s get to work🇺🇸

[Barchart @Barchart]

Berkshire Hathaway is now sitting on an all-time high $397 Billion in Cash, enough to buy 474 companies in the S&P 500 🚨🤑

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: Berkshire Hathaway's cash reserves hit an all-time high of $397,000,000,000.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

BREAKING: House to vote next week on the Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight saving time permanent nationwide.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

JUST IN: @Circle receives OCC approval for a national trust bank charter, placing $USDC infrastructure under direct federal oversight for the first time.

[Matt Hayes @MattHayesCFB]

The Cincinnati/Sorsby question: Yormark chooses petty grandstanding over real leadership.
https://t.co/uy7Z1QFvMW

[Stew Peters @realstewpeters]

The evolution of Flock cameras from Jan. 2024 - July 2026.

These are spreading like a plague.

[Kalshi @Kalshi]

JUST IN: US national debt hits record $39.4 trillion

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

BREAKING: Robinhood launches L2 blockchain "Robinhood Chain."

[Securitize @Securitize]

https://t.co/HMsa7lHi6c

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: SEC Chair Atkins announces tokenized bank deposits could be available as soon as next year.

[BBVA @bbva]

Moving money globally shouldn’t mean high fees or losing control of your reserves. 🌐 We are announcing Open USD, a new stablecoin, to our retail and corporate clients to change how finances work hand in hand with @openstandard and other partners.

[MoneyGram @MoneyGram]

"Just as the internet gave the world a common way to share information, stablecoins are creating a common way to move money." - @anthonysoohoo

That's why we're joining @openstandard

The future of money movement will be built on shared infrastructure. We're excited to help build a more open, interoperable financial system that will give billions of people better access to money, wherever they are 🌍

[Mastercard @Mastercard]

Stablecoins are becoming an increasingly important part of global financial infrastructure.
Today, Mastercard is supporting @openstandard and Open USD - an effort to help build more open infrastructure for digital money.
We believe unlocking the full potential of stablecoins will require trusted networks, broad participation, and collaboration across the industry.

Excited to help build what's next.

[Stripe @stripe]

We’re making Open USD the default for businesses using stablecoins on Stripe. Coming soon.