We Hit $1M in Transactions—Right As We Watch the World Burn...Well, Maybe💰🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Robert Magana
Jul 14
9 min read

Updated: Jul 14

*🎉 We Did It: $1,000,000 in Transactions 🎉*

Well, we did it—we reached $1,000,000 USD in transactions! It would have been $180k more in net revenue if our owner hadn’t decided to issue out a bonus equal to the monthly bills of all our employees. Wooot!!!

We're still roughly $130k up in net revenue and couldn’t be more excited about what’s to come. All this in a world of growing US pessimism that is well.... valid.

🎬 Remember This Movie? Well...Now You're Living It

*Now you don’t have to remember it... you’re living it 🤦‍♂️.*

Stock markets are shifting. We're seeing heavy short-sells based on government contracts—whether it's Bitcoin (likely heading into effect with Treasury after House approval), minerals, or AI.

🧠 Grok AI + The Pentagon = 👀

Case in point: Grok AI—yes, the one that once called itself MechaHitler—just got a $200 million boost to be used by the Pentagon.

If you think this doesn’t affect you... it does now.

It lacks clear ethical guidelines, and Tesla is voting on whether to include it in its shareholder meeting. That means the company is looking to profit from it.

🤖 AI Is a Reflection of Its Creators

AI is like a child—it molds to the rules it’s given.

Grok’s initial model was likely aligned with ethical reasoning, but its framework shifted when it didn’t match Musk’s more radical ideals. Post-change? It went full Nazi.

Let’s be honest—the current right-wing narrative in the U.S. is trending toward autocracy and fascism. And when those ideals culminate, what you get... is Hitler.

We’re not saying Elon—or that orange-blonde guy—is Hitler...But when your core ideology includes:

Anti-woke
Fighting for elitist or racial supremacy
Discriminatory immigration tactics
Autocracy

...what you get is something eerily close.

🔍 Targeting + AI = Citizens in the Crosshairs

Now imagine pairing that AI with targeting and classification models, and suddenly you, a U.S. citizen, are a national security threat.

This is something they are working on, they’re literally creating a massive voter & citizen database, and you better believe these tools will be used together.

Innocence or guilt will be based on perception, not fact. 🤦‍♂️

Ironically, the use of such tools by the Department of Defense is itself a national security risk.

🪙 Bitcoin, ETFs & Pump-and-Dumps

Bitcoin is being normalized into the establishment.Just whisper “Treasury,” and you’ll see stock prices jump.

But most companies aren’t even close to hitting projected profits.

The White House is by design or not propping numbers for narrative gains. This is textbook pump and dump.

🪨 Minerals: The Next Gold Rush

Minerals are key—as natural resources dwindle and oversight drops, resource conflict will rise. So this is actually expected.

This is natural since we as a species are decaying the planet and all of that is likely to rapidly speed up with the lack of oversight currently happening. So fighting over resources will increase. Especially since extreme weather events will.

Texas was devastating to see, but whether it was driven by increased rains due to the climate or not, the reality is climate-driven disasters will escalate. We’ll likely see more of it and hurricane season will likely be brutal as well as heat variations. FEMA was poised for downsizing by our current government administration so they are not seasonally increasing employment. And now FEMA is actually downsizing. Volunteers were actually just arrested for trying to save lives while in the middle of saving 2 lives—these actions were actually approved by the Texas governor.

We’re in for a pretty abrupt shake up it will either be really good assuming things change course or horrifically bad if they don’t. 🙅‍♂️

U.S. Gov + MP = Stock Surge

A large-scale deal with MP minerals juiced the market. Not the worst move by the administration—but it raises serious concerns about environmental damage and domestic impact not to mention conflict of interest.

The real concern is just the regulatory body and how considerate they will be of the environment as these resources are extracted. Will it do more harm than good? And will it be done in a way that damages en masse domestic territories? We'll see.

🎭 Elon’s New Party, Tariffs, and “Tacos” 🌮

Elon's New Party, Tariffs, Old White Males abusing the use of the word Taco. Which is probably one of the cringiest investor terms to come about but we get it. Diving in🤿🦪...

Elon's party is being told it will be hard; traditionally sure, but it would've also been hard to elect a convicted felon... and it's happened. Thing is Elon's party would likely reflect his Right Wing view points. Like his AI did.

What would likely move is the MAGA base itself. They may not like Elon but conservatives really don't like doing anything democrat's want. Elon has money similar to Mansa Musa, a brand name, and the MAGA base is growing tired of Trump's defecation on America and his elitist faction. Combine republican let downs and the fact they just have a phobia towards democrats who ironically do a lot for them they might vote Elon. He would have to commit though... to call outs, the Epstein thing certainly rang bells for the MAGA base, the other thing is he would have to find the candidates.

🧢 Elon’s Party:

He’s rich. He’s a brand. Yeah he could easily siphon the MAGA base, especially as they grow tired of Trump’s mess.

But Elon would have to go all-in:

Name candidates
Make bold callouts
Leverage scandals (hello, Epstein)

That said, Elon comes off as... intense.

Thing is Elon is seen as sort of bipolar by the outside world so people aren't certain if he'll stick with something. I don't think that's correct to me it really just seems he's a very strongly opinionated person. So if something disagrees with his view he drops the hammer. But he has some odd code it seems, so there is at least some sort of hard factors that dictate his morals and actions, albeit misguided.

This is actually contrary to Trump who moves a lot more flexible; rescinding promises, making deals and doing things that are contrary to his statements, and what he did with the bill contrary to his own voters opinions.

Trump operates more on self gain whether that's tangible like money or perception based like clout. This is interesting in that the movement created around him has principles but Trump on the other hand has his own contrary to them.

Moving to Tariffs( AKA the Taco thing) 🌮

Trump seems to be trying to scare people to the table. Until he gets something for an optic it'll continue. The people who literally set tariffs don't seem to know themselves if they'll go into place. So investors especially this far into a fiscal year are annoyed, and just don't have the time for it and to worry, they're content to move short term and adjust as needed; they're tired of the constant noise which spooks the markets.

To be clear tariffs are a sales cost that we eat so it's not like your going to suddenly see growth for your business if these go through. The thing is that the US has a large consumer market.

But consumers right now are not wanting to spend more than they need to. I mean economically we're not exactly shining; cost of living, inflation, and now higher taxes. That on top of the fact you are now paying for ICE, FEMA funds are being used to build trumps alligator internment camp, and all the other waste of funds.

There are prospective sectors but no one likes to lose, if they can't see the bigger gain farther out. So analyst and confidence is key; things will likely shift; if done right you can still do what you need to as an investor.

🔑 Key Points About Tariffs:

1. Purpose of Tariffs

Protect Domestic Industry: By making foreign products more expensive, domestic companies are more competitive.

Raise Government Revenue: Tariffs generate income for the government.

2. Effects of Tariffs ‼️

Higher Prices for Consumers: Imported goods become more expensive.

Less Competition: Domestic producers face less foreign competition.

Retaliation: Other countries might respond with their own tariffs (trade war).

Global Trade Impact: Can reduce trade between countries overall.

💥 The real danger? Overuse. Only a few sectors actually need them. Everything else is just collateral damage.

That said there are really only certain, very targeted sectors, that need tariffs the rest is just very damaging. However he's using it as leveraging tool to threaten other nations, but as it exists today and the economy the way that it is your not exactly fighting hard to gain US consumers. If anything you are tightening your belt for what looks like a coming US economic plunge. You don't want to over-supply cause then you just lose money, especially now if it costs more to you, and even more-so if it costs more to consumers to purchase; people who already don't have enough money to get by.

Ultimately these leveraging maneuvers will do more harm domestically than internationally, although there will be loses there too. Domestically you can't really do anything about it with the courts doing what they have so far done, and internationally in your mind your like "well I'll just sell somewhere else". He's gotten no actual deals that should say enough.

🧊 The Bigger Picture: Economic Tightening

Consumers are strapped—rising costs, taxes, ICE funding, FEMA abuse...

There are promising sectors, but confidence and foresight are vital. Without them? You're flying blind.

🇷🇺 Putin, Trump & a Cold War Flashback

One surprising win for this administration? The fracture between Putin and Trump.

One good thing that has come from the administration which they should likely harp on more is the fracture between Putin and Trump. Putin has a very old cold war like view of the world which is very disconnected from reality.

He is however a very capable spymaster just not good at anything else, literally at all. So his grip on the country and the narrative there still remains relatively strong creating this odd sort of delusional conception domestically in Russia.

Of course the problem is Russia has sustained very heavy losses numbering in the millions, it's obviously struck some sort of deal with north korea as they are now involved un-needingly so. China now supplies some odd 90 percent of their weapons as Russia's economy has hit a low with all the sanctions to the point of which it will take 50 years to recover.

Putin is clinging to outdated Cold War ideals. He's lost millions of lives, struck shady deals (North Korea), and owes China a fortune they may never see back.

Russia’s economy? Broken. Recovery time? 50+ years.

Trump is finally seen as useless by the Kremlin. But ironically, he might now be the one to act against them.

Between the mounting loss of life, the debt accrual across the board,China who may never see a penny back, and North Korea's involvement at likely some grand expense (which hasn't been talked about enough signaling it's danger), and finally his continued pursuit of Ukraine (which has held the line with the support of Europe and the US).... we can safely say short of his death he's not backing down on it.

Putin had a plan and Trump coming to power was really just about enabling the US from his view. Trump in his mind is likely nothing now and his statements aren't exactly revered by the Kremlin who say and can do whatever they wish domestically. So a collide much like with how it was with Musk was inevitable.

The problem is I don't actually think Trump knows how to hit Russia. What we did before was artful, tactful, rescinding the Russian advance on the world to virtually 0. Now we've got nothing against Trump supporters, honestly, some of our friends being such, but if you think he's any of those things you're out of your mind.

The only thing that could be said we could've done better was we didn't directly involve ourselves with a no fly zone when Russia was weak. Now with it's alliance with North Korea that seems pretty fargone as a thought.

Trump right now is in a position where it seems he's willing to go after Russia. The tarrifs is a thing sure but it won't really do the damage he's looking for. Now would be the time for the UN, Nato, and Ukraine to really say to him... look if you want to help this is the way to do it. I just worry they might press him on other items of their own interest and he flips out and Ukrainian lives will continue to suffer as well as Russian, and yes even the cultist North Korean ones. No conquest is ever worth the loss of life in an age where deals and deterrence is vastly capable.

That said the defense contracts and builds that will result will likely spur on already prospering defense companies to even newer heights.