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Scott Bessent Fails to Calm Bond Market & This Chinese Movie is So Bad, It’s Good

August 21, 2026·32m

#916: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tries to intervene to ease the bond market…except it doesn’t work. Walmart posts its slowest gains in years as Americans watch their budgets. A Chinese animated film is so bad, it’s so good. Nike shares hit their lowest in 12 years. The FDA calls for a blueberry recall over deadly E. coli fears. Finally, the Army uses GTA 6 to reenlist soldiers.