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The Casino Wins: AI Layoffs, a Squeezed Middle, and a Travel Alert Nobody Asked For
The same week AI passed 38,000 announced cuts, the median non-homeowner fell $17,000 short of affording a starter home, and the State Department told Americans to stay close to diplomatic facilities. Coincidence is no longer the right word.

Desk note: this article threads three Unusual Whales data points, one Challenger, Gray & Christmas layoff tally carried via Unusual Whales, and a State Department advisory carried by The Epoch Times. Wire coverage of the housing gap and the AI layoff series has been thinner than the underlying data warrants; Monexus connected them in a single frame rather than treating each as its own silo.
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