Final Chapter in Awan Bros Scandal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opm8WietC00 Synopsis: Imran Awan, the Pakistani computer systems administrator who worked for then DNC Chairwoman, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, and was shared by 44 other Democrat members of Congress, has taken a plea deal of being guilty of lying on a loan application in federal court yesterday in D.C. In exchange, Awan, was … Read more

POLL: Immigration top issue for voters… DNA testing being done on separated children

Immigration top issue for U.S. voters, economy a close second: Reuters/Ipsos poll (Reuters) – Immigration tops the economy and healthcare as the most important issue determining Americans’ vote ahead of the midterm elections in November, a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll shows. Reuters/Ipsos data shows that immigration became a top concern for registered voters in the … Read more

Why Is The U.S. Dollar Index At 94 A Real Problem?

by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains & Capital The financial system is in trouble. Indeed, by the look of things, we are about to experience a wave of deflation… in years. Let’s first talk about the $USD. The $USD has broken above initial resistance (bottom red line) and currently sits just below 95. This is a MAJOR problem … Read more

Trade War Is Coming, But We Don’t Know How

BY PATRICK WATSON   We’re in a trade war. No, we’re not. Yes, we are, but it won’t be so bad. I heard all those conclusions in the last few weeks as President Trump ordered tariffs on US trading partners and threatened even more. Who’s right? That’s the wrong question. Trade war isn’t a light … Read more

Europe Has Train Wrecks, Too

BY JOHN MAULDIN Italian dictator Benito Mussolini at least made the trains run on time, according to legend. But other sources say the nation’s railway system remained horrible under his rule (see here, here, and here). The same may be true of modern Europe’s (and Canada and Australia and…) vaunted social welfare programs. Certainly, they have helped many … Read more

US Tax Receipts By Category – God Bless the Child

by Jesse The notion that the corporations are going to use their windfalls for productive expansion and higher wages for workers is utter fantasy. They have not done so for over twenty years, and they are hardly urged to change that, and certainly not by anything in this latest change in tax policy.  Its purpose … Read more

Globalists Are Telling Us Exactly What Disasters They’re Planning for The Economy

From Brandon Smith Years ago when analysts first started to use the term “globalist”, there was an immediate recognition among liberty advocates as to who they were referring to. This was back when the movement for small government, the non-aggression principle, and true free markets was small but growing. These days, it’s difficult to gauge how … Read more

Should Mental Tests be Required for Politicians?

by Martin Armstrong Sheila Jackson Lee is a politician of the Democrat Party. She is currently the U.S. Representative for Texas’s 18th congressional district, serving since 1995. The district includes most of central Houston. There are no qualifications to be a politician and the degree of incompetence seems to be more of a disease in … Read more

The Weird DARPA/Facebook “Coincidence” You Never Heard About

SHOW NOTES: https://www.corbettreport.com/?p=27329 Ever hear about “Lifelog?” You know, the DARPA project to create an automatically updated, itemized, organized, electronic list of every interaction you have, every event you attend, every place you go and everything you do? The project that was announced as canceled the very same day Facebook launched? Well, neither had I? … Read more

Why no one trusts the media: New York Times gives reporter “reassignment” after claims she dated sources

by DCG The face of journalism at the NY Times… No wonder the truth is hard to come by. From Fox News: The New York Times reassigned Ali Watkins, the star reporter who was accused of being romantically involved with at least two potential sources, to a new beat outside of the paper’s Washington bureau. The paper’s top editor … Read more

Germany willing to cut tariffs on US cars, lifting automakers’ shares

Germany’s chancellor said Thursday she’s willing to back lower tariffs on U.S. auto imports as a potential European Union (EU) concession to the Trump administration – just one day after CEOs of Germany’s biggest carmakers reportedly voiced support for eliminating such tariffs entirely. Angela Merkel said she would be ready to support lowering the tariffs, though the … Read more

Is This Why Tesla Executives Are Fleeing?

Via AdventuresInCapitalism.com I originally started following Tesla (TSLA – USA) as I felt it was a structurally unprofitable business nearing a cash crunch as hundreds of competing products were about to enter the market. As I’ve studied Tesla more closely, I’ve come to realize that Elon Musk appears to be running a Ponzi Scheme disguised … Read more