ELIZABETH WARREN’S “DUKAKIS TANK” MOMENT

via legalinsurrection: The release of her DNA test results right before the midterms is almost uniformly seen as a public relations disaster, from which she still is trying to recover. Rather than confirm the validity of her claim when she was climbing the …

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BOMBSHELL Report Shows That “Russian Internet Bots” Were Actually HIGH LEVEL Democrat Operatives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqtapaGiDuQ The left always projects. Whatever they accuse you of doing, they are doing it themselves. It’s a way to get ahead of any allegations of wrongdoing. Accuse the other guy of it first. https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/in-the-news/tom-fitton-the-clinton-campaign-generated-the-trump-russia-collusion-narrative/   Vic

Maxine Waters assumes office as Chair House Financial Services Committee as of January 3rd. Waters was named the most corrupt member of Congress in 2005, 2006, 2009, and 2011

by Orangutan Would be cool if the media delved into this subject a little more than they do. No wonder genuine Democratic Party members are so repulsed by the current state of that party. via newspunch: Disgraced Congresswoman Maxine Waters was declared the …

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Wall Street, Banks and Angry Citizens – The post-Great Recession economic “recovery” was largely reserved for participants in financial markets, not the majority working longer hours and multiple jobs, writes Nomi Prins.

via consortiumnews: The financial crisis of 2008 initially fostered a policy of bailing out banks with cheap money that went not into Main Street economies but into markets enriching the few. As a result, large numbers of people increasingly felt that …

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A Couple of Thoughts on 2019

by Charles Hugh-Smith  The story of the 21st century is debt is soaring while earned income is stagnating for the bottom 95%. Best wishes to all my readers and correspondents for a safe, healthy and productive 2019. Thank you, longstanding supporters, …

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Russiagate is more of the same antiquated Cold War mentality to divide and conquer the masses. Sadly, it appears to be working. Hopefully 2019 will turn the tide against this weaponized hysteria.

by axolotl_peyotl The genocidal military industrial complex has a very long history of weaponizing xenophobia against the masses, and Orwellian doublespeak regarding these fanciful “enemies” has become so pervasive that it’s truly remarkable that they are still getting away with it. Unfortunately, old habits die …

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2018’s list of failed BITCOIN price predictions

via theblockcrypto: List of concrete predictions Name Position Prediction for 2018 Date of prediction Pierre Rochard Founder of Bitcoin Advisory $100,000+ December 6, 2017 Ronnie Moas Founder of Standpoint Research $28,000 December 21, 2017 Julian Hosp Co-Founder and President at TenX …

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Leveraged bets on the stock market are starting to unwind; Financial Stress Index rises to the highest level since Feb 2016…. Nomura: The global economy is ‘already on an irreversible path’ to a downturn

via businessinsider: In the life of a decade-long credit cycle, the global economy’s current condition shows it’s firmly heading toward a downturn, according to a new analysis from Nomura. A single cycle is historically a decade long. The beginning is marked …

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Sarah Sanders Smacks Down CNN for Hysteria Over Trump Hats at Military Base

C. Douglas Golden for the Conservative Tribune reports, Usually, when you’re able to say, “this tweet didn’t age well,” it takes weeks, months, sometimes even years for the opportunity to arise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmcFDv0qaho Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/sar… CNN will attack anyone who …

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How the Corporate Debt Bubble Will Crush Stocks

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Corporate debt, after years of encouragement by the Fed via artificially low interest rates, has reached historic levels. Now even the Fed is worried about its handiwork. Many of these companies will default over the next …

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US Economic Sentiment Indicator should shift lower in early 2019 reflecting turbulent stock market

https://twitter.com/StockBoardAsset/status/1079383545561468929 5. North American institutional investor confidence in the toilet — ongoing "de-risking" by the largest investors… $SPX $SPY pic.twitter.com/LKQ0dGc94s — Callum Thomas (@Callum_Thomas) December 29, 2018 Volatile financial markets and softer economic data has led Goldman Sachs to trim …

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Regarding America’s “defense” spending, the 21 Trillion dollars in missing money and highly unusual adjustments covers *just* the years 1988 to 2015 (a 27-year period)

by WhereIsFiber Regarding our country’s “Defense” spending, the 21 Trillion dollars in missing money and highly unusual adjustments covers just the years 1998 to 2015 (a 17-year period). (The title above says 1988, but titles can’t be edited after submission.) Yes, there are differences …

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CONSERVATIVE PURGE CONTINUES

Christian Leader Franklin Graham Banned from Facebook Facebook eliminated at least 1.5 billion links to conservative articles since 2017. If you add additional websites like The Gateway Pundit, Infowars, Young Cons, Right Wing News, etc. the number tops 2 billion …

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Carmageddon for New Cars, But Used Cars are Hot

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The price of going upscale: New cars are too damn expensive, and Americans aren’t buying them anymore. Based on new-vehicle sales data this year through November, plus my own estimates for December, for the year 2018, …

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