Mish Shedlock: “Europe Likely in Recession Now”

via mishtalk: German, French, and Italian industrial production collapsed in November. Italy GDP is negative for 3rd Quarter. Italy GDP Italy’s GDP was negative for the third quarter. Gross domestic product (GDP) in the euro zone’s third largest economy fell by 0.1 percent in July-September due to weaker domestic demand, statistics bureau ISTAT said, the first … Read more

TurboTax Free now REQUIRES you to upgrade to Deluxe for $39.99 in order to deduct student loan interest payments, but there are other free options!

by bolivious   I’ve used TurboTax Free for the past 7 years to file my taxes. This year, when I got to the student loan interest portion, I got this notification. TurboTax now requires you to upgrade to deluxe for $39.99 in order to take this incredibly common deduction. There doesn’t seem to be a work around … Read more

TSA Staffing Shortages Spread… Security Checkpoints Close at Dulles… Houston… Atlanta airport: More than 1 hour wait

TSA Staffing Shortages Spread…  The partial government shutdown rippled through the U.S. transportation system Monday as staffing issues closed a security checkpoint at Houston’s largest airport and the world’s biggest hub in Atlanta suffered unusually long lines. The issues at several airports stem largely from a shortage of Transportation Security Administration staff, who have been calling in … Read more

Laura Loomer and Illegal Aliens Seek Sanctuary at SpeakerPelosi’s CA Mansion…. UPDATE: Illegals Cited, Gavin Newsom Next

https://youtu.be/5Hm8-OQSG18 Controversial journalist Laura Loomer has brought an “illegal alien caravan” to Nancy Pelosi’s house to highlight the House Speaker’s hypocrisy after she called walls immoral. https://t.co/PieonwNDPe — Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) January 14, 2019 From the PJW article: Controversial journalist Laura Loomer has brought an “illegal alien caravan” to Nancy Pelosi’s house to highlight … Read more

PG&E CEO resigning while the company is forced to use cash as collateral for power contracts

by COMPUTER1313   https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-14/pg-e-ceo-is-said-to-leave-with-utility-at-brink-of-bankruptcy?srnd=premium The San Francisco-based company has begun a search for a new CEO following Williams’ departure, according to a statement issued Sunday. PG&E general counsel John Simon will take the helm in the meantime. Williams, 57, took over as CEO in March 2017 and is leaving after a catastrophic three months for PG&E. Her … Read more

On January 3rd 2019 the House Proposed HR 25, ‘‘Fair Tax Act of 2019’’- A Bill That Will Destroy the IRS and the Privately Operated Federal Reserve Forever

by T3Baron 116th Congress, 1st Session To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States. HR 25 the ‘‘Fair Tax Act of 2019’’ This bill was introduce and cosigned by; Reader, … Read more

A Message from your Totalitarian State: “Get NewsGuard for your browser today. NewsGuard’s trained journalists assess news websites for credibility and transparency.”

by salvia_d Keep in mind, from what I understand, that the people behind this project are trying to make this mandatory for all schools, libraries, universities as well as computer/mobile devices sold in the United States (and I’m assuming elsewhere). This is one of the major pillars of the end game.   via newsguardtech: How It Works … Read more

LONGEST U.S. GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN HISTORY! WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRqiAFYeFzI As of Mon. Jan. 14th, 2019, the U.S. Government has now officially reached its 24th day of shutdown and going into the 4th week — the longest in recorded U.S. history. Ever since the shutdown commenced as of the evening of Sat. Dec. 22nd, 2018, more reports suggest that the government shutdown could continue … Read more

That was fast: Gov. Newsom wants new tax on drinking water

by DCG Newsom not wasting any time in quickly creating new taxes for Californians. Elections have consequences. As reported by SF Gate: In order to help disadvantaged communities obtain safe and affordable drinking water, California Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing a new statewide water tax. In the newly-released 2019-20 budget, Newsom calls for the creation of a “safe … Read more

Gallup Poll: Conservatives outnumber liberals 35% to 26%

by Dr. Eowyn Why do conservatives feel so marginalized and besieged when we actually outnumber liberals? A new Gallup poll found that, in America, conservatives still outnumber liberals by at least 9 percentage points of 35% to 26%, but the trend is not in our favor, with the number of conservatives decreasing and the number of liberals increasing since … Read more

Escalation in France: Macrons government is now using helicopters to drop tear gas on YellowVest protesters.

by AnonDidNothingWrong I’ve never seen anything like this before in an EU member state. (#)Macron is using HELICOPTERS to fire tear gas cannisters against the #GiletsJaunes protesters? Will the #EuropeanCommission finally protest or are they to busy with trying to put sanctions on #Poland & #Hungary?   Video Proof: https://twitter.com/BasedPoland/status/1084502204608860163/video/1 I've never seen anything like this … Read more

A majority of millennials identify as socialists. Unfortunately, one-third of them don’t know what socialism is.

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com via Foxnews: The majority of American Millennials identify as socialist, according to surveys by both Reason-Rupe and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. That’s the bad news. The good news is that just 32 percent of Millennials can define socialism. The frequently-wrong but never-in-doubt freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., may … Read more

Shutdown creates delays at Immigration Court: Democrats now holding up legal immigration…

via news5cleveland: CLEVELAND — Since the shutdown started at the end of December, immigration court hearings that could be the difference between someone getting permission to stay in the United States, or get deported, have had to be rescheduled. “People who have been waiting for years are now hitting these setbacks that will push them back … Read more

Macro Clouds

via northmantrader: Lots of “bottom is in” calls these days after the 10%+ rally off of the December lows. I remain on the open minded train train awaiting for more evidence on the technical and macro front to come in. In my 2019 Market Outlook I made mention of industrial production as one of the key data points … Read more