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by LostHoldenCaulfield Yesterday, I read a lot of game-changing pieces of news. All in one day. Unbelievable. Some of them are: https://twitter.com/markets/status/1615258675987320832 https://www.arabianbusiness.com/politics-economics/saudi-arabia-open-to-non-dollar-trade https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/dollar-dominance-russia-iran-gold-backed-stablecoin-crypto-2023-1 and more But most importantly https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1615450667362967583 And the recent BoJ’s decision to defend the bond’s cap https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/japans-yield-control-faces-biggest-test-date-boj-debates-policy-2023-01-17/ Do you get it? They have decided to sacrifice Yen and cause hyperinflation in … Read more

Having a Howard Dean moment here… Al is coming unhinged and I’m here for it 😂😂😂 He is such a joke! https://t.co/tvYKVbYQQh — KailuaMama (@KailuaMama171) January 19, 2023 https://twitter.com/Jayinem1981/status/1615962513731903488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw h/t Waffles

The White House and Justice Department (DOJ) reportedly agreed to hide President Joe Biden’s classified document scandal from the American people until it leaked to the press, despite their repeated claims of transparency. Not only did the White House and DOJ try to obscure the scandal from public view, but they also refused to divulge … Read more

Chairman and chief executive of JP Morgan Chase Jamie Dimon shared his thoughts about crypto and bitcoin on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Thursday morning In an interview on Thursday morning on CNBC, billionaire Jamie Dimon, Chairman and chief executive of JP Morgan Chase, shared his thoughts regarding crypto and bitcoin . “Bitcoin itself is a … Read more

When Biden announced that he was running for the White House, he topped it off with a fundraiser hosted by Comcast Executive Vice President David L. Cohen. Cohen, the ‘shadow lobbyist’ for the parent company of MSNBC, was a longtime power player in both the corporate world and among Philly Democrats, and he had a … Read more

Air defense systems were lifted onto buildings all over Moscow today. https://t.co/gvnilpqRnX — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) January 19, 2023

CNN closing doors on its downtown Atlanta CNN building.. Wouldn't it be better if CNN just closed? — Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) January 19, 2023 https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/cnn-closing-doors-on-its-downtown-atlanta-cnn-center/ar-AA16oY7M

Courtesy Citizen Free Press…. 🚨🚨🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Trump announces new plan to destroy CCP influence in America, totally ban their buying up of farmland, tech, US natural resources, critical infrastructure pic.twitter.com/TQ1Lq5bajZ — Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) January 18, 2023

1. Slashed Government Services If the U.S. goes into default, or runs up against the deadline, the government will have difficult decisions to make. The law will require the U.S. to continue payments for entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicaid, while at the same time denying the government the ability to borrow in … Read more

Typo: Meant to say AWAY from US dollars. — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) January 19, 2023

by Chris Black This “big oil” stuff is a meme from 20 years ago that I guess they’re bringing back. What they are demanding is ultra-high gas prices, with taxes supposedly being used to pay to build windmills or some crap. People don’t know this, but in most of the world, Marlboro cigarettes are under … Read more

by Chris Black This is totally insane. Look, no one likes Alec Baldwin. That goes without saying. But it’s not his responsibility to check the fidelity of the blanks in his guns on a movie set. That was the job of a professional, which in this particular case was a fat millennial girl. https://twitter.com/RPKReport/status/1616163474970939392 What … Read more

AMAZON Lays off 18,000 employees Across, United States, Canada & Costa Rica… Soft landing is off the table. Recession incoming 😢 pic.twitter.com/fCs8BXqdHd — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) January 19, 2023 FED'S WILLIAMS: THE FED MUST MAINTAIN ITS CURRENT POLICY UNTIL INFLATION RETURNS TO 2%. — FinancialJuice (@financialjuice) January 19, 2023 #copper just keeps on climbing. … Read more

Oh just another Simpsons prediction 😬 #bankofamerica pic.twitter.com/cDfpvOl9BU — Merica✝️🇺🇸 (@dfort65) January 19, 2023

  Merrick Garland kept FBI out of Biden document search. And yes, it was a decision. They considered it, but somehow decided that sending actual law enforcement agents to oversee the search would “compromise” the investigation. . . . “We are protecting the integrity of the case by allowing the investigated to run it” is … Read more

via WSJ: A rapidly aging population, slowing growth in productivity, high debt levels and rising social inequality will weigh on the country’s economic ascent for decades to come, economists said. On Tuesday, the same day that China posted 3% growth, the second-worst growth rate since 1976, it also said that for the first time since … Read more

by Chris Black When you’re for sale to the highest bidder, sooner or later you’re going to wind up on everyone’s payroll. I’d be surprised if twenty or thirty different countries didn’t have the Bidens working for them at one point or another. Frankly, judging by the ethnic makeup of Biden’s cabinet, I’m guessing that … Read more