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The Democratic Socialists of America are preparing to launch a full campaign supporting Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary, DSA memos show. The DSA may not support the Democratic nominee if someone other than Sanders wins the primary. One memo cited “developing propaganda” as a “primary task of the national DSA Bernie campaign.” Another memo … Read more
via Mish Talk: Are tax refunds higher or lower than last year? Apparently both, depending on whom you believe. The Trump tax cuts front loaded the impact by giving people more money weekly. The net benefit was positive for most people, on average, but because the IRS chose to pay the benefit out of every paycheck, … Read more
from Financial Survival Network We were pleased to have Dr. Wilfred Reilly on the show, an African-American professor of political science at Kentucky State University and has done extensive research on how the left is selling a fake race war. We discussed the breaking news that the Jussie Smollet case is yet another hoax the left–along with their … Read more
OMG -> 1Q2019 NYFED GDPNOW COLLAPSE TO .88% pic.twitter.com/OSGM0REqgF — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) March 1, 2019 🇺🇸Slowdown in personal consumption expenditure is here to stay according to my model. pic.twitter.com/Qah3862Mqr — Mikael Sarwe (@MikaelSarwe) March 1, 2019 This chart from @FactSet is worrisome. pic.twitter.com/EO6Uc1yxUI — Invictus (@TBPInvictus) March 2, 2019 wow – this all came out … Read more
from Financial Survival Network As noted computer security expert Rob Ragusa says, it’s no secret that there’s a global epidemic of data theft and hacker infiltration. While larger companies have made some progress in protecting their data, the breeches continue. Your information is out there floating around on the dark web. Nonetheless, you still need to do everything … Read more
Chirlane McCray was assigned a $850million budget for her ThriveNYC program •But records show scheme has failed to keep track of what it spent the money on •The small amount of data that was collected shows it fell far short of targets •Despite that, organizers have expanded the budget to $1billion over five years Bill … Read more
Arcadia Economics, Released on 2/28/19 Over the past year there have been a series of events that have left many potential #Tesla ($TSLA) investors feeling uncertain. And now with the #SEC asking the Manhattan Federal Court to hold CEO Elon #Musk in contempt, while January sales are down, some analysts are growing increasingly bearish on … Read more
via LISA EGAN: We often hear that we should walk 10,000 steps a day for good health and for weight loss. But where did that recommendation originate? You may be surprised to learn how that guideline became so popular. It wasn’t based on research – it was created as a promotion by a pedometer company in … Read more
by Jesse Colombo As seen on Forbes by RealInvestmentAdvice.com’s Jesse Colombo: “America’s Wealth Inequality Is At Roaring Twenties Levels.” With the 2020 presidential race kicking off and the election of a new crop of radical politicians, U.S. economic inequality and how to address it is one of the most important topics of the day once … Read more
Authord by Elias Marat via The Mind Unleashed, As the remaining pockets of ISIS fighters faced imminent defeat in northeast Syria, the United States allegedly gave them an offer they couldn’t refuse: give us your massive caches of gold – or die. According to reports by Syrian state news agency SANA, U.S. forces struck a deal with ISIS … Read more
by Martin Armstrong There are some sensible Democrats who seem too afraid of coming out to criticize AOC. The real question becomes, will she take the Democrats down in flames? We will have to start running the models for 2020. The assumption here is that this is all human-induced. No one has ever heard of nature … Read more
by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Leonardo da Vinci Ginevra de’ Benci 1474-78 Perhaps against better judgment, I just can’t keep silent about the Michael Cohen’s in da House show performed on February 27. I was watching it and increasingly fearing for the future of America. We had all been able to read his prepared statement before he opened … Read more
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1100877403730202624 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1100948374956765190 Equity investors still on the sidelines of this rally, Barclays: pic.twitter.com/KGXwDeTaWH — Tracy Alloway (@tracyalloway) March 1, 2019
by Chris There was nothign but horrible economic news yesterday, last night and today with the sole “exception”, possibly, of China’s PMI coming is under 50.0 but not as much under 50 as projected. Leaving aside the fact that China’s statistics are even more reliably slanted to the upside than anyone else’s, the PMI … Read more
via theverge: Comcast left customers of its Xfinity Mobile phone service vulnerable to hacks and identify theft by setting the default PIN codes of its accounts to “0000,” making it easy for malicious third parties to steal customers’ identities. The vulnerability was pointed out by one user who wrote in to The Washington Post to describe … Read more
via nypost: “Though we said at the beginning of the Town Hall that the audience was made up of Democrats and Independents, we should have more fully identified any political affiliations,” the cable news network said in a statement. The outlet has come under fire for presenting the questioners on Monday’s episode as everyday voters, without … Read more
TradersChoice.net, Released on 3/1/19 Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several books pertaining to finance, global economics, and equity trading; His most recent book is titled Ultimate … Read more
via quillette: Earlier this year, lawyers acting on my behalf filed a legal complaint against Twitter in California. The social media behemoth has been suspending accounts, not because users break Twitter rules, but because they break rank. Despite repeated claims that the platform exists as a space for free speech, and the company’s professed public commitment … Read more
This green new deal is just insane! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9il16M0sOU
After more than two dozen moderate Democrats broke from their party’s progressive wing and sided with Republicans on a legislative amendment Wednesday, Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) reportedly sounded the alarm in a closed-door meeting Thursday and said those Democrats were “putting themselves on a list.” Ocasio-Cortez reportedly said she would help progressive activists unseat those moderates in … Read more