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Waters plans fresh scrutiny of nation’s big banks Big banks are bracing for their CEOs to be called to testify soon at what could be an intense House hearing led by new Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters, sources familiar with the matter said. The details of the hearing, anticipated to happen by this spring, have … Read more
by FS Jim Puplava recently spoke with financial analyst and commentator A. Gary Shilling on FS Insider. Shilling has a long history with Wall Street—he was fired from Merrill-Lynch for accurately calling the 1969-1970 recession, noting how important it is to be aware of the bias of many Wall Street forecasters, he said “they’re basically paid to … Read more
Power prices up 4X as Texas experiences extreme cold and record power demand, at the same time Quebec government asking people to turn down the heat as power demand exceeds supply as -50F temperatures make it the coldest January in over 100 years. Ottawa and Quebec break 100 year cold and temperature records.
Emily Zanotti for the Daily Wire reports, A series of documents obtained by Judicial Watch show precisely how much money Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has spent on previous jaunts abroad, similar to the one she was prevented from going on by a White House order last week — and it isn’t pretty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkDDz5XdRG4 Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: … Read more
Paul Bois for the Daily Wire reports, Due to the “fake news media” treating White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders “rudely,” President Trump has directed his media spokeswoman to “not bother” with any more press briefings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLUMUp4yaYU Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.dailywire.com/news/42511/…
Countless people are on the brink of bankruptcy. Most don’t even realize it. Bills are getting paid. Credit cards still have some balance remaining. Everything is just fine, right? Not quite, it seems. One small change and their world is thrown upside down. Do you think that many people are too complacent? We’re told that … Read more
MEXICO CITY – The United States will return the first group of migrants seeking U.S. asylum to the Mexican border city of Tijuana on Friday, a Mexican government spokesman said on Thursday. In a major policy change, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration said on Dec. 20 it would send non-Mexican migrants who cross the U.S. … Read more
NY Governor Cuomo signed a law that legalized abortion until the day of birth. Liberals celebrated, but many swear to fight this new abortion right up to the Supreme Court. It looks like President Trump is eyeing an emergency Executive Order to build the Wall on the U.S. southern border and reopen the government. Some … Read more
Aesthetic vandals are destroying beauty standards. A blue rectangular painting with a white line down the middle …. 43 million! h/t Voluntaryist
via americanmilitarynews: Maryland voters will now be able to select candidates on their ballots who affiliate with a newly approved Socialist party for the first time in decades. The state board of elections recently certified “The Bread and Roses Party,” a self-declared socialist group, which permits the new party to participate in local, state and national … Read more
BIG TECH MERGING WITH BIG BROTHER? A FRIEND OF mine, who runs a large television production company in the car-mad city of Los Angeles, recently noticed that his intern, an aspiring filmmaker from the People’s Republic of China, was walking to work. WHEN HE OFFERED to arrange a swifter mode of transportation, she declined. When he asked … Read more
“Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand presently. We are different from the oligarchies of the … Read more
The United States sent two warships through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday in the first such operation this year, the Taiwanese government said, as it increases the frequency of transits through the strategic waterway amid tensions with China. The voyage risks further heightening tensions with China, which considers Taiwan its own and has not ruled … Read more
….arrested at his home Charged with Obstruction, 5 False Statements and Witness Tampering Roger Stone, a longtime political advisor to President Trump, has been arrested in Florida. Stone faces seven counts, including witness tampering, obstruction of justice and making false statements to Congress. The indictment alleges that Stone had been in contact with top-ranking … Read more
by TFittonJW Great Judicial Watch interview with WMAL yesterday am: I also appeared on Seb Gorka’s new program this week:
Most major stock market moves catch the majority of investors by surprise. Sometimes, there is “no time to get out.” Take a look at these two charts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8A9w0B3xkw
by Grover President – The president responsible for approving the budget. Fiscal Years – The budget years that the president approved. Years – Total number of budget years approved Debt Inc. – The debt increase (in $billions) during the FYs of the president’s term in office Total Debt – Total debt (in $billions) after president’s term in … Read more
by SP Boiled down to the most fundamental level, the main predicament society faces with the Economy part of the Three Es is this: Too Much Debt So, just how bad it is it? Here’s just America’s federal debt. It’s been exploding under each successive administration (both Dem and Rep) since Reagan, and Trump is on track … Read more
By Catherine Austin Fitts My efforts to achieve honest accounts for the federal government started in 1989 when I was Assistant Secretary of Housing – Federal Housing Commissioner. The mortgage insurance operation had experienced explosive losses and a breakdown of financial controls during the S&L crisis and Iran Contra scandals. The patterns of fraud were … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTl-ZRe7Ms4 The massive amount of aliens who unlawfully enter the United States each day is a direct threat to the safety and security of our nation and constitutes a national emergency,” a draft of a proclamation reads. “Now, therefore, I, Donald J. Trump, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws … Read more