IRS Struggles to Hire Customer Service Reps as People Choose Unemployment Over Working for IRS

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With tax season well underway, the IRS‘ phone lines are already swamped. Frustrated taxpayers are calling with questions about last year’s tax returns, tax refund, stimulus checks and tax credits, among other issues, but are having trouble getting through: National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins, the agency’s in-house watchdog, estimated recently that only about one out of 11 calls … Read more

Texas Nearly Went Dark Because Officials Misjudged Weather (we are talking this week..like just a couple of days ago)

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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/texas-nearly-went-dark-again-153640257.html (Bloomberg) — Texas came uncomfortably close to another round of rolling blackouts Tuesday night because grid operators misjudged the weather. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages most of the state’s grid, had counted on a mild cold front sweeping the state, lowering demand for power. It didn’t happen. As a result, demand … Read more

U.S. Now Spending Tens of Millions Per Week on Unaccompanied Minors

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President Joe Biden’s administration is spending roughly $60 million a week to shelter illegal immigrant children who cross into the country from Mexico. Known as unaccompanied children, caring for the minors has driven the price tag for immigration-related expenses up sharply as U.S. officials grapple with the surge that some experts and Republicans say stems … Read more

Is China Trying to Start a Crisis or a War With Taiwan?

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Beijing has been increasingly rattling sabers–and perhaps trying to provoke a crisis. Earlier this week, China sent twenty-five warplanes into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), the largest incursion of its airspace to date. There has been no comment from Beijing, which has increased aerial sorties near the ADIZ in the past months. Since last … Read more

Tom Hanks’ son being sued for $1 million by his ex-girlfriend following alleged assault

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During a news conference, the attorneys representing Kiana Parker, the ex-girlfriend of Chet Hanks, announced a new civil lawsuit filed against the son of famous actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. Court documents accuse the younger Hanks of repeatedly physically and verbally abusing Parker during their 2-year relationship, which started in March of 2019. “Chet … Read more

New SEC filing from IEX seeking to overhaul and improve fairness in executing trades for retail investors.

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by Scalpel_Jockey9965 Unpublished and scheduled to drop tomorrow. This will close several loopholes that market makers and HF have over retail investors for all trades routed to IEX. https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-07676.pdf The purpose of the proposed rule change is to enhance the Exchange’s Retail Price Improvement Program for the benefit of retail investors. Specifically, the Exchange proposes to make … Read more

What’s more interesting than Cathie Wood buying $COIN – which fairly predictable- was what she used to fund the buys – her largest sale yesterday was a ~$750 stock that she has a $4,000 price target. That’s right Ark sold a lot of $TSLA. Hmmm.

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https://twitter.com/followtheh/status/1382661799867211778 ARK bought the crap out of $COIN today. Put it in 3 ETFs: $ARKK $ARKF and $ARKW. pic.twitter.com/9wtOmdC1bw — Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) April 15, 2021

Multiple Warning Signs Of Unhealthy Market

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by UPFINA The stock market is not healthy, nor is this action normal. Lately, we have seen cyclical stocks in the ‘real economy’ and growth tech stocks take turns going up. Instead of one group winning the arm wrestling battle, both have won. Taking a wider approach, the US market is defying gravity compared to the … Read more

FED really can’t force full of water horse to drink more…

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FED really can’t force full of water horse to drink more… — GregTheAnalyst (@Analyst_G) April 14, 2021   "There’s been no shortage of credit provided overall by U.S. banks in the last year. It’s just that most of it went to Wall Street rather than Main Street." https://t.co/xXfXdUNuS4 pic.twitter.com/zi0T6avQGd — Nomi Prins (@nomiprins) April 14, … Read more

Another World Leader Comes Forward To Blame Biden…

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Guatemala’s president joined Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and blamed Joe Biden for the border crisis during a sit-down interview with MSNBC. “I believe that in the first few weeks of the Biden administration, messages were confusing. They were compassionate messages that were understood by people in our country, especially the coyotes, to tell … Read more

CNN employee gets clocked in the head… Crew runs away in fear

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Protesters throw a water bottle at a CNN crew member and hit him square on the head. They mock him when he falls down. pic.twitter.com/cBfRN9DJOj — Nic Rowan (@NicXTempore) April 15, 2021 Miguel Marquez (the CNN reporter on the scene) responds after protesters ejected him from Brooklyn Center. https://t.co/5WdPreYz7X — Nic Rowan (@NicXTempore) April 15, … Read more

Geraldo loses it on live TV – calls Dan Bongino a son of a b**ch

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“YOU SON OF A BITCH!” GERALDO just had a total MELTDOWN with Dan Bongino! 😮🤣🔥 @dbongino @GeraldoRivera pic.twitter.com/1valmZsBOe — McCarthyism2.0 (@mccarthyism2024) April 15, 2021 Sen. @JohnKennedyLA: "I hope nobody got stabbed in that last segment." pic.twitter.com/INGLTtlZUb — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 15, 2021     AC

BINANCE SAYS HAS TEMPORARILY POSTPONED THE LISTING OF COINBASE STOCK (COIN) TOKEN DUE TO MARKET VOLATILITY

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BINANCE SAYS HAS TEMPORARILY POSTPONED THE LISTING OF COINBASE STOCK (COIN) TOKEN DUE TO MARKET VOLATILITY — FXHedge (@Fxhedgers) April 14, 2021 Coinbase insiders cashing out for … fiat. Irony is dead. — C. Maoxian (@maoxian) April 14, 2021 📈 The Daily RIP: $COIN Ripped Then Dipped on Day 1 https://t.co/5wiWXAvH1p pic.twitter.com/eKNpOQkKkt — Stocktwits (@Stocktwits) … Read more

The Middle Class Has Finally Been Suckered into the Casino

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by Charles Hugh-Smith The Fed’s casino isn’t just rigged; it’s criminally unstable. The decay of America’s middle class has been well documented and many commentators have explored the causal factors. The bottom line is that this decay isn’t random; the income of the middle class isn’t going to suddenly increase at 15 times the growth rate … Read more