US 30Y Fixed Mortgage Rates Tick Up To 2.79% As 10Y Treasury Yields Rise (Treasury Vol Remains Low As Yield Curve Steepens)

by confoundedinterest17 Freddie Mac’s 30-year mortgage survey rate ticked-up to 2.79% in the latest reading. The US Treasury 10-year yield has been rising since August. Treasury volatility remains low. The US Treasury yield curve is steepening to around 100. Here we go loop de loop. As interest rates rise.    

Twitter Purges Over 70,000 Accounts

by Martin Armstrong Twitter shut down more than 70,000 accounts. There are a lot of conspiracy theories from child pedophilia as initiation rituals on the extreme to “this is not a drill” claiming Trump signed the insurrection Act and will even arrest the VP Mike Pence. I have been against such nonsense, for I do … Read more

AOC calls to end the free press

after the big tech censorship of the last week we should take her threats seriously@AOC and other progressives have a new goal: Silence the pressvia @nypost https://t.co/fO8mVuFFZL — Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) January 14, 2021 AC

BOMBSHELL! An Investigation Requested into “Visitors” at the Capitol Building on JANUARY 5th!

This is a potential “bombshell”! Who were these “visitors” on January 5th? Note, that Rep Sherrill is NOT on Trump’s side and voted FOR impeachment yesterday. So this is NOT one of Trump’s “supporters” claiming unusual activity at the Capitol Building one day before the protest. Snippets from the letter… Rep. Sherrill says “these visitors … Read more

DC police reject FOIA request on investigation pertaining to ‘siege’ due to ‘personal embarrassment’

Solomon says @FBI, @NYPD, and @USCP had prior knowledge of plans for violence at U.S. Capitol, including intel threatening murder of police officers. If this was a planned attack, you can’t accuse the President of inciting a spontaneous attack. This was planned days before. pic.twitter.com/5yy3FNdI5Z — Eric Greitens (@EricGreitens) January 14, 2021 https://twitter.com/EricGreitens/status/1349526550694211586 For continuing … Read more

Rebellion begins: State of Florida considers divesting from Big Tech

Florida will consider divesting from technology companies that have banned or suspended President Donald Trump’s social-media accounts when Gov. Ron DeSantis next meets with his Cabinet. Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis said Tuesday he will raise the issue with DeSantis, Attorney General Ashley Moody and Agricultural Commissioner Nikki Fried when they meet Jan. 27. … Read more

PROOF The 2018 Executive Order was used.

by TomNookThePettyCrook https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1232 It says “January 11, 2021 WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took additional action against seven individuals and four entities that are part of a Russia-linked foreign influence network associated with Andrii Derkach. Russian agent Derkach was designated on September 10, 2020, pursuant … Read more

So much for cooler heads prevailing: Is anyone really interested in deescalation?

On Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi released a statement to House Democrats declaring that she spoken to Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley to discuss President Trump’s possession and authority of the nuclear codes. ‘The situation of this unhinged president could not be more dangerous,’ she said. ‘We must do everything that we can … Read more

Russia Now Holds More Gold Than U.S. Dollars For The First Time On Record!

From BloombergQuint (bold added for emphasis and commentary): A multi-year drive to reduce exposure to U.S. assets has pushed the share of gold in Russia’s $583 billion international reserves above dollars for the first time on record. Gold made up 23% of the central bank’s stockpile as of the end of June 2020, the latest date for which data on the breakdown … Read more

Well, now that we’ve established that platforms are responsible for everything their users say, shut them down like Parler:

Facebook’s Sandberg deflected blame for Capitol riot, but new evidence shows how platform played role: Fliers and hashtags promoting the pro-Trump rally circulated on Facebook and Instagram in the days and weeks beforehand. Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg has sought to deflect blame, noting the role of smaller, right-leaning services such as Parler and … Read more

CNN – Investigators believe riot at Capitol was planned and was not inspired by President Trump

Why would CNN admit this now? https://t.co/N450K7cPTm — News Snapper (@newssnapper) January 14, 2021 (CNN)Evidence uncovered so far, including weapons and tactics seen on surveillance video, suggests a level of planning that has led investigators to believe the attack on the US Capitol was not just a protest that spiraled out of control, a federal … Read more