What happens to Epstein’s money and homes now? Can feds seize everything?

MIAMI — Jeffrey Epstein’s apparent suicide is a significant obstacle for federal prosecutors, who spent months painstakingly building a case against the multimillionaire who was charged in July with in New York federal court with sex trafficking of minors. Now, the dozen or more new victims who came forward after Epstein’s July arrest will never … Read more

Attention Nancy: San Francisco saw 150 percent increase in fentanyl-related deaths last year

by DCG Nancy Pelosi’s pinned tweet (as of Saturday afternoon): “House Democrats have accomplished so much already. So far we have taken action to… Defend Americans’ access to affordable health care and prescription drugs.” As reported by Fox News: The number of deaths from fentanyl overdoses in San Francisco jumped by nearly 150 percent last year, according to a … Read more

Oregon governor signs “progressive” paid family leave act; includes benefits for illegal aliens

by DCG Oregon Governor Kate Brown More benefits for illegal aliens that Oregon tax-paying citizens will have to cough up. That’s what you get when you live in a sanctuary state. Excerpts from Oregon Live: “Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Friday signed what advocates are calling the nation’s most progressive paid family and medical leave measure, making the … Read more

Goldman Sachs lowered its fourth-quarter growth forecast by 20 basis points to 1.8%

Goldman Sachs lowered its fourth-quarter growth forecast by 20 basis points to 1.8%, citing a larger than-expected impact of recent trade war events. “The drivers of this modest change are that we now include an estimate of the sentiment and uncertainty effects and that financial markets have responded notably to recent trade news,” said Goldman … Read more

7 Unanswered Questions About Jeffrey Epstein’s Death That The Mainstream Media Needs To Be Talking About

by Michael Snyder Did Jeffrey Epstein commit suicide or was he murdered?  This is a question that is being debated by millions of Americans right now, and without a doubt this is the biggest story of this news cycle.  Unfortunately, the mainstream media is already dropping the ball.  Instead of going wherever the evidence leads … Read more

Fuel for the Next Mortgage Bust?

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Here we go again: Cash-out refi hype is back full-blast, and for the first time since early 2006, people are doing it in large numbers (11 minutes).  

10 Quotes From Big Names Across The Political Spectrum That Are Suspicious About The Cause Of Epstein’s Death

by Michael Snyder Was there a conspiracy to kill Jeffrey Epstein?  Over the past 24 hours, the mainstream media has been full of stories about the various “conspiracy theories” that have sprung up around Jeffrey Epstein’s death.  And of course the term “conspiracy theory” has essentially become a shorthand way for the mainstream media to … Read more

How To Avoid Being Called A Russian Agent Online

Authored by Caitlin Johnstone via Medium.com, The always reliable NBC News has published an important and informative article titled “Russia-linked Twitter accounts promoted ‘doxxing’ over racial tension videos”, which uses fearless investigative insinuations and cutting-edge vagueness to inform readers that viral videos of Americans being racist are essentially a Russian fabrication. The article’s four authors boldly document the … Read more

The Internal War in the Deep State Claims Its High Profile Casualty: Jeffrey Epstein

by Charles Hugh-Smith The “traditionalist” Neocons are going to have to decide to fish or cut bait. I’ve been writing about the fracturing Deep State for the past five years: Is the Deep State Fracturing into Disunity? (March 14, 2014) Is the Deep State at War–With Itself? (December 14, 2016) Epstein and the Explosive Crisis of the … Read more

Trump, LEAKED E.O. (DRAFT)-CENSOR INTERNET

via commondreams: Civil liberties groups are warning of a major threat to online freedoms and First Amendment rights if a leaked draft of a Trump administration edict—dubbed by critics as a “Censor the Internet” executive order that would give powerful federal agencies far-reaching powers to pick and choose which kind of Internet material is and is not acceptable—is … Read more

Report: Minimum Wage Hike Could Cost Wisconsin at Least 350,000 Jobs

Increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour could cost Wisconsin at least 350,000 jobs, according to a new report published by the conservative think tank, the Badger Institute. According to the analysis, “a high proportion of the state’s workers—fully 38 percent—earn less than $15 an hour. Our modeling suggests that almost one-third of this … Read more

Highway Robbery Legalized as Law Enforcement Officers Morph Into Pirates on Wheels

via mises: In 1984, as part of Ronald Reagan’s renewed war on drugs, the Drug Enforcement Administration launched Operation Pipeline. This program was inspired by the strategies employed by state troopers in New Mexico who, after pulling somebody over, asked specific questions designed to determine whether the driver might be a drug trafficker. Combined with the … Read more