Mike Lofgren, a congressional staff member for 28 years, joins Bill Moyers to talk about what he calls Washington’s “Deep State,” in which elected and unelected figures collude to protect and serve powerful vested interests.

Lofgren tells Moyers [26 min] Historical context to everything is important. Bill Moyers is a man most people consider credible in the mainstream. Worth investigating. Mike Lofgren, a congressional staff member for 28 years, joins Bill Moyers to talk about …

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The 5 pillars of debt default

Image by iStock/erhui1979 From Tom Luongo of Gold, Goats ‘N Guns: Regular readers of Gold Goats ‘n Guns know that I’ve been handicapping a major sovereign debt default to begin here in 2018 or early 2019.  But, what do I mean by that? …

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Treason? Get A Life!

by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Ivan Aivazovsky Among the waves 1898  Yeah, just keep ’em coming, right, so that when the last one falls flat on its face people will have already forgotten about it and instead focus on the new one. It’s …

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Lawmakers clash with tech over political bias

Lawmakers clashed Tuesday at a contentious hearing over claims that social media platforms and tech companies are biased against conservative viewpoints. Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee said the hearing addressed a serious issue. But Democrats said the hearing, coming …

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Fed Speaks = Another Top?

by SpontaneousDisorder Just thought I’d put this here as an update to a previous post I did. Jerome Powell has testified to congress and the market got excited again. The previous post I made was when the Fed had a meeting …

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Senators: Your Smart TV Might Be Spying On You

by stockboardasset It has been almost 70 years since George Orwell’s dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four was published, but now, some of his forward-looking warnings are starting to be realized in 2018. Take this stunning letter from Senators Edward Markey, D-Mass., and Richard Blumenthal, …

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