To Hell With The Naysayers— Josh Hawley Is Right About Big Tech

via amgreatness: David French and his fellow peacetime conservatives are at it again, wringing their hands and gnashing their teeth as U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) takes a run at curtailing the immense power of Big Tech. As French channels Neville Chamberlain, the fact is that unless the tech companies are forcefully confronted, now, in the immediate, our self-governing republic … Read more

Apple again led the S&P 500 in stock buybacks, spending $23.8 billion in Q1 — more than twice as much as the No. 2 company.

via axios: Data: S&P Global; Chart: Harry Stevens/Axios Apple again led S&P 500 companies in buybacks, spending a new record $23.8 billion in Q1, more than doubling its spend from the previous quarter, data from S&P Global shows. Context: Apple has long been a buyback behemoth. The company holds 8 of the 10 all-time records for quarterly … Read more

ALERT: Nancy Pelosi BUTCHERS Speech At Fundraising Dinner And Even Forgets WHERE SHE IS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f6tiJjbC4U Caitlin Burchill from NBC Connecticut reports, U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi urged Democrats to defend democracy at the Connecticut party’s annual fundraising dinner in Hartford Friday night. Local democratic leaders were thrilled to welcome her, touting her tough stance against President Trump and Republican policies. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/l…

Judge Jeanine Just Took Biden Behind The Woodshed, He’ll NEVER Walk The Same Again!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ0KLQMsLQw Chris Donaldson from I Love My Freedom reports, In the latest installment of “Justice With Judge Jeanine” the popular Fox host delivered a verdict of ridicule on Biden while delighting in the spectacle of the Democrats already tearing each other to pieces in what she called an “all-out bare-knuckled, beat down clown show” during … Read more

Old And Busted: The Personal Is Political.

The New Hotness: The Pass Slipped Stitch Over is Political: As veteran Twitter user “Neontaster” writes, “’Knitting has always been political,’ said the editor of a knitting magazine.’ Is my favorite sentence ever written.” It’s quite a purl of wisdom that gathers no moss stitch. But how does it stack up to the politics of dancing? h/t … Read more

Why Interest Rates Don’t Need To Rise Much To Cause Recessions Now

Authored by Jesse Colombo via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, As the probability of a U.S. recession in the next year grows rapidly (it may be as high as 64%), many bullish economists and financial commentators are unsurprisingly downplaying this risk. One of their main arguments is that interest rates have not been hiked aggressively enough to tip the economy over … Read more

Consumer Confidence Falls Sharply, Home Sales Slow

Consumer confidence drops to lowest level since September 2017 Consumer confidence is on the decline. The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index tumbled to 121.5 in June, dropping from a downwardly revised reading of 131.3 in May and snapping three consecutive months of improvements. June’s results missed consensus expectations for a reading of 131.0, according to Bloomberg-compiled data, … Read more

The Bank of Japan begins to face its failures

by Shaun Richards The last couple of weeks have seen two of the world’s main central banks strongly hint that the path for interest-rates is now lower, or perhaps I should say even lower. So as we open this week my thoughts turn eastwards to what the Shangri-Las would call the leader of the pack … Read more

What Tech Unicorn IPOs Tell Us About Our Humanity

By Harry Dent 2019 has turned into the Year of Tech IPOs. Lyft. Pinterest. Zoom. Uber. Fiverr. Slack. And we’re only half way through the year. Airbnb, Palantir, Robinhood, and several others have plans to go public before year’s end. Some of these fresh listings have been bad (ahem… Uber). Others have shot to the … Read more

Ruh roh: 2020 presidential candidate Buttigieg facing criticism over police shooting

by DCG From the video description: “South Bend mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg faced his constituents at a tense town hall Sunday afternoon following the fatal shooting one week ago of Eric Logan, an African American man, by South Bend Police Sgt. Ryan O’Neill, a white police officer.” Buckle up Buttigieg…there’s too … Read more

ALERT: Your Blood Will BOIL When You Learn Bernie’s HORRIFIC Secret of His “Medicare For All Plan”

I Love My Freedom reports, As if “Medicare For All” wasn’t a bad enough idea on its own, 2020 Democrat hopeful Bernie Sanders decided to double down. He made it much worse. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says that his healthcare plan will give free government healthcare to millions of illegal aliens at the expense … Read more