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A federal judge in D.C. has rejected an effort by House Democrats to block President Trump’s use of emergency powers to reprogram military funds for his border wall. “This is a case about whether one chamber of Congress has the “constitutional means” to conscript the Judiciary in a political turf war with the President over … Read more
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Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk, Add India to the list of countries the US is in a trade war with. For now, Australia barely avoided Trump’s wrath. “I have determined that India has not assured the United States that India will provide equitable and reasonable access to its markets,” Mr. Trump said on Friday. … Read more
George Orwell’s fictionalized world where Big Brother reigns supreme is no longer a figment of the imagination, but a prophetic vision of present-day threats. Brent Bozell, founder of the Media Research Center, explains how and why Big Tech is making Orwell’s 1984 a 21st century reality.
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by rnelsonee So the IRS has released a draft of the W-4 for 2020 (PDF), which indicates withholding is undergoing a fundamental shift. Most notably, the concept of allowances is removed, no doubt due to the fact that personal exemptions no longer exist (the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act which became applicable for 2018 onward got rid … Read more
by cmartenson Bill was 48 when his wife stunned him with a request for divorce. Right up until that moment, he’d thought everything was fine. He’d been pouring all his energy into his work to provide a very comfortable life for his wife and 2 children. But she was unhappy and fell out of love … Read more
via forbes: Government Pension Liabilities May Total $5.2 Trillion Nationwide TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION, PENSION TRACKER Pension Tracker, a project of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research led by former California State Assemblyman Joe Nation, Ph.D., is out with its updated assessment of the nation’s unfunded state and local government pension fund liabilities. It’s … Read more
via @mitchnolen: The worst performers include J. Jill, down 73% in just one month, and Francesca’s, down 92% from a year ago. $jill $fran $gps $lb
Global recession fears mount as manufacturing PMIs around the world confirm contraction: South KoreaJapanTaiwanMalaysiaRussiaPolandTurkeyCzech RepublicItalyGermanyUK All below 50.0 China, Spain stagnating and on the cusp of contracting — Jamie McGeever (@ReutersJamie) June 3, 2019 Two Likely End-Of-Cycle Signals. Copper and the Bund yield. None point to the "robust growth" and "recovery" so many international bodies … Read more
via observer: Every other year, local governments desiring some of the roughly $2.7 billion that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) spends annually on homeless services must complete a task: Tell HUD how many homeless people there are to service. The method used is inexact at best. To count the unhoused and unsheltered population—the shelters are usually … Read more
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“May saw US manufacturers endure the toughest month in nearly ten years, with the headline PMI down to its lowest since the height of the global financial crisis. New orders are falling at a rate not seen since 2009, causing increasing numbers of firms to cut production and employment https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-03/us-manufacturing-hope-crashes-record-low In our view, the peak in … Read more
by Josh Sigurdson and John Sneisen of World Alternative Media Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the absurdity of share buybacks overall as the stock market is artificially inflated and prolonged. It is a common practice to see companies buy back their own shares and prop themselves up to falsely make their company look good. … Read more
by Dr. Eowyn Evangelist Franklin Graham warns that if President Trump is impeached and “brought down for whatever reason, it could lead to a civil war.” Rolling Thunder is an advocacy group that seeks to bring full accountability for prisoners of war (POWs) and missing in action (MIA) service members of all U.S. wars. The group’s first demonstration … Read more
Hospital shortages a death sentence for Venezuelan children. Gilberto Altuve places his son Erick’s toys on a white cloth alongside cards from friends and the mask he used while waiting for a desperately needed bone marrow transplant that never came. He died aged 11 on May 26 while waiting in a Venezuelan hospital, after being … Read more
By Tsvetana Paraskova As the U.S.-China trade war continues to escalate, Beijing and its energy giants appear to be bracing for a worst-case scenario where the spat would drag on for years and possibly result in Chinese foreign oil supply stifled. The idea that the world’s top oil importer could see some of its overseas crude supply … Read more
by Martin Armstrong New findings are out from the New York Federal Reserve that reveal a troubling outlook for millennials who have now reached over US$1 trillion of debt, but the worst of it is student loans. This is a sharp rise of 22% over the past five years and is worse than any other generation in … Read more
