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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-dep…er-report/ Justice Department threatens executive privilege over entire Mueller report The Justice Department warned it will ask the president to invoke executive privilege over the entire Mueller report if the committee does not cancel a planned vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt Wednesday morning, according to a letter from Assistant … Read more
From Brandon Smith Global stock markets and some treasury markets have become a rather spectacular farce over the past ten years, so much so that there are many people in the investment world that actually believe the long running bull market rally will “never end”. My view of stock markets has always been the same – … Read more
by Jim Rickards via Daily Reckoning The Trade War Is Back President Trump shocked markets yesterday when he announced that a new, heavy round of tariffs on Chinese goods will take effect this Friday. Complacent markets had assumed that a trade deal would get done, that it was just a matter of sorting out the details. Now that … Read more
Everything the democrats do is about getting trump. They never do their job. h/t supporter
by John Ward I don’t want Theresa May to disappear into well-deserved obscurity to save the Conservative Party. I want her dismissal to be a very important first step: the first step we take in abandoning denial of Alt State takeover, and starting the process of getting our free-speech Democracy back. That culture is under threat … Read more
Skip to 55 seconds to see the report. This report is well done. h/t supporter
by Tom Luongo It’s getting tiresome watching Donald Trump’s bipolar presidency. It seems he can’t let a day go by without making some massive announcement to raise tariffs, threaten sanctions or overthrow a government. Every 24 hours is another exercise in chasing the Trump Reality Show around. Every lull in the perpetual news cycle has to … Read more
Vote count was held at 1:58 pm. 24 to 16 in favor of holding AG Barr in contempt of Congress. Barr CANNOT – I repeat CANNOT release their illegally requested redacted Grand Jury material in the Mueller Report. If they want it they have to go to court and get a Judge to rule in their … Read more
via mybudget360: Most Americans are familiar with Alice in Wonderland. The Red Queen’s race in the story highlights Alice running but remaining in the same spot. Many Americans can relate. They are working harder yet somehow feel stuck. Putting more and more energy just to stay in the same spot economically. And many are unable to … Read more
by Danielle Park A decade of ultra-low yields and financial gimmicks have turned a generation of savers unwittingly into gamblers and fueled a marketing bonanza of ‘high yield’ funds, products and strategies sold to gullible masses hoping for more than the safest assets were offering. As in the last two cycles, this speculative frenzy was always … Read more
DoubleLine CEO Jeffrey Gundlach is flagging risks in the rising U.S. deficit. “People are starting to realize that the deficit and debt are totally out of control,” Gundlach says on CNBC’s “Halftime Report” Tuesday. Gundlach also flagged trouble in the corporate bond market, which “is so much worse today than it was in 2006.” U.S. … Read more
by Alexander Trigaux, Editor, GoldSilver.com Gold has provided investors with a superior return to stocks, bonds, and residential real estate over the past 20 years. We’d like to tip our hat to Wall St. megabank JP Morgan for assembling this data and pointing out that investors would have done well by largely ignoring their advice for … Read more
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by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics The National Association of Realtors (NAR – existing home sales reports) and the Census Bureau (new home sales reports) report monthly sales on a “seasonally adjusted annualized rate” basis (SAAR). Notwithstanding the reliability – or lack thereof – of the “seasonal adjustments,” it would seem absurd to report monthly home sales … Read more
by Shaun Richards So far the trend towards economic weakness has by passed the United States much to the glee of President Trump. Some of you may have seen the rap to camera by Larry Kudlow who is the President of the National Economic Council which ended with “we are killing it on the economy.” … Read more
via thehill: In other words, the FBI under Director Christopher Wray classified the document as “secret” just a few days ago. To add injury to insult, the FBI added this hopeful note: “Declassify on 12/31/2041.” That would be 25 years after the 2016 election. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kathleen Kavalec’s written account of her Oct. 11, 2016, … Read more
by Lance Roberts The latest in the Marvel movie portfolio – Avengers: Endgame has blown away every theatre attendance record. The film has earned $1.48 billion on a global level (as of this writing). There’s little doubt that humans love heroes, especially super-human types. We relish the conflict between good and evil. We cry when our heroes … Read more
Undercover reporters went to multiple police stations & attempted to get the forms to file complaints against police officers. They were refused & even threatened at nearly all of them. No wonder that DV report rate against cops is only 40%. https://www.reddit.com/r/ChapoTrapHouse/comments/blgypr/undercover_reporters_went_to_multiple_police/ h/t likemy69thaccount
Looks like this investigation will lead to exposure of west wing crimes “UPDATED 8:56 AM PT — Tuesday, May 7, 2019 As Attorney General William Barr spars with Democrats in Congress, he is also beginning his investigation of Obama-era officials who spurred the Russia probe. One America’s Jack Posobiec sat down with a former Bush … Read more