WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, just shut down the massive channel used by Spain’s independent leftist political party Podemos.

WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, just shut down the massive channel used by Spain's independent leftist political party Podemos. And it did this just days before the general election This is actual, extreme election meddling by a foreign corporationhttps://t.co/PxzZ722Mk8 — Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) April 24, 2019 Facebook is participating in actual foreign election meddling. … Read more

GDP, Retail sales, Oil prices

by WARREN MOSLE Headline number looks strong, but details show weakness, particularly personal consumption expenditures which continue to decelerate: Highlights The consumer isn’t on fire but still contributed to a very solid 3.2 percent growth rate for first-quarter GDP. Net exports are the driving force of the headline rate, still deeply negative at minus $899.3 billion … Read more

Biden Pushed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton To Form Closer Ties With Russia – Create a “Biden-Putin Commission” #FOIA

In the aftermath of the Mueller report and former Vice President Joe Biden’s announcement Thursday he intends to run for president in 2020, several news outlets began reporting on Biden’s desire during his tenure in the Obama administration to develop closer ties to Russia. The Washington Free Beacon published a piece Thursday morning reminding readers of Biden’s defense of … Read more

Bank of Japan & the Bond Crisis

by Martin Armstrong BoJ Statement 4-24-2019 The Great Financial Unknown is now upon us. After 10 years of Quantitative Easing, the European Central Bank (ECB) in Europe owns 40% of the national debts in the EU and it can neither sell them nor stop buying without creating a Panic in Interest Rates. Likewise, the Bank … Read more

Colombo: Why Warning About A Bubble For A Decade Is Completely Rational

Authored by Jesse Colombo via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In my experience as someone who warns about the development of dangerous economic bubbles (both the mid-2000s U.S. housing bubble and the post-2009 “Everything Bubble“), I have been criticized literally thousands of times as the stock market surges year after year and the economy continues to grow. The criticisms typically … Read more

How to Pass Tradenet’s Trading Challenge

Funded trading accounts enable stock traders to enjoy higher potential return thanks to the generous deposit backed by a private investment firm. However, the big question is – how can day traders become eligible and access such an account? Well, some services provide this opportunity at a cost, but Tradenet, the online day trading school … Read more

CALIFORNIA LOGIC: Raise Gas Prices, Then Demand Investigation Into Why Prices Are High

by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan California is home to some of the most power-hungry politicians on Earth. These people actually hiked the gasoline tax, and are now demanding an investigation into why gas prices are higher in California than elsewhere in the United States.  It would be sad if it wasn’t so insane. California Governor Gavin Newson is … Read more

THE 2020 TWENTY: Largest field in history

Biden entry makes 20 Democrats in 2020: The largest presidential field in history With former Vice President Joe Biden set to enter the 2020 fray on Thursday, the Democratic field contesting the right to challenge President Trump for the White House next year will be a record 20. Hundreds file each cycle, but only a sliver receive … Read more

Push Them Hard Enough and the Productive Class Will Opt Out of Servitude

by Charles Hugh-Smith People love their big paychecks, but they also value their sanity. One of the most astonishing manifestations of disconnected-from-reality hubris is public authorities’ sublime confidence that employers and entrepreneurs will continue starting and operating enterprises no matter how difficult and costly it becomes to keep the doors open, much less net a profit. … Read more

3M Crash May be the Shape of Things to Come

by David Haggith Shares of 3M Co. plummeted toward its biggest one-day decline in over 30 years, after the industrial, health-care and consumer products company reported missed profit and revenue expectations, slashed its full-year outlook, and said it was cutting 2,000 jobs…. The percentage decline was second only to the 26% plunge on Oct. 19, 1987. … Read more