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VIDEO: Joe diGenova former DC Attorney: “100% Certain Quite a Few Senior DOJ and FBI” Receiving Criminal Referrals. O’Reilly: “All Hell Will Break Loose” 4:29 4:29 FOX: “Nunes criminal referrals could affect ‘two dozen’ individuals, as GOP demands answers on apparent FBI stonewalling” As many as two dozen individuals may be implicated in House Intelligence … Read more

by Michael Snyder If the U.S. economy is in good shape, why have retailers already shuttered more stores than they did in all of 2018?  Not only that, we are also on pace to absolutely shatter the all-time record for store closures in a single year by more than 50 percent.  Yes, Internet commerce is … Read more

by Michael Snyder Bernie Sanders is on a roll, and this is absolutely terrifying many establishment Democrats.  He has raised far more money that any of the other Democratic candidates, he just took the lead in a major national poll, and a Fox News town hall featuring Sanders was just watched by nearly 2.6 million viewers.  You would … Read more

by Charles Hugh-Smith The entire world’s ruling elites are silent because they’re terrified that even mild murmurings might limit the blood-soaked billions they want to reap from trade with China. Imagine the reaction in the global Muslim community if a western nation imprisoned hundreds of thousands of Muslims solely for being Muslim and subjected them to … Read more

via Zerohedge: The recent collapse in world trade volume is the worst since the financial crisis and as dangerous as during the dot-com bubble of the early 2000s, according to The Telegraph. Data from the CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis revealed that world trade volume dropped 1.8% in the three months to January compared to the … Read more

via Zerohedge: Almost ten years after the Great Recession ended, online lenders in the U.S. including LendingClub, Kabbage, and Avant are preparing for an economic slowdown by reviewing their risk exposure, reported Reuters. The U.S. economy stalled in the last six months, as the threat of a recession surged in March with the 3 month-10 year spread … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Largest US Trucking Company: “Volume, or lack thereof, is obviously the main story.” The inventory pile-up hurts. And the driver shortage is ending. J.B. Hunt, the largest trucking company in the US by revenues, and a barometer of the goods-based sector of the economy, reported late Monday that revenues rose 7.3% on … Read more

NEW: AG Barr decides that asylum seekers at the border who pass “credible fear” interviews and are transferred to a full deportation hearing are INELIGIBLE for release on bond. Only DHS may decide to release them. Ruling is effective in 90 days. https://www.justice.gov/eoir/file/1154747/download NEW: AG Barr decides that asylum seekers at the border who pass … Read more

Gov. Jesse Ventura tells Rick Sanchez that “Julian Assange is a hero because the government doesn’t want you to know the truth.” He lists the war crimes exposed by WikiLeaks and hopes that Assange’s extradition to the US will be met with “mass protest.” https://youtu.be/Np_QWiEtzkI     h/t mytruelove007

Many Americans received a tax cut, but the MSM continually brainwashes people into thinking they have not received a tax cut. When Trump proposed the tax cut the [DS][CB] put together all the things that will go wrong and how this was the worst tax package every, none of it happened. Precious metals was slammed … Read more

The clowns are now trying to build a case against Assange by creating fake reports. The MSM is now trying to get ahead of the spying story that is about to break. Trump tweets out no collusion and obstruction. Judicial Watch files suit against the FBI for HRC, John Kerry and others email and documentation. … Read more

by visualcapitalist The world’s wealthiest people are also the most mobile. High net worth individuals (HNWIs) – persons with wealth over US$1 million – may decide to pick up and move for a number of reasons. In some cases they are attracted by jurisdictions with more favorable tax laws, or less pollution and crime. Sometimes, they’re … Read more

by Simon Black By the time Alexander the Great and his Macedonian army conquered the city of Samarkand in 329 BC, the city had already existed for centuries. Samarkand had been a prominent, vibrant regional capital in the Persian Empire prior to the Macedonians’ arrival. And under Alexander the city flourished even more. He declared it … Read more

by WARREN MOSLER Still looks to be weakening: Looking weak: Tariff wars taking their toll:

via nypost: There is no doubt that the Obama administration spied on the Trump campaign. As Barr made clear, the real question is: What predicated the spying? Was there a valid reason for it, strong enough to overcome our norm against political spying? Or was it done rashly? Was a politically motivated decision made to use … Read more

by Troy As the stock market approaches all-time highs, a few economic indicators are deteriorating. Meanwhile, the stock market’s uptrend remains strong. Go here to understand our fundamentals-driven long term outlook. Let’s determine the stock market’s most probable medium term direction by objectively quantifying technical analysis. For reference, here’s the random probability of the U.S. stock market going … Read more