Buzzfeed took $1.5m directly from Obama’s Priorities USA?

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by TrentonJay https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/07/the-details-about-the-cias-deal-with-amazon/374632/ Uhm… @BuzzFeed – You took $1.5m direct from (Obama’s) Priorities USA?! Did you cut Fusion GPS out of the deal or something, @BuzzFeedBen? WTF, man?! No wonder you had such a big lay-off in January… pic.twitter.com/Zl37shFmvz — Connected Single-Wides (@2xwide_dreaming) April 23, 2019 He got it from the FEC website: https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?two_year_transaction_period=2016&data_type=processed&recipient_name=Buzzfeed&min_date=01%2F01%2F2015&max_date=12%2F31%2F2016 Checkout the entire thread: https://twitter.com/2xwide_dreaming/status/1120699907403321344 He’s … Read more

Trump vows to ‘reciprocate’ against EU tariffs after Harley reports nearly 27% drop in profit

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via CNBC: President Trump says European Union tariffs hitting Harley Davidson are “unfair.” He pledges to retaliate after the company posted first-quarter profit that fell 26.8%. Harley says falling demand, higher costs from U.S. tariffs on raw materials and European taxes on imports of its motorcycles hurt its earnings. President Donald Trump appeared to reverse course on Harley … Read more

#IPOs In Peak Digital Advertising

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By Rodney Johnson Digital advertising is supposed to be the fuel of the future, funding new companies (#IPOs) that provide us with services we never knew we wanted – Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, etc. – while tearing away at our privacy. But there’s a problem. Digital advertising is annoying users, and starting to creep us out. … Read more

Now Comes RussiaGate Act 2: Deep State/Dem Circular Firing Squad

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via kunstler: Unfortunately for the nation, the RussiaGate fiasco is only half over. There is just too much documented official turpitude on the public record for the authorities to answer for and the institutional damage runs too deep. Act One, the Mueller investigation, was a 22-month circle-jerk of prosecutorial misconduct and media malfeasance. Act Two will … Read more

No Green Shoots In The Red Ponzi—Financial Instability/Dollar Squeeze Intensifying

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By David Stockman This kind of volatility especially at the shortest maturity suggests limited and temporary capacity for spare liquidity. It is the result of a titanic struggle to maintain control. The PBOC has had better success at term, but perceptions about the shortest maturity heavily color how participants act. If you think there’s a … Read more

Man who dropped out of Seattle City Council race last year exposes city & allies’ coordinated efforts to mislead the public on their homelessness crisis

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by DCG Last November I told you how Christopher Rufo, a candidate for Seattle City Council, dropped out of the race due to the intolerance and bullying of Seattle progressives. Rufo, who describes himself socially progressive and fiscally conservative, dared to attend an event sponsored by a conservative group. That earned him the wrath of local progressives – … Read more

Why Goldman Sachs Believes Oil Won’t Go Higher

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By Tsvetana Paraskova Despite the somewhat sudden end of the U.S. sanction waivers for all Iranian oil buyers, Goldman Sachs doesn’t see oil prices rallying much higher. “While we acknowledge the near-term upside price risks, we reiterate our fundamentally derived Brent price trading range of $70-75 per barrel for the second quarter of 2019,” Reuters quoted the … Read more

Chicago’s Pension Funds Looking More Like A Collapsing Ponzi Scheme

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by Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner of WirePoints You can’t help but call it a Ponzi scheme. Not if you look at Chicago’s collapsing demographics and consider how they’re threatening the solvency of the city’s government-run pensions. Chicago households are on the hook for more than $145 billion in state and local retirement debts and there are fewer and fewer … Read more

Tom Fitton: Deep-State Officials Are Still Targeting Political Enemies… Media is Trying to Spin Mueller Report… You Won’t Believe What They Want To Impeach Trump For Now!

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Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton joins Breitbart to discuss the mainstream media lies from the Mueller Report, the media’s reaction, their plan of action, and what Judicial Watch’s next steps are. Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton appeared on “The Larry O’Connor Show” (790KABC) to discuss the Mueller report and how President Trump was spied on.

Why Is There a Mass Exodus Happening In America? Where Are They Going and Why…

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For More Information See and Links See: http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/ar… https://census.gov/content/dam/Census… https://www.businessinsider.com/faste… https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-citys-population-dips-for-first-time-in-over-a-decade-11555560060?mc_cid=0bb7748b2e&mc_eid=d1f5987f83 https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/chicago-still-losing-population?mc_cid=0bb7748b2e&mc_eid=d1f5987f83 https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/chicago-still-losing-population?mc_cid=0bb7748b2e&mc_eid=d1f5987f83    

Stock-Market Margin Debt, after Plunging in Q4, Has Not Bounced Back Despite S&P 500 Historic Surge

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Leery investors? During the ugliest October in the stock market that anyone could remember, a nasty November, and a brutal pre-Christmas December, margin debt plunged by $94 billion, the deepest three-month plunge since Q4 2008, after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. That’s how it usually happens, whether out of fear or forced … Read more

Cut the Price and They Will Come: New House Prices Drop to December 2014 Level

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter So Sales Finally Tick Up. Home builders, the ultimate pros in the housing market, have figured out something after the malaise in the second half last year: Cut prices and buyers will come. The median selling price of new houses dropped 9.7% in March from March last year to $302,700, the Commerce … Read more