President Trump confirms intent to sign states’ rights cannabis bill that was introduced in Congress yesterday

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This is huge. It seems like plenty of people were willing to send this country down river in exchange for legal cannabis. If Trump signs this, he paves the way for nationwide legalization/decriminalization, which could be a monster Trump card (all puns intended and included) to play right in time for the 2020 election. Cannabis legalization is … Read more

18 Times The Fed Has Gone Through A Rate Hiking Cycle, And 18 Times It Has Caused A Huge Stock Market Decline And/Or A Recession

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by Michael Snyder  Since 1913, the Federal Reserve has engaged in 18 distinct interest rate hiking campaigns, and in every single one of those instances the end result was a large stock market decline, a recession, or both.  Now we are in the 19th rate tightening cycle since 1913, but many of the experts are insisting … Read more

Guatemala warns of falling ash as volcanic activity picks up… Families left on own to keep searching for dead

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via Reuters: Guatemalan officials warned of falling ash from the Fuego volcano late on Thursday and urged caution with flights as the Central American country recovers from devastating eruptions that have killed at least 109 people. The seismological, volcanic and meteorological institute Insivumeh advised the civil aviation authority to take precautions with flights amid renewed … Read more

Rural malls hit hard times, leaving shoppers adrift as more stores close…

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OTTUMWA, Iowa — This city’s Target store is gone. So is Kmart, MC Sports, JCPenney, Vanity and soon Herberger’s, a department store. “The mall is pretty sad,” says Amanda Cain, a teacher and mother. “Once Herberger’s closes, we’ll have no anchors.” About two-thirds of Ottumwa’s Quincy Place Mall will be empty with Herberger’s loss. Bon-Ton … Read more

Ex-Navy Sailor Jailed for One Email Violation, Pardoned by Trump Plans to Sue Obama

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by Thinker Kristian Saucier, a former Navy sailor who received a pardon from President Trump, explains on ‘The Story’ why he is planning to file a lawsuit against the Obama administration. Ex-Navy sailor doesn’t have a case against Obama: Judge Napolitano Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano discusses how former Navy sailor Kristian … Read more

Crescat Capital: ” A New Bear Market And The End Of Aged Bull Market”

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via Crescat  Even as the S&P 500 drifted higher, global financial markets showed major cracks in May. In the face of continued Fed tightening and a strong dollar, various emerging market currencies melted down. Also, the formation of a new populist government in Italy sent Italian bonds into a tailspin potentially reigniting the European sovereign … Read more

A Weapon Far More Important Than The AR-15

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by Daniel Carter Technology continues to advance at an unprecedented rate, and the technology of weaponry is no different. The science fiction of ten or twenty years ago is now becoming a reality. Killer robots are on the rise. And no, I’m not joking (as you will see below). There has been a loud debate in … Read more

An Insider’s Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America, a full-throated expose of how the Fed benefits elites at the expense of ordinary people.

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This is an incredible look on the inside and what’s really happening as Danielle DiMartino Booth pulls no punches for this discussion on the Fed. An Insider’s Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America, a full-throated expose of how the Fed benefits elites at the expense of ordinary people.

KEY EVIDENCE GOES MISSING: Server Belonging to Wasserman Shultz IT Worker Imran Awan Is Physically Stolen.

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Server Goes Missing Following a second briefing in late September 2016, in which the House inspector warned the House leadership of “continuing unauthorized access,” the investigation was moved to the Capitol Police in October. It was not until months later, on Feb. 2, 2017, that the House sergeant at arms banned the IT workers from … Read more

Trump won’t defend Obamacare

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Trump DOJ asks court to invalidate Obamacare regulations, have the law thrown out. via washingtonexaminer: Lawyers for the Department of Justice have asked a court to strike down key Obamacare regulations requiring insurers to offer coverage to those with pre-existing conditions at equal price, arguing that they are now invalid due to the passage of last year’s tax … Read more

How Can There be Thousands of Cryptocurrencies?

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by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; There are these people so desperate to argue that cryptocurrency will change the world, I have heard the same pitch behind gold and I suspect most are just goldbugs who gave up and moved to cryptocurrencies. The same arguments of fiat and central banks are at the base of this … Read more

Italy faces another bond market crisis

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by Shaun Richards The situation in Italy has returned to what we now consider as a bond market danger zone although this time around the mainstream media seems much less interested in a subject which it was all over only a fortnight ago. Before we get to that as ever we will prioritise the real … Read more