Record Short Bets against 10-Year Treasury Promise Turmoil

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter A very crowded trade goes begging for a contrarian reaction. The 10-year Treasury yield closed on Monday at 2.86% the highest since January 16, 2014, after briefly kissing 2.89% during the day. At the moment, it is holding at 2.85%. Bond prices fall when yields rise – and being short the … Read more

A running list of Current and Former Representatives who have engaged in Insider Trading

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by That_Is_Precious Preface: This is a followup to a post I made about the “Pelosi Provision”. Some members criticized the post because I only included Nancy Pelosi, and they believed I was making a partisan post. I was quick to note that insider trading occurs on both sides of the aisle. For this followup post, I would like to … Read more

Poll shows Dems ought to worry about the Midterms

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The collapse of Democrats’ popularity on the much-ballyhooed generic ballot foreshadows tough midterm elections for them in November. Until this week, pundits nearly everywhere favored Democrats to win – and for good reason. Historically, midterm election victories have been afforded to the party that does not control the White House. That’s a natural result of the checks and balances established … Read more

FBI Counterintelligence Director Bill Priestap Is Singing Like A Bird! Comey/Obama/Clinton Going Down!

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I’ve posted about Bill Priestap before. He’s at the core of the whole illegal activities against Trump. In congressional testimony he has been thrown under the bus by former FBI director Comey and by former CIA director Brennan. Priestap is working with Trump’s team, fully cooperating, and he’s naming names! https://youtu.be/w1RRjcis0VM This guy has been … Read more

Something big has happened to open up the floodgates. The male escort who OD'd and died in a big democrat donor's house is front page, top story on Fox News.

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Family and friends of a male escort found dead in the West Hollywood home of a high-powered Democratic Party donor last year continue to press for answers—in a case that has eluded the national media spotlight on incidents of sexual misconduct and racial injustice. Gemmel Moore, 26, was discovered by police on July 27 inside … Read more

U.S. Public Debt Surges By $175 Billion In One Day

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BY SRSROCCO After the U.S. Government passed the new budget and debt ceiling increase, with the President’s signature and blessing, happy days are here again.  Or are they?  As long as the U.S. Government can add debt, then the Global Financial and Economic Ponzi Scheme can continue a bit longer.  However, the days of adding one … Read more

FITTON: Susan Rice sends "we're not crooks" email to herself just hours before leaving WH on Inauguration Day.

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by TFittonJW Judicial Watch legal juggernaut doing the investigative heavy lifting — not Congress, not the media, etc. And we don’t forget: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-obama-nsc-advisor-susan-rices-unmasking-material-obama-library/ Here’s a quick vid on the Susan Rice unmasking scandal:

Kevin Sorbo: Only in America are Citizens Racists and Nazis and Illegals are Dreamers

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Taking to Twitter on three separate occasions in February, the actor best known for his starring roles in the TV shows “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys” and “Andromeda” and more recently the family-friendly films “Let There Be Light” and “God’s Not Dead” Kevin Sorbocalled into question the left’s policy on immigration. “Only in America are legal citizens labeled … Read more

JUDICIAL WATCH'S FITTON: What did Obama Know about the Clinton/DNC Dossier on Trump?

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by TFittonJW I made the big point in about a minute on Hannity last night: And in our most recent JW update: https://youtu.be/QWbBTcrb0GA (there’s a lot in this brief video, I highly recommend you view and get the word out.) The background on the FISA lawsuit we just filed: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-russia-collusion-fisa-documents/

First video shows US airstrike on pro-SAA and Russian PMC positions tank on east side of Euphrates.

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First video shows US airstrike on pro-SAA and Russian PMC positions on east side of Euphrates. You can see a strike on: 1 tank 1 artillery position. https://twitter.com/_/status/963459011873042432 https://syria.liveuamap.com/en/2018/13-february-first-video-shows-us-airstrike-on-prosaa-and Unclassified DVIDS video showing Coalition strike on a Syrian pro-government T-72 tank in eastern Syria last week https://syria.liveuamap.com/en/2018/13-february-unclassified-dvids-video-showing-coalition-strike   AC

Unemployment benefits, Debt/GDP, Same store sales

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by WARREN MOSLER Unemployment benefits are harder to get, as previously discussed: The Next Recession Is Gonna Really Suck As a result, the rate at which unemployed Americans receive layoff compensation overall has fallen from about 36 percent in 2007 to about 28 percent in 2017, according to data from The Department of Labor. Wayne Vroman, … Read more

In the name of inclusivity: Girls can’t say no to boys at elementary school dance

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by DCG Dr. Jeff Stephens, Superintendent of Weber School District in Utah Apparently, a girl can’t turn down a dance because they will hurt someone’s feeeeeeelings. What a mixed message this school is sending to young girls. From KCRG: (via CNN) — A Utah mom is upset about a school policy in which sixth grade girls can’t say “no” … Read more

Privacy Alert! Disqus data breach!

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by Dr. Eowyn Some websites require you to have a Disqus account in order to comment. Disqus is a worldwide blog comment hosting service for web sites and online communities that use a networked platform. Last night, LifeLock issued an alert that Disqus.com has incurred a data breach. If you have an account with Disqus, this means whatever data … Read more

Technically Speaking: Is The Correction Over?

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by Lance Roberts Over the last couple of months, we have been warning of an impending correction due to the massive extension above longer-term moving averages. To wit: “Just remember, bull-runs are a one-way trip.  Currently, there are just 200 points of upside until the S&P 500 hits a majority of its Wall Street targets of … Read more

Who says UST10Y has to stop at 3%? Barry Eichengreen sees striking similarities between recent sell-off and the 1987er crash.

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Chart of the Night: Who says UST10Y has to stop at 3%? Bond market sees what's coming and its a whole lot of supply from Trump admin. pic.twitter.com/yaIcpieLZ3 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February 13, 2018 wow pic.twitter.com/3vEVXoXZ2T — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February 11, 2018 National Debt Update From Treasury Direct The Daily History of the Debt Results … Read more