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This whole video is informative but for the part specific to the thread title it starts at about 1:40 seconds Obamacare just this last year registered 12.7 million people. When the voter registration portion of the Obamacare app is completed – they can fill in whatever they want and do not have to prove citizenship. … Read more

Initial and continuing claims continue to surge. New home sales collapsed.The Dow hit 20,000 and the debt is about to hit 20 Trillion all at the same time. The stock market fueled by debt. Trump’s expected Ambassador says the EU will collapse. Deutsche Bank reports the global economy is about to rollover and world trade … Read more

by Pamela Williams The mainstream media’s fake news operation is predictably spinning this as resignations by officials who couldn’t stand the idea of working under Trump. Except that Patrick Kennedy had been begging to keep his job. These were resignations in name only. State Department underling Patrick Kennedy was Hillary Clinton’s “fixer” to the point … Read more

by Pamela Williams I have to say it does my heart good to see a government official turn to God, praying for rain in a drought situation. Governor Sonny Perdue held a prayer service for rain on the steps of the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia on November 13, 2007. Today President Trump has chosen … Read more

by Amna El Tawil When he was running for president of the US, Donald Trump clearly stated something that no president in the history always avoided – he wouldn’t mind speaking to Kim Jong-Un in order to put an end to frequent threats coming from North Korea. It looks like Jong-Un wouldn’t mind either.   (Photo … Read more

by Amna El Tawil   Rodrigo Duterte, Philippines president, is continuing with anti-Catholic Church rhetoric. The controversial political figure challenged Catholic priests to try crystal meth in order to understand the problem with narcotic addiction. Then, he questioned their ascendancy to even criticize his war on drug and crime in his country.   The Catholic … Read more

by Tim Price On March 30, 1999, the Wall Street Journal’s front page headline blasted the good news across the world: “Dow Industrials Top 10,000” The day before, the all-important US stock index, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, closed above 10,000 for the first time in history. It was a major milestone, and investors cheered. A … Read more

by Amna El Tawil Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron, isn’t the only member of his family who’s at the receiving end of cruel abuse, especially on social media. His wife, Melania Trump, is constantly being mocked by Trump haters who fail to realize that just because they disagree with him, it doesn’t mean they simply … Read more

Chart of the Day: Entitlements Will Soon Exceed Total Federal Revenues

by Viraj Shah China is grappling with mounting debt. The countries credit to GDP ratio is at 28.8 percent. The U.S. economy was not able to ward off a financial crisis with credit to GDP ratio of 12.4 percent in 2008. Goldman Sachs‘ Sharmin Mossavar-Rahmani wondered how China will avoid the financial crisis which looms. … Read more

by Viraj Shah   When Trump came to power, the dollar index rose by 4.5%. However, the trend for an overvalued dollar had only continued with the new President assumed office. This clearly wasn’t good news as Trump’s idea of manufacturing boosts and better economic growth would be hurt in an instance. Hence, President has now … Read more

by Umar Farooq   Thanks to limiting animal supplies and halfhearted demand, companies including Tyson Foods Inc., the largest U.S. meat processor, and Cargill Inc. are facing plummeting profits per head of cattle they slaughter.   That’s a severe setback of fortune from last year, when the fastest expansion of the American cattle herd in four … Read more

by Umar Farooq   Gold is trading opposite to equities with equities breaking out of their trading range. Gold might have some near-term headwinds as is evident from the recent downward move in Gold prices. However, the dollar could act as a tailwind for gold. The moves in gold to the downside and equities to … Read more

By Michael Snyder Once upon a time, “prepping” was something that was considered to be on “the lunatic fringe” of society. But in 2017, wealthy elitists are actually the most hardcore preppers of all. This is particularly true in places such as Silicon Valley, where a whole host of young tech moguls are putting a … Read more

By Michael Snyder The Dow Jones Industrial Average provides us with some pretty strong evidence that our “stock market boom” has been fueled by debt.  On Wednesday, the Dow crossed the 20,000 mark for the first time ever, and this comes at a time when the U.S. national debt is right on the verge of … Read more

by Amna El Tawil   Long gone are the days when the United States posed as a haven for all those who needed help, refuge, and a chance for a better life far away from undemocratic societies. Instead, it has become a land where immigrants and descendants of immigrants are becoming xenophobic, a place where … Read more