SCOTUS trading to be possibly banned

BREAKING The new Congressional stock ban bill will reportedly include SCOTUS. Unusual Whales analyzed the investments of every SCOTUS judge back in May. Judges traded increasingly in 2020. Many had gains. Some legal cases had stock-related conflicts. https://unusualwhales.com/i_am_the_senate/scotus

CREDIT SUISSE EXECUTIVES Quit

“Credit Suisse loses top executives Welter and McCarthy” ZURICH (Reuters) -Credit Suisse announced the departure of two senior executives, global co-head of banking Jens Welter and global head of global credit products Daniel McCarthy, in memos seen by Reuters, in a blow to the Swiss bank as it gets ready for a major restructuring. Shaken … Read more

Cuba: The entire country without power

HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Ian knocked out power across all of Cuba and devastated some of the country’s most important tobacco farms Tuesday when it slammed into the island’s western tip as a major hurricane. Cuba’s Electric Union said in a statement that work is being done to gradually restore service to the country’s 11 … Read more

We’re amid the biggest mortgage rate shock since 1981. The bond market is literally imploding, equities are guaranteed to also implode soon enough.

by TheRealJugger I know everyone here are excessive risk taking regards, so naturally the bond market is not even an after thought. But in reality, the bond market is senior to equity markets and makes the equity market look like an ant. And it is chop full of extremely conservative investors that in downturns usually … Read more

Everything is fine, QT going well!

  by laflammaster QT https://www.investopedia.com/quantitative-tightening-6361478 And they are not doing it (very much at all) like they said they would… I for one am shocked 🙄 Basically the line should be coming down but clearly it isn’t much

The GOP Is Not Going To Do Anything About the FBI

by Chris Black The best way to fight back is to start demanding local Sheriffs defend the citizens in their county from unconstitutional abuses by federal agents. An army of FBI agents on your porch coming to arrest you for your First Amendment protected beliefs is no different than if gang members or Al Qaeda … Read more

The DeSantis Dilemma or Why Israel First is Not Good Policy for Americans

by Chris Black You want to sign a law banning administration of transgender hormones to small children but you made it illegal to boycott Israeli companies, where ALL the transsexual hormones are produced by TEVA pharmaceuticals. Womp womp! Israel Makes the Hormones I Need, But I Support Palestinian Liberationhttps://t.co/eKzoFH6PTb pic.twitter.com/GXBSYPHUYr — Them (@them) August 26, … Read more

Do People Accept Money Because Government Endorses It?

by Frank Shostak via Mises Demand for goods arises because of perceived benefits. For instance, individuals demand food because it nourishes them. This is not so, however, about pieces of paper we call money, so why do we accept them? According to Plato and Aristotle, the acceptance of money is a historical fact endorsed by government decree. It is government … Read more

Founders of Leftist Propaganda Outlet “Occupy Democrats” Under Fire for Funneling PAC Money to Themselves

Since its founding in 2021, Occupy Democrats has consistently ranked among the least credible sources of political information in the United States. Nevertheless, its simple, reactionary posts have earned it a massive following of over 10 million, many of whom donate to the group’s political action committee. It has since been revealed that over a quarter of the … Read more

Establishment Republicans Plan to Block Biden Impeachment

Representative Matt Gaetz went on Steve Bannon’s War Room and said if Republicans don’t immediately begin impeachment of Biden and Cabinet officials if they get the majority “our voters will feel betrayed” heading into 2024, “and that’s why it should be investigations first, and policy as a far, far diminished priority.” Gaetz says if Republicans don’t immediately … Read more

FBI Busted In New Massive Scandal – This Changes Everything

Accounts of the FBI overstepping boundaries are filling the news lately. Critics are questioning the slow or non-existent investigations regarding Democrats, such as Hillary Clinton and her emails as well as the information found on Hunter Biden’s laptop that implicates Hunter and/or his father, President Joe Biden. Yet the FBI is spending time on the … Read more

Hey Aussie sheeple, how’s electing globalist stooges working out for ya?

‘Food or rent’: Choice Aussies forced to make as cost-of-living crisis takes its toll https://www.news.com.au/finance/money/costs/food-or-rent-choice-aussies-forced-to-make-as-costofliving-crisis-takes-its-toll/news-story/5e5550555f3a965bb79459d2c2bdce11 Struggling Australians are being left to choose between paying for food or rent as the cost-of-living crisis worsens. h/t  Boo_Randy

Bank of Japan spent an estimated 3.6 trillion yen ($25 billion) on the fx intervention last Thursday… today JPY is back at 145 almost entirely erasing the effects of the intervention…

A private-sector estimate puts Japan’s recent intervention in the currency market at more than 3 trillion yen, or over 20 billion dollars. The government and the Bank of Japan stepped into the market last Thursday to buy the yen and sell the dollar in a bid to stop the rapid fall of the Japanese currency. … Read more