The only honorable move for congressional progressives, now, is to join Republicans to block passage of Democrats’ proposed compromises on budgets and taxes.

by Eric Zuesse For once, the progressive thing for congressional progressives (if they exist) to do is to vote with the Republicans against the Democrats in Congress. Republicans plus Democratic Senators Sinema and Manchin are blocking progressive proposals on federal spending …

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RUSSIA WILL BLOCK KERCH STRAIT

#Putin approves decree allowing Russian military to block Kerch Strait #Russia https://t.co/YzXSOj8F8I — UAWire (@uawire) July 1, 2021 Russia threatens to BOMB any warship that sails too close to Crimea after Moscow fired warning shots at British destroyer in Black …

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MELTDOWN. After Republicans BLOCK “Voting Reform” Bill, Dems SCRAMBLE to Pick up the Pieces

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNDPupIWPBQ Leah Barkoukis from Townhall reports, Liberals did not handle the news well that Senate Republicans used the filibuster to block the Democrats’ corrupt “For the People Act”—a federal takeover of the local elections. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbar…

In largest block trade, Prosus sells 2% of Tencent

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-prosus-tencent-stake-idUSKBN2BU16P Holland-based technology investor Prosus NV has sold 2% of Tencent Holdings Ltd (0700.HK) for $14.7 billion, the Chinese gaming and social media giant said on Thursday, in the world’s largest-ever block trade. The price was a 5.5% discount to …

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All Heck Breaks Loose After Spanish Banks Block Thousands of Accounts with Chinese Names & Folks Can’t Get to Their Money

The banks claim they’re complying with anti-money laundering regulations.  By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. Spain’s Association of Financial Users (ASUFIN) has announced it will be representing Chinese residents in Spain in their legal struggle against three of the …

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The IMF Fears Political Rage Will Block Rescue By Fed In Next Crisis

by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard via Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard The Telegraph, London Thursday, January 24, 2019 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/01/24/imf-fears-political-rage… The International Monetary Fund has warned that the system of global cooperation that saved world finance in the 2008 crisis may break down if …

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Here we go…Japan to block use of Huawei, ZTE

via nationmultimedia: THE JAPANESE government intends to effectively ban products of two major Chinese telecommunications equipment makers – Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE Corp – from telecommunications devices at government ministries and agencies, the Self-Defence Forces and other entities, as their …

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CRYPTO News- The Ethereum Genesis Block is cashing out

80% premined Ethereum’s Genesis Block (Specifically, the block that allocated to the founders 12 million free coins) is cashing out as the price of Ethereum tanks into oblivion. https://etherscan.io/address/0x9d2BFC36106F038250c01801685785b16C86C60D It’s always nice to be at the top of a pyramid. …

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