China’s take-over in America’s back yard: How Beijing has spent $140BILLION on ports, roads, and power plants in Latin America and the Caribbean as Cuba signs a new energy deal while US influence fades

Cuba has agreed a new deal with China to upgrade its power grid, inviting Chinese firms to invest and build It is just the latest of Beijing’s loans, building projects, and investments to Latin America and the Caribbean China has …

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CRAZY: 46 COUNTERPARTIES TAKE $497.4B AT FED’S FIXED-RATE REVERSE REPO… TRADERS LAST WEEK SPENT $11.6 BILLION ON OPTIONS CONTRACTS TIED TO $AMC, MORE THAN ON $SPY, $QQQ AND $TSLA COMBINED

almost got to half a trillion *46 COUNTERPARTIES TAKE $497.4B AT FED'S FIXED-RATE REVERSE REPO pic.twitter.com/CK5PcTrnvN — Brian Chappatta (@BChappatta) June 8, 2021 TRADERS LAST WEEK SPENT $11.6 BILLION ON OPTIONS CONTRACTS TIED TO $AMC, MORE THAN ON $SPY, $QQQ …

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The SEC confirms it is investigating SoftBank for market manipulation. Softbank spent $17B worth of shares in the US tech market, with another $3.4B in bets to prop up their prices.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/softbank-says-unaware-of-sec-probe-into-securities-trading On Wednesday, short seller research site PlainSite posted a letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission on Twitter revealing that the agency is investigating SoftBank, the Japanese telecommunications company and investing giant notorious for financing various unprofitable “technology” companies …

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CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Manhattan D.A. Spent $250K in Asset Forfeiture Funds on Fine Dining and Luxurious Travel: The expenses included five-star Parisian hotels and sumptuous dinners.

via reason: Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance spent nearly $250,000 over the past five years from a state asset forfeiture fund on fine dining, first-class airfare, and luxurious hotels, according to public records obtained by The City, a nonprofit news outlet in …

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Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s 2018 Campaign Spent $20,490 On Air Travel, $3,147 On Rail.

via jerylbier: One stated goal of the Green New Deal Resolution championed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is to “remove pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector,” in part by increasing “investment in high-speed rail,” “public transit,” and “zero-emission vehicle infrastructure.” If the …

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Trump and Clinton spent $81M on US election Facebook ads, Russian linked agency just $46K. But we’re supposed to believe that Russia somehow influenced the election?

via techcrunch: Russian information troll farm the Internet Research Agency spent just 0.05 percent as much on Facebook ads as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s campaigns combined in the run-up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, yet still reached a massive audience. While …

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