Rats — actual rodents — are infesting the newly renovated Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s headquarters, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. Hundreds of the agency’s employees moved into their beautiful $124 million headquarters across the street from the White House in October as construction was still underway. Upon entering, they discovered rats also were […]
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U.S. Marshals Service to Sell Nearly $25M Worth of Seized Bitcoin at Auction…
The US Marshals Service has announced that it will be auctioning off approximately 2,170 Bitcoins seized in the course of various federal criminal, civil, and administrative cases, a press release stated March 5. The auction will take place on March 19, 2018 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. EDT. Bidders who wish to participate must […]
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The Myth of Global Markets Explains Why the DC UniParty View POTUS Trump As a Risk to Their World Order…
If the U.S. were to exit NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), the price you pay for most foodstuff at the grocery store would drop 10% in the first quarter and likely drop 20% or more by the end of the first year. Here’s why: Approximately a decade ago the U.S. Dept of Agriculture stopped […]
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Peter Navarro Pushes Back Against False Narrative from GOPe and Wall Street Financial Class – America First Economic Policy…
U.S. Steel and Aluminum tariffs are just one component of a larger economic issue. Bringing back U.S. production on those sectors is vital to the infrastructure of a manufacturing and production economy. Modern Wall Street is centered on multinational interests within economic globalism. Weaken the trade grip of the multinational corporations and their financial manipulation […]
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6 Reasons Why the Stock Market Will Likely Retest Its February Lows…
The early February stock market correction wiped $6 trillion off the global market capitalization before equities reclaimed a chunk of lost ground. But there are at least six reasons why markets may test those recent lows, according to analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. A $6 trillion drop in global market cap would imply […]
Prepare – MAGAnomics Is the Battle – The Restoration of a Balanced Economy is the Goal…
For those who follow closely the strongest argument against the U.S. trade and economic policies of the past 30 years has been the outcome. We don’t need to guess what the pro’s and con’s of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce position is, we are living them. We don’t need to guess what the Wall Street […]
Dow Drops 420 Points after Trump Announces Steel Tariffs…
Stocks plunged Thursday after President Trump announced plans to slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. The Dow closed more than 420 points down after the announcement. Trump said the tariffs will level the playing field for American companies and help them expand after plant closings in recent years. Trump made the dramatic announcement after […]
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After Being Told He’s ‘Full of Sh*t’ at School Event, Mnuchin Demands UCLA Suppress Video…
Trump Treasury Secretary and former Goldman Sachs banker Steve Mnuchin isn’t accustomed to facing direct challenges to his wild economic claims or protests over the GOP tax plan he helped craft, and after experiencing both during an event at UCLA’s Burkle Center on Monday, Mnuchin demanded that video of his appearance be suppressed. According to […]
Rothschild Scion Takes Banking Dynasty Crown…
David de Rothschild, the 75-year-old head of the legendary banking empire, will step down and hand over the reins to his son, Alexandre, 37, as early as this summer, reports FT. Alexandre de Rothschild will become the seventh generation of the dynasty to take charge of the Franco-British investment bank, which was founded in 1838. […]
Stockman: $1.8 Trillion in New Treasury Debt Will Hit Bond Pits “Like a Tornado”…
Investors have been whiplashed so far this week and it’s only Wednesday morning. On Monday, the Dow rocketed ahead by 399 points. On Tuesday, it plunged by 299 points. What changed investor sentiment so dramatically in 24 hours? David Stockman, the former Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Ronald Reagan who […]
Big Pharma’s War on Our Children: 1 Million Kids Under Age 6 on PSYCHIATRIC Drugs…
In the United States, there are one million children under the age of six on psychiatric drugs. This number is particularly disturbing, considering the horrifying side effects and ineffectiveness of a good number of these types of harmful drugs. One in six Americans overall regularly take some type of medication in this category. However, children […]
Jobless Claims Plunge to 222,000, Second-Lowest Mark in Decades…
New applications for unemployment benefits dropped 7,000 to 222,000 in the second full week of February, the Department of Labor reported Thursday, the second-lowest mark of the recovery and a good sign for the economy. Forecasters had expected new jobless claims to remain steady at an ultra-low 230,000. Lower claims are good news because they […]
U.S. Stocks Rebound…
U.S. stocks rose on Thursday, with major indexes on track to snap a multiday skid, following upbeat data on the labor market which may have momentarily offset jitters over inflation and rising bond yields. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.77% gained 324 points, or 1.3%, to 25,122. The S&P 500 SPX, +0.33% added 26 […]
Russian Central Bank Gold Reserves Rise to 1,857 Tons in January, Passing People’s Bank of China’s 1,843 Ton Gold Hoard…
Russian gold reserves are now the fifth largest in the world. Russia added 600,000 ounce of gold (18.66 tons) to reserves in January. Russia added a record 224 tons of gold to reserves in 2017. Since June 2015, the Central Bank of Russia has added over 576 tons of gold to reserves. Overall Russian reserves […]
The Federal Government Can’t Account for $21 Trillion. Does Anybody Care?…
On September 10, 2001, then Secretary of the Department of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said that for the 1999 DOD budget, “According to some estimates, we cannot track $2.3 trillion in transactions.” The War On Waste The following day the US sustained the terrorist attacks that forever changed our world, and this startling revelation was largely […]
Justin From Canada Attempts Backup Option for Trade Mistakes, Fails Miserably…
NAFTA is as precarious as a slow-spinning plate on a stick. Mexico and Canada are both taking half-hearted turns recharging the momentum – while simultaneously looking for trade options due to, well,.. the inevitable. The basic issue is a simple one; for the U.S. NAFTA has a fatal flaw. Canada and Mexico are used by […]
Ukrainian Cyber-Thieves Bagged $50M in Bitcoin Phishing Scam…
Security analysts at the US technology corporation Cisco have exposed a bitcoin phishing scam, which involves web resources disguising themselves as one of the world’s most popular online wallets, Blockchain.info. Cisco has been investigating the case over the past six months in partnership with Ukrainian Cyber-police, according to the firm’s security experts Dave Maynor and […]
Investigation: The Dirty Secret Behind Warren Buffett’s Billions…
After the worst financial collapse since the Great Depression, three officials from the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission visited Warren Buffett at his office in Omaha, Nebraska. They wanted to ask America’s most successful investor about his 24 million shares in the credit-rating agency Moody’s. The commission would later identify Moody’s and other rating agencies as […]
SEC Blocks Chicago Stock Exchange Sale to China-Based Investors…
U.S. regulators on Thursday killed the politically sensitive sale of the Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX) to a group led by China-based investors, saying a lack of information on the would-be buyers threatened the ability to properly monitor the exchange after the deal. The move by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ends a two-year battle […]
Average Monthly Paycheck Rises $131 after Trump Tax Cut, Here’s How They Are Spending It…
Americans’ monthly paychecks increased by an average of $130.76 in February thanks to the new 2018 tax plan changes, according to a new LendEDU survey, with a majority of respondents saying they will use the extra income to pay down credit card debt. As a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, […]
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