The Federal Reserve’s little-known role housing the assets of other central banks comes with a unique benefit to the United States: It serves as a source of foreign intelligence for Washington. Senior officials from the U.S. Treasury and other government departments have turned to these otherwise confidential accounts several times a year to analyze the […]
Venezuelan’s Vote to Support National Constituent Assembly…
REPORT: How the Federal Reserve Serves U.S. Foreign Intelligence…
China’s Plan to Subvert the Global Dollar Standard…
If nothing else, the Chinese have a sense of history and destiny. They have had a glorious past, stretching back millennia, and once controlled most of the Asian heartland in the days of Genghis and Kublai Khan. But even then, China was essentially inward-looking, protecting her own cultural values. Trade with Europeans in the centuries […]
Why Democrats Are Delighted With The Republican Spending Bill…
Why were Democrats unable to hide their enthusiasm for the latest Omnibus spending bill proposed by House Republicans? Simple: because, as the Washington Examiner’s Philip Klein writes, “Dems basically got everything. It’s like they control House, Senate, & WH rather than the other way around”…
U.S. Sanctions North Korea, Russia, China Over Nuke Weapons Program…
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin on Economic Growth, Tax Policy…
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin covers budget, budgetary priorities, regulatory reform, tax simplification, middle class tax cuts, financial reform, the federal reserve and a ton more. Well worth your time to watch…
Iran Sanctions: U.S. Lists 13 Individuals, 12 Business Entities…
The US government has blacklisted 13 individuals and a dozen businesses under the Iran sanctions authority, a day after President Donald Trump’s administration threatened a response over Tehran’s ballistic missile tests. The Treasury Department posted a listing on Friday, naming the individuals and the companies added to the sanctions list…
GOP Suspends Rules: Votes Mnuchin for Treasury and Price for HHS Out of Committee…
Senate Republicans pushed through a pair of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees Wednesday, upending standard committee rules to circumvent a Democratic boycott. The Senate Finance Committee advanced a pair of Trump’s nominees with only Republican members present — Steven Mnuchin to head the Treasury Department, and Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) as secretary of Health and Human […]
Obama’s Old Buddy, Tim Geithner, Invested $100 Million Into CrowdStrike…
CrowdStrike is the cybersecurity firm who conducted the analysis of the DNC’s computers who have reported ‘strong confidence’ that the Russian’s are responsible for the DNC hack. As they say, follow the money. Well, what do you know, in July of 2015 Obama’s old pal, Tim Geithner, who serves as President of Warburg Pincus LLC, […]