DOJ, ATF Kill ‘Zero Tolerance Policy’ That Threatened America’s Gun Dealers Undoing a major avenue of Biden Administration aggression against gun dealers, the DOJ and ATF on Tuesday announced the termination of the Federal Firearms Administrative Action Policy, also known as the Zero Tolerance Policy. Evidencing the warm relationship between the Trump administration and America’s firearm community, the news was first reported by Gun […]

At Least 12 House Republicans Consider Signing Anti-Trump Tariff Bill: Report At least a dozen House Republicans are mulling whether to sign onto Rep. Don Back’s (R-NE) bill which would restrict the White House’s ability to unilaterally impose tariffs, Axios reports. Rep. Don Bacon leaving a House Republican conference meeting on March 25. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Bacon is crafting a companion bill to […]

This May Not Be What They Were Originally Anticipating, But A “Reset” Of The Global Economy Is Definitely Here Authored by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream log, Over the past few years, there has been a tremendous amount of buzz about an imminent “reset” of the global economy.  Well, what we are currently witnessing may not look like what they were anticipating, but a “reset” of the global economy is […]

Trump Weighs Drone Strikes On Mexican Cartel Terrorists Amid Major Hemispheric Defense Push After two months of U.S. military surveillance flights targeting Mexican drug cartels—with the initial phase focused on gathering signals intelligence (SIGINT) over cartel-controlled territory—a new NBC News report hints at the second phase… The report cites six current and former U.S. military, law enforcement, and intelligence […]

RFK Jr. Says He Will Tell CDC To Stop Recommending Fluoride In Municipal Water Authored by Jeff Louderbeck via The Epoch Times, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on April 7 that he will tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to stop recommending fluoridation in municipal water nationwide. Kennedy also said the HHS will reconvene the Community Preventive Services Task Force, an […]

Trump Wannabe Syndrome Authored by Stephen Soukup via American Greatness, Democrats don’t hate Trump… they want to be him, mimicking his style but failing to connect with voters, exposing their desperation and lack of authenticity… By now, everyone and his brother is familiar with Trump Derangement Syndrome, that particular pathology that drives liberals and even many conservatives absolutely batty. Not only does Trump […]

Will Trump End The Fed Or Put Himself In Charge Of It? Authored by George Ford Smith via The Mises Institute, On February 18, 2025 President Trump issued an executive order titled, “Ensuring Accountability for all Agencies,” in which he says, …previous administrations have allowed so-called “independent regulatory agencies” to operate with minimal Presidential supervision. These regulatory agencies currently exercise […]

Netanyahu Says Iran Should Blow Up Own Nuclear Sites Under US Supervision Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that if US ‘indirect’ talks with Iran over its nuclear program fail, then a military attack becomes ‘inevitable’. He issued the warning fresh off his Monday Oval Office visit with President Trump, wherein the US leader announced for the first time that Saturday talks with the Iranians will be hosted in […]

Why Doubts Over The Fed’s Swap Lines Are Such A Big Deal Over the last few days, we have noted some cracks/leaks (choose your analogy) appearing in the plumbing of the market. Cross-currency basis swap spreads started to blow out… …suggesting a huge and sudden demand for US dollars. Additionally, SOFR swap spreads hit record wides… …suggesting some credit risk fears building in the markets. These two events […]

“Navarro Is Truly A Moron”: Musk Slams Trump Trade Czar In Ongoing Tariff Feud Elon Musk and Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro don’t like each other. It all started on Saturday when Musk – who’s not a fan of the Trump tariffs, responded to a video on X of Navarro defending how the Trump administration calculated its tariffs on various countries’ goods (with crayons?), suggesting that Navarro’s “PhD in Econ from Harvard is a bad […]

Record-Breaking $1 Trillion Defense Budget: Trump, Hegseth Say It’s Happening With much of the globe and American public focused exclusively on tariff mania, President Trump as well as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth unveiled massive news on Monday, which would have normally made a bigger impact in headlines. The Pentagon will soon have its first $1 trillion budget. President Trump said while hosting Israeli Prime Minister […]

Micron Prepares To Slap Tariff-Related Charge On Customers  President Trump’s targeted reciprocal tariffs on countries with which the U.S. runs its largest trade deficits will take effect at 12:01 a.m. ET on Wednesday. In anticipation of the next round of tariffs, U.S. memory chipmaker Micron Technology plans to impose a tariff surcharge on customers. Four sources familiar with the situation told Reuters that these incoming […]

The Five-Year Anniversary Of COVID Lockdowns Authored by Jennifer Sey via The Brownstone Institute, We are just at about the 5-year anniversary of lockdowns. In the Bay Area, where I lived at the time that Covid took over the hysterical media’s every utterance, lockdowns went into effect on March 16, 2020.  The official line now is that lockdowns in California and the Bay Area continued until mid-May.  The reality is they […]

Appeals Court Clears Way For DOGE To Access Data At 2 Agencies Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, A divided federal appeals court panel on April 7 ruled that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) can access records in two federal agencies, reversing a lower court order. In a 2–1 opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit panel lifted the injunction imposed by U.S. District Judge Deborah […]

IRS To Provide Illegal Immigrants’ Data To ICE Under New Agreement The IRS has reached an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to share the personal information of illegal immigrants who have filed tax returns. The Internal Revenue Service Building is seen, Feb. 20, 2025 in Washington. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images According to a new court filing, “DHS can legally request return information relating to […]

New Research Confirms Standardized Tests Are Predictor Of ‘College Success – Without Bias’ Authored by Lauren Boyer via The College Fix, A research team is on the cusp of releasing a new study that may contribute to the discussion about whether standardized test scores should have a place in the college admissions process. An abstract for the working paper, published on the National Bureau of Economic Research website, states […]

Ukraine Captures Chinese Nationals Fighting For Russia In First Of War Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday announced that two Chinese nationals fighting in the Russian army have been taken prisoner from the battlefield in eastern Ukraine. Zelensky touted proof of their capture, saying that Ukraine’s military in the Donetsk region has obtained the captured Chinese nationals’ documents, bank cards and personal data. […]

US Supreme Court Sides With Trump (For Now) In Fired Federal Worker Case Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a move to bring back federal workers who were fired by the Trump administration, handing a win to President Donald Trump as he works to downsize the government. The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Feb. 10, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Trump […]

“The Avalanche Has Really Just Started” – Credit Market Cracks Raise Fears Of Bankruptcy Wave Just over a week ago, before the proverbial tariff fecal matter struck the rotating market object, we warned that cracks were starting to appear in the credit market… Credit starting to crack. Finally the Fed is about to wake up pic.twitter.com/1azfoGABPH — zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 31, 2025 …a week later, things started to […]

Dismal, 3Y Auction Has 3rd Biggest Tail On Record, Only Covid, SVB Worse Ahead of today’s closely watched 3Y auction, many were wondering if we would see the fingerprint of a Chinese treasury boycott and/or liquidation in the results from today’s sale. Well, here is the data that the Treasury released moments ago. The sale of $58 billion in 3Y paper priced at a high yield of 3.784%, down from 3.908% last month, but massively wider […]

The Gold Standard Is Back – Stablecoins Need To Rethink What ‘Backing’ Really Means Authored by William Campbell via CoinTelegraph.com, Stablecoins were heralded as a breakthrough in the cryptocurrency space as a way to marry the lightning-fast, borderless nature of digital assets with the stability of traditional currencies. They achieve this by pegging their value to reserves like fiat currencies or commodities. Stablecoins are […]

Trump Set To Sign Exec Order Boosting Domestic Coal To Meet AI Power Demands Former President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Tuesday to boost domestic coal production and use, aiming to power energy-intensive data centers and revive the shrinking U.S. coal industry, according to Mining.com and Bloomberg.  According to a senior White House official, the order will restart coal leasing on federal land, label coal a […]

Stocks Erase Early Gains As White House Pulls Trigger On 104% China Tariffs Update (1245ET): Stocks could not maintain joy on Tuesday after the White House confirmed that 104% additional tariffs will go into effect at noon ET because China refused to remove its retaliatory measures. The new tariff will be collected beginning tomorrow, April 9th. Markets were predictably displeased. We ran out of chart […]

Peter Schiff: Stagflation Is Here And The Fed Is Clueless Via SchiffGold.com, In Sunday’s episode of the Peter Schiff Show, Peter tackles the misguided optimism of the Federal Reserve, the dangers of escalating tariffs, and the troubling signs of entrenched stagflation. Peter takes a critical view of Jerome Powell’s policies, scrutinizes the logic behind rate cuts amidst ongoing inflation, and warns investors that Bitcoin […]

Amazon Re-Implementing Metal Detector Screening, Registering Phones, For Warehouse Employees Amazon is bringing back metal detector screenings for its 750,000 U.S. warehouse workers and will now require employees to register their phones, , according to Bloomberg.  The policy, a return to pre-pandemic practices, aims to prevent theft. Workers must walk through metal detectors when leaving warehouses, and register their phones by […]