Monday, May 19, 2025

Democrats Worried Republicans May Take Lead Beyond Margin Of Cheating

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    from The Babylon Bee:

    U.S. — As Republicans continue to expand their leads in polling across the country, Democrats are worried that the leads may soon grow beyond the normal margin of Democrat cheating.

    “Yeah, normally our big-city vote harvesting machines and slimy election procedures are good for a bump of a few percentage points, but Republican poll numbers may have even grown beyond that,” said a visibly nervous DNC Chair Jaime Harrison, (they/them). “I don’t understand why people care more about feeding their kids than they do about voting in literal mega-MAGA, far-right, Nazi, alt-right, white supremacist, Nazi, fascist-adjacent Nazis. It could be the end of democracy!”

    The Ever Widening War

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      by Paul Craig Roberts, Paul Craig Roberts:

      American soldiers are now in Ukraine. Allegedly, they are there only to monitor what is happening to the arms deliveries from the US and NATO countries.

      As previously reported, not all of the vast amount of heavy weapons sent by the West end up on the battlefield. Instead, some find their way into the weapons market where they are sold to who for who’s profit? The same with the money, much of which ends up in unintended pockets.

      The US State Department’s explanation is that the US troops are in Ukraine, not to fight, but to “assist the government of Ukraine with handling US security assistance.” In other words, to identify and stop the theft of resources meant for war against Russia.

      Did The FBI Manipulate Video Evidence? (Ep. 1887) – The Dan Bongino Show

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        from The Dan Bongino Show:

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        Fed Hikes 75 Bpts to 3.75-4.0%, Pivots Even More Hawkish: “Very Premature to Be Thinking about or Talking about Pausing.” Markets Tank

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          by Wolf Richter, Wolf Street:

          “What I’m trying to do is make sure our message is clear: we think we have a ways to go,” Powell said. “Rates have to go higher and stay higher for longer.”

          At every single meeting since the initial baby-step in September 2021, the Fed has pivoted further into the hawkish direction. And it happened again today.

          Central Banks Are Buying Gold At The Fastest Pace In 55 Years

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            by Alex Kimani, Oil Price:

            • Gold demand has soared back to pre-pandemic levels.
            • WGS: Central banks bought a record 399 tonnes of gold worth around $20 billion in the third quarter of 2022.
            • WGC says among the largest buyers were the central banks of Turkey, Uzbekistan, Qatar and India.

            A WORLD OF HIGH STRANGENESS

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              from TheCrowhouse:

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              NEW – France’s glass manufacturer Duralex suspends operation for 5 months due to surging electricity bills.

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                Look Out Below!

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                  by Jim Rickards, Daily Reckoning:

                  Just as I predicted, the Fed raised the fed funds target rate (also called the policy rate) today by 0.75%.

                  The new target rate is a range of 3.75–4.00%, the highest since 2008. This is the sixth rate hike this year and the fourth consecutive 0.75% rate hike.

                  That’s the steepest, fastest series of Fed rate hikes since the Paul Volcker days in the early 1980s.

                  Today’s hike demonstrates that the Fed is still deeply serious about fighting inflation, cooling the economy and withdrawing its easy-money stimulus.

                  A Saudi Prince Recommended Buying Citigroup at $33; It Went to 99 Cents. Now the Saudis Say Credit Suisse Is a Steal in the $4 Range

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                    by Pam Martens and Russ Martens, Wall St On Parade:

                    The Saudis don’t especially have a solid record of stock-picking when it comes to global banks.

                    Back on Saturday, November 10, 2007, Reuters ran a story about Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal stating that Citigroup’s share price was “ridiculously low” and he didn’t plan to sell any of his large stake in the bank. The Friday before this story ran, Citigroup’s share price had closed at $33.10. Six months later, on May 9, 2008, Citigroup’s shares closed at $23.63. One year later, on November 10, 2008, Citigroup’s shares closed at $11.21. By early 2009 Citigroup’s stock was trading at 99 cents.

                    Famous Last Words: “We Will Stay The Course Until The Job Is Done”

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                      by Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse Blog:

                      The last time interest rates were this high, the U.S. economy plunged into “the Great Recession” and millions of Americans lost their jobs.  But the Federal Reserve is not going to stop here.  In fact, Fed Chair Jerome Powell is telling us that more rate increases are on the way and that officials at the Fed are determined to “stay the course until the job is done”.  If “the job” is to destroy the U.S. economy, they have already made a tremendous amount of progress toward that goal.  The housing market is completely and utterly imploding, and economic activity is steadily slowing down all around us.  But even though Powell can see the damage that is happening, he insists that the Fed will keep raising rates until the official rate of inflation returns to 2 percent.

                      Alberta’s New Premier Under Attack For Refusing To Associate With WEF

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                        from ZeroHedge:

                        Recently noted as an opponent of vaccine and mask mandates, new Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is breaking previously established ties with the World Economic Forum, which has been deeply involved in a “health consulting agreement” revolving around the province’s covid response.

                        “I find it distasteful when billionaires brag about how much control they have over political leaders,” Smith said at a news conference Monday after her new cabinet was sworn in. “That is offensive … the people who should be directing government are the people who vote for them.”

                        WEF publishes post on digital “Battery Passport,” described as “a digital ID for batteries”

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                          by Didi Rankovic, Reclaim The Net:

                          The  (WEF) has taken up yet another climate change and “clean green energy” cause: car batteries footprint, and what to do about it.

                          One thing the Davos-based group seems to be pushing are the activities of an organization called the Global Battery Alliance (GBA) – and its freshly published Greenhouse Gas Rulebook.

                          Schwab’s WEF Young Global Leader puppet Trudeau is about to take control of Canada’s Internet and censor everything opposing the Establishment’s sinister narrative

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                            by Rhoda Wilson, Expose News:

                            The Trudeau Bill C-11 is an authoritarian law that will tell Canadians what they can watch on the Internet. It regulates user content and hides content it doesn’t like on YouTube, Rumble, and other platforms. It forces streaming services to serve up content the government likes and shadow-ban services it doesn’t like. Every service becomes the CBC. These rules will be applied to Facebook too.

                            The unelectable and unaccountable would have unprecedented power.