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Congress back in session. First order of business: promote music tourism. Second order of business: award gold medals to U.S. hockey team.

Don’t forget about the urgent and pressing need to promote Music Tourism. pic.twitter.com/M2bZ6lcrWs — Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) April 28, 2025 🚨 NOW: After TWO WEEKS of being on vacation, the House is back and focusing on CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDALS for hockey players Not codifying DOGE cuts. Not codifying President Trump’s executive orders But MEDALS FOR …

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China trims blacklist to lure back foreign investors. Tech still blocked while forest seeds get greenlight…

CHINA SLASHES ‘NO-GO’ LIST TO WIN BACK FOREIGN CASH Beijing just cut its investment blacklist from 117 to 106 industries in a fresh attempt to say: “Please invest here, we swear it’s fine.” TV, telecoms, and pharma services got partial green lights, while e-cigs and drones? Still on the no-no list – because nothing says …

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Marco Rubio Ends State-Sponsored Censorship, but is Free Speech Really Back? – Robert Ian Reports

from Kerry Lutz’s Financial Survival Network In a bold declaration, Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. has officially ended government-sponsored censorship through the State Department. In this episode, Robert Ian of ConquerChange.com breaks down Rubio’s April 17th, 2025 interview where he claims the Global Engagement Center—the controversial censorship arm of the State Department—was shut down in late 2024. …

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Scott Bessent: China Deal 2–3 Years Out – Negotiations Yet to Begin… What if China doesn’t back down?

I’m all for a good rally, but where to from here in the medium term? “The Treasury chief told attendees that a comprehensive deal between the two countries could happen in two to three years” “Negotiations with China over such a deal have not started yet, he said.” Given Trump said “China Tariffs won’t be …

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China Turns Against Countries As U.S. Hits Back 245% Tariffs

The global community received a shocking warning from China through its April 21st 2025 ultimatum which stated that any nation joining U.S. trade deals would face China’s “firm countermeasures.” Let that sink in. The second-largest economy in the world declared its intention to impose economic sanctions on all nations that conduct business with the United …

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Tesla’s Net Income fell 71%…Elon Musk announces he’ll be stepping back from DOGE starting in May…

Tesla's Net Income fell 71% over the past year to $409 million. This was the first sub-$1 billion quarter for Tesla's bottom line in 4 years. $TSLAhttps://t.co/l5IYmkeySJ pic.twitter.com/ecd8oAiHYk — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) April 22, 2025 BREAKING: Elon Musk announces he’ll be stepping back from DOGE starting in May. “Next month I will start allocating more …

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US Treasury 10Y-2Y Yield Curve Normalizes To Jan 2022 Levels, Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) Share Back To Financial Crisis (2008) Levels

by confoundedinterest17 The good news? The US Treasury 10Y-2Y yield curve is normalizing to January 2022 levels. One the mortgage side, adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) share is the highest since the financial crisis (2008). As Trump continues to stand up for Americans and China (and Democrats) continues to fight, the S&P 500 index lags MSCI …

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High-ranking Dem Jamie Raskin threatens countries that support Trump: ‘When we come back to power … we are not going to look kindly

Wait so an elected Government official is telling foreign countries to go against the President?? Sounds treasonous. pic.twitter.com/hj2AcDil5a — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 21, 2025 Rep. Jamie Raskin threatened foreign leaders who “facilitated authoritarianism in our country” by currying favor with President Trump on issues like deportation — saying that Democrats will not “look …

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Britain’s cooking up a deal with France: for every illegal migrant sent back, they’ll take one legit asylum seeker in return.

🚨UK TO MIGRANTS: CROSS ILLEGALLY, GET SWAPPED Britain’s cooking up a deal with France: for every illegal migrant sent back, they’ll take one legit asylum seeker in return. It’s basically a migrant exchange program—minus the souvenirs. The goal? Smash the smuggler gangs and… https://t.co/UNR0SFLgD7 pic.twitter.com/p2N41Wrj21 — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 16, 2025 The UK government …

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President Bukele says he will REFUSE to send MS-13 gang members back to the United States from El Salvador

🚨 #BREAKING: President Bukele says he will REFUSE to send MS-13 gang members back to the United States from El Salvador BUKELE: “How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? Of course I'm not going to do it. The question is preposterous!” “Why do you want terrorists… pic.twitter.com/Ng954tOBJG — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April …

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Can Trump Really Bring Back Manufacturing To The U.S.?

Can Trump really bring U.S. manufacturing back? His bold use of tariffs is already sparking trillion-dollar investments – but rebuilding industry at home comes with massive costs and tradeoffs. We’re already seeing the short-term pain – here’s what comes next… By Peter Reagan One of Donald Trump’s big campaign promises had to do with bringing back …

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Reynolds directs British Steel after MPs back emergency law giving government power to seize control

https://twitter.com/globalbeaconn/status/1911118301201072580 The Business Secretary has issued instructions to British Steel, using the emergency powers approved by Parliament on Saturday to save the Scunthorpe blast furnaces. A Government source confirmed that Jonathan Reynolds had given directions to the company following the extraordinary sitting of Parliament. But they declined to give details of those instructions, saying they …

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Mortgage rates climb back to 7%

https://twitter.com/FinanceLancelot/status/1910788259770147302 https://twitter.com/akm515/status/1910812182364795356 https://twitter.com/onechancefreedm/status/1910793081261089209 It has undoubtedly been an extremely volatile week for financial markets and that includes the U.S. bond market to be sure. As an example, the poster child for the U.S. bond market, the 10yr Treasury, saw its biggest week-over-week increase since 1981. As we often discuss, mortgage rates are based on bonds …

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US consumer sentiment plummets to second-lowest level on records going back to 1952- 34% lower than one year ago

Consumer Sentiment continues its slide. Meanwhile, consumers now expecting inflation to top 6.7% pic.twitter.com/8ZaheWURXq — Jack Jernigan (@JackJernigan1) April 11, 2025 Consumer sentiment plunged 11% this month to a preliminary reading of 50.8, the University of Michigan said in its latest survey released Friday, the second-lowest reading on records going back to 1952. April’s reading …

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China strikes back – 125% TARIFFS on US

China has retaliated against the U.S. President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs by raising its levies on U.S. goods to 125% from 84%, the finance ministry said. Trump administration confirmed to CNBC on Thursday that the U.S. tariff rate on Chinese imports now effectively totals 145%. China on Friday retaliated against U.S. President Donald Trump’s reciprocal …

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CHINA THREATENS $1.9 TRILLION ‘TSUNAMI’ in tariff war with U.S…. Chinese Embassy: ‘We don’t back down.’

🇨🇳We don’t back down. https://t.co/p1Nmun8csv — Chinese Embassy in US (@ChineseEmbinUS) April 10, 2025 *CHINA SCOOPS UP BRAZILIAN SOY AS TRADE WAR WITH U.S. WORSENS 🇨🇳🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/z3OxjejuKD — Investing.com (@Investingcom) April 10, 2025 Malaysia to host China's Xi Jinping from April 15 – Asia & Pacific – The Jakarta Post #jakpost https://t.co/zQF5IPj6Qy — The Jakarta …

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March CPI cools to +2.4% — core misses. Tariffs loom. It doesn’t really matter. 10-year drops, then bounces back immediately.

🇺🇸 INFLATION FOR MARCH JUST CAME IN BELOW EXPECTATIONS US CPI for February just came in at +2.4% YoY below expectations of +2.5% YoY pic.twitter.com/poThrsLSWZ — Evan (@StockMKTNewz) April 10, 2025 BREAKING: Inflation in the US is now down 60 basis points in 3 months. pic.twitter.com/xeWfmv5oh3 — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) April 10, 2025

Dow futures down -500 points. Bloomberg turns BEARISH on Trump walk back – Tariffs still crushing growth

BREAKING: US stock market futures extend declines with the S&P 500 now down -100 points. pic.twitter.com/eG01CX8SY0 — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) April 10, 2025 Bloomberg comes out bearish on the Trump walk back. Average effective tariff rates are now 24% from 27% this morning. Still massively anti growth, pro inflation, and anti risk assets. Wall …

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Bitcoin crashed below Michael Saylor’s ‘sell your kidney’ price. Bloomberg analyst predicts it could sink back to $10,000

https://protos.com/bitcoin-crashed-below-michael-saylors-sell-your-kidney-price/ Bloomberg analyst predicts Bitcoin could sink back to $10,000 Diving into the chaos of global markets, Bloomberg Senior Commodity Strategist Mike McGlone warns more turmoil could be on the way. In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, McGlone points to deepening market sell-offs, intensified by US President Donald Trump’s ongoing tariff wars, and forecasts a …

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Bessent claims Trump boxed them in, reality tells a harsher story. Allies push back, business stalls, downturn looms

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: Trump has maximum negotiating leverage right here, right now. I think it would be a mistake to think otherwise. Many of our trading partners have not escalated, and they will get priority in the queue. I think it was a big mistake, this… pic.twitter.com/bxJICTGmBd — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) April 9, 2025 …

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Trump’s energy department rolls back appliance efficiency rules, restoring function over dogma

Last week, President Donald Trump’s administration turned its chainsaws on the Department of Energy (DOE), cutting, canceling, or pausing a handful of onerous regulations set to hobble household and commercial appliances. Anyone who’s coughed up a small fortune for a barely functional machine lately knows the stakes. My 30-year-old Bosch dishwasher was a marvel—efficient, precise—scouring …

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Xi Jinping strikes back at Trump tariffs with 6 sweeping countermeasures

Beijing is no longer playing defense. The gloves are off. China is preparing six calculated countermeasures in response to the White House’s escalating tariffs, and they’re designed not just to retaliate—but to reshape the board entirely. According to a post from a WeChat account tied to China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency, the measures read like …

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UK Prime Minister set to declare globalization is dead and will back down to Trump, NO trade war

NEW: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to declare that globalization has failed, plans to show that he understands President Trump’s tariff decision. The announcement is set for Monday, according to The Times. “Globalisation doesn’t work for a lot of working people. We don’t… pic.twitter.com/oYhqyG29m3 — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 5, 2025 The prime minister will …

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Lutnick: April 9th tariffs will not be postponed under any conditions… Bessent: No indication” that President Trump is “willing to back down on new tariffs.

Lutnick: April 9th tariffs will not be postponed under any conditions #MacroEdge — MacroEdge (@MacroEdgeRes) April 6, 2025 LUTNICK: TARIFFS GOING TO STAY IN PLACE FOR DAYS AND WEEKS -CBS NEWS — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) April 6, 2025 BREAKING: Bloomberg reports that as of Sunday morning, Treasury Secretary Bessent gave "no indication" that President Trump …

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