Deep State Good, Total Surveillance State Even Better

Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, So the Deep State is good, but the Total Surveillance State is even better. The Deep State and The Total Surveillance State are viewed unfavorably for self-evident reasons: the unelected Deep State is anathema to democracy and the …

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America Deserves Better than Sleepy Joe

JUST IN – U.S. House Speaker: “A man too incapable of being held accountable for mishandling classified information is certainly unfit for the Oval Office.” JUST IN – U.S. House Speaker: "A man too incapable of being held accountable for …

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Resilient: The U.S. economy grew at a 3.3% pace in the fourth quarter, much better than expected

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/25/gdp-q4-2023-the-us-economy-grew-at-a-3point3percent-pace-in-the-fourth-quarter.html The economy grew much faster than expected in the final three months of 2023, as the U.S. easily skirted a recession that many forecasters had thought was inevitable, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. Gross domestic product, a measure of …

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Fed Better Think Twice About Rate Cuts! 10-year Treasury Yield Surges To 4.10% After Strong Dec Retail Sales (Consumers Win, Fed/Treasury Lose)

by confoundedinterest17 The Fed had better think twice about expected rate cuts. The market just isn’t feeling it. Treasury yields rose Wednesday, with the 10-year yield touching almost 4.10% as investors focused on stronger-than-expected December retail sales and the latest remarks from …

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DAVID HAGGITH: People See Better Than Economists – We’re no longer even sure what economists are since they clearly are not people who understand economics, so maybe not even people at all.

by DAVID HAGGITH Statue of a REAL economist — Adam Smith. Photo by K. Mitch Hodge on Unsplash Can you believe the Treasury market is already unwinding its bets that the Fed is done fighting inflation, even as the Champaign is still bubbling …

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