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US President Donald Trump hinted that Ali Khamenei’s potential successors will be killed as the conflict with Iran escalates. “Their leadership is just rapidly going. Everybody that seems to want to be a leader, they end up dead,” Trump said on Wednesday. https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603043711
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Polymarket odds plunged as low as 28 percent, now 31 percent. Court Skeptical The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on reciprocal tariffs. But it may take a while for a ruling. Axios reports Supreme Court Sounds Skeptical of Trump’s Wide-Ranging Tariffs The big picture: Some of the conservative justices seemed …
by Michael Now that it appears that the war in Gaza is ending, all eyes are on Iran. The Israeli government believes that lasting peace in the Middle East will not be possible until the threat that Iran poses is completely neutralized, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made it exceedingly clear that the …
“What’s being proposed: The U.S. Treasury is floating the idea of buying back older debt securities. This is essentially a form of yield curve intervention a tool to inject liquidity, support market function, or steer duration risk away from the private sector. This is not QE in the traditional sense, as the Fed isn’t involved …
https://twitter.com/_/status/1739291520308789477 Threats to public officials soaring, deputy attorney general says https://t.co/Y47G4wbOA5 — POLITICO (@politico) December 24, 2023 The Justice Department is seeing an “unprecedented rise” in threats to public officials, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said during an interview that aired Sunday. “On a weekly basis — sometimes more often — I am getting reports …
https://twitter.com/_/status/1688253574654894080 WATCH: “RETIRE! RETIRE!” Mitch McConnell met with chants of "Retire" at Kentucky's Fancy Farm Picnic 2023 after the clearly troubling health event he is trying to downplay. (h/t @TTEcclesBrown)pic.twitter.com/8X0I2MR3JC — The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) August 6, 2023