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*Walter Bloomberg @DeItaone IRAN REJECTS U.S. STRAIT OF HORMUZ DEAL AS ‘UNREALISTIC’ Senior Iranian official Mohsen Rezaei said Tehran will not accept a U.S. plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz unless it includes reparations for war damage. He rejected …
Washington is considering a 9.9% tax on income above $1M. With this proposal, for people making $1M+ the state and local marginal tax rate could be 18% in Seattle. Highest ever. Add 37% federal tax, plus payroll taxes, and more …
Federal layoffs are hammering through Washington, and this is not some neutral belt-tightening. The government shutdown has become a weapon. It is not about budgets. It is about purging agencies of workers deemed politically inconvenient. Offices are emptying, programs are …
This is basically a stimulus plan dressed up as a rebate. The idea of using tariff money makes it sound like it’s paid for, but in reality it’s closer to a form of universal basic income. And the timing says …
“What a loser”🤣 pic.twitter.com/g4XUZiG6l0 — Devolution (@disevolutionism) August 22, 2025
19 states have signed onto the @COSProject which calls for a Convention of States. pic.twitter.com/naZreX58Xf — DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) June 6, 2025 The movement for a Convention of States is gaining momentum. Nineteen states have officially signed onto the …
Scott Bessent on CNBC: “The market and the economy have become hooked, become addicted, to excessive government spending and there’s going to be a detox period.” pic.twitter.com/jvWGeFQNCG — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) March 16, 2025 You gotta love this guy. Finally we …
The alarming contraction in bank credit, an event occurring only once in the past 50 years, adds a foreboding dimension to the rapid depletion of the 2 trillion-dollar Reverse Repo pot. As Wall Street grapples with financing challenges for Washington’s …
by confoundedinterest17 Appartently, Joe Biden and fellow big spenders in Washington DC, Mordor on The Potomac, don’t care about fiscal discipline. With seemingly endless spending of wars (Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and the invasion at our southern border, and inane “green” …
From Peter Reagan at Birch Gold Group We’ve spent some time discussing the “magic number,” the amount of savings required for a comfortable retirement. Inflation moves the goalpost – and if your retirement planning doesn’t take rising costs into account, you …
by DAVID HAGGITH It always rains in Washington, even during extreme droughts. In yesterday’s editorial, I wrote about the “emergency drought” Gov. Jay Inslee’s Dept. of Ecology declared over parts of Washington State, including particularly the county I live in, telling …