Former NY Fed Repo Guru: Powell Will Announce $45 Billion In Bill Purchases On Wednesday

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The Fed will need to buy at least $20b/m for natural balance sheet growth purposes and an additional $25b/m to reverse the reserve over drain, for at least the first 6 months.


Anti-Free-Speech War Escalates As EU Unleashes DSA On Musk's X

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This is just the first salvo in a war that some of us have warned is coming. We cannot be passive at this moment...


Iran's Executions Reach Decade High

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...'mostly peaceful' executions?


Altman Goes Full YOLO While China Builds Top-Tier AI for Pennies

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$488B Burn vs. China’s Cheap AI, Who Wins?

French Government Plan To 'Label' News Outlets Backfires Spectacularly

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France's liberté, égalité, and fraternité won't be buried so easily...


Washington's New National Security Strategy Details How Trump 2.0 Will Respond To Multipolarity

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The grand strategic goal is to restore the US’ central role in the global system, but if that’s not possible... then Plan B is to retreat to the Western Hemisphere...


Indonesia Remains The World's Most Generous Nation

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... the most generous country is not one of the richest in the world.


Pro-Israel Forces Intensify Effort To Control American Discourse

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New extremes in the long-running drive to limit debate about Israel, Palestine 


Americans Worry Most Among Developed Nations About Food Security

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Food and water supplies were not considered a particular issue among developed countries for a long time. But the data illustrates how that is starting to change...


Out Of Sight: Following The Money Trail Of Missing Child Border Crossers

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Federal tax returns for some of these nonprofits show that the ORR contracts and grants proved very lucrative...


Embarrassing: Canada Very Belatedly Removes Syria's Ruling HTS From Terror List

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Decision was "not taken lightly"...


Zelensky 'Systematically Sabotaged' Ukraine Anti-Corruption Efforts, NYT Concludes 

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"it was Mr. Zelensky's government itself that neutered Energoatom's supervisory board."


Where Are America's Dry Counties?

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Hundreds of U.S. counties still restrict or prohibit the sale of alcohol, most heavily concentrated in the South and Midwest...


General Flynn: Strategic Assessment Of Marxist-Style Color Revolution Targeting America

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"The American people have just taken their first full breath after surviving an attempt to smother the Republic through a Marxist-inspired..."


CDC Advisory Panel Votes To End Hepatitis B Shot Recommendation For Newborns

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The vote was 8-3.


21 States Are At Risk Of Losing SNAP Funding Amid Fraud Investigation

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The dispute pits federal officials against 21 states that haven’t turned over data about how SNAP benefits are used...


Profits, Policy, & Positioning; Citadel's Flows Guru Remains 'Constructive' Through Year-End, Into 2026

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The supply and demand mismatch has turned decisively in favor of the buyside, and if indices push to new highs, FOMO-driven chase behavior could accelerate.


Why Retail Investors Blew Away Hedge Funds, The S&P And Nasdaq, In 2025

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In 2025, retail investors outperformed both SPY and QQQ, thanks to their larger Tech bias and successful risk taking in precious metals during the September and October gold rush.


Newsom Pleads With Dems To Be More "Culturally Normal"

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Newsom's "normalcy" sermon exposes the Democrats’ desperation after years of pushing radical agendas on gender ideology, unchecked immigration, and climate hysteria that have alienated the heartland...


Ken Griffin Dumps Last Penthouse In Crime-Ridden Chicago

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"Citadel maintains a downsized office in Chicago after moving from its namesake tower at 131 S. Dearborn that once served as the firm's headquarters."