The Bill of Rights Against the States

"Stop This Ridiculousness": Maryland Sheriffs Unite Against Unhinged Democrats Maryland sheriffs from across the deep blue state traveled to Annapolis on Wednesday to voice outrage over unhinged Democrats who control the state under one-party rule and continue pushing extremely unpopular policies that protect illegal aliens. "This is nothing more than POLITICS over PUBLIC SAFETY!" Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis told reporters. He blasted left-wing immigration legislation in the General Assembly to block ICE cooperation with local law enforcement. Lewis continued, "We, as elected sheriffs, are FED UP with it! You don't see...

WTI Rises After Big Inventory Drawdowns Across Energy Complex, Huge SPR Drop, Record Exports Oil largely held onto a sharp drop from this week’s highs as the US and Iran seek further talks to end a war that has brought the vital Strait of Hormuz waterway to a near-halt. President Trump told a Fox Business anchor he sees the war “very close to over” and told ABC “you’re going to be watching an amazing two days ahead.” The global oil market has been jolted by the conflict, which triggered an unprecedented supply...

Key Events This Week: Warsh Nomination Hearing, Retail Sales, Fed Blackout, Earnings As the war in Iran enters its 8th week, Deutsche Bank's Jim Reid says that recent developments can be framed in two ways: either five steps forward towards peace and three back (seems more apt than three and two), or as evidence that the two sides remain far enough apart that a lasting deal will be extremely hard to achieve and markets have become far too optimistic. Reid leans more towards the former, but the comparison with recent history...