Congress Returns From Recess - Here's What's On Its To-Do List

Seven months into the latest Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon, the extent of the damage is nothing short of staggering. Israeli officials have been open about using the Gaza model in Lebanon, and about a desire to make certain villages, particularly Shi’ite villages “disappear.” Prime Minister Nawaf Salam is warning that post war reconstruction, which […]

The Devil Neither Political Party Will Name Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance The widening wealth inequality gap is the political third rail nobody in power truly ever wants to touch. Politicians will scream at each other all day over taxes, healthcare, immigration, tariffs, student loans, climate policy, or whatever outrage is currently driving engagement on cable news and social media. But the second the conversation turns toward monetary policy, toward the machinery of money creation itself, the room suddenly gets very quiet. That’s because monetary policy has quietly become the single most powerful force...