Congress Passes 45-Day Extension of Warrantless Spy Powers

Oil Up, Stocks Down As War Rhetoric Rises, Deadlines Loom After a long weekend of kinetic and verbal escalation (and a strong payrolls print), and with President Trump reminded Iran that his deadline for a deal looms, it is no surprise that oil prices are higher in early trading... WTI topped $115... Near post-war highs... And despite the recent hope-filled decoupling of oil and stocks... ...S&P futures also weak, down around 0.7% in the early trading... Treasury futures and gold are lower with USD/JPY near 159.70. While the Iran conflict has established an ongoing state of caution...

Patriots Won't Let Communists Take America Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker,  Meet at the Liberty Tree... This chapter in American history could be titled, “The Bad Guys Keep Winning Because They Suffer No Consequences for Their Treachery.” Islamo-fascists and communists have taken over the Democrat Party and threaten to take over the U.S. Congress.   Neither Barack Obama nor Hillary Clinton has been brought to justice for conspiring with parts of the Intelligence Community to frame President Trump as a Russian spy.  The same Ukrainian and British Intelligence agents who helped orchestrate the first ridiculous...