It is Time to Cut Out All Pretense, Masquerades, or Duplicitous Illusions– Donald Trump is a Fascist

4 Million Children Have Been Signed Up For Trump Accounts: IRS Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, American taxpayers have signed up over 4 million children to the tax-advantaged Trump Accounts, and more than 1 million of those accounts have elected to receive the $1,000 pilot contribution from the government, the IRS said in a March 31 statement. “Contributions to Trump Accounts can be made starting July 4, 2026. All eligible children may receive deposits from parents, relatives, friends, employers, state governments, philanthropic organizations, and individuals, subject to an annual...

Watch Live: White House Addresses Fragile Iran Truce All eyes are on the very shaky Iran ceasefire, at a moment Tehran is already threatening to pull out due to heavy Israeli attacks on Lebanon. Iran says it has again halted Hormuz oil transit, and there's much that's still up in the air and uncertain. The briefing with press secretary Karoline Leavitt is expected to begin at 1300ET: Washington and Tehran have just entered a two-week ceasefire, brokered by Pakistani mediation, aimed at negotiating a broader settlement following over a month of brutal...

Have We Really Learnt The Lessons Of The GFC? Authored by Richard Ryan via BondVigilantes.com, It is 20 years ago this month that I sat in a pitch and listened to an investment bank describe their latest stroke of genius. In 2006, the Constant Proportion Debt Obligation (CPDO) was hailed as a financial innovation that appeared to offer something for nothing: a AAA-rated security paying a meaningful premium over cash. It was a structure that increased leverage as credit markets weakened. Investors embraced it because the future seemed visible. Credit spreads had been...