State Department Offering Quarter-Million Dollar Grants to Groups in Lebanon that Promote US Image

James Harden Arrested On Hypocritical Firearms Charge In Texas Via Gun Owners of America, NBA player James Harden was arrested over the weekend in Texas for “unlawful carry of a firearm in a motor vehicle.” But wait, how can carry in a vehicle be unlawful in a state like Texas, where constitutional carry is the law of the land? On Saturday, June 13 at around 3am, Harden was driving a Mercedes sedan that was part of a group of five vehicles traveling through downtown Houston, Texas. According to reports, one of the vehicles was...

Winning? Do We Need To Understand UBI Submitted by Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Winning? Do We Need To Understand UBI Iran (and the potential for a deal) has continued to move markets. As the 30-year bond rose above 5% earlier this week, we got news that we have a new approach to resolving the conflict – a one-page MOU. Markets (ex-oil) rallied around various “deal” headlines all week. Spider, Bret, and I spent some time discussing this on Friday’s Podcast – The U.S. Proposal to End the War (also available on Spotify...

Watch Live: President Trump Addresses The Nation About Iran There has been a lot of conjecture as to what President Trump will say this evening as he addresses the nation (due to begin at 2100ET) amid mixed signals from the administration (mainly Trump appearing to argue with himself), European allies distancing themselves from the conflict (sparking Trump rage at NATO), and concerns about escalation or a prolonged quagmire (did Pezeshkian really sound like he is ready for a ceasefire). Oil has been selling off heading into Trump’s address, with traders looking...