US Envoys Present ‘New’ Ideas in Moscow and Kiev That Could Rekindle Negotiations

Viral Ad In Sweden Gets It All Wrong... Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In a jaw-dropping display of reality inversion, Sweden’s state-owned public transport company SL has rolled out a new advert that casts loud, obnoxious white women as the problem on buses while depicting black men as the silent, long-suffering victims politely minding their own business. The short video, now going viral, shows a smiling blonde woman named “Anita” glued to her phone watching TikTok at full blast with no headphones, laughing and disrupting everyone around her. It then cuts to a young black man...

The 10-Year Treasury Yield Over 5%? Some Thoughts Authored by Wolf Richter via WolfStreet.com, The 10-year Treasury yield has been zigzagging higher since mid-November when the Fed cut its policy rates again despite accelerating inflation. Since that rate cut, followed up by another rate cut in December, the 10-year yield has risen by 80 basis points, heading, apparently inexorably, for the 5%-line. On Friday, it closed at 4.78%, within spitting distance of 5%, despite Bessent's three hocus-pocus shows to try to bring it down. Sure, they might have helped keeping a lid...

Disney Asks FCC To Declare 'The View' A News Show, Exempt From Equal Time Rule Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Disney is asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to declare the daytime talk show "The View" a "bona fide news" program to bypass the federal equal opportunities law, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr announced May 22. Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris (C) chats with the hosts during a commercial break at “The View” in New York on Oct. 8, 2024. From left are Sara Haines, Ana Navarro,...