“Space has become a warfighting domain,”

One state tops the nation in total tax burden, with residents surrendering nearly 14% of their income to state and local taxes...

...such trends as the 64% drop in Russian arms exports between 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 as well as Qatar more than doubling its arms imports to become the world’s third-largest importer

More moves coming soon on pistol braces, background checks...

Which would be promptly veto'd by grudge-holding Trump...

Wall Street was certainly not ready to have someone press the “reset” button...

"Discussions among White House, Defense Department and intelligence officials, which..." 

“Community water fluoridation and informed consent, which is foundational to good health care, cannot coexist...”

...easier time going up next week... but new lows over next few months...the market is still short gamma.

Democrats don’t hate Trump... they want to be him, mimicking his style but failing to connect with voters, exposing their desperation and lack of authenticity...

As Americans, ruled by an elite in Washington, we would really like to know who’s doing what to whom, why, and for how long they’ve been doing it...

Israel's version of a deal, otherwise the military option becomes inevitable.

...beware of Kindlebarger's Trap!

*Peter Retarrdo

"Nobody’s seen anything like it. We have to build out military & we’re very cost-conscious, but..."

"Conversations with longer duration investors it feels like they will start scale buying the S&P 500 @ 5k and get more aggressive in the mid 4000s."

...the plumbing of the financial market is starting to seriously creak...