Pope Leo Says 'I Am Not Afraid Of Trump' - Amid War Of Words Over Iran Conflict
Responds to lengthy Trump tirade...
Welcome To The Theater Of The Absurd
The real world no longer matters, what matters is the performance on stage...
Buried For 7 Years: Declassified Transcripts Blow Up Trump Impeachment Story
The details are laid out verbatim...
'Door Is Not Closed': Mediators Still Press For Iran Deal After US Demanded 20-Year Halt To Nuclear Program
US proposed a two decade moratorium on enriching uranium...
As The Worms Turn...
The Russians have a phrase for it: negotiation-incapable (ne peregovorosposobny)...
Markets unwound geopolitical risk as ongoing US/Iran talks keep hopes for a deal alive - Newsquawk US Market Wrap
'Deal Or No Deal': Risk Roller-Coasters As Deal-Hope Trumps Hormuz Doldrums
S&P erases all Iran war losses as 'squeezey' action continues...
As US Initiates Blockade Of Hormuz, Trump Warns Any Iranian Ships Coming Near Will Be 'Eliminated'
Iran's Ghalibaf appeals directly to Americans: "Soon you'll be nostalgic for $4–5 gas."
The Strait Of Hormuz Crisis Exposes A Fatal Flaw In Economic Thinking
...energy is the master resource. It cannot be treated like other resources...
Bank Lobby Fires Back At White House, Saying Stablecoin Study Ignores Community Bank Threat
The ABA is pushing back on a White House stablecoin study, arguing it underestimates the risk that yield-paying stablecoins could drain deposits from community banks...
Iran Faces 'Existential Threat' From Economic Costs Of US Blockade
The ultimate signal to the outcome of the war is who has control of Strait of Hormuz – they are the winner... This is unfortunately asymmetric...
Navy's Green Laundry Initiative Weakened A $15 Billion Carrier
...due to a misguided green initiative, instead of installing inherently energy-efficient steam-based laundries, the Ford-class carriers have standardized on more expensive, more complex, inherently fire-prone, ozone-based systems...
Oil Tanker Going To China Forced To Reverse Course Before Crossing Hormuz Under US Blockade
At least two tankers - one of which signaled China as its destination - reversed course near the Strait of Hormuz shortly after the start of the US blockade...
Bernstein Says Bitcoin Market Already Priced In Quantum Risk
Bernstein says Bitcoin’s selloff already reflects quantum risk and that developers still have time to agree on a post-quantum upgrade path...
US Property Taxes Rose 3 Percent On Average In 2025, Outpacing Inflation
The average effective tax rate on single-family residences was 0.9 percent, the highest since 2020, according to ATTOM.

Mapping The Hormuz Blockade: At Least 15 US Navy Ships Are In Place
The location of US ships around Iran as of Monday...
Half Of US Data Centers Scheduled To Start In 2026, Will Be Canceled Or Delayed
"without a radical acceleration in domestic manufacturing and grid integration, the digital expansion of the late 2020s risks stalling into a series of unfulfilled promises."
'Deep Left-Tail Should Be Bounded': Goldman's Hedge Fund Honcho Lays Out Portfolio Context For The Next Few Months
...for all of the reasonable handwringing around geopolitical Plinko and AI disruption... US initial jobless claims sit near multi-year lows...
Federal Court Strikes Down 158-Year-Old Home Distilling Ban
The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on April 10 that a Reconstruction-era prohibition on home distilling exceeds Congress’s taxing power...






















