Is Donald Trump the worst president in U.S. history? Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley certainly thinks so. Speaking in an interview with C-SPAN on Monday, Brinkley slammed President Trump for being a “bully,” and lamented on his immigration policies (didn’t his predecessor deport a record number of Americans?). “Donald Trump represents kind of a dark underbelly […]
Archives for February 2018
Treasury to sell $258 billion in new debt in just four days – a record weekly high
The holiday-shortened week will be an interesting one in the United States bond market. Late last month, the Treasury Department confirmed that it would need to sell more debt and increase its borrowing to cover its spending obligations amid significant tax cuts. The Treasury started unleashing its bond issuance earlier this month, but a fresh […]
Communist Manifesto vs. Democratic Party platform (video)
The likes of Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) could be leaders of the Communist Party. There really is no difference between what you would find in Karl Marx’s “Communist Manifesto” and the vacuous polemics emanating from the mouths of Warren and Sanders. Everything from railing against the wealthy to decrying the […]
Ron Paul: More Gun Violence – Let’s Look Beyond Politics
By: Ron Paul Another terrible school shooting took place in Parkland, Florida last week and unfortunately many politicians and pundits have used the tragedy – as they often do – to push their own agenda. Many will use the tragedy to argue that Americans should be prohibited from owning guns. As if anti-gun laws would […]
REPORT: Deutsche Bank plans to slash 250 investment banking jobs
One of the worst performing banking stocks in 2018 so far has been Deutsche Bank. Its shares have cratered from around $20 to about $16. More bad news may be coming for the financial institution. Deutsche Bank will be slashing at least 250 investment banking jobs in various cities, including some of its biggest markets […]