Charles Hugh Smith | Clearly, the core strategy of maintaining the status quo is to borrow and spend trillions of additional dollars every year.

Zero Hedge | Spain faces its worst constitutional crisis in years following a dramatic, violent crackdown on Sunday’s Catalan independence referendum.

Bloomberg | President Donald Trump will rally factory owners and executives to mobilize their influence on behalf of his proposed tax overhaul.

Zero Hedge | The global bond rout deepened in the aftermath of the release of President Trump’s tax-cut plan.

London Telegraph | Theresa May has threatened a trade war with the US after it slapped punitive tariffs on British-built aircraft, casting doubt on a key plank of her Brexit strategy.

Mac Slavo | Gregory Mannarino of TradersChoice.net has been eerily prescient in recent years, having accurately forecast stock movements, Federal Reserve rate hikes and market sentiment.

Bloomberg | Amid FANG flu and another trash rally, a trade tied to Donald Trump has come quietly back into vogue with U.S. equity investors.

GEFIRA | The Economist ran a couple of articles promoting migration as good for the global economy.

Yahoo News | The Pittsburgh Steelers, Seattle Seahawks and Tennessee Titans will not be fined.

Mac Slavo | All twelve women who work at the “Show Malilo Night Club” brothel in Arauca, Colombia are from Venezuela.

Information Liberation | “The elites, represented by Mitch McConnell, right, they think I’m a bad guy. They think I’m a dangerous guy.”

The Street | Gold’s role in the monetary system should not be questioned. And in fact, it’s becoming increasingly important much to everyone’s surprise.

Mac Slavo | The significance of the shift taking place on a geo-political basis to unseat the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency cannot be understated.

Mac Slavo | Global strategist Marin Katusa is the New York Times best selling author of The Colder War, which details the geo-political power shift that threatens the global dominance of the United States.

Mac Slavo | Global strategist Marin Katusa is the New York Times best selling author of The Colder War, which details the geo-political power shift that threatens the global dominance of the United States.