Free Beacon | “We will. We have it all done. It’s just a question of dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s.”

Brandon Smith | The Federal Reserve is an often misunderstood entity, not only in the mainstream, but also in alternative economic circles.

Prison Planet.com | Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called for the elimination of private health insurance and to “get rid of the insurance companies” while defending his “Medicare for All” proposal on MSNBC.

Michael Snyder | The United States is on a path to financial ruin, and everyone can see what is happening, but nobody can seem to come up with a way to stop it. 

Michael Snyder | According to Agriculture Secretary Sunny Purdue, there “may be as many as a million calves lost in Nebraska” due to the catastrophic flooding that has hit the state. 

Doug Casey | MMT centers around the notion that the economy in general, and money in particular, should be the creatures of the State.

Zero Hedge | The SEC today announced awards totaling $50 million to “two whistleblowers whose high-quality information assisted the agency in bringing a successful enforcement action.”

Michael Snyder | When economic conditions initially begin to slow down, businesses continue to order goods like they normally would but those goods don’t sell as quickly as they previously did. 

Mac Slavo | The markets are not buying what the Federal Reserve is attempting to sell in terms of their claims about the strength of the United States’ economy.

Michael Snyder | If the bond market is correct, the U.S. economy is definitely heading into a recession. 

Free Beacon | Reimbursed himself $31,000 on travel, spent on luxury hotels.

Zero Hedge | San Francisco is one of the few places in America where software engineers who earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year routinely suffer the indignity of accidentally stepping in a steaming pile of human feces.

Reuters | Gold prices rose on Monday as investors’ appetite for riskier assets faded on concerns about a potential U.S. recession and decelerating global growth, increasing appeal for the bullion alongside yen and bonds.

Fox News | Despite low approval ratings and the cloud of the Mueller probe, President Trump would easily win a second term in office if the election were held today.