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• @Zerohedge 

• USSS Ordered Destruction Of White House Cocaine Day After Closing Case.
• "I Just Wish Him Well": Trump And Musk Turn Down The Temperature, But BBB Still Looms.
• We know, we know - you all have seen the number but... $7 trillion of money market fund assets is still a tricky number to contextualise or factor into the macro framework. (graph)
• Riots Erupt At LA ICE Facility As Mexican BLM Clone Unleashes Color Revolution Operation.
• The House Education Committee Gets It Right: Restore Excellence; Dump DEI.
• How Inflation Undermines Culture And Values.
• FBI And DHS Warn Of 'Elevated Threat' To Jewish Community After Boulder, DC Attacks. 
• The Current Nuclear State Of Affairs. 
• Globalists Go Radio Silent As NATO Flirts With World War III. 
• Evolution of soft vs hard data during recessions and now. (graph)

• @Business

• Weekend Reading: Everything Apple Plans to Show at Its iOS 26-Focused WWDC 2025 Event —.
• Best description you will get (from LarrainVial) of mad shift into US equities. See how recent it really is! The mania started in 2020. Column on all this - and what even a tiny shift back might mean for other markets - in link below. (graph)
• A catalyst that would push the S&P 500 back toward its record high is proving elusive, prompting some to hedge against a selloff.
• It would be wrong to expect a persistent policy divergence between the Fed and the ECB, Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel says.
• In China, economists, investors and even the government are angst-ridden over a term likely unfamiliar even to those who took college macroeconomics.
• The ECB’s rate cutting campaign is almost over, Governing Council member Boris Vujcic says.
• ByteDance has been replacing TikTok’s US-hired staff near Seattle with leaders connected to China after sales fell short in America.
• What happened to the global economy this week — in charts.
• Vietnamese businesses have signed 20 agreements worth about $3 billion to import more US agricultural products ahead of the third round of official negotiations set to take place next week.
• Eli Lilly increased sales of weight-loss and diabetes drug Mounjaro 60% in India in May from April.
• Taiwan’s top presidential aide discussed energy cooperation with US officials at a summit this week in Alaska, where a liquefied natural gas project has come into focus for potential exporting to the island.
• Stocks closed at their highest since February, with a 1% advance in the S&P 500 driving the gauge to the 6,000 mark: Here’s your Evening Briefing.

• @MarioNawful

• CHINESE ILLEGAL CROSSINGS PLUNGE 97% UNDER TRUMP. Since January, Border Patrol caught just 225 Chinese nationals at the southern border. The same time last year under Biden saw over 8,800. That is a 97% drop, and yes, people noticed. Under Biden, more than 60,000 Chinese nationals entered illegally. In 2024 alone, 38,200 were caught. In 2021, that number was just 450. That is a 5,200% jump. Most were single, military-aged men. Enough to fill 176 U.S. Army battalions. Officials started asking questions.]
• CHINA’S CENTRAL BANK SURPRISES WITH BIG CASH MOVE TO BOOST ECONOMY. China’s top bank, the PBOC, just made a big money move. It added 1 trillion yuan, that’s about $139 billion in dollars, to banks yesterday, giving them a 3-month boost. Normally, the bank only reveals this at month end, but it broke the pattern this time to show markets it’s serious. This move helps banks keep lending and businesses keep running smoothly, especially since people spend more around summer. Analysts see it as a clear sign the government wants to keep money flowing, even as global challenges weigh on the economy.

• @LauraLoomer

• @JDVance was on @TheoVon when @elonmusk went nuclear on President Trump. He was asked during the interview what he thought about Elon accusing President Trump of being in the Epstein files. Talk about awkward. Donald Trump is not in the Epstein Files. Do you really think Elon would have allowed his own small child to be around President Trump and travel with him if President Trump was in the Epstein files? Let’s all think logically here. (video)

• BarronsOnline

• Trump and Washington Are Making Tons of Noise. Why the Stock Market Will Be Just Fine. 
• Musk Is ‘Dialing Back’ on Conflict With Trump Under Regulatory Threat, Says ARK CEO Cathie Wood.
• Had bullish commentary on (ANET) and (KR). 

• @WSJ

• Workers are putting away a record share of their income for retirement. (graph)
• Teens’ trust in iPhone messages is abused by scammers who pose as girls and “sextort” teen boys. “They keep pushing until they get it all,” one dad told @juliejargon.
• As self-driving cars become more of a possibility, companies are exploring designs that could transform the road-trip experience.
• From @WSJopinion: Trump deregulated in his first term, but like much in this second term, the effort this time is bolder, faster. That’s been enabled by the newly formed National Energy Dominance Council, writes.
• From @WSJopinion: AI robots won’t take all our jobs. Instead, they will boost productivity, lower prices and spur the evolution of the labor market, writes
  @RobAtkinsonITIF.

• @CNBC

• Bank of America says buy these five stocks that are set to rally.

• @IGSquawk

• Weekend markets update: #DAX 24319 0.00% #DOW 42774 -0.03% #NASDAQ 21782 +0.02% #FTSE 8841 -0.01% #HANGSENG 23919 -0.05% #GBPUSD 13526 0.00% #EURUSD 11395 0.00% #USDJPY 14484 0.00% #GOLD 3316 +0.16%.

• @NYPost

• Elon Musk deletes tweet claiming Trump was ‘in the Epstein files’ in first sign of de-escalation in very public spat.

• @GenFlynn

• Wildly powerful. This entire interview details the deep seated corruption inside of the hell hole the CIA has become. (video)

• @FoxNews 

• Reporter’s Notebook: Remembering courage on the 81st anniversary of D-Day.
• Soros-backed group behind Tesla unrest accused of 'infiltrating' key House race with chosen candidate.
• BUDGET BATTLE LINES: Top conservative allies of the White House say the upcoming vote on President @realDonaldTrump's $9.4 billion spending cut proposal is a “test” of Congress’ commitment to reducing federal expenditures. 
• Medical professionals say schools have gotten too political, citing ‘unscientific modes of thinking.

• @GatewayPundit 

• EXPOSED: The REAL Reasons Trump Hit China with Massive Tariffs – And Why Xi’s Regime Is Desperate.
• In case you missed this... J6er was praying on the Capitol Steps when Capitol Police shot him in the face. For some strange reason this never made any headlines. Shot In The Face.
• Russian MASSIVE ‘Retaliation’ Air Raid Campaign Continues Unabated for a Second Night – Trump Says Ukraine ‘Gave Putin a Reason To Go In and Bomb the Hell Out of Them’ (VIDEOS)
• Elon Musk’s Father Backs Trump in Public Feud — Says Americans Are ‘100 Percent’ Behind Him, Urges Them to Reconcile (VIDEO)
• Woke Former US Gymnast Simone Biles Freaks Out After Riley Gaines Mocks High School Girls’ Team for Using Boy to ‘Win’ State Title – Gaines Then Burns Biles With a Stinging Reply.

• @MarketWatch

• Healthcare companies are hiring. Is it time to look for growth stocks in this beaten-down sector?
• Apple’s WWDC is a chance to change investors’ minds. Can the company deliver?
• Circle’s buzzy IPO was a big hit. Now comes the hard part.

• @WallStreetApes

• New York State Rep Zohran Mamdani is now the 2nd top leading candidate for Mayor of New York City. “I am Donald Trump's worst nightmare as a progressive Muslim immigrant” He runs campaign commercials speaking in a foreign language (shown in video) “Zohran Mamdani a radical socialist and Muslim terrorist sympathizer who's proudly described himself as more extreme than the Far Left, says he's Donald Trump's worst nightmare. He only became a US Citizen a few years ago, and his father is an Ugandan Muslim nationalist who also spread anti Western ideology at Columbia. Shocker. So when this radical lunatic is pulling second behind Andrew Cuomo and making the Grandma Killer actually look like the sane option, you know New York is in serious trouble.” (video)

• @LawrenceSellin

• Another top aide to NY Governor Kathy Hochul tied to the CCP. China-born Elaine Fan (Fan Xiaojiang) is the daughter and granddaughter of CCP officials. Linda Sun (Sun Wen), Hochul’s Deputy Chief of Staff, was arrested in 2024, accused of being a CCP agent.

• @JamesOKeefeIII

• The FBI had boxes and boxes of Epstein evidence and was processing it. They was a transportation issue getting these materials between Virginia and New York. Those involved were telling us they were photographing separating and labeling all of this a few months ago…

• @MJTruthUltra

• This is why so many people are rightfully angry and confused… • FBI Director Kash Patel: Where’s the videotape of xyz committing these frauds? Do you really think I wouldn’t give that to you, if it existed? • Pam Bondi: The FBI is reviewing tens of thousands of videos of Epstein with children or child p0rn. (video)

• @nicksortor

• #BREAKING: Stephen Miller calls the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles “an insurrection against the laws and sovereignty of the United States.” Over 800 rioters TRAPPED DHS agents in a garage, and BREACHED the building, causing mass damage. NATIONAL GUARD MUST BE DEPLOYED TO THESE SITUATIONS, and people MUST be taken into federal custody. Or this will get much, much worse. (video)

• @_aussie17

• BOOM!!! ... Financial analysts are now issuing RISK ALERT on mRNA vaccine manufacturers due to safety data!! Investors in Pfizer and Moderna face three critical risks: 1. Erosion of Profit Margins: Legal settlements and regulatory fines could swallow billions in profits. .... Call to Action: Reassess Exposure Now The writing is on the wall: mRNA vaccine manufacturers are entering a new phase of scrutiny where their financial health hinges on managing AESI(Adverse Events of Special Interests) liabilities. Investors should: - Divest: Reduce exposure to PFE and MRNA, particularly if they lack hedging strategies.

• @Wideawake_media

• "Botox is marketed as beauty... but what if I told you that it's actually neurological warfare?" "New research shows that [botox] causes the same damage that we see in Alzheimer's and ALS." (video)

• @triffic_stuff_

• Kash Patel said Bill Gates was “lobbying Congress night & day to prevent the disclosure of that [Epstein] list.” Why? (video)

OpenVAERS: 

• VAERS US COVID Vaccine Adverse Event Reports. 1,025,321 Reports(+731 from prior report) Through April 25th, 2025. 
  

SKirsch.com:

• Using the MGH numbers with our own VAERS queries, we have 247 cases per million doses from the MGH study divided by 5.97 cases per million doses from VAERS. 247/5.97 = 41. This suggests that the VAERS under-reporting factor (URF) is 41X.