Tuesday Watch

Around X:

• @Zerohedge

• We’re renewing Canada’s relationship with China. As part of our new strategic partnership, China is granting visa-free travel for Canadians. Canada 100% tariffs in 5... 4... 3....
• The Obama Administration's Prostitution Scandal And the Ruemmler-Epstein Connection.
• Local news is reporting that the shooter at the hockey rink tonight was a man in women’s clothing.
• Brock Pierce emailed Epstein in 2014 with docs for an LLC he said would "funnel your investments through." That LLC was Crypto Currency Partners, which later rebranded into Blockchain Capital. Blockchain Capital went on to lead Bluesky's $15 million Series A funding round. So the same firm built on Epstein investment infrastructure is bankrolled the platform liberals fled to from X. You can't make this up.  
• Oh my god. Logan Paul inside traded the auction of his own Pikachu Illustrator on Polymarket for 300,000 dollars. The profile picture of the account that was the biggest winner in the market is exactly the same as one he used in a promotional video for Polymarket. 
• And just like that the Warner Bros merger arb is a coin toss.
• Why Your Personal Data Are Floating Around On The Darknet, Which Just Keeps Growing.
• Canada is a failed state. Busted for cheating in Curling. Losing hockey fights to the French. (video)  
• New Coalition Aims To Ban Vaccine Mandates Across US.
• The End Of Multiculturalism And The Liberal Utopian Fantasy.
• Epstein-itis.
• All-In On Leveraged Silver — Now It’s Just Hope.
• Leon Black was subpoeaned in 2020 and they found... nothing? But one email dump and all the bodies rise to the surface.     
• *HYATT: THOMAS J. PRITZKER RETIRES AS EXEC CHAIRMAN, WON'T SEEK RE-ELECTION TO BOARD; MARK S. HOPLAMAZIAN ASSUMES COMBINED ROLE. *PRITZKER CITES EPSTEIN ASSOCIATION IN RETIRING AS HYATT CHAIR. 
• Blackmail yes, but recall Apollo's Leon Black, the godfather of private equity, paid Epstein $158 million for "tax work." The man who employed the biggest financial geniuses, paid a known pedophile after his release from prison. guess it wasn't for "tax work" after all. 
• Strait Showdown: Iran Launches "Smart Control" Exercise At Oil Transit Point.
• Why Firing 9% Of The Federal Workforce Didn't Move The Needle.
• Sentix surveys suggest global growth is about to pick up big time after three years of stasis.
• Waste Of The Day: Secret Settlements Get Taxpayer Money.
• Pentagon Threatens To Blacklist Anthropic As 'Supply Chain Risk' Over Guardrails On Military Use.
• Daily reminder that even Epstein cooked Ray Dalio a good decade and a half ago. "pedestrian" "must have been a clown suit when he put this together" LMAO. (pic)
• LGBTQ+ Identity Dips In 2025 (But Doubled Over Last Decade).
• Futures, Global Markets Rise With US Markets Closed For President's Day.  
• Amid Saber-Rattling, Iran Touts Economic Benefits To West If Nuclear Deal Reached.
• 'No Prospect' Of European Governments Preventing Civil War, Warns British Army Colonel.
• The Biggest Bait-and-Switch War Of The Century.

• @ShadowofEzra

• Lindsey Graham, who is in Israel now, admits that dead American soldiers are worth the risk as long as there is regime change in Iran. Graham says the bigger risk is not participating in regime change in Iran rather than losing the lives of American soldiers. “Could our soldiers be hit in the region? Absolutely they could.” (video)

• @TheSCIF

• One of the most important Epstein documents exposed was an email conversation from March 19, 2015, with the subject "Preparing for Pandemics" between Jeffery Epstein, Terje Rod-Larsen, and Walter Kemp, disscussing the "next steps" to involve the WHO and the ICRC, who are also all connected or associated with Bill Gates. There are no coincidences.

• @WallStreetApes

• WOAH!! US Rep Tim Burchett exposes Congress Reps give military contractors no bid contracts and then buy stocks in those companies right before awarding the contracts. He says Congress makes 500-600% return on their investments when doing this insider trading scam. Tim Burchett says Congress did this during the Ukraine War. (video)

• @ExxAlerts

• ALERT: Rep. Massie (R-KY) alleges that Israel PM Netanyahu of "influencing" the Trump admin on the release of the Epstein files: "I think, uh, Israel is influencing the Epstein file release because, um, Israeli intelligence and our own CIA was wrapped up with Epstein." "And so it would be embarrassing to our own intelligence agencies, as well as Israel's intelligence agencies, for all that to come out." "I think he helped Mossad." (video)

• @LaraLogan

• A message to @LeaderJohnThune from myself and 12 other members of the House: 300+ days of delay is enough. Invoke the standing filibuster. Debate the SAVE (America) Act in the open. Vote. Pass it. Send it to the President’s desk. Election integrity is not optional. The country is watching, Senator Thune. Is John Thune listening? (pic)

• @ScottPresler

• Senator Thune, Please stop texting me until you bring the SAVE America Act to the Senate floor for debate. My wallet is closed until we have proof of citizenship + photo ID for the upcoming November elections. (pic)

• @BGatesIsaPsycho

• “Why hasn’t Donald Trump banned Geo- engineering yet?” “During the government shut down - nobody saw the trails”. It’s a valid question - why hasn’t Trump stopped it yet? (video)

• @GoldenAgeTimes2

• BOMBSHELL: Thomas Massie UNFOLLOWS Diligent Denizen over investigation into Epstein's Zorro Ranch's new owner, Don Huffines: "You're barking up the wrong tree [...] I'm not touching this!" Diligent was investigating Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch, when he came across a very familiar name: Don Huffines. Huffines ran for TX Governor in 2022, who Massie endorsed, & is currently a candidate for TX Comptroller. Huffines is also is a Rand Paul megadonor & has donated to Massie's campaign in the past, as well. Massie & Huffines are friends.

• @chrismartenson

• It's just a complete coincidence that the DOJ has completely withheld all the Epstein documents immediately before, during, and after 9/11, right? (graph)

• @ToneySeruga

• Good Morning ! "Please find attached emails from foreign Dominion employees, contractors and agents planning and conspiring with Chinese individuals working with Hewlett Packard to intentionally mislabel product identification numbers in order to circumvent new certification for use in the United States. Additionally, foreign Dominion employees, contractors and agents conspired and planned to have Chinese individuals working for Hewlett Packard modify and make changes to firm ware contained in the U.S. election equipment. Foreign Dominion "tested" Chinese changes outside of the United States."Every stolen election conspiracy was true! (pic)

• @NVICLoeDown

• Congress Bypasses Kennedy’s Withdrawal from Bill Gates’ GAVI Vaccine Cartel With New Bill Funding Through State Department: HR 7006 | https://ow.ly/N4T550Yfapm. Senate to consider bill making $3.5 billion available for pandemic purposes and Gates-linked vaccine network after Kennedy pulled U.S. funding.

• @HarrisonHSmith

• PROBATION? For RAPE of a CHILD UNDER 13? “Moderate Democrat” CIA operative gets elected in Virginia and immediately passes 50 laws to legalize rape.

• @hodgetwins

• Lindsey Graham, a US Senator, says he visits Israel “every two weeks.” How much blackmail does Israel have on him? (video)

• @VigilantFox

• TUCKER CARLSON: There won’t be Epstein arrests because it would expose a “SUPRA GOVERNMENT” that’s above representative government. Carlson says the Epstein story is bigger than blackmail, s*x with minors, or satanic rituals. “The bigger question is what is this? It’s clearly an informal governance body over what the rest of us consider the authorities, which is to say governments, nation states,” Carlson explained. Who was Jeffrey Epstein? Carlson described Epstein as the most “plugged in” person he’s ever seen. So plugged in that he was “discussing the fall of Gaddafi in Libya BEFORE it happened and trying to figure out how to profit from that.” According to Carlson, Epstein was sort of an “independent power broker” working with “a series of other independent power brokers together who form some kind of supra government above all representative government in the West.” That’s why he was so plugged in. (video)

• @RealHickory

• President Trump has "pardoned" and ordered the DOJ to investigate election fraud in Colorado! All Pam Bondi or someone has to do is declare Tina Peters a federal witness in an election fraud investigation and she's released via US Marshall's. Why has it not happened? This nonsense has went on long enough. Tina Peters is being mentally and physically abused to keep her silenced! FREE TINA PETERS, NOW!

• @GuntherEagleman

• Pass the SAVE America Act or nothing else matters.

• @TimRunsHisMouth

• NBD… Just Jeffrey Epstein discussing meetings with Hillary Clinton. (pic)

• @insiderwave_

• BREAKING. Rep. Gilbert Cisneros just disclosed up to ~$6.3mil worth of new trades. This disclosure stands out because he sits on Committee on Armed Services and subcommittees of Intelligence and Special Operations and Military Personnel. He also previously served as Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness under Biden. The disclosure includes purchases in 10 different military defense stocks:

• @alon_mizrahi

• Epstien and the Ukraine government were making designer babies. women were used against their will as human incubators. Between CIA biolabs and Epstein designer baby labs in Ukraine, it seems like humanity owes Russia an apology. (pic)

• @JohnLeFevre

• Odd too that NBC fails to mention that Katie Couric, Chelsea Handler, and George Stephanopoulos went to Epstein's get-out-of-jail-for-raping-girls party.

• @LauraLoomer

• This is unacceptable. @PeteHegseth, the Principal Program Manager for Microsoft who manages federal government accounts is a member of ANTIFA! This is a national security threat! Flagging for @emilmichael @SecWar . Several months ago, I said Microsoft should have all of their government contracts terminated. Especially after they hired Lisa Monaco. I still stand by what I said.

• @Megatron_ron

• BREAKING: Former chief of staff and senior advisor to israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, Asher Hayon was just found dead in his home in Tel Aviv.

• @MenchOsint

• One third of the U.S. Navy fleet deployed for Iran.

• @mattvanswol

• #BREAKING: In a horrifying revelation, Chapel Hill NC police have confirmed that the two men who broke into a North Carolina man's home, tied him up, beat him, and then se*ually assaulted him at knife-point... ...ARE BOTH ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS!!!!!!! There will be no protests for the victim. You won't find this story in the mainstream news. A MAN WAS TORTURED IN HIS OWN HOME, TIED UP, BEATEN, AND SE*UALLY ASSAULTED BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND NOT ONE SINGLE LEFTIST GIVES A DAMN!!!!!!

• @mazemoore

• This is unbelievable and it's not just Jen Psaki doing it, a bunch of Democrats are rolling this out right now. Democrats are going full QAnon. It is wild to watch. Psaki: The Epstein case is a small piece of a global, nefarious group of powerful elites and celebrities who feel they can get away with anything. For years Psaki ridiculed any MAGA people who talked like this. She called them "crazy QAnon" and absolutely blasted them as pathetic conspiracy theorists. (video)

• @OwenShroyer1776

• Things we've seen in Epstein Files: Baby farms, black market babies, gynecologist for victims, Epstein's "dentist", torture video, [old man] thrilling hunt, buying 6 mo old babies, young female associates suicides, whoops (?), connections to banking/tech/politics/royalty/9-11, death/rape art, cloning, eugenics, pandemic planning, super humans, videos/images of [dead?] people, discussions of minors Potential Code Language: jerky, ice cream, pizza, grape soda, tuna, whoops, cream cheese, Chinese cookie. Did I miss anything?

• @JEcheverriZ

• My God. A five-year-old girl was trafficked and raped in a horse stable, along with other girls who were forced to watch. Even the most imaginative minds could not conceive of such brutal things. Psychopaths and sexual sadists. These criminals and everyone who participated with them must be imprisoned for life. (pic)

• @0hour1

• Jeffrey Epstein was getting minors from the Ukraine. (pic)

• @FurkanGozukara

• Two children were strangled, died and were buried during their sexual abuse and names still hidden and 0 arrests. (pic)

• @VividProwess

• Residents in this area of Manhattan, New York, are completely shocked to hear an Islamic call to prayer blasting on high-volume speakers as they walk down the street. "I never thought in my life I'd hear this in the middle of New York." Unbelievable. (video)

• @TeamTrump47

• CAUTION. SICK. A disturbing allegation from Epstein case files describes a woman claiming she was kidnapped as an infant, had her identity replaced with that of her abductor’s deceased child, and was later coerced into becoming a “bride child” to Jeffrey Epstein around age 13. She further alleges being drugged with ecstasy and forced to attend sex parties that involved a pedophile pastor. (pic)

• @BrandonStraka

• Reporter: "An illegal alien from Nicaragua grabbed a woman... bashed her head into the sidewalk, knocked her unconscious and raped her..." Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: "Let's move on." She deserves justice, not just to move on. (video)
• Mark Finchem argues the 2020 Arizona election was stolen, citing ballot stuffing, missing chain-of-custody records, and voter roll issues. He also alleges ILLEGAL ALIENS obtained SSNs, impacting the system. 

Night Trading

• Asian indices are -1.0% to unch. on average.
• Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 66.75 unch.
• China Sovereign CDS 43.5 unch.
• China Iron Ore Spot 96.3 USD/Metric Tonne -.4%.
• Gold 4,970.5 USD/t oz. -1.5% 
• Swiss Franc/Offshore Chinese Renminbi Cross 8.95 +.04%. 
  
• Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 36.25 -.05%.
• Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk Off Index 99.6 +1.4%.
• US 10-Year Yield 4.03% -2.0 basis points. 
• Japan 30-Year Yield 3.43% -6.0 basis points. 
• Volatility Index(VIX) futures 21.1 +1.2%. 
• Euro Stoxx 50 futures -.23%.
• S&P 500 futures -.5%.
• NASDAQ 100 futures -.9%.

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BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are mostly lower, weighed down by consumer and technology shares in the region. I expect US stocks to open modestly lower and to maintain losses into the afternoon. The Portfolio is 50% net long heading into the week.