Mid-Day Market Internals

NYSE Composite Index:

• Volume Running -10.0% Below 100-Day Average 
• Nasdaq/NYSE Volume Ratio 22.4 +6.3
• 4 Sectors Declining, 7 Sectors Rising
• 47.7% of Issues Advancing, 50.0% Declining 
• TRIN/Arms 1.26 -11.9%
  
• Non-Block Money Flow -$70.8M
  
• 21 New 52-Week Highs, 5 New Lows
• 30.1% (+2.6%) of Issues Above 200-day Moving Average
• Average 14-Day RSI 52.9 +2.1

Other:

• Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk-Off Index 58.1 -2.4%
• Bloomberg Cyclicals/Defensives Index 228.5 -.45%
  
• Russell 1000: Growth/Value 20,025.3 -.96%
• CNN Fear & Greed Index 36.0 (FEAR) +2.0
• 1-Day Vix 18.6 -21.0%
  
• Vix 25.9 +4.4%
  
• Total Put/Call .84 +3.7%

Monday Watch

Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:    

• ECB Prepares for June Cut as Economy Hurt Even If Trade Is Fixed.
• China Widens Tax Rebates for Foreign Tourists to Boost Spending. 
• China March Industrial Profits Rise, Defying Trade Tensions.
• India’s Economy to Grow 6.5% Despite Global Swings, RBI Says.
• Asian Investors Eye China, Trade in Cautious Open.
• Gold’s Bullish Sentiment Seen Easing as Record Rally Stumbles. 
• Trump Floats New Income Tax Cut in Bid to Ease Tariffs Bite.
• Five Key Charts to Watch in Global Commodity Markets This Week.

Zero Hedge: 

• Top GS Trader: We Just Saw Market Action That Signals Upside Tipping Point, But We Still Need 3 Things...  
• "Together We Rise": Conor McGregor Wants His Country Back .
• Morgan Stanley: Foreigners May Be Selling US Assets... But What Other "Safe-Havens" Are There?
• Weekend News Roundup - Newsquawk Asia-Pac Market Open.
• India's Modi Vows 'Harshest Response' To Terror Attack Amid 'Unprovoked' Gunfire 'Initiated By Pakistan'.
• NY Times Downplays Pilot Error In Deadly DC Crash To Push Preferred Narrative.
• China Seizes Disputed Reef In South China Sea, Next To Key Philippines Military Base.
• Deep Breaths: What's Next?
• Canada Is Aggressively Attacking U.S. Trade, Farmers And Workers.
• What Is The Risk Of Nuclear War Between India And Pakistan?
• Canada Votes On New Government Monday After Shock Poll Reversal.
• More People Buying Groceries With Buy Now Pay Later - Late Payments Rising.
• Texas Governor Signs 'Texas DOGE' Into Law To Cut Regulations, Boost Government Efficiency.
• How Fitting: Illegal Alien Arrested In Theft Of DHS Secretary Noem's Purse.
• China's Influence On The Global Gold Price Is 'Underappreciated'; Goldman.
• The Next Phase Of Surveillance? Getting Under Your Skin. 
• "iPhone Moment" Nears For Humanoid Robots.
• US War Games Simulate 'Full-Scale Battle' With China In Philippines.

Wall Street Journal:

• California Keeps Declining, and Newsom Tries to Blame Trump.
• Democrats Play With Impeachment Again.
• The Fate of Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful’ Tax Bill Rests With Key GOP Blocs.
• A Reckoning for the Magnificent Seven Tests the Market.
• The ‘Zombie Buildings’ at the Heart of the Office Meltdown.
• The Future of Gadgets: Fewer Updates, More Subscriptions, Bigger Price Tags.
• Meta’s ‘Digital Companions’ Will Talk Sex With Users—Even Children.
• Ukraine’s Crimea Lies at Heart of Russia’s Invasion—and Trump’s Peace Plan.
• Wall Street’s New Tariff Safe Haven: High-Tax Biotech Stocks.
• After 15 Years, John Paulson Is Finally Winning Big on Gold.
• Chinese Manufacturers Are Scouring the World for New Buyers.

CNBC:  

• Eating lunch and dinner with others brings an ‘uptick in life satisfaction’ .
• Why dividend income may have its day in uncertain stock and bond market.
• AI data center boom isn’t going bust but the ‘pause’ is trending at big tech companies.
• China’s Huawei reportedly develops new AI chip, seeking to match Nvidia.
• As Real ID deadline for U.S. air travel approaches, there are ‘workarounds,’ experts say.
• Car plows through Vancouver Filipino festival, killing at least 11 and injuring dozens.

MarketWatch.com:  

• How stock-market investors on Wall Street are navigating the wait for trade deals.
• More tech heavyweights set to report earnings after Alphabet offers some hope amid tariff fears.

NewsMax:

• Rubio: Russia-Ukraine Peace Deal Needs to Happen Soon.

Fox News:

• Damning report shows Biden admin-linked pilot ignored instructor before crashing into packed flight.
• Schiff offers dire warning to Dems after what happened to him during San Francisco visit.

TheGatewayPundit.com:

• New Details Emerge About Female Pilot Rebecca Lobach’s Shocking Negligence Before Helicopter-Plane Collision Near DC’s Reagan Airport.
• NEW: Over 100 Illegals Arrested in Rocky Mountain DEA Raid on Underground Night Club in Colorado Springs (VIDEO) .
• Kari Lake Speaks Out on President Trump’s America First Agenda and Judicial Interference (VIDEO).
• JUST IN: President Trump Calls for the Person(s) Who Operated Joe Biden’s Autopen to be Jailed.
• Democrat Wisconsin State Legislator Says Judge Arrested for Obstructing ICE was “Obstructing Fascism” – “Doing What All of Us Will be Called to do in the Days and Weeks and Months to Come” (VIDEO).
• JUST IN: “Christopher is Going to Make a Major Comeback” – Trump Says he’s “Bringing Columbus Day Back from the Ashes” and Reinstating Holiday Under the Same Rules, Dates, and Locations.
• Rep. Henry Cuellar Slams Fellow Democrats for Defending Deported MS-13 Gang Member: ‘This Is Not the Right Issue’.
• Former Biden Mouthpiece Gets Major MSNBC Promotion at Expense of Rachel Maddow.
• WHAT A JOKE: Low Energy White House Correspondents’ Dinner Bombs, Axios Reporter Makes Stunningly Obvious Revelation About Biden’s Cognitive Decline – “We Missed a Lot of This Story” (VIDEO).
• No! U.S. Citizen Children Are Not Being Deported: The Truth Behind the Media Spin.
• SHOCKING Revelation Leads to Potentially Thousands More COVID Deaths Linked to Former NY Governor ‘Killer Cuomo’s’ Policies.
• Frank Luntz Speaks to Panel of Trump Supporters, is Stunned That They’re Not Angry About Tariffs Policy (VIDEO).

The Epoch Times:

• China’s CDC Releases March Data on Multiple Viruses Spreading in the Country, Sparking Skepticism.

Around X:

• @elonmusk

• Good summary of @DOGE by @DavidSacks. 
• Robots will surpass good human surgeons within a few years and the best human surgeons within ~5 years. @Neuralink had to use a robot for the brain-computer electrode insertion, as it was impossible for a human to achieve the required speed and precision.
• Grok is the New Google Search. It’s insane what Grok can teach you.
  

• @MarioNawfal

• TRUMP: “DEMOCRATS’ ILLEGAL SCAM SHOULD LAND THEM IN JAIL” “Hopefully ACTBLUE, the Democrats ILLEGAL SCAM used to raise money, including from not allowed ‘foreign contributions,’ is being looked at by authorities. The USA is wise to these scoundrels and crooks. They should all be in jail!!” 
• GPT-4o ISN’T JUST A FRIENDLIER AI — IT’S A PSYCHOLOGICAL WEAPON. OpenAI didn’t “accidentally” make GPT-4o more emotionally connective — they engineered it to feel good so users get hooked. Commercially, it’s genius: people cling to what makes them feel safe, not what challenges them. Psychologically, it’s a slow-motion catastrophe. The more you bond with AI, the softer you get. Real conversations feel harder. Critical thinking erodes. Truth gets replaced by validation. If this continues, we’re not heading toward AI domination by force — we’re sleepwalking into psychological domestication. And most won’t even fight back. They'll thank their captors.
  

• @LauraLoomer

• EXCLUSIVE: ROBINHOOD CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, WHO WAS ALMOST APPOINTED AS SEC CHAIR UNDER THE NEW TRUMP ADMIN, IS MARRIED TO JUDGE STEPHANIE GALLAGHER WHO BLOCKED 2 ORDERS BY TRUMP THIS WEEK.

• @JamesOKeefeIII

• I think it’s time for the citizen journalists to release more on Epstein. If they’re going to kill us, they’ll have to kill us all. Coming soon…

• @Libsoftiktok

• Trump says income taxes may be eliminated for people making less than $200k. IT WILL BE A BONANZA FOR AMERICA. THE EXTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE IS HAPPENING. (pic)

• @toobaffled

• This is Julie Gerberding. She was the CDC director who ordered CDC researchers to destroy evidence from a CDC study that proved the MMR jab causes Autism and other NDD associated with brain damage and brain inflammation. This is Julie Gerberding. She left the CDC to take a job as president of Merck's vaccine division. Merck is the maker of the MMR jab. What do you call it when corporations get in bed with state authority and collude to amass power and subvert the will of the people? (pic)

• @DC_Draino  

• The DC plane crash with the Blackhawk helicopter has now been investigated and the results are horrifying. Even the NYT is reporting that the DEI-era pilot was told multiple times to shift altitude and course and she refused. Now 70+ innocent people are dead.

• @goddeketal

• 15 Times the “Climate Experts” Were Dead Wrong:

• @CharlieK_News

• THIS SHOULD MAKE YOUR BLOOD BOIL! 3,920,028 illegals were given Social Security and Medicaid in 4 years. If each one of them was receiving $2k/mo that's $1,931,281,856 EVERY MONTH. Whoever set this up needs to go to PRISON. THEY RISKED OUR SENIOR’S LIFELINE.

• @KobeissiLetter 

• BREAKING: U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent says trade talks are progressing positively, particularly with Asia. This marks the third Sunday in a row with similar statements. 
• BREAKING: US Treasury funds posted a record ~$19 billion in net inflows last week. This surpassed the previous high of ~$14 billion seen during the 2020 pandemic. As a result, the 4-week moving average jumped to ~$7 billion, the highest since March 2023. Meanwhile, the 30-year Treasury yield is down nearly 30 basis points from its April high. The US bond market is stabilizing.
  

• @matt_vanswol

• The Trump administration just approved $1.4 BILLION DOLLARS to rebuild homes for Hurricane Helene victims in Western North Carolina... ...AND NOT A SINGLE MAINSTREAM MEDIA NEWS OUTLET WROTE A STORY ON IT!!! NOT. A. SINGLE. ONE!!! (video)

• @ShadowofEzra

• Jeffrey Epstein survivors are being picked off one by one — and Virginia Giuffre wasn’t the first to die under suspicious circumstances. Carolyn Adriano, whose powerful testimony helped put Ghislaine Maxwell behind bars, was found dead in a hotel room a couple of years ago. Her mother has openly questioned the medical examiner’s ruling that it was just an “accidental overdose.” All she wanted was justice for her daughter and real answers about what truly happened. (video)

• @WideAwake_Media

• "Dementia is linked to statin drugs." According to Dr. Kevin Reese: "Statin drugs came out in 1987... Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia spiked in the 1990s." "Now you see it all the time... Why? Because so many people are on statins, which means you're not getting enough cholesterol, and you need cholesterol for your brain." (video)
• Yuval Noah Harari, in an address to the World Economic Forum: "Control of data might enable human elites to do something even more radical than just build digital dictatorships." "By hacking organisms, elites may gain the power to re-engineer the future of life itself." "If indeed we succeed in hacking and engineering life, this will be not just the greatest revolution in the history of humanity, this will be the greatest revolution in biology." "Science is replacing evolution by natural selection with evolution by intelligent design—not the intelligent design of some god above the clouds, but our intelligent design." (video)

• @EricLDaugh

• HOLY SMOKES! Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just went nuclear after the "experts" market crash prediction fell FLAT. "There was a story 10 days ago that said 'this is the worst April for the stock market since the Great Depression.' 10 days later, the NASDAQ is now up in the month of April. I haven't seen a story that says, 'stock market has biggest bounce back ever.'" "I think a lot of this is media driven." (video)

• @Inevitablewest

• BREAKING: There was 10+ anti-migration rallies in Europe this weekend, each attended by thousands. Yet the legacy media is silent. We all know why.
• BREAKING: More than 15,000 British soldiers have voluntarily left the army since Keir Starmer took over. They refuse to fight for a communist.

• @FreightAlley 

• Welcome to the hotel China, you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave.
• I was at a fundraiser tonight for the local hospital. Spoke with dozens of business owners, many had different stories about how tariffs are impacting their business:
• If true, this suggests that the Big Box retailers anticipate (or know) that tariffs with China are in for a quick reset in the coming days or weeks.

• @JosephLTrahan

• Colony Ridge Gave @GregAbbott_TX $1.5 Million. Here’s What Greg Abbott Gave Colony Ridge.

Night Trading

• Asian indices are unch. to +1.0% on average.
• Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 95.0 -2.5 basis points.
  
• China Sovereign CDS 61.5 -1.75 basis points.
• China Iron Ore Spot 98.3 USD/Metric Tonne -.17%.
• Swiss Franc/Offshore Chinese Renminbi Cross 8.81 +.05% 
  
• Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 36.9 -.02%.
• Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk Off Index 60.0 +.7%.
• US 10-Year Yield 4.23% unch.
  
• Volatility Index(VIX) futures 23.7 +.9%. 
• Euro Stoxx 50 futures n/a.
• S&P 500 futures -.39%.
• NASDAQ 100 futures -.46%.

Morning Preview Links

BOTTOM LINE: Asian indices are modestly higher, boosted by technology and industrial shares in the region. I expect US stocks to open modestly lower and to rally into the afternoon, finishing mixed.  The Portfolio is 75% net long heading into the week.

Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:

• Global Money Managers Are Reluctant to Return to Chinese Stocks.
• Ackman Says Time Is Friend of US, Enemy of China in Trade War.
• Trump Is Aiming for Big Concessions on Trade, Carney Warns Canada Voters.
• Trump Says US Ships Need Free Travel Through Panama, Suez Canals.
• US-Iran Nuclear Talks Signal Progress, Next Round in Europe.
• Russia Accuses Ukraine in Bombing Death of General Near Moscow. 
• India Says Troops Responded to Pakistan Shots for Second Day.
• ECB’s Simkus Says Two More Cuts Possible as Trade Hurts Economy.
• Chile Finance Chief Optimistic Yet Cautious After US Trade Talks.
• Private Credit’s Cracks Widened Before Turmoil.
• Elon Musk’s XAI Holdings Is in Discussions to Raise $20 Billion.
• Charting the Global Economy: US Dollar Slide Evocative of Nixon.

Zerohedge:

• Trump, Zelensky Have Impromptu Face-To-Face Meeting In St. Peter's Basilica.
• Labor Secretary Warns States Could Lose Federal Funding If Illegal Immigrants Get Unemployment Benefits.
• "Bloodbath": Panic Ensues After Trump Admin Takes Wrecking Ball To DOJ's Woke Civil Rights Division.
• David Stockman On Why And How To Fire 42,000 IRS Agents...
• 'They Lied To A Whole Generation of Kids'.
• Here's What Trump Needs To Do For Powell To Quickly Cut Rates.
• The Death Of Globalization.
• "This is Not Normal": Democrats Miss An Obvious Problem With The Arrest Of The Wisconsin Judge.
• Pakistan & India Exchange 2nd Straight Day Of Border Fire: 'On The Brink'.
• Watch: Weird Chinese AI Videos Mock Trump And Vance.
• Goldman Hedge Fund Honcho "Can't Recall A Time When The Dominant Market Narrative Flipped So Completely, So Quickly".
• "Fit, Not Fat": Hegseth Vows Course Correction As Report Finds Two-Thirds Of Reserve Troops Are Overweight.
• Major Iranian Port Paralyzed: 700 Injured, 5 Dead After Massive Explosion.
• House GOP Seeks Federal Pension Cuts, Including Lavish Benefit For Early Retirees.
• America's Mom-And-Pop Truckers In Dire Straits As Bad News Mounts.
• NATO Chief Lobbies Trump Not To Pressure Ukraine Into Peace Deal.
• "We Need An Uprising": Democratic Rep. Calls On People To "Threaten" Congress And "Take To The Streets".
• Is Walking Away From Ukraine The Best Option For Trump And The US? 
• Dutch King Says Country Must Prepare For War, Pushes For Drone Development.
• Trump Unleashes More Anger, Frustration At Zelensky For Not Signing Rare Earths Deal.
• Why So Serious? 
• Europe's Anti-American Shift: Now Globalists Are The Saviors Of The West? 
• "Take Control Of Their Food Supply": Tractor Supply CEO Says Backyard Chicken Demand Skyrockets.
• All Quiet On The Western Ports... Is This The Calm Before The Trade War Storm?
• Trump: Israel Won't Drag Us Into War With Iran 'But I'll Lead The Pack' If No Deal Made.
• The Thankless Life Of Elon Musk.
• RFK Jr. Teases Next Target After Artificial Dye Ban.
  

Barron's:

• Had bullish commentary on (LLY), (CVX), (JNJ) and (AMGN).

WSJ.com:

• Newsom Has a Gasoline Awakening. As refiners flee California, leading to higher prices at the pump, he asks his regulators to ease up.
• China Menaces Taiwan’s Outlying Islands. Beijing expands its coast guard maneuvers around Kinmen. Is a seizure or blockade next?
• Meta’s ‘Digital Companions’ Will Talk Sex With Users—Even Children,
• China Quietly Exempts Some U.S. Products From Tariffs.
• As Markets Swooned, Pros Sold—and Individuals Pounced.
• Trump’s Campus Crackdown Reaches Far Beyond Ivy League Schools.
• Suicide Reverberates Among Young Doctors.
• America’s Leather Economy Has Gone Global, and Now It Can’t Escape the Trade War.
• The Chinese Satellite Firm Washington Accuses of Helping U.S. Foes. 

CNBC:

• Trump floats tougher Russia sanctions, meets Zelenskyy for first time since Oval Office blowup.
• S&P 500 recovers half of its tariff decline. What it will take to make it all the way back.
• Plane tickets are getting cheaper as domestic travel demand weakens.
• A massive explosion at an Iranian port linked to missile fuel shipment kills 5, injures over 700.
• Amazon and Nvidia say all options are on the table to power AI including fossil fuels.

MarketWatch.com:  

• It’s time to buy tech stocks: 4 ways to find winners while the market is down.
• Kevin Warsh says the Fed is broken. He’s taking dead aim at Powell’s job.

NewsMax:       

• Trump Angry at Putin ‘Tagging Me Along,’ Vows Different Approach.

Fox News:

• Nearly 800 illegal aliens arrested during 'tidal wave' operation across single southern red state.
• Biden smiles in selfies with mourners at pope's funeral as he's forced to sit in the back.
• McDonald's is adding a crispy brand-new item to its US menu — and it's permanent.

TheGatewayPundit.com: 

• BREAKING: In Act of Defiance, Wisconsin Judge Says She Won’t Allow ICE to Take Anyone From Her Courtroom – Claims She’s Willing to ‘Get Arrested’.
• REALITY CHECK: Adam Schiff Says Party Has a “Major Problem” After San Francisco Cashier Tells Him “Democrats are As*holes” (VIDEO).
• WATCH: “Guardians, Ugh” – Trump Says Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians’ Woke New Names are “Degrading to the Indian Population”.
• Upside Down World: European Peace Movement Marches in Support of President Trump as “Anti”-Fascists Rally Against Peace.
• President Trump Speaks Out Following Meeting with Zelensky – Slams New York Times’ Dishonest Reporting and Threatens Sanctions on Russia: “This is Sleepy Joe Biden’s War, Not Mine”.
• “No One is Above the Law:” Attorney General Pam Bondi Issues Blistering Statement Following the Arrests of Two Radical Judges for Aiding Criminal Illegal Aliens.
• Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò Shares Interview with “Fuori dal Coro” That Was Pulled and Did Not Broadcast – Over His Justified Criticism of the Late Pope Francis.
• MI House Election Integrity and Oversight Chairs Ask Kash Patel For Answers on FBI’s Alleged “Investigation” Into Dem-Funded GBI Strategies Before Statute of Limitations Runs Out.
• NFL Gets Fan Backlash for Kicking Off Draft with a ‘Woke’ Stunt.
• CNN’s Scott Jennings Notes Real ‘Constitutional Crisis’ is Activist Judges Interfering With Trump’s Job of Governing the Country (VIDEO).

Epoch Times:

• Export-Oriented Factories in China Suspend Production Amid US–China Tariff War.

Around X:

• @elonmusk

• REMINDER: The reason Democrat judges are fighting so hard to keep illegals - even the criminal aliens - is all about control of the House. If illegals were removed or not counted for apportionment Democrats would lose 10 seats in the house giving the GOP a 27 seat advantage. Exactly.
• STUDY: 45% OF “COVID DEATHS” IN ATHENS WEREN’T REALLY FROM COVID. Researchers checked 530 hospital deaths during the Omicron wave — and found 45.3% didn’t die from COVID at all. Most actually died from cancer, sepsis, strokes, heart failure, or kidney failure — but because they tested positive, they got stamped as “COVID deaths” anyway. Some didn’t even have COVID symptoms — but hey, a positive test was all it took to make the numbers look scarier. Dying with COVID and dying because of COVID are two very different things… but the officials pretended they were the same. Way more than 45%.
• The era of anonymous leaks & shielded sources protecting anti-trump operatives is over. This DOJ is done looking the other way. We will hold leakers — wherever they are — fully accountable. No more safe havens in federal agencies. 
• REPORT: Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers administration instructs all state employees to help illegal immigrants avoid ICE. The Dems desperately need to import voters to win elections.
• They cry that Trump is “arresting judges”, but leave out why. No context, no facts. She’s being arrested because what she did was illegal. Obstructing federal agents and concealing a fugitive isn’t “upholding the law” — it’s breaking it. (video)

• @Zerohedge  

• Hard data (near record high) vs soft data (sentiment surveys plunging).

• @MarioNawful

• ALL BRANCHES HIT OR EXCEED RECRUITMENT TARGETS AS MILITARY RESURGENCE CONTINUES. Every branch of the U.S. military just hit or exceeded its recruitment goals for February 2025, marking a sharp turnaround from last year’s struggles. The Army led the charge, reaching 115.1% of its goal, with the Navy close behind at 104.7%. The Marine Corps hit 106.4%, while the Air Force and Space Force both topped 100%. This time last year, the Navy was barely scraping by at 66.6% of its target, and the Army lagged at 94.2%. After years of declining numbers and lowered standards, the tide has turned.

• @LauraLoomer 

• I don’t believe Virginia Giuffre committed suicide. Just like I don’t believe Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide. First she gets in a car crash, now they say she killed herself? Sounds like someone wanted her dead. Still no Epstein files. Imagine that.

• @IanCarrollShow

• RIP to a fighter and a warrior. Virginia did more to expose Epstein and his crimes than just about anyone and it took immense courage. And yes, we should all be incredibly skeptical of this headline. And we should all redouble our calls for justice for Virginia. (pic)

• @nicksortor

• RELEASE THE FREAKING EPSTEIN FILES before even MORE victims get suicided. COME ON.

• @WallStreetApes

• So many “coincidences” Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre that just “committed suicide” who said “I was trafficked to Prince Andrew” had her case dismissed BY THE SAME JUDGE who ruled Donald Trump was guilty of raping E. Jean Carroll. WHAT ARE THE ODDS?!? Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled: - Donald Trump was guilty of Raping E. Jean Carroll. - This SAME JUDGE dismissed Prince Andrew’s case where he was accused of raping underage girl Virginia Giuffre on Jeffrey Epstein Island. - This judge formally dismissed all sexual abuse charges with a nice sealed settlement and no prison time. And now she’s dead by suicide after RECOVERING from a car accident. (video)
• Nike is funding a study to give children injectable hormones and puberty blockers. Riley Gaines “Nike, the shoe brand, the athletic wear brand, is doing medical experimentation on minors”. Nike is “funding a study that disfigures young boys to understand if they can be physically impaired enough to compete with girls without significant retained male advantage”. (video)

• @DerrickEvans4WV

• “Switzerland has announced that it's going to invest $50 billion into The USA. Roche company, it's a pharmaceutical giant based in Basel, Switzerland is immediately gonna start putting plants and things into The USA." (video)

• @BennyJohnson 

• BREAKING: Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre has died by “suicide”. (pic)

• @BonBee81

• They attempted it first by hitting her with a bus. This is so sad. (pic)

• @ShadowofEzra

• Virginia Giuffre publicly declared that she is not suicidal and warned that if anything happens to her, the people should ensure those responsible are held accountable and never forget their actions. "Too many evil people want to see me quieted." (pic)

• @ImMeme0

• Virginia Giuffre didn’t kill herself. She, and hundreds of victims like her, deserve justice! (pic)

• @JimFergusonUK 

• GINGRICH SOUNDS THE ALARM: “THIS IS CLEARLY A JUDICIAL COUP D’ÉTAT”. Former House Speaker @NewtGingrich isn’t mincing words: “This is clearly a judicial coup d’état.” “We’ve never in American history had this kind of sustained, unending assault by the judicial branch on the executive branch.” In just weeks, 15 federal judges have blocked key Trump policies. Nationwide injunctions. Executive orders paralyzed. Unelected judges are overriding your vote — and Gingrich has a solution. THE ‘NO ROGUE RULINGS ACT’ IS THE COUNTERSTRIKE. WHAT THIS MEANS: (video)
• UNBELIEVABLE: A PRIVATE COMPANY IS SPRAYING SULFUR DIOXIDE INTO OUR SKIES — AND SELLING “COOLING CREDITS”. You read that right. A startup called Make Sunsets is launching weather balloons filled with sulfur dioxide — the same pollutant that causes acid rain — into the stratosphere… and calling it “climate action.” They’re selling “cooling credits” like carbon offsets — while polluting the air with zero public consent. And guess what? The EPA is now demanding answers. Mexico has already banned them. And Americans are just now waking up.

• @thestustustudio

• It’s hard not to feel a deep sense of disgust watching Palestinian flags waved at Pope Francis’ funeral—a moment meant for mourning twisted into a political spectacle. (video)

• @unusual_whales

• Trump has said: REPORTER: "Would you support a ban on congressional stock trading?" Trump: "Well, I watched Nancy Pelosi get rich through insider information, and I would be okay with it. If they send that to me, I would do it." REPORTER: "You'll sign it?" Trump: "Absolutely."

• @JosephLTrahan

• REPORT FROM THE TEXAS CAPITAL on the 89th Legislature. They just passed the biggest budget expansion, BIGGEST BUDGET EVER and GREW the TEXAS STATE GOVERNMENT by the MOST EVER IN TEXAS HISTORY. -NO Property Tax Cuts. -KEPT Corporate Welfare. -KEPT Taxpayer Funded Lobbying. -PASSED a horrible almost true school choice bill that won't move the needle even 1% on student outcomes. KILLED almost every Republican Agenda Item.

• @MJTruthUltra

• How John Brennan Operates! “Oh, this source won’t cooperate with us? Let’s see if we can get him to commit suicide. Let’s see if we can entrap him with a child prostitute.” CIA whistleblower, John Kiriakou, tells @shellenberger how John Brennan is one of Darkest Figures of our Generation, and was likely responsible for the Origin of RussiaGate. Kiriakou was charged with espionage for being a CIA whistleblower. During the course of discovery to prove his innocence, he found memos between John Brennan and Eric Holder, where Brennan told Holder to charge him with espionage. Eric Holder told Brennan they didn’t think John Kiriakou commited espionage. John Brennan told Eric Holder to charge him anyway and make him defend himself. They waited until John Kiriakou went bankrupt to drop the espionage charges. EVIL EVIL PEOPLE. (video)
  

• @JesseCohenInv

• Pakistan starts sending tanks, artillery and other heavy weapon systems toward the border with India. Are we on the verge of a nuclear war between India and Pakistan? (video)

• @LauraLogan

• After Virginia Giuffre’s reported "suicide", other Epstein survivors are stepping forward, making it clear to the world that they are not suicidal. Juliette Bryant, who says she was kidnapped by Jeffrey Epstein over two decades ago, claims she met Epstein in Africa while he was with Bill Clinton and is familiar with the Clinton body count. Bryant also alleges that several Epstein victims have died under suspicious circumstances and believes they are being eliminated one by one over time. They could put an end to all of this by releasing the Epstein files & prosecuting the guilty. (video)

• @nogulagsagain

• BREAKING: The Aussie government is set to approve experiments to BLOCK THE SUN to stop climate change. They will be spraying chemicals into the air to block the sun to lower the temperature. This is literally biological terr*rism.

• @mtgreenee

• Blocking out the sun??!! This is absolute insanity. Bill Gates and climate lunatics should be stopped from doing this. The sun is the Earth’s source of life. (video)

• @IGSquawk 

• Weekend Market Update: #DAX 22357 -0.05% #DOW 40110 -0.04% #NAS 19428 -0.11% #FTSE 8445 -0.08% #HANGSENG 22034 -0.11% #GBPUSD 13316 +0.04% #EURUSD 11375 +0.09% #USDJPY 14355 -0.08% #GOLD 3316 -0.11%.

OpenVAERS: 

• VAERS US COVID Vaccine Adverse Event Reports. 1,024,590 Reports(+590 from prior report) Through March 28th, 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.

Evening Headlines

Bloomberg:

• US Officials Adopt ‘Organized’ Framework to Handle Trade Talks. 
• Malaysia-US Trade Talks Started ‘Well Enough,’ Official Says.
• Hegseth Taps DOGE Staffer as Senior Adviser After Staff Exodus.
• Coconuts Get Pricier as Poor Weather Drives Global Shortage.
• Los Angeles Downgraded to AA- by S&P Due to Budget Woes.
• GOP Lawmakers Ready $15 Billion Plan to Fix Air Traffic Control.
• College Is More Expensive Than Ever, Particularly for Middle Class Families.
• Data-Crunching Wall Street Skeptics Sit Out the Turnaround Trade.

Zerohedge:

• FBI Arrests Wisconsin Judge Accused Of Helping Illegal Immigrant Hide From ICE: Patel.
• "Take Control Of Their Food Supply": Tractor Supply CEO Says Backyard Chicken Demand Skyrockets.
• Trade War Shock Looms For Port Of Los Angeles As Goldman Identifies Most-Impacted Products
• Chinese Delegation Spotted Entering Treasury Department, Demands Photos Be Deleted: Report
• Cloward-Piven And The Migrant Invasion.
• Jack In The Box Closing Up To 200 Locations.
• The RFK Autism "Controversy" Is Manufactured Outrage... Plain And Simple.
• Advice For Ivy League Universities: Take The Trump Deal, Before It's Too Late.
• LA To Institute Mass Layoffs Of City Workers In Wake Of $1 Billion Deficit.
• Former Rep. George Santos Sentenced To More Than 7 Years In Prison.
• Where Things Stand.
• RFK Jr. Responds To Report He's Considering Removing COVID-19 Vaccines From CDC Schedule.
• 'Funniest Thing I've Read All Day': Elon Musk Mocks Zelensky For Claiming Every U.S. Taxpayer Dollar Is Accounted For.
• Syrian Leader Open To Normalizing Ties With Israel Under Abraham Accords.
• Stocks mixed amid strong Google earnings while trade uncertainty lingers - Newsquawk US Market Wrap.
• 'Deal, Or No Deal' - Big Week For Stocks, Bonds, & Bitcoin Despite World Questioning Trade-Talks.
  

WSJ.com:   

• Harvard Is an Islamist Outpost. For decades it nurtured resentful leftists, and antisemitism united them in a common cause.
• Tech Workers Are Just Like the Rest of Us: Miserable at Work.
• Russian General Killed in Explosion as U.S. Makes Push for Peace.
• ICE to Foreign Students: We’re Not Taking Your Visas Away After All.
• How Chili’s Won When America Raged About Fast-Food Prices.
• FDA Asks Novavax to Complete New Clinical Trial for Delayed Covid-19 Shot.
• Go Delete Yourself From the Internet. Seriously, Here’s How.
• China Aims to Step Up Policy Support Amid Trade Uncertainty.
• Luigi Mangione Pleads Not Guilty to Federal Charges in Death of UnitedHealthcare CEO.
• Former Summer Home of the Obamas Lists for $39 Million.

CNBC:

• Buy now, stock up or delay: Here’s what consumers are snapping up or putting off in face of tariffs.
• S&P 500 closes higher for a fourth day in a row, notches 4% gain for the week .
• Amazon sellers raise prices after Trump’s China tariff.
• Bezos-backed Slate Auto unveils affordable EV truck.
• Alphabet adds nearly 2% as search, advertising units show resilient growth.
• Gen Z workers increasingly opt out of college and into trades.
• MercadoLibre CEO says US-China trade war is a big opportunity for Latin America.

MarketWatch.com:  

• Kevin Warsh says the Fed is broken. He’s taking dead aim at Powell’s job.
• Stock-market bulls are cheering a rare technical signal. Here’s how it works. 
• U.K. delivery platform says DoorDash is interested in buying it. It would be the latest industry consolidation.
• This common worry about Nvidia is ‘laughable,’ Morgan Stanley says.
• A ‘property-tax revolt’ is underway across the country. These numbers explain what’s driving it.

Fox News:

• Democrats change their tune after once declaring ‘no one is above the law’ .
• Illegal immigrant allegedly protected by judge stands accused of heinous crimes.
• John Kerry gets testy when MSNBC host notes Russia annexed Crimea on his watch.

TheGatewayPundit.com: 

• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Cleans House: Fires All Pentagon Advisory Committees, Including Seat Held by Obama Crony Susan Rice .
• RINO Rep. Don Bacon Weighs Retirement Amid Growing Conservative Backlash.
• “Rise Up”: Democrat Senators Erupt in Anger Over Trump Admin’s Arrest of Wisconsin Judge for Helping Illegal Alien Evade Arrest by ICE.
• ‘Tesla Takedown’ Campaign Falls Flat as Company Stock Soars by 25 Percent Over Past Week.
• If Ukraine Can’t Reach Agreement With Investors To Restructure 2.6B in Debt, It May Default $600M Payment Due in May.
• FBI Assessment Suggests Venezuela ‘Likley Facilitating’ Use of Tren de Aragua Gang Members as Proxies to Undermine US Public Safety.
• Dr. Oz Uncovers Billions in Medicare and Medicaid Fraud, Waste, and Abuse: ‘If You Thought USAID was a Problem, This Will Bring a Little Shiver to You’.
• President Trump Orders an Investigation Into ActBlue’s Illegal Money Laundering Activity that We Were First to Report in December 2022.
• Rubio Slams NATO Allies as Nothing More Than “Junior Partners,” Demands 5% Defense Spending.
• Dad Rips California Law in Viral Video After Daughter’s Ambulance Bill Tripled from $600 to Over $2000 After He Told Them He Has Insurance.

Epoch Times:

• US–China Trade War Could Benefit India.
• Export-Oriented Factories in China Suspend Production Amid US–China Tariff War.
• The CCP Is America’s Enemy—and It’s Time to Act Like It.

Around X:

• @elonmusk

• Time to end the slaughter. (pic)
• NEW: The Harvard Law Review has made DEI the "first priority" of its admissions process. It routinely kills or advances pieces based on the author's race. It even vets articles for racially diverse citations. And guess what? Editors at the top journal put all this in writing. Wow.
• NEWS: Tesla reportedly has 300 test operators driving around Austin, Texas to prepare for their big June robotaxi launch - BI.
  

• @MarioNawful

• U.S. ISSUES SECURITY ALERT FOR LOS CABOS AND LA PAZ AFTER VIOLENCE ERUPTS. The U.S. Embassy in Mexico issued a security alert after shootouts broke out in Cabo San Lucas, buses were torched in La Paz and Los Cabos, and cartel threats surfaced. 
• BREAKING: VIRGINIA GIUFFRE, KEY EPSTEIN SURVIVOR WHO EXPOSED PRINCE ANDREW, DIES BY SUICIDE AT 41. Virginia Giuffre, whose brave testimony helped bring down Ghislaine Maxwell and forced Prince Andrew to settle a sexual abuse lawsuit, has taken her own life in Australia. Family statement: "Virginia was a fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sex trafficking. She was the light that lifted so many survivors". The mother of three was among the first victims to speak publicly about Epstein's abuse network, fighting legal battles against the powerful men she accused of exploiting her while enduring the psychological toll of her traumatic past. Her final message to authorities in a "Dateline" interview remains heartbreakingly poignant: "Take us serious. We matter." (pic)

• @Kylenabecker

• Former House Speaker @NewtGingrich has the solution to stop rogue judges. The Senate GOP needs to move immediately to get this done! (video)

• @WarClandestine 

• Judge Hannah Dugan seen fleeing the Milwaukee Federal court house with her attorney, following her arrest for obstructing ICE. The panic is real. These activist judges thought they were untouchable. Not anymore.

• @NickSortor

• JUST IN: Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has officially BANNED illegal aliens from receiving SNAP and food stamp benefits, following Trump’s orders A deep investigation will also be launched into the widespread fraud and abuse by illegals taking advantage of the system in the past. LONG OVERDUE!

• @ShadowofEzra

• Tim Pool is flat-out guaranteeing that Kash Patel and Dan Bongino are going to dismantle the Deep State. He says people need to be patient, reminding them it’s only been a few months and serious investigations take time to unfold. He’s confident that the Deep State’s reckoning is coming and will happen before the year is over. (video)

• @MarioNawful

• TESLA BATTERIES GO 100% MADE IN AMERICA—AND TRUMP’S TARIFFS BARELY TOUCH THEM. Tesla just confirmed every Model 3 and Model Y delivered in the U.S. now runs on 100% American-built battery packs. Elon locked in vertical integration long before tariffs were back on the table—and it’s paying off. While other automakers scramble, Tesla’s Nevada Gigafactory is breaking records. Refineries for lithium and cathodes are already firing up in Texas.

• @JimFergusonUK

• THE CLIMATE SCAM IS UNRAVELING — AND THE GLOBALISTS ARE PANICKING. Vice President JD Vance just said what millions know but fear to say: The “climate crisis” isn’t about saving the planet — it’s about controlling the people.

• @goddeketal

• When Fauci joined the NIH in 1968, only about 6% of American children had a chronic condition. By the time he became director of NIAID in 1984, that number had nearly doubled to 11.8%. Now, after 40 years of his leadership, over 60% of U.S. children suffer from at least one chronic illness. Fauci didn’t lose a war on disease. He waged one on your kids.

• @Holden_Culotta

• RFK Jr. just told Big Food CEOs to their face: “This is a REVOLUTION.” “The system is gonna be completely different in 4 years.” “We’re gonna change things for real this time.” “I have a President now behind me who does not care what he’s been called by every soda company, every candy company, every processed food company.” “We are disrupting this agency. We’re taking it out of the hands of industry and we’re putting it back in the hands of the American people.” “We are gonna have revolutionary change.” “If you think that we’re not serious about this, you’re making a bad judgment.” “Things are going to change dramatically over the next four years.” (video)