China’s economic hurdles are increasing. Having already lost access to discounted Venezuelan oil, Beijing is now seeing a second source of cost-effective energy--Iran--falter. This is happening as the 2025 strategy of propping up growth through aggressive global export expansion

🚨US layoffs are off to their largest start to a year since the Great Financial Crisis: US-based employers announced 108,435 job cuts in January, the highest January total since 2009. This was up +205% from December and +118% from January 2025. Interestingly, Artificial

This historic building was bombed. 🇮🇷 Built in the 18th century by the Qajar Turk dynasty, Golestan Palace is known as one of Iran's iconic buildings with its diamonds and mirrors. This complex was on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Video by Kristina Makeeva

JP Morgan Warns of Catastrophic Oil Supply Loss from Middle East War

The Trump Administration's Lies About the Iran War Are All Falling Flat

Facing internal and external headwinds, China has dialed back its 2026 growth target to 4.5–5.0%. While this marks the lowest since 1991, it may still prove ambitious unless Beijing aggressively ramps up domestic economic reforms. #economy #china #growth

🚨The US market is EXTREMELY expensive: The 12-month forward P/E ratio for US equities is up to 21.8x, more expensive than 90% of the time over the last 20 years. Even excluding Big Tech, US stocks trade at 19.2x, still well above the 20-year median. By comparison, Europe

“Have we learned nothing from the wars … we sparked in the Middle East that racked up $8 trillion of debt in Iraq, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan?” -Thomas Massie

The Trump Administration was warned that any attack on Iran would lead to a regional war in the Middle East, but he chose to ignore voices of caution and went with his "feeling" as the White House described it. Less than a week later, every US military base in the region is

Only Congress can declare war. That's not my opinion. That's Article 1 of the Constitution. We forced the vote. The Senate said no. History will not be kind to a Congress that gave away its most solemn responsibility. notus.org/congress/kaine…

SHIP MOVEMENT THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS ALMOST COMPLETELY STOPPED- BBG

🚨Oil prices are surging as Middle East tensions remain elevated: WTI crude jumped +20% over the last few trading sessions, to $81.5 per barrel, the highest in 20 months. Meanwhile, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has now plummeted by over -95%, with major crude carriers

⚠️The US labor market is deteriorating FAST: The US private sector shed -86,000 jobs in February, the worst monthly loss since the 2020 Crisis. The biggest losses were in Education and Healthcare Services at -34,000, Hospitality at -27,000, and Manufacturing at -12,000. The

U.S. Intelligence Analysts Got Iran Right -- Trump Ignored Them

Aramco sees ‘catastrophic consequences’ for oil if shipping doesn’t resume in Strait of Hormuz - Arab News

Another super wild day in the oil market as prices plummet following President Trump’s speech yesterday evening, an unconfirmed report of the US military escorting a tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, and a multi-country agreement on a possible coordinated release of strategic

Similar to taking 20 years to replace the Taliban with the Taliban in Afghanistan... The U.S. replaced Khamenei with Khamenei in Iran.

Qatar's liquefied natural gas exports are collapsing: The 10-day moving average of Qatar LNG exports is down to just 33 tons, the lowest since the 2008 Financial Crisis. This marks a -90% drop since February and is -85% below the average seen over the last 10 years. This comes

Iran war causing ‘largest disruption in history’ to crude supplies, says IEA ft.trib.al/gvF1G7E

When Congress votes to increase spending, they’re voting to increase your taxes, because you’ll pay for the additional spending through inflation and debt and taxes later, if not through taxes today. I’m the only Member of the House who hasn’t voted to increase your taxes.