Monday, April 20, 2026

WaPo thinks Nick Fuentes has grifted roughly $900k from poor, gullible people since the beginning of 2025

WASH POST: We calculated how much Fuentes earns from live-streaming...

The MAGA tariff unwind begins lol

 
 
 

Lori Chavez-Deremer fired before she could be grilled in an upcoming congressional hearing, same as Pam Bondi

Trump is tired of the bad PR episodes like the one he got from Kristi Noem.
 
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer leaves Trump cabinet, Keith Sonderling takes over 
  
Sources: Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer Has Resigned

 ... “Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will be leaving the Administration to take a position in the private sector. She has done a phenomenal job in her role by protecting American workers, enacting fair labor practices, and helping Americans gain additional skills to improve their lives,” Cheung wrote in a post on X. ... Two Republicans who speak with Trump told NOTUS they expected Trump to pull the trigger on removing Chavez-DeRemer on April 22, when she was due for what was expected to be a bruising hearing in Congress. ...

Kristi Noem

 
Pam Bondi

Lori Chavez-DeRemer

SPX rallied 10% after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, but ended the year down 19%

SPX is up almost 12% since March 30th.

 Investors are misreading news about the Iran war, analysts say as markets whipsaw

... The resumption of uninterrupted energy flows is what underpins any sustained stock market recovery, according to investment manager Orbis.

“It’s pretty clear to us that equity markets are viewing things with a ‘glass half full’ view,” Patrick O’Donnell, chief investment strategist at Orbis, told CNBC’s Europe Early Edition on Monday.

“What we’re focused on is whether the Strait of Hormuz is actually going to reopen again.”

He added that the ramifications of the conflict in the Middle East will have “quite a long-lasting effect” for the global economy and markets. ...