Sheila Jackson Lee - Democratic Congresswoman from Houston, TX 18th District
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Heavily involved in the oversight of the Secret Service.
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Fierce critic of Trump
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Suddenly dies July 19th at 74 years old, six days after the failed attempted assassination of DJT.
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She was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in June
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Her family does not specify cause of death
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Seen out and about the day before.
https://x.com/krisiannc/status/1815502654329516488 https://x.com/ShadowofEzra/status/1815412314008592754
A crowdstrike update has caused millions of windows system to blue screen and go into a reboot loop taking out airlines and other critical infrastructure worldwide. It's going to be a long few days for system admins everywhere.
I don't have a link for this but basically this is what I've determined so far.
The Fed owns 7T in U.S. Treasury securities, federal agency debt securities, and mortgage-backed securities through a special provision that allows it to create money to buy these assets.
It actually owns more, but this is just the portion bought with made up money and not customer deposits.
For assets bought with made up money, the Fed and its member banks receives a dividend at a rate capped at 6%.
The Federal Reserve uses part of the interest income to cover operating expenses, which include salaries, facilities, and other operational costs. (7.7B for 2023)
In addition, member banks received approximately $2.1B in dividend payments in 2023.
Any left over interest goes back to the Treasury.
Debt Holder Breakdown of the full 33T of US debt:
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Federal Reserve: ~22% of total federal debt.
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Foreign Holders: ~22% of total federal debt.
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U.S. Government Accounts: ~18% of total federal debt.
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Domestic Private Investors: ~27% of total federal debt.
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State and Local Governments: ~3% of total federal debt.
In summary, the Federal reserve profits greatly from buying up treasuries and other assets with made up money. This money goes to private member banks.
First of all, I don't give two shits about the royals. I do care when people are trying to be shady as hell though.
So does anyone here with a lukewarm IQ or higher have thoughts on Kate Middleton's recent reappearance after claiming she would be stepping away from her royal duties due to cancer? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx6AkLWerpw
- It looks like her, not a double like whoever was "out shopping" earlier this year(see link below)
- She looks fine, although a little skinnier
- All shots of her are pretty far away with no audio. They did, however, selectively release "private footage" filmed at different time or day at a time it was more sunny out.
It's just so weird to me. She's clearly alive and a functional human being, why maintain this aire of secrecy and just be normal for once?
For the record, I previously thought she was dead and royal family had been trying to cover it up. This appearance just leaves me scratching my head.
News article from earlier this year about a Princess Kate public appearance: https://www.news18.com/viral/kate-middletons-new-pic-shopping-with-prince-william-has-everyone-saying-thats-not-her-8820609.html
In a world of misinformation it's hard to find people who tell the truth, even if it is inconvenient. Here is my list. I am not saying they are always correct, but I think they are being intellectually honest as they are willing to say what they believe is true.
Catherine Austin Fits Investment Advisor, former Assistant Secretary of Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner
Gonzalo Lira Now deceased video blogger who was living in Ukraine.
Alex Christoforou Commentator and journalist known for his work with The Duran, a platform focusing on geopolitical analysis and international politics.
Dave Smith Stand-up comedian, podcaster, and libertarian political commentator.
Jimmy Dore Stand-up comedian, political commentator.
Chris Martenson Economic researcher, futurist, and founder of Peak Prosperity.
Robert Barnes Attorney known for his work in constitutional, criminal tax, and civil rights law.
Carlo Maria Viganò Italian archbishop and former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States
James Sheeder Bruno Investments and Tiktoker https://www.tiktok.com/@brunoblockchain
James Corbett An independent journalist, researcher, and the founder of "The Corbett Report.
Scott Ritter Former United States Marine Corps intelligence officer and former United Nations weapons inspector.
Ian Carroll Tiktoker. https://www.tiktok.com/@cancelthisclothingco. (I am surprised this guy is still alive)
Dr. Peter McCullough American cardiologist, internist, and epidemiologist who has gained prominence for his views on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jeffrey Sachs American economist, public policy analyst, and former director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Mike Benz State Department official during the Trump administration, where he focused on issues related to technology, cybersecurity, and international policy.
Yanis Varoufakis Greek economist, academic, and politician known for his critical stance on austerity measures and his role in Greek politics during the country’s financial crisis
Submissions below worth mentioning: Glenn Greenwald, Whitney Webb, Aaron Mate
It's too early to tell as the site is only a day old, but sites like Udio allow anyone to create custom AI songs that sound nearly indistinguishable to human recorded tracks. Currently in free beta, users can create songs of any style with custom lyrics and remix the creation to come up with multiple concepts. Creators don't need a band or artists to put together catchy songs that could potentially go viral.
It's an open secret that during periods of "quantitative easing" the Federal Reserve purchases treasuries on the open market with dollars it basically creates. This increases the money supply and stimulates the economy. It also causes inflation.
In 2024, the US tax payer is paying roughly 1 billion dollars a day in interest servicing ~34 trillion dollars of debt. Some of that debt is owned by the Federal Reserve.
According to the St Louis Fed, the Federal Reserve holds around 5 trillion dollars of securities, 2/3rds of which are held as Treasuries (US Debt).
With interest rates going up, the Federal Reserve shouldn't be earning even more interest on treasuries it bought with made up money.
