Federal Reserve holds key interest rate steady for fifth straight meeting despite Trump’s pressure. All anybody who thinks Powell DOESN’T need to get outta Dodge needed to do during his speech was watch the Stock Market tickers. With very few exceptions, they were all red, with the leading indicators showing losses in the hundreds of dollars

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Trump looks to skip G20 summit in South Africa after viral Oval Office meeting. Trump previously confronted South Africa’s president with video alleging grave treatment of Afrikaners. Gee, I wonder why? After combining what’s going on in South Africa with the recent news of Christians being hacked to death with machetes in the Congo, and the resurgence of ISIS in Somalia, it’s a wonder he’s sending ANYBODY (except the Armed Forces) to the Dark Continent.

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