The US Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC Adam Jeffery | CNBC The Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Friday that it will help protect investors by reviewing recent trading volatility that has caused stocks like GameStop and AMC Entertainment to soar. In a statement, the country’s top financial regulator pledged to protect individual …
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Rachel Maddow says it is time for Democrats to consider killing the filibuster
Rachel Maddow said Thursday if Democrats get things done and really want to navigate this moment of crisis, they might consider killing the filibuster. The MSNBC host said Democrats can only pass two bills this year if they use the budgetary vote process – a maneuver that allows bills to clear the Senate by simple …
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Cruz, Ocasio-Cortez blow up Robinhood on account of commerce freezes
Legislators from both major parties criticized Robinhood on Thursday after the California-based financial services company announced it had restricted its customers’ ability to buy shares in GameStop and other companies whose shares were topped up by online retail investors. Robinhood announced earlier in the day that GameStop and other stocks targeted by investors on the …
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Ocasio-Cortez says QAnon members now management the GOP caucus
In June last year, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Facebook videos surfaced making racist comments. A spokesman for Kevin McCarthy said: “tThese comments are appalling and Leader McCarthy will not tolerate them. “Minority whip Steve Scalise went a step further and threw his support behind Greene’s main opponent. Greene managed to win that primary, however, and she …
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Trump supporters arrested for pipe bombs, mentioned assault on Twitter, Fb
A California man charged with possession of five pipe bombs spoke during a discussion on the “war” to ensure former President Donald Trump stays in the White House, targeting Democrats, and social Media giants Twitter and Facebook. “I want to blow up such a bad Democratic building,” Napa County’s man Ian Benjamin Rogers wrote in …
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The GOP is a “dumpster hearth” incapable of ruling the nation
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow says it has become increasingly clear over the past few weeks that the Republican Party is broken and can’t even pretend to be a government partner. As Joe Biden and the Democrats in Congress work to resolve the many crises that are wreaking havoc across the country, Republicans argue among themselves over …
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Schifffahrtsunternehmen lehnten US-Agrarexporte ab und schickten leere Container nach China
Ein Frachtschiff steht am Hafen von Long Beach, Kalifornien. Joe Klamar | AFP | Getty Images Laut einer CNBC-Untersuchung lehnten Spediteure im Oktober und November US-Agrarexportcontainer im Wert von Hunderten von Millionen Dollar ab und schickten stattdessen leere Container nach China, um sie mit rentableren chinesischen Exporten zu füllen. Die Federal Maritime Commission hat Petitionen …
The times of Mitch McConnell holding the Senate hostage are over
Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reminded Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Monday that he had lost the Senate and could no longer take the chamber hostage. During an interview with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, Senator Schumer said, “He’s not the majority leader, he’s the minority leader, and he’s not going to prevail.” Video: “He’s not the …
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Leon Black, CEO of Apollo International, paid Jeffrey Epstein $ 158 million and is about to retire
Leon Black, Chairman, CEO and Director of Apollo Global Management, LLC, speaks at the Milken Institute’s 21st Global Conference on May 1, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Leon Black, CEO of Apollo Global Management, paid Jeffrey Epstein $ 158 million for financial advice from 2012 to 2017 despite knowing Epstein pleaded …
Joe Biden is already fixing the US relationship with France
No more passive-aggressive handshakes for French President Emmanuel Macron as Joe Biden is already working to rebuild US relations with France. The White House issued a display of Biden / Macron’s appeal to PoliticusUSA: “President Joseph R. Biden Jr. spoke to President Emmanuel Macron of France today to express his desire to strengthen bilateral ties …
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