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Debt Rattle February 19 2025

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February 19, 2025 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 11:01 am Finance Tagged with: DOGE, draft dodger, Elon Musk, Grok, paper army, peace talks, Putin, Social Security, Trump, Ukraine, Zelensky 45 Responses »

Banksy Monkey Parliament 2009 • Trump Blasts Critics Of His Ukraine Peace Initiative (ZH) • ‘Successful’ US-Russia Talks Conclude After 4+ Hours, No Ukraine Or EU (ZH) • Polling Shows Trump And DOGE Have Public Backing Despite Critics (Whedon) • Judge Rejects Request to Block DOGE From Accessing Government Data (ET) • Judge Declines to Block DOGE’s Access to Student Financial Aid Data (ET) • DOGE Finds $4.7 Trillion In Virtually Untraceable Treasury Payments (ZH) • Trump Replaces Social

Debt Rattle February 18 2025

Feb 182025

February 18, 2025 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 11:25 am Finance Tagged with: bargaining power, DOGE, Fraud, IRS, JD Vance, Macron, Munich, Riyadh, Russia, Trump, Ukraine, Zelensky 56 Responses »

René Magritte The muscles of the sky 1927 • “This Might Be The Biggest Fraud In History” (ZH) • Musk’s DOGE Seeking Access To IRS Taxpayer Data (RT) • DOGE Is Right To Defang the CFPB (RCW) • The Genius of the DOGE Exposures (AmG) • US, Russia Hold Peace Talks In Saudi Arabia Without Ukraine (ZH) • US-Russia Meeting In Riyadh Will ‘Have No Results’ – Zelensky (RT) • Ukraine Has No Bargaining Power in US-Russia Peace Talks

Debt Rattle February 17 2025

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February 17, 2025 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:00 am Finance Tagged with: AfD, ceasefire, DOGE, Fort Knox, JD Vance, Russia, self-imploding, sovereignty, Trump 53 Responses »

Vincent van Gogh Agostina Segatori Sitting in the Café du Tambourin 1887 • Trump Says Russia Isn’t A Threat To NATO (RT) • Trump Wants Ukraine Ceasefire By Easter (RT) • Europe & Zelensky Throw Tantrum After US Sidelines Them From Russia Talks (ZH) • Zelensky Is In A Very Bad Position – Tara Reade (RT) • Trump Envoy Sets Timeline For Ukraine Peace Plan (RT) • Trump’s Envoy Signals Possible Ukraine Concessions (RT) • Ukraine c – Kremlin

Debt Rattle February 16 2025

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February 16, 2025 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 11:30 am Finance Tagged with: defense stocks, DOGE, JD Vance, judge shopping, MAHA, Medvedchuk, microplastics, mutilation, rare earths 52 Responses »

Edgar Degas L’absinthe (In a café) 1875-76 • Trump Sends Defense Stocks Crashing (RT) • Trump Establishes Make America Healthy Again Commission (ET) • DOGE Workers ‘Energetic and Dug In’ Despite Threats: Source (ET) • Who Will Rule? An Elected President or an Unaccountable Judiciary? (PCR) • Vance Only Said What Americans Really Think (Lukyanov) • Medvedev Applauds Vance’s ‘Humiliating Rebuke’ Of Europe (RT) • Judge Blocks Trump’s Ban On “Chemical And Surgical Mutilation” Of Children (ZH) • Ukraine

Debt Rattle February 15 2025

Feb 152025

February 15, 2025 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:55 am Finance Tagged with: AOC, Chernobyl, DOGE, Europe, fraudulent payments, Homan, JD Vance, Munich, puppet, Zelensky 49 Responses »

Rembrandt van Rijn Saint Paul in prison 1627 • JD Vance Gobsmacks NATO (Larry Johnson) • Vance Slams EU Leaders For ‘Running In Fear’ Of Their Own Voters (RT) • Scholz Calls For State Of Emergency In Germany (RT) • Trump Ejects From Ukraine Joyride With EU Screaming In The Backseat (Marsden) • How The US Made Western Europe Its Puppet (Bordachev) • Zelensky Comments On Putin-Trump Call (RT) • Only Zelensky Can Negotiate With Putin, Must Avoid ‘Capitulation’:

Debt Rattle Valentine’s Day 2025

Feb 142025

February 14, 2025 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:22 am Finance Tagged with: AI, buyout, Elon Musk, G7, JD Vance, military budget, Munich, NED, Putin, RFK jr, Trump, Zelensky 50 Responses »

Margaret Gillies Charles Dickens 1844 • Trump To Xi, Putin: Let’s Cut Military Budget In Half – Russia Back In G7 (ZH) • Russia and US To Hold ‘High-Level’ Meeting In Munich Friday – Trump (RT) • Trump’s Call With Putin Marks A Shift In Global Power (Fyodor Lukyanov) • Putin-Trump Summit On The Way – Kremlin (RT) • Trump Wants A Deal With Russia – But Can He Deliver? (Suchkov) • RFK Jr. Confirmed As Trump’s Health Secretary

Debt Rattle February 13 2025

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February 13, 2025 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 11:20 am Finance Tagged with: activist judges, Elon Musk, EU, Hegseth, kickbacks, Luna, NATO, Pam Bondi, peace talks, Putin, Trump, Tulsi Gabbard 78 Responses »

Dante Gabriel Rossetti Monna Vanna 1866 • Putin Invites Trump To Visit Moscow In ‘Highly Productive’ Call (ZH) • China Offers To Host Putin-Trump Summit (RT) • Hegseth Casts Doubt on Ukraine’s NATO Gamble As Peace Talks Loom (Sp.) • Trump ‘OK’ With Keeping Ukraine Out of NATO (RT) • NATO Boss Issues Warning To Putin (RT) • Musk Calls For Complete Overhaul of NATO (RT) • EU Won’t Give Zelensky 200,000 Peacekeepers – NYT (RT) • Tulsi Gabbard

Debt Rattle February 12 2025

Feb 122025

February 12, 2025 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:40 am Finance Tagged with: Bhattacharya, DOGE, Elon Musk, judges, Klitschko, providence, PTSD, stubbornness, Trump, Ukraine, Zelensky 68 Responses »

Leonardo da Vinci (?) La Joconde nue or Monna Vanna 1515 • Stubbornness, Divine Providence and Donald Trump (Miele) • Trump Orders Federal Agencies To Comply With Musk’s DOGE Cuts (RT) • Democrat Senator Accuses Trump And Musk Of ‘Billionaire Takeover’ (RT) • Judge Blocks Federal Government From Cutting Medical Research Funding (ET) • US Tax Dollars Fuel Ukrainian Elites’ Lavish Lifestyles – Tucker Carlson (RT) • DOGE Investigating Feds Whose Net Worths Have Exploded (ZH) • Zelensky’s 100

Debt Rattle February 11 2025

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February 11, 2025 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:41 am Finance Tagged with: Canada, DOGE, Elon Musk, Fed, FEMA, Gaza, OpenAI, rare earths, reconquista, tariffs, Trump 50 Responses »

Robert Rauschenberg Buffalo II 1964 • Trump Orders 25 Percent Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum (ET) • Trump: DOGE To Analyze Pentagon Spending After 7th Failed Audit (ZH) • Trump Admin Urges Judge to Dissolve Order Blocking DOGE From Treasury (ET) • The Making of Elon Musk: How the Left Makes Monsters of Us All (Turley) • Sen. Mike Lee Floats Ron Paul For Fed Chairman, Musk Says ‘Amazing’ Idea (JTN) • DOGE: FEMA Sent $59 Million Last Week

Debt Rattle February 10 2025

Feb 102025

February 10, 2025 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 8:11 am Finance Tagged with: Bessent, CBS, diversity, DOGE, Elon Musk, Jan 6, Russophobic, security clearances, Treasury, Trump, USAID 56 Responses »

Jacopo Bassano The Miraculous Draught of Fishes 1545 • DOGE’s Targets (Burg) • Musk Slams Ruling Blocking DOGE From Accessing Treasury Payment Systems (JTN) • Musk Calls For Impeachment Of Judge Who Blocked DOGE Access At Treasury (ZH) • Trump, Musk, and the Deep State: The Battle Over Transparency Begins (Kimball) • Musk Says DOGE, Treasury Agree on New Anti-Fraud Measures (Ozimek) • US Treasury Pays $100bn Annually To Unknown Recipients – Musk (RT) • Musk Mocks Pro-Western ‘independent’

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