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Debt Rattle May 1 2026

May 012026

May 1, 2026 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 9:05 am Finance Tagged with: Anthropic, Banksy, hypersonics, Iran, Merz, Mexico, Mojtaba Khamenei, Putin, reset, Sinaloa, Steinbaum, Trump 25 Responses »

William-Adolphe Bouguereau Whisperings of Love 1889 • Defiant Mojtaba Khamenei: Gulf’s Future Will Be “Without US Presence” (ZH) • Growing Division In Iran’s ‘Hardline Camp’ Emerges Over Halting All Talks With US (ZH) • Secretary Scott Bessent Discusses “Operation Economic Fury” Against Iran (CTH) • Trump: SCOTUS Voting Rights Act Decision a ‘Big Win’ (Salgado) • Anthropic Wants a Reset. Trump Should Think Twice (Jeff Hunt) • Dan Bongino Says He’s Scared of the FBI (CTH) • Trump Notes Extended

Debt Rattle April 30 2026

Apr 302026

April 30, 2026 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 9:53 am Finance Tagged with: Dan Bongino, Deep State, extended blockade, Iran, Nord Stream, OPEC, Social Well-Being Index, Trump, UAE, US envoy 35 Responses »

Joaquin Sorolla Passeggiata sulla spiaggia (Walk on the beach) 1909 • Trump Tells Aides US Preparing For Extended Blockade: WSJ (ZH) • Iran Is in a ‘Death Spiral’ and Time Is Running Out (Matt Margolis) • UAE Announces Departure from OPEC Effective May 1st (CTH) • More Countries ‘Very Likely’ To Leave OPEC: Ex-UAE Diplomat (RT) • Glory Days of OPEC Long Over – Afshin Rattansi (RT) • UN Makes Iran Vice President of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Conference (Salgado) • Shell

Debt Rattle April 29 2026

Apr 292026

April 29, 2026 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 8:36 am Finance Tagged with: assassination attempt, Carney, COVID, Iran.Hormuz.collapse, Jimmy Kimmel, oil storage 31 Responses »

Vincent van Gogh Fishing Boats on the Beach at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer 1888 • Trump Claims Iran in ‘State of Collapse’ (ZH) • Trump Says Iran Caved on Strait of Hormuz Closure (Salgado) • Iran Already Scrambling for Oil Storage After Two Weeks of US Blockade (ZH) • Iran Has DAYS Until This Crisis Hits (Stephen Green) • Carney Claims All Nations Tell Him They Regret Making Deals with Trump (CTH) • Why Some Democrats Think Trump Staged Latest Assassination Attempt

Debt Rattle April 28 2026

Apr 282026

April 28, 2026 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 9:48 am Finance Tagged with: 60 minutes, assassination, Fetterman, Hormuz, New York Times, Obama, pharmacies, prescription drugs, siege, Starmer, Trump 31 Responses »

Johannes Vermeer Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window 1657-59 • A Feral and Savage Party (James Howard Kunstler) • No Conspiracy Required (Stephen Green) • Obama Said This About the Latest Trump Assassination Attempt (Margolis) • President Trump 60-Minutes Interview on Events During Attack at WHCA Dinner (CTH) • Again, Fetterman Breaks Ranks After the Third Attempt on Trump’s Life (Manney) • Melania Trump Deplores Jimmy Kimmel’s Disturbing Shooting Jokes (Salgado) • How the GOP Should Respond to

Debt Rattle April 27 2026

Apr 272026

April 27, 2026 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 8:52 am Finance Tagged with: assassination, assassination attempt, Cuba, enriched uranium, Iran, Macron, Mamdani, NGO, Trump, US, Washington Hilton, White House Correspondents’ Dinner 36 Responses »

Jusepe de Ribera A philosopher holding a mirror 1630 • Unhinged Conspiracy Theory About WHCA Dinner Trump Murder Attempt (Margolis) • Trump Dodges Another Gunman, Unbowed But Grounded: Not Going To Deter Me (JTN) • Assassin Identified as Cole Tomas Allen (31), from Torrance, California (CTH) • President Trump Holds a Press Conference Following Another Murder Attempt (CTH) • We Now Know Who the WHCA Dinner Shooter Was Targeting (Margolis) • ‘You’re Horrible People’: President Trump Torches Norah O’Donnell (Margolis)

Debt Rattle April 26 2026

Apr 262026

April 26, 2026 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 9:06 am Finance Tagged with: Brennan, Democracy Shield, Elon Musk, EU, Europe, freedom, Grand Jury, Kushner, Kwasniewski, Reza Pahlavi, subpoenas, White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Witkoff 20 Responses »

Paul Klee Sicilian Landscape1924 • Shots Fired at Correspondents Dinner, Shooter Dead, Trump Evacuated (Salgado) • Trump Says WHCD Shooting Was Another Assassination Attempt (Margolis) • Secret Service Agent Shot but in Good Condition (Salgado) • Something’s Changed: Trump Explains Why People Want to Kill Him (Tim O’Brien) • “We Have All The Cards”: Trump Cancels Witkoff-Kushner Trip To Pakistan (ZH) • Chaos in Iran, Trump Drops the Hammer on Talks (Robert Spencer) • The EU ‘Democracy Shield’ Is The

Debt Rattle April 25 2026

Apr 252026

April 25, 2026 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 9:07 am Finance Tagged with: Canada, Carney, Europe, FAFO, globalism, Lutnick, Newsom, SPLC.Greer, Trump, USMCA. 28 Responses »

Christopher Makos Andy Warhol piloting John Denver’s bi-plane 1977 • US Sending Witkoff, Kushner To Pakistan As Iran Balks At Talks (ZH) • Trump Weighs Consequences For NATO Allies On ‘Naughty’ List (Politico) • Europe Bets On Newsom To Reverse Trump’s America – And Save Its Own Model (Kolbe) • Europe’s Hormuz Mission And The Illusion Of Geopolitical Power (Kolbe) • What CBS News’ Dinner to Honor Trump Means for the Future of News (Rivera) • Canada Pushes Closer to

Debt Rattle April 24 2026

Apr 242026

April 24, 2026 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 9:35 am Finance Tagged with: bitcoin node, blasphemous, DACA, EV, Iran, Kash Patel, Khameini, mine ships, Ron DeSantis, satanism, SPLC, Trump 42 Responses »

Georgia O’Keeffe New York Street with Moon 1925 • Trump Says Not Anxious, ‘All The Time In The World’ To End War (ZH) • Mojtaba Khamenei With Medical Team In 24/7 Hideout, Generals Run Iran: NYT (ZH) • Trump Orders U.S. Navy to Shoot Any Iranian Mine Ships (Catherine Salgado) • Trump: Fossil Fuels Essential To National Security (JTN) • Greg Gutfeld Savages the SPLC and the Democrats Who Took the Bait (Margolis) • Judge Dismisses Kash Patel’s Defamation Lawsuit

Debt Rattle April 23 2026

Apr 232026

April 23, 2026 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 9:44 am Finance Tagged with: Atlantic, Bongino, California bar, ceasefire, John Eastman, Kash Patel, sock puppet, SPLC, Todd Blanche 47 Responses »

Edward Hopper Railroad sunset 1929 • Trump Extends Ceasefire with Iran Pending Internal Regime Discussions (CTH) • Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire and Forces Tehran to Make the Next Move (Manney) • IRGC Leader Takes Control of Iran’s Military As US Tensions Rise (Fox) • President Trump Didn’t Just Win. He Revived the Warrior Poet (David Manney) • Trump Spooked Over Iran War Crimes – Larry Klayman (USAW) • Trump’s “Sock Puppet” (Philip Marey) • Bongino’s Ominous Warning About the Kash

Debt Rattle April 22 2026

Apr 222026

April 22, 2026 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 7:26 am Finance Tagged with: bombs, Cuba, EVs, IC, impeachment, Iran, Joe diGenova, Magyar, Marco Rubio, Netanyahu, Russiagate, Schrödinger, Spygate, Trump 43 Responses »

Edward Hopper The Circle Theater, New York 1936 • Trump Blinks Again, Unilaterally Extends Iran Ceasefire (ZH) • Schrödinger’s Strait (PA) • Trump Says Iran Can ‘Expect’ Bombs (ZH) • Iran Promises To ‘Reveal New Cards On The Battlefield’ (RT) • Iran: US Must Retract ‘Maximalist’ Nuclear Demands for Talks to Proceed (ET) • Are We Seeing the Makings of an Iranian Civil War? (Eric Florack) • Perspective on Iran Conflict and Latest Intel Efforts to Disrupt Trump (CTH) •

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