by Susan Duclos, All News Pipeline:
If reporting on the true state of the economy, meaning a 2024 recession is still possible, or even probable, would the media hold back on reporting the truth in an election year if it would help a Democrat president?
That was a rhetorical question. Of course they would, and there are major indicators showing that is exactly what is happening.
We’ll start with the liberal media because they’re in the best position possible to gaslight and influence Americans. If they ignore something, a significant number of Americans will never see it, unless they are readers of Independent News Media as well. They direct the news, not as much as they used to thanks to the internet, but it does take a lot of work from independent websites collectively to force the MSM to address a topic they prefer the public remain ignorant of.
Some people just cannot fathom that the fake news spear-headed by Victoria Nuland’s sister-in-law at the Institute for the Study of War never peace; they demonize Putin as they routinely do to anyone they oppose. My father taught me a lesson that you MUST always listen to your opponent because it is a window into his thinking process. I have read Marx not because I believed in what he was saying but to comprehend his thinking process and what led him to the conclusion that he killed more than 200 million people and still counting.
This week Peter covers the highlights of a volatile trading week, paying special attention to Nvidia, Wall Street’s favorite AI stock, and Newmont Corporation, a heavy hitter in the gold mining industry. 
Henry Kissinger once said, “Who controls the food supply can control the people.”
Fireworks erupted in the Virginia State Senate on Monday afternoon after Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears referred to transgender Senator Danica Roem as “sir” during floor deliberations.
Despite lacking any sort of blue water navy or even much of a brown water fleet beyond machinegun-armed gunboats, the Yemeni militia has managed to put a giant dent in international shipping through the Red Sea chokepoint linking Europe and Asia, with the volume of maritime traffic through the nearby Suez Canal dropping by as much as 40 percent.
