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Grandma Yellen Bakes Hope Cookies – Says Another Financial Crisis ‘Not Likely In Our Lifetime’

Fed Chair Janet Yellen told a room full of stuffy Brits on Tuesday that another financial disaster like the 2008 credit crisis was not likely “in our lifetime,” as banks are “very much stronger.”

Coming from the 70 year old Yellen, whose life expectancy is 86 years old, the message is clear; an almost guaranteed 16 years of unmitigated cocaine rallies lie ahead! 

After all, the Fed is prepared to do all sorts of neat things the next time SHTF, like the directly buying stocks and corporate bonds of any entity deemed “too big to fail.”

“I think the public can see the capital positions of the major banks are very much stronger this year,” said Yellen. “All of the firms passed the quantitative parts of the stress tests.”

I think the system is much safer and much sounder,” she said. “We are doing a lot more to try to look for financial stability risks that may not be immediately apparent but to look in corners of the financial system that are not subject to regulation, outside those areas in order to try to detect threats to financial stability that may be emerging.”

Yellen and crew are doing such amazing work – looking in ‘corners of the financial system’ and whatnot to keep us safe.

Excellent news Grandma! 

While Ben Bernanke made similar bold statements during the credit crisis, calling the subprime mortgage market “contained,” I’m sure Janet Yellen’s crystal ball is a bit more accurate after nearly 10 years to recover and strengthen the banking sector.

Perhaps US banks will even be robust enough to bail out Europe the next time Deutsche Bank ($DB) or Italy’s Monte Paschi, need MOAR emergency bailouts.

In March, Deutsche Bank was forced to raise an emergency 8 billion Euros – a move which CEO Johyn Cryan previously called a “last resort” – bringing their total raised over the last 18 months to 30 billion Euros!

Meanwhile, Italy’s Monte Paschi received special permission from the Italian government and the EU to tap Italy’s Treasury instead of the European Central Bank for an 8.8 billion bailout.

So – while the US banking sector will apparently be in great shape for at least the rest of Grandma Yellen’s natural life, let’s hope that the EU can hold itself together so we can avoid the mother of all global bailouts the next time the cocaine runs out.

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CNN Exposed In Undercover Sting – Producer Admits Russia Story Fake News Pushed For Ratings

The investigative journalists at Project Veritas has done it again! Known for their undercover sting operations, such as the one which exposed the DNC’s highly organized network of professional agitators sent to disrupt Trump rallies, voter fraud, or the undercover operation which led to the arrests of Antifa thugs planning to disrupt an the inauguration “deploraball” event.

This time, the organization led by James O’Keefe has infiltrated CNN!

A PV journalist covertly filmed a candid discussion with CNN producer John Bonifield, where the “Very Fake News” network employee admitted that the whole Russia story against President Trump is nothing more than a ratings grab by CNN’s CEO Jeff Zucker – based on the fact that most of CNN’s liberal audience wants to see the President go down in flames.

Bonifield also admitted that he hasn’t seen any evidence of President Trump committing a crime.

PV Journalist: So you believe the Russia thing is a little crazy, right?

John Bonifield: Even if Russia was trying to swing an election, we try to swing their elections, our CIA is doing shit all the time, we’re out there trying to manipulate governments.

I haven’t seen any good enough evidence to show that the President committed a crime.

I know a lot of people don’t like him and they’d like to see him get kicked out of office…. but that’s a lot different than he actually did something that can get him kicked out of office.

Russia is for ratings!

PV Journalist: Why is CNN constantly like “Russia this, Russia that?”

Bonifield: Because it’s ratings. Our ratings are incredible right now.

My boss, I shouldn’t say this, my boss yesterday we were having a discussion about this dental shoot and he was like I just want you to know what we’re up against here. Just to give you some context, President Trump pulled out of the climate accords. For a day and a half we covered the climate accords. And the CEO of CNN [Jeff Zucker] said in our internal meeting, he said good job everybody covering the climate accords, but we’re done with it. Let’s get back to Russia.

But all the nice cutesy little ethics that used to get talked about in journalism school, you’re just like, that’s adorable. That’s adorable. This is a business.

True feelings about Russia…

John Bonifield was asked directly what he thinks about Russia… and responded with what many on the right have been saying for months; If it was something really good, it would have already leaked:

PV Journalist: But honestly, you think the whole Russia shit is just bullshit?

Bonifield: Could be bullshit. I mean, it’s mostly bullshit right now. Like, we don’t have any giant proof. Then they say, “well there’s still an investigation going on.” I don’t know, if they were finding something we would know about it. They way these leaks happen, they would leak it. They’d leak. If it was something really good, it’d leak.

I just feel like they don’t really have it but they want to keep digging. And so I think the President is probably right to say, like “look, you are witch hunting me. You have no smoking gun, you have no real proof.”

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Even CNN Has Limits (and lawyers) – Deletes Very Fake News Story On Trump-Russia And Fires Three Hacks

Who knew CNN had standards? After the Very Fake News network was caught utterly fabricating a story in which they linked Trump associate Anthony Scaramucci to a Kremlin-controlled investment fund – a story which was completely false.

Upon being called out for peddling fiction – perhaps because they would 100% lose in court – the network pulled the story, issued an Editor’s note stating that the article didn’t “meet CNN’s editorial standards” (lol), and fired three people involved with it’s publication.

Hilariously, Washington Post’s criticism includes the fact that CNN only used one anonymous source vs. the cadre of mysterious insiders they consistently pull out of their ass.

Reporter Thomas Frank, editor Eric Lichtblau, and the executive editor of “CNN Investigates,” Lex Haris were all fired as a result.

“In the aftermath of the retraction of a story published on CNN.com, CNN has accepted the resignations of the employees involved in the story’s publication.” –CNN

ONE CNN source told the Washington Post Regarding the personnel changes “The individuals all stated that they accepted responsibility and wanted to resign.”

Anthony Scaramucci, the target of CNN’s hit piece, approves:

BTFO! Will they ever recover?

Tucker nails it…

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Conspiracy Theorist Spook John Schindler Swears Trump Is Going To Jail, For Reals

Former NSA analyst and Naval War College professor, John Schindler, is quite a piece of work. Since being fired for emailing a woman pictures of his dick, blowing up his marriage – this member of the Deep State’s ‘best and brightest’ spends time making provocative tweets alluding to Donald Trump’s impeachment, jailing, or assassination – drawing parallels to globalist nutcase Louise Mensch.

One is reminded of a January tweet in which Schindler was sure they were “taking out traitor Trump now” – accidentally outing the Washington Post’s David Ignatius as the newspaper’s CIA mouthpiece:

Then there was that time in February where Schindler said that the Intelligence Community (IC) was going to “go nuclear” and that (presumably) Trump will “die in jail.”

Four months later, and John’s “senior IC friend” appears to have been a bit premature, given how slowly that whole “getting Trump into jail” part is going.

Since it’s a Monday, Schindler decided to run with ‘Trump going to prison’ again – swearing that a “Trusted member of Trump’s inner circle” has told those closest to him that he and Trump are going to prison.

Oh man – so with the full suite of deep state surveillance and analysis tools at their disposal, Trump’s enemies haven’t been able to cobble together anything resembling a legitimate case against the President thus far… but now John Schindler’s sources are sure shit’s going down and Trump will be in prison before long.

Some people aren’t buying it…

Sensing he was losing the crowd, Schindler’s next tweet implied that our Foreign Intel partners have the dirt that’s going to put Trump in jail…

So there you have it Trumpsters – the President is finished. All hail President Pence!

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Maxine Waters Has Wig Split By Protestors Outside Town Hall Event (VIDEOS)

A crowd of conservatives descended upon a Town Hall event in Gardena, CA Saturday to peacefully protest Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) who was speaking out against the GOP healthcare bill.

There were no fires set, excrement thrown, or bike locks used to try and murder political foes – just a diverse crowd of concerned citizens who showed up to call Maxine Waters out for being an establishment shill who’s destroyed black communities while promoting the witch-hunt of President Trump over nonexistent ties to Russia.

Political activist Grindall61 was on the scene and recorded all the action (see full videos here and here).

After the event a crowd waited for waters to leave – booing her as she entered her getaway car.

Maybe that’ll teach Waters to screw over her constituency, continuously call for the impeachment of a democratically elected President she says she won’t work with – then lie about it? Probably not.

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Bernie And Jane Sanders Lawyer Up Amid FBI Fraud Probe

Politico has confirmed that Bernie Sanders and his wife Jane have retained high powered DC lawyers amidst an FBI fraud investigation. Jane Sanders orchestrated a $10 million loan for the now defunct Burlington College to purchase a 33 acre property, reportedly obtained through a ‘fraudulent scheme.’ Sanders is accused of having lied about funding for transaction, while the FBI is also looking into claims that Bernie Sanders’ office pressured the bank to approve the loan.

The original request for an investigation into Federal bank fraud was sent in a January 2016 letter to the Vermont District Attorney as well as the FDIC by Brady Toensing – an attorney and chair of Donald Trump’s Vermont campaign. The letter detailed the mechanics of the alleged fraud, which is what reportedly launched official investigations. Toensing told Politico on Thursday “The investigation was started more than a year ago under President Obama, his Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and his United States Attorney, all of whom are Democrats.”

If true, the Sanders’ could be in some serious trouble.

The whole Burlington College Saga…

In 2004, Jane Sanders left her position as her husband’s congressional chief of staff to become president of the unaccredited and struggling Burlington College – founded in 1972 and operated out of a former grocery store. When Sanders took over as a “turnaround” president, she set out to rapidly grow the college – announcing a $6 million plan to expand the campus in 2006 which never came to fruition.

Inside of Burlington College, Sanders was earning a as reputation for her “toxic and disruptive” leadership style, and in late 2008, according to a 2016 essay on the college written by a former teacher Greg Guma, “Nearly half of the students and faculty members signed a petition demanding a meeting about the “Crisis in leadership,” while Jane Sanders’ salary rose to $150,000 in 2009 amidst a tuition hike from $5,000 to $22,407 in 2011. Meanwhile, enrollment dropped by almost 25%.

In 2008, literature professor Genese Grill wrote to the school’s academic affairs committee, describing Sanders’ “harassment and unethical treatment of other faculty and staff members, many of whom have since left the college disgruntled and angry.”

And in 2010, Jane Sanders announced a plan to move the tiny underfunded Burlington college onto a 33 acre parcel of valuable lakefront real estate in Northern Burlington. “It was the last piece of undeveloped, prime property on the lake shore,” according to Guma.

The property was owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese, which was strapped for cash after recently settling over two dozen sexual abuse lawsuits for $17.76 million. The 33 acre property hit the market for $12.5 million, and the church agreed to take Jane Sanders’ offer of $10 million.

Scheming for loans

When Jane Sanders made the offer to the Roman Catholic Diocese, Burlington College was nearly broke – with an annual budget just below $4 million. In order to finance the property, Sanders secured a $6.5 million loan from People’s United Bank in the form of a tax exempt bond purchase, and the Catholic Church agreed to carry a $3.65 million second mortgage on the property. Sanders told both institutions that Burlington college had $5 million in likely donor pledges and $2.4 million in confirmed pledges to be used to pay off the debt.

But wait – that was just for the property!

What Jane Sanders didn’t plan for was the $6 million or so required to actually build out the campus on the property to include green space, athletic fields, lecture halls, and walkways. Oops!

Disaster…

Sanders’ original claim of $2.4 million in confirmed donor pledges was quickly reduced to $1.2 million according to documents filed in the first fiscal year after the purchase – yet in records obtained by VTDigger, Burlington College received only $279,000. Despite hopes by Sanders and college trustees that they could boost enrollment and expand the student body, nothing changed – and the school failed at raising the money to satisfy it’s loans.

And then Jane Sanders was fired, with a $200,000 severance package.

In order to try and avoid bankruptcy, Burlington college sold off pieces of the 33 acre property to a local developer – which allowed the institution to pay off some of the debt Jane Sanders had accumulated, however in April 2016 the bank called it’s loan – and on May 28th, the college closed it’s doors after 44 years in operation.

FBI ON THE CASE!

Per Politico;

[F]ederal investigators and FBI agents started to pull apart the $10 million financial arrangement. They showed up at Burlington College to sift through hard drives, audit reports and spreadsheets. They began to interview donors, board members and past president Carol Moore. “I was contacted and spoke with an FBI agent numerous times last spring, again last summer,” Moore told Vermont Public Radio in May 2017, “and recently, maybe a month ago.”

And now, it appears the Sanders’ are preparing for battle…

While the Obama-era FBI and DOJ under James Comey and Loretta Lynch may have gone soft on Bernie and Jane Sanders, their recent lawyering up suggests there’s a storm on the horizon for Vermont’s most famous fake socialists.

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Loretta Lynch Probed By Senate Over ‘Political Interference’ In Clinton Investigation

Senators investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election have formally requested that ex-Attorney General Loretta Lynch answer questions over allegations she provided Hillary Clinton with “political interference” during the 2016 presidential election. Bipartisan letters were sent to Lynch and others on Friday from Senators Grassley (R-IA), Feinstein (D-CA), Graham (R-SC), and Whitehouse (D-RI).

Of particular interest are questions which arose in an April New York Times article detailing a batch of hacked Russian intelligence documents obtained by the FBI which allegedly contain an email from DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Leonard Bernardo – an official with the Open Society Foundation, stating that Lynch told a DNC operative that she “would not let the FBI investigation into Clinton go too far.”

The questions in the Senate letter seek to determine whether Lynch is aware of the hacked email, the authenticity of the document, and who Lynch may have communicated with regarding the Clinton investigation – specifically mentioning Amanda Renteria, who filled the “Hispanic woman” position mentioned in the Podesta emails which the Clinton Campaign sought for a role as political director of her 2016 presidential campaign.

Also of interest but not included in Friday’s letter are questions Senator Graham had previously raised after fired FBI Director James Comey revealed during his June 8 testimony that he was pressured by Lynch to refer to the Clinton email investigation as a “matter” instead of an investigation – which gave Comey a ‘queasy’ feeling. Comey also said that he was ‘disturbed’ by Lynch’s secretive ‘tarmac’ meeting with Bill Clinton.

Was she [Lynch] gonna to authorize us to confirm that we had an investigation? And she said “Yes, but don’t call it that. Call it a ‘matter.’ And again, you look back in hindsight – you think, ‘should I have resisted harder? I just said, ‘alright, this isn’t a hill worth dying on.'”

It gave me a queasy feeling.

Lynch and others who received letters from the committee have until July 6 to comply with the request.

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Arab States Issue 13 Demands To Qatar – Include Unfriending Iran, Beheading Al-Jazeera And Nixing Turkish Base

Two days after the US State Department formally inquired about WTF is going on between Arab States and Qatar, the countries of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Baahrain, and the UAE sent a list of 13 demands to the tiny Gulf nation to be met within 10 days in order to lift their total blockade of the country. Among them – reducing diplomatic ties with Iran, shutting down broadcaster Al Jazeera (and affiliates), and immediately cease working to open a Turkish military base announced in May of 2016. Also interesting is the demand that Qatar give up their intel on terrorist groups they have supported and “provide all databases related to oppositionists…” (Scroll down for full list of demands)

This formal list comes on the heels of a June 6th rumor that Arab States issued a list of 10 demands to be fulfilled within 24 hours, however Qatar said they never received them according to Al Jazeera journalists who are now dusting off their resumes.

Embargo

On June 5th, news broke that Bahrain, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt had cut off diplomatic ties with Qatar over accusations of ‘spreading chaos’ by ‘funding terrorism and supporting Iran’ – shutting down all land, sea, and air crossings with the tiny energy-rich nation that has the highest per capita income in the world. Qatari visitors and residents were given two weeks to leave – while diplomats had just 48 hours.

 

While Qatar has been friendly with Iran for years, the prelude to the embargo began after a broadcast which showed Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani speaking with no audio – and scrolling text at the bottom of the screen which stated his support for Iran and terrorist groups. Qatar claims the broadcast was ‘hacked.’

After the broadcast, Saudi Arabia and the UAE blocked Qatari news organization Al-Jazeera.

Amid Qatar’s denials, Saudi-owned satellite television networks immediately began airing repeated stories about the disputed comments. By early Wednesday morning, those living in the UAE and subscribers to local cable providers couldn’t access the channels of Al-Jazeera, the pan-Arab satellite broadcaster based in the Qatari capital, Doha.

Attempts to reach its websites brought up a warning from the UAE’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority saying the site “contains content that is prohibited.”

In Saudi Arabia, internet users also found Al-Jazeera websites blocked with a warning from the kingdom’s Culture and Information Ministry.

WaPo

Full List of demands (translated by @hxhassan)

1. Qatar must reduce diplomatic representation with Iran

2. Qatar must immoderately shut down the Turkish military base that is being established

3. Qatar must announce severance of ties with terrorist, ideological & sectarian orgs: MB, ISIS, AQ, HTS, Hizbollah

4. Qatar must cease any funding activities to extremist and terrorist individuals

5. Qatar must hand over all designated terrorists

6. Qatar must shut down Al Jazeera and all affiliated channels

7. Qatar must stop interference in these countries’ domestic andforeign affairs; stop naturalisation of their citizens; extradite such citizens

8. Qatar must provide reparations to these countries for any opportunity costs incurred over the past few years because of Qatari policies.

9. Qatar must become in sync with its Gulf and Arab neighbourhood on all levels, and to activate Riyadh Agreement 2013/2014

10. Qatar must provide all databases related to oppositionists that it provided support to & clarify what help was provided.

11. Qatar must all media outlets backed by it directly or indirectly, like Arabi21, Rasd, New Arab, Middle East Eye, Mkamlin, Sharq etc

12. These demands must be agreed within 10 days, otherwise they would be invalidated.

13. Agreement will involve clear goals and mechanism, monthly reports in the first year, every three months the next & annually for 10 years

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James Comey And Wife Spotted Walking Into New York Times Building – TO PARTY!

Former FBI Director and classified info leaker James Comey was spotted entering the New York Times’ Mahattan building Thursday evening with his wife, as reported by the Daily Mail – the same day President Trump admitted he never recorded their conversations.

Former FBI director James Comey made a quiet visit to The New York Times on Thursday, one of few public outings since he admitted leaking stories to the newspaper about President Trump before the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 8.

Comey kept his sunglasses on and his gaze forward as he marched through the front entrance of the Times Square office building which houses the publication. He was accompanied by his wife Patrice Failor who also wore sunglasses.

Unmistakable as he towered over the crowds in a crisp navy suit and tie on one of the warmest days of the year, Comey drew second-glances from some stunned by-passers.

Speculation

After the Daily Mail piece hit the wires, the internet was abuzz with rumors about Comey’s visit – only to find out from NYT reporter and DNC propagandist Maggie Haberman that Comey was attending a ceremony at the building.

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Trump: Mueller And Comey’s BFF Status ‘Very Bothersome’

President Trump told Fox News’ Ainsley Earhardt in a Fox and Friends interview scheduled to air Friday that he is bothered by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s close relationship with fired FBI Director James Comey.

When asked of Mueller should recuse himself, Trump stated “Well he’s very, very good friends with Comey which is very bothersome… We’re going to have to see.”

As Radio Host Mark Levin pointed out last week:

John Legato is a former deep cover FBI special agent – and he writes that Comey and Muellertheir families have vacationed together, have had picnics together, hours spent at the office together, had a few cocktails after work. So Mueller can’t possibly be impartial here. Not when he’s very close friends with a key witness.

The point is this – he’s not independent

Hatchet Job

Trump also made mention of the four democrat-supporting attorneys Mueller has hired for the investigation.

“There’s been no collusion, no obstruction and virtually everybody agrees to that… So we’ll have to see. I can say that the people that’ve been hired [by Mueller] were all Hillary Clinton supporters.” -Donald Trump

Something Newt Gingrich tweeted about on June 12:

Michael Dreeben – donated to Obama and Clinton

Jeannie Rhee – deputy assist AG, Wilmer Hale, Donated to DNC, Obama, Clinton

James Quarles – asst. special prosecutor, Wilmer Hale, long history of Dem donations, Clinton

Andrew Weissman – oversees fraud at Justice. Donated six times to Obama PACs as well as DNC in 2006

Levin also noted “He’s [Mueller] not looking into any of the financial relationships between the Clinton Foundation and Russia. Any of the violations of the espionage act by Hillary Clinton and if the Russians got a hold of any of those emails. Mr. Comey nicely and neatly closed that investigation.”

No Investigation!

Trump Attorney Jon Sekulow has been making the rounds to defend the President, telling a testy Chris Wallace that James Comey himself said Trump was “not a target or subject of investigation.”

“There has been no notification from the special counsel’s office that the president is under investigation… I can’t imagine a scenario where the president would not be aware of it.”

Sekulow then went on Hannity yesterday to suggest that James Comey should be the one under investigation for leaking a classified memo created after a meeting with President Trump.

Trump’s interview with Fox and Friends airs on Friday.

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