For some still unknown reason, Goldman Sachs, the bank that single-handedly accounts for the bulk of Trump's closest economic and financial advisors, and whose former COO has been reportedly tasked with hatching Trump's "phenomenal" tax plan, has been on a tear in the past month to discredit his proposed political agenda.
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
The best way to control the opposition is to lead it.
Submitted by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com,
France24 reports Benoît Hamon and Manuel Valls take top spots in first round of left-wing primary in a field of seven candidates.
Let’s take a look at other reports, then we will look at Hamon’s amazing platform.
Bloomberg notes Valls, Hamon Qualify for French Socialist Primary Run-Off.
Submitted by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com,
Conventional wisdom suggests National Front candidate Marine le Pen will make it to the second round in French elections, then lose in a landslide to whoever her opponent happens to be.
I believe le Pen’s odds of winning it outright are far better than most think.
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Top Five candidates
Having learned previously both the identity of the former British intelligence officer who compiled the "Trump dossier", revealed by the WSJ earlier this week as former MI-6 staffer Christopher Steele, currently director of London-based Orbis Business Intelligence, and that John McCain was the person who delivered the report to the FBI, one question remained: who commissioned the original report meant to uncover a material,i.e., campaign-ending, weakness in Donald Trump's past.