Social Issues

Here are the full policy highlights of the Republicans' Tax Cuts & Jobs Act...

Policy Highlights

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1) overhauls America’s tax code to deliver historic tax relief for workers, families and job creators, and revitalize our nation’s economy. By lowering taxes across the board, eliminating costly special-interest tax breaks, and modernizing our international tax system, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will help create more jobs, increase paychecks, and make the tax code simpler and fairer for Americans of all walks of life. 

Well - for now - that was an anti-climax...

• *RUBIO IS SAID TO BACK TAX BILL AFTER CHILD CREDIT TWEAKS: CNBC
• *BRADY SAYS HE HAS ALL SIGNATURES HE NEEDS, "IT'S DONE"

But the market seems unimpresed by the 'news'

And even "high tax" names are underperforming...

With the feud between the White House and FBI growing bigger by the day, you know...in light of FBI Agent Peter Strzok's efforts to collude with Deputy Director Andrew McCabe to institute an "insurance policy" intended to make sure Trump would never win in 2016, no one had any idea what to expect when Trump took the stage earlier this morning to address graduates of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, VA. 

For the first time since 2006, Greek 10Y sovereign bond yields have plunged below 4.00%.

The last few weeks have seen a veritable rush to grab that yield as GGBs plunged from 5.50% on Dec 4th to 3.98% today!!

Of course, this 'signal' from the bond market is being heralded as proof that the worst is over and everything is awesome in Greece again - hooray.

It's Not!

Authored by Carey Wedler via TheAntiMedia.org,

Norway is the latest country to move toward decriminalizing drugs and promoting addiction treatment rather than punishing addicts.

This week, a majority of members of the Norwegian parliament directed the national government to reform its policies.

“The majority in the parliament has asked the government to prepare for reform,” a spokesperson for the Storting, the Norwegian legislature, told Newsweek.