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Published before Venezuelan airspace closure, @menlobear interviews @RANEnetwork’s Mario Braga and outlines the high likelihood and objectives of potential airstrikes in the days after Thanksgiving.
Forget live news — this is news before it happens. In-depth dive, don’t miss 👇 x.com/menlobear/stat…

2 1/2 years ago, Germany prepared an ‘“all-of-society” approach to war’ — if you haven’t heard of it, it’s but one of many inadequacies.
In case of a NATO war with
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Not sure I can eat turkey tomorrow as I'm all stuffed already. Stuffed with Fed officials pre-announcing what they'll do at the December FOMC meeting. It may feel good at the moment, but the Fed's communication strategy is in dire need of a diet.
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If it moves, tax it! x.com/staunovo/statu…

Alan Blinder hopes SCOTUS blocks a president from firing a Fed governor. Constitutionally: Congress controls money, so removing a governor should require impeachment. But the Fed also supervises banks,and the president should be able to remove a regulator. wsj.com/opinion/a-supr…

If you like import duties, you’ll love export duties.

Foreign tourists will now pay higher fees to visit National Parks (tourism counts as an export in the balance of trade).
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