Notes in the Margin

According to Tehran Times ... 1,460 of the victims were identified as civilians.

While April's reading was slightly improved from the preliminary reading, it remained the lowest in data back to 1978.

The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note — the key benchmark for U.S. government borrowing — rose more than 3 basis points to 4.325%.

Perhaps Thiel will help build a surveillance state for for the Argentine regime similar to the illegal American spy state that Trump and Thiel wholeheartedly support. 

It's unclear if the move will clear the way for Kevin Warsh's nomination as new Fed chair. 

The Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon (which includes many Christian communities)  subjects the locals to routine looting and desecration of religious sites. 

The UAE, one of the US regime's favorite dictatorships in the gulf, may get a currency-swap bailout similar to the Trump bailout for Argentina. 

It's just the latest move from this anti-capitalist administration for which bailouts, easy money, and war are the answer to everything. 

Approval fell further below 40 percent while disapproval has now surged above 60 percent since February. 

"I want to say I’m sorry for misleading people, and it was not intentional. That’s all I’ll say.”