The US GDP shrank sharply in the first quarter, and the economy shrank at an annualized rate of 1.4%. It’s happening as the US is deeply in debt and doing nothing to change it. Instead, the US is looking to waste more money. The US debt is 129% of the GDP. Inflation continues to rise precipitously as the economy contracts and debt piles up. Janet Yellen keeps trying to put lipstick on the pig, claiming it’s not a problem. The Fed raised rates again, indirectly passing the debt on to the consumer. It’s not over.

Much of the world rejects the liberal globalist order the West is trying to force on the world’s populace. They are re-traditionalists. The world’s people aren’t buying into the secular, irreligious, radical policies of control by elites.

Since 1999, the global reserves have fallen from 72% to 59%. BRICS and SEO are moving the world away from DC and “from the demons in Davos, away from the bullies.” How many Americans want to move away from the “demons in Davos?” Probably millions. It’s all coming. We have years, but it’s coming. Let’s hope the demons in the swamp and in Brussels don’t start a world war to stop it. This is a national security threat since our drugs and so much else are made by the Chinese communists.

Bhagwat Karad, India’s minister of state for finance, said that the Reserve Bank of India had approved the opening of special rupee vostro accounts (SVRAs) of correspondent banks from 18 countries in 60 separate cases. The countries include Botswana, Fiji, Germany, Guyana, Israel, Kenya, Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, New Zealand, Oman, Russia, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, and the United Kingdom.

Also, according to a senior Russian official, the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) are in the process of developing their own currency that will be presented at the organization’s upcoming summit in South Africa.

Crude prices jumped on the news, with international benchmark Brent rising more than 5.5% to $84.30 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate crude futures soared 5.6% to $79.90 a barrel as of 9:00 am GMT on Monday.

Russia already voluntarily cut oil output by 500,000 bpd back in March, in retaliation for an oil price cap introduced by the West, which it said would eventually result in scarce supply and trigger uncertainty in the global market. On Sunday, however, Moscow announced it will synchronize with OPEC in extending its cut until the end of the year.

The policy change, effective immediately, states that “benefit requestors may self-select their gender marker (in an initial filing or a subsequent change to a prior gender selection), without the need to provide supporting documentation or to match the gender listed on their identity documents.”

President Joe Biden officially proclaimed March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility in 2021, as part of his wider push for equity and inclusivity. In his 2023 proclamation, Biden stated that “Transgender Americans shape our Nation’s soul.”

“Christianity and transgender orthodoxy are wholly incompatible theologies,” Carlson said on his show Tuesday night. “They can never be reconciled. They are on a collision course with each other.” He added that the two ideologies are diametrically opposed, making transgenderism the “natural enemy” of Christianity.

Monday’s shooting left six people dead, including three children, and Nashville police said the 28-year-old killer may have been motivated by “some resentment” about having been made to attend the Christian school when she was growing up in the area.

The movement “Back to the Mountain,” which preaches for Israel to take over control of the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif complex from the hands of the Muslim Waqf authorities, offered prizes for Jews who would try sneaking a lamb into the holy site.

The fact that Ben-Gvir, who had called over the years for Jews to ascend Temple Mount, is currently responsible for Israel's police, seems to aggravate the already volatile situation. Ben-Gvir’s wife is a known Temple Mount activist.

Early last year, Russia announced that it would price oil in rubles, and Saudi Arabia also announced similar plans to move away from the US dollar in favor of the Chinese yuan. Additionally, the entire energy paradigm is shifting, as the US Department of Energy announced a breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology late last year, placing additional pressure on the petrodollar and leaving the future of the entire oil industry in doubt.

What this means is that at least half the world no longer has a use for the US dollar, beyond using it for legitimate foreign-exchange business transactions — guess where all those excess dollars are going to go? They’re going to be sent here, they’re going to come back home — causing untold levels of inflation — potentially hyperinflation.

Merco Press shared this seismic report from the World Bank:
“The United States dollar status as the world’s single reserve currency will end by 2025, according to a new report by the World Bank. By 2025, six major emerging economies — Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, South Korea, and Russia — will account for more than half of all global growth, and the international monetary system will likely no longer be dominated by a single currency.”

“That would mean the end of the US dollar,” she stated, adding that “there would be a complete implosion of the global economic system” if that happened – and it appears as though it is going to happen in a matter of time. After being de-pegged from gold by Nixon, the US dollar has been losing value and trust as the world’s reserve currency.

Crowley appeared on Fox News to warn about the emerging economies elsewhere throughout the world that are ditching the dollar and moving towards other currencies such as the Chinese yuan. The US dollar has already lost its status as the world’s dominant currency, she admitted.

“It’s really hard to overstate exactly how catastrophic the abandonment of the US dollar would be as the world’s global reserve currency,” she added.

Economic activity today is processed digitally, but it’s NOT controlled by a central, federal authority. Payments are made to and through different payment processors, banks, and other institutions, none of which, (at least not until very recently) attempted to govern a customer’s business practices, income sources, spending choices, or other economic activity. Those who express views that dissent from those promoted by the Party in Power can still use their money.

Americans can disagree with the Marxists and still purchase food, housing, fuel, airline tickets, etc. The dollars in one’s account cannot be “deactivated” relative to transactions of which the Party disapproves. This remains the case because, even when represented, managed, processed, and accounted for in the digital form, the dollar itself remains a dollar without respect to who holds or uses it for payment.

The “programmable money” to which the term CBDC refers is fundamentally different. Alexander Lee of the Federal Reserve defines programmability as a “mechanism for specifying the automated behavior of the money through a computer program.” Let that sink in a moment. “…specifying the behavior of the money…” The Central Bank can program the money in your account to, say, de-activate relative to unapproved purchases.

If the US dollar is abolished and replaced with a fully-programmable currency, the Party will have the power to demand ideological alignment on the pain of induced poverty, starvation, and total economic disenfranchisement. The Party will have achieved full economic and social conquest without the need for physical force.

The letter goes on to explain that currently we lack the red heifer and are, therefore, in a state of ritual impurity, but that time bound public sacrifices, such as the Passover offering, must be brought even in a state of impurity. “While we have the ability to perform this mitzvah and do not, this is relinquishing the responsibility that we took on upon leaving Egypt,” the rabbis wrote.

The letter also emphasized that Halacha (Jewish law) does not require a Temple structure in order to perform the sacrifices. In this case, when a Temple does not exist, an altar of undressed stones is sufficient. “We [the Jews] have the merit to be in control of the Temple Mount,” the letter read. “In the case that the state of Israel sees a national interest in the Passover sacrifice, we would be able to perform the sacrifice in its proper time and place despite all the difficulties.”

Ritual slaughters are permitted in Israel and the Samaritan community slaughters hundreds of sheep at their Passover sacrifice every year on Mount Gerizim in Samaria. A re-enactment of the Passover ritual will take place on Sunday at 2:00 PM adjacent to the Dung Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem.

With colder air up in the Arctic and warmer air in the tropics, the area between them — the mid-latitudes, where the United States is — gets the most interesting weather because of how the air acts in clashing temperatures, and that north-south temperature gradient drives the jet stream, said Northern Illinois meteorology professor Walker Ashley.

Then add mountain ranges that go north-south, jutting into the winds flowing from west to east, and underneath it all the toasty Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf injects hot, moist air underneath the often cooler, dry air lifted by the mountains, “and that doesn't happen really anywhere else in the world,” Gensini said.

"More extreme events are expected,” said Rick Spinrad, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Tornadoes. Hurricanes. Flash floods. Droughts. Wildfires. Blizzards. Ice storms. Nor’easters. Lake-effect snow. Heat waves. Severe thunderstorms. Hail. Lightning. Atmospheric rivers. Derechos. Dust storms. Monsoons. Bomb cyclones. And the dreaded polar vortex.

Look at Friday's deadly weather, and watch out for the next week to see it in action: Dry air from the West goes up over the Rockies and crashes into warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico, and it’s all brought together along a stormy jet stream. “It is a reality that regardless of where you are in the country, where you call home, you’ve likely experienced a high-impact weather event firsthand,” Spinrad said.

Experts say a monthslong, slow-burning crisis will play out next: A historic snowpack looms in the mountains above the basin — as it melts, it is likely to put downstream communities through months of torment. The flooding, which follows several years of extreme drought, showcases the weather whiplash typical of California, which vacillates between too wet and too dry.

“This is a slowly unfolding natural disaster,” said Jeffrey Mount, a senior fellow at the Water Policy Center of the Public Policy Institute of California. “There’s no way to handle it with the existing infrastructure.”

The re-forming Tulare Lake — which was drained for farming a century ago — could remain on the landscape for years, disrupting growers in a region that produces a significant proportion of the nation’s supply of almonds, pistachios, milk and fruit. High-stakes decisions over where that water travels could resonate across the country’s grocery store shelves.

Stress levels could remain high for months. “The problem this year is it’s just begun. We may have water running at or near our flood level — in all of our streams, through August or September,” Hurley said. “This impending monster — a 50-foot-plus deep snowpack that we haven’t seen in 75 years — is sitting up there, and we just don’t know how fast it’s going to turn into water and come out of the mountains.”

According to Tan, China is “willing to work together with the Russian military to fully implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state.” That includes further strengthening strategic communication and coordination, he added.

The diplomat stated that the two nations plan to regularly organize joint maritime and air patrols, as well as holding training exercises and strengthening various other areas of cooperation. According to Tan, the aim is to “deepen military mutual trust” with Russia to help ensure international justice and make new contributions to international and regional security. This would “serve the building of a community with a shared future for mankind,” he asserted.

The European Parliament however has now voted for such a proposed limit to be dropped down to as little as €7,000 as part of efforts to clamp down on money laundering and tax dodging within the bloc, with officials also voting to see cryptocurrency transactions paying for goods and services that are valued over €1,000 to be banned.

Many within the parliament appear to be justifying the decisions as being an important step in curtailing criminality within Europe, though Dr Beck warns that the limits on cash payments now appear to have gone too far. In a statement to Breitbart Europe, Beck emphasised that while the AfD welcomed additional efforts to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing, it rejected the parliament’s call for cash transactions to be curtailed.

“While we should focus on money laundering by organized crime and Islamist terrorists, the EU chooses to tighten its surveillance of German savers and pensioners transactions,” Dr Beck remarked. “This is a mistake.”

The potential significance of this move, in terms of setting a precedent for other countries considering similar measures, cannot be overstated. Brazil is by far the largest country in South America geographically, demographically, and economically. It also has the world’s fifth-largest land area and sixth-largest population. It is also, thanks to the infamous São Paolo Forum, leading the rest of Latin America into the Marxist/anti-US camp.

Other countries in the world, such as Saudi Arabia, are strongly considering following Brazil’s lead, and Brazil’s action may end up puncturing the dollar-denominated world financial balloon.

The entire system has been premised on the assumption that the American marketplace will always be the world’s largest, that American bankers and financiers will always be the world’s most competent, and that overall confidence in an America-led world will always be maintained. The arrival of the Chinese on the world scene has changed all that.