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April 2026

China’s “National Team” Dumped ETFs In Q1 To Cool Overheating Market

China’s “National Team” Dumped ETFs In Q1 To Cool Overheating Market For years, and especially after the local stock bubble burst in spectacular fashion a little over a decade ago, China’s “National Team” – a polite euphemism for the country’s Plunge Protection Team – could be relied upon to step in and provide a lending […]

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Republicans Try To Overturn Election After Virginia Makes Trump’s Gerrymander Backfire

The cynical Republican approach to election results is on full display in Virginia. After voters supported redrawing the state’s congressional map to counter Donald Trump’s effort to rig the 2026 midterm election, Republicans immediately went court shopping and found a conservative judge in the state who tossed out the election and refused to certify the

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Voting Rights Groups Sue To Stop DOJ From Collecting State Voter Lists

Voting Rights Groups Sue To Stop DOJ From Collecting State Voter Lists Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, Voting rights groups filed a lawsuit on April 21 seeking to block the Department of Justice (DOJ) from collecting, compiling, and analyzing state voter registration lists. As of April 1, the DOJ has sued 30

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Aaaand It’s Gone… PE Shop Thoma Bravo Writes Off Over $5BN From 2021 SaaS Firm Acquisition

Aaaand It’s Gone… PE Shop Thoma Bravo Writes Off Over $5BN From 2021 SaaS Firm Acquisition Not a great night for SaaS… Given the eight straight days of gains for Software stocks, one could argue that the death of code-base companies was greatly exaggerated (cough -dead-cat bounce – cough), but not every boat is being

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Harvard Creates Robot Ants That Work Like Real Insects To Build And Dismantle Complex Structures

Harvard Creates Robot Ants That Work Like Real Insects To Build And Dismantle Complex Structures Authored by Mrigakshi Dixit via Interesting Engineering, Researchers at Harvard have developed a fleet of robotic ants that mimic the self-organizing behavior of social insects to build and dismantle structures without blueprints or central leadership. An illustration of how the

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Embassy Tells Americans Still In Lebanon Depart Now While Flights Available As Ceasefire Collapsing

Embassy Tells Americans Still In Lebanon Depart Now While Flights Available As Ceasefire Collapsing The US-mediated Lebanon ceasefire is unraveling fast amid intensified fighting between Israel and Hezbollah on Thursday. This has resulted in the US embassy in Beirut issuing an urgent renewed security alert, urging US citizens to depart Lebanon while commercial flight options are

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Here’s How Trump Can Nuke Virginia’s New Gerrymandered Map…

Here’s How Trump Can Nuke Virginia’s New Gerrymandered Map… Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, Virginia used to be a model of fair redistricting. That reputation is now gone. On Tuesday, Virginia Democrats passed a redistricting plan that transforms one of the most fairly apportioned states in the country into one of the most blatantly

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SaaS Stocks Slammed As ServiceNow Disappoints, Blames MidEast War

SaaS Stocks Slammed As ServiceNow Disappoints, Blames MidEast War Perhaps indicative of the fragility of the current rebound – as Software stocks have recently ripped higher for 8 straight days – SaaS stocks are all deeply in the red after-hours as ServiceNow – the potential poster-child for AI disruption – cut its margin outlook amid

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