Of china casting a dark cloud other its economic output. Industrial production, meanwhile, coming in weaker than expected and, oh, yes, china unexpectedly cutting rates by 15 basis points. All kind of negative headwinds. Now on the other hand, strong data guest canically not helping Investor Sentiment either. Retail sales rose more than expected showing that the consumer here in the u. S. , very resilient. But you know what thats codes for, yep, the feds could have to keep rates longer for high higher can higher for longer, rather. [laughter] Neel Kashkari saying today we are, quote, a long way from cutting rates. Oh, great. Those higher rates, however, certainly have proven burdensome to banks. Today Credit Ratings company fitch warning it may have to downgrade several u. S. Banks including jpmorgan, the big financials all moving lower on that warning as you can see. Morgan stan hi down 1. 33. Morgan stanley. Regional banks also seeing declines on worries over tighter regulation, toda
after four years and 300 pages we end with more questions involving the clintons and the clinton foundation. top brass in the f.b.i. shut down all four investigations. now there are calls to reopen or launch newap durham s report showed in that one instance the f.b.i. was investigating claims beginning in late 2014 from a quote well-placed confidential source that not one, but two foreign governments were seeking to buy influence with hillary through illegal donations during her campaign. in the three other cases investigations launched in early 2016 by f.b.i. field offices in arkansas, new york and washington, d.c. probing possible criminal activity by the clinton foundation. durham notes the different way in which the f.b.i. approached the clinton investigations compared to the trump one dubbed crossfire hurricane. durham writes this. this manner in which the f.b.i. opened and investigated hurricane based on raw and uncorroborated intelligence also reflected a noticeable de
reality that s a veneer to impose orthodoxy on the university. if you object to that watch out. different parts of the country they have faculty take a dei oath just to get hired. these are folks if they say i believe everyone should be treated equal regardless of their race or ethnicity they will mark you down for saying color blindness and equal treatment. so this has become a cottage industry and become a major grifting opportunity. you have these dei consultants that show up. yeah, i would like to come and lecture about how capitalism is racist. only if you pay me $50,000 an hour. okay, come on. so our view is that dei really the way it s practice stands for discrimination, exclusion and indoctrination. it is gone in florida. we also signed legislation knee
they re going to hire scores of rabbit anti americans, for whatever s left of students and faculty. if you re white you re de facto guilty and if you re not white you re given special status and consideration. they call this diversity equity and inclusion, dei. but it s really just plain old racism. here are the types of dei consultants and lectureers hired for the reprogramming. meet loyola mayor mount sharey at water for the school district in california to lecture faculty on anti racism. one of the favorite things i like to do in my mull tar counseling class when i walk up there is to race your hand if you re racist. right, race your hand if you re racist and they re all telling the truth but also by the end of this, you know, lecture and discussion you ll understand that you re telling the truth and you re also lying at the