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Date Sent: 2026-04-05
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Monday, April 6, 2026 |
It's the Economy Stupid
Blue Owl Redemptions Spike: 20% OCIC, 40% OTF -- Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA's Post -- US Treasury Largest Debt Buyback -- BlackRock TCP Capital's Loan Write-Downs Masked by Restructurings -- Private Credit Reporting Criticized for Biased Coverage -- Trump's Iran War: Worse Than Expected, But Better Than Hoped? -- What Happens When the Rules to the Game Changes? -- Investors are hedging against corporate defaults at a record pace: -- Physicists captured a crystal made only of electrons, forming a honeycomb pattern without atoms... -- According to the FT, a broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big... -- WOW A new Data Center is being built in the Texas Panhandle that will use more power than ALL... -- BREAKING: @HHSGov brings REAL FOOD to hospitals across the country -- The Palantir Panopticon -- He Said They Are Following a Script…and Predicted 2026 Precisely -- The Real Threat From The Iran War Hits Farmers, Not Fuel Pumps -- "The IRS is the ULTIMATE Deep State in America" Fmr. IRS Special Agent Exposes EVERYTHING. -- Beginners Guide to Shelly Relays - Choose The Right Relay For The Job -- SEMI-NEWS/SEMI-SATIRE: April 5, 2026 Edition -- Pentagon Drafted Plans for Ground Operation to Capture Iranian Uranium at Trump's Request -- THE TRAP IS SPRUNG: Why April 6th Was a Massive Lie and the Global Energy Grid is Already Dead -- Pulsar Fusion Achieves Initial Pulse Experiments and Targets Orbital Test in 2027... -- Trump Set to Appoint Firebrand Attorney Harmeet Dhillon After Sudden Resignation... -- All German Men Aged 17-45 Must Now Obtain Army Approval For Trips Abroad Lasting Over 3 Months -- Tehran's Toll Booth For Hormuz Strait Divides Countries Into 3 Categories -- "Break The Door If You Have A Warrant" ?" Son Defends 102-Year-Old Father From... -- The FAA's "Temporary" Flight Restriction for Drones is a Blatant Attempt to Criminaliz -- The #1 Most Dangerous Fiber in the World -- The Demise Of Trial By Jury -- The Tyranny Of Compelled Speech -- Forget Temu's "Bugatti" Knockoff. Texas Man 3D-Printed A Lamborghini Aventador Body --
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News Link • Treasury
US Treasury Largest Debt Buyback
04-05-2026
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Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA
JUST IN U.S. Treasury just bought back $15 Billion of their own debt, equaling the largest Treasury buyback in history
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News Link • Central Banks/Banking
BlackRock TCP Capital's Loan Write-Downs Masked by Restructurings
04-05-2026
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https://www.linkedin.com, Leyla Kunimoto
You know what we aren't hearing much about yet?
- Quality of loans on the books of private credit lenders.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Central Banks/Banking
Private Credit Reporting Criticized for Biased Coverage
04-05-2026
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https://www.linkedin.com, Matt Shechtman
Private credit reporting has been so universally bad that it makes me wonder if financial reporters are purposely hiding the ball or don't really understand what they are reporting on.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Iran
Trump's Iran War: Worse Than Expected, But Better Than Hoped?
04-05-2026
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By Karen Kwiatkowski
35 days into this four day war Americans remain confused, disturbed and frustrated.
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Investors are hedging against corporate defaults at a record pace:
04-05-2026
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https://www.linkedin.com, The Kobeissi Letter
Investors are hedging against corporate defaults at a record pace:
Trading volume in the world's largest credit default swap (CDS) indexes surged +69% in Q1 2026, to $4.5 trillion, the highest on record.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Physicists captured a crystal made only of electrons, forming a honeycomb pattern without atoms...
04-05-2026
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https://www.linkedin.com, David Steenhoek
Physicists captured a crystal made only of electrons, forming a honeycomb pattern without atoms, revealing a strange state of matter never directly seen before.
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News Link • DOD-Department of Defense
According to the FT, a broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big...
04-05-2026
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Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA
According to the FT, a broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter.
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News Link • Texas
WOW A new Data Center is being built in the Texas Panhandle that will use more power than ALL...
04-05-2026
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https://x.com, Wall Street Apes
WOW A new Data Center is being built in the Texas Panhandle that will use more power than ALL THE HOMES IN TEXAS COMBINED TIMES 2
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News Link • Healthcare
BREAKING: @HHSGov brings REAL FOOD to hospitals across the country
04-05-2026
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https://x.com, HHS Rapid Response
@SecKennedy @DrOzCMS
sent out a health and safety notice to every hospital…asking them now to align their food purchases with the Dietary Guidelines in order to enjoy continued eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid payments."
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
The Palantir Panopticon
04-05-2026
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By Michael Rectenwald
In my book Google Archipelago: The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom (2019), I argued that the main danger with AI is not a rogue super-intelligence that might rebel against humanity; the far greater danger is perfect AI obedience.
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News Link • Secret Societies
He Said They Are Following a Script…and Predicted 2026 Precisely
04-05-2026
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https://www.youtube.com, Video Advice
In 1992, Bill Cooper made a series of statements that, at the time, sounded impossible. Extreme. Even irrational.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Agriculture
The Real Threat From The Iran War Hits Farmers, Not Fuel Pumps
04-05-2026
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Michael Wilkerson
Prices for retail diesel and gas have each risen by over a third ($1.30+ and $1.00 per gallon, respectively) since the launch of Epic Fury.
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News Link • Internal Revenue Service
"The IRS is the ULTIMATE Deep State in America" Fmr. IRS Special Agent Exposes EVERYTHING.
04-05-2026
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https://www.youtube.com, Redacted
"The IRS is the ULTIMATE Deep State in America" Fmr. IRS Special Agent Exposes EVERYTHING | Redacted
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News Link • How To
Beginners Guide to Shelly Relays - Choose The Right Relay For The Job
04-05-2026
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https://www.youtube.com, The Hook Up
Which of the Shelly relays is right for you? I'll walk you through everything you need to know in this short video.
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Robert Lee
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Opinion • Government
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS/SEMI-SATIRE: April 5, 2026 Edition
04-03-2026
John Semmens
Dems Assail Unbalanced Economy
The March report on employment from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics shows non-farm payrolls increasing by 178,000 jobs. This exceeded expert predictions of a 60,000 increase. Since Trump's inauguration in January o
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News Link • DOD-Department of Defense
Pentagon Drafted Plans for Ground Operation to Capture Iranian Uranium at Trump's Request
04-05-2026
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https://www.naturalnews.com, Garrison Vance
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the Department of War to prepare plans for a potential ground operation to seize Iran's stockpile of 60% enriched uranium, according to sources familiar with the discussions.
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News Link • Conspiracies
THE TRAP IS SPRUNG: Why April 6th Was a Massive Lie and the Global Energy Grid is Already Dead
04-05-2026
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https://www.activistpost.com, Jeff Berwick
It's official. They're trying to kill us conspiracy theorists. I've been doing a video pretty much every day these past few weeks.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Pulsar Fusion Achieves Initial Pulse Experiments and Targets Orbital Test in 2027...
04-05-2026
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https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian Wang
Pulsar Fusion Achieves Initial Pulse Experiments and Targets Orbital Test in 2027 and Production Fusion Rocket in Early 2030s
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Robert Lee
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News Link • DOJ-Department of justice
Trump Set to Appoint Firebrand Attorney Harmeet Dhillon After Sudden Resignation...
04-05-2026
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com, By Jim Hoft
Trump Set to Appoint Firebrand Attorney Harmeet Dhillon After Sudden Resignation of Current No. 3: Report
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Germany
All German Men Aged 17-45 Must Now Obtain Army Approval For Trips Abroad Lasting Over 3 Months
04-05-2026
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
All German men aged between 17 and 45 now need approval from the Bundeswehr - i.e., the German army - for longer stays abroad.
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News Link • Iran
Tehran's Toll Booth For Hormuz Strait Divides Countries Into 3 Categories
04-05-2026
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
The last several days have seen a limited number of foreign vessels successfully and safely cross the Strait of Hormuz for the first time, amid the ongoing de facto military blockage by Iran.
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News Link • Tyranny
"Break The Door If You Have A Warrant" â€" Son Defends 102-Year-Old Father From...
04-05-2026
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https://pressfortruth.ca
"Break The Door If You Have A Warrant" â€" Son Defends 102-Year-Old Father From Government Extraction!
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News Link • Drones
The FAA's "Temporary" Flight Restriction for Drones is a Blatant Attempt to Criminaliz
04-05-2026
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
In practical terms, this TFR means that anyone flying their drone within a half mile of an ICE or CBP agent's car (a DHS "mobile asset") is liable to face criminal charges and have their drone shot down.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
The #1 Most Dangerous Fiber in the World
04-05-2026
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https://www.youtube.com, Dr. Eric Berg DC
The most dangerous fiber is often disguised as healthy, but could be silently damaging your health. In this video, we'll cover the connection between fiber and gut health, the worst fiber foods to avoid, and the hidden problems with refined fiber t
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News Link • Free Speech
The Tyranny Of Compelled Speech
04-05-2026
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by George Ramsay
While censorship is often the main focus of discussions about free speech, there's a related phenomenon that can do just as much damage to a free society. Not by preventing people from saying things they believe in, but by forcing them to say thing
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News Link • Transportation
Forget Temu's "Bugatti" Knockoff. Texas Man 3D-Printed A Lamborghini Aventador Body
04-05-2026
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https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Forget ordering a $30,000 "Bugatti" knockoff from Chinese e-commerce websites like Temu.
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