China Limits Stock Sales To Maintain Impression Of Stability, As Bessent Hints At Boosting Treasury Buybacks If Fed Does Nothing

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by Tyler Durden

Monday, Apr 14, 2025 - 08:55 PM

Last week we explained how the escalating trade war between the US and China has gradually transformed into a theatrical war of who has the upper hand on any given day. And since it takes a long time for trade obstructions to hit the underlying economy, investors are keenly eyeing the stock, and especially FX, markets for any and every (early) indications of who has the upper hand (even if they are, as we show below, completely false).

more:

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/china-limits-stocks-sales-maintain-impression-stability-bessent-hints-boosting-treasury

Introducing a variety of natural foods into your baby’s diet sets your child up for stronger immunity, for life

By Rhoda Wilson on April 15, 2025

Introducing a wide variety of plant-based foods into babies’ diets after the age of one speeds up gut microbiome maturity, helping your child develop better digestion and stronger immunity from an early age.

Children who consume diverse plant fibres develop higher levels of beneficial bacteria like Faecalibacterium and Bacteroides, which reduce inflammation and protect the gut lining.

Between 12 and 18 months is the most important window to introduce a range of solid foods, laying the groundwork for a healthy, adult-like gut by age 2.

Local, fibre-rich foods like millet, banana and rice work best in supporting gut health – expensive superfoods are not necessary for strong gut development.

Restrictive or processed replacement foods damage gut bacteria balance but breastfeeding combined with diverse, real foods builds a more resilient, long-term gut foundation.

more:

https://expose-news.com/2025/04/15/natural-foods-into-your-babys-diet/

Controligarchs: Control freaks and billionaires who think the world is overpopulated

By Rhoda Wilson on April 14, 2025

Seamus Bruner, the Director of Research at the Government Accountability Institute, joined the First Things podcast to discuss his new book ‘Controligarchs: Exposing the Billionaire Class, their Secret Deals, and the Globalist Plot to Dominate Your Life’.

Oligarchs are typically extremely wealthy people with a close relationship with the government. Recently we’ve heard the term “Big Tech oligarchs” referring to the wealthiest in Silicon Valley, Bruner explained.

What makes Controligarchs different from oligarchs is that they really do want to control every aspect of our lives.

“These people have like a god complex but on steroids,” Bruner said.

Controligarchs are Depopulationists

The inaugural meeting of the Good Club took place in 2009 at Rockefeller University in Manhattan, New York. The Good Club is the name given to the tiny global elite of billionaire “philanthropists.” Some of the members are familiar figures such as Bill Gates, George Soros, Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, David Rockefeller and Ted Turner. But there are others, too, like business giants Eli and Edythe Broad, who are equally wealthy but less well known. All told, at the time its members were worth $125bn.

more:

https://expose-news.com/2025/04/14/controligarchs-control-freaks-and-billionaires-who-think-the-world-is-overpopulated/