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Katie Zacharia, former Fox News commentator and now a Truth Social staff member, has been named White House Press Secretary. She succeeds Karoline Leavitt, who left her post for family reasons and has since joined Fox News. Zacharia worked briefly in Trump 47 for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Most recently, she has served as a senior communications adviser for the Trump Media and Technology Group, aka Truth Social. She was evidently not President Trump’s first candidate, but “bigger names” reportedly showed no interest in the post.  

Few technical indicators carry a name as ominous as the Hindenburg Omen. Named after the 1937 airship disaster, the metric was developed in 1995 by the blind mathematician and market technician Jim Miekka. Its primary goal is straightforward yet ambitious: to warn investors of an increased probability of a severe stock market correction or an outright crash. Rather than waiting for major stock indexes to plummet, the Hindenburg Omen inspects what is happening beneath the surface. It is a study of market breadth—specifically designed to detect structural fractures in the market before headline numbers begin to reflect them. How the Hindenburg Omen Works In a healthy bull market, a rising tide lifts most boats. As broad market indexes climb, the vast majority of individual equities advance in tandem, generating a large number of new 52-week highs and very few new 52-week lows. Conversely, during a broad decline, new lows surge while new highs dry up. The Hindenburg Omen searches for a dangerous divergence: a market that is reaching higher ground while simultaneously experiencing a surge in breakdowns. This dynamic indicates severe internal dispersion. In such an environment, a narrow contingent of heavyweight stocks (such as mega-cap technology leaders) can prop

Christa Pike, the convicted Tennessee murderer who survived two lethal injections and is now conscious and talking, was not alone in the crime for which she received the death penalty. She and two others tortured and murdered 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995 out of jealousy and anger. Her boyfriend and accomplice, Tadaryl Shipp, was also convicted of murder, but since he was 17, he could not be given the death penalty. He was sentenced to life in prison, plus 25 years. His lone parole appeal has been denied., but further appeals are possible. The third accomplice, Shadolla Peterson, copped a deal with prosecutors, pled guilty to being an accomplice, and was given six years’ probation. Today, a hearing was held regarding Pike’s sentence and whether the death penalty should be commuted. The judge, however, merely ordered that all evidence in the case be retained for future legal proceedings. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, following Pike’s botched execution, has ordered a halt to any further executions this year. If Pike is ultimately executed — and the case will probably end up before the Supreme Court — she would be the first woman executed in the U.S. since Amber McLaughlin in January 2023.