News, commentary, and carnage, for the week ending Friday, 4 April, 2025.

Normally, Mark Call puts together an extended recap of the news for the week at this point, but this week ended up being different. It certainly looks like the markets have been hit with a manipulated selloff and panic. And it’s been obvious since November it was coming, and intended to be “The Blame Game.”

So, for now, we’ll wait for the smoke to clear. But, none of us should be surprised if the press has already received their copy, and will call it Trump’s “Black Friday.

Meanwhile, the things you aren’t hearing as much about are arguably more important.