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Japan Panicks As Yields Explode, Will Trim Super-Long Bond Issuance To Calm Market One of the most famous modern aphorisms on Wall Street belongs to Bank of America Chief Investment Strategist, Michael…

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned Slovakia and Hungary over their opposition to the bloc’s Russia policy Germany would consider supporting a suspension of EU funding to Slovakia and Hungary if the countries…

Conference Board Consumer Expectations Surge Most In 14 Years After Tariff ‘Pause’ For the first time since trump was elected, The Conference Board’s US Consumer Confidence measure rose in May. The headline index…

Department Of Education Ends “Extremely Lawless” Handouts To Illegal Immigrant College Students Authored by Rebecca Draeger via The College Fix, A visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation praised the U.S. Department of…

Trump Weighs More Sanctions, Abandoning Peace Process, As Russia Says Deadly Strikes Are ‘Retaliation’ Russia has made clear on Tuesday that it will continue targeting military-related facilities in Ukraine in response to…

Potential US involvement in mining is “problematic,” a minister has said, as the autonomous Danish island reassesses global ties Greenland is weighing the possibility of inviting Chinese investment to develop its mining…

WWIII Watch: Germany’s Merz Greenlights Ukraine To Strike Russia With German Weapons Via Remix News, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has now authorized the use of German missiles for strikes against Russian territory,…

“It’s Good Science” – CDC Stops Recommending COVID Vaccines For Healthy Kids & Pregnant Women Confirming previous rumors, Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr confirmed via a post oin X that the…

The top diplomat has hit out at Ukraine’s EU backers over their renewed push to inflict a strategic defeat on Moscow The EU has failed to learn the lessons of history by…

Tech Pioneer Warns “Everyone Will Die” If AI Is Not Shut Down Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, AI technology has been developing at an exponential rate, and it…

Legislation would reportedly allow domestic entities to deny asset buybacks to foreign firms under certain conditions The Russian parliament is set to pass a law that would regulate the right of foreign…

US Durable Goods Orders Slumped in April As Tariff-Frontrunning Furore Fades Not surprisingly to many, US durable good orders tumbled (-6.3% MoM) in preliminary April data (better than the 7.8% MoM decline…

US Home Prices Dropped In March For First Time In Over 2 Years For the first time since January 2023, US Home Prices, according to S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller’s 20-City Composite Index, fell…

Ankara believes it has an obligation to help facilitate peace, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said Türkiye is willing to host another round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, Foreign Minister Hakan…

The foreign minister has dismissed speculation about a potential nuclear escalation in South Asia Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has dismissed speculation about a potential nuclear escalation with Pakistan, stating that…

After BYD Price War Accelerated, Goldman Says: “We Are Sellers Here” The EV space took a hit overnight after China’s BYD—Tesla’s top rival—announced sweeping price cuts of up to 34% across nearly…

Is World’s Biometric ID Model A Threat To Self-Sovereignty? Authored by Amin Haqshanas via CoinTelegraph.com, The crypto industry is no stranger to controversy, yet few projects have drawn more scrutiny than Sam…

Stocks Jump As Japan Panics About Soaring Bond Yields “Stocks stop panicking after policymakers start panicking”     – Bank of America’s Michael Hartnett US equity futures are higher on US/EU trade optimism…

Russia is developing a roadmap detailing the principles and timing of a potential future settlement, the Foreign Ministry has said Russia is continuing work on a draft memorandum outlining the principles and…

Mark Rutte is reportedly hoping to keep any meeting between the two “short and sweet” NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte fears that tensions between US President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz earlier said Kiev is not bound by range restrictions on weapons supplied to the country Russia has requested a UN Security Council meeting to address what it sees…

Uganda has accused Berlin’s envoy of engaging in subversive activities in the country Uganda has suspended defense cooperation with Germany in response to the latter’s ambassador allegedly being involved with hostile groups…

Toxic Femininity: Foreign-Born Muslim Women In Germany Are Far More Violent Than German Men Authored by Olivia Murray via AmericanThinker.com, A little while back, the progressive, man-hating feminist movement produced what they…

FBI Deputy Director Bongino Says Bureau Looking At Several Cases Involving ‘Potential Public Corruption’ Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said on May 26 that…

Merz Says Western Alliance Has Lifted ‘Absolutely’ All Range Limits For Arms Sent To Ukraine On this extended Memorial Day weekend where many Americans will be spending time with family around the…

Washington’s plans for a global anti-ballistic missile system are eroding strategic stability, the Foreign Ministry has says The US is taking a “reckless approach” to global stability through its pursuit of a…

The Foreign Ministry’s Tatyana Dovgalenko has emphasized that the media plays a key role in supporting the momentum in Russia-Africa relations Russia would welcome a greater presence of African media outlets in…

Sanctions helping Ukraine would restore America’s global standing, Lindsey Graham has claimed US Senator Lindsey Graham has claimed that his plan to hit Russian trade partners with 500% tariffs would help President…

The future of upcoming restrictions packages is also reportedly uncertain amid signs of Washington’s softening stance toward Moscow The EU and US have failed to reach an agreement on efforts to counter…

The foreign minister has pledged assistance in enhancing defense capabilities and countering terrorism Moscow remains a reliable and steadfast partner to African nations by supporting efforts to strengthen their sovereignty, which is…

Backed by several European nations, Kiev is attempting to derail the ongoing peace talks, the Defense Ministry has said Russia will continue targeting military-related facilities in Ukraine in response to a drastic…

Europe Is Toxic For Investors, And The EU Commission Shows Why Authored by Lindsay Mark Lewis via RealClearMarkets.com, Europe has declared itself open for business — unless you’re actually trying to do…

FDA Approves Chinese Non-Opioid Painkiller Alternative To Morphine That Could Reduce Fentanyl Overdoses As it relates to fentanyl, it looks the problem – and possibly the solution – could both be coming from China. The…

Other nations will have no choice but to bolster their deterrence, Pyongyang has warned US President Donald Trump’s plans for a new “Golden Dome” anti-ballistic missile defense system will fuel a nuclear…

The 1957 Mosfilm classic ‘The Cranes Are Flying’ has been screened in Port Louis as part of a global series honoring the Allied victory in WWII RT, in partnership with Mosfilm studios,…

The European Union May Be Delaying Trade Negotiations Deliberately Authored by Daniel Lacalle, The EU-US trade deal should have been the easiest to complete. However, the deal is not progressing because the…

Germany Deploys Permanent Troops To Lithuania As Russian Offensive Builds Germany has deployed a permanent military brigade beyond its borders for the first time since the end of World War II, with…

The US president, however, has signaled he has no plans to ramp up sanctions against Moscow, the newspaper claims US President Donald Trump is considering a complete withdrawal from the Ukraine peace…

Climbers ascending Everest face rising risks from avalanches, erratic weather, and melting snowpacks Four former British special forces soldiers sparked controversy last week by setting a startling new precedent on Mount Everest…

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And…

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post…

King Charles is arriving in Canada today in advance of an opening speech he will deliver to the Canadian Parliament.   Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney invited King Charles to attend, and while…

…. Thank you for your patience. Apparently, public backlash from the Kash Patel and Dan Bongino interview with Maria Bartiromo has penetrated the membrane around them. FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino announces…

The escalation continues and unfortunately there are few indications the people around President Donald Trump are advising caution. The U.K, German, French, EU, NATO and ‘western’ intelligence control agents are pushing for…

The look on Emmanuel Macron’s face when he realized the cameras caught the moment is priceless. Video captures a hilarious moment French President Emmanuel Macron can be seen getting shoved in the…

The Russian president has said that foreign sanctions have made the country stronger Russian President Vladimir Putin met with business leaders in the Kremlin on Monday, discussing the state of the economy…

A Dying Man Will Try Any Medicine Authored by Chris Macintosh via InternationalMan.com, Boy, oh boy are things… um… interesting. I almost miss the days of green-haired teenage girls with hairy armpits…

Amazonian Tribe Sues New York Times, TMZ, For Defamation Alleging They Were Framed As “Addicted To Porn” Here’s one you don’t see every day. The Marubo Tribe of Brazil’s Amazon has filed…

Maintaining The Shine Of Our Lost Soldiers On Memorial Day Authored by Allan Stein via The Epoch Times, Tom Pawlak and Robert Trae Zipperer live 2,200 miles apart, but they share a…

Teaching Or Treason? U.S. Alleges Fed Economist Spied For Beijing In May 2013, John Rogers, a longtime Federal Reserve economist, was in Shanghai for an academic forum when he received an email…

The Democratic Party’s Death Spiral Is Even Worse Than We Thought Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, Make no mistake about it: The Democratic Party is facing an existential crisis that even…

About The So-Called Trump-Ramaphosa ‘Ambush’ Authored by Victor Davis Hanson, Nothing highlights the poverty of the media-Democratic mind than its weary use of echo-chamber buzzwords.  Once Pravda-like instructions are sent out from…

Nearly 50 people were injured when a vehicle ploughed through pedestrians in the UK The ramming of a car into a crowd of football fans in Liverpool on Monday, which left at…

Uncertainty: Wall Street vs Main Street By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Memorial Day We hope you are all enjoying the Memorial Day long weekend! We could all use a nice long…

Iran, China Launch New Commercial Railway Bypassing US Sanctions The Cradle A new commercial rail route connecting China to Iran has officially launched with the arrival of the first cargo train from the eastern…

No MAHA Without The Heartland: Trump Must Forge Strong Ties With Farmers The MAHA Report, released last week, focuses on deliverables that actually fall within the executive’s constitutionally limited scope of authority….

The conflict stems from the Western-backed coup in Ukraine, the Russian president said Russia was left with no choice but to launch its military operation in Ukraine because of the continued persecution…

Fire Breaks Out At Oregon Data Center Reportedly Leased By X According to local media outlet Oregon Live, a data center in Hillsboro, Oregon, leased by Elon Musk’s X, caught fire on Thursday. “Right about…

The country is the world’s fourth-largest economy based on purchasing power parity, the president has noted Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed the country’s economic performance, attributing its rise to fourth place…

The Stealth Bear Market Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Is this a “stealth” bear market? Of course, you may be asking yourself what I mean by that. Historically, bear markets have tended to…

The West is applying the organization’s principles selectively, a senior Russian Foreign Ministry official has said The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is alarmingly indifferent to the resurgence of…

Medvedev Issues Map Showing Putin’s ‘Buffer Zone’ Could Swallow Most Of Ukraine If there’s a ‘good cop, bad cop’ routine happening at the Kremlin, mostly assuredly the role of bad cop always…

The War On Us Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “Is the Blue Party really only the customer service desk for the administrative state?”  – Jeff Childers It’s pretty universally acknowledged that America’s…

Washington is trying to outsource its migration problem to countries where people can just be forgotten You know when you’re a kid and your mom tells you to clean your room, so…

Global investors are worried about Washington’s recent trade policy moves, the European Central Bank chief has said The euro could become a strong alternative to the US dollar if the 20-nation bloc…

Musk Confirms ‘X Money’ Beta-Testing Ahead of Planned 2025 Launch Authored by Helen Partz via CoinTelegraph.com, X Money, the payment and banking app tipped by Elon Musk in 2022 after he acquired…

Israel Reportedly Rejects New US Ceasefire Proposal, Citing ‘Impossible’ Hamas Demands On Sunday President Trump declared once again that he wants to end the Gaza war “as quickly as possible,” stating publicly what…

Washington has other global priorities including countering China, Handelsblatt has reported The US is expected to announce a reduction in its military presence in Europe in the “coming months,” the German daily…

Sparkasse Hannover reportedly froze payments to Gerhard Schroeder from sources it deems Russia-related A German bank has imposed restrictions on an account belonging to former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder due to concerns that…

The decision runs counter to Moscow’s efforts to find a peaceful settlement with Kiev, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said The reported decision by Ukraine’s Western backers to lift restrictions on Kiev’s use…

Crime Rates Of Illegal Migrants Underreported Authored by John Lott Jr via American Greatness, Democrats actively oppose the Trump administration’s efforts to arrest and deport illegal immigrants, despite the administration’s focus on…

Berlin has not confirmed plans to provide long-range Taurus missiles to Kiev Germany will no longer restrict Ukraine’s ability to launch long-range strikes deep inside Russia, including using German-made weapons, Chancellor Friedrich…

Russia Cautions Of ‘Emotional Overload’ Right Now After Trump Calls Putin ‘Absolutely Crazy’ Moscow has responded Monday to President Trump’s latest fierce criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin, cautioning of “emotional overload”…

Kemi Badenoch has said Kiev is fighting Russia on behalf of Western Europe, and Israel’s war against Hamas serves the interests of the UK Israel’s military operation against Hamas is a “proxy…

Iran Issues Surprisingly Optimistic Statement After Latest US Nuclear Talks Via The Libertarian Institute The Iranian Foreign Minister expressed optimism that the US and Iran could reach an agreement over his country’s nuclear energy…

“Bomb Data Center”: Eric Schmidt Warns AI Arms Race Could Spark Global Conflict Since Russia’s early 2022 invasion, the all-out war in Ukraine has claimed an estimated one million lives, if not…

Washington simply cannot keep up with Kiev’s demands for aid defenses, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has recently stressed The administration of US President Donald Trump would be willing to sell…

The initiative aims to improve the demographic situation and support low-income families, according to its authors Russian lawmakers have proposed a draft law that would provide monthly payments to homemakers, recognizing domestic…

Western nations are de facto “committing acts of piracy” against vessels linked to Russia, Nikolay Patrushev has said Russia is readying response measures to potential hostile NATO acts in the Baltics, Nikolay Patrushev,…

Warsaw can play a key role in rebuilding the country after the conflict, according to the prime minister Poland intends to profit from Ukraine’s post-conflict reconstruction, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said….

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post…

Paradise Lost: Jeffrey Epstein’s Legacy Still Clouds The U.S. Virgin Islands Authored by Lee Feng via RealClearInvestigations, When Jeffrey Epstein purchased Little Saint James, the teardrop-shaped island south‑east of St. Thomas, in…

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And…

Doug Burgum Warns Whoever Wins AI Race ‘Controls The World’ Authored by Philip Wegmann via RealClearPolitics, Doug Burgum, the soft-spoken Interior secretary responsible for managing the more than 507 million acres of…

The nation’s military has reportedly been instructed to be ready for potential offensive operations by 2029 The German military must significantly increase its weapons stockpile by 2029, the year the current government…

Stock Futures Soar, Yields Rise After Trump Extends Deadline For EU Tariffs US equity futures surged and European stocks climbed after President Donald Trump extended a deadline on aggressive euro area tariffs, reinforcing the pattern…

The bloc has accepted around 4.3 million Ukrainians under its temporary program for displaced persons EU member states are reportedly preparing to reevaluate the legal status of Ukrainian refugees who live in…

President Donald J Trump delivers remarks and participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. The anticipated start time is 11:00am ET. Livestream Links Below: . . Posted in Celebrations, Donald…

Imports of the vegetable into Poland have soared in 2025, making the country the EU’s top buyer Polish cucumber producers have called for a ban on Russian imports after data revealed that…

Moscow is doing what must be done to protect its civilians from Kiev’s campaign of terror In the current media frenzy surrounding the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, a glaring double standard…

Emmanuel Bedzrah says his country is seeking to rebuild ties with Moscow after relations cooled over the past eight years Africa is poised to become a key force in global progress, a…

The suspects were receiving instructions from an emissary located in Poland, according to Russia’s Federal Security Service Several members of a terrorist cell operating in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod Region have been detained…

The South Asian nation’s economy has grown to $4 trillion, surpassed only by the US, China, and Germany India has surpassed Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy, government-backed policy think tank…

Ohio’s Manufacturing Renaissance: A Blueprint For American Prosperity Authored by Steve Stivers via RealClearEnergy, Ohio is experiencing a manufacturing renaissance that’s transforming our economic landscape. Our state ranks third in the nation…

State Department officials reportedly met with British anti-abortion activists over concerns that their rights to free speech were being violated US officials recently travelled to the UK to meet with local anti-abortion…

The delegations are among over 100 attending a Russia-hosted forum on cyber and regional security Нeads of delegations from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will meet informally in Moscow this…

As Gaddafi’s last spokesperson, I saw what real African independence can look like: free education, universal healthcare, interest-free housing, and no IMF interference The past few days have offered a brutal snapshot…

American Charged With Trying To Firebomb US Embassy In Israel A dual US-German citizen accused of attempting to firebomb a US embassy building in Israel was arrested at New York’s JFK Airport…

Denmark is fueling the hostilities with arms, sanctions, and inflammatory rhetoric instead of backing peace efforts, Russian envoy Vladimir Barbin has said Denmark is deliberately trying to prolong the Ukraine conflict and…

The Russian military has liberated multiple settlements on the front line while continuing active strikes on the Ukrainian rear The past week in the Russia-Ukraine conflict has seen intensive fighting along the…