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European Banks Are Starting To Feel The Heat Over CRE By Jan-Patrick Barnert and Michael Msika, Bloomberg Markets Live reporters and strategists A 20% rally for banks since last March’s lows is now facing another hurdle,…

Jurors, Not Voters, Could Give Biden A Second Term Authored by Ron Faucheux via RealClearPolitics.com, The odds continue to favor a Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden general election, the match-up many voters…

The women’s basketball squad snubbed their rivals over allegations of anti-Semitism The Irish women’s basketball team have refused to shake hands with their Israeli opponents at a game in Latvia, after Israeli…

Will Western media outlets look past their egos and establishment narratives to take advantage of the insights from the conversation? American establishment media spent the days in the run-up to Tucker Carlson’s…

Kiev hopes to unlock money from the Washington-based institution even if the Senate aid package remains stalled Ukraine is considering a contingency plan to secure money from the IMF if a $60…

Israel Backing Off Hostage Talks, Draws Up Civilian Evacuation Plans For Rafah Assault Prospects for a new Israel-Hamas ceasefire are fading fast, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week slammed Hamas’…

Whitney Wright drew backlash online after she posted photos of herself in front of the former US Embassy in Tehran US porn actress Whitney Wright has sparked a wave of condemnation online…

The US president last month paused approvals for gas export terminals, citing climate-change reasons Charities controlled by members of the Rockefeller family and billionaire donors were behind a successful campaign to pressure…

$2.7 Trillion Buys “Spectacular” GDP Authored by Peter St.Onge via The Brownstone Institute, Fresh GDP numbers came in and it was a blowout. The kind of blowout that only a $2.7 trillion…

Venezuela Deploys Tanks, Armored Carriers To Guyana Border After constant jawboning for over two months, Venezuela is now backing up its threats to annex part of oil-rich Guyana and secure access to…

Inflation Already Ruined Your Super Bowl Party Authored by Peter Earle via The American Institute for Economic Research, Attending the Super Bowl in person has long been a lavish expense, reserved for those willing…

The embezzlement spree in Tver Region, Russia may end with a two-year prison term for the suspect A Russian woman who was selling instant lottery tickets was so impressed by a buyer’s…

Indian Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has told RT why his country is confident in cooperating with Moscow on crude imports India has significantly ramped up purchases of Russian crude since the…

Pyongyang considers Seoul to be its “most harmful and unchangeable enemy,” the leader has said Pyongyang must be prepared to seize South Korean territory in the event of an “emergency,” North Korean…

Household Belt-Tightening: Will The Trickle Become A Flood? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The top 0.1% will weather a recession just fine, but that will offer cold comfort to…

Annalena Baerbock’s office said she had no idea that her grandfather was a committed follower of Hitler German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock’s grandfather was “an unconditional National Socialist” who had read ‘Mein…

Bitcoin Soars To Post-ETF-Launch Highs As Net Inflows Explode Yesterday saw the third largest net inflow into spot Bitcoin ETFs, totaling over $400 million with iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) seeing over $200…

Moscow has called on Armenia to return to discussions in the Collective Security Treaty Organization Armenia should stop publicly criticizing Moscow and should instead focus on resolving pressing issues in the Collective…

BLS Releases Revised CPI Data: Here’s What’s In It As we previewed yesterday, today’s most anticipated economic event was the annual revision to the BLS’s seasonal adjustment factors used to calculated the…

The country is one of the safest places for Jews in the entire world, German Zakharyaev has said Jews in Russia enjoy a high level of security and are guaranteed all the…

Ukrainian troops are wary of their new commander-in-chief, and reportedly fear that he will throw them into “fruitless assaults” Ukraine’s new armed forces chief, General Aleksandr Syrsky, is deeply unpopular among the…

Housing Is Unaffordable… Dems Want To Make It Worse! Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The cost of housing remains a hot-button topic with both Millennials and Gen-Z. Plenty of articles and…

Financial institutions are wary of Washington’s penalties for dealing with Moscow, according to MSP Bank   Some Chinese banks are rejecting transactions from Russian banks on fears of being targeted by US…

Political divisions skew American perceptions of the ex-Fox host’s interview with Vladimir Putin, his press secretary has said The American press corps will eventually come to terms with the fact that Russian…

S&P To Open Above 5000, Set To Make It 14 Weeks Higher Out Of 15, Matching Best Stretch On Record US futures ticked higher again on Friday morning ahead of the release…

Barclays Execs Plan No Bonuses For Some Bankers  Following news that Deutsche Bank AG, UBS Group AG, and Societe Generale SA have planned to reduce bonus payouts for investment bankers, Barclays Plc has now…

Credit-Card & Auto Delinquencies Soar, Especially Age Group 18-39 Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Credit card debt surged to a record high in the fourth quarter. Even more troubling is a…

Imports Of Avocados, Beer From Mexico Score Big On Super Bowl Sunday By Noi Mahoney of FreightWaves As more than 110 million people settle in Sunday night to watch Kansas City and…

Naledi Pandor claims to have received intimidating messages arising from the war crimes case against Israel South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor has accused Israeli intelligence of attempting to intimidate her and…

The replacement of Ukraine’s top general will not affect Russia’s campaign, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia does not expect any significant impact on its military campaign against Ukraine after Kiev replaced…

World Gold Council: “Blistering Central Bank Buying” Fuels Strong Gold Demand Via SchiffGold.com, Total gold demand hit an all-time high in 2023, according to a recent report released by the World Gold Council….

The neighboring country promoted “false heroes” who collaborated with the Germans during WWII, the Russian president has said Russia has not yet achieved its goals in the Ukraine conflict, as Nazi ideology…

Last night’s event was sensational, but what was the real motivation behind the Kremlin encounter? A few years ago, Russia was accused of interfering in American political processes. Now the opposite has…

Russia’s New LNG Project Can’t Begin Shipments Before March By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Russia’s newest LNG export project, Arctic 2 LNG developed by Novatek, will not be able to start shipments…

Europe’s Stock Market Is Just As Concentrated As The U.S. By Michael Msika, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist The US equity market isn’t the only one with a heavy dependence on…

The former Fox News host has been criticized simply for presenting Moscow’s position to the American public, Anatoly Antonov has said US journalist Tucker Carlson has been vilified in his homeland merely…

The billionaire will continue his technological developments, but rules must be established, the Russian leader has said Elon Musk will continue pushing for technological progress in fields such as AI, but must…

The political consultations between Ethiopia and Russia were praised by the African country’s foreign ministry Ethiopia’s first BRICS meeting since joining the group last month has been described as a “diplomatic victory”…

Liabilities held by the public could exceed the country’s annual output as early as next year, according to the Congressional Budget Office US debt held by the public is expected to hit…

The former secretary of state is baffled as to why some Americans would trust the Russian leader over their own government Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has lashed out at…

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger are demanding an immediate withdrawal from ECOWAS, rejecting a one-year notice period The military governments of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger failed to comply with the rules…

EU Bends The Knee To Farmers: Drops Key Provisions In 2040 Climate Proposal The European Commission has bent the knee to protesting farmers – and is dropping key passages in a proposal…

The Tank Is Dead? Authored by Patrick Drennan via RealClear Wire, Lessons from the battlefields of Ukraine Hundreds of expensive tanks of both sides are being destroyed on the battlegrounds of Ukraine…

The US leader has disputed a claim in a Justice Department report that his recollection of events is deteriorating US President Joe Biden has angrily denied assertions that he is unable to…

Republican hopeful Nikki Haley has claimed New Delhi is close to Moscow as it views the Biden White House as weak India has fostered close ties with Russia as it views the…

The Russian leader spoke on a variety of burning topics in the much-anticipated interview, focusing on the Ukraine conflict Conservative American journalist Tucker Carlson has released a much-anticipated interview that he conducted…

Crazy Rich Asians… According to a ranking recently published by Bloomberg, the Ambanis remain the wealthiest among Asia’s families, having recovered from previous losses. The family owes its riches to the Reliance Industries conglomerate headquartered…

Evan Gershkovich was caught red-handed receiving secret information, the Russian president has said Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter currently held in Russia on espionage charges, could return home if the…

The Delusions Of Davos And Dubai, Part Three: Alternatives To Wind & Solar Energy Authored by Edward Ring via American Greatness, Wind and solar energy cannot lift humanity into prosperity. But as…

Purchases reportedly jumped after an attempt to ban the country’s nuclear fuel The US imported $1.2 billion worth of Russian uranium last year, the most ever on record, RIA Novosti reported on…

Turnover with the EU, meanwhile, more than halved in 2023, according to Maksim Reshetnikov Russia’s mutual trade with countries that have not sanctioned Moscow over the Ukraine conflict has surged over the…

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…

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…

The Geopolitics Of World War III Authored by Michael Hochberg & Leonard Hochberg via RealClearWire.com, Introduction On January 2, 2024, Foreign Minister Israel Katz proclaimed “We’re in the middle of World War III against…

American lawmakers have spent months wrangling over additional military aid for Kiev Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk criticized US Republicans as senators attempted to block a new $95 billion aid package for…

Why Are Woke Pro Sports Leagues Lobbying Congress For Gun Control? Submitted by Gun Owners of America, As the United States prepares for its most-watched sporting event of the year, anti-gun senators…

“My Memory Is Fine” Biden Fumes, Before Confusing Egypt’s Sisi With The President Of Mexico In less than 15 minutes, President Biden proved Special Counsel Robert Hur right and confirmed all concerns…

Water Level Projections Threaten Future Panama Canal Transits By Tony Mulvey of FreightWaves Dry season in Panama is in full swing, and the impacts to trade through the Panama Canal will remain…

US Trade With Mexico Surges To No. 1 Position Mexico was the biggest trade partner of the U.S. in 2023 and the biggest source of the country’s imports ahead of China. As Statista’s Katharina Buchhoz details…

Aleksandr Syrsky’s family still lives in his native Vladimir region The parents and brother of Ukraine’s new commander-in-chief Aleksandr Syrsky are living in Russia, multiple Russian news outlets reported. On Thursday, President…

South Dakota Forced To Apologize To Transgender Activists, Pay $300,000 Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, South Dakota has issued an apology to a transgender advocacy group and must pay…

The tech giant says it prohibits people with a “violent mission” or those “engaged in violence” Meta has banned multiple Facebook and Instagram accounts belonging to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,…

Mayo Clinic Vaccine Research Director Calls For Expanding Detection Of ‘Silent’ COVID Vaccine Risks Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Dr. Gregory Poland, the director of Mayo Clinic’s…

US Warns Against Impending Israeli Assault On Refugee-Packed Rafah US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he has voiced “concerns” to Prime Minister Netanyahu regarding the Israeli Defense Forces’ (IDF) impending ground operation…

While overt belligerence no longer dominates the discourse over the island, Washington is very much gearing up for a confrontation The year 2024 has been muted when it comes to tensions between…

Pentagon Secretly Institutionalized DEI In Its K-12 Public Schools By Adam Andrzejewski of Open The Books Substack In a Congressional hearing last spring, Gil Cisneros, then-Under Secretary for Military Readiness, announced that…

A Matured MAGA Movement Prepares For Trump’s Return To DC Authored by Nathan Worcester and Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), What would the start of a second Trump term…

Moscow doesn’t want the world slipping into a global war, the Russian leader said Russia has no intention of attacking NATO member states and will retaliate only if attacked first, President Vladimir…

The legislation has cleared a procedural hurdle, heading toward a vote after border-security measures were stripped out US lawmakers have moved closer to approving a new round of military aid for Ukraine…

The country in its current form was created by the late Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, the Russian president said Modern Ukraine is a country that was artificially created by the actions of…

US Asset Or US Adversary? Why Qatar Looks Worryingly Like Both Authored by Ben Weingarten via RealClear Wire, After Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, one of the terrorist organization’s chief financial…

Judge Rules Former Trump Advisor Peter Navarro Will Remain In Prison While He Appeals Contempt Conviction Authored by Ryan Morgan via NTD News, A federal judge has rejected a request by former…

The Russian president said the CIA is to blame for blowing up the Baltic Sea gas pipelines in 2022 The US had a clear motive to orchestrate the explosions at the Nord…

Investigators have found that the president’s mishandling of classified documents jeopardized national security US President Joe Biden put national security at risk by “willfully” retaining and disclosing state secrets, a prosecutor has…

Diesel Prices Primed To Rise Sharply In 2024 By John Kemp, senior market analyst Global stocks of diesel and other middle distillates are below normal and prices could start to rise quickly…

Hawaii Ignores US Supreme Court, Strikes Down Right To Carry Firearms In Public Hawaii’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the state doesn’t have to adhere to a constitutional right to carry…

Biden To Hold Campaign Fundraiser In NYC With Barack Obama And Bill Clinton Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Joe Biden is planning to host a reelection…

Money-Market Fund Assets Hit New Record High As Fed’s Bank-Bailout Facility Holds At $165BN Despite a soaring stock market, money-market funds saw $16.7BN of inflows last week, to a new record high…

Irony Alert: “Outlawing” Recession Has Made A Monster Recession Inevitable Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Those who came of age after 1982 have never experienced a real recession, and…

Massive Short-Squeeze Sends Small Caps Soaring; Big-Tech Skids, Bitcoin & Black Gold Bid Jobless claims just won’t quit and were enough to send Treasury yields higher today after ARM and DIS earnings’…

Unnamed officials insisted someone else provided the missile to Ukraine, however The American-supplied Patriot launcher was used in the January 24 shooting down of the Russian Il-76 transport over Belgorod, the New…

The conservative American journalist has visited Moscow to speak with the Russian leader Conservative American journalist Tucker Carlson is about to stream an interview he conducted with with Russian president Vladimir Putin in…

The conservative reporter’s sit-down with the Russian president airs later on Thursday evening American journalist Tucker Carlson has shared the first image from his highly-anticipated interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The…

70 NYCHA Employees Charged In Biggest Bribery Raid In Justice Department History Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, Prosecutors said Tuesday that 70 current and former employees of the New…

Bidenomics Failing Farmers As Expected Incomes Crash The Most Since 2006 A new report from the US Department of Agriculture forecasts that US farmers are poised for another year of financial misery, facing the most…

Stellar 30Y Auction Sees Surge In Foreign Demand, Biggest Stop Through In 13 Months After yesterday’s 10Y auction priced well ahead of expectations as a burst of buyers crushed any fears there…

Rep. Matt Gaetz Introduces Resolution Saying Trump Didn’t Engage In ‘Insurrection’ Authored by Catherine Yang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) introduced a resolution on Feb. 6 to…

Hershey CEO Warns ‘Earnings Limited’ As Cocoa Prices Hyperinflate Cocoa futures in New York soared to a new record high this morning as fears of a global bean shortage worsened. Hyperinflating cocoa…

Are Bank Runs Back On The Menu? Authored by Marty Bent via TFTC.io, Don’t look now, but it seems that the regional banking crisis is beginning to reemerge after almost a year…

The court was highly critical of an effort by Colorado activists to bar the former president from seeking office again US Supreme Court judges appeared ready on Thursday to shoot down a…

General Valery Zaluzhny was relieved of duty earlier today Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky named General Aleksandr Sirsky as the new head of the armed forces on Thursday, after sacking General Valery Zaluzhny…

Russia’s ambassador to London has argued that there is no legitimate threat of a military clash with British forces Russia’s ambassador to London has dismissed warnings of a potential war between Moscow…

It’s no coincidence that Israel found cause to deprive the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency of funding right after the ICJ genocide ruling After more than four months of a bombing campaign that…

Trump Civil Fraud Trial Judge Demands Answers On Rumors Of Perjury Plea Deal Authored by Caden Pearson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), New York Justice Arthur Engoron pressed former President Donald…

Innocent people in Gaza should not be punished for the actions of Hamas, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said Israel cannot use the October 7 Hamas attack as a “license to…

A total of 200 captives were traded in the latest swap A total of 100 Russian prisoners who were “in mortal danger” in Ukrainian captivity have been exchanged for the same number…

Calling Biden’s Bluff: Threats Of Open Border Chaos Turn Into Rumors Of ‘Executive Action’ On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre warned that unless the $118B ‘bipartisan’ border security bill (which…

A group of Middle Eastern soccer associations has reportedly demanded that FIFA bar Israeli teams from competition Football federations from a dozen Middle Eastern countries, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United…

The result of the clash of the American political giants will reverberate around the globe for decades The world is watching the US presidential election closely as it will have significant implications…

Red Sea Trouble Threatens US Freight Recovery By Joe Antoshak of FreightWaves Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Sunday his committee is unlikely to consider cutting the federal funds rate at its…