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President Donald J Trump was accused of withholding U.S. military aid to Ukraine in order to force compliance with his requests.  This was the exact claim of those who attempted to impeach…

Netanyahu And Sinwar’s Forever War: Perpetual Conflict In Gaza Authored by Joe Buccino via RealClear Wire, As the Gaza War extends beyond 100 days with no end in sight, a potential months-long…

RFK Jr. Campaign Collects Enough Signatures To Get On New Hampshire Ballot Authored by Jeff Louderbeck via The Epoch Times, As President Joe Biden learned he had won the New Hampshire Democrat…

The US and several other countries have cut funding for the UN Palestinian refugee agency amid terror-related claims by Israel UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on Western nations not to penalize…

It is the first time that US military personnel have died by enemy fire since the start of the Israel-Hamas war Three US Army troops were killed and many wounded in an…

The historic meeting in between the president of Chad and Vladimir Putin in Moscow outlines new contours of Russian-African future In many ways, the Russia-Africa Summit that was held in July 2023…

A story surfacing in Politico about the collapse of the office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the inability of the entire trade policy group to find any willing trade…

The two activists said their stunt at the Louvre museum was a call for food security, as farmers protest across France Two activists hurled pumpkin soup at the bulletproof glass protecting Leonardo…

The suspects tried to steal almost $40 million meant for mortar shells, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has said The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has said it uncovered a major…

Biden Blackmail Intensifies: Won’t Shut Border Until Congress Coughs Up Ukraine, Israel Funds As Republican governors circle the wagon around Texas, President Biden on Saturday doubled down on a reluctant agreement to…

Paul Craig Roberts: RIP, The Western World Authored by Paul Craig Roberts, I have come to the depressing conclusion that the white ethnicities that constituted the nations of Western Civilization have degenerated…

Biden To Announce Billions In New Chip Subsidies Two years after Biden’s $53BN CHIPS act did nothing at all to boost the US semiconductor industry – which has instead enjoyed a hope…

Moscow and Beijing are still assessing the cost and benefits of Power of Siberia 2, which would pass through Mongolia The construction of the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline linking Russia…

Major shippers have stopped using the vital maritime route due to ongoing Houthi attacks Freight through the Suez Canal has plummeted by 45% in the two months since Houthi rebel attacks on…

Vince McMahon has presided over the professional wrestling organization for more than four decades Vince McMahon, the longtime chairman and former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), has resigned from the company…

Vice Admiral Aleksey Neizhpapa’s comment follows reports that the British Navy could retire two vessels amid staffing shortages Kiev would be happy to receive two British Navy warships that London is reportedly…

The frontrunner for the US Republican nomination launched a large-scale trade war with Beijing during his presidency Former US President Donald Trump has told advisers he wants to impose a 60% tariff…

European Leaders Are Anxious About A Possible Trump Win Authored by Louis Navellier via The Epoch Times, In Europe, there is anxiety that former President Donald Trump may be reelected in November….

The Hague-based court has not called for a ceasefire and has no enforcement power, but its decision is resounding nonetheless The United Nations’ International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled on the…

Police received a report last month that a man had killed his partner in the home of a US Republican presidential candidate Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was the victim of a…

Escobar: How Yemen’s ‘Asabiyya’ Is Reshaping Geopolitics Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Cradle, The Arabic word Asabiyya, or ‘social solidarity,’ is a soundbite in the west, but taken very seriously by…

Local smartphone makers outperformed Apple in the final quarter of last year, data has shown Apple’s smartphone sales in China dropped by 2.1% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of last year owing…

Most Airplane Accidents Happen During Landing Most accidents in civil aviation occur during landing. (we are sure there is a joke in there but it would be highly inappropriate) Statista’s Martin Armstrong reports that…

New Delhi’s strategic shipments passing through the volatile region have remained untargeted largely because of Moscow’s influence As the Israel-Gaza war enters its 13th week, its disastrous repercussions are being felt across…

A US-brokered agreement could halt the fighting in Gaza for two months, officials told the paper Israel and Hamas are on course to reach a prolonged ceasefire deal within the next two…

Jamie Dimon calls for the snowballing US debt burden to be addressed before it turns into crisis The US economy is heading towards disaster as the vast national debt continues to mount,…

A new e-visa scheme has already sharply boosted arrivals from abroad The number of tourists coming to Russia may rise significantly in 2024 thanks to the introduction last year of electronic visas…

The head of the city of Nevinnomyssk, southern Russia, has called for a more than tenfold increase in the birth rate Men should “sneak up” on their wives and impregnate them this…

Justice Sebutinde argued that the case against Israel was political not legal, and that ‘genocidal intent’ was unproven Uganda’s government has distanced itself from Judge Julia Sebutinde, Kampala’s representative in the International…

Finnish Defense Minister Antti Hakkanen has formed a working group tasked with preparing the legislation Finland is preparing to completely prohibit Russian citizens from purchasing real estate in the country, Defense Minister…

Ads by IKEA and other furniture retailers in Portugal allude to the money police found stashed in envelopes at a former official’s office An ad campaign by IKEA in Portugal poking fun…

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…

We Can’t Ban Our Way To A Better World Authored by Charles Krblich via The Brownstone Institute, Il nous faut de l’audace, encore de l’audace, toujours de l’audace! (We need audacity, more…

Mapping The Median Age In Each US State In 2022, the median age for the United States as a whole was 39 years, but the median age by state has a lot…

The former president doesn’t believe that the allies will honor their commitments NATO will not come to the rescue if the US gets attacked, former President Donald Trump said on Saturday, continuing his…

The Longest General Election: Gingrich Authored by Newt Gingrich via RealClear Wire, We are now living through the longest general election campaign in history. With President Donald Trump’s victories in Iowa and…

George Carlin’s Estate Sues Over AI-Generated ‘Comedy Special’: A New Frontier In Copyright Wars In what appears to be a groundbreaking clash between the legacy of artistic creation and the exponential growth…

DEI Priorities Interfere With FBI Hiring, Undercut National Security, Report Claims Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A recently disclosed report by an alliance of retired and active…

Hezbollah has reportedly received intelligence that the IDF is ready for a war on two fronts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is prepared to start a full-blown war against the pro-Palestinian armed…

Rudy Giuliani brought up some good points that were surreptitiously also noted by Victor Davis Hanson.   As Giuliani noted in an interview with Newsmax, the core elements of the E Jean Carroll…

The national draft emergency defense plan reportedly sees ordinary citizens Germans will be expected to turn their homes into bomb shelters in case a major war breaks out in Europe, newspaper Bild…

Lyin’ Biden: Speaker Johnson Debunks ‘Need’ To Pass Ukraine-Israel Funds Before Securing Border House Speaker Mike Johnson has dispelled President Joe Biden’s absolute lie that Congress needs to act to pass a…

Israel has accused UNRWA workers of helping Hamas kill civilians Multiple Western countries have suspended the funding to the UN Palestinian refugee agency in response to Israeli allegations that a number of…

Washington likes to make others sort out its messes, but Beijing won’t play this game – and is thus branded a disruptive force The US and UK are currently waging a bombing…

24 GOP Legislators In Pennsylvania Challenge Biden Over Voter Registration Executive Order Authored by Beth Brelje via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A group of 24 Republican legislators in Pennsylvania have filed…

IRS Targets Sports Teams As Agency Boosts Enforcement Against Wealthy Tax Filers Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will intensify its scrutiny of…

Fani Comes Under Immense Pressure As 22 Articles Of Impeachment Filed For “Malfeasance, Oppression, And Tyrannical Partiality” Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis may find herself out of a job, after a…

A Ukrainian Model’s Crowning As ‘Miss Japan’ Shows The Spread Of Liberal-Globalism In Asia Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, From the perspective of Japan’s historically conservative-nationalist society, ethnic ancestry – not…

President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will deliver remarks to a Team Trump Nevada Commit to Caucus Rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday, January 27,…

Bitcoin Slide Driven By Bankrupt FTX Liquidating, Shorting Billions Earlier this week we reported that the primary reason why bitcoin has been sliding ever since the arrival of bitcoin ETFs on Jan…

9 Factors Driving Energy Markets In 2024 Authored by Rystad Energy via OilPrice.com, Political changes in over 70 countries will impact oil markets and renewable energy policies. Natural gas and hydrogen will…

Olaf Scholz said ongoing mass public protests against extreme-right political parties “makes our democracy strong” German chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday warned of a rise in extreme-right sentiment in his country, some…

Barrister Sue Chrysanthou has gone on a personal jihad and concealed her own personal and financial interests in attacking myself and this website in her written submissions, on behalf of her client…

Biden’s Real Oil-For-Fake Democracy Plan Ruined After Venezuela Blocks Opposition Leader’s Presidential Run And another foreign policy faux pas… The Biden administration says it is currently reviewing its sanctions policy on Maduro’s…

Around 300,000 people made attempts to cross into the US from Mexico last month, according to US officials A large convoy reportedly led by a retired US Army lieutenant colonel has said…

More Senate Republicans Embrace Trump As He Marches Toward GOP Nomination Authored by Samantha Flom via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Former President Donald Trump continues to pick up endorsements from Capitol…

The AI-generated images were reportedly viewed over 47 million times before the account that posted them on X was suspended Sexually-explicit ‘photos’ of pop singer Taylor Swift that spread on social media…

The Slow Death Of America’s Unions Authored by Sam Bourgi via CreditNews.com, Unionization in America has reached its lowest level in recorded history. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), only…

Mask-Wearing German Judge Acquits CJ Hopkins In ‘Nazi-Promoting Tweets’ Case Six months after renowned American author and satirist CJ Hopkins was first charged (and found guilty and sentenced) for daring to dissent…

Trump Says Texas Rightly Invoked ‘Invasion’ Clause Over Biden’s Open Border Former President Trump chimed in on the unfolding border situation in Texas between state officials and the federal Customs and Border…

What was once essentially a collective of engineers known for innovation and craftsmanship now operates in the interests of Wall Street On a sunny day in August 1955, Boeing test pilot, Alvin…

Charles Michel’s change of mind comes days ahead of a meeting between EU leaders on signing off on additional Ukraine aid European Council president Charles Michel has abandoned plans to contest a…

Border Patrol Says Agents Will Not Remove Texas Razor Wire Barriers Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In defiance of the Biden Administration’s wishes, senior figures within Customs and Border Protection have…

The Russian president claims that the governments of Ukraine and the Baltic states have adopted “Hitlerites’ ideology and methods” Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to crush modern-day forces that promote Nazism,…

Defying Inflation, Americans Have Kept Spending Money U.S. retail sales grew more than expected in December, rounding off a surprisingly strong year in terms of consumer spending, as Americans continued to spend…

The president urged ministers to prioritize veterans returning from Ukraine as the basis of Russia’s new creme de la creme Veterans returning from the war zone in Ukraine should become Russia’s new…

Ukraine is “working hard” with Washington to secure American funding for the country in 2024, PM Denis Shmygal said The US assured Kiev that the Russian assets that remain frozen in the…

US Median Rents Slide For Eighth Month On Surge In New Apartment Supply  High-frequency data from Realtor.com shows US median rents slid in December on a year-over-year basis for the eighth consecutive month, down…

A UK general said earlier this week that “citizen armies” should be prepared to take up arms against Moscow Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has rejected a claim by the chief of…

TATA will collaborate with the French multinational to build aircraft for the local market and third countries Tata Group, one of India’s largest conglomerates, will join forces with France’s Airbus to produce…

Janet Yellen Bets $2 Trillion That Rates Will Not Be Higher-For-Longer Submitted by Anthony Trevisan, A Major Trend Change In 2023, the Treasury added $2.6T to the national debt. While that number…

The Biden administration has reportedly shifted focus to defensive tactics and will no longer help Kiev recapture lost territory The US is working on a new strategy for Ukraine that would mark…

These Are The Best-Selling Phones Of All Time In 2021, the world had 7.1 billion mobile phone users, roughly 90% of the global population. The mobile phone is now one of humanity’s most…

The trend stems from US attempts to confiscate frozen Russian assets, Ambassador Anatoly Antonov has said US plans to seize Russian assets frozen abroad are forcing other countries to consider ditching the…

How The COVID Virus Defends Itself From The Human Immune System Authored by Amie Dahnke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Just how was the COVID-19 coronavirus so successful? (Naeblys/Shutterstock) The question…

Davos, Dictators, & The Real “Threats To Our Democracy” Authored by Laura Hollis via The Epoch Times, Republican presidential candidate (and now presumptive nominee) Donald Trump won the Iowa caucus and the…

Houthi attacks in the waterway have prompted many companies to redirect vessels to longer and more expensive routes The cost of shipping fuel by sea has in some cases soared above $100,000…

The bloc nonetheless needs a Cold War-style deterrence against Moscow, defense minister Boris Pistorius has said There’s currently no threat of Russia attacking NATO or any of the partners of the US-led…

Participants in a survey believe that adopting the single currency would risk price increases A majority of Czechs are skeptical about transitioning to the euro, believing that adopting the single currency would…

Global production of the fuel is also expected rise whereas supply will likely remain tight, according to the energy watchdog Gas production in Russia is expected to rise by 4% this year,…

The attack system posed an “imminent threat” to ships navigating the Red Sea, Washington said in a statement The United States Navy destroyed an anti-ship missile in Houthi-held territory in Yemen early…

The vessel shipping for trading giant Trafigura is reportedly transporting Russian-origin naphtha for making plastics, gasoline A petroleum-products tanker operated on behalf of Trafigura was struck by a Houthi missile in the…

Tapping Russian assets frozen in the EU would harm the single currency, the head of Italy’s central bank says The EU should not use the euro as a tool in sanctions wars…

Shortages have arisen as output of renewable energy has failed to compensate for the closures of coal and nuclear plants The UK purchased a record £3.5 billion ($4.4 billion) worth of electricity…

The immigration issue has been “broken,” and “it’s long past time to fix it,” the US president said US President Joe Biden has again urged the Republican lawmakers to agree to the…

The country’s stocks have been selling off of late despite a series of government stimulus measures Investors poured nearly $12 billion into Chinese equity funds in the week ending this past Wednesday,…

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…

Escobar: Five Variables Defining Our Future Authored by Pepe Escobar, In the late 1930s, with WWII in motion, and only months before his assassination, Leon Trotsky already had a vision of what…

The Pentagon is reportedly looking to bring B16-12 bombs to eastern England The United States is planning to deploy nuclear weapons in the UK for the first time in 15 years, the…

Here’s Every EV Qualified For US Tax Credits In 2024 This year, the list of qualified electric vehicles (EVs) for U.S. tax credits is relatively small. Many popular models like the Nissan…

The Price Of Failed Wars Authored by Simone Leeden via RealClear Wire, A growing number of Americans grapple with a profound dilemma. This dilemma stems from our recent and painful history of…

Woke Maryland Private School Questions Young Boys About “Gender” & “Sexuality” Reversing the “woke” takeover of America’s education system will require a concerted effort from concerned parents who don’t want their children…

DNI Investigation Reveals How CCP Interfered In US Election Authored by Andrew Thornebrooke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Chinese regime interfered in the U.S. 2022 midterm elections through various means,…

The European bloc must overcome the “polarization” stemming from agricultural disputes, Ursula von der Leyen has said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has expressed hope that new “strategic dialogue” will…

Texas Governor Greg Abbott calls in for an interview about the federal -vs- state conflict on border security.  Gov. Greg Abbott says ten other states have already sent national guard to the…

These Are The Most-Popular AI Tools Artificial intelligence had its breakout year in 2023, with large language models (LLMs) and text-to-image generators capturing the attention and imagination of technologists and investors alike….

Growing Concerns Over Links Between Transgenderism And Violence Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Mental health issues that manifest in gender confusion, combined with potent cross-sex hormones,…

Saudi Tankers Given Passage Through Red Sea By Houthis, Alongside Russia & China China and Russia aren’t the only countries being given a “pass” from Yemen’s Houthi rebels, but Saudi Arabia is…