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Even The NYT Is Saying, “Buy Gold” Via SchiffGold.com, A recent piece in the New York Times encouraged readers to buy gold, noting its record-breaking run since 2020. However, what the article gets…

Visualizing The Decline Of Remote Work, By Industry After years of companies embracing remote work and hybrid models, a major shift back to in-office work could be underway. This infographic, via Visual…

The agreement will reportedly grant Washington rights to 50% of the income from natural resource extraction The US expects to make $20 billion from a proposed rare-earth minerals deal with Ukraine, White…

Spokesman Dmitry Peskov’s remark comes after the FSB said it had thwarted a Ukrainian attempt to assassinate a renowned Russian Orthodox bishop The Ukrainian government has no qualms about targeting religious leaders…

56% of GOP respondents now view the Ukrainian leader unfavorably, up from 40% last week, an Economist/YouGov survey indicates Attitudes among US Republicans toward Vladimir Zelensky have soured significantly as the Ukrainian…

Mexico Extradites 29 Cartel Drug Lords To US As Trump Not Backing Away From Tariff War The US Justice Department revealed Thursday evening that Mexico has begun extraditing dozens of high-level cartel…

Two Afghan men have been convicted in Germany of planning to kill Swedish MPs A German court has sentenced two Afghan men to prison for planning an attack on the Swedish parliament…

Those who think the ICC is “a great idea” that just needs some reforms fail to grasp its fundamental problems The International Criminal Court (ICC) has long masqueraded as a beacon of…

Pyongyang has said the launch drill is a warning to “enemies” who are violating the country’s security North Korea has test-fired strategic cruise missiles to demonstrate its nuclear “counterattack” capability, the country’s…

The African country has struck several deals with Moscow to boost bilateral relations Russia and Guinea-Bissau have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in the fields of general education, science, and…

France and the UK would make great allies against “predatory” Trump, Chrystia Freeland has said Veteran Canadian politician Chrystia Freeland has called on Ottawa to turn to European nuclear powers for deterrence…

Protests have been organized in Pretoria against Rheinmetall over weapon sales to Israel and Ukraine A group of demonstrators braved the rainy weather to picket outside the Union Buildings in Pretoria demanding…

African leaders announcing the closure of French military bases send a clear sign that the continent rejects France’s policies France is about to completely lose its military presence in the Sahel region…

Ambassador Denis Alipov has lauded New Delhi’s decision not to take sides, and said Moscow is open to peace proposals India’s decision to maintain a “neutral stance” on the Ukraine conflict was…

Unleashing LNG: Trump’s Geopolitical Triumph Demands A New Realism Authored by Ronald Beaty via RealClearEnergy, By February 21, 2025, the trumpet has sounded: Donald Trump’s second term has begun, and with it,…

Collusion, Coercion, And The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Directives Authored by Mark Oaks via RealClearPolicy, For years, unelected regulators and global financial firms have colluded and used other people’s money to force businesses…

What We Know About African Mystery Illnesses That Have Sickened Over 400 People And Can Kill Within Hours Something sinister is lurking in the heart of Africa, and no one knows what…

The outbreak has killed at least 50 people, Reuters has reported A disease outbreak in northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has killed at least 50 people and affected around…

Vladimir Zelensky will effectively strip the country of its sovereignty by signing the agreement, Aleksandr Dubinsky has claimed Ukraine will become a US colony if Vladimir Zelensky signs a proposed rare-earths deal…

BP Looks To Double Its Market Value To $200 Billion, Says CEO Auchincloss BP’s CEO is setting an ambitious goal to more than double the company’s market value to $200bn within five…

Enough Is Enough? The Italian People Disown & Protest The Words Of Their President Submitted by Vincenzo Lorusso via Donbass Italia, (emphasis ours) Months ago, a grassroot media campaign was launched in…

For the US president, Europe “is not the center of the world,” Poland’s Donald Tusk has remarked European allies of the US must navigate a new reality in which President Donald Trump…

The economic group is determined to slash its reliance on the greenback despite the US president’s tariff threats, Brazil’s president has said  Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said that…

The US president is moving away from the “soft power” approach while attempting to trim costs, the outlet reports US President Donald Trump is planning an overhaul of the State Department, aiming…

President Emmanuel Macron intervened to secure an invitation for the Ukrainian leader to the White House, a diplomatic source has claimed US President Donald Trump was reportedly reluctant to host Ukrainian leader…

PKK Founder Orders Kurdish Group To Lay Down Its Arms, Dissolve In Historic Statement A grand deal involving Turkey, Syria, and the Kurds is in the works, and on Thursday a historic…

Romania Is At The Center Of The Struggle Between Liberal-Globalists & Populist-Nationalists Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Observers were shocked on Wednesday after former Romanian presidential front-runner Calin Georgescu was temporarily detained…

The company claims it is owed royalties for extended screenings of several Hollywood blockbusters in the country in 2022 A former Sony Pictures vendor in Russia has sued the country’s largest cinemas,…

During the initial press availability, President Trump welcomes British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to the oval office. As part of the initial discussion, PM Starmer delivered a letter from King Charles III…

I will simply repeat that I hope everyone continues watching Pam Bondi’s unfolding mess in great detail. It’s going to get a lot worse as the issues get more serious. Attorney General…

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…

United States Attorney General Pam Bondi reappears on Fox News to explain the mixup and delays in the delivery of the Epstein Files.  According to General Bondi, dastardly officials New York are…

At the conclusion of several bilateral breakout sessions British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Trump hold a joint press conference.  The largest issue on the table of conversation is the Ukraine-Russia…

The new service will offer guidance for those concerned about loved ones embracing conspiratorial beliefs, the Interior Ministry has said Germans who suspect that their relatives or friends have fallen for conspiracy…

Two men recruited by Kiev planned an attack on Metropolitan Tikhon in Moscow, the FSB has said Russian law enforcement operatives have thwarted a terrorist attack against Crimean Metropolitan Tikhon of the…

NATO Is The Big Obstacle To Peace In Ukraine Authored by Jacob Hornberger via The Future of Freedom Foundation, During his recent campaign for president, Donald Trump repeatedly stated that he had…

The Real Victims Of USAID’s Mismanagement Authored by Peter Burns & Isaac Six via RealClearPolitics, For decades, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been a pillar of global humanitarian…

How (Un)Free Is The World? Global freedom declined for the 19th consecutive year in 2024, according to the Global Freedom Index by democratic watchdog organization Freedom House, released Wednesday.  As Statista’s Anna Fleck reports,…

‘Fraud On A Mass Scale’ – Why Trump Should Repeal Real Estate Tax Submitted by Mitchell Vexler, IN THE Texas House Of Representatives Ways and Means Committee  BRIEF OF MITCHELL VEXLER AS…

These Are The Highest Paid World Leaders A study by Slot.Day ranked the ten highest-paid world leaders, comparing their salaries against their respective nations’ GDP per capita to standardize comparisons across economies….

Bidenflation & His Media Whores Submitted by Jim Bovard High inflation spurred Donald Trump’s defeat of Kamala Harris last November. The economy was the top issue for most voters, and inflation was…

These Are The Most Powerful Passports In 2025 A strong passport provides greater travel freedom, lower costs, and easier global mobility for work, study, and leisure.  But which passports are the most powerful in…

US and Russian diplomats have shared few details of their closed-door discussions in Istanbul, but agree to hold “follow-up” meetings Russian and US officials held a lengthy expert-level meeting in Türkiye on…

Judge Says Meta Must Face Lawsuit Alleging Hiring Bias Against US Citizens A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit alleging that Facebook parent Meta favors hiring foreign workers over U.S. citizens…

US Health Secretary Delays Rule Updating Definition Of ‘Healthy’ On Food Labels Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has ordered the…

Leftists Push Feb 28 ‘Economic Blackout’ Over Corporate ‘Greed,’ Waning DEI A new leftist entity calling itself The People’s Union USA is calling for Americans to refrain from spending a single dollar anywhere…

The agreement is final and is only awaiting the Ukrainian leader’s signature, according to Scott Bessent The United States and Ukraine have finalized their agreement on rare earths and other natural resources,…

The FBI Hides Evidence Of Being The FBI Authored by Mike McDaniel via American Thinker, Imagine you’re an operative for a government law enforcement agency gone Stasi. Your power over the lives…

Screen Time Linked To Increased Risk Of Nearsightedness In Children, Study Finds Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Even one hour of screen time per day significantly increases…

Attorney General Pam Bondi has demanded a probe into the FBI for allegedly withholding the remaining files The Department of Justice (DOJ) has released the first phase of declassified documents related to…

The first batch of declassified files reportedly contains little new information Attorney General Pam Bondi has accused the Federal Bureau of Investigation of withholding “thousands of pages” of documents related to the…

How Medical And Integrative Experts Recommend Protecting Against Influenza Authored by Amy Denney via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), It’s been a rough, cold season for Mike and Cindy Gorbett. Mike had…

Maryland Democrats “Clearly In Denial” As State Faces Twin Crises Television magnate David Smith’s purchase of The Baltimore Sun last year has reshaped the paper’s editorial direction, focusing on crime coverage in…

DOGE This: DC Layoffs May Top Million, Recession Risks Soar As Jobs & Housing Sour The Trump administration’s epic purge of federal workers is shaping into one of the most significant job…

The UK is “ready to put boots on the ground and planes in the air” in Ukraine, PM Keir Starmer has claimed President Donald Trump has said that British troops “can take…

Trans-Terror: Police Arrest ‘Woman’ For Allegedly Trying To Torch Tesla Dealership Authored by Ken Silva via Headline USA, Police in Loveland, Colorado have arrested a suspect who allegedly vandalized a local Tesla dealership several…

The Gold At Fort Knox Was Stolen From Americans Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, In recent days, President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Senator Rand Paul, and some others have…

World War III Is Still On The Table: Europe Wants Boots On The Ground In Ukraine Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, In the lead up to the 2024 presidential elections in…

Treasonous CIA Insiders “Might Be Motivated” To Betray America If DOGE Fires Them Apparently one of the ‘six ways from Sunday’ the intelligence community has to get back at the Trump administration…

‘Mini-Stagflation’ Will End With A Financial Shock Submitted by Dhaval Joshi via BCAResearch.com, President Trump is hosting Prime Minister Starmer in the White House today. Yet the most pressing issue that they…

Maine Public Schools Are Collapsing As Children Of Illegal Migrants Pour Into The State Maine’s public schools are seeing their worst test scores in 30 years, with student performance in reading and…

It’s Impossible To Summarize Everything That Is Happening By Michael Every of Rabobank Love and Death I look at the world this morning and wonder how to fit what is going on…

Roaring 20s: Fidelity’s 401(k) Millionaire Club Soars On MAG7 Exceptionalism The 401(k) millionaire club has surged in size, fueled by American exceptionalism and the meteoric rise of MAG7 stocks, which have skyrocketed…

State Dept: Freeze Did Not Stall Anti-Narcotics Program In Mexico Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, The State Department is disputing reports that President Trump’s foreign aid freeze has halted a United…

The restrictions over the Ukraine conflict are a response to an “extraordinary threat” to US national security, the executive order states US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order extending for…

The US president should stop the assault on democracy launched by the Romanian “deep state,” Calin Georgescu has said Calin Georgescu, the winner of the first round of last year’s annulled presidential…

The proposal aims to commemorate the president’s economic policies with a new currency denomination US Republican Congressman Joe Wilson has announced plans to introduce legislation to create a $250 bill featuring President…

The Soviet grandmaster renowned for his Match of the Century against Bobby Fischer has passed away at 88 Boris Spassky, the 10th world chess champion, has died at the age of 88,…

Washington has begun to demonstrate pragmatism and a determination to resolve the accumulated problems, the Russian president has said The renewed contacts between Moscow and the administration of US President Donald Trump…

Pentagon Will Track Down And Discharge Transgender Service Members Pursuing President Trump’s vision of a fighting force focused on readiness to wage war, the Pentagon is about to initiate a fast-paced program…

Why Aren’t Chicken-Meat Prices Rising Like Egg Prices? Authored by Austin Alonzo via The Epoch Times, The U.S. response to a highly pathogenic avian influenza is driving egg prices to record highs….

Moscow should stay vigilant about thwarting attempts to meddle in its relations with Washington, the Russian president has said Some Western elites are “not happy” about the potential rapprochement between Moscow and…

“Growth Scare & Tariffs” – The Troubling Narrative Continues Brewing This year, the long-running US exceptionalism trade has shown signs of fatigue as concerns over a potential economic slowdown mount. Top market strategists, including…

Moscow could even end up facing tougher restrictions, Sber CEO Herman Gref believes Western sanctions against Russia might not be lifted and could even be tightened, Herman Gref, CEO of the country’s…

The White House reportedly plans to halt $60 billion in foreign assistance The administration of US President Donald Trump plans to cut more than 90% of US Agency for International Development (USAID)…

Homebuilders Have Most Speculative Unsold Inventory Since May Of 2008 Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Homebuilder inventory of started and completed homes is soaring but sales are weak. New Home Sales…

Your Protein Intake May Be The Bare Minimum Authored by Zena le Roux via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Eating enough protein is essential for preserving muscle. Yet experts say the recommended…

Trump’s Bold Plan: Boost Egg Imports To Reverse Biden’s Bird Flu Blunder That Tanked Nation’s Hen Population The Trump administration is planning a significant increase in US egg imports to counter the Biden-Harris…

Errol Musk’s comments come amid growing speculation about Elon’s role in the Trump administration Elon Musk is “not cut out for politics,” according to his father, Errol Musk, who has said the…

The agency gave funds to manufacturers of dog collars and custom carpets, as well as fashion and confectionery firms The US Agency for International Development (USAID) funneled millions in American taxpayer dollars…

US Pending Home Sales Collapse To Record Lows Completing the triumvirate of turmoil in the US housing market, pending home sales joined new- and existing-home sales prints with a big decline in…

Putin Says Talks With US “Inspire Certain Hopes” As 6+ Hour Istanbul Meeting Concludes TASS is confirming that Russian and US delegations have concluded their meeting after more than six hours of talks…

IKEA Loses In Poland’s Supreme Court: The Policy Of Inclusivity Should Not Exclude Christians Via Ordo Iuris blog, In 2019, IKEA published an article on its company intranet that imposed the ideological…

The court in Bosnia and Herzegovina was relying on a “pseudo-law” and its actions were “illegitimate,” the Kremlin has said Russia has denounced the conviction of Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik by…

RFK Jr Pauses Multi-Million Dollar Contract To Develop New COVID-19 Vaccine Authored by Jeff Louderbeck via The Epoch Times, Clinical trials for a new COVID-19 vaccine were halted after a multi-million contract…

The Treasury Department has prohibited American companies from providing petroleum services to the country A US ban on providing petroleum services to Russia officially took effect on Thursday, in the latest round…

MSFT Urges US To Ease AI Chip Export Curbs On Allies, Days After Gloomy TD Cowen Report Microsoft is set to publish a blog post on its website Thursday, urging the Trump…

Futures Jump As “Good Enough” Nvidia Results Reboot Rally US equity futures are higher post-NVDA, though the stock’s reaction was a bit muted with the stock rising ~2% pre-market, a far cry…

Culling Chickens To Stop Bird Flu Isn’t Working, Dr. Robert Malone Says Authored by Nathan Worcester via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), In a discussion with American Thought Leaders host Jan Jekielek,…

Q4 GDP Unchanged In First Revision, Despite Hotter Core PCE In what was the most boring number of today’s data barrage, the BEA reported the first revision of Q4 GDP (initially reported…

DOGE Wins As DC Jobless Claims Soared Last Week The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits for the first time jumped from 220k to 242k last week – the highest since…

Moscow has proven itself a reliable partner to multiple nations in the region, bridging divides and building influence The year 2024 marked another tumultuous and challenging phase in the ongoing transformation of…

AfriForum has been lobbying the Trump administration to punish Pretoria The leaders of lobby groups AfriForum and Solidarity have come under intense scrutiny following their recent meeting with members of the Donald…

Dollar Spikes As Trump Clarifies He Is Not Backing Away From Tariff Plan Yesterday, during his first cabeinet meeting, President Trump discussed various aspects of his reciprocal/non-reciprocal tariff plans… prompting the stock…

New Delhi is looking to tap into vital resources to meet its domestic needs India is searching for mining opportunities to access critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, and copper from Zambia,…

Ex-Blizzard developer Mark Kern is at the forefront of shooting down the woke agenda and bringing sanity back to videogames For the better part of a decade – if not longer –…

Florida lawyer John Morgan says he plans to represent voters who are “stuck in the middle” of the two-party political system John Morgan, a Florida lawyer and donor to former US President…

Too many media and cultural personalities have failed to return from abroad, officials have said Ukrainian authorities will ban journalists and culture personalities from leaving the country starting early next month, according…

The pair had previously been prohibited from leaving the country, where they face rape and trafficking charges Andrew and Tristan Tate, prominent social media influencers facing criminal charges in Bucharest, left Romania…