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Ukraine has better chances of becoming a member than Serbia for “political reasons,” the former Yugoslav country’s president has said Ukraine is closer to joining the EU than Serbia or any other…

US Sanctions Could Hit 1.5 Million Bpd Of Russian Oil Exports Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, The outgoing U.S. Administration on January 10 imposed the most severe sanctions on Russia’s oil…

The US president says he won the election by aligning with voter priorities on border security and transgender issues US President Donald Trump has described his election victory as a rejection of…

BRICS Expands Footprint In The Global South Indonesia was admitted as a full member of the BRICS group of major emerging economies on January 6, 2025. As Statista’s Felix Richter shows in…

For the past 24 hrs. I have been battling a horrible case of foodborne illness. Thankfully I am healthy, physically fit and have a strong immune system. All is ok.  Love to…

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…

Not since Ted Cruz’s GOP nomination speech in 2016 had a political figure self-emolliated with such tone-deaf stupidity as Vivek Ramaswamy when he blamed American culture for the justification for why we…

Many people know Sean Curran from the photograph in Butler Pennsylvania as he covered President Trump during the assassination attempt. I’m not sure what experience Curran has in large organization leadership; however,…

President Trump has delivered an incredible first 2 days as he immediately begins putting the America-First policy into place. Fox News Sean Hannity arrives at the White House to interview President Trump. …

Trump White House Means “4 Years Of Good Policy”; Polish President Says Authored by Liz Heflin via Remix News, Polish President Andrzej Duda had only good things to say about the upcoming…

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…

The Competency Crisis Proliferating The West Authored by Alastair Crooke, The essayist and military strategist, Aurelien, has written a paper entitled: The Strange Defeat (original in French). The ‘strange defeat’ being that of Europe’s ‘curious’…

U.S. Auto Safety Regulators Probe Nearly 900,000 GM Vehicles For Engine Failure Engine failures in almost 900,000 GM vehicles are being probed by the Feds, according to a new report from the…

How To Stop The BRICS Nations From Abandoning The Dollar Authored by Patrick Barron via The Mises Institute, The US government is aghast that there is a new grouping of nations that…

“Be A Good Democrat”… Or Else – NYC Mayor Says Biden Admin Tried To Silence Him Over Influx Of Illegals Embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that the Democratic Party…

Anders Vistisen has rejected the US president’s proposal to buy Greenland A Danish politician has dropped an F-bomb from the floor of the European Parliament as he rejected President Donald Trump’s idea…

Taiwan: Will Xi Or Won’t Xi? Authored by Grant Newsham via RealClearDefense, Chinese leader, Xi Jinping has been clear that he intends to get Taiwan – one way or another. He has…

These Are The Airlines With The Most Flight Cancellations Dealing with last-minute flight cancellations is incredibly frustrating for travellers, whether they’re flying back home for the holidays, travelling for work, or trying…

No Free Pass: The Unintended Consequences Of Presidential Pardons Authored by Patrick Keeney via The Epoch Times, A presidential pardon is not a get-out-jail-free card. Those who receive presidential pardons face two…

The Yemeni-based militants were removed from the blacklist during the Biden administration US President Donald Trump has launched the procedure aimed at classifying Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthis rebels as a terrorist group. The…

Our 101 Trillion Dollar Problem: This Is The Number One Tool The Elite Use To Enslave Us Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, Right now, a tremendous awakening is…

Democrats Can’t Bully Their Way To A Free Pass Authored by Kevin M. Spivak via RealClearPolicy, I believe in restraint, tradition, decorum, and the precepts of our system of criminal justice: deterrence,…

Geography’s Revenge Authored by Christopher Roach via American Greatness, Over the last few weeks, Trump has raised a lot of eyebrows by suggesting that our country should annex Greenland, invite Canada to join as…

US President Donald Trump has vowed to fight “an invasion” of illegal migrants The Pentagon is deploying more soldiers at the border with Mexico to help CBP agents tackle the surge of…

Fetterman Votes With Republicans To Advance Hegseth, Says He Won’t Switch To GOP Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) voted on Jan. 21 with…

US Will Likely Stop Buying Oil From Venezuela: Trump Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump said on Jan. 20 that his administration would likely stop buying oil…

Trump Begins Deep State Purge At DOJ President Donald Trump has begun delivering on a central promise of his historic 2024 campaign by removing officials who obstruct his America First agenda. Numerous…

CCP Cyberattacks Stoke Calls To Beef Up Western Counterespionage Authored by Venus Upadhayaya via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Chinese regime’s cyberespionage campaign will likely become more sophisticated in targeting key…

Biden’s Big Blemish: Wages Didn’t Keep Up With Inflation The largest blemish on Joe Biden’s economic legacy is the fact that, despite robust growth, low unemployment and a roaring stock market, many…

Trump Doubles-Down On Plan To Return American Education ‘Back To The States’ Authored by Jack Roberts via Campus Reform, President Trump has reinforced his intent to bring education “back to the states.”…

ABC, NBC, CBS Back In Hot-Seat After New FCC Chair Reinstates Complaints The new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Brendan Carr (R), will overturn an 11th hour decision by the…

Soviet-born podcaster plans a trip to Russia to promote peace amid the Ukraine conflict Soviet-born computer scientist and podcaster Lex Fridman has announced plans to travel to Russia to interview President Vladimir…

This Transition Is Already A Huge Historical Marker Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, There is plenty of time ahead for the peanut gallery to discuss the ins and outs…

An overview of the frontline situation – the key areas from north to south Over the past month, the Russian military has advanced along seven directions in the Donbass and Kursk Region,…

An Afghan national has been detained after viciously attacking a kindergarten group in Bavaria A two-year-old child and an adult were killed and three others injured when a playschool group was targeted…

Freedom-of-expression privileges should not be used to promote extreme-right views, says German Chancellor German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has once again lashed out at US billionaire Elon Musk, stating that freedom of speech…

Operatives who participated in the Ukrainian Maidan and in Georgia’s unrest are now active in Slovakia, PM Robert Fico claims Slovakia will take unspecified precautionary measures against Ukraine-style political unrest that is…

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya is one of many unlawfully imprisoned medical professionals, reportedly tortured and abused in detention As you read this, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, a Palestinian doctor from Gaza, is…

Zelensky Claims 200,000 European Soldiers Needed To Secure Peace Deal Authored by Liz Heflin via Remix News, In a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday, the Ukrainian president’s resounding message…

Energy Department Ends LNG Export Pause Following Trump Order Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) revoked on Jan. 21 a Biden-era regulation that restricted…

Pentagon Reportedly Deploying 1,500 Active Duty Troops To US-Mexico Border President Donald Trump’s extraordinary move to restore national security began on Monday with a series of executive orders on immigration. By Tuesday,…

California Attorney General Asks Residents To Report Price-Gouging Amid Wildfires Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, As two major fires still burn in the greater Los Angeles region, California Attorney…

Stellar 20Y Auction Thanks To Recent Yield Spike The When Issued yield on the 20Y auction ahead of today’s 19Y, 10M reopening was a whopping 24bps higher than December and an even…

The statement supposedly published by the organization announces their return after a five-decade ban under the Assad government Freemasonry is returning to Syria after being banned for over 50 years, according to…

Extremes Become More Extreme, Then Revert To The Mean Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, A fatal bout of runaway instability becomes inevitable when “extraordinary emergency measures” become permanently essential…

Russian Oil Flows From Second Biggest Baltic Port Unexpectedly Tumble Two weeks after Biden’s handlers, in one of their last and generally unexpected acts, unveiled draconian sanctions on Russian oil exporters and…

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has reportedly resisted the extension of the measures for economic reasons Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban is blocking the extension of sanctions the European Union imposed on Russia…

By arming Kiev, NATO member states may have granted themselves valuable time to “grow stronger,” Andrius Kubilius has stated As the fighting continues in Ukraine, NATO states may be gaining additional time…

“Settle Now, And STOP This Ridiculous War!”: Trump Threatens Tariffs As Russia Sees ‘Small’ Window For Deal On Ukraine Russia says there is a ‘small’ window of opportunity to make a deal…

Federal Government Authorizes Arrests Of Illegal Immigrants At Schools, Churches Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman issued a directive on Monday that rescinds guidelines…

It’s The Dollar, Stupid! Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Our recent article, Why Are Bond Yields Rising, explains that the recent 1% increase in yields, as shown below, is almost entirely due…

US president has urged Moscow to end the Ukrainian conflict “the easy way,” threatening it with more sanctions if it doesn’t US President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a thinly-veiled ultimatum to…

The case dates back to 2022, with Manfredo Martin-Michael Madrigal III was also found guilty of lying about his contact with Russian embassy Former US Army officer and attorney Manfredo Martin-Michael Madrigal…

The US president has reiterated that he wants the Ukraine conflict to end US President Donald Trump has said that he is ready to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin anytime…

Russian troops have used the TOS-1A thermobaric system to strike Ukrainian invasion forces at border area in Kursk Region The Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday released a new video showing heavy thermobaric…

Ukraine’s leader claimed that Western intelligence has maintained contacts with Moscow throughout the conflict Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has criticized the West for maintaining intelligence-level contacts with Russia through all three years of…

David Beckham Vs Goliath By Michael Every of Rabobank The world’s eyes remain fixed on the Goliath in Washington D.C. President Trump now wants to urgently renegotiate the USMCA trade agreement with…

Trump Says He’ll Reinstate Troops Who Refused COVID-19 Vaccination Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump said on Jan. 20—moments after being sworn into office—that he…

Moscow and New Delhi are deepening defense ties, with a focus on technology transfer across aviation, naval, and missile platforms The relationship between India and the Soviet Union – and later Russia…

The US president’s move on birthright citizenship came as shock to professionals awaiting green cards, the Times of India reported US President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for children whose…

UK Warns Russian Spy Ship Entered Waters, Loitered Over Undersea Cables Amid heightened concerns over a series of undersea cable disruptions in the Baltic Sea—believed to be caused by anchor draggings—European security…

The website was similarly removed at the start of US President Donald Trump’s first term in 2017 The Spanish-language version of the White House website was taken offline on Tuesday, less than…

Birthright Citizenship Isn’t Real Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, Donald Trump yesterday issued a new executive order declaring that so-called “birthright citizenship” does not apply to the children of…

Ukrainians are “buying us time” to arm ourselves against Russia, the bloc’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas has said Top EU officials have urged member states to significantly boost their defense spending and…

The Left Never Learns: ‘Constitutional Attorney’ Is First To Call For Trump’s Impeachment (Again) Authored by Robert Spencer via PJMedia.com, John Bonifaz is the kind of guy who could have answered a…

Larry Ellison made the announcement at the White House as President Donald Trump unveiled a $500 billion AI infrastructure project Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has announced that his company is developing an…

The Biden administration was “completely hopeless” in its capacity to negotiate, the deputy foreign minister has said Relations between Russia and the US could improve under President Donald Trump, Deputy Foreign Minister…

The amendments to the country’s legislation are a long-standing demand of Shiite blocs and would potentially legalize child marriage Iraq’s parliament approved three controversial laws on Tuesday, including amendments to the Personal…

Futures Jump On Trump AI Push, Netflix Earnings; China Slumps On Tariff Threat US equity futures are higher to start the third day of Trump’s presidency – and not too far from…

The Second Era Of Trump Begins Authored by Philip Wegmann via RealClearPolitics, Under the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Donald Trump was again inaugurated, this time as the 47th president of the…

Brussels and London have reportedly devised “an arsenal of weapons” to respond to the new US president’s policies on trade and Ukraine The European Union and the United Kingdom are well prepared…

You Can Believe The Math Or The Politicians, But Not Both By Mitchell Vexler, President Mockingbird Properties  Although it sounds tough, yet often stated by me, is that I don’t give a…

Jacob Zuma has praised the bloc as a tool for reshaping global systems and reducing dependence on the West Former South African President Jacob Zuma has expressed strong support for the expansion…

The chancellor has pushed back against critics who accuse him of blocking a €3 billion assistance package for Kiev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has accused his critics of deceiving voters about a…

Walmart Remains Discount Juggernaut In Price War Among Supermarkets Cash-strapped consumers are increasingly turning to Walmart for the best grocery deals. Even wealthier consumers are trading down from Whole Foods and other…

Russian news outlets have reported that a drunken argument about US politics led to vandalism in a capital eatery A US citizen was reportedly detained in Moscow on Monday following a heated…

Pedro Sanchez has accused tech elites of undermining democracy Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called for action against the growing influence of US-based tech billionaires who he described as a tech…

Slovakia’s Robert Fico has claimed his political rivals are preparing a Ukraine-style coup with help from abroad Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has accused the opposition of preparing a ‘Maidan’ in the…

Iran’s Energy Crisis Authored by Brenda Shaffer & Dalga Khatinoglu via RealClearEnergy, Iran is experiencing a systemic energy crisis. While many times in the past, Iran has had gas shortages or refined…

The World Has Passed ‘Peak Child’ In the 1970s, the concept of peak oil gained societal traction during years of skyrocketing gasoline costs and a pivotal energy crisis. The theory was simple yet captivating:…

The initiative will ensure US dominance in the sector and create 100,000 jobs, the president has claimed US President Donald Trump has announced the launch of a new initiative set to invest…

Traditional governance models in Africa are successfully incorporated into the modern sociopolitical life The African continent is made up of diverse cultures, traditions, and governance models. This is particularly evident in Nigeria,…

The Hungarian PM has welcomed the first decrees signed by the new US president reversing policies of the previous administration Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has endorsed the executive orders signed by…

Ocean Rates Could Fall As Houthis Say They Will End Red Sea Attacks By Stuart Chirls of FreightWaves Yemen’s Houthi rebels said they will cease attacks on Israel and on merchant shipping…

Vaccine-Injured Tell UK COVID Inquiry They Are “An Uncomfortable Truth” Authored by Rachel Roberts via The Epoch Times, Family members of those harmed by vaccines told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry they were…

The Russian president has reciprocated the move by inviting Xi Jinping to the celebrations in Moscow on May 9 Chinese President Xi Jinping has invited his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to celebrations…

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Vladimir Putin discussed the Israel-Hamas truce, Syria, and collaborations like El Dabaa nuclear plant Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has held discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin by…

Did Trump Just Drop Some Hints About His Peace Plan? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Trump said a few words about Russia shortly after his reinauguration while signing Executive Orders in…

Authorities are investigating after 17 people died in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir A remote village in the Rajouri district of India’s Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has been hit by…

Washington will also be looking into the possibility of sending additional weapons to Kiev, the US president has said US President Donald Trump has said that Washington could impose more sanctions on…

Will we see a new era of hegemony or the same old playbook? The idea of inflicting “strategic defeats” on Russia has been a cornerstone of US policy for a long time….

Chinese Population Keeps On Shrinking The National Statistics Bureau of China has released the latest population figures which show that the Chinese population has shrunk for the third time in a row after decades of growth….

UPDATE: video added According to leaked media reports [CBS HERE] President Trump is going to unveil a private sector launch of $500 billion to create data processing centers for a national Artificial…

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…

Do you remember those ridiculous media interviews with General Norman Schwarzkopf as U.S troops were preparing to liberate Kuwait from the invasion by Iraq? The media asking Schwarzkopf repeatedly, “where are our…

Fewer troops would amount to “nothing,” Kiev’s leader has reportedly said Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has reportedly urged European nations to deploy at least 200,000 troops in his country to enforce a…

Lindsay Mills has lived in the country for over a decade, since joining her NSA whistleblower husband, who fled the US Lindsay Mills, the wife of former US National Security Agency (NSA)…

Why More Americans Are Turning To Holistic Health Care Authored by Maggie Miller via RealClearWire, A significant shift is underway in American healthcare as more people embrace alternative therapies that focus on…

The US ‘Was’ The Largest Contributor To The WHO Four and a half years after Donald Trump’s first attempt of withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization, which was undone…