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The leader was asked to address charges that he has worked to consolidate power Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has urged his detractors to “go to the front line” instead of “crying” about…

Russian air defenses downed two UAVs near the city, according to Sergey Sobyanin Ukrainian forces made another attempt to attack the Russian capital with two UAVs, which were hit outside of 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…

Reverse engineering products and improving their designs is the way to enhance international competitiveness, Aleksandr Shokhin said It is not sufficient for Russia to simply reverse engineer the products of foreign firms…

As expected, the Senate dropped all the woke restrictions from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and added $300 million for Ukraine along with a four-month extension of the FISA 702 authority…

Signatories Of Hunter Biden Laptop Letter Now Demand Greater Domestic Surveillance Authored by Eric Lundrum via American Greatness, A handful of the 51 signatories of the debunked letter which falsely called Hunter…

Self-driving tractors have tilled over two million hectares of land in 2023, according to Cognitive Pilot The mass introduction of AI-based (artificial intelligence) autonomous tractors into the Russian agro-industrial sector has begun,…

The downturn is due to geopolitical tensions and export underperformance from developing nations, according to a report Global trade will contract by 5% in 2023 compared to last year, the United Nations…

Trump Demands Action After 20% Of Mail-in Voters Admit To Fraud In 2020 Election Survey Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Former President Donald Trump issued an urgent…

In a three-page opinion and order [pdf Available Here], DC District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan outlines that she may be forced to pause the case against President Trump until the appellate court,…

Unlike in previous years, the Russian president will be holding a Q&A session for both journalists and the public at once Russian President Vladimir Putin will answer questions from members of the…

NYC Finance Jobs Hit Twenty-Year High  A new report from the New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli reveals that the number of securities-industry workers in New York City has hit a twenty-year high…

The group’s political chief said any post-war plan that excludes Hamas would be a “delusion” The head of Hamas’ political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, has said the militant group is open to negotiations…

Biden Scores Win As Supreme Court Throws Out Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Cases Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Supreme Court on Dec. 11 threw out three…

“Most Of The World Was Against Me”: Djokovic Says He’s Not Anti-Vaccine, But ‘Pro-Freedom To Choose’ The world’s #1 tennis player Novak Djokovic says that he’s not against vaccination – he’s for…

Florida High School Fined For Letting Boy Play On Female Sports Team Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Florida high school has been fined for letting a…

Tech Bros Fight Back Against Democrat Socialist Who Blames “Capitalism” For Poop-Covered San Fran Streets  The CEO of startup incubator Y Combinator, a registered Democrat, has had enough of radical progressive lawmakers in…

70% Of Deaths From Pfizer Vaccine In Japan Reported Within 10 Days Of Jab: Study Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Around 70 percent of people who died…

DC Transit Could Become “Unrecognizable” With Drastic Service Cuts, Layoffs Amid Deficit Millions of metro riders in crime-ridden Washington, DC, could face hellish commutes in the coming months as the district’s public transportation…

Peter Schiff: Joe Biden Doesn’t Have Anything To Take Credit For Via SchiffGold.com, Most mainstream pundits characterized the November jobs report as a “Goldilocks” report. Job growth was strong enough to support the “soft…

President Trump is talking at a Commit to Caucus Event in Coralville, Iowa, on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. ET.  Livestream Links Below RSBN YouTube Livestream – RSBN Rumble Livestream…

Ford CEO Says Video Of Stuck Cybertruck Was Not Intentionally Staged For PR Purposes  Ford CEO Jim Farley made an odd comment on ‘free speech’ social media platform X, stating that the video…

Two of the charges against Donald Trump are centered around 18 U.S. Code § 1512(c)(2), part of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act. As noted by Julie Kelly, “The statute was meant to close…

Final Batch Of Pfizer Documents Released By FDA Authored by Megan Redshaw via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), (Marco Lazzarini/Shutterstock) The FDA released the final batch of documents it relied upon in…

Pentagon Seeks EMP Weapon To Eliminate Drone Swarms  Faced with the reality that drones are reshaping the modern battlefields in Ukraine and Gaza, the Pentagon has been tasked with finding a budget-friendly…

How Tax-Exempt Nonprofits Skirt U.S. Law To Turn Out The Democrat Base In Elections Authored by Steve Miller via RealClear Wire, Even as Democrats such as Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse warn of “right-wing…

Could This Supreme Court Case End Government Overreach By Three-Letter Agencies? Submitted by Gun Owners of America, What do fishing, Three Letter Agencies, and gun rights all have in common? Well, thanks to…

Let The Games Begin: Biden Impeachment Inquiry Authorized By House The House on Wednesday approved the launch of a formal impeachment probe into President Biden, just hours after Hunter Biden ditched Congressional…

US Blocks Transfer Of Over 20,000 Rifles To Israel Over Settler Violence There’s been some serious mixed messaging and contradictory signals coming from the White House of late regarding Israel and the…

The GOP-led House has passed a Republican resolution to formalize an impeachment inquiry against the president The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to formalize the party’s ongoing impeachment probe…

The Trojan Horse That Would Force Your Barista To Spy On You Authored by Gene Schaerr via RealClear Wire, It was T.S. Eliot who coined the phrase “wilderness of mirrors” in his…

Boston Boondoggle: Sanctuary City May Grant Voting Rights To Noncitizens For Local Elections In a controversy-sparking move, Boston, a self-proclaimed sanctuary city, is weighing a resolution to allow immigrants with “legal status”…

The decision comes just a day before the bloc is set to discuss new aid to Kiev and accession talks opposed by Budapest The EU Commission announced it was releasing billions of…

Israel Orders Ports To Hide Online Shipping Schedules Due To Yemen Threat Via The Cradle, Israel’s National Security Council issued an “urgent instruction” on Tuesday ordering Israeli ports to remove information on…

The Awakening: Donors Are Finally Seeing The Radicalization Of American Higher Education Authored by Jonathan Turley, “How many lives are 1200 Israelis worth?” That chilling question was put forward by a Rhode…

Powell “Pivots”, Sends Dow To Record High With Election-Year Rate-Cut Projection Did Powell get a ‘Biden-esque’ tap on the shoulder? The Powell pivot begins. Dec 1: “It would be premature to ……

The Fed Is “All Over The Place & Just Guessing” Authored by Peter Tchir via Academy Securities, Let’s start with the dots. So year-end 2024 is “only” back to where it was…

The elimination of Hamas will make the region a safer place for both Israelis and Palestinians, Israeli politician Sharren Haskel says Israel’s operation in Gaza has entered its third month. The campaign…

Someone asked: …”[Alex] Jones’ theory of the “massive cyber-attack” that requires a lockdown of the internet, followed by a limited access/controlled access internet where only approved (“safe”) sites can be accessed is…

Jim Grant: We’ve Yet To Feel The Full Consequences Of The “Era Of Free Money” Via SchiffGold.com, In a recent interview with Forbes, economic commentator and historian Jim Grant warned that we haven’t fully…

When questioned the man said he couldn’t recall how he’d traveled to the United States A man who said he couldn’t recall how he bypassed security and flew from Denmark to Los…

British systems are in danger due to a chronic lack of investment, according to a government study The United Kingdom is vulnerable to a “catastrophic” cyber attack that could cripple large sections…

Biden Meets With Families Of 8 American Captives Still Held In Gaza President Biden says he’s looking to restart Israel-Hamas negotiations in order to gain the freedom of the several Americans still…

Fed ‘Dovish Pivot’ Sparks Panic-Bid In Bonds, Stocks, & Gold Between the ‘dovish’ dots and the optimistic inflationary comments (and SEP), The Fed delivered more than the doves could have hoped… Looking…

Watch Live: Will Fed Chair Powell Unleash The Hawknado? So, as expected, The Fed did nothing on rates, adjusted its dots dovishly (more than expected), and the market kneejerked exuberantly… Gold, bonds,…

Fed ‘Dots’ Signal Major Dovish Pivot For Election Year Tl;dr: Powell “pivoted”. Instead of the old mantra of “don’t fight The Fed”, it appears The Fed’s new mantra is “don’t fight the…

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on Germany’s parliament to bypass the national debt threshold for the sake of helping Ukraine Germany might have to declare an emergency at home just to provide…

You might be having a bad week if you are touting yourself as the next best hope for Casey’s tiara and you find yourself losing by 41 points to the guy you…

Moscow slammed the removal of the Red Army statue in Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, as “rehabilitation of Nazism” The dismantling of a 37-meter tall monument honoring the Soviet Army soldiers who liberated Bulgaria,…

The IT systems of Ukraine’s largest telecommunications operator have been partially destroyed Ukraine’s primary mobile network provider, Kyivstar, has been brought down by what is described as one of the biggest cyberattacks…

A US senator said last week that governments have been monitoring smartphone users Tech giant Apple now requires a court order to disclose data about users’ push notifications, making it more difficult…

The US president’s son insists that his father was not involved in his business, but refuses to testify under oath US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter has refused to comply with a…

RT reviews Ukrainian leader’s account of Kiev’s gains in the conflict and compares it to Russian statements and open-source data Kiev’s forces haven’t lost a single village to Russia and have actually…

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba warned that hesitation on Brussels’ part could have “devastating” consequences EU leaders should stop looking to Washington when making decisions regarding continued support for Kiev, Ukrainian Foreign…

Dot Plot To Show Fed Less Enthusiastic On Rate Cuts Than Markets By Ven Ram, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist For a big Fed day, the one aspect that traders are…

This stuff is so predictably pathetic it can make your skin crawl, or you can laugh at it. Choose the latter. Chris Christie and Ron DeSantis both chased the ‘coveted‘ Chris Sununu…

Goldman Sachs Shutters Its “Paris-Aligned” Climate ETF Another day, another ESG pipe dream falling victim to the reality that we’ve been pointing out for years: “green” investing and ESG is a grift….

Powell Won’t Be Yellen’s Sock Puppet Today By Michael Every of Rabobank Wall Street ultimately ignored the US CPI report (stocks closed slightly up, bond yields little changed, the dollar down) because:…

The bloc tried and failed to become an independent global power, now its chickens have come home to roost Whether many of us in Russia are prepared to admit it or not,…

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has reiterated support for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, arguing that US plans will inevitably fail Sustainable peace in the Middle East can only be achieved…

Presidential talks over the contested Essequibo region are set to begin on December 14 Guyana will defend itself by any means available amid escalating tensions with Venezuela, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has stated. The…

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Controversial Abortion Pill Case The US Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to review an August decision by an appeals court which cut off access to a widely-used…

WTI Holds Gains After Big Crude Draw; Biden Admin Unexpectedly Drains SPR Oil prices are rebounding modestly today after yesterday’s puke (though WTI is still on pace for its longest weekly losing…

With the lives of hostages at stake, the Israeli government is reportedly keeping the operation quiet The Israeli military has begun pumping seawater into Hamas’ underground tunnel network beneath Gaza, the Wall…

New Delhi had previously abstained on a draft resolution submitted by Jordan, citing India’s “zero-tolerance policy” on terrorism India voted in favor of the resolution put before Tuesday’s United Nations General Assembly…

Hamas Leaders Flee Qatar, Enter Hiding, After Israel Declares They’ll Be Hunted Down Following the end of the weeklong Israel-Hamas truce, there were international efforts to revive the Doha-based negotiations, but to…

The last three decades have seen a record rise in the number of Muslim places of worship, a top official has said Russia has witnessed a record surge in the number of…

Brussels is reportedly working on legislation allowing member states to independently ban Russian fuel EU plans to authorize member states to individually block imports of Russian gas will fail, according to Russian…

Niger will reportedly supply crude to a port in neighboring Benin Niger plans to start supplying the international market with crude oil next month, Reuters has reported, citing the country’s military government….

Expect Fed To Maintain ‘Higher For Longer’ With Steeper Dots Curve Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Market expectations of interest rate cuts are unlikely to be endorsed by the Federal…

An RT correspondent reports from Lebanon, which is suffering from an economic crisis and Israeli shelling, on how the country feels about the brewing war Lebanon has faced many challenges in the past…

Pfizer Shares Plunge On Gloomy 2024 Outlook  Shares of Pfizer tumbled in premarket trading in New York after the pharmaceutical company announced a forecasted revenue slump next year. The dismal outlook falls…

Final COP28 Deal References Transition Away From Fossil Fuels; Al Gore’s Still Pissed Off Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, COP28 ends with a historic compromise text, marking the first global call…

US Warship Responds As Houthi Speedboat Terrorizes Several Commercial Vessels In Red Sea There’s been a fresh attack on commercial shipping in the Red Sea on Wednesday, which reportedly resulted in a…

Core Producer Price Inflation Tumbles To 2.0% – Near 3 Year Lows After collapsing 0.5% MoM in October (the most since April 2020) on the back of plunge in gasoline prices, analysts…

The EU must unfreeze all €30 billion earmarked for Budapest, an adviser to Prime Minister Viktor Orban has insisted Hungary is willing to drop its opposition to the EU’s latest aid package…

Vienna is objecting to Ukraine’s designation of its Raiffeisen Bank as a “sponsor of terrorism” for doing business in Russia EU ambassadors have reportedly failed to reach an agreement on a 12th…

Futures Steady Ahead Of Last Fed Decision Of 2023 S&P 500 futures continued to grind to fresh 2023 highs, quickly approaching all-time highs ahead of the Federal Reserve’s last interest rate decision for…

Traders Fully Price-In 100bps Of BoE Rate-Cuts After UK GDP Plunges In October The UK economy shrank significantly more than expected (-0.3% MoM – below the worst economist’s expectations) in October with…

FCC Rejects $900 Million Subsidy For SpaceX Amid Concerns Of Gov’t Weaponization Elon Musk has voiced concerns that radicals within the Biden administration might attempt to ‘weaponize’ federal agencies against his businesses, citing his move to make…

Enoch Burke was initially suspended last year after refusing to refer to a transgender student as ‘they’ A schoolteacher in Ireland who argued that referring to a transgender student as ‘they’ instead…

The court has criticized South Africa’s president for failing to investigate royal family feuds over the throne A South African high court has ordered President Cyril Ramaphosa to investigate claims that customary…

London has refused to release the funds unless they are used directly in the embattled country The UK government has yet to unfreeze the funds generated from last year’s sale of Chelsea…

Fed Moving Its 2024 Dots Set To Spur Treasury Yields By Ven Ram, Bloomberg Markets Reporter and strategist The Federal Reserve’s dot plot is likely to push back on the notion of…

The US tech major is reportedly looking to move some manufacturing from China A planned Apple manufacturing facility in India is set to get an extra $1 billion in investment to help…

Backlash Grows Among Ukrainians In Response To Zelensky’s ‘Rose-Tinted’ Speeches As Ukraine continues feeling the intense strain of the war with Russia, more cracks have been appearing in terms of government and…

Javier Milei has promised radical measures to battle the country’s worst economic crisis in decades Argentina’s new government has announced a sharp devaluation of the peso, cuts to energy and transportation subsidies…

Rates Traders Expect More Cuts Than ECB, BOE Will Deliver Authored by Ven Ram, Bloomberg cross-asset strategist, Markets expect the European Central Bank to start slashing interest rates in the spring, followed…

There can be no “passive stance” when it comes to confronting the danger, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church has said The entire planet is threatened by the “evil” that Moscow…

The government of the war-torn country claimed that the East African bloc’s wording ignored the army’s concerns Sudan’s foreign ministry has rejected a communiqué by East African regional mediators that claimed army…

Russian President Vladimir Putin is “banking” on Washington failing to deliver for Kiev, the US leader claimed Washington is approaching the end of its ability to provide military aid to Kiev amid…

Tommy Tuberville has also dismissed the notion that Russia would invade Europe, suggesting it was just a “selling point” Ukraine always faced the prospect of losing the conflict with Russia in the…

Everest’s Summit Has Become Dangerously Crowded Seven decades ago, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest, becoming the very first climbers to conquer the world’s tallest mountain. Since…

Delegates from numerous African countries took part in an international congress on education in St. Petersburg Opening new branches of Russian universities in Africa and providing specialized training support was the main…

Netherlands Raises Terror-Alert To 2nd-Highest As Officials Warn Of “Substantial” Risk Of Attack Authored by Thomas Brooke via ReMix News, The Netherlands has raised its terror threat to its second-highest level with…

“Debt-Trap Diplomacy” – Which Developed Countries Are The Most Indebted To China? According to the IMF, the most indebted poor countries in the world all have taken big loans from China. Critics…

Myanmar has seen significant rise in poppy farming as cultivation in Afghanistan declines, according to the UN Myanmar has become the world’s largest center of opium production in 2023, having overtaken Afghanistan,…

Intruders sprayed gas during the ongoing session hours after MPs paid tributes to people killed in the December 13, 2001 attack A major security infraction occurred in the Indian Parliament on Wednesday…

Aleksey Danilov says the situation is grave on the front line amid winter conditions and after Kiev’s failed counteroffensive NATO’s war textbooks should be shelved as no modern training manual can prepare…