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Ten Years After Prop 47, California Goes Full Circle And Starts Fighting Retail Crime It’s called blowback: several years after California passed Proposition 47, which reclassified felony theft offenses as misdemeanors and…

Powell Pivot Sparks Buying Panic In Bonds, Bitcoin, & Bullion As Dollar Dumps To 2024 Lows With seven little words, Fed Chair Powell unleashed some chaos today as he confirmed “time has…

DOJ IG Finds FBI Systematically Mishandled Classified Info Authored by Ken Silva via Headline USA, Talk about irony: The FBI, which was willing to use deadly force over Donald Trump allegedly mishandling…

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr has suspended his campaign for president and endorsed President Donald Trump. RFK Jr filed Friday to officially have his name withdrawn from the Pennsylvania ballot “as…

Hungary has reportedly urged Kiev to endorse a new plan that would allow restoring flow of crude via Ukrainian territory Hungary has called on Ukraine to endorse a proposed solution for the…

Defense Minister Belousov’s son was among the blacklisted persons and entities The US government has sanctioned almost 400 individuals and companies in Russia and around the world, including Russian Defense Minister Andrey…

How did the media make a national hero out of the current vice president, even though she never gave a single interview as a candidate? The US media has once and for…

The former Democrat cited Ukraine, free speech and “war on children” as his reasons Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced he would back Republican candidate Donald Trump and end his independent run…

Russian crude accounted for 44% of New Delhi’s overall imports last month India has surpassed China as the world’s biggest importer of Russian oil in July, a comparison of import data has…

Kirby Yet Again Cites ‘Progress’ On Gaza Talks With CIA’s Burns In Cairo Two weeks ago, White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby told a press briefing that a deal on…

Watch Live: RFK Jr Addresses The Nation The 2024 presidential election race is about to take its next unexpected turn. In minutes, Robert Kennedy Jr. is expected to suspend his presidential race,…

America’s Power Grid Adds Most Generating Capacity In 21 Years As AI Data Center Demand Surges  The Energy Information Administration’s Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory report released earlier this week revealed that developers and power…

Reiterating The Red Flags In The Latest Retail Sales Report Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The latest retail sales report seems to have given Wall Street something to cheer about. Headlines…

Powell Vows To Cut Rates With Stocks, Home Prices, Rents And Food At All Time Highs Well, it’s official: Powell came, saw, and unlike two years ago when, with with CPI rising…

The agency is under fire for failing protect the Republican presidential candidate The US Secret Service has reportedly suspended a regional director and several agents as it probes the “operational failure” that…

The event will welcome women leaders from 120 countries in St Petersburg next month Russia will welcome women leaders from around the globe at the fourth Eurasian Women’s Forum 2024 (EAWF), taking…

Uranium Stocks Rise After World’s Largest Producer Cuts 2025 Output Forecast Uranium stocks in New York are moving higher in premarket trading after Kazatomprom, the world’s largest uranium producer, announced a cut in…

Kiev has lost up to 400 servicemen over the past 24 hours amid its ongoing incursion, according to Moscow Russia continues to repel Kiev’s ongoing attacks on settlements in Kursk Region as…

President Donald J. Trump will deliver remarks on the policy proposal for “No Tax on Tips” in Las Vegas, Nevada at 3:00 pm ET.  Livestream links below. RSBN YouTube Livestream – RSBN…

End Of Hoaxes: Trump, RFK Jr, & The Democrats’ “Lurking Terror” Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “Kamala, you are supposed to drink AFTER the speech.” – Charlie Kirk, Turning Point…

“A Flawed Idea”: CNBC’s Joe Kernen Destroys Elizabeth Warren On Live TV Over Price-Gouging Policy Senator Elizabeth Warren and Joe Kernen had a heated spat on “Squawk Box” Friday morning, as the…

The ECB’s Throuple… Or Trouble? By Bas Van Geffen, senior macro strategist of Rabobank The accounts of the July ECB meeting noted that September “was widely seen as a good time to…

The Republican presidential nominee claims Washington’s stocks have been “emptied of all of our ammunition” to arm Kiev The US military is running out of ammunition as President Joe Biden’s administration has…

Study Exposes The Myth Of Federal Reserve Independence Authored by Mike Maharrey via MoneyMetals.com, According to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, “The Federal Reserve’s monetary policy independence is an important and broadly…

Hungary Again Breaks With West: Ukrainian Attack On Kursk Is ‘Wrong’ Hungary has broken with its NATO and EU allies in condemning Ukraine’s Kursk incursion, calling it out as not purely ‘defensive’…

New Home Sales Suddenly Soared In July… Prices Jumped As Mortgage Rates Tumbled US new home sales soared by 10.6% MoM in July (the most since Aug 2022), five standard deviations above…

Beer has accounted just over 50% of the nation’s total alcohol sales since the start of 2024, according to a report Beer is the most popular alcoholic beverage among Russians, accounting for…

Gold, Stocks, Bitcoin, & Bonds Surge As Fed Chair Powell Says “Time Has Come For Policy To Adjust” Watch Live (due to start at 10amET): Tl;dr: Powell confirmed what was in The…

New Boeing Whistleblower Docs Reveal Confusion And Chaos At Factory That Built Two Doomed 737 MAX Planes New documents released Thursday reveal that ‘confusion and chaos’ reigned in the company’s Renton factory…

On a visit to Kiev, the prime minister said his country is willing to contribute “in all ways possible” to the peace efforts Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Kiev on Friday,…

All of the terrorists have been ‘neutralized’ during the storming of the correctional facility in Volgograd Security forces were successful in storming the Volgograd prison, where several inmates had attacked guards and…

The vice president said she will remain committed to NATO as she formally accepted the Democratic presidential nomination US Vice President Kamala Harris has said she will make sure that the US…

Asylum seekers could be redirected to Western Europe, Budapest has said Hungary could pay asylum seekers to travel to Western Europe rather than remain in the country, a senior government official warned…

Kiev’s leadership isn’t acting in the interests of its own people; instead, it serves Washington’s agenda and those of its closest allies Ukraine is not a sovereign state. Russia is dealing with…

Event organizers say they are aiming to raise funds to “help cover costs and support the defendants and their families” Former US President Donald Trump has been linked to a gala event…

Canadian Labor Minister Puts End To National Railroad Strike, Orders Arbitration Authored by David Lassen via Trains.com, The Canadian government has moved to end Canada’s freight rail work stoppage – the first…

Futures Jump Ahead Of Powell’s J-Hole Speech As Dovish Expectations Fly Futures are solidly in the green on the last day of the week ahead of Powell’s Jackson Hole speech, with Tech…

The move will help to address Pretoria’s trade turnover shortfall with Moscow, a South African diplomat has said South Africa is working with partners to increase exports of wine and fruits to…

President Vladimir Putin had previously signed a law that creates an open registry for people behind on their alimony payments Russian citizens who are failing to make payments of alimony should be…

Former Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal has stressed that the prime minister’s arrival in Kiev does not signal a departure from a ‘neutral’ strategy  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Kiev does…

Tangled Comparisons: Renewables Versus Fossil Fuels Authored by Norman Rogers via RealClearEnergy, We are often told that wind and solar, if not cheaper, are at least cost competitive with fossil fuels. Dead…

A number of people have reportedly been killed and injured during a riot at a penitentiary facility in Volgograd Region Inmates at a Russian prison have taken several hostages, the national prison…

Authorities say several women scattered insects on a breakfast table at the gathering in Chicago Chicago police and the FBI are investigating a stunt in which several women scattered maggots on a…

Specialists are also providing training on the prevention and diagnosis of infectious diseases in the Republic of the Congo Russian human welfare watchdog Rospotrebnadzor will provide African countries with tests to diagnose…

Mediators will reportedly try to find a compromise on the conditions for ending hostilities in Gaza Egypt is hosting US and Israeli delegations for talks on a Gaza ceasefire proposal, Reuters reported…

Donald Trump “encouraged” Russia’s actions against Ukraine, the Democratic presidential nominee has claimed US Vice President Kamala Harris has vowed that Washington will “stand strong with Ukraine and our NATO allies,” should…

Hungary opposes any action standing in the way of peace between Moscow and Kiev, a top official has said Hungary does not approve of Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region as the…

Citi Says Oil Buying Opportunity May Have Finally Arrived By Julianne Geiger of Oilprice.com Oil prices have dipped, with Brent crude hovering around $77 per barrel, leading some market analysts to spot…

“Severe punishment” awaits those behind the attack, Russia’s ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov also said President Vladimir Putin has decided on how to respond to Kiev’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region…

New Taliban Vice Laws Forbid Women From Looking At Men, Singing In Public, Solo Travel Just over three years after taking power in the wake of the disastrously-executed US military withdrawal from…

Russia’s Military Says It Destroyed US M1 Abrams Tank In Kursk For the first time since the August 6th Kursk incursion, Russian forces claim they have destroyed a US-made Abrams tank used…

Vladimir Zelensky and his Western backers are responsible for the suppression, the former Russian president has said Kiev’s Western backers are supporting its “satanic” crackdown on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), former…

Prepare For “An Era Of Shock Events”; WEF’s Klaus Schwab Warns Authored by Martin Armstrong via ArmstrongEconomics.com, The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a well-funded organization many consider terrorists that is permitted…

It would raise the total value of US military assistance to Kiev to more than $55.7 billion since February 2022 The US government is set to provide Ukraine with $125 million in…

Ukraine Should Join NATO Even If Russia Occupies Its Land, Czech President Says Czech President Petr Pavel has issued a new statement which seeks to pressure NATO to speed up Ukraine’s admission into…

A kamikaze drone was brought down near a spent fuel storage facility at the Kursk power plant, a source told TASS A small Ukrainian drone carrying an anti-tank grenade attempted to reach…

New Delhi has been accused by its neighbor of opening the dam on a shared river, leading to devastating floods  The Indian government has denied allegations that it was responsible for devastating…

The Monkeypox Epidemic… In Africa On August 14, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an international public health emergency in response to a surge in cases of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox,…

“It’s Not OK Any More”: UK Free Speech Crack-Down Targets “Extremist Ideologies” Authored by Jonathan Turley, The crackdown on free speech continues in the United Kingdom as officials use recent rioting to…

Washington cannot be trusted over claims that Ukraine is prohibited from using certain weapons, Russian envoy Anatoly Antonov has said Claims by Washington that it has banned Ukraine from using US-supplied long-range…

Kiev’s Plan To Ban The Ukrainian Orthodox Church Shows How Insecure It Is About National Identity Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Kiev hates that a significant share of the population refuses…

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…

Defense Budget Talks Reignite Debate Over Military Draft For Women Authored by Michael Washburn via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Provisions in the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that…

Vo-Tech Education Is Taking Off, And It’s Not Your Dad’s Shop Class Anymore Authored by Vince Bielski via RealClearInvestigations, Jon Graft is on a mission to reignite the passion for learning by…

America’s Energy Divide: How Democrats And Republicans Feel Energy and climate issues have long been a point of division in American politics, with Democrats generally believing in investing in renewable energy sources while Republicans are…

Are Co-Ops Two Blocks From Central Park Really Selling For $174,000 That does, in fact seem to be the case. The city of New York is selling apartments on the Upper West Side,…

The Tale Of Two Conventions: Gingrich Authored by Newt Gingrich via RealClearPolicy, Historians will look at the 2024 Democratic and Republican national conventions as harbingers of profound changes in American politics and…

US Democrats have been accused of “silencing” pro-Palestinian speech at the DNC The campaigning group Muslim Women for Harris has withdrawn its support of US Vice President Kamala Harris following reports that…

The Perpetual Struggle Of Libertarian Candidates: Why They Face An Uphill Battle Authored by Conor Sanderson via The Mises Institute, The Libertarian Party was assembled in 1971 and has proven throughout its…

This Is The Chart That Keeps Japanese Policymakers Up At Night Japan has a demographic crisis that started in 2017 and picked up steam in 2020 and will accelerate from there into…

Nick Paton Walsh had traveled to the Russian city of Sudzha with Ukrainian troops The Russian authorities have charged CNN chief international security correspondent Nick Paton Walsh with illegally crossing the state…

FBI Chief Warns Of Unprecedented Rise In Security Threats Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, The United States is facing an unprecedented confluence of security threats, according to FBI Director…

China Steel Mill Profits Collapse, Goldman Issues: “Bleak Outlook” For Iron Ore  The global commodities market peaked in early 2022 and stumbled ever since. China’s property sector remains in a multi-year slump, resulting in…

According to the Trump campaign, there will now be a special guest attending the Glendale, Arizona MAGA rally tomorrow (7:00pm ET).  A lot of speculation has centered around Robert F Kennedy Jr,…

This is the moment the previous three nights of effort have built toward, the acceptance speech by Kamala Harris at the DNC Convention. Kamala has never given a major speech with this…

Thanks, Biden-Harris: Map Shows Worst Housing Affordability In America Buying the average American home today involves a much larger slice of people’s income—mainly realized under the Biden-Harris administration. Shortly after the Biden-Harris team took office in…

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit From Disabled Workers Against Elon Musk’s X Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin on Aug. 21 dismissed a lawsuit against social media…

An attack might be “highly likely,” the AWACS facility in Geilenkirchen has said The facility in Geilenkirchen, Germany that hosts special NATO radar planes has raised its security level due to an…

Fast-Food Restaurants Fight To Keep Customers As Food And Wage Costs Spike Authored by Kevin Stocklin and Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Fast-food restaurants survive by providing affordable, quick,…

Taxpayer-Funded Oregon Group Offers $30,000 To Home Buyers… As Long As They’re Not American Citizens Only days after it was announced that California will be pushing a bill to give illegal aliens…

Earlier today, President Trump discussed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during his visit to the U.S.-Mexico border in Cochise County, Arizona. President Trump was asked if RFK Jr was going to endorse him,…

Supreme Court Allows Arizona To Require Proof Of Citizenship For State Votes, But Not For Congressional Or Presidential Today the Supreme Court cleared the way for a provision of Arizona law that…

A wanted sex offender in Arizona allegedly made the threat on social media Authorities in the US are looking for a man who made threats on social media about killing Republican presidential…

Quinn: They’ve Selected Kamala & This Is Their Plan Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, “As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the…

Spot The Odd One Out: EV Adoption By State In 2023, sales of electric vehicles (EVs) passed the 1.6 million mark. To visualize where EVs are the most popular, Visual Capitalist’s Bruno…

Life In A Sound-Money World Authored by John Rubino via Substack, Pretend, for a moment, that it’s 1971 and you’re President Richard Nixon (admittedly disturbing fantasies, but bear with me). You face…

Who Is “Destroying Democracy In Darkness?” Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, The 2023-2024 campaign season is not just the strangest on record, it’s also arguably the most anti-democratic. Ostensibly,…

Stocks & Bonds Slammed Ahead Of J-Hole As FedSpeak Slows Rate-Cut Euphoria As the world and his pet-rabbit awaits tomorrow’s words from Jay Powell (which is largely moot now given the FOMC…

The Supreme Court in Caracas has ruled in favor of President Nicolas Maduro The Supreme Court of Venezuela has ruled that last month’s presidential election was won by President Nicolas Maduro. US-backed…

Regular meetings between Washington and Taipei have reportedly been kept under wraps to avoid Beijing’s criticism Taiwan’s top foreign policy officials visited the US this week for secret meetings known as ‘special…

With Merit Back At The Fore, MIT’s Black Enrollment Plummets, Asian Share Leaps The composition of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s incoming freshman class is vividly reflecting the effect of the Supreme Court’s…

Trump Shooter Had Encrypted Accounts In Multiple Countries: Congressman Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The man who fired shots at former President Donald Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania…

New York AG Asks Appeals Court To Uphold Trump $454 Million Civil Fraud Judgment Authored by Caden Pearson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), New York Attorney General Letitia James’s office asked…

Ukraine’s parliament has passed a bill that would allow authorities to ban any religious community deemed to have ties to Moscow Ukraine’s latest legislation, which aims to grant the government the right…

Home Secretary has promised a raft of “strong and clear steps” to boost border security and curb influx of undocumented migrants London is set to introduce a series of new measures aimed…