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US Home Prices Remain Near Record Highs… As Mortgage Rates Re-Surge With mortgage rates re-accelerating, the housing market faces another (worsening) affordability crisis – all since The Fed cut rates – and…

Why Nobody Believes The “Data”: Surging Prices Of Everyday Items Are Excluded From CPI As inflation remains painfully high for American consumers, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is woefully inadequate in terms…

The measure will affect people found to be “undermining” Ghana’s democracy, including through rigging votes Washington has announced that it will restrict US visas for people “responsible for undermining” democracy in Ghana….

The vice president was met with silence when she told supporters to chant their own names Thousands of Kamala Harris’ supporters fell silent at a campaign rally in Michigan on Monday, when…

The EU and US have issued threats to Tbilisi over the recent election results in the country Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned against “lecturing” Georgia after the outcome of the…

Since the end of WWII, there’s been a campaign to criminalize the Soviet Union, its descendants and partners Historical revisionism began as soon as the Second World War had ended. Both the…

Former White House advisor Steve Bannon was serving a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress Steve Bannon, the one-time chief strategist for former President Donald Trump, has been released from prison after…

Firuz Dadoboev has been found guilty of attempting to pass classified documents to the CIA Russian-Tajik dual citizen Firuz Dadoboev has been sentenced to over 13 years in prison, after the Moscow…

The roof of the building caught fire as a result of the attack, although nobody was injured, according to Ramzan Kadyrov The Russian Special Forces University (RUS) in the Chechen Republic has…

A host of Russian news broadcasters have sued the tech giant for blocking their content on YouTube, and the penalties are adding up Russian news broadcasters are owed an unbelievable sum from…

The drills involve ballistic and cruise missile launches, according to the Russian president DETAILS TO FOLLOW

Society wants the government to “lead by example,” Leonid Kuchma has said Ukrainian society is growing increasingly resentful of Kiev’s mobilization campaign and is now plagued by divisions, former President Leonid Kuchma…

Pro-Western parties are demanding a new poll, promising mass street protests and a boycott of parliament Georgian election officials intend to recount ballots at five randomly selected polling stations in each voting…

Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the target of an alleged murder plot last year, has accused New Delhi of running a “spy network” Washington and Ottawa should adopt a tougher stance against the government…

Trump will “most probably” win, according to Christophe Barraud Republican candidate Donald Trump will “most probably” win the US presidential election next month, economist Christophe Barraud, ranked by Bloomberg as the top…

Decisions made by the military leadership are undermining the troops’ ability to fight, the military official has said A Ukrainian general has blamed bad military leadership for a series of battlefield setbacks…

“We’ve Reached Our Limit!” Berlin Police Chief Warns Of Unsustainable Immigration Amid Soaring Migrant Crime Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Germany has reached its limit on immigration with migrant-related violent…

Sheikh Naim Qassem has reportedly replaced deceased leader Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah has announced that it appointed Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem as its leader, according to media reports. Both Al Jazeera and…

Kamala Supporter Outlines ‘Survival Guide’ If Trump Wins Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, A Kamala Harris supporter provided a survival guide for leftists if Donald Trump wins the presidency, suggesting…

The Changed Meaning Of Nationalism Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Few words in the English language have such migratory meanings as nationalism. It has changed again in our time….

The software giant has accused its tech rival of waging a proxy campaign to discredit it in the eyes of regulators  US tech giant Microsoft has accused longtime rival Google of orchestrating…

A delegation is in Moscow for discussions with Russian military officials on the countries’ strategic partnership A South African delegation led by the commander of its National Defense Force, General Rudzani Maphwanya,…

Several mercenaries eliminated during an incursion into Bryansk Region were apparently armed with anti-tank missiles and explosives A sabotage group that attempted to infiltrate Russia’s Bryansk Region was heavily armed with Western-made…

Pretoria says its 750-page dossier contains proof that West Jerusalem has violated the genocide convention in Gaza South Africa’s government says it has filed a dossier with the International Court of Justice…

Democrats have compared a Republican event at Madison Square Garden to a pro-Hitler rally in 1939 US Republican candidate Donald Trump has lashed out at the campaign of his opponent, Vice President…

World’s Most Consumed Vegetable Oil Hits Two-Year High Amid Sticky Food Inflation Palm oil futures surged to a two-year high on Monday amid mounting concerns over tightening supplies. As a staple edible oil for over…

Trump Wants US To Stay In NATO, But Others Need To Do More: Vance Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times, The United States would stay in NATO if former president…

Former US commanders should reflect on their own conduct instead of attacking the Republican presidential nominee, Lindsey Graham has said US Senator Lindsey Graham has hit out at several retired American generals…

USA Today has said it will not officially support either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump for president USA Today has become the third major American outlet to say it will not endorse…

“We Are At Breaking Point!” – Greeks Demand Action As Rhodes Suffers Under Weight Of Migrant Crisis Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, The picturesque Greek island of Rhodes is increasingly…

Some 10,000 troops have arrived for training and potential battlefield deployment, the Pentagon has claimed North Korea has sent some 10,000 troops to Russia for training and potential deployment against Ukrainian forces,…

Eight people are in critical condition after tragedy struck a festival in southern Kerala More than 150 people were injured, including eight seriously, in a fireworks accident during a temple festival in…

Newspaper endorsements don’t impact elections but reinforce the sense of bias, the owner of the Post said The Washington Post has abandoned its decades-long tradition of endorsing a US presidential candidate to…

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…

After The Deluge Authored by Nancy Rommelmann via RealClearInvestigations, At 7:30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, Chris Trusz was standing on one of the bridges spanning the Broad River in Chimney Rock….

Video without commentary. pic.twitter.com/n4F5AqHwU7 — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 28, 2024 . Posted in Election 2024, Kamala Harris The post The Consequences of Kamala Harris appeared first on The Last Refuge.

“Six Ways From Sunday” And The Continuity Of Government Authored by Sundance via The Last Refuge, During the rushed debate over the Patriot Act, was when I first heard political officials talking…

The nation of Georgia has learned from watching what the USA did in Ukraine; they want no part of it.  The “Georgia Dream” party is essentially the Georgia equivalent of the U.S….

Real Estate Bubbles: Where Rent Prices Are Going Up Or Down Across real estate bubble cities, average rent prices have increased 5% since mid-2022 in real terms, while inflation-adjusted home prices have…

Michigan’s Early Voters Brave Long Lines, Break Records Authored by Nathan Worcester via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), As Michigan’s statewide early voting began on Oct. 26, long wait times discouraged more…

Virginia Asks US Supreme Court To Allow Its Removal Of Non-Citizens From Voter Rolls Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, Virginia officials filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme…

The network has been accused of violating “local laws” RT’s Russian-language Telegram channel has apparently been blocked in Ukraine as some users reported having problems accessing it on Monday. The channel can…

Trump Election Odds Near 67% As Polymarket Whale Bets Another $2M Authored by Zoltan Vardai via CoinTelegraph.com, Former United States President Donald Trump’s lead on the top blockchain-based betting market is nearing…

Supreme Court Passes On 2nd Amendment Challenge To Federal Gun Law Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Supreme Court has sidestepped a challenge to a federal law…

Right now, the post-Soviet state is on a lot of people’s minds. The pro-Western opposition is trying to repeat an old trick Attempts are being made to overturn the outcome of this…

Trade Data Reveals Indian Biotech Firm Supplying US AI Chips To Russia A new analysis of public trade data suggests that Brussels and Washington’s efforts to entirely block Moscow from accessing cutting-edge Western technology may have…

The Political Theology That Maintains State Power Authored by John Kennedy via The Mises Institute, For religions throughout the world, established rules, studies, and practices are instrumental for their legitimacy. Established religious…

The ex-Soviet country should not sway from Euro-Atlantic integration, the State Department has warned Washington has threatened the country of Georgia with “consequences,” as the opposition accused the ruling Georgian Dream party…

Soros-Backed Philadelphia DA Sues To Block Elon Musk’s $1 Million Voter Giveaway Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is suing to halt Elon Musk’s $1…

Ford Shares Sink After Company Reports Cost Improvements, But Guides Below Street Expectations Ford shares jumped before tumbling after hours on Monday, as the legacy automaker reported guidance that was on the…

Fetterman: Trump Support In PA Is ‘Astonishing,’ Musk Factor Is ‘Going to Really Matter’ Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman is working to help Kamala Harris win the Keystone State’s 19 electoral votes,…

The “Righteously Pissed Off” Are Ready To Go To Work To Fix Whatever They Can Authored by James Howard Kunstler, Speaking of Abortion… “Good rule of thumb: those who frequently use the…

“Colossal” Exodus: +200,000 WaPo Subscriber Cancellations After Bezos Blocks Harris-Walz Endorsement Jeff Bezos’ decision for The Washington Post not to endorse a presidential candidate this year has resulted in a total shitshow for the…

There’s a myriad of outrage articles written about the Senate DeceptiCon Leader stepping down from his position and the likely heir apparent John Thune (R-SD) taking his place. I doubt you will…

Hezbollah’s targeting of Benjamin Netanyahu’s home warrants a separate response, Israeli ministers have reportedly been told Israeli ministers have been “clearly told” to expect a second wave of strikes on Iran, the…

The man has coordinated “high precision” strikes to minimize damage to civilian buildings, the authorities in Donetsk have said A US national has been rescued in an operation conducted jointly by Russian…

Today, President Donald Trump travels directly into the heart of one of the most corrupt counties in the nation, Fulton County, Georgia.  The activist groups within Atlanta manufacture ballots as needed. The…

The Knesset has overwhelmingly approved two bills against the UNRWA, which is accused of aiding Hamas The Israeli parliament has adopted two bills blocking the work of the UN Relief and Works…

Ayatollah Khamenei Creates Hebrew-Language X Account, Which Gets Suspended In A Day The office of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had launched a new Hebrew-language account on Saturday. But a mere day later,…

Stocks ‘Squeeze’ Higher, Crude Crushed, Bitcoin Bid Ahead Of Catalyst-Heavy Week Today saw the quiet (short squeeze higher) before the storm of risk catalysts ahead this week (including 41% of SPX earnings…

Treasury Trims Debt Estimates For Current Quarter, But Q1 Borrowing Surge To Follow Back in July and exactly one quarter ago, when the US Treasury published its debt issuance forecast for the…

“A US Green Light To Strike Iran Harder Might Be Given If Trump Wins” By Edwin de Groot of Rabobank The attack by Israeli war planes on Iran Saturday was more limited…

Russell ‘Texas’ Bentley had worked as a ‘stringer’ for Sputnik news agency A criminal case on the murder in Donbass of American Russell ‘Texas’ Bentley has been brought before a court of…

The National Faith Advisory Board (NFAB) is hosting the Inaugural National Faith Summit, and President Trump will deliver remarks to the Georgia audience today at 3:00pm EDT.  Livestream Links Below: RSBN YouTube…

Reports have raised fears of a Kiev-style ‘color revolution’ in Tbilisi Snipers trained in Ukraine have arrived in Tbilisi, possibly to create a false-flag incident that would justify a coup by the…

Kiev’s envoy to Berlin has warned against working with parties that advocate a diplomatic solution with Russia Ukrainian ambassador to Berlin Aleksey Makeev has called on major German political parties not to…

Trump’s 19th-Century Solution To Fiscal Disaster Authored by David Stockman via The Brownstone Institute, In the last weeks of the campaign, Donald Trump is slicing and dicing the Federal income tax nearly…

Huge Israeli Strikes Overwhelm Lebanon’s Tyre After Citizens Warned To Evacuate While it is looking like war between Israel and Iran is on hold, after the somewhat theatrical tit-for-tat which finally ended…

Kazakh leader Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was using an Aurus limousine during last week’s BRICS Summit in Kazan, according to media The President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was driven around in a Russian-made Aurus…

It’s a Game of Thones thing, and multiple interests have contacted me for questions following the Washington Post non-endorsement of Kamala Harris.  I’ll explain in detail, but first the latest development in…

The tattoo connected the slain mercenary with an elite US Army unit One member of a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group killed in Russia’s Bryansk Region had a prominent tattoo associated with…

The Revolution Continues: The Ranks Of Anti-Fed Republicans Grow Authored by Tho Bishop via The Mises Institute, This year marks the 12-year anniversary of Ron Paul’s retirement from Congress, but his legacy…

Sloppy 5 Year Auction Tails Despite Record Foreign Demand 90 minutes an ugly 2Y auction this morning, moments ago the Treasury sold its second coupon offering for the day, this one $70BN…

Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga’s staff tried to evict an RT crew from a press conference in South Africa Aides accompanying Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga on a tour of African countries have…

The two neighbors have agreed to resolve their four-year-old dispute Indian and Chinese military officials are in the process of implementing disengagement agreements reached at the highest levels earlier this month, defense…

The country’s president and several opposition groups have refused to accept a resounding defeat in the parliamentary vote Crowds of protesters have gathered in the center of Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, after the…

This is actually a good opportunity to discuss a few things.  Alexander Vindman, the implant on the National Security Council who worked with Eric Ciaramella, Mary McCord and Michael Atkinson on the…

Will Donald Trump Get His Revenge? Authored by Susan Quinn via AmericanThinker.com, There’s almost nothing that Donald Trump likes better than throwing his adversaries off their game; he likes to be unpredictable,…

The activist and filmmaker will likely be placed in solitary confinement for his own safety A British judge has sentenced right-wing activist Tommy Robinson to 18 months in prison for publishing a…

News Site Known For Being Fiercely Critical Of US Foreign Policy Hacked, Removed From Web The fiercely independent investigative news source Consortium News has been taken offline following what its editor has said…

The Thin Blue Line: University Professors Are Approaching Near Unanimity As A Democratic Lock Authored by Jonathan Turley, The 2024 presidential election is shaping up to be the single most divisive election…

Ugly 2Y Auction Sends Yields To Session High As Trump Odds Soar Not only is it an extremely busy week, but ahead of Wednesday’s quarterly refunding (when we are expected to learn…

McDonald’s Shares Surge After Quarter Pounder Returns To Menu Amid E. Coli Outbreak McDonald’s shares rose in New York on Monday morning after the fast-food chain announced Sunday that Quarter Pounders are back…

More Republicans Than Democrats Have Voted Early in Arizona, Nevada, & North Carolina Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, With just over a week to go before the Nov. 5…

The Inflationists’ Narrative Is Crumbling Authored by Daniel Lacalle, The United States 10-year government bond yield reached a low of 3.6% in September but has rapidly creeped up to 4.2%, erasing all…

Key Events This Extremely Busy Week: Jobs, JOLTS, PCE, GDP, And Peak Earnings Welcome to what is without doubt the busiest two-week stretch of the year, starting with a barrage of earnings,…

The chancellor is not doing enough to help Kiev, Friedrich Merz of the CDU party has said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is supposedly not doing enough to support Kiev in its ongoing…

The carmaker also plans to shut down at least three factories in Germany in a bid to lower costs, according to its Works Council head Volkswagen is looking to significantly reduce its…

BRICS Just Dropped A Manifesto For The New World Order Authored by Andrey Kortunov, This week’s Kazan Declaration suggests that the BRICS – in its expanded composition– is ready to open a…

Western attention is mainly directed at the fighting in Gaza and Lebanon, according to the EU’s foreign policy chief The Middle East crisis is now the main focus of Western attention rather…

The level of joblessness has remained at 2.4% for a third month in a row, according to the president The unemployment level in Russia remained at a record low of 2.4% for…

The former president wants the US to play no role in guaranteeing peace between Moscow and Kiev, according to one of his advisers Donald Trump will leave the enforcement of any peace…

The president’s trip to Morocco comes months after Paris reversed its stance and backed Rabat’s claim to the disputed Western Sahara French President Emmanuel Macron is traveling to Morocco on Monday for…

A single strike targeted high-rise building where command staff were positioned in Volchansk, Kharkov Region, officials have said Russian warplanes have obliterated a Ukrainian-held building in the border Kharkov Region where a…

At least four of Kiev’s fighters were killed, the Federal Security Service has said, claiming that some of them were foreign mercenaries A Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group unsuccessfully tried to break…

Who Will Win And What Does It Mean? By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Who Will Win and What Does it Mean? We obviously need to start addressing the election more closely,…

Boeing Offers 90 Million Shares & $5 Billion Depositary Shares To Boost Liquidity  Update:  Boeing’s money raise officially hit this AM. The offering: 90 million shares of common stock and $5 billion in…

Judge Denies Request To Grant Nearly 1,900 South Carolina Voter Registrations To 17-Year-Olds Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A judge has denied a request by the American…

Poland looks to spend $2.6 billion on military infrastructure along its eastern border Warsaw is building a new ‘Iron Curtain’ on its eastern border, Polish President Andrzej Duda told the British newspaper…