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Israeli Assassinations Are Near-Daily In Lebanon, Airstrikes Reaching Deeper The past several days have seen a significant uptick in rare Israeli airstrikes deep into Lebanese territory, with multiple airstrikes having hit the…

Earlier today the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) revised the annual jobs report to remove 818,000 previously recorded jobs. […] “The Bureau of Labor Statistics revised down its total tally of…

The deadly contamination at Camp Lejeune could be the biggest case in history More than half a million people have sought compensation from the US military for damages caused by contaminated water…

Top Biden-Harris Official Calls For ‘Queering Nuclear Weapons’ A recent Biden-Harris administration Department of Energy high level hire is attracting controversy, as well as appropriate widespread mockery, for publishing formal articles calling…

Weight Loss Drug Linked To 45% Higher Suicidality; WHO Data Shows Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times, A new study has linked semaglutide, the active drug ingredient in weight-loss and…

It appears that all the rumors of this Friday for RFK Jr to make an announcement are accurate.  The campaign sends the following information: Kennedy24 – “Independent Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy…

Berlin was not told of Kiev’s offensive in advance, the German chancellor has said The Ukrainian government did not consult with Germany before launching its incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region, Chancellor Olaf…

It started with Senator Lindsey Graham previously saying that perhaps electronic encryption programs needed a legislative ban as an outcome of the Trump assassination attempt. The “never let a crisis go to…

Exposing The Leftist Projectionistas: VDH Authored by Victor Davis Hanson, Projectionism Projection is a Freudian psychological term. It describes a particular defensive mechanism, when people, often unconsciously, attribute their own (usually undesirable)…

Mike Lynch, his teenage daughter, and four other people had been missing since the tech mogul’s yacht sank on Monday morning Five bodies have now been found in the wreckage of British…

Dovish Fed & Dismal Job-Revisions Send Bonds, Big-Tech, Bitcoin, & Bullion Higher ‘Bad news’ – a record downward revision in payrolls – combined with a strongly ‘dovish’ bias to the FOMC Minutes…

44 DNC Delegates Snub Harris With ‘Present’ Vote 44 delegates at this week’s Democratic National Convention voted “present” during the roll call vote – a symbolic protest following Harris’ official nomination during…

Former Assistant AFP Commissioner Leanne Close is due to give evidence on Thursday (22/8/24) at Linda Reynolds defamation case against Brittany Higgins and part of that evidence are notes Leanne Close made…

Return To Sender: Panama Starts Flying Migrants Home… At US Taxpayer Expense The Republic of Panama on Tuesday initiated a new program by which illegal immigrants transiting the country are flown back…

Bad weather and an overloaded helicopter reportedly doomed Ebrahim Raisi The helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was caused by bad weather and the aircraft having two more passengers than…

Every time I gently send the warning signal about Donald Trump Jr, I get blasted with hate mail that essentially says Trump Jr must not be criticized because he is the heir…

Trump Endorsement? RFK Jr To “Address The Nation” Friday Morning Amid a flurry of speculation that he will endorse Donald Trump (following news reports – which he since denied – that he…

Judge: Virginia School District Must Allow Transgender Student On Girls’ Tennis Team Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, A federal judge has ruled that a Virginia school district may not…

‘The Descent Is Upon Us’: Forget The Sahm Rule, This Indicator Has Perfectly Predicted Every US Recession Since 1930 Authored by Joe Sullivan-Bissett via BondVigilantes.com, The Sahm rule has triggered: markets, please…

FOMC Minutes Preview: Any Hints For Powell’s J-Hole Address? Via Newsquawk, JULY MEETING: The FOMC left rates unchanged, but it made tweaks to its statement that appeared to leave the door open…

Trump, Vance Pledge To Reduce Crime, “Re-Fund Police Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times, Former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), took their “Make America…

20Y Auction Sees Lackluster Demand Despite 6th Consecutive Stop Through In a day when the markets have tried to make sense of today’s near record downward revision to payrolls, moments ago the…

California Wants To Reward Illegal Aliens With Zero Down, No Payment Home Loans Progressive lawmakers in California have pushed forward a bill that prioritizes illegal aliens over veterans and hardworking citizens by…

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented in light of reports that Mongolia did not include Power of Siberia 2 in its national plans for 2028 The Power of Siberia 2 pipeline to…

FOMC Minutes Show “Vast Majority” See September Cut As Appropriate Since the last FOMC meeting on July 31st, bonds and bullion have soared while the dollar and oil have floored, with stocks…

Shut Out In Chi-Town: Jewish Groups Blocked From Marching During The DNC Authored by Jonathan Turley, This week, citizens will gather in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention to voice their support for Israel…

Berlin has not shared information about the pipeline probe, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said Berlin has not provided Moscow with any actual information about the terrorist attacks on the Nord Stream…

Cyberattack Hits US Defense Supplier Of Critical Chips, Impacting “Ability To Fulfill Orders” US chipmaker Microchip Technology disclosed that an “unauthorized party” had compromised “certain servers and some business operations.” This cyberattack raises…

The US secretary of state has said that Washington would not accept a long-term occupation of the Palestinian enclave Israel has agreed to withdraw its troops from parts of Gaza as part…

Jordan Peterson’s Free Speech Battle Authored by Barry Bussey via The Epoch Times, Since 2016, when Jordan Peterson criticized amendments to Canada’s Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code to include “gender…

WTI Extends Gains As US Crude Inventories Tumble To 6-Month Lows Oil edged higher following a short run of declines as traders readied for weekly stockpile data in the US and Washington continues…

Surge In Derivative Bets Leaves Bitcoin “Ripe For A Short Squeeze” As ETF Inflows Accelerate Traders aggressively betting on further moves south for Bitcoin could be caught unawares in the coming days and weeks,…

Lithuania has an agreement in place with its NATO ally whereby Berlin will deploy 4,800 troops and various weapons systems to the Baltic state Lithuania has begun building a military base between…

Biden Approved Secret Nuclear War Strategy Focused On Simultaneous Conflicts Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, President Biden approved in March a new nuclear strategic plan that includes preparations for a simultaneous…

US Jobs Revised Down By 818,000 In Election Year Shocker, Second Worst Revision In US History Back in March, when most of Wall Street and economists still believed the lies spewed forth…

Azerbaijan, a new Russian ally, is in position to play a crucial role in an emergent Eurasia President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to Azerbaijan can rightfully be described as historic. This marks…

The Washington Post has admitted that claims about the US president’s health were right all along US President Joe Biden should not have sought reelection to begin with, but his staff concealed…

Macy’s Plunges On “Sharp Cut” To Full-Year Forecast; Goldman Expects Consumer Weakness To Persist Department store chain Macy’s missed analysts’ estimates for its quarterly revenue and lowered its outlook for sales for the…

Rabobank: Kamala Taxing Unrealized Gains Would Risk Mass Sale Of US Assets And The Rich Fleeing By Michael Every of Rabobank On the border, Nietzsche “Cruisin’ down the centre of a two-way…

Traders Consistently Underestimate The Fed Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Profitable bond trading opportunities arise when your expectations about Fed policy differ from those of the market. Therefore, with the Fed…

A clip shared by Platon Mamatov shows at least four bodies in the aftermath of the incursion Ukrainian soldiers operating in Kursk Region have killed several civilians, a Russian volunteer has claimed,…

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev has highlighted the project’s significance for the fishing industry The Russian Federal Agency for Fisheries (Rosrybolovstvo) has launched a major research initiative aimed at studying the marine…

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin promoted the goal of creating a multipolar world during a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang Moscow and Beijing are on the right path in their fight against…

Justice Department Steps In For Trump In George Floyd Protests Case Authored by Sam Dorman via The Epoch Times, The Justice Department has intervened for former President Donald Trump, asking a federal…

Gabon’s government members will spend their weeklong vacations in the country and become acquainted with locals, the nation’s military ruler has ordered Gabon’s transitional leader, General Brice Oligui Nguema, has barred members…

Ukraine Sends One Of Largest Ever Drone Attacks On Russian Capital Russia on Wednesday says its anti-air defenses have successfully thwarted a major Ukrainian drone attack against the capital of Moscow, having…

Matteo Salvini has said that giving Ukraine weapons to strike targets on Russian soil could lead to a global war Ukraine’s Western backers could trigger WWIII by providing Kiev with weapons that…

Refugees who came from areas seen as unaffected by the conflict with Russia will now have to pay for accommodation in Hungary Hungary has tightened restrictions for Ukrainian refugees seeking free housing….

“The Torch Has Been Passed” – Protests Escalate As Obamas & RINOs Take The Stage On DNC Day 2 Democrats saw continued momentum during day two of their convention in Chicago on…

Futures Rise Ahead Of Payroll Revisions, FOMC Minutes Global markets and US equity futures rose as investors awaited the annual BLS payrolls revisions – where as many as 1 million jobs can…

The Czech Republic’s Senate Security Committee says the intelligence services must rule out any Russian influence Czech intelligence services must investigate the country’s Orthodox churches for signs of Russian influence, the head…

Commercial Vessel “Not Under Command” After Red Sea Attack  A commercial vessel in the southern Red Sea has been hit by “two unidentified projectiles” and “hit by a third projectile,” according to…

No, The Biden And Harris’ Border Crisis Is Not Over Authored by Mark Green via RealClearPolitics, Ever since early 2021, Americans have watched as illegal aliens have flooded across the Southwest border…

The Indian prime minister has embarked on a trip to Poland and Kiev as part of New Delhi’s careful balancing act Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he will share “perspectives”…

Wall Street On Edge: Election Talk In Earnings Calls Up ‘More Sharply’ Than Past Political Cycles With 93% of S&P 500 companies reporting, Goldman analysts have found a sharp increase in earnings calls mentioning…

Goldman Says European NatGas Price Rally “Overdone” As Flows Continue Through Ukraine Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region earlier this month rattled the European natural gas market, pushing prices above 40 euros per…

The platform switched back from a toy pistol to a realistic firearm last month Elon Musk has explained the decision to bring back the gun emoji to X (formerly Twitter), saying the…

Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, alleged to have killed 42 women, broke free along with a dozen other detainees A suspected serial killer and 12 others escaped from a police station in the Kenyan…

Israel’s Supreme Court ruled in late June that there was no legal ground for conscription exemptions for the religious community Israeli police in Jerusalem have used force to break up a demonstration…

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has condemned Latvia over its decision to send 500 combat drones to Kiev Latvia is fueling the Ukraine conflict by supplying Kiev with hundreds of drones, Russian…

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger insist that remarks by officials in Kiev after the killing of Malian soldiers indicate support for jihadists in Africa Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have written to…

Several cases, including murder, have been registered against the former leader of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina  The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the principal opposition in the South Asian country – which saw a…

Biden’s VP is a candidate with power, for which Donald Trump was not prepared – and that speaks volumes about his own popularity Within just a month of becoming the Democratic Party…

WHO Official: Monkeypox Is Not The New COVID-19, Lockdowns Not Likely Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), An official with the World Health Organization (WHO) said that mpox…

Eleven UAVs have been downed in the vicinity of the Russian capital overnight, according to the Defense Ministry Russian air defenses have prevented “one of the largest” Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow,…

Kiev’s incursion and ‘terrorism’ in Kursk Region make untimely peace negotiations impossible, Dmitry Medvedev has said Kiev’s decision to launch an offensive on Russian soil has benefited Moscow, since it can no…

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline statements have reportedly been criticized by diplomats in Washington and his homeland US officials believe Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “maximalist statements” are hindering ceasefire talks over…

“Legal But Harmful” – Keir Starmer’s Authoritarian Slippery Slope Crackdown On Dissent Authored by Owen Ashworth via The Mises Institute, It’s not unfair to say that the current unrest and rioting in…

Ukraine Adopts Bill Banning Orthodox Church For Spiritual Ties With Moscow Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday voted to approve a bill outlawing religious organizations linked with Russia. But it has been clear from the…

Germany To Extend Border Controls To Combat Illegal Migration Authored by Grzegorz Adamccyk via ReMix News, External border controls will continue around Germany until the number of illegal migrants drops significantly, German…

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…

From Agrarianism To Transhumanism: The Long March To Dystopia Authored by Colin Todhunter via Off-Guardian.org, “A total demolition of the previous forms of existence is underway: how one comes into the world,…

They Truly See Their Corruption As Heroism Authored by J. Peder Zane via RealClearPolitics, Most of us get the big things right: Don’t touch fire, wrestle alligators, or play in traffic. But…

Democrats Are Desperate To Keep Red Flag Laws As Legal Opposition Grows If one was to describe the nature of the anti-gun movement, they would probably use the analogy of the frog…

Inflammation: The Body’s ‘Fire’ Burns Threats, But Things Go Wrong When It Smolders Authored by Flora Zhao via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Many people experience chronic inflammation without even knowing it,…

J.D. Vance’s Promise: Economic Mobility And Wealth Creation Authored by Terrence Keeley & Jim Sorenson via RealClearPolitics, The election of J.D. Vance to the vice presidency could usher in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity…

Washington has reportedly updated its nuclear weapons guidance with the focus on China US President Joe Biden approved a highly classified nuclear strategy aimed at deterring Russian, China and North Korea, the…

Lobster-Chasers Gather In Florida For The Thrill Of The Early Hunt Authored by T.J. Muscaro via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), “The Turk” was anchored off near the southern tip of Florida,…

Distorting Biden’s Foreign Policy Record To Promote Harris’ Candidacy Authored by Francis P. Sempa via RealClearDefense, The great James Burnham in The Machiavellians distinguished between the “formal” and “real” meaning of political…

The US, Britain and Poland have trained the units that broke through the Russian border earlier this month, the SVR said NATO countries have helped Ukraine to plan and carry out the…

University Of California Bans Encampments, Face Masks Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The president of the University of California (UC) said on Monday that the 10-campus university…

The media attempted to paint President Trump into a corner created by Brian Fallon and the Harris campaign, accusing President Trump of visiting a racist community in Michigan – quite silly really. …

Democrat operatives in key blue states are trying to keep RFK JR off the ballot (support Kamala).  Republican operatives in key red states are trying to keep REF JR on the ballot…

Numbers Don’t Lie: Women Thrived Under Trump, Suffered Under Harris Authored by Elise Stafanik via RealClearPolitics, Of the countless lies about Kamala Harris perpetuated by Democrats and their loyal stenographers in the…

US, Allies Condemn China’s Actions Against Philippine Vessels In South China Sea Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The United States and several of its allies condemned China…

What’s Really Happening With Monkeypox Authored by David Bell via the Brownstone Institute, The World Health Organization (WHO) acted as expected this week and declared Mpox a Public Health Emergency of International…

WTI Extends Losses After API Reports Small (Surprise) Crude Build Oil prices limped lower once again today (5th decline in the last six days) as stocks stalled and a potential cease-fire in…

What Has The Fed Done To Our Lives? Authored by George F. Smith via LewRockwell.com, The following is derived from a speech in my novel, The Flight of the Barbarous Relic Wars must…

The Russian president visited the Special Forces University in Gudermes Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the Special Forces University in Chechnya, praising the trainees who volunteered for service as protectors of…

China On The Verge: Welfare State Crumbles, Explosion In Social Unrest As Youth Unemployment Soars, Strikes Surge In retrospect, it was clear that the bottom was falling out of China’s economy (the…

The Israeli PM had reportedly previously endorsed a US plan to end the fighting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ruled out accepting a ceasefire proposal that includes ending the war in…

Gold Hits New Record High As Kamu-nism/Growth-Scare Spoils Stocks’ Party The S&P 500 has not had a nine-day win-streak since 2004 and it appears Kamu-nism was enough to stop stocks doing it…

Harris Proposes Raising Corporate Tax Rate To 28 Percent Authored by Stephen Katte via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris is proposing to increase the corporate tax rate…

​​​​​​​Industry Groups Urge Trudeau ‘Take Action’ As Inflation-Reigniting Canadian Rail-Strike Looms  Top industry trade groups have warned in a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to avert a rail strike that could snarl…

Krugman: Harris Hasn’t Proposed Price Controls… But It’s Good That She Did Authored by Jonathan Newman via The Mises Institute, In Paul Krugman’s latest column, he claims that Kamala Harris hasn’t advocated for…

By remaining in the race, Kennedy is hurting the Republican nominee’s chances of winning, his vice presidential candidate admitted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is weighing whether to end his third-party presidential campaign…

U. Illinois Has 42 “Illegal” Race-, Sex-Based Scholarships: Federal Complaint Authored by Matt Lamb via The College Fix, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has 42 “illegal” scholarships that discriminate against applicants…

A Kamala Harris campaign surrogate has targeted J.D. Vance A prominent Democrat has wished for Republican nominee Donald Trump’s running mate J.D. Vance to have to deal with a pregnancy resulting from…

$1 Million Gold Bars For The First Time Ever! Authored by Mike Maharrey Via Money Metals, For the first time ever, a 400-ounce bar of gold is worth $1 million. No wonder…