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The suspect has reportedly been identified as Ukrainian national ‘Vladimir Z’ The German Federal Public Prosecutor has issued the first arrest warrant in connection with the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage, local media…

Without research and development funds, the UK may fall behind Russia and China in defense tech, a source has told the newspaper The new British government intends to cut the funding of…

We have talked about the disconnect between union members and union leadership for several years.  Within the trade unions the disconnect is even more noticeable. Barack Obama leveraged union support to defeat…

Tbilisi instigated the conflict with Moscow “on instructions from the outside,” the country’s ruling party has said Former Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili was responsible for the country’s conflict with Russia in 2008,…

Here’s how one man created a language that an entire country continues to speak nearly two centuries after his death This year, Russia celebrated the 225th birthday of the great poet and writer…

I am going to outline something that might make a few people uncomfortable. You may have recently read about RFK Jr being disqualified from the ballot in New York state. (Via Fox…

Kiev lacks a viable medium-term path to victory, the newspaper’s Europe Editor Ben Hall contends EU members do not want to ramp up military aid to Ukraine, a Western official source has…

Michigan complete. I transmitted the travel pattern, location and sequencing for Clyburn’s visits to the state.  We are seeing the outcome now detail in the pattern of campaign visits by Harris and…

Generic Brand Mucinex Found To Contain Cancer Causing Benzene The cancer causing chemical benzene has been found in generic store-brand versions of Mucinex cold medicine, according to a new report by Bloomberg. While…

US Seeks Iran De-Escalation With Turkey’s Help By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com The United States is calling on its allies that also maintain relations with Iran to persuade them not to escalate…

Türkiye initiated the discussions between Ethiopia and Somalia to repair their deteriorating relations Ethiopia and Somalia have decided to hold another round of talks on a disputed port deal, after negotiations in…

The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has called on the international body to respond to Kiev’s cross-border incursion The United Nations must recognize the Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region as a blatant…

US Sending Saudi Arabia $750 Million In Bombs, Reversing 3-Year Ban Days ago we featured a report detailing how the US is ready to get back to ‘business as usual’ regarding Saudi…

The US president has said he is “not giving up” on finding a peaceful settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict A ceasefire deal in Gaza would discourage Iran from retaliating against Israel for…

The illuminations were installed in Aydohya ahead of the inauguration of a $200 million temple by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thousands of streetlights have been stolen in Ayodhya, a sacred town for…

Kiev launched four tactical ballistic missiles and over 100 drones overnight, which were reportedly intercepted Overnight, Russia intercepted four Tochka-U tactical ballistic missiles and a total of 117 kamikaze drones launched by…

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has lauded the army and the research and development agency for the successful trials India has successfully test-fired an indigenously made portable anti-tank guided missile. Developed by the…

What’s Behind Belarus’ Military Buildup Along The Ukrainian Border? Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Belarus announced late last week that it shot down several Ukrainian drones over its airspace, which it later discovered…

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…

Britain Is Proof: Globalists Plan To Use Migrants As A Mercenary Army Against The West Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, Why do western officials insist on gaslighting the public on illegal…

Is ‘Mean Girls’ A Winning Script For Kamala? Commentary by Richard Porter via RealClearPolitics, With stunning swiftness, Donald J. Trump knocked President Biden out of the presidential campaign with the one, two,…

SpaceX Plans “First Human Spaceflight To Explore Earth From Polar Orbit”  With Boeing’s Starliner stuck at the International Space Station, SpaceX is forging ahead, announcing that the “first human spaceflight mission to explore Earth…

The new arms package includes dozens of fighter jets, as well as mortar and tank ammunition The US State Department has greenlighted more than $20 billion in new arms sales, despite pressure…

Colbert’s Own Audience Laughs At Him Seriously Stating CNN Is “Objective” Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, There was an awkward but amusing moment when Stephen Colbert seriously stated that CNN…

Taiwan To Launch Live-Fire Exercises Off East Coast Using US-Supplied Missiles After a series of recent threatening Chinese PLA military drills near Taiwan and in the Taiwan Strait over the last several…

Last week we found out that Kellyanne Conway, a rather disingenuous woman with deep professional republican bona fides, had registered under FARA laws so that she could lobby the US Government on…

Why Corporate America’s Retreat From Social Activism Is Good For Everyone Authored by Jon Miltimore via The American Institute for Economic Research, In January, Axios reported a developing trend in corporate America: corporations across…

Tesla’s 1950s-Style Drive-In Supercharger In Hollywood Takes Shape  The next generation of Tesla Supercharger stations could feature a restaurant, drive-in movie theater, and dozens of charging bays. Tesla seems eager to spice up the currently…

Remember when the Politico story first hit about the stupid leaking from inside the Trump campaign and I said, “they got nothing.” Politico sat on the story for 19-days while they talked…

Putin Appoints Ex-Bodyguard & Aide To Oversee Defense Of Kursk As Zelensky Boasts Of 74 Towns Captured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said his military has seized dozens of Russian settlements…

Google believes that marking such advertisements as “sponsored” is enough to keep voters from being misled US Vice President Kamala Harris has been using Google search advertisements that link to real news…

Pushing Back Against Viewpoint-Based Discrimination By Banks Authored by Michael Ross via RealClearMarkets, On paper, Zulfat Suara and Steve Happ don’t have much in common. One, a Muslim woman, immigrated to the…

Geopolitical Tensions Are Transforming The Rare Earth Market Authored by Rystad Energy via Oilprice.com, China’s dominance in the rare earth market is gradually declining as other countries ramp up production. Western governments…

GM Cutting Jobs Amidst “Larger Structural Overhaul” In China General Motors has been cutting staff in China and eventually will meet with its local partner SAIC to explore a “larger structural overhaul”…

The DNC Is Coming To Chicago, The Nation’s Homicide Capital 13 Years Running By Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner of Wirepoints When the DNC delegates come to Chicago, they’ll be visiting the…

EU Disavows “Attention-Seeking Politician” Thierry Breton Over ‘Electoral Interference’ Letter Threatening Musk With Monday night’s unfiltered discussion between Donald Trump and Elon Musk generating a reported billion views, it’s no wonder the…

The Federal Reserve Does Not Own Gold Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, Historically – as during the days of the classical gold standard – central banks maintained stocks of…

UAW Files Charges Against Trump, Musk For ‘Strike’ Comments During X Conversation The United Auto Workers union – which has endorsed Kamala Harris’ 2024 bid – said on Tuesday that it took…

All over the world, the old military rules are being broken, this has the potential to become very dangerous The UN has once again failed to formulate a position on the invasion…

Thierry Breton’s menacing letter apparently did not have Ursula von der Leyen’s blessing The European Commission has said that Thierry Breton did not consult them before sending a threatening letter to Elon…

The US leader made his first remarks about the incursion of Kiev’s forces into Kursk Region Washington is in touch with Kiev about Ukraine’s ongoing incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region, which is…

Improper Social Security Payments Reach $1.1 Billion, Agency Backlog Hits All-Time High Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The backlog of payment actions at the Social Security Administration…

Harris Campaign Busted Spoofing News Outlets In Headline-Altering Ad Scheme Despite corporate media’s unabashed u-turn to support Kamala Harris, her campaign has been busted creating made-up headlines next to the names of…

4 Ways To Inoculate Your Children Against Marxism Authored by Jeff Minick via The Epoch Times, In 2007, President George W. Bush dedicated a memorial in Washington DC to the 100 million…

Kiev has “full support” in attacking Kursk Region, according to the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kiev has the “full support” of the European Union in its incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region, the…

The incursion of Kiev’s forces into Kursk Region is unlikely to last, according to a Western official NATO allies consider it unlikely that Ukrainian forces will be able to hold Russian territory,…

Dollar Dumped To 4-Mo Lows, Bitcoin & Big-Caps Pumped Ahead Of CPI Tsunami Cooler than expected headline and core PPI (dovish for monetary policy hopefuls) trumped the margin-compression (bearish for corporate profitability…

NY Times: Feds Accelerating Naturalization Of Immigrants To “Reshape The Electorate” Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, The New York Times reports that the federal government is accelerating the naturalization of…

Paramount Cuts 15% Of US Workforce, Closes TV Studio, As Traditional TV Market Slumps Paramount, the parent company of CBS News, BET, MTV, Nickelodeon, dozens of local TV stations, and Paramount Pictures,…

USPS Sees Steep Drop In Expedited Shipping Demand By Max Garland of SupplyChainDive The U.S. Postal Service’s expedited package shipping services have seen a steep drop in demand, according to quarterly results…

The Czech Republic has reportedly increased energy purchases from the sanctioned country The Czech Republic has ramped up imports from Russia despite the EU-wide sanctions against Moscow, news portal Ekonomickydenik reported on…

Market Headwinds Force Owners To Hit The Brakes On EV Projects By Sebatian Obando of ConstructionDive Once a bustling site poised to power the electric vehicle revolution, a $2.6 billion battery factory…

A $150,000 House In 1988 Now Costs $707,500; Thank You, Fed! Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, The Fed has grossly distorted the housing market and no fix is in sight. A…

Iran Signals It’s Climbing Down From Israel Attack Plans, 2 Weeks After Hanyieh Killing We have reached two weeks since the July 31st assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, and…

A Harris-Walz Administration Would Be A Nightmare For Free Speech Authored by Jonathan Turley, The selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) as the running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris has led to intense debates…

Lithuania’s Gabrielius Landsbergis is suspected of buying a villa in Greece just before the outbreak of the Ukraine conflict so he could escape if the hostilities spilled over Lithuanian opposition MPs have…

Human rights officials want to gather information on alleged Ukrainian atrocities The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has asked Moscow for access to Kursk Region in…

Moscow is helping build the Kudankulam NPP in southern India, set to be the largest atomic power plant in the country New Delhi is working out a deal with Moscow for the…

Elon Musk Warns Against Vilifying the Oil and Gas Industry By Charles Kennedy of Oilprice.com The world should stop vilifying the oil and gas industry, Elon Musk told Donald Trump in an…

John Sullivan believes a stalemate in Ukraine is the best the West can hope for in the foreseeable future The sour relations between the West and Russia are unlikely to improve in…

The US rocket launchers are in high demand due to the Ukraine-Russia conflict The first batch of 11 US-made HIMARS rocket launchers could arrive in Taiwan by the end of 2024, the…

Among the hardware captured during the course of the Ukraine conflict are US-made Abrams and German-made Leopard 2 tanks Western-supplied military equipment captured by Russian forces during the Ukraine conflict is being…

Bullish Positioning In Oil Just Hit An All-Time Low, Signaling Price Rebound With investors increasingly unwilling to express a bearish bias ahead of the coming recession via the stock market (at least…

Rabobank: Questions Swirl What The Economic Program Of A Harris Administration Might Look Like By Benjamin Picton, Senior strategist at Rabobank Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc Stocks struggled for direction yesterday as…

If Harris Rejects ‘Unscripted’ Face-Offs, Two Proposed Debates Will Become Trump Town-Halls Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A pair of proposed presidential debates could instead become town…

Huawei Prepares New AI Chip To Challenge Nvidia’s Market Share In China China’s Huawei Technologies is preparing to launch a new AI chip designed to circumvent Washington’s relentless chip sanctions. This move not…

The Russian leader has held talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who is in Moscow on an official visit Moscow stands for the peaceful resolution of all conflicts, including those in…

“America’s Worst Mayor” Tiffany Henyard Disappears After Investigation Reveals Millions In Debt, $40,000 In Amazon Purchases Dolton Mayor Tiffany Aiesha Henyard, who has been dubbed “America’s Worst Mayor”, has disappeared after an investigation…

The Ukrainian government will face “ramifications” for attacking Russia, Dmitry Medvedev has said Ukraine is certain to face retaliation for its large-scale offensive on Kursk Region last week, former Russian president Dmitry…

Tehran blamed West Jerusalem for the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in the Islamic Republic’s capital last month Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has reiterated his country’s intention to punish Israel for…

Senegal’s prime minister has stated that the new government in Dakar respects the “choices” of military regimes in the region, including Mali Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has expressed support for Mali’s…

The 24-year-old was reportedly shot dead while trying to flee the town of Sudzha in Kursk Region, where Kiev’s troops have launched an incursion The body of a pregnant woman who was…

The conflict in Gaza could broaden to other fronts, Fitch Ratings has warned Fitch Ratings downgraded Israel’s long-term credit rating on Tuesday, citing the impact of the war in Gaza. The  other…

Are Mega-Caps About To Make A Mega-Comeback? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Are the “Mega-Cap” stocks dead? Maybe. But there are four reasons why they could be staged for a comeback. The recent…

Home Depot Slashes Sales, Profit Outlook As Higher Rates “Pressure Demand” The largest home improvement retailer in the US beat second-quarter earnings and sales expectations but lowered its comparable sales and profit forecasts for the…

Producer Price Inflation Slows As Services Costs Slump Having been resurgent for the last few months, US Producer Price inflation was expected to slow significantly in July and it did, with Headline…

Chipotle Shares Tank After Starbucks Steals Their CEO Amid Activist Pressure Amid increasing tales of a consumer who is quickly pulling back from spending on anything discretionary (like iced, non-fat, six-pump vanilla…

LPR authorities have reported that a cluster munition fired by Kiev’s forces exploded near a packed bus in the city of Lisichansk Two people have been killed and a child is among…

Smoke munitions deployed by Ukrainian troops likely came from the US or Germany, a senior Russian general has said An investigation into a reported chemical weapons attack by Ukraine in Kursk Region…

More than 1,000 people engaged in subversive activities have been detained, security officials have said Russian law enforcement agencies have thwarted over 100 terrorist attacks that were masterminded by Kiev or its…

Futures Trim Gains After Dismal Outlook From Home Depot US futures are slightly higher, although well off session highs following disappointing guidance from Home Depot while rising tension in the Middle East…

Paris 2024: These Countries Punched Above Their Weight While the United States may have once again topped the official medal table at the Paris 2024 Olympics, there are some less-talked-about countries that…

Where Kamala Harris Stands On Key Policy Issues Authored by Jacob Burg, Lawrence Wilson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Since becoming the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris is…

American Stock Ownership Back At All-Time Highs Today, the proportion of Americans’ financial assets invested in public stocks is nearing record highs, just shy of the peak seen in 2021. Investor confidence,…

Top bankers will discuss a rupee-ruble market at a meeting in Moscow, the Economic Times has reported India and Russia are exploring the idea of a benchmark rupee-ruble exchange rate to start…

Afrique Media claims Kiev has sabotage units in place helping jihadist rebels strike government forces Ukrainian “sabotage units” have been aiding jihadist insurgents attack the Malian army, including with drones provided by…

Rafal Brzoska says the tech giant has ignored requests to remove scores of advertisements featuring photos of him and his wife Polish billionaire Rafal Brzoska is planning to take Meta to court…

Yoav Gallant called the idea of total victory over Hamas “gibberish,” which the premier slammed as an “anti-Israel” narrative Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant have clashed over…

The move could help balance the budget in Estonia, the justice minister has reportedly told the government Estonia is considering renting out prison beds to other countries to cut operating costs, public…

The billionaire extended the invitation after speaking at length with former US President Donald Trump Elon Musk has offered to interview US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on his…

Washington has identified Arsen Avakov as a viable successor because of his ties with both far-right groups and EU leaders, Moscow claims The US is planning to unleash a campaign to discredit…

Another Green Energy Company Declares Bankruptcy, Thank Biden’s Tariffs Authored by Mike Shedlock via MIshTalk.com, Conflicting goals often leads to the worst of both outcomes. That’s what’s happening with solar panels and…

About 40% Of Biden-Harris’ IRA Projects Face Delays President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris signed the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act and Chips and Science Act in 2022, promising to lower inflation and make life…

Belarus says rocket and air defense units will conduct exercises amid Ukraine’s incursion into Kursk Region Belarus is sending rocket and artillery troops to Russia for military exercises, the Defense Ministry in Minsk announced…

The organization’s current composition has failed to keep pace with a changing world, says Antonio Guterres United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for reforms to the Security Council that would include…

A Deeper Dive Into The Science Behind Intermittent Fasting Authored by Jennifer Sweenie via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Intermittent fasting has gained significant attention in recent years for its potential health…

If reelected, the former president has said he expects to get along with “tough characters” It is “a good thing” for US presidents to get along with foreign leaders, even if Washington…

How Mayonnaise Could Help Scientists Advance Nuclear Fusion Efforts Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Mayonnaise exhibits similar properties to plasma, aiding fusion research. Scientists are studying the condiment to understand the…

The ex-British PM has reportedly held talks with his former colleague Nadhim Zahawi, who is eyeing a takeover of the newspaper Former British prime minister Boris Johnson is being considered for the…