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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was officially announced as Harris’ VP pick on Tuesday Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris has announced Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate in her bid for…

Ukrainian law enforcement has thwarted another attempt to escape the country, catching 16 draft dodgers in a refrigerated truck A group of 16 Ukrainian draft dodgers, as well as two foreigners who…

Turnaround Tuesday Stalls At Technical Resistance; Bitcoin & Bond Yields Higher A lack of ongoing collapse in the yen overnight (did BoJ quietly step in?)… Source: Bloomberg …and no new macro news…

“Illegal Under Taliban Law”: CNN Seeks Summary Judgment Under Curious Claim In Defamation Case Authored by Jonathan Turley, CNN has been fighting a defamation case brought after a segment by Jake Tapper…

Trump Campaign Lawyer Flips, Will Aid Arizona Prosecutors In 2020 Election Case A lawyer who worked on Donald Trump’s 2020 election campaign will dodge a potential jail sentence by cooperating with Arizona’s…

US Administration To Allocate $2.2 Billion For Power Grid Upgrades By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com The U.S. Department of Energy is allocating $2.2 billion in grants for upgrades of the grid to…

Australia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Indonesia, the UAE and India have all advised their citizens to stay away amid riots Several countries, including Australia, Malaysia and Indonesia, have issued safety warnings to their citizens…

Several attacking vehicles have been destroyed, footage shared by the Russian Defense Ministry shows The Russian Defense Ministry has released a video showcasing strikes on Ukrainian armored vehicles during an assault on…

The Russian military has liberated multiple new locations in Donbass while continuing its aerial bombing campaign The past week in the Russia-Ukraine conflict has been marked with Moscow making new advances in…

Comments from New Delhi come amid reports of attacks against minorities in crisis-hit neighboring state India is worried about persecution against religious minorities in neighboring Bangladesh a day after its government was…

A Czech court has sentenced a citizen to seven years in prison for theft while fighting for Kiev A 27-year-old Czech citizen who fought as a mercenary in Ukraine has been sentenced…

FedEx And UPS Must Adapt To Changing Parcel Landscape By Satish Jindel, president of ShipMatrix Inc., a consultancy, and founding member of RPS (now FedEx Ground) who has analyzed trends in the…

House Panel Expands ActBlue Probe, Calls On FEC To Help Prevent Fraud Authored by Samantha Flom via The Epoch Times, A House panel is expanding its investigation into whether the Democratic fundraising…

Some issues are neglected for so long that all it takes is a single spark for everything to go up in flames Every summer now, Canada is rife with forest fires. Some…

3Y Auction Stops Through Despite Yield Plunge To 16 Month Low While yields have been tumbling in recent days amid unprecedented flight to safety following the collapse of the yen carry trade,…

Maricopa County Sued After Refusing To Remove Illegals From Voter Rolls America First Legal (AFL) has filed a lawsuit against Maricopa County, Arizona recorder Stephen Richer for failing to remove non-citizens from…

The formation of a coalition government in South Africa means the country’s foreign policy will be under scrutiny from internal partners South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has attempted to wrap up his…

Georgia’s main opposition party and Western officials urged Tbilisi to sanction Moscow, according to a lawmaker Western officials, together with representatives of Georgia’s main opposition party, the National Movement, tried to pressure…

Saudi Aramco Sees Oil Demand Rising By 1.6 Million Bpd in Second Half Of 2024 By Tsvetana Paraskova of Oilprice.com Global oil demand is expected to rise by between 1.6 million and…

If you want to get a great background on what was happening inside the U.K in the lead up to the latest riots, this video from Rebel News interviewing Tommy Robinson is…

“There’s No Bad Weather, There’s Only Bad Clothing” By Bas van Geffen, CFA, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank Calm finally appears to be returning. The Japanese Nikkei 225 is up some 10%…

The military has released footage of attacks on Ukrainian positions and hardware The Russian Defense Ministry has published new video footage of first-person view (FPV) drone strikes on Ukrainian military positions and…

President Biden and the Obamas have also endorsed the Minnesota governor Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will be the running mate of current Vice President Kamala Harris, the US Democrats have announced, with…

The messenger is being used by “fascists” to spread violence, according to the Venezuelan president Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has publicly uninstalled WhatsApp from his phone and asked his supporters to follow…

The GARMs Race: The House Moves Forward With Investigation Of Blacklisting Company Authored by Jonathan Turley, We have been discussing media rating systems being used to target advertisers and revenue sources for…

Japan Rushed To Calm Markets, Trigger Buying Spree With Emergency Central Bank Meeting Late on Sunday (Monday morning Japan time) as Japan’s stock were disintegrating, its largest bank crashing the most on…

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The militant group is reportedly planning “substantial operations” following the assassination of the Hamas political leader Yemen’s Houthi militant group has vowed to take action against Israel, joining threats from Iran and…

The invaders lost half their armored vehicles in the botched attack, Moscow has said Ukrainian forces numbering 300 soldiers and 30 armored vehicles have attempted to cross into Russia’s Kursk Region, the…

Kiev could have avoided such high casualties by agreeing to Moscow’s peace offer, Sergey Shoigu has said The Ukrainian military has lost more than 115,000 servicemen in the conflict with Moscow over…

France is among the top buyers of liquefied natural gas from the sanctioned country, a report has found     French imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia more than doubled in…

Border settlements were shelled before invading troops were repelled, officials have said At least two civilians died and several others, including children, were injured in Russia’s Kursk Region on Tuesday when Kiev’s…

…”Walz is a younger Bernie Sanders with a much more violent disposition behind that mask”… Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is most recently known for his support of the George Floyd riots and…

Meanwhile, deliveries of American LNG to the bloc have reportedly dropped in recent weeks Russian gas supplies to the EU via the TurkStream pipeline soared by over 40% in the first seven…

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will be officially announced as Democratic VP nominee today, according to sources Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will be announced by Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, as her…

Masoud Pezeshkian noted, however, that Tehran does not wish to expand the scale of war in the region Tehran does not seek to escalate the conflict in the Middle East but nevertheless…

Kiev’s foreign ministry says the African nation has provided no evidence to back its claims Ukraine has denied playing a role in a recent terrorist attack in Mali that killed soldiers and…

Global Markets Rebound After Historic Bloodbath, Japan Soars After Monday’s historic selloff that capped a three-week, $6.4 trillion rout in global equities as a brutal unwind in the carry trade driven by…

The Trump–Harris 2024 Presidential Election Matchup Is Now Official Authored by Lawrence Wilson, Jacob Burg, and Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times, The Democratic Party officially nominated Vice President Kamala Harris for…

“Impossible To Operate”: Musk Confirms Report X Closing San Francisco Office  Elon Musk responded to X user Wall Street Silver’s post, citing a New York Times report that revealed Musk’s social media company would shift…

Lucid Shares Soar On New Saudi Lifeline  An affiliate of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has thrown struggling electric car maker Lucid Group a $1.5 billion lifeline (second one of the year). This comes as Lucid…

OpenAI Co-Founder Leaves For AI Rival Anthropic Authored by Tom MitchelHill via CoinTelegraph.com, OpenAI co-founder John Schulman has left the artificial intelligence startup he co-founded in 2015 for competitor AI firm Anthropic,…

Fighting-age men have disengaged from the legal economy to evade conscription, the Financial Times has reported An estimated 800,000 Ukrainian men have gone “underground” due to the threat of military mobilization amid…

After two years of pre-trial litigation, and a year of trial in front of U.S. District Judge Amit Mehtata, the court has determined that Google is factually a monopoly operation in the…

Jim Quinn: Everybody Knows Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows the war is over…

The Jewish State had previously claimed that workers at relief agency’s Palestinian branch had participated in the Hamas incursion Nine employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees…

From Nvidia CEO To Warren Buffett: Insider Stock Selling Was An Ominous Warning Ahead Of Market Swoon In March, Nvidia Corp. disclosed that CEO Jensen Huang’s Rule 10b5-1 trading plan included selling…

Focus On Renewable Energy Spurs Concerns Over Supply–Demand Equation Authored by John Haughey via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The nation’s utilities generated 5 percent more electricity during the first six months…

US authorities are seeking to strengthen competition in the online search industry American tech giant Google broke the law by establishing a monopoly on online searches, a federal judge ruled on Monday….

Ukraine is preparing the “foundation” for a “just end” to the hostilities with Russia, according to its leader’s latest statement Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has claimed that his administration aims to work out a…

Saboteurs have attempted to cross the border in Kursk Region, Aleksey Smirnov has said Russian forces have prevented an attempted border incursion by a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group, the acting governor…

Bloomberg staff have reportedly been reprimanded for prematurely breaking the news of a US-Russia exchange Bloomberg News has reportedly dismissed one of its journalists and taken disciplinary action against other staff members,…

India aims for 500GW from renewables by 2030, adding 50GW annually, mostly solar and wind, boosted by the recent national budget To support its rapid economic growth, India, the world’s most populous…

Soldiers and military equipment have been removed from Air Base 201 in central Niger, according to a joint statement The US Army has finished withdrawing from its last base in Niger, the…

The WHO Is No Longer Fit For Purpose Via The Brownstone Institute, The following is an excerpt from Dr. Ramesh Thakur’s book, Our Enemy, the Government: How Covid Enabled the Expansion and Abuse…

Peripheral Neuropathy: Symptoms, Causes, Treatments, And Natural Approaches Authored by Teri Ward via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is a severe and complex neurological disorder affecting 20 million to…

Western-backed figures have contested President Nicolas Maduro’s election victory and have called on the country’s security forces to join protests  Venezuela has launched a criminal investigation into Western-backed opposition figures Edmundo Gonzalez…

Fumio Kishida spoke about “Russia’s nuclear threat” but refrained from condemning Washington for annihilating the city in 1945 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has refrained from mentioning the role of the US…

Germany’s EV Sales Sink 37% As Subsidies End Authored by Michael Kern via OilPrice.com, The biggest European car market, Germany, saw the sales of electric vehicles plummet by 36.8% in July from…

At least five American service members deployed in Iraq were injured by a rocket barrage on Monday The US is expecting further attacks on its troops in the Middle East, as Hezbollah…

These Are The World’s Biggest Submarine Fleets Submarines are crucial for navies because they provide stealthy, strategic capabilities for surveillance, deterrence, and offensive operations in underwater environments. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s…

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…

How Trump Can Win (Or Lose) The Election Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, The Good News The good news for the Trump campaign is that the sure Democratic nominee…

British PM Keir Starmer has slammed the billionaire’s statement about the inevitability of civil war in the UK as unjustifiable A heated back-and-forth has broken out between British Prime Minister Keir Starmer…

“No Forgiveness”: Maduro Arrests 2,000 Venezuelan Protesters, Vows ‘Maximum Punishment’ Authored by Autumn Spredemann via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Post-election demonstrations in Venezuela continue as pressure mounts against disputed President Nicolás…

DOJ Should Investigate China’s United Front Groups Over Violence In San Francisco: Report Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Two U.S.-based advocacy groups are calling on the Department…

Excessive Internet Use Disrupts Key Parts Of The Teenage Brain Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The internet drives news cycles and touches practically every aspect of our…

These Are The Richest Suburbs In America New York, California, and Texas are home to most of the wealthiest suburbs in the United States. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Marcu Lu, ranks…

Bangladesh Leader Flees Country In Helicopter As Protesters Storm Parliament Via Middle East Eye Bangladesh’s long-serving Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, resigned and fled the country on Monday, after protesters defied a military curfew and stormed…

Seattle Considers ‘Catching And Releasing’ From Des Moines Facility After King County Jail Runs Out Of Space Talk about eating your own tail… Seattle is infested with so much crime, its jails…

What Is The Relationship Between Tech Innovation And Investor Euphoria Submitted by Brent Johnson of Santiago Capital. Executive Summary This report delves into the profound investment implications of innovation eras, specifically examining…

Barron Trump likes to watch Adin Ross and the audience Ross creates with his podcast is very unique and young.  Old media is dead for the majority of young people and younger…

“Chip Wars” Will Soon Be “Data Center Wars”, As Our “Next AI Trade” Develops As we have alluded to numerous times when talking about the next “AI” trade, data centers will be the…

Federal Court Orders California College To Drop Censorship Policy Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, A federal judge ordered a California community college on Aug. 2 not to enforce a…

Plot Twist: RFK Jr Says He Put A Dead Bear In Central Park, Staged Accident Scene With wild plot twists and high intrigue, the 2024 election has been playing out like a…

Is Kamala Harris Going To Make The Entire Country As Lawless As Her Hometown? Authored by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog, Kamala Harris is being touted as…

Two Chinese Nationals In U.S. Illegally Stopped With $250,000 In Gold Bars On Them In Texas Just a normal everyday traffic stop: pulling over a couple of Chinese nationals, driving through Texas,…

The Upside Of Adversity Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, A steady diet of adversity prepares one for both the low-level adversities of daily life but also for the metaphorical…

Report Finds Biden-Harris Released 99 Illegal Aliens On FBI Terror Watchlist Into American Communities  A new interim staff report from the House Judiciary Committee and Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement,…

This is a good video to put context to his familiar linguistic jingle that we keep hearing from Democrats, “our democracy.” [Citation] pic.twitter.com/PMJ2FZwgke — Devout American (@AmericanDevout) August 5, 2024 . The…

The rocket strike comes as US and Israel brace for an Iranian reprisal Several American soldiers have sustained injuries in a rocket attack on Ayn Al-Asad Airbase in western Iraq, Reuters has…

Turkish mediation made last week’s prisoner exchange possible, Hakan Fidan has said Ankara’s mediation in the prisoner exchange between Moscow and Washington shows that Türkiye is trusted by both powers, Turkish Foreign…

Putting some context data together before a video that should concern everyone. Representative Jamie Raskin’s (U-MD) son, Tommy Raskin killed himself right after the 2020 election at the age of 25.  Congressman…

The region will unfortunately always be a source of bad news, but the great powers aren’t going to risk a broader conflict over it The elaborate assassination of a Hamas leader in…

Monday Massacre Brought To You By Kazuo’s Carry-Chaos, Kamalanomics, & Jump’s Crypto Dump Well it started with a Japanic… but really Asian markets were just playing catch down to Friday’s moves. Yen…

CrowdStrike Lawyer Blasts Delta For “Misleading Narrative” Surrounding Global IT Outage  CrowdStrike lawyer Michael Carlinsky, who is a co-managing partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, penned a letter on Sunday to Delta Air…

UN Fires Nine Gaza Staff Members Likely Involved In Oct.7 Attacks This looks like an admission of guilt after months of denial: “The UN said on Monday that nine staff working for…

And Suddenly Things Change… Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “The global economy is becoming unburdened by what has been.” – Jordan Schachtel on “X” That two-by-four upside our country’s head…

Tehran has reportedly warned pilots and aviation authorities to avoid its airspace as it threatens to retaliate against Israel Iran has issued a notice to pilots and aviation authorities to avoid its…

Former Secret Service Chief Wanted To Destroy Cocaine Evidence Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and others in top agency leadership positions wanted to destroy the…

Investigators have alleged that corruption at Patriot Park involved the deputy head of R&D One of Russia’s top generals has been caught up in the alleged embezzlement of state funds at Patriot…

Alphabet Shares Tumble After Losing DoJ Antitrust Suit Over Search In what could be a ground-breaking victory for the Justice Departments, a federal judge ruled Monday that Google’s payments to make its…

US Power Producers Binge On Ultra-Cheap Gas By John Kemp, Senior Energy Analyst U.S. electricity generators consumed a record amount of gas in the first four months of the year as prices…

The American economy is too financialized to withstand any sustained drop in asset prices It’s carnage out there in the markets, and things have been moving with the force of a tsunami….

The downturn could have started sometime around last October, a former Federal Reserve advisor has said The United States may already be in a “plain vanilla recession,” a former advisor to the…

North Korea’s Kim Oversees Transfer Of 250 Ballistic Missile Launchers To Border North Korea has moved some 250 new tactical ballistic missile launchers to its heavily militarized border with South Korea in…

Putin’s Top Defense Officials Are In Tehran Amid Countdown To Zero Hour On Monday as the Middle East approaches zero hour of Iran’s expected major retaliation attack on Israel, there is a…

From Biden To Bonds: Unmasking A Template Of Lies Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via VonGreyerz.gold, Political opinions are almost as vast as financial opinions—from bull to bear, or left to right. But…

The government has undertaken several initiatives seeking to tap into the lucrative market India’s Tata Electronics has begun the construction of a new $3.2 billion semiconductor plant, which is expected to generate…