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Pavel Durov says he was a prolific sperm donor, helping couples in 12 countries conceive Pavel Durov, the founder of the Telegram messaging app, has revealed that he has fathered over 100…

The UN’s Green Agenda Will Spark Famine Authored by Thi Thuy Van Dinh via The Brownstone Institute, “We The Peoples of the United Nations determined…to promote social progress and better standards of…

Rachel Reeves has accused the Conservatives of “ducking” hard choices and running tens of billions of pounds over budget UK public spending is on track to go £22 billion ($28 billion) over…

The Mandarinate: The 3rd-Party That Isn’t On The US Election Ticket Authored by Amir Taheri via The Gatestone Institute, Barring another surprise “event,” the coming US presidential showdown is likely to be…

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…

Venezuelans have taken to the streets after the national electoral authority declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner Protests have erupted across Venezuela on Monday, after the county’s electoral authority confirmed that Nicolas…

Defense Secretary Orders Review Of 20 Medals Of Honor Awarded For Wounded Knee Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has ordered a review…

These Are America’s Most-Visited National Parks Visitor numbers have been steadily increasing across national parks in the U.S., as more people are opting to trade city skylines for mountain peaks and lush…

The agency says they want the ex-US president’s ‘perspective on what he observed’ during July 13 rally shooting Former US President and Republican Party 2024 presidential nominee Donald Trump said he would…

The tit-for-tat will take place in the open, yet few will pay attention. We do. You have to take this announcement in full context: (1) Sanctions against Russia failed.  (2) NATO expanded,…

San Diego Postpones Discussion On 1,000-Bed Shelter Proposal To September Authored by Sophie Li via The Epoch Times, Discussion on San Diego’s plan to lease and convert a commercial building into a…

Rhinos (& Pangolins) Are The World’s Most-Trafficked Animals Wildlife trafficking is the world’s fourth largest illegal trade when including fisheries and plantlife, after narcotics, human trafficking and counterfeit products, according to the U.S….

Mississippi Law Allowing Ballots To Be Received After Election Day Lawful: Judge Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, A Mississippi law that allows ballots received up to five days after…

The Media Betrays The American Experiment Authored by Carson Holloway via AmericanMind.org, The stunning events of the last several weeks have highlighted the great weaknesses in the corporate media, an essential part…

President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham to discuss current political events. Ingraham can quickly slip into the mode of telling Donald Trump what the…

Against the backdrop of a recent assassination attempt against Donald Trump, during remarks to the press pool in Austin, Texas, Joe Biden says House Speaker Mike Johnson is “dead on arrival.”  [White…

We are not going to play the insufferable game of pretending.  The stakes are just too high.  Today, the White House deployed a cover story for the assembly that accompanied Joe Biden…

These Are The Fastest Growing Housing Markets In The US This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Marcus Lu, shows the top 10 fastest-growing housing markets in the U.S., based on the growth of…

5,800 IRS Employees And Contractors Owe Nearly $50 Million In Unpaid Taxes: Treasury IG Authored by Mark Tapscott via The Epoch Times, At least 5,800 IRS employees and contractors owe almost $50…

Putin Vows ‘Mirror Measures’ After US Plans Long-Range Missiles For Germany Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday issued another fresh warning in the wake of the United States weeks ago announcing it…

Nebraska Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Bill Restricting Abortion, Gender-Altering Procedures Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled that a law combining…

Elizabeth Warren Says Kamala Harris To Grant Citizenship To Illegal Immigrants Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) says that Kamala Harris ‘will work with Congress’ to provide a ‘pathway to citizenship’ for tens of…

Trump To Sit For Voluntary Interview With FBI On Assassination Investigation Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Former President Donald Trump will sit for a voluntary interview with…

Two reference points for the dog that didn’t bark. (1) Not a single, not one – ever, joint press conference by investigative authorities of the Secret Service, DHS, FBI, Local SWAT and…

Transgender activists have tried to challenge the emergency measure The High Court in London has upheld the ban on prescribing puberty blocking drugs to children. Enacted in March by the previous British…

Huw Edwards stands accused of soliciting indecent imagery from minors and sharing it on a WhatsApp chat Former BBC News at Ten presenter Huw Edwards has been charged with three counts of…

The group is the antidote to a declining hegemon pursuing its own interests without regard for problems that require system-level solutions BRICS is on the move. It already expanded at the beginning…

“This Case Is Going To Fail”: Lawyer For Andrew Left Says He’d “Never” Accept Plea Deal Short seller Andrew Left surrendered in Los Angeles this afternoon, CNBC reported.  James Spertus, the lawyer…

NY Church Plans Supreme Court Appeal On Abortion Coverage Ruling Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Roman Catholic diocese is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court a…

Texts and police reports have shown serious security lapses at the Butler, Pennsylvania rally The man who tried to assassinate Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a Butler, Pennsylvania rally had prepared…

President Biden – A Single Point Of Failure For America Authored by Adam Schwarze via American Greatness, Last Sunday, President Joe Biden made the appropriate decision to drop out of the 2024…

Apache Indian Named “Keanu Dude” Arrested For Causing A Massive Wildfire By Burning The American Flag Well, here’s a story we can safely say you’ve likely never heard before. An Apache Indian…

Did We Just Witness The Suicide Of Wokery? Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “The kids are hooked on wokeness now. They’d be better off with cigarettes.” – Ian Miles Cheong…

Crude, Crypto, & Small-Caps Clubbed Like A Baby Seal As Chaotic Week Looms As the “busiest week of the summer” looms, VIX remained elevated… The plunge in Nasdaq/Russell 2000 took a brief…

Texas Oil Regulator Opens Probe After Earthquakes Hit The Permian Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, The Railroad Commission of Texas, the oil regulator in America’s top oil-producing state, has opened a probe after…

The debt reached the new “alarming milestone” with $1 trillion in borrowing added this year alone The US has reached “yet another dubious milestone” with its national debt surpassing the mark of…

His preteen daughter is reportedly being trained to become North Korea’s next leader North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s preteen daughter is taking leadership lessons to take over the reins of the country,…

The Most Chilling Words Today: I’m From NewsGuard & I’m Here To Rate You Authored by Jonathan Turley, Recently, I wrote a Hill column criticizing NewsGuard, a rating operation being used to warn users,…

Apple AI Release Reportedly Delayed Until After iOS 18 Update, Seen As ‘Atypical Strategy’ Apple Intelligence will not be included in the September iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 update. Instead, according to…

Treasury Estimates $1.3 Trillion In Borrowing Needs For The Remainder Of 2024 Ahead of today’s big event – the Treasury borrowing estimates publication – we said not to expect any fireworks and…

Slovakia will halt diesel supplies to Ukraine unless the flow of Lukoil crude is restored, according to Prime Minister Robert Fico Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has warned that Bratislava will halt its…

Conservative Professor Disciplined For Criticizing DEI Gets $2.4 Million To Settle Lawsuit Against College By Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix ‘To my colleagues at Bakersfield College and nationwide, I say: Keep…

Erdogan Suggests Sending Military To Gaza, Israel Says Fate Of Saddam Awaits Him In the latest war of words to erupt between the leaders of Turkey and Israel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip…

“I Fear For Our Nation” Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via DailyReckoning.com, Are we going to be reliving the 1970s? Perhaps we will experience the stagflation of the 1970s in this decade,…

Janet Yellen Seeks (Just) $78 Trillion To Fight Climate Change Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, New Rule: When Jackasses demand money, they should have to state where the money comes from….

Slovakia’s deputy PM has withdrawn from the closing ceremony, citing “degenerate decadence” Slovakia’s deputy prime minister, Tomas Taraba, has announced that he will not represent his country at the closing ceremony of…

Morgan Stanley’s Adam Jonas Crowns Tesla ‘Top Pick’ In US Autos, Dethroning Ford Morgan Stanley’s autos guru, Adam Jonas, has just crowned Tesla as the ‘Top Pick’ for the US auto market, dethroning…

Sanctions Did Not Destroy Venezuela… Socialism Did! Authored by Daniel Lacalle, It is shameful to see a delegation of the terrifying Grupo de Puebla “supervise” the Venezuelan elections that authoritarian leader Maduro wants to…

The West appears reluctant to ramp up military supplies to Ukraine, according to Alfred Koch Western powers’ reluctance to boost lethal aid to Ukraine means the situation on the frontline is unlikely…

Together with its allies in London, Washington plays by rules of its own Over the past few weeks, the media focus on the spectacle that is the US presidential election campaign has…

A Child Tax Credit Expansion Is Stuck In The Senate… Here’s Why Authored by Ariun Singh via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Legislation to expand the Child Tax Credit is currently stalled…

Rebel Archbishop Slams Olympics’ “Vile Attacks On God” – Says Macron, Obama Married To Trans Men As we noted on Sunday, French bishops were outraged at the Olympics’ opening ceremony over its…

A Premature Fed Rate Cut Will Be A Mistake Of Olympic Proportions By Benjamin Picton, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank Equities pumped on Friday to recover some of the losses posted earlier…

An explosion and subsequent fire occurred at BASF’s Ludwigshafen site At least 14 workers were “slightly injured” at the massive BASF Ludwigshafen plant in Germany in an explosion and subsequent fire, the…

Children are among the injured in Southport, north of Liverpool Eight people, including six or seven young girls, were victimized in a mass stabbing attack in Southport in northwest England. Merseyside Police…

CIA Denies Trump Shooter Was Subject Of MKUltra Program Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The CIA has actually taken time to issue a denial that would be Trump assassin Thomas Matthew…

Key Events This Blockbuster Week: Fed, BOJ, BOE, Jobs, Jolts, QRA, And Earnings Galore As we hit the last few days of July, we are facing a blockbuster week ahead for markets,…

‘No One Is Above The Law’: Harris Backs Biden Proposals To Reform Supreme Court In what marks a major shift for President Biden – the former head of the Senate Judiciary Committee…

A US-supplied M270A1 MLRS system has been hit by a ballistic missile, new drone footage shows A US-made М270А1 MLRS system was destroyed on Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry has reported, sharing…

The ANC has accused Jacob Zuma of violating its laws by campaigning for a new coalition in the May elections Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been expelled from the African…

America’s Lab Rats? Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Half the country thinks something has gone drastically wrong in America, to the point that it is rapidly becoming unrecognizable. Millions…

Flooding during the weekend in the basement of a tutoring institute killed three aspiring civil servants in India’s capital New Delhi officials are cracking down on coaching institutions in the national capital…

“Severe austerity measures” have reportedly been slapped on the bloc’s External Action Service after it breached spending limits EU diplomats have been ordered to shelve planned travel and cancel functions after “significantly”…

Big Mac Demand Drops At Micky D’s As Same-Store Sales Slide For First Time Since 2020 McDonald’s reported disappointing Q2 results, missing both the average earnings and revenue expectations tracked by FactSet. The largest fast-food chain…

Several suspects have reportedly been identified in last year’s plot against Margarita Simonyan The Russian Investigative Committee has completed an investigation into an assassination plot targeting RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan, the Kommersant…

A rivalry with the Republican could make or break vice president’s political career, while campaign duration will play key role. After the apparent loss of the first presidential debate, the obvious question…

The Share Of Young Adults Living With Parents Is The Highest Since 1940 Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Due to waning housing affordability, a growing number of Americans continue to live…

The Venezuelan president has been re-elected with 51.2% of the vote   Nicolas Maduro has won Venezuela’s presidential election, according to official results. The leaders of Russia and China have congratulated the…

Hungary’s foreign minister has rebuked Poland, as a diplomatic rift emerges between the two nations A diplomatic feud has erupted between two EU member states, following Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s speech…

Mortgage Hack: Homebuyers Score Low Rates By Finding Assumable Loans Combined with stubbornly-high house prices, higher mortgage interest rates are putting homebuyers behind the 8-ball. Many resourceful house-hunters are doing an end-run…

CDC: Measles Cases In US So Far This Year Already Triple 2023 Total Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, Federal health officials reported that the number of measles cases so…

The Biden-Harris Administration Is Unwilling To Seriously Engage The Crypto Industry Authored by Tyler Winklevoss via American Greatness, In June, Cameron and I were invited to a crypto round table in DC with the…

Renewed Calls To End Chicago’s Sanctuary Status Ahead Of Expected Surge Of Illegals Via HeadlineUSA.com, (Glenn Minnis, The Center Square) With the city of Chicago already spending as much as $1.5 million a day for…

French authorities reported arson attacks that targeted rail infrastructure hours before the Games opening ceremony Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has dismissed reports about Russia’s alleged involvement in recent attacks on infrastructure in…

At least 100 people have been injured in the incident in Volgograd Region, according to local media A passenger train has derailed after colliding with a truck in Russia’s southern Volgograd region,…

Colonial legacies can take many insidious forms and metastasize into new ones. RT is uniquely familiar with the risks of such long-term foreign dominance – in our case, in the media space…

The development comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s expected visit to Kiev later this month US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar have discussed the Ukraine…

Warsaw’s deputy foreign minister has lashed out at Prime Minister Viktor Orban for his earlier criticisms Hungary can leave the European Union and NATO if it does not like the blocs’ policies,…

Olympic Athletes Are Getting Bigger Every four years the Summer Olympics come around and athletes vie for medals, sporting glory, and the success of their country. Athletes in peak condition stun crowds,…

Russian Tu-160 long-range bombers are likely to be showcased at Africa Aerospace and Defense 2024 Russia is set to participate in Africa’s largest defense and aerospace exhibition, local news agency Defenceweb reported…

Olympic Event In Seine River Cancelled Due To Poor Water-Quality, Days After Mayor Swam To Prove Its Cleanliness It was just days ago we wrote that Paris’ mayor was going swimming in…

Two dams in the city of Derna collapsed last year, causing catastrophic damage A Libyan court has jailed 12 officials for their roles in a flooding disaster in the coastal city of…

Ukraine’s Steel Exports Skyrocket With EU Market Access Authored by Christopher Rivituso via AGMetalMiner.com, Ukrainian steel production and exports increased by one-third in the first half of 2024 compared to the same…

The New Russian-Iranian Gas Pipeline Memorandum Might Be More About Optics Than Substance Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, A top Russian expert candidly analyzed their country’s newly signed gas pipeline Memorandum of…

Mapping Alcohol Consumption by Global Region Over 2 billion people are current drinkers, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This map, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, shows the percentage of the…

Surveillance Capitalism And PsyWar Authored by Robert Malone, Surveillance capitalism is a novel economic system that has emerged in the digital era. It is characterized by the unilateral claim of private human experience as…

The survey also shows that they overwhelmingly approve of the US president’s decision to quit the race A vast majority of American voters surveyed support US President Joe Biden’s decision not to…

Israel Katz has warned the Turkish leader against intervening in the Gaza war Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has warned that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could end up like the toppled…

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…

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…

After writing the recent article outlining the modern history of the FBI [SEE HERE] a lot of messages and emails flood in.  Here’s a quick reminder for those who use CTH as…

Fear Is The Mind-Killer: America’s Dangerous Obsession With ‘Safety’ Authored by Artis Shepherd via The Mises Institute, In modern America, an obsessive fixation on “safety” has given rise to a culture of…

Thailand Sets Off Chaos In Domestic Auto Market By Subsidizing Chinese EVs It isn’t just in Europe and the U.S. where the EV industry is seeing jolting effects of Chinese EVs entering…

Israel and the Lebanese-based militant group Hezbollah are on a brink of a full-blown war Several NATO members, including the US, have issued travel warnings for Lebanon, urging their citizens to immediately…

I can tell you from firsthand recent experience, Russia has psychologically prepared the citizens of the country for war against the West, if that is what’s needed. The Russian people do not…

How Capitalism Defeats Racism Authored by Wanjiru Njoya via The Mises Institute, In her essay “Racism,” Ayn Rand argues that racism – which she describes as “the lowest, most crudely primitive form…

Pandemic 2.0: FDA To Grant Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) For mRNA Bird-Flu Shots (Just Like What Happened With COVID) Authored by Ethan Huff via NaturalNews.com, The medical establishment is teeing up for the launch…

Teen Allegedly Derailed BNSF Freight Train For “Insane” YouTube Footage Nearly every American teen has access to a smartphone or tablet and actively uses multiple social media platforms, including TikTok, Snapchat, and Instagram. In…

Canada’s “Worst Decline In 40 Years” Authored by Peter St.Onge via The Brownstone Institute, Canada’s standard of living is on track for its worst decline in 40 years, according to a new…