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Some things are far more important than EU funding, Viktor Orban has said Hungary will not change its mind about immigration, gender issues, and the Ukraine conflict no matter what, Prime Minister…

S&P 500 Surges To New All-Time High Despite Wrecked Rate-Cut Hopes ‘Good news’ was initially ‘bad news’ for stocks to start the week, but as ‘hard’ data surged, ‘soft’ data slumped… Source:…

$2 Billion In Subsidies, Only 2 EV Stations Opened, The Holdup Is ‘Social Justice’ Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, In yet another example of Biden incompetence, the administration is setting up…

Congressional Tax Deal Will Boost Deficit By $140 Billion: Here’s What’s In It A bipartisan group of top Republicans and Democrats from the tax-writing committees in Congress reached agreement this week on…

Trust Us, We’re The Media: Hunter’s Laptop Confirmed Authentic As Past-Deniers Double-Down On Censorship Authored by Jonathan Turley, After years of suppressing the story and casting doubts over its authenticity, many in…

The Turkish leader has called out the Israeli PM over the Gaza conflict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has committed “genocide” against the Palestinians of Gaza, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said…

Texas Begins Arresting, Charging Illegal Immigrants In Eagle Pass As Border Feud With Biden Admin Intensifies Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, Texas authorities began arresting illegal immigrants at Shelby…

A Pentagon program to replace the 1970s-era Minuteman missiles is estimated to be running at least 37% over budget The US’ Sentinel nuclear missile program, a planned upgrade to the 1970s-era Minuteman…

Several members of the Paris-based Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylia have been reportedly jailed Algeria has put dozens of members of the separatist Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylia (MAK) on…

The resolution of multiple regional problems hinges on whether the Israel-Gaza conflict can be de-escalated More than 100 days have passed since the latest major escalation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. On October…

North Korea Tests Exotic Underwater Nuclear Drone, Claims It Can Create “Radioactive Tsunami” North Korea says it has tested a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone, which some analysts have dubbed an ‘exotic system’…

The Indian Youth Bulge And Demand For Gold Via SchiffGold.com, When a country starts to develop economically, a few things tend to happen: the death rate falls, workers become more productive, consumers…

“We Have To Make Tough Choices”: After Already Laying Off Thousands, Google Prepping For More Layoffs The illusion of a booming labor market may not last for much longer. At least if…

A $60-billion aid package for Kiev is being held up by Republicans in Washington’s legislature The Biden administration is keen to quickly approve its latest Ukraine aid package amid fears in Washington…

A man who completed the race while smoking cigarettes displayed “uncivilized behavior,” race organizers have said A 52-year-old athlete, identified in media reports as ‘Uncle Chen’, who chain-smoked his way through an…

Watch: “You Are The Problem” – Conservative Speaker Slams Davos Globalists To Their Faces Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Kevin Roberts, President of the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation, spoke…

The bloc’s industry and civilians alike must prepare for an all-out conflict within the next 20 years, a top NATO official has said The US-led NATO bloc must prepare for a major…

A long-shot lawsuit over the 2010 presidential plane crash was purely political, Warsaw has said Warsaw does not intend to pay a million zloty to a British barrister for a futile case…

Elevated interest rates, political turmoil, and economic uncertainty portend a crisis on the horizon in 2024 The EU is poised for a delicate balancing act in 2024 as it grapples with escalating…

China Stocks Hit Rock Bottom: After $6.3 Trillion Market Loss, Brokers Suspend Short-Selling Amid ‘snowball derivative liquidations‘, China’s stock market is falling faster than its population. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index…

The GOP frontrunner’s team has told the US Supreme Court his possible removal from Colorado’s ballot would have dire consequences Donald Trump’s lawyers have warned that the entire entire US could be…

“I Was Wrong”: Trump Adviser-Turned-Critic Backs Trump Again, Loomer Savages Authored by Catherine Young via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Steve Cortes, a former Trump advisor who campaigned for Florida Gov. Ron…

Russian engineers have created a system of highly effective fortifications, according to a top military official Russian defensive fortifications have proven to be highly effective against Ukraine’s hardware, including Western-supplied equipment, the…

Unlike the US and China, the bloc doesn’t have the money to pursue innovation, Oleg Deripaska has said   The European Union looks particularly “sad” amid the ongoing global economic slowdown due…

Houthis Attack US-Owned Tankers, 3rd Time This Week, As Biden Admits Failure To Stop The Pentagon has revealed than an American-owned commercial vessel has come under attack in the Red Sea. It happened…

The Intrinsic Value Of Bitcoin And Gold By Dhaval Joshi of BCA Research The Intrinsic Value Of Bitcoin And Gold, Finally Explained The US Securities and Exchange Commission approval last week for…

The numbers are among revelations contained in a newly-unsealed court filing Facebook and Instagram users sexually harass about 100,000 children there daily, according to a legal filing reportedly unsealed Wednesday from a…

Ford Prepares To Cut F-150 Lightning Electric Truck Production Ford Motor’s electric vehicle sales are running out of juice as the company plans to slash production of its all-electric F-150 Lightning in…

Unlikely Duo Of AI And Government Keeping US Recession At Bay Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, The AI boom is helping drive a US and global cyclical upturn in growth…

2023 Was The Worst Year On Record For Existing Home Sales Existing Home Sales fell 1.0% MoM in December, worse than the +0.3% expected, leaving sales down Source: Bloomberg Total Existing Home…

UMich Inflation Expectation Plunges To Lowest Since 2020, Sentiment Soars After soaring in October and November, and crashing back to earth in December, consensus estimates for UMich inflation expectations in preliminary January…

The verdict is a “historic victory,” according to an Italian neo-fascist movement spokesman The act of performing a fascist salute is not a crime, a ruling from Italy’s top court has said,…

The Yemen-based militant group has said vessels from all countries except Israel and its allies will be allowed to pass through the Red Sea Houthi militants in Yemen have promised safe passage…

Baltika is trying to reclaim the rights to use Carlsberg’s flagship brands The legal battle between Russia’s Baltika Breweries and Danish beer giant Carlsberg is gaining momentum as the Russian brewer now…

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Paris says it has no fighters on Kiev’s side – after all, plausible deniability is the whole point of guns for hire It used to be a point of pride for Western…

Bannon Predicts Trump’s First 100 Days Will Set 50-Year Agenda Authored by Nathan Worcester via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), In an exclusive interview with The Epoch Times, Steve Bannon laid out…

Boris Pistorius says donating too many weapons to Kiev would weaken Berlin’s own forces Germany should exercise some caution in supporting Ukraine, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has told the newspaper Der Tagesspiegel….

New York Stock Exchange Abandons Plan To Control America’s Natural Resources Authored by Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times, The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Jan. 17 withdrew its proposal to…

French fighters killed in Ukraine could have been clandestine weapons specialists, Larry Johnson has said Ukraine is probably experiencing a shortage of soldiers who can handle complex Western weapons systems, former CIA…

Ex-IRS Consultant Took Job With Intention Of Stealing Trump’s Tax Returns: DOJ Authored by Caden Pearson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of Justice told a sentencing judge on Wednesday…

S&P Futures Approach All Time High As Tech Meltup Goes Full-Tilt After starting off the week with whimper, renewed hopes for a soft Goldilocks landing as well as two consecutive upgrades of…

The State Duma will formally address Paris after the reported deaths of foreign fighters in Ukraine, Vyacheslav Volodin has said The French public and lawmakers should be aware that their compatriots are…

Terrifying Footage Shows Boeing 747 Engine Fire Over Miami Footage shared on social media platform X shows what appears to be an Atlas Air Boeing 747-8 with flames shooting out one of…

The military and political configuration in Europe has changed “radically,” Belarus’ defense minister has said The confrontation between the West and the East has entered a “hot phase,” Belarusian Defense Minister and…

The Ukraine conflict is only the first phase in the new struggle between Moscow and Washington Relations between Russia and the United States have entered a prolonged phase that can be described…

Cameroonian port has received shipment of humanitarian grain destined for the Central African Republic Some 50,000 tons of Russian grain, a humanitarian gift from the Russian people to the Central African Republic…

Rishi Sunak is prepared to defy European human rights laws to deport migrants to Africa British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has refused to back down over the controversial policy of sending illegal…

The countries’ foreign ministers have discussed Malé’s move to end New Delhi’s military presence in the archipelago India and Maldives are in talks to find “mutually workable solutions” to Malé’s demand for…

Central Banks Will Keep Gobbling Gold In 2024 Via SchiffGold.com, The first half of 2023 was a record-breaking moment for central bank gold buying, led by none other than China and Russia. Organizations…

The incompetence of officials stands in the way of the war-crucial industry, the CEO has claimed The Ukrainian drone industry, which country’s leadership touts as being cutting-edge, is suffering from government red…

“Worried About Next Two Months”: Solar Firms Running Out Of Cash In California The solar industry in California is facing significant headwinds following the implementation of a new policy in April, which…

Budapest will continue negotiating with the European Commission, but it’s unclear how fast an agreement can be reached, said Gergely Gulyas Hungary and the European Commission remain far apart on a multi-billion…

What’s Ailing Spotify? Authored by Omid Malekan via Medium.com, The Wall Street Journal had a piece yesterday exploring Spotify’s struggles to turn a profit, prompting a more philosophical question: why should a platform like…

The more expensive alternatives to Russian supplies have driven the country’s energy costs up Germany has been hit hard economically over the past two years, including by the loss of cheap energy,…

This story seems to start in an existing conversation. That’s because it actually does. This was my reply in a conversation over at Stella’s Place last April. One of our Treeper’s was…

The Republican frontrunner has also publicly lauded Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban as a “tough” and a “smart guy” Former US president and Republican Party frontrunner in the race for the Oval…

The state should punish a spouse responsible for the breakup of a marriage, Vitaly Milonov has said The divorcees in Russia should face repercussions in the form of a fine or deployment…

Paul Mackenzie is accused of ordering hundreds of his followers to starve themselves to death A doomsday cult leader has been charged with terrorism offenses and the murder of 191 children following…

Russia’s Oil Revenues Slump To Six-Month Low By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Widening discounts for Russian grades and lower international benchmark prices dragged Russia’s oil export revenues down to a six-month low…

Somalia has insisted on Ethiopia terminating its “illegal” agreement with Somaliland Somalia has rejected mediation in a dispute with Ethiopia, insisting that resolution is only possible if its landlocked East African neighbor…

These Are The Countries Trusting The Government Most (And Least) A new report sheds light on the level of trust – or in many cases distrust – in governments around the world. As Statista’s…

“It Feels Like Something Has Gone Terribly Wrong” – 5 Swedish Cops Forced To Pay Fine To Convicted Syrian Migrant Who Brutally-Attacked Them Authored by John Cody via ReMix News, In a…

With Ecuador “In A State Of War”, Prison Overcrowding Soars In Latin America After several days of violence perpetrated by criminal gangs, in which at least fourteen people lost their lives, Ecuadorian…

Nazi symbols can be seen in footage from a local journalist covering frontline news A video featuring a Ukrainian crew repairing a US-supplied Bradley infantry fighting vehicle near the frontline with Russia…

The lack of shells has become a “pressing problem” for Kiev’s forces, the Ukrainian defense minister has said Ukrainian ammunition stocks are low, the country’s defense minister, Rustem Umerov, has said. His…

Venezuela’s head of state claims Javier Milei works on behalf of “North American imperialism” Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused his Argentine counterpart of embracing “Nazi ideology,” after Javier Milei launched a…

To End The War In Ukraine, Expose Its Core Lie Authored by Ted Snider & Nicolai N. Petro via The Libertarian Institute, The essential argument used to avoid negotiation and continue support…

The chemical tanker was sailing from Saudi Arabia to Kuwait when it came under attack Houthi militants in Yemen have carried out a missile strike on the US-owned tanker Chem Ranger in…

Israel’s prime minister accuses Tehran of supporting militant groups ‘from the Houthis to Hezbollah to Hamas’ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he is making every possible effort to “prevent Iran from…

The recent diplomatic spat between India and the Maldives has a complex context, and it is not limited to the rivalry with Beijing On January 15, Maldives President Muizzu’s government set a…

The deal has allowed British boats to fish in the Barents Sea The Russian government has backed a plan to ban British fishermen from operating in the Barents Sea, one of the…

Maersk has put customers on notice that risks in the Red Sea may persist for months      Danish shipping major AP Moller-Maersk has warned of significant disruptions to the global shipping network…

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…

The Silent Epidemic Eating Away Americans’ Minds Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Billy was a bright 10-year-old boy with two Ivy-League-educated parents. He was book smart—got straight…

It’s not just the New Hampshire Democrats voting for Nikki Haley that represents fraud in the primary; all deep weeds political followers know busses filled with Democrats from Massachusetts will be driving…

“Food Deserts” Rise In Democrat Run Cities As Grocers Leave In Droves The panic is palpable.  Democrat controlled cities across the nation are experiencing something they might never have experienced before:  Consequences…

Adverse Events More Likely With Some COVID-19 Vaccine Batches: Data Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Some lots of COVID-19 vaccines caused significantly more adverse events than others,…

The exercise will involve dozens of warships and more than 1,000 combat vehicles The NATO bloc is set to carry out its largest round of war games in decades, with some 90,000…

Yup, another kick-the-can continuing resolution spending bill has passed the House.  This extension lasts until March 1st and 8th. The short-term CR negotiated in part by House Speaker Mike Johnson, passed the…

Supreme Court Conservatives Appear Open To Rolling Back Power Of Federal Agencies Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A bureaucracy-empowering judicial doctrine that critics blame for the explosive…

Pyongyang said the weapon trial would deter “hostile military maneuvers” by Washington and its allies North Korea has carried out a test of a newly developed “underwater nuclear weapon system,” the country’s…

DoorDash To Raise NYC Delivery Fees After New Minimum Wage Law A new law in December guarantees fair compensation for 65,000 gig workers in New York City, who are essential for food…

The Indian Navy has assisted a vessel in the Gulf of Aden after it was hit by a drone The Indian Navy’s warship has swiftly responded to a distress call from a…

Washington Democrats Want To Make Armed Self-Defense Illegal At Dangerous Bus Stops While violent criminals in Seattle have no compunction about carrying weapons wherever they go, Washington Democrats want to strip law…

The US and Israel have clashed over the future of post-war Gaza Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that Israel “will not settle for anything short of an absolute victory,” defiantly rejecting…

TIA Warns Congress Of Rampant Fraud In Trucking By John Gallagher of OilPrice.com Rampant fraud in trucking has become an $800 million problem and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is not…

3 Gun Rights Cases Before the Supreme Court You Should Know About Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), (Illustration by The Epoch Times, Getty Images, Shutterstock) Both sides…

Netanyahu In Blistering Rebuke Of US Post-War Plans: “Israel Will Control Entire Area From The River To The Sea” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that he informed the White House that…

Paris has been a party to the conflict since 2022, Stevan Gajic has said One of the reasons France has backed Ukraine is that Russia has helped many of its former African…

Legal Blow: Hunter’s Defense Hammered By Discovery Of Cocaine On Gun Pouch Authored by Jonathan Turley, Attorney Abbe Lowell has faced a series of legal blows in his defense of Hunter Biden,…

Baltimore-Philadelphia In “Hammer Zone” Of Next Winter Storm A winter storm earlier this week ended a nearly two-year snow drought in cities including Washington, DC, Baltimore, and New York City. Another storm threatens metro…

The World’s Coal-Fired Power-Generation Hit A Record High In 2023 By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com Global coal-fired power generation reached a record-high level in 2023, per data from environmental think tank Ember…

In a court filing two weeks ago [SEE pdf HERE], one of the co-defendants in the Fulton County election case against President Trump presented very specific details of an intimate relationship between…

Estonia’s Kallas might replace Josep Borrell as the bloc’s foreign policy head Estonian PM Kaja Kallas, an outspoken critic of Russia, is rumored to be on the “dream team” of women some…

Chinese Lab Sequenced COVID-19 Weeks Before Beijing Disclosed Data Once again the timeline surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted – this time with the revelation that a researcher based in Beijing had…

The Biggest, New Reporting Law For Business That You Probably Never Heard Of Is Ripe For Political Abuse By Mark Glennon of Wirepoints Ownership of almost all small businesses has always been…

“We’ve Memory-Holed How Awful Things Were” – Axios Beclowns Itself In Anti-Trump Rant Establishment friendly news outlet Axios has gone full BuzzFeed in a ham-handed ‘gotcha’ – suggesting that Trump supporters are…

There comes a time in every failing presidential campaign when the political consultants reorganize to take advantage of the smaller bucket of cash.  Team DeSantis is not trying to win in New…