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Hey Canada, Your Failed Wildfire Management Is Poisoning America’s Skies Representative John James, a Republican from Michigan, penned a blistering letter to Canadian leaders, warning their out-of-control wildfires are “poisoning the air…

VDH: Trump’s Unknown Frontiers Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Donald Trump’s far-ranging counter-revolution, to quote the old Star Trek mission statement, seeks “To boldly go where no one has…

China’s Grip On Critical Minerals Disrupts U.S. Defense Supply Chain In 2023, Raytheon CEO Greg Hayes warned that Beijing effectively has the US military’s supply chain by the balls, thanks to America’s reliance…

Huge Drug And Weapons Haul In French Polynesia Echoes Kash Patel’s Warnings Authored by Rex Wilderstrom via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), While countering Beijing’s influence in the Pacific was chief among…

District Attorney’s Office Announces Largest Gun Trafficking Case In County History Authored by Oliver Mantyk via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), On Aug. 1, District Attorney David Hoovler gave a press conference…

Tyson Foods Confirms Protein Switching Underway Amid Record High Beef Prices  Mega meatpacker Tyson Foods surged 4% in early New York cash trading after posting a surprise quarterly profit and raising its full-year…

Dead? Or Just ‘Mostly’ Dead? Authored by Madelynn McLaughlin via RealClearPolitics, Until recently, anyone who believed there was anything fishy about the U.S. organ donation system was labeled a conspiracy theorist. Yet…

Eric And Donald Trump Jr. To Help Launch New U.S. Manufacturing SPAC Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump are spearheading New America Acquisition I Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) targeting…

On Sunday President Trump remarked that emissary Steve Witkoff was likely to travel to Russia this week, presumably at the request of Kremlin officials.  Earlier President Trump shortened the deadline for Russia to…

CIA Director John Ratcliffe appears on Fox News with Trey Gowdy to discuss the latest batch of declassified documents that underpin the “Russia Collusion Hoax.”  Director Ratcliffe notes what the Durham Annex…

As a sidenote, a few days ago it was reported that AG Pam Bondi was “blindsided” with the criminal referral from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.  The narrative was essentially that…

Interestingly, yesterday I posited some random thoughts about accountability on Teh Twitter, noting that a few dozen random accounts know more about Russiagate individually than any person who has ever sat in…

President Donald Trump is actually doing something almost all presidents’ have failed to do, reduce the size and scale of the federal government. The Washington Post is very concerned about the economic…

A third of the bombs used by West Jerusalem in Gaza are made in Europe, the former EU top diplomat has said The EU can be seen as complicit in the Israeli…

Suspicious Minds Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “It was a coup, and I’m using that term literally … One egregious felony after another.” – Stephen Miller America is tired of being driven…

Kiev’s agents use the messengers to spread misinformation and identify targets, RT has learned Ukrainian intelligence agencies are actively using messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram against Russia, RT has learned. Kiev’s…

Russian Nuclear Submarine Base Damaged By Tsunami, Satellite Images Reveal Last week’s widely reported underwater earthquake off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula (on July 30) resulted in a tsunami which appears…

The Israeli prime minister has reportedly told his cabinet he will fully occupy the enclave, despite concerns it may endanger hostages held by Hamas Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told ministers…

The US and the EU do far more business with Moscow, New Delhi has said India has hit back at US and EU criticism over its oil trade with Russia, saying Western…

Netanyahu Has Reportedly Opted For Permanent Military Occupation Of Gaza Israel’s Channel 12 broadcaster is reporting that the Israeli government has made the decision to occupy the Gaza Strip on a permanent…

Don’t Overlook Hillary Clinton Authored by Kenin Spivak via RealClearPolitics, Before Barack Obama’s CIA Director John Brennan and 50 other intelligence analysts deceived Americans in the run-up to the 2020 election by…

Tom Lee’s BitMine Holdings Top $3 Billion In Largest Global Ethereum Treasury Strategy Aside from Friday’s sudden net outflow, the month of Ethereum’s tenth anniversary was celebrated by an almost unstoppable wave…

EPA’s Lee Zeldin Defends Proposal To Repeal Climate Regulation Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin on Sunday defended plans to repeal…

Staff shortages and lower salary expectations have reportedly been reshaping hiring trends, according to official statistics For the first time in five years, women in Russia are finding jobs faster than men,…

Elon Musk Unveils Grok Update After Controversial Posts By The AI Chatbot Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday unveiled a new update…

The spirit of Helsinki is gone, and so is the old idea of European security This week marks the 50th anniversary of a landmark event in European diplomacy. In 1975, the leaders…

Appeals Court Allows Trump To End Union Bargaining For Some Federal Workers Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal appeals court on Friday paused a lower court…

‘Relatively Simple’ AI Trading Bots Naturally Collude To Rig Markets: Wharton In what should come as a surprise to nobody, ‘relatively simple’ AI bots set loose in simulations designed to mimic real-world stock…

Stripper Index Doesn’t Apply To Bitcoin, OnlyFans Models Say The “stripper index” – an anecdotal measurement that connects economic health with spending on adult entertainment – appears unable to predict Bitcoin’s price….

After Years Of Refusing Reforms, The CPB Accepts Institutional Death Over Political Dishonor Authored by Jonathan Turley, It is official. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting finally accepted death over balance. This week,…

The bloc’s former top diplomat has joined a chorus of officials slamming a deal brokered by the European Commission president The EU will be unable to meet the commitments it made under…

The soldiers destroyed a total of six unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) targeting a freight train, an RT journalist has learned A video showing Russian air defense troops using assault rifles against Ukrainian…

Moscow’s foreign policy solutions might be “disastrous for NATO,” Steve Jermy has argued Russia’s approach to the Ukraine conflict may be a strategy of containment akin to the Cold War-era doctrine used…

Conditions for maintaining a “unilateral moratorium” on the deployment of intermediate-range missiles have “disappeared,” the Foreign Ministry in Moscow has said Moscow believes that conditions for maintaining the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces…

Over 1,000 applications have been filed for the country’s ‘shared values’ visa program in less than a year, government data shows Russia has become an attractive destination for Westerners at odds with…

The Suez Canal Authority has reportedly signaled interest in closer Cairo-Moscow cooperation The authority overseeing Egypt’s Suez Canal is seeking to sign a partnership deal with Russia, RIA Novosti has reported. The…

Abbott Says He’ll Remove Texas Dems Who Fled State To Block GOP Redistricting Vote Absconding to — where else — Chicago, Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives fled the state…

US Deploys F-16 “Super Squadron” Closer To North Korea Border After Kim’s Ultimatum The United States is expanding its military footprint on the Korean Peninsula by establishing another elite air unit near…

Bureau Of Labored Statistics By Bas van Geffen, senior market strategist at Rabobank Non-farm payrolls came in at just 73,000 jobs last month. Moreover, revised estimates for May and June came in…

US Factory Orders Tumbled In June By The Most Since COVID After surging 8.3% higher in May (amid tariff front-running and Boeing orders), US Factory orders tumbled 4.8% in June (as expected)……

Key Events This Week: ISM, Trade Balance And More Earnings Last week was by far the busiest of the year, with a perfect storm confluence of macro, earnings and central bank newsflow…

Oil Jumps As Trump Threatens India With ‘Substantial’ Tariffs For Buying Russian Crude President Trump switched his attention from the domestic jobs figures to the price of oil this morning with a…

Ukraine Claims Drone Strike On 5 Russian Fighter Jets At Crimean Base Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) announced it conducted a successful drone assault on a Russian airbase in Saky, a city in Crimea, in…

Under the guise of “progress,” colonial authorities in the Congo subjected the local population to brutal tyranny At the end of the 19th century, European powers began colonizing and dividing Africa. Belgium,…

US President Donald Trump has recently cast doubt on the impact of restrictions, yet vowed to stay the course Western countries have grown increasingly disillusioned with the impact of sanctions on Russia,…

Cyril Ramaphosa says Pretoria will expand its trade missions into new markets in the coming months to boost exports South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has conceded that South Africa is grappling with…

The terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall last spring killed 149 people and injured hundreds more Four men charged over the terrorist attack on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall last year, which…

Goldman Calls Ferrari Selloff Overdone, Highlights “Unmissable” Entry Point Ferrari shares have plunged since late last week’s quarterly results, which, despite reaffirming full-year guidance, revealed plans to ease vehicle pricing. The move sparked concerns among Citi…

Former FBI Director Wray Hit With Criminal Referral for Lying To Congress Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, Former FBI Director Christopher Wray is now facing a criminal referral to the Department…

Biden Handlers Ready To Unleash Trove Of Embarrassing Kamala Stories In Response To Her Book Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Joe Biden’s inner circle are reportedly preparing to spill all the…

Trump Re-Rages At “RIGGED” Jobs Report President Trump is not done yet with his discussion of the BLS data: (via TruthSocial) Last weeks Job’s Report was RIGGED, just like the numbers prior…

Manila is enthusiastic about weapons from the country, Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. has said The Philippines will seek to purchase military equipment from India when President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr, visits New…

UPenn Student Paper: School Caving To Trump Admin Over Men In Women’s Sports Is “Fascism” By Dave Huber of The College Fix The University of Pennsylvania student paper is very upset the school…

Tesla Board Approves 96 Million Share Stock Award To “Retain” Elon Musk  Tesla’s Board approved a special interim equity award for Elon Musk to compensate and retain him for “extraordinary work”.  “As you…

Gold Signals War – Martin Armstrong Warns Of “Panic Cycle In 2026” Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, Less than two weeks ago, legendary financial and geopolitical cycle analyst Martin Armstrong warned his “Socrates” predictive computer…

Spokesman Dmitry Peskov reaffirmed Moscow’s commitment to nonproliferation after Trump announced a redeployment of nuclear submarines The Kremlin has urged caution in making public statements involving nuclear weapons, following US President Donald…

Tesla Fined $243 Million By Florida Jury In Autopilot Crash Lawsuit Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Tesla shares responsibility for an accident involving its vehicle’s Autopilot system,…

Futures Rise, Recovering From Friday’s Dump On Rising Rate Cut Expectations Futures are higher as markets rebound from last week’s sell-off amid increased expectations the Fed will ride to the rescue with…

Pretoria’s foreign and trade ministries say they remain in talks with the White House in pursuit of a “mutually beneficial” trade deal South Africa poses no trade threat to the US economy…

Providing Kiev with US-made air defense systems which are in short supply is “scary,” a source has told Euractiv Some EU countries providing US-made Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine may have…

As the West accuses New Delhi of “supporting Russia’s war” by importing its crude, the nation of 1.4 billion people defines its red lines With American rhetoric against India becoming more openly coercive,…

The country’s authorities lack the tools to monitor uncontrolled migration, the deputy speaker has said Poland’s police and security services want to reinstate visas for some countries, including Ukraine, a senior opposition…

A sabotage operation endangering maritime traffic could allegedly be used to justify a NATO crackdown on Russian exports The British secret services are considering using Ukrainian forces to stage a sabotage operation…

Seven other passengers who were traveling to an Orthodox monastery are in critical condition A 68-year-old woman has been killed and 16 people injured, including seven in critical condition, after a bus…

Mokhethi Shelile has said garment exports are no longer viable under current conditions as the country seeks new partners in Africa and Europe The Kingdom of Lesotho is actively pivoting away from…

The athletes placed fourth in the overall medal count while competing under neutral status at the event in Singapore Russian swimmers have placed fourth in the medal standings at the 2025 World…

Skilled machinists who contribute to the protection of the US deserve better contract terms, labor union representatives have insisted Workers at several Boeing Defense plants opted to down tools, risking significant disruption…

The Special Counsel Office is reportedly probing Jack Smith for possible election law violations The US Office of Special Counsel has launched a formal investigation into the Justice Department prosecutor who led…

German Military Sees 28% Surge In Recruits As Leaders Hype Russia Threat Germany’s historic reversal on its military posture and stregnth has long been on display since near the start of the…

Russia’s Nuclear Ambitions Face Funding Crisis Via Eurasianet.org,m Russian energy entities, including Rosatom, are experiencing significant financing difficulties, raising doubts about their ability to fulfill international energy project commitments. Kazakhstan has decided to…

Go Ahead And Rage At Boomers, But The Problem Is The Entire Economic Order Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The entire economic order is bankrupt–ideologically, politically and financially. A…

Washington values its “strong” relations with Morocco and recognizes Rabat’s sovereignty over Western Sahara, the US leader has said The US considers Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara “serious, credible, and realistic,”…

A top-level summit can only take place once the necessary preparation is done by experts, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russian President Vladimir Putin will be open to a meeting with Ukraine’s…

An unexploded aircraft crashed next to a rail line, causing transport delays, officials have said Ukrainian drones launched overnight have disrupted passenger rail traffic and caused a power outage in Russia’s Volgograd…

Most Americans Won’t Get COVID-19 Booster This Fall, Survey Says Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A majority of Americans said they will likely not receive a COVID-19…

Some will never return to the military after feeling they are being treated “like animals,” Anna Skorokhod has said Almost 400,000 Ukrainian servicemen have abandoned their units without authorization, and many –…

Seoul and Pyongyang have recently stopped propaganda broadcasts as part of a thaw in relations South Korea has begun dismantling loudspeakers along the border with North Korea, Yonhap News Agency reported on…

President Trump holds an impromptu press conference as he heads back to Washington DC. Topics included the Russia/Ukraine conflict, the fighting in Gaza against Hamas and more. Presidential Emissary Steve Witkoff will…

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 bloc’s economy is weakening due to reduced cooperation with Russia, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Grushko has said The EU has suffered losses exceeding €1 trillion ($1.15 trillion) since drastically reducing energy…

The Serbian and Russian presidents were invited to attend World War II commemorations hosted by Xi Jinping in Beijing Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said he hopes to meet with his Russian…

New Delhi’s purchase of Russian oil is not acceptable, US Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller has said Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller has accused New Delhi of “effectively”…

Government Censorship Of The Internet Is Worse Than EVER In The UK Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, It’s been one week since the British government’s odious ‘Online Safety Act’ came into…

The Bureaucratic Tumor Killing Europe By Thomas Kolbe Bureaucracy is flourishing in Germany and the EU like never before. Budget planning in Berlin and Brussels offers a clear glimpse into the state…

The US president imposed tariffs nearly four times higher than what Switzerland had expected Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter is facing backlash after trade talks with Washington collapsed following a “disastrous” phone call…

RFK Jr. Announces Repeal Of Policy That Rewarded Hospitals For Reporting Staff Vaccination Rates Authored by Jeff Louderback via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), In his department’s latest move related to vaccine-related…

What To Know About 7-OH, The Synthetic Opioid Derived From Kratom Facing An FDA Ban Authored by Savannah Hulsey Pointer via The Epoch Times, A synthetic opioid derived from the kratom plant…

The Quality Of Data Is Not Strained By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities It is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. Please forgive the Shakespearean indulgence, but…

Special envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Russia to discuss Ukraine just ahead of the US president’s self-imposed sanctions deadline US President Donald Trump has confirmed that his special envoy, Steve Witkoff,…

NORAD has reported five separate incursions into restricted airspace over Bedminster over the weekend US fighter jets were scrambled on Sunday to intercept a civilian aircraft that violated restricted airspace over President…

Boeing Defense Union Set To Strike For First Time Since 1996 The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 837, representing 3,200 Boeing defense workers across Missouri and Illinois and affiliated…

Taibbi: The New York Times Can’t Stop Sucking Authored by Matt Taibbi via Racket News, Predictably, the New York Times pooh-poohed the release of the classified annex to the Durham report. Charlie Savage wrote: Kash…

Ukraine’s Anti-Graft Agencies Say They Uncovered Major Drone Procurement Bribery Case Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies said on Aug. 2 they had uncovered a…

The Brazilian leader accused Washington of economic blackmail and vowed to defend national sovereignty Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has accused the United States of having “helped stage a coup”…

“Forecast Models Perk Up”: Atlantic Hurricane Season Enters Active Months Only three named storms (Andrea, Barry, and Chantal) have formed so far during this year’s Atlantic hurricane season. While it’s been quiet…

The European Commission president was allegedly worried the US could stop military aid to Ukraine or even pull out troops from Europe European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen agreed to a…

Ample support from the German authorities makes Ukrainian refugees less willing to work, Markus Soder believes Berlin should bar all Ukrainian refugees from getting increased social benefits normally only reserved for German…

No End To World Hunger By 2030 2024 saw some progress in the fight against world hunger after the number of undernourished people rose once again between 2017 and 2021 due to global crisis…

America voted to end “fighting foreign wars” when it elected Donald Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene has said US politicians who back funding for Kiev risk losing the support of their voters, US…