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The former congresswoman has reportedly been placed on the TSA ‘Quiet Skies’ watchlist The US government has put former Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard on a special air traffic surveillance list, according to…

Naval and aerial drills were reportedly a response to joint exercise involving Philippines, US, Canadian and Australian forces China has conducted a combat patrol near disputed territory in the South China Sea,…

Combatting China’s Legacy Chip Threat: Time To Revive Section 421 Authroed by Jonathan Harman & Lillian Ellis via RealClearDefense, The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has long sought to make geopolitical competitors…

‘Stolen Valor’: Walz Under Fire For Bailing On Iraq Tour, Then Lying About Combat Deployment Kamala Harris’ VP pick Tim Walz has come under fire over his extreme left-wing policies, from joking…

I Thought Gold Was A Safe Haven! Why Did It Tank With Stocks? Authored by Mike Maharrey via Money Metals, And in the blink of an eye, the expectation of a “soft”…

Stocks Plunge After Ugly 10Y Auction Tails Bigly Amid all the chaos in markets over the past few days, it is perhaps no surprise that ‘demand’ for bonds would be somewhat weaker….

Student protests against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina led to 440 lives lost, ending not just her 16-year reign but also her political career A student-led movement against a quota system which secured government…

Washington intends to ask Kiev about what’s going on, a spokesman has said The US intends to get more information from Kiev about the Ukrainian attack on Russia’s Kursk Region, the White…

Confidence Is The Underappreciated Economic Engine Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Ask economists how they forecast economic activity. It’s likely they will mention productivity, demographics, debt, the Fed, interest rates, and…

Diamond Hands: Mt.Gox Creditors HODL Bitcoin Despite 10-Year Wait Authored by Francisco Rodrigues via CoinTelegraph.com, Mt. Gox was once a dominant cryptocurrency exchange, but a devastating security breach caused it to collapse…

WTI Extends Bounce Off 6-Mo Lows After Sixth Straight Weekly Crude Draw Oil prices have rebounded strongly overnight on the heels of the BoJ’s big dovish ‘fold’, which trumped the across-the-board inventory…

Comparisons To 1987 Are Multiplying By Benjamin Picton, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank Political Pickers Equity markets closed broadly higher yesterday and bond yields rose to retrace some of the falls over…

White House Believes Iran Backing Down From Israel Strike After Diplomatic ‘Blitz’ The Washington Post has said that intensive international diplomatic efforts to get Iran to step back from launching a new…

Disney CFO Admits Lower-Income Consumers Are “Stressed & Shaving Time Off At Parks”  Shares of Walt Disney Co. are lower in premarket trading following mixed third-quarter results on Wednesday. Disney’s streaming and movie businesses reported…

Hugo Boss stores will reportedly reopen in autumn and Christian Dior has applied to register new trademarks in the country Stores of German fashion brand Hugo Boss will reopen in Russia this…

An invading force of some 1,000 servicemen and dozens of armored vehicles has entered Russia’s Kursk Region What happened? Early on Tuesday, the Ukrainian military launched a major raid on Russia’s Kursk…

EU NatGas Soars As 1,000-Soldier Ukraine Raid Into Russia Captures Key Gas Facility The Kremlin has announced that its forces thwarted a major ground assault from Ukraine forces into Russia’s southwestern Kursk…

Only essential personnel will stay to assist citizens remaining in the country amid political turmoil New Delhi has evacuated all non-essential staff and their families from its embassy and consulates in Bangladesh,…

The attack was set for June 1945, according to transcripts of interrogations of a senior Nazi official, declassified by the FSB Adolf Hitler planned to use nuclear weapons against the USSR in…

Kiev has managed to offend a whole lot of countries by openly supporting terrorists in a weird act of anti-diplomacy The government of Mali has officially severed diplomatic ties with Ukraine. Ukraine…

Airbnb Shares Plunge On Slowing US Demand As Consumer Downturn Worsens Shares of Airbnb plummeted in premarket trading in New York after the company reported disappointing second-quarter earnings, falling short of Wall Street’s…

Sheikh Hasina had fled Dhaka amid violent protests Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has had her US visa revoked and is now exploring asylum options in the UAE and European countries,…

Washington is preparing to help its key ally fend off an imminent retaliatory strike by Iran, the secretary of state says All parties in the Middle East, including Israel, should refrain from…

How Progressive Is Tim Walz? Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Yesterday, a friend told me that Walz was not as much a Liberal Progressive as I thought. Let’s investigate. What the…

Kiev has suffered an estimated 315 casualties during the attempted incursion, the Russian military has reported Ukraine’s attempted incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region has been halted, the chief of the Russian General…

Engineers from the Russian firm are on a four-day visit to Burkina Faso to discuss the project Representatives of the Russian state nuclear power firm Rosatom are on a working visit to…

The Japanese city has angered Western diplomats by failing to invite Israel’s envoy to the commemoration event Senior diplomats representing Washington and London in Japan will not attend a ceremony in Nagasaki…

The prosecution of a journalist in Estonia shows that the West is becoming a “neoliberal dictatorship,” the Foreign Ministry has claimed The West is turning into an “neoliberal dictatorship” that is intolerant…

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been appointed after mass student protests forced the nation’s prime minister to resign Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus, known as the “banker to the poor,” will…

Knives For Netflix? The Unusual Proposal By German Police Union Chief To Reduce Crime Authored by Thomas Brooke via ReMix News, A German police union chief has urged the government to consider…

Israel Lobby Takes Out Second ‘Squad’ Member As Cori Bush Loses Primary Tuesday’s Missouri primary delivered the latest demonstration of the Israel lobby’s formidable power, as progressive Democratic “Squad” Rep. Cori Bush…

Futures Soar, Yields And Oil Jump After BOJ Capitulation Nukes Yen, Restarts Carry Trade And just like that, the great carry trade freak out – which started exactly one week ago when…

Novo Shares Drop Most In Two Years On “Disappointing Ozempic & Wegovy Misses” Novo Nordisk shares in Copenhagen fell 7.7%, marking the steepest intraday plunge in two years. The Danish pharmaceutical giant…

Türkiye must quickly curb the flow of American military-linked hardware to Moscow, Washington has reportedly demanded Türkiye will face “consequences” if it continues to allow the sale to Russia of American civilian…

Weathering The Storm: Experts Weigh In On Recession Preparation Authored by Russ Jones via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Monday saw a sharp decline in stocks as investors worldwide felt the impacts…

Xi Jinping Turns China Into ‘Fortress Economy’ To Withstand External Shocks: Report In a strategic pivot designed to safeguard China’s economic stability amid escalating global uncertainties, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi…

Zelensky Taunts The West As Too “Concerned” About Escalation Of War Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFPlan.com, Ukraine’s ruler, Volodymyr Zelensky, is continuing to taunt the West in an attempt to expand…

Kiev has been indiscriminately attacking civilians, the Russian president has said Ukraine has conducted its latest large-scale provocation against Russia by launching an attempted incursion into Kursk Region, President Vladimir Putin said…

The Turkish foreign minister has stressed that the Middle East can no longer tolerate the Jewish state’s “provocations” Türkiye intends to formally join a genocide case against Israel at the International Court…

Ukraine has lost some 260 troops in the first 24 hours of its attempted incursion in Kursk Region, the Defense Ministry has said Ukraine has lost around 260 troops and 50 pieces…

WHO Director Considers Declaring Public Health Emergency Over Mpox Virus Outbreak Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, The World Health Organization’s director-general said the United Nations health body is considering…

Wife of UK councillor has been indicted after calling on rioters to “set fire” to migrant hotels The wife of a Conservative councillor in the UK has been arrested on charges of…

Russia’s Arctic Energy Expansion: A Geopolitical And Economic Gambit Authored by Simon Watkins via OilPrice.com, Russia’s Arctic Northern Sea Route allows the country to continue exporting oil to China despite sanctions, highlighting…

Euro StableCoin Market Surges Under MiCA Authored by Savannah Fortis via CoinTelegraph.com, The European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) framework is gradually coming into effect in line with its planned implementation timeline. The…

Niger says the move is in solidarity with Mali, which has accused Kiev of backing rebels involved in deadly attacks Niger has severed diplomatic relations with Ukraine in response to Kiev’s alleged…

Manufacturers are hesitant to plough cash into a corrupt nation at war despite pressure from the Pentagon, according to Defense One American arms manufacturers are reluctant to open workshops in Ukraine despite…

The White House responded with “surprise and outrage” to the news of the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, sources have told the paper Israel informed the US that it was responsible for the…

Kiev is doing the bidding of the deep state in Western nations, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has claimed The Ukrainian government has become a terrorist organization acting on behalf of…

Bipartisan House Legislation Aims To Counter China’s Investment In Africa Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times, A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has introduced a new bill that aims to…

Latin America And Southern Europe Are Global Beer Hotspots While many countries have their own special days to celebrate beer, one of the oldest alcoholic beverages known to humankind, International Beer Day is aimed at…

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…

Yahya Sinwar’s appointment follows the assassination of his predecessor, Ismail Haniyeh Hamas has named Yahya Sinwar as the new leader of its political wing, replacing Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran…

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…

The Day After A Nuke Goes Off In Space Authored by Luke Widenhouse via RealClearDefense, In February, it was revealed that Russia has been developing a nuclear-armed anti-satellite weapon. The Biden administration’s…

Democrats ran an unusually early poll on Monday, solidifying Kamala Harris as candidate for the 2024 US election Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz have officially accepted the Democratic…

These Are The Most Dangerous Jobs In The US Some jobs inherently carry significant risks due to factors such as hazardous working conditions, exposure to harmful substances, and the physical demands of…

The Trump Assassination Attempt & The Kennedy Connection Authored by Richard Truesdell and Keith Lehmann via American Greatness, It’s amazing. The attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump happened a little more than three…

Uninsured Americans Now More Than 27 Million: CDC Report Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The percentage of uninsured Americans rose to 8.2 percent in the first quarter of this…

Why Your Job Is More At Risk If You’re Working Remote Authored by Mark Gilman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), No longer just a by-product of the pandemic, remote work has…

The Post-Coup Political Violence In Bangladesh Bodes Ill For Its Future Direction Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, The resignation of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday and her government’s replacement…

Capitulation: Yen Plunges, Nikkei Soars After BOJ’s Uchida Says “Will Not Raise Rates When Markets Are Unstable” It hasn’t been even a full week since the BOJ’s catastrophic decision to hike rates…

US semiconductor company could reportedly face the closure or sale of its UK site after being ditched by Apple as a supplier British military projects could face disruption, after one of the…

Undeterred, CCP To Ignore Risks Of AI Weapons, Experts Say Authored by Petr Svab via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Cutting-edge weapons powered by artificial intelligence are emerging as a global security…

Homeowners Increasingly Tap Home Equity Lines As Savings Rate Plummets With home values at or near record highs nationwide, and savings rates plunging, Americans are increasingly tapping into home equity. While some…

President Trump has announced via Truth Social that Elon Musk will be hosting a conversation between himself and President Trump. pic.twitter.com/PfJzR8rye4 — Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) August…

Middle East On The Brink: Goldman Heads Discuss ‘Interconnected Realities’ Of Markets & Geopolitics Amid Looming Iran Strike  The war drums in the Middle East are getting louder by the hour as…

Elon Musk Revives Lawsuit Against OpenAI And Co-Founders Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, X, and SpaceX, has reignited a legal battle against OpenAI…

Harvard To Offer Class Examining Medieval Texts Through Lens Of ‘Queer Theory’ Via Campus Reform, Harvard University will be offering a course examining medieval texts by using “queer theory.” Harvard’s English department…

Harvard Loses Bid To Toss Lawsuit Over Campus Anti-Semitism Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Harvard University on Aug. 6 lost its bid to throw out a lawsuit that accuses…

Supermicro Craters On Shocking Margin Collapse Despite Euphoric Revenue Guidance, 10-For-1 Stock Split More bad news for the slowly bursting AI bubble. Shares of server-maker Super Micro Computer, which have been among…

World War 3’s Decisive Battle Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, As I’ve discussed recently, I believe proxy wars will determine who wins WW3 and gets to shape the new world order….

X and Rumble are suing a group called GARM for billions in damages Elon Musk has filed an antitrust lawsuit against the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), alleging that it organized…

Kamala Can’t Win Authored by Josiah Lippincott via American Greatness, Megan Thee Stallion can twerk all she wants, but Kamala Harris remains the weakest Democratic presidential candidate since Walter Mondale. The conservative…

Convention Visitors, Here’s The True Impact Of Progressive Government On Illinois And Chicago Via Wirepoints.org, Led by Gov. JB Pritzker in national TV appearances, the political establishment in Illinois and Chicago is…

WTI Dips Back Toward Six-Month Lows After API Reports Across-The-Board Inventory Builds Today saw some respite in the recent rout for oil prices as WTI stalled its decline around $73 (just off…

Estonia claims that Svetlana Burtseva wrote a ‘Russian hybrid war’ handbook Estonia has accused reporter Svetlana Burtseva of treason, violating sanctions on Russia, and writing a book on “hybrid warfare” that sought…

Hezbollah Commander Warns Retaliation Strikes Will Target New Sites Deeper Into Israel As the world awaits an Iranian retaliation strike against Israel, Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah warned Tuesday of ‘strong and effective’ attacks on Israel….

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

“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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…