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The ‘Liberal Gap’ Opening Up Between American Men & Women According to conventional wisdom, how conservative or liberal someone is would largely be determined by their age. However, as Statista’s Katharina Buchholz…

European Parliament member Biljana Borzan has urged the legislative body to look into the phenomenon of ‘skimpflation’, which she says began with the Ukraine conflict The quality of goods and services is…

The US Housing Market: Rent-Serfs & Artificial Scarcity Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Unleash the powers of unlimited credit and excess capital on a limited, essential resource such as…

Ursula von der Leyen is too hawkish on Russia for the job, Olaf Scholz reportedly told the White House German Chancellor Olaf Scholz intervened last year to prevent European Commission President Ursula…

The victims in the town of Panteleymovka include a 15-year-old girl, Denis Pushilin has said At least four people have been killed and six others injured in a Ukrainian strike in the…

Conspiracy Theory Debunker Finds Real Conspiracies Authored by Doran Howitt via The Brownstone Institute, The 2023 book Misbelief by Dan Ariely belongs to a genre I would label “debunking Covid conspiracy theories.” The book…

EU “Suicide Pact” Threatens To Flood Continent With 75 Million More Migrants Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, The EU has passed a migration pact dubbed “the suicide of Europe” which…

Texas To Build Military “Base Camp” On Mexico Border To House 1,800 Soldiers In the latest signal of his resolve to stem the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States, Texas Governor…

Ukrainian troops are pulling back to avoid encirclement and destruction, the president has said The Ukrainian military’s decision to withdraw from the Donbass stronghold of Avdeevka under relentless Russian pressure was “absolutely…

Budapest will continue to refrain from supplying weapons to Kiev, Defense Minister Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczky has said The West is not ready to supply Ukraine with weapons for its conflict with Russia indefinitely,…

The country’s foreign minister has warned that “decoupling from China” will eventually backfire on Washington Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to remove sanctions on the…

The seizure of the country’s reserves would jeopardize the “immunity” of national assets worldwide, Elvira Nabiullina warns The global financial system would be disrupted if Brussels and Washington go through with threats…

The activist’s passing is just an excuse for Washington to push for new sanctions, Anatoly Antonov has said The US reaction to the death in prison of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny…

The Biden administration has publicly disclosed sensitive details of a potential UAV sale to New Delhi, drawing the interest of its hostile neighbors Indian Army Chief Gen. Manoj Pande concluded a four-day…

Disruptions in the Red Sea have also increased delivery times on some routes by up to 15 days, Paolo Gentiloni has said The disruptions to shipping caused by Houthi rebel attacks on…

Reported deliberations over shipments come as West Jerusalem says it is preparing a new offensive in Gaza The administration of US President Joe Biden is preparing to transfer a batch of bombs…

The covert operation required deep knowledge of the country’s infrastructure, a source has said Israel conducted clandestine strikes against two key natural gas pipelines in Iran this week, marking an escalation in…

Hotel Rooms Or Homes? Even with Airbnb posting a net loss of $500 million in its fourth quarter of 2023, the past year was a success story for the short-term rental platform, which increased its…

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 restrictions were imposed after a dangerous pest that carries cholera was found in shipments of the fruit   Russia has lifted its partial ban on imports of bananas from Ecuador, the…

The customs authorities claim that a part found in the vehicles was made using forced labor in China Thousands of Volkswagen Group luxury cars have been seized by US customs due to…

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…

Industry leaders pledged to combat uses of artificial intelligence that could “deceive voters” Twenty major technology companies have vowed to stop misleading AI-generated content from disrupting elections around the globe, with the…

RFK Jr: The Wuhan Cover-Up & The Rise Of The Biowarfare-Industrial Complex Authored by Debbie Lerman via The Brownstone Institute, The Wuhan Cover-Up and the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Skyhorse Publishing, December 3, 2023)…

Moscow previously slammed the transfer as a “rash decision” that was never authorized by the Kremlin Ecuador has scrapped a planned sale of outdated Russian and Ukrainian military equipment to Washington in…

Tennis Courts Slated For Empty Manhattan Lot After Office Tower Plans Postponed Vornado Realty Trust appears to have abandoned plans for an office tower near Madison Square Garden as the commercial real…

How Progressive Policies Are Designed For Civilizational Suicide Authored by John D. O’Connor via American Greatness, We all understand, in the timeless words of the poet Robert Burns, that the best laid…

America’s Dysfunctional Overclass Authored by Michael Barone via The Epoch Times, What does America’s overclass think of the rest of us? The short answer is “not much.” They think ordinary people’s splurging…

The national security state is the main driver of censorship and election interference in the United States. “What I’m describing is military rule,” says Mike Benz. “It’s the inversion of democracy.” CTH…

Speaking from Mar-a-Lago, President Trump sounds off on the $355 million judicial verdict in his NYC civil fraud trial. WATCH: . Posted in 1st Amendment, 4th Amendment, Activist Judges, Big Government, Big…

Elite Colleges Reconsidering SAT Score Requirements Authored by Eric Lundrum via American Greatness, Several elite universities are considering reversing recent decisions to reduce or even eliminate requirements for application that include standardized…

The ten-year pact mirrors the defense agreements Kiev recently signed with Berlin and London France and Ukraine signed a bilateral security pact during Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s visit to Paris on Friday….

As expected, the goofy Judge Arthur Engoron gave a ruling Friday [FULL pdf HERE] ordering President Trump to pay nearly $350 million in penalties for “business fraud.”  However, without any victim and…

House OKs Bill Prohibiting Any Normalization With Syria Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, On Wednesday, the House passed a bill that prohibits the US from opening diplomatic relations with the Syrian government of…

Visualizing Racial Diversity In America’s 10 Largest States Over the last decade, America has become increasingly more diverse as demographic patterns shift across the population. With over 39 million people, California is…

“Biden Reelection Chances Do Not Look Favorable”: Political, Economic Indicators “Not Promising”, Gallup Finds By Jeffrey Jones and Megan Brennan of Gallup Several key indicators of the 2024 election environment indicate that…

The US billionaire has claimed to be under “relentless attacks” for allowing free speech on his social media platform Tesla CEO Elon Musk has claimed that his foray into social media –…

Maryland Proposes Raising Registration Fee For Pickup Trucks As if the Federal government wasn’t doing enough to try and incentivize buying EVs by subsidizing purchases and shaming people who drive ICE vehicles,…

Study Finds 80% Of Americans Exposed To Fertility-Lowering Chemicals In Cheerios, Quaker Oats Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, According to a recent study, four in five Americans tested positive…

Russian Media Thrilled By Biden’s LNG “Gift” To Putin This week, President Vladimir Putin praised President Joe Biden as a more experienced and predictable president than Donald Trump, hoping the 81yo president “with…

California Counties Could Be Forced To Pay $300 Million To Cover COVID-Era Program Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times, With the state and some local governments facing significant budget shortfalls…

Israel Spying On US Inquiries Into West Bank Settler Violence – With Goal Of Thwarting Sanctions Israeli intelligence has been spying on information shared with the US government by the Palestinian Authority…

The #1 Warning Sign Capital Controls Are Coming Soon & 4 Ways To Beat Them Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, Weekends and holidays are the perfect time to catch people off…

General Aleksandr Syrsky has ordered the move from Avdeevka to “more favorable lines” Ukrainian troops have been ordered to leave the city of Avdeevka, Kiev’s newly-appointed commander-in-chief has said, claiming the decision was…

The former US president has been barred from operating his companies in New York and ordered to pay $354 million in penalties A New York judge has temporarily barred former US President…

US Farmland Value Hits Record High Amid Tighter Credit Conditions  According to a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, farmland values across the Midwest crop belt hit a record high…

Biden Ignored Advice, Pushed Afghanistan “Unconditional Withdrawal”: Former Ambassador Authored by John Haughey via The Epoch Times, President Joe Biden discarded advice to maintain a military presence in Afghanistan unless the Taliban…

Only 30% Of Renters Who Moved In The Last Two Years Became Homeowners, New Study Shows A new study has revealed why Americans are moving – and where they’re moving to. The…

Slave Descendants Want $74,000,000,000 From Saint Louis University Authored by Matt Lamb via The College Fix, Saint Louis University should hand over $74 billion in reparations to the descendants of slaves who…

A letter signed by 84 House Republicans has called for the president to prove his mental fitness following a damning report A former White House physician and 83 other US House Republicans…

The dire situation in Avdeevka means Congress must approve aid to Kiev, the US military has said The Ukrainian government desperately needs billions more in aid from the US, a senior Pentagon…

Statements blaming Moscow came within mere minutes and seemed to follow a template The US and its European allies seem to have used prepared talking points to immediately blame Russia for the…

“Civil War, Nuclear War, Economic Collapse… Maybe All Three?” Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, Speed… and… Action “It’s like every other two-minute clip I watch of this Fani Willis interview…

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has said the agreement proves “Ukraine will be in NATO” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky have signed a security pact under which Berlin will…

Bitcoin & Black Gold Bid As Stagflation Fears Wreck 52-Year-Old Equity Win-Streak The S&P 500 was on course for its 15th positive week of the last 16, but a late-day sell-off spoiled…

Watch Live: Matt Taibbi Refutes Lesley Stahl’s Infamous Trump Surveillance ‘Eye-Roll’ Authored by Matt Taibbi via Racket News, The flagship CBS news show still hasn’t corrected its infamous eye-roll over surveillance of…

Not Sure Which Way To Bet? What About Both… By Jan-Patrick Barnert, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist At this stage of the market’s narrative you basically have three options: Go with…

US Banks Saw $65BN Deposit Flight Last Week, Loan Volumes Shrank Having seen The Fed’s QT appear to stall in February, as Reverse Repo liquidity withdrawal accelerates, all eyes are once again…

Harvard Slapped With Congressional Subpoena Over “Failure To Satisfy” Antisemitism Probe On Friday morning, the House Education and the Workforce Committee revealed on social media platform X that it is serving subpoenas…

The World Is Bracing For An Apocalyptic Future Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, When you imagine our collective future, what do you see?  Today, most people do not envision a positive…

Satellite imagery has shown construction work next to the Palestinian enclave as Israel prepares to launch a ground offensive The Egyptian government has reportedly started work on a wall near the country’s…

NY Judge Hits Trump With $364 Million Penalty For Alleged Fraud New York Judge Arthur Engoron has ordered former President Donald Trump to pay $364 million for allegedly defrauding banks in order…

House Refuses To Pass Another Shutdown Stopgap As Centrists Craft Pared-Down Ukraine Package The #3 Republican in the House on Thursday said that the chamber will not pass another temporary spending bill…

Life-Long Charity Volunteer Fired For Not Understanding Pronouns Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A woman who has volunteered at a charity organisation for 60 years of her life was told she…

‘Sora’ can generate complex scenes, but will be restricted before its eventual release OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has announced a new tool that turns text prompts into computer-generated videos. The program…

The politically minded blogger wore many hats over a career that spanned two decades Alexey Navalny collapsed and died on Friday, in a prison colony north of the Arctic circle where he…

A newly released study has found that General Aleksandr Syrsky enjoys far less public confidence than his predecessor A newly released Ukrainian poll has revealed declining public confidence in the country’s civilian…

Cracks Form In Another Corner Of The CRE Market The banking sector is facing renewed turmoil following significant credit losses and write-downs on US commercial real estate loans, primarily in office and…

California Dems Push Bill Paving Way To Free College Tuition For Black Students Authored by Jennifer Kabbany via The College Fix, A bill making its way through the California legislature could, if…

UK Retail Store Sends Gender Identity Magazine With Tips For Chest-Binding Children To 70,000 Employees Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A British retail store is facing a massive boycott after it…

Netanyahu Defiant After Biden Phone Call, Rejects Push For Palestinian State Following a Thursday phone call with US President Joe Biden, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is again pushing back against the intensifying…

Despite bans and extensive sanctions, the bloc has continued to import oil, petroleum products and natural gas from Moscow Russia supplied just over €29 billion ($31.2 billion) worth of energy to the…

White House representative John Kirby did not appreciate the Russian president’s praise Russia should stay away from US elections altogether, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters at the White House…

The country’s citizens are constantly hammered by news of ‘Russian orcs,’ but they still want peace, Nikolay Azarov says Ukrainian propaganda seeks to dehumanize and instill hatred toward Russians, but it has…

Fed Chair Powell Just Said The Quiet Part Out Loud Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Regarding the surprisingly strong employment data, Fed Chair Powell said the quiet part out loud. The…

With an investigation ongoing, Dmitry Peskov cautioned Western leaders against making “rabid statements” Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) is taking all the necessary steps to investigate the death of Alexey Navalny, and…

Moscow has described the decision by Latvia as “inhumane” Russian citizens holding permanent residence status in Latvia may be legally deported if they fail to pass a language exam, Riga’s Constitutional Court…

EU Markets Not Immune From New World Disorder Of ‘No Article V’ Trump Office By Teeuwe Mevissen, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank This week shocked European leaders from Helsinki to Brussels and…

Moscow is currently “trapped” in the Ukraine conflict, John Kirby has claimed The US does not believe Russia poses a direct threat to NATO’s eastern flank in the near future, White House…

The bank accounts of the Congress and its youth wing were temporarily frozen on Friday The Congress, the largest opposition party in India, claimed on Friday that its bank account had been…

The US’ allies need to “pay up” to keep the aid flowing to Kiev, the Republican frontrunner has said NATO countries “laugh at the stupidity of the United States” for spending so…

The North African nation has announced plans to use national currencies in trade within BRICS Egypt plans to negotiate a shift away from the US dollar toward national currencies for settling trade…

The explosive story is not a ploy to ram Ukraine aid through Congress, a senior spokesman has said The US intelligence community believes that Russia is developing a space-based anti-satellite weapon but…

GoFundMe Shuts Down Tornado Cash Legal Defense Crowdfunding Authored by Arijit Sarkar via Cointelegraph.com, American crowdfunding platform GoFundMe canceled a fundraiser dedicated to collecting legal fees for the co-founder of controversial cryptocurrency…

Super Micro Meltdown As 3rd Leg Of Market Melt-Up Stool Breaks After its 250% rally over the past 21 trading days, Super Micro (SMCI) is… umm… red! It’s been up 18 of…

London is more aggressive than Washington with its actions in the Ukraine conflict, the Russian foreign minister has claimed  Britain is behaving even more aggressively than the US with its actions in…

Peter Schiff: Inflation And Biden’s Blame Game Via SchiffGold.com, During this week’s Super Bowl ads, Biden slammed greedy corporations for inflation. In his most recent podcast, Peter explains exactly what’s happening with inflation, and why Biden’s…

Brussels is aiming to supply Kiev with longer-range weapons as it can’t defeat Moscow using its current methods, the foreign minister said The EU is a direct participant in the Ukraine conflict…

Fast-Moving Clipper System To Blast Mid-Atlantic With Snow A fast-moving clipper system will dump snow across the Upper Midwest, North Central Appalachia, Mid-Atlantic, and parts of the Northeast on Friday into Presidents’…

Russia perceives the West as “swindlers” and does not trust it to act in good faith, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said Moscow is no longer willing to make any concessions in…

Many East Palestine Residents Question Intentions Of Biden’s Visit A Year After Toxic Train Derailment Authored by Jeff Louderback via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), On the day of President Joe Biden’s…

Federal prosecutors argue that the US president and his son did not receive $5 million from a Ukrainian energy company An FBI informant has been charged with falsely claiming to his handlers…

Housing Starts Collapsed In January – Biggest MoM Decline Since COVID Lockdowns After single-family home starts plunged in December, analysts did not expect much of a bounce back in January as rates…

Producer Prices Surged In January As Services Costs Soared After the hotter-than-expected CPI (which has been shrugged off entirely by the stock market), Producer Prices were expected to rebound very modestly MoM…

The central bank had previously hiked rates at five successive meetings over a six-month period Russia’s central bank left its key interest rate unaltered at 16% at its scheduled meeting on Friday,…

The September Surprise Authored by Heather Higgins via RealClear Wire, What’s a Democrat to do? President Biden’s poll numbers seem set in quicksand. Now the special counsel’s justification for not recommending charges…

Stocks Set To Make It A Record 15 Weeks Higher Out Of 16 As Tech Surge Goes On After stocks successfully recovered from a mid-week rout following the much hotter than expected…

Kiev’s local commander has said the situation in Avdeevka is “critical,” with one brigade partially encircled Ukrainian troops are “maneuvering” in the key Donbass stronghold of Avdeevka and the surrounding areas, Brigadier…

The Gold/Silver Ratio Says Silver’s Still Cheap Via SchiffGold.com, The silver price has dipped since December, from almost $26 per ounce to around $22 today. We reported on silver being a relative bargain at…

US neocolonialist policies are hurting the world as the majority strives for a more just future, the ex-Russian president says The “rules-based order” touted by the US is an illusion that Washington…