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The president has no more allies and is a traitor to the nation, Viktor Medvedchuk has said President Vladimir Zelensky has antagonized all his allies, both domestic and foreign, and is doomed…

Renovations to the London landmark have been repeatedly postponed, despite complaints from staffers and watchdogs Politicians and aides alike “dread” coming to work at Westminster Palace, Politico reported on Tuesday, describing how…

The former officials have been accused of abusing power Former Polish interior minister Mariusz Kaminski and his deputy Maciej Wonsik have been arrested and are facing prison over accusations of abuse of…

Massive protests have broken out as Berlin continues to pile cash on Ukraine instead of supporting its own workers Farmers and their tractors started gathering on Monday here in Berlin as well…

Demand has spiked due to Western efforts to arm Kiev, the Swedish military chief of staff has said The deficit of ammunition in Europe has led to inflated prices as Western nations…

The Goldilocks Narrative Reigns For Now Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Market narratives have been around for ages. However, the internet and, more recently, social media allow narratives to spread much…

The PKB-500U Drel has reportedly completed all trials amid the conflict with Ukraine This year, Russia will reportedly start mass-producing a new gliding aerial bomb which has been in development for years….

Felix Tshisekedi has been reelected as leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo with more than 73% of the vote The Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday declared…

Poland’s Obstruction In Nord Stream Pipeline Probe Raises Alarm For Investigators At this point, one might be forgiven for thinking that the Nord Stream pipelines sabotage is already ancient history. After all,…

It marks the fourth time Uralchem Group has donated agriculture supplies to the continent A ship carrying a humanitarian cargo of 23,000 metric tons of fertilizers bound for Zimbabwe has reached Beira…

The South American nation has been hit by a wave of armed gang violence Ecuadorian state-run oil producer Petroecuador has announced that it has stepped up security measures at its facilities amid…

Blue States Just Can’t Stop Taxing Authored by Stephen Moore via The Epoch Times, The latest Census Bureau data on population changes in America should have been a wake-up call to lawmakers…

Where Boeing’s 737 Max 9 Is In Operation On Friday January 5, the ‘door plug’, replacing a possible extra exit in the fuselage of a Boeing 737 Max 9 operated by Alaska Airlines, was…

An incident in which a panel ripped off a 737 Max-9 plane has led to the aircraft model being grounded in multiple countries Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has acknowledged design faults that resulted…

America’s Biggest Problem Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, Survey after survey has shown that Americans overwhelmingly agree that this country is moving in the wrong direction.  So how did we get…

US government debt is unpayable, Roscongress has warned US government debt and the budget deficit present the biggest threat to the global economy this year, Russian government agency Roscongress has said. Washington’s…

Mauritius garment factories that supply PVH, Barbour, and other companies are accused of violating workers’ rights American clothing company PVH, the owner of Tommy Hilfiger, and Calvin Klein, British brand Barbour, and…

Analysis-Paralysis: The Rise To One Million Investment Choices By 2031, there could be one million managed investment products. As the number of investment choices grows, investors are suffering from analysis-paralysis. Visual Capitalist…

The drug was hidden on a ship that arrived from Nicaragua, the customs service reported Agents of the Russian Federal Customs Service (FTS) have intercepted a shipment of cocaine weighing over a…

An action by train drivers, coupled with an ongoing protest by farmers, has brought transportation in many cities to a near halt Train drivers in Germany have gone on a large-scale strike,…

Talks reportedly held in Saudi Arabia last month did nothing to resolve the crisis, the Russian Foreign Ministry has claimed The reported “secret meeting” to discuss a Ukrainian peace plan in Saudi…

Cold weather has caused a surge in energy consumption in the bloc Supplies of natural gas in the EU’s underground storage facilities continue to shrink as cold weather is forcing more fuel…

Membership in the group will “help reduce the Western dominance generally,” Muda Yusuf told RT The prominent Nigerian economist claimed that BRICS memberships are a “win-win situation.” On Tuesday, speaking during an…

Germany Ponders Banning Its Second Most Popular Political Party Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Similar to US states attempting to ban Trump from elections, Germany is discussing banning AfD, its second…

Iran Warns Against US ‘Adventurism’ After Parking Cruise Missile-Armed Warship In Red Sea The Red Sea continues to grow busy with the presence of naval assets, as the West and its allies…

The country’s economy is projected to grow 1.3% this year, according to the latest report The Russian economy outperformed expectations in 2023, according to the latest report by the World Bank, which…

Pyongyang is beefing up its military capabilities, but only for defensive purposes and will not strike first, leader Kim Jong-un has stressed North Korea is prepared for war and will have “no…

US Flies F-16 Fighter Jets Over Bosnia In Threat To Serbs Who Want Secession Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The US flew two F-16 fighter jets over Bosnia and Herzegovina on Monday as…

Russia Is Still – By Far – The World’s Most-Sanctioned Countries In the wake of its invasion of Ukraine, Russia is now the most-sanctioned country in the world, with 16,077 sanctions on Russian…

Mexico’s leader misgendered a political ally, but has disputed claims he was being transphobic Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador apologized on Tuesday to a transgender lawmaker whom he previously described as…

Authorities are urging the population to make the reports in a bid to de-Russify the country Complaints about the use of the Russian language in Ukraine increased 30% last year, as the…

A large hospital in Dnepr is receiving up to 100 soldiers in serious condition daily, an official told the outlet The number of severely wounded Ukrainian soldiers streaming from the frontline to…

Will Orbán Become ‘Emperor’ Of Europe? Brussels Fears Scenario Where He Controls EU Council Presidency Via Remix News, European Council President Charles Michel has confirmed that he will stand in the European Parliament elections….

The US Navy downed a barrage of incoming projectiles during the latest barrage Yemen’s Houthis have fired dozens of missiles and drones toward Red Sea shipping lanes in one of the group’s…

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…

Spending during the holiday season was weaker than expected, according to industry data UK retailers reported lackluster sales around Christmas as consumers continue to struggle amid soaring inflation, the British Retail Consortium…

Factory output dropped in November amid persisting economic headwinds German industrial production dropped for the sixth straight month in November, likely indicating the country entered a recession in the final quarter of…

The Perpetual War On Free Speech Authored by Donald Jeffries via “I Protest” substack, The Founding Fathers made the Constitution palatable by including a Bill of Rights. Without the First 10 Amendments,…

Cyberattack Hits Second Largest US-Non Bank Mortgage Lender US mortgage lender loanDepot confirmed in an 8k filing on Monday that it is the latest victim of a cyberattack that has brought critical…

Plastic Chemicals Causing Infertility, Diabetes Found ‘Widespread’ In Common Food Items: Report Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Many of the foods consumed by Americans are contaminated with…

UAE President Tells Netanyahu: “Ask Zelensky For Money” Via The Cradle, Emirati President Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) refused a request by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pay unemployment stipends to Palestinian…

Mega-Rich Are Forcing Out Millionaires On ‘Billionaires Bunker” Island Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, The mega rich are forcing out millionaires as ‘billionaire bunker’ island, Indian Creek in Miami, Florida,…

First Lady Melania Trump announced the death of her beloved mother, Amalija Knavs, tonight. [Source] Heavenly Father, please provide comfort to the family of Amalija Knavs as they struggle with the pain…

China Dominates The Supply Of US Critical Minerals List Most countries have, for many decades, kept a record of their own critical minerals list. For example, the U.S., drew up a list…

Trump Allies Demand Accountability From Fauci, Not The Former President Authored by Philip Wegmann via RealClear Wire, House Republicans were eager to cross-examine Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former chief White House medical…

Blinken To Israel: Number Of Civilians Killed, ‘Particularly Children,’ Is ‘Far Too High’ US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave a press briefing from Israel on Tuesday, after meeting with Israeli leaders…

If you understand how the Dept of Homeland Security and FBI access and ultimately control the content of social media platforms, specifically the public opinion square of Twitter, then you can start…

The decision comes after Pyongyang fired volleys of artillery near the border with the South South Korea has signaled that it will restart military exercises which were paused as part of a…

FDA Commissioner Promotes Products Off Label, An Illegal Pharma Marketing Scheme Long Criticized By Democrats Authored by Paul Thacker via The Disinformation Chronicle, During his first stint as FDA Commissioner during the…

Illegal Aliens Tried Buying Guns 48,000 Times In 25 Years Over the past 25 years, illegal aliens have attempted to purchase firearms at gun shops just under 48,000 times – only to…

UMich Now Has Over 500 Jobs Dedicated To DEI, Payroll Exceeds $30 Million Authored by Jennifer Karbany via The College Fix, The University of Michigan continues to exponentially grow the number of…

A fuel leak has forced Astrobotic Technology to cancel the nation’s first attempted lunar surface mission in over 50 years US efforts to return to the moon for the first time in…

Michigan is going to be a tough contest, because Wayne County is one of the primary places where Democrat operatives manufacture ballots.  However, that said, President Trump is now leading Joe Biden…

Analysts See “Uranium’s Third Bull Market” Through 2024 So far this week, spot prices for yellowcake – uranium concentrate used in nuclear power generation – reached a new 16-year high, climbing to…

US Appeals Court Blocks California From Banning Guns In Most Public Places Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A U.S. appeals court on Jan. 6 allowed a judge’s…

Office Vacancies Hit Record High Across US Cities As CRE Downturn Worsens Courtesy of the Federal Reserve’s most aggressive interest rate hiking cycle in a generation, a surge in remote work in…

The prime minister has inaugurated the 10th edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit in his home state ahead of national elections India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has on Tuesday inaugurated the Vibrant…

Isaac Herzog has rebuffed the case launched in the Hague by South Africa Israeli President Isaac Herzog has dismissed the genocide lawsuit brought against his country over the staggering civilian deaths in…

Biden Admin Vows To Hunt Down ‘All’ Jan. 6 Suspects – Even Those Who Weren’t There That Day Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Biden administration has…

Another Hezbollah Senior Commander Reportedly Taken Out In Israeli Airstrike Another senior Hezbollah official has been killed in a targeted Israeli drone strike, the day following the killing of elite Hezbollah special…

The SEC quickly said its account had been “compromised” and deleted the X post announcing ETF approval The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) appeared on Tuesday to issue approval for Bitcoin-denominated…

A top military official has admitted that escalating missile and drone attacks have strained Kiev’s defense resources Kiev’s air defense arsenal has been depleted as the country tries to shoot down increasing…

Trans Professor With ‘Be Gay, Do Crimes’ Tattoo Appointed To WHO Taskforce Authored by Micaiah Bilger via The College Fix, Law professor will help create health guidelines for ‘trans, gender diverse people’…

James Wolfe was the Senate Intelligence Committee Security Director who leaked the top-secret Title-1 search warrant FISA application to journalist Ali Watkins on March 17, 2017.  When Wolfe was busted by the…

Claudine Gay Is Only Digging Deeper: Victor Davis Hanson Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via RealClear Wire, It is understandable that Claudine Gay is furious over her forced resignation, her calamitous fall…

“We No Longer Need As Many People”: Duolingo Fires 10% Of Contractors, Will Replace Them With AI It’s what Goldman’s head of TMT trading, Peter Callahan, calls the story of the day:…

Battling terrorism cannot justify extraterritorial strikes which violate international law, experts believe Israel had no right to assassinate a senior Hamas leader and six others in Lebanon last week, UN experts have…

Gunmen have stormed a broadcast studio amid a wave of violence after the country’s president declared a state of emergency A TV news crew in Ecuador has been taken hostage by masked…

First things first, I pray for healing and his recovery; I am commanded to do so. That said, what a bunch of fibbers they are.  You might remember the initial statements about…

‘Science’ In The Service Of The Agenda Authored by Robert Malone via The Brownstone Institute, Starting in the mid-20th century, companies began distorting and manipulating science to favor specific commercial interests. Big…

WTI Holds Gains After API Reports Big Crude Draw, Product Builds Oil prices actually rallied today, reversing a tumble the previous day that was kicked off by Saudi Arabia trimming its official…

SEC Hacked: Chaos Erupts After “Unauthorized” Post On X Signals Approval Of Bitcoin Spot ETF In a stunning update, just minutes later, Gensler has posted on X that this is false and…

Enemies Of The Administrative State Authored by Benjamin Weingarten via RealClear Wire, Amid allegations from conservative lawmakers and activists that Washington, D.C.’s most powerful agencies have been weaponized against their critics, one…

The US military medical center has revealed the reason for Lloyd Austin’s absence US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was treated for prostate cancer in early December and hospitalized last week for…

US Defense Official Visits Guyana Over Venezuela Threat To Oil-Rich Essequibo By Charles Kennedy of Oilprice.com As tensions with Venezuela continue to simmer over President Nicolas Maduro’s attempt to annex oil-rich Essequibo…

Geert Wilders had initially proposed targeting Islamic places of worship and holy books in 2018 Dutch leader Geert Wilders has abandoned three controversial anti-Islamic legislative proposals that critics have deemed unconstitutional, as…

Americans do not want to be associated with the “wanton slaughter of innocent civilians,” the former intelligence officer said US President Joe Biden is alienating voters with his insistence on backing Israel’s…

Bonds, Bullion, & Big-Tech Quiet As Data-Deluge Looms Ahead of Thursday’s CPI print and Friday’s bank earnings, bond markets were quiet today, stocks were choppy, but the S&P ended unchish. Gold was…

Lord Cameron remains confident that the US will approve funding for Kiev The US and its allies will not falter in their support for the Ukrainian cause, and Russia should not count…

Shock Number: 38% Of US Companies Anticipate That They Will Conduct Layoffs In 2024 Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, We experienced a tremendous amount of economic turbulence in…

Papa John’s Blames Middle East On Delayed Store Openings Western companies and franchises showing support for Israel during the conflict with Hamas in Gaza have faced boycotts across the Middle East. McDonald’s…

A Ukrainian Defense Ministry audit has exposed over $262 million in improper expenditures The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has claimed that an internal probe of the country’s military procurement practices revealed $262 million…

This feels like a “new birthday” for him, the athlete told RT Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a decree granting citizenship to a number of prominent foreigners. Renowned US boxer…

How To Navigate The Fed’s New Paradigm Shift Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Will it come in March? Or the summer? When the Federal Reserve makes its first rate cut…

Oil Supertanker Rates Are Soaring After Korean Shipper Sparks Market Frenzy Last week, when looking at the latest global container shipping rates, we observed a surge in prices for all legacy Red…

If Donald Trump can be charged over a speech, George Bush and Barack Obama could also be indicted, the former president’s lawyer argues Former US President Donald Trump’s attorney has argued that…

Lawmakers have voted to end the traditional practice by 2027 South Korea’s parliament voted on Tuesday to ban the sale and consumption of dog meat, which was once a widespread practice in…

First Coupon Auction Of 2024 Is Stellar Sale Of 3Y Paper While not nearly as interesting as the upcoming long-duration 10Y and 30Y auction later this week, all eyes were on today’s…

What’s The Source Of The Astounding 50% Boost In Corporate Profits? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, No wonder Corporate America added $1.2 trillion in profits to be distributed to…

Budapest has reportedly demanded annual reviews scrutinizing the bloc’s assistance to Kiev Hungarian officials have reportedly set conditions for lifting the country’s veto of a €50 billion ($54.6 billion) EU aid package…

The energy required to run high processing chips and cooling systems makes AI like oil – lucrative for humans but with an environmental cost Even as humanity eagerly embraces artificial intelligence despite…

‘Degrowth’ Advocates Misunderstand The Business Cycle Authored by Joel Bauman via SchiffGold.com, December saw a resurgence of “degrowth” advocates in the media, with two articles published by Nature garnering special attention on X (formerly Twitter). The…

Temperatures were “very likely” the highest in 100,000 years, an EU climate watchdog has said The year 2023 was the hottest on record and likely the hottest in tens of thousands of…

Trump Warns Of ‘Big Trouble’ If Supreme Court Rules Against Ballot Access Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Former President Donald Trump warned there would be “big trouble”…

Western Allies Met Secretly With Ukraine On Peace Plan, Attempt To Woo Global South Despite the continued ‘steadfast’ rhetoric on ‘not backing down’ to Russian forces which has persisted from Zelensky’s office,…

The former US House speaker has returned to investing, despite a previous trading controversy Nvidia’s stock reached a record high on Tuesday after the chipmaker introduced new desktop graphics processors that make…

Police clashed with Orthodox Jews who fought to defend passages they had apparently dug under the city streets Police in New York made multiple arrests on Monday after crowds of Orthodox Jews…

2024 Market & Economic Outlook According To Twitter Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, During the last week of December, I polled my Twitter followers for their outlook on the markets and…

House Republicans Call Out ‘Trump Grabbed The Wheel’ Witness Cassidy Hutchinson Over Flip-Flop, Demand Records On Monday, Republicans on the Oversight Subcommittee for House Administration demanded that the anti-Trump Jan. 6 Select…