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The messenger has issued a cease-and-desist letter to Paragon Solutions following the hack attack Meta’s popular messaging platform WhatsApp has alerted nearly 100 journalists and civil society members to potential device breaches…

Meta Reportedly In Talks To Reincorporate In Texas, Exit Delaware First Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg dined with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago following the presidential election. Then, he appointed UFC CEO Dana…

11 Random Facts That Show That America Is Rotting And Decaying Right In Front Of Our Eyes Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, We are in far more trouble than most people…

Prices surged following Ukraine’s recent refusal to extend a five-year gas transit agreement with Moscow European gas prices have surged to their highest level since October 2023, driven by supply disruptions following…

Moscow is not interested in damaging any undersea infrastructure in Europe, Svetlana Zhurova has said Western authorities are constantly finding new reasons to levy accusations at Russia, Duma MP Svetlana Zhurova told…

Chuck Todd Out At NBC News In Latest MSM Shakeup Chuck Todd, the former moderator of “Meet the Press,” is leaving NBC News, he told colleagues in a Friday memo. Todd, much…

Traders Go All-In On Middle East Oil As Sanctions Reshape Market By Julianne Geiger of OilPrice.com Oil traders are making big moves in the Brent-Dubai spread, a contract that lets them bet…

Slovakia says the leader of Georgian Legion has organized anti-government rallies for Kiev Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has accused a Ukrainian military intelligence unit of foreign nationals known as the Georgian…

Bullish Exuberance Returns As Trump Takes Office Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Bullish exuberance is returning to the markets and the economy in a big way following the Presidential election. Such…

The surge was driven by the turning off by Ukraine of the pipeline transiting gas through its territory, preliminary data shows Deliveries of Russian natural gas via the TurkStream pipeline reached a…

Pentagon Employees Connected To Chinese DeepSeek Servers For Days Before Block Several US Defense Department employees connected their work computers to Chinese servers to access DeepSeek’s new AI chatbot for at least…

Ukrainian Drone Attacks Disrupt Key Russian Oil Export Route By Alex Kimani of Oilprice.com An overnight attack by Ukrainian drones on Russia’s Andreapol oil pumping station, part of the oil export route…

New Delhi plans to launch an AI model by the end of 2025 to compete with DeepSeek and ChatGPT, Ashwini Vaishnaw has announced India will develop its own large language model powered…

Kiev’s Defense Procurement Agency has been called out for buying hundreds of thousands of WWII-era M6A2 mines at over $600 apiece Ukraine’s Defense Ministry has wasted money purchasing World War II-era anti-tank…

Trump Media Launches Truth.Fi To Fight De-banking, Big Tech Censorship Of American Patriots Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Trump Media, the company behind President Donald Trump’s social…

Western Europe is waking up to a world in which a strong Moscow cannot be wished away “All that is solid melts into air,” Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels famously proclaimed almost…

Thousands Of STMicro Layoffs Near After Gloom Outlook & Chip Slump A day after STMicroelectronics—one of Europe’s largest chipmakers—said that 2024 was one of the worst years for the industry and forecasted first-quarter…

Eurozone “Recovery” Still Ongoing By Maartje Wijffelaars, Senior Eurozone Economist at Rabobank As was widely expected, the ECB cut its policy rate yesterday by 25 basis points, bringing the deposit rate to…

Economic bloc is focused on establishing new joint investment platforms to boost cooperation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says BRICS member states have no plans to create a common currency but are actively…

The US moves to weaponize space are deeply destabilizing, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said US President Donald Trump’s directive to create an American ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense system is a destabilizing…

It would be wrong to tie Norway to the ‘dysfunctional’ EU electricity market, the leader of one of the nation’s ruling parties has said Norway’s coalition government collapsed on Thursday after the…

Sweden is facing a surge in gang crime with juveniles being hired to carry out vandalism, bombings and murder Sweden is set to fast-track legislation enabling police to use electronic surveillance on…

Perhaps part of the reason the leftist media, specifically Washington Post, Politico, New York Times, Wall Street Journal (editorial pages) and CNN go bananas in their defense of the FBI silo, is…

Someone recently said, Kash Patel can be looked upon as the best safety mechanism available to DC in order to protect themselves from the people.  It’s a good way of looking at…

Moscow would see a large-scale deployment of NATO troops in Ukraine as a direct threat, Aleksey Zhuravlev has said Russia may announce a new stage of mobilization if NATO deploys a large…

This is excellent news.  There are two distinctively different sets of tariffs scheduled to roll out in the next few days, weeks and months. One set of long-term tariffs called MARCRO tariffs…

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…

Balchug Capital will acquire 100% shares in the Russian arm of the world’s second-largest investment bank President Vladimir Putin has allowed the sale of the Russian division of US investment bank Goldman…

A precision strike has disabled an antenna vital for Kiev’s military in Kursk Region, according to the Defense Ministry in Moscow The Russian Defense Ministry released a video on Friday, showing a…

A masked group shared part of their stunt on social media, and are being sought by police  New York City police are searching for a group of people accused of stealing a…

Foreign arms and money enable Ukrainian troops to commit atrocities, the Foreign Ministry has claimed Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has accused Kiev’s Western backers of complicity in alleged atrocities committed…

Trump Says DC Black Hawk “Was Flying Too High… By A Lot” Update (0825ET): President Trump has chimed in, confirming the altitude of the Black Hawk was too high… Additionally, it appears…

Headline PCE Inflation Continues To Rise; Savings Rate Revised Down… Again With constant fearmongery about Trump’s tariffs prompting a panic-flation, it is interesting to note that inflation data has been serially disappointing…

Futures Rise After Apple Boosts Sentiment; Looming Trump Tariffs Send Gold To All Time High US equity futures are higher this morning on the last day of a volatile week, amid healthy…

Security services acted after media reported the military intelligence chief warned a top-secret meeting that Ukraine could cease to exist The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has initiated a criminal investigation after…

DeepSeek Data Exposed To Web, Cybersecurity Firm Says Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Researchers with cybersecurity company Wiz said on Wednesday that sensitive information from the Chinese…

Did DeepSeek Use Shell Companies In Singapore To Procure Nvidia Blacklisted Chips? Chinese startup DeepSeek’s latest AI models, V3 and R1, were reportedly trained on just 2,048 Nvidia H800 chips—GPUs that were…

Tariff Concerns Surge On Earnings Calls Ahead Of Canada & Mexico Deadline White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Tuesday that President Donald Trump still plans to slap tariffs of about…

Why We Need DOGE: 5 Crazy Examples Of How The Government Has Been Wasting Your Tax Dollars Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, The U.S. government has been wasting money in some…

The Russian Foreign Ministry has stressed the need for dialogue to prevent a further escalation of the conflict Russia has called for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the Democratic Republic of…

The US president’s unapologetic leadership exposes Western hypocrisy US President Donald Trump’s return to the center stage of world politics has once again ignited discussions about his peculiar political behavior. While the…

The Danes consider America to be a great danger that North Korea or Iran, a survey has suggested Almost half of Danes surveyed consider the US a “threat” to their country, a…

Hungary may veto renewal of restrictions if the economic damage it has suffered persists, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has renewed calls on the EU to…

Kiev’s troops are abandoning their posts due to internal disarray and Russia’s battlefield advantage, the outlet has reported The Ukrainian military is grappling with a significant desertion crisis which could worsen if…

Syrian Leaders Demand Russia ‘Hand Over Assad, Pay Compensation’ Syria’s ruling Islamist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and the freshly self-appointed “President” of Syria Ahmad al-Sharaa (or Abu Mohammad al-Jolani), have demanded that…

Tether Disappointed With “Rushed Actions” On MiCA-Driven USDT Delisting In Europe Authored by Helen Partz via CoinTelegraph.com, Stablecoin operator Tether addressed European cryptocurrency regulations amid exchanges like Crypto.com preparing to delist its…

A study has highlighted the digital influence of political figures on the social network Economic Freedom Fighters’ leader Julius Malema is South Africa’s most popular politician with over four million followers on…

Ugandan authorities have confirmed the Sudan strain in Kampala following a patient’s death Uganda has confirmed an Ebola outbreak in its capital Kampala after a 32-year-old man succumbed to the virus, health…

FCC Chair Brendan Carr Launches Investigation Into PBS, NPR As Lawmakers Decide Fate FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is launching an investigation into NPR and PBS he says will help lawmakers decide whether…

The state regulator has banned the Chinese AI app, citing “totally insufficient” information about its handling of personal data Italy has become the first country to ban the Chinese AI model, DeepSeek,…

The US President says his administration has yet to decide whether to tax oil form Canada and Mexico The US will impose tariffs of 25% on imports from Canada and Mexico as…

Poland Won’t Send Troops To Belarus Or Ukraine Without Trump’s Approval Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who was just re-elected on Sunday for his seventh term, warned about Poland’s…

Bratislava’s position on Russian gas supplies is gaining traction within the EU, Prime Minister Robert Fico has claimed Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, whose government has harshly criticized Ukraine’s decision to shut…

It was dishonest to claim that Kiev could defeat Moscow, the US secretary of state has said Ukraine is being destroyed by the fighting with Russia and the conflict must be swiftly…

EU Debates Restarting Russian Gas Purchases As Part Of Ukraine Peace Deal As fully expected, the EU is looking at options to restore Russian natural gas flowing into Europe (and even presumably…

Quran-Burning Activist Shot Dead In Sweden Via Middle East Eye Swedish police have confirmed the killing of Iraqi refugee and anti-Islam activist Salwan Momika overnight on Wednesday. Momika, who was in his 40s and became famous…

Ukrainian Media Outlet Leaks Alleged Trump Plan To End The War Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The Ukrainian news outlet Strana has published leaked details of President Trump’s alleged plan to end the war…

Kiev sent his unit to “cleanse” a small Kursk Region settlement, one of the perpetrators has admitted A Ukrainian military unit raped and killed eight women and brutally murdered at least 14…

The Record Shows Tulsi Gabbard Was Not An Apologist For Russia-Backed Syria Authored by Aaron Maté via RealClearPolitics, Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to serve as President Trump’s director of national intelligence hinges on…

Global Military Spending Has Almost Doubled Since The Early ’90s Global military expenditure has nearly doubled since the early 90s. Statista’s Anna Fleck reports that, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, the costs attributed…

The US president has warned the economic bloc not to undermine the “mighty US dollar” The BRICS nations will face 100% tariffs on their goods if they dare to challenge the dominance…

Polarized World: How Other Countries Feel About The Trump Presidency As President Trump’s second term begins, it’s clear that voters within the U.S. have a wide spectrum of feelings about how it’s…

Why Does the NYT Continue To Print Front Page Lies About RFK Jr.? Authored by Blake Fleetwood via RealClearPolitics, Any NYT reader looking at the buzzy front page headline below would immediately…

These Are The Most Affordable ZIP Codes For Renters In America The cost of renting is anything but uniform – shaped by geography, neighborhood trends, and even the quirks of a few…

Cocaine Outpaces Oil As Colombia’s Most Valuable Export Authored by Matthew Smith via Oilprice.com, Colombia’s cocaine production reached a record high in 2023, despite government efforts to combat the illicit industry. The…

US Dept Of Education Investigating All-Gender Restroom At Denver High School Following through on Donald Trump’s campaign promise to eradicate “transgender insanity,” the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has…

The Doomsday Clock Is About To Strike Midnight! The hands of the symbolic Doomsday Clock are set at 89 seconds to midnight – closer to global catastrophe than ever before… The Doomsday…

US military personnel have reportedly utilized an early version of the Chinese startup’s AI for months Pentagon staff have been downloading an early version the Chinese startup’s generative artificial intelligence model onto their…

Goldman’s Heat Map For Housing Market Ahead Of Spring Selling Season Sales of US existing homes last year slumped to their lowest level since 1995. With the Federal Reserve expected to slash…

Slash The Fat: 16 Agencies To Terminate Authored by David Stockman via The Brownstone Institute, The following is excerpted from Chapter One of David Stockman’s latest book, How To Cut $2 Trillion: A…

Trump Admin Canceling Funding To NGOs Involved In Illegal Immigration, Noem Says Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Wednesday that the Trump administration will cancel funding to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that…

Classical Education Resurgence Is Shaping School Choice Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Teach them how to learn, not what to learn. That’s the key concept for classical…

Apple Slides After iPhone Sales Miss, China Revenues Unexpectedly Tumble Ahead of earnings of the world’s largest company which however has been going through a painful period of remarkable underperformance vs the…

DOJ May Drop Charges Against NY Mayor Eric Adams: Report Senior officials within the Department of Justice (DOJ) have held discussions with federal prosecutors in Manhattan about the possibility of dropping their…

The Panic About Trump’s New Coin Is Overwrought Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Last week saw every manner of wailing and gnashing of teeth about the so-called meme coin…

Ron Paul: To Make America Great Again, Separate Money And State Authored by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute, “Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis”…

Moscow and Washington are cooperating to repatriate the remains of Russian nationals killed in the US airplane tragedy The US government has reached out to Moscow regarding the Russian nationals killed in…

Rheinmetall’s subsidiary in Spain specializes in producing ammunition supplied to Ukraine An explosion at the ammunition factory of Rheinmetall’s subsidiary in the southeastern Spanish municipality of Murcia on Thursday injured six workers,…

… The Intelligence Community and Big Corporate Interests Control Government.  That’s the inescapable conclusion for anyone who watched the grand pantomimes being displayed in the past 24 hours. There’s a debate amid the…

Trump Targets DEI Hiring Practices After Deadly Crash Near Reagan National Airport President Donald Trump on Jan. 30 alleged that the midair crash that killed 67 people near Ronald Reagan National Airport…

Mexico – Friend, Enemy, Neutral, Or Something Else? Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Mexican nationals, likely cartel members, recently crossed the border and shot and wounded an American hiker….

FBI Director Nominee Kash Patel runs the Senate Judiciary Committee gauntlet. Despite what some may think, there’s a stronger likelihood of Patel having a smooth hearing in the Senate Judiciary from the…

President Trump is delivering remarks from the White House Brady Press briefing room in the aftermath of a terrible aviation disaster. The FAA said the midair crash occurred before 9 pm EST….

NATO report studies rapid growth of RT and Sputnik in Africa and Middle East and suggests new strategies to limit their impact A fresh NATO report highlights a sharp increase in the…

At 55,000 incidents a day, theft and violence are “out of control,” according to latest industry report Retail crime in the UK has reached unprecedented levels, with soaring losses from theft and…

Trump’s DoJ Sues To Halt $14 Billion Hewlett Packard-Juniper Networks Deal Under the Trump-Vance administration, the US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s $14 billion acquisition of…

Something Extraordinary Is Taking Place In The Gold Vaults Below Manhattan There was an interesting article overnight in the otherwise conservative and establishmentarian Financial Times, perhaps best known over the past decade…

Russia had warned against the transfer of Patriot interceptors About 90 interceptor missiles for Patriot air defense systems have been sent from Israel to Poland, from where they will be forwarded to…

Apple Earnings Preview: The Bar Seems Low, Hedge Funds Use It As A Funding Short Here what to expect from what – as of Monday’s Nvidia rout – is once again the…

The lawmaker proposed a new siege of Leningrad, in which over one million people died New EU sanctions on Russia should so strict as to bring about a repeat of the siege…

Jolani Declares Himself President Of Syria After Canceling Elections & Constitution Last month the de facto leader of Syria, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (aka Ahmad al-Sharaa), told Al Arabiya TV that it would take up…

Peter Schiff: The Fed Is Ignoring Key Data Via SchiffGold.com, Shortly after yesterday’s FOMC announcement, Peter went live to unpack its aftermath. He criticizes the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold rates steady,…

“My Favorite Housing Market Graph Right Now” One of the wildest real estate charts we’ve seen in some time—aside from existing home sales plummeting to their lowest level since 1995 and new…

The Green New Deal Is Dead, Even In Europe. Thank Trump Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Trump pulls the US out of the Paris Accord. And the long-suffering Green New Deal…

The Perverse Incentives Depreciating Your House Via SchiffGold.com, While home prices increase in price exponentially, many worry as to whether they will one day own a home.  For years the American dream consisted…

Asylum seekers in Tunisia have been sold to Libyan traffickers for as little as $12, according to human rights groups A coalition of humanitarian organizations has alleged that sub-Saharan African migrants in…

Local government ramps up crowd management efforts after Maha Kumbh stampede turned deadly, as pilgrims continue to gather A deadly stampede at India’s Maha Kumbh Mela, a religious gathering held in Prayagraj…

Welcome To The DeepSeek Disruption (DSD) Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, In summary: bloated headcounts, no new sources of revenue from AI, and limitless content with no scarcity value….

Three Israelis and five Thai nationals were handed over to the Red Cross on Thursday as part of the ceasefire deal Hamas has released eight Gaza hostages, including three Israelis and five…