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This Transition Is Already A Huge Historical Marker Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, There is plenty of time ahead for the peanut gallery to discuss the ins and outs…

An overview of the frontline situation – the key areas from north to south Over the past month, the Russian military has advanced along seven directions in the Donbass and Kursk Region,…

An Afghan national has been detained after viciously attacking a kindergarten group in Bavaria A two-year-old child and an adult were killed and three others injured when a playschool group was targeted…

Freedom-of-expression privileges should not be used to promote extreme-right views, says German Chancellor German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has once again lashed out at US billionaire Elon Musk, stating that freedom of speech…

Operatives who participated in the Ukrainian Maidan and in Georgia’s unrest are now active in Slovakia, PM Robert Fico claims Slovakia will take unspecified precautionary measures against Ukraine-style political unrest that is…

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya is one of many unlawfully imprisoned medical professionals, reportedly tortured and abused in detention As you read this, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, a Palestinian doctor from Gaza, is…

Zelensky Claims 200,000 European Soldiers Needed To Secure Peace Deal Authored by Liz Heflin via Remix News, In a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday, the Ukrainian president’s resounding message…

Energy Department Ends LNG Export Pause Following Trump Order Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) revoked on Jan. 21 a Biden-era regulation that restricted…

Pentagon Reportedly Deploying 1,500 Active Duty Troops To US-Mexico Border President Donald Trump’s extraordinary move to restore national security began on Monday with a series of executive orders on immigration. By Tuesday,…

California Attorney General Asks Residents To Report Price-Gouging Amid Wildfires Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, As two major fires still burn in the greater Los Angeles region, California Attorney…

Stellar 20Y Auction Thanks To Recent Yield Spike The When Issued yield on the 20Y auction ahead of today’s 19Y, 10M reopening was a whopping 24bps higher than December and an even…

The statement supposedly published by the organization announces their return after a five-decade ban under the Assad government Freemasonry is returning to Syria after being banned for over 50 years, according to…

Extremes Become More Extreme, Then Revert To The Mean Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, A fatal bout of runaway instability becomes inevitable when “extraordinary emergency measures” become permanently essential…

Russian Oil Flows From Second Biggest Baltic Port Unexpectedly Tumble Two weeks after Biden’s handlers, in one of their last and generally unexpected acts, unveiled draconian sanctions on Russian oil exporters and…

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has reportedly resisted the extension of the measures for economic reasons Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban is blocking the extension of sanctions the European Union imposed on Russia…

By arming Kiev, NATO member states may have granted themselves valuable time to “grow stronger,” Andrius Kubilius has stated As the fighting continues in Ukraine, NATO states may be gaining additional time…

“Settle Now, And STOP This Ridiculous War!”: Trump Threatens Tariffs As Russia Sees ‘Small’ Window For Deal On Ukraine Russia says there is a ‘small’ window of opportunity to make a deal…

Federal Government Authorizes Arrests Of Illegal Immigrants At Schools, Churches Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman issued a directive on Monday that rescinds guidelines…

It’s The Dollar, Stupid! Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Our recent article, Why Are Bond Yields Rising, explains that the recent 1% increase in yields, as shown below, is almost entirely due…

US president has urged Moscow to end the Ukrainian conflict “the easy way,” threatening it with more sanctions if it doesn’t US President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a thinly-veiled ultimatum to…

The case dates back to 2022, with Manfredo Martin-Michael Madrigal III was also found guilty of lying about his contact with Russian embassy Former US Army officer and attorney Manfredo Martin-Michael Madrigal…

The US president has reiterated that he wants the Ukraine conflict to end US President Donald Trump has said that he is ready to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin anytime…

Russian troops have used the TOS-1A thermobaric system to strike Ukrainian invasion forces at border area in Kursk Region The Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday released a new video showing heavy thermobaric…

Ukraine’s leader claimed that Western intelligence has maintained contacts with Moscow throughout the conflict Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has criticized the West for maintaining intelligence-level contacts with Russia through all three years of…

David Beckham Vs Goliath By Michael Every of Rabobank The world’s eyes remain fixed on the Goliath in Washington D.C. President Trump now wants to urgently renegotiate the USMCA trade agreement with…

Trump Says He’ll Reinstate Troops Who Refused COVID-19 Vaccination Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump said on Jan. 20—moments after being sworn into office—that he…

Moscow and New Delhi are deepening defense ties, with a focus on technology transfer across aviation, naval, and missile platforms The relationship between India and the Soviet Union – and later Russia…

The US president’s move on birthright citizenship came as shock to professionals awaiting green cards, the Times of India reported US President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for children whose…

UK Warns Russian Spy Ship Entered Waters, Loitered Over Undersea Cables Amid heightened concerns over a series of undersea cable disruptions in the Baltic Sea—believed to be caused by anchor draggings—European security…

The website was similarly removed at the start of US President Donald Trump’s first term in 2017 The Spanish-language version of the White House website was taken offline on Tuesday, less than…

Birthright Citizenship Isn’t Real Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, Donald Trump yesterday issued a new executive order declaring that so-called “birthright citizenship” does not apply to the children of…

Ukrainians are “buying us time” to arm ourselves against Russia, the bloc’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas has said Top EU officials have urged member states to significantly boost their defense spending and…

The Left Never Learns: ‘Constitutional Attorney’ Is First To Call For Trump’s Impeachment (Again) Authored by Robert Spencer via PJMedia.com, John Bonifaz is the kind of guy who could have answered a…

Larry Ellison made the announcement at the White House as President Donald Trump unveiled a $500 billion AI infrastructure project Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has announced that his company is developing an…

The Biden administration was “completely hopeless” in its capacity to negotiate, the deputy foreign minister has said Relations between Russia and the US could improve under President Donald Trump, Deputy Foreign Minister…

The amendments to the country’s legislation are a long-standing demand of Shiite blocs and would potentially legalize child marriage Iraq’s parliament approved three controversial laws on Tuesday, including amendments to the Personal…

Futures Jump On Trump AI Push, Netflix Earnings; China Slumps On Tariff Threat US equity futures are higher to start the third day of Trump’s presidency – and not too far from…

The Second Era Of Trump Begins Authored by Philip Wegmann via RealClearPolitics, Under the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Donald Trump was again inaugurated, this time as the 47th president of the…

Brussels and London have reportedly devised “an arsenal of weapons” to respond to the new US president’s policies on trade and Ukraine The European Union and the United Kingdom are well prepared…

You Can Believe The Math Or The Politicians, But Not Both By Mitchell Vexler, President Mockingbird Properties  Although it sounds tough, yet often stated by me, is that I don’t give a…

Jacob Zuma has praised the bloc as a tool for reshaping global systems and reducing dependence on the West Former South African President Jacob Zuma has expressed strong support for the expansion…

The chancellor has pushed back against critics who accuse him of blocking a €3 billion assistance package for Kiev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has accused his critics of deceiving voters about a…

Walmart Remains Discount Juggernaut In Price War Among Supermarkets Cash-strapped consumers are increasingly turning to Walmart for the best grocery deals. Even wealthier consumers are trading down from Whole Foods and other…

Russian news outlets have reported that a drunken argument about US politics led to vandalism in a capital eatery A US citizen was reportedly detained in Moscow on Monday following a heated…

Pedro Sanchez has accused tech elites of undermining democracy Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called for action against the growing influence of US-based tech billionaires who he described as a tech…

Slovakia’s Robert Fico has claimed his political rivals are preparing a Ukraine-style coup with help from abroad Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has accused the opposition of preparing a ‘Maidan’ in the…

Iran’s Energy Crisis Authored by Brenda Shaffer & Dalga Khatinoglu via RealClearEnergy, Iran is experiencing a systemic energy crisis. While many times in the past, Iran has had gas shortages or refined…

The World Has Passed ‘Peak Child’ In the 1970s, the concept of peak oil gained societal traction during years of skyrocketing gasoline costs and a pivotal energy crisis. The theory was simple yet captivating:…

The initiative will ensure US dominance in the sector and create 100,000 jobs, the president has claimed US President Donald Trump has announced the launch of a new initiative set to invest…

Traditional governance models in Africa are successfully incorporated into the modern sociopolitical life The African continent is made up of diverse cultures, traditions, and governance models. This is particularly evident in Nigeria,…

The Hungarian PM has welcomed the first decrees signed by the new US president reversing policies of the previous administration Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has endorsed the executive orders signed by…

Ocean Rates Could Fall As Houthis Say They Will End Red Sea Attacks By Stuart Chirls of FreightWaves Yemen’s Houthi rebels said they will cease attacks on Israel and on merchant shipping…

Vaccine-Injured Tell UK COVID Inquiry They Are “An Uncomfortable Truth” Authored by Rachel Roberts via The Epoch Times, Family members of those harmed by vaccines told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry they were…

The Russian president has reciprocated the move by inviting Xi Jinping to the celebrations in Moscow on May 9 Chinese President Xi Jinping has invited his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to celebrations…

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Vladimir Putin discussed the Israel-Hamas truce, Syria, and collaborations like El Dabaa nuclear plant Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has held discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin by…

Did Trump Just Drop Some Hints About His Peace Plan? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Trump said a few words about Russia shortly after his reinauguration while signing Executive Orders in…

Authorities are investigating after 17 people died in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir A remote village in the Rajouri district of India’s Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has been hit by…

Washington will also be looking into the possibility of sending additional weapons to Kiev, the US president has said US President Donald Trump has said that Washington could impose more sanctions on…

Will we see a new era of hegemony or the same old playbook? The idea of inflicting “strategic defeats” on Russia has been a cornerstone of US policy for a long time….

Chinese Population Keeps On Shrinking The National Statistics Bureau of China has released the latest population figures which show that the Chinese population has shrunk for the third time in a row after decades of growth….

UPDATE: video added According to leaked media reports [CBS HERE] President Trump is going to unveil a private sector launch of $500 billion to create data processing centers for a national Artificial…

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…

Do you remember those ridiculous media interviews with General Norman Schwarzkopf as U.S troops were preparing to liberate Kuwait from the invasion by Iraq? The media asking Schwarzkopf repeatedly, “where are our…

Fewer troops would amount to “nothing,” Kiev’s leader has reportedly said Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has reportedly urged European nations to deploy at least 200,000 troops in his country to enforce a…

Lindsay Mills has lived in the country for over a decade, since joining her NSA whistleblower husband, who fled the US Lindsay Mills, the wife of former US National Security Agency (NSA)…

Why More Americans Are Turning To Holistic Health Care Authored by Maggie Miller via RealClearWire, A significant shift is underway in American healthcare as more people embrace alternative therapies that focus on…

The US ‘Was’ The Largest Contributor To The WHO Four and a half years after Donald Trump’s first attempt of withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization, which was undone…

Direction Of Global Crises To Depend On Trump’s Next Steps, Russia’s Lavrov Says Authored by Adam Morrow via The Epoch Times, The outcome of several international crises will depend on decisions made…

ACLU Sues Trump Over Order Ending Birthright Citizenship Groups sued President Donald Trump and his administration on Jan. 20 over his order ending birthright citizenship for certain individuals born in the United…

2025: The Year The Global Order Unravels Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, World War 3 is already well underway, even though most don’t recognize it… Russia, China, and their allies want…

Doing away with cheap fossil fuel deliveries from Moscow has come at a price, Ursula von der Leyen has said Energy prices have skyrocketed across the EU due to the disruption of…

All Federal DEI Offices To Be Closed By Wednesday EOD, Workers Placed On Paid Leave: White House The Trump Administration’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has notified the heads of all federal…

As US Cattle Ranchers Go Out Of Business, One Family Found A Way To Survive Authored by Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), At a time when thousands of America’s…

Alinsky 101: NBC Runs Hegseth Hit Piece Despite Ex-Wife Debunking Accusation Just in time for Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, his brother’s ex-wife, Danielle Hegseth, came out with a wild, Kavanaugh-esque claim that…

The 47th US president wants to end the conflict quickly but not with Ukraine’s complete defeat, Dmitry Suslov told RT US President Donald Trump will try to make good on his promise…

US Racing Against Time To Reclaim Supply Chain From China: Former Commerce Official Authored by Terri Wu and Jan Jekielek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A former Department of Commerce official…

Major US Firms Demand Suppliers Embrace “China + 1” Factory Strategy The Covid pandemic sparked a wave of global trade uncertainty, prompting US companies to reevaluate their complex supply chains centered in…

The Sky Is Falling Authored by Jeff Thomas via InternationalMan.com, Governments are in the flimflam business. Pared down to the bare essentials, governments can be very useful in passing and enforcing a…

Elise Stefanik Will Deliver On President Trump’s America First Agenda At The UN Authored by Jim Banks via RealClearDefense, For four years, we have seen the consequences of weak leadership in the…

Was Biden China’s Manchurian Candidate The Entire Time? “Was Biden China’s Manchurian candidate the entire time?” David Asher, an expert on illicit financing who previously worked at the US Defense and State Departments,…

2025 SitRep: Cleaning Up Biden’s Mess Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, Yesterday Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States. This marks a major turning point…

Netflix Erupts To All Time High On Blowout Earnings, Record New Subs, Price Hike And New $15 Billion Buyback As we wrote in our preview note, it would take a lot to…

Copenhagen has dismissed the reports in Russian media as “misinformation” Denmark has denied a report in Russian media that its F-16 instructor was killed by a Russian missile strike in Ukraine.  Over…

Davos Shocker: Countries Around The World Eyeing Bitcoin Strategic Reserves Thanks To Trump In a development once deemed unimaginable, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong revealed on Tuesday that finance ministers attending the 2025…

Correcting Progressive Errors About Why Trump Won Authored by Peter Berkowitz via RealClearPolitics, Today, in defiance of mighty odds, Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, took the oath of…

Grand Theft Auto VI Priced At $100? This Gaming Analyst Believes So A gaming industry analyst penned a lengthy 200+ slide presentation about the state of the US video gaming industry for 2025.  Epyllion…

Kiev needs to stop being “aggressive and hostile,” Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has said Ukraine must show some “respect” to Hungary and Slovakia, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said, arguing that…

Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has raised concerns over US commitment to Europe and urged stronger EU defense efforts Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has said that the United States does not prioritize Europe as a…

Right-wing candidate Calin Georgescu has taken the lead in opinion polls ahead of new presidential elections in Romania Calin Georgescu, the right-wing frontrunner in November’s first round of Romania’s presidential election that…

Trump Will Unveil ‘Stargate’ AI Initiative With OpenAI, SoftBank, & Oracle, Targeting $500 Billion Investment Shares of US-based technology company Oracle surged as much as 6.5% in late-afternoon trading following a CBS…

The Russian and Chinese leaders talked about Moscow’s potential engagement with the US in light of Donald Trump’s second term Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday discussed…

The new US Secretary of State claimed both Russia and Ukraine will have to concede “something” for peace US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that US President Donald Trump will…

A 19-year-old in Wisconsin reportedly set fire to a strip mall housing congressman Glenn Grothman’s office during app’s brief ban A teenager in the US state of Wisconsin was arrested early on…

Will Trump Succeed In Overcoming ‘The Deep State’: Putin’s Senior Aide Patrushev Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The outcome of Trump’s continued struggle with the “deep state” will reverberate across the…

18,000 Unionized Costco Workers Prepare To Strike After Vote Passes In the past, the name Costco has been synonymous with high employee morale and quality of life. The company has been revered…

ZeroHedge To Host Top Wall Street Strategists In 1H Outlook Debate How are you positioned for 2025? Entering a new year and new era of ZeroHedge Debates, we’re hosting top strategists (institutional…

The unipolar world order is not being dismantled by what’s happening inside its center Asking a lot of other people about what they think may be interesting. But the real fun starts…

Are Return Expectations For 2025 Too High? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In a recent post, I discussed Wall Street’s return estimates for 2025 for the S&P 500 index. To wit: “We…

The new campaign comes just days after West Jerusalem reached a ceasefire agreement with the Hamas group in Gaza Israel has launched a new “large-scale and significant” military operation in the West…