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Nevada Agrees To Purge 90K Ineligible Voters From Election Rolls Authored by Luis Cornelio via HeadlineUSA.com, Nevada has agreed to purge over 90,000 ineligible voters from its rolls following a legal battle…

US Hints At Regime Change In Tehran If Israel Is Attacked The US is preparing to play Air Force for Israel’s skies as it deploys a dozen F-22 stealth raptor jets to…

Neuroscientists Blame Racism For Black Women Aging Faster Authored by Micaiah Bilger via The College Fix, Stress on the body caused by racism may cut African American women’s lives short, according to…

Value Of US Housing Hits Record $50 Trillion, Up 7% In Past Year, Just In Time For Fed Rate Cuts The Fed’s rate hikes were supposed to slow down the economy and,…

How Chinese Traders & Miners Got Around China’s Crypto Ban Authored by Yohan Yun via CoinTelegraph.com, Chinese investors are finding innovative ways to tap into the digital assets markets and participate in…

“Progress” – NIH Brags About Using Tax Dollars To Fund More Research By Black Scholars Authored by Micaiah Bilger via The College Fix, Even as diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts draw increased…

Earlier today, President Trump gave a press conference from Mar-a-Lago in Florida.  Unlike the Kamala/Walz heavily controlled and scripted relationship with their allies in media, President Trump and JD Vance will take…

When reviewing the conversation, I note a lot of this sentiment… KT Says – “Trump staffing? He hasn’t even won. Harris polls are rising as long as she’s kept on teleprompter (like…

50 Years On… The Bait-And-Switch Behind Post-Watergate “Reforms” Authored by Stephen Anderson via The Mises Institute, Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the resignation of President Richard Nixon, who later was pardoned…

Exiled Catalan politician Carles Puigdemont has managed to evade authorities Carles Puigdemont has returned after seven years in self-imposed exile to crash the vote for the new president of Spain’s Catalonia region,…

Over 150,000 children in England are homeless, according to official statistics The UK is facing a housing crisis as more than 150,000 children live in temporary accommodations, Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has…

LA County To Extend Guaranteed-Income Plan To 2,000 Foster Dependents Via City News Service, The Board of Supervisors voted Aug. 6 to expand its “Breathe” guaranteed-income program to provide financial stipends to…

UK Authorities Now Arresting People For Posting “Inaccurate Information” On Social Media Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, Authorities in the UK are now arresting people for posting “inaccurate information” on…

“I F**king Told Them!”: Enraged Butler Cop On Bodycam Says He Told Secret Service To Cover Warehouse Used By Shooter, And They Agreed Bodycam footage from local Pennsylvania police reveal that in…

Apple Revises EU App Store After ‘Anti-Steering’ Probe Following the European Commission’s announcement in June that Apple violated the Digital Markets Act with its App Store anti-steering rules, the world’s most valuable…

Big-Tech, Bond Yields, Bitcoin, & Bullion Bounce But Rate-Cut Hopes Fade A de minimus improvement in (the incredibly noisy) initial jobless claims was all it took to enable the machines to run…

‘Dubious About A Soft Landing’: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon Warns Of Possibility Of Stagflation Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan…

The US president’s son accepted money from a Romanian businessman facing corruption charges, according to prosecutors Federal prosecutors in the criminal tax case against Hunter Biden have accused him of accepting payments…

Whether the WSJ reporter was a CIA asset or not, Washington had no qualms when pursuing another publisher for the same activities While the jury remains out as to whether Evan Gershkovich,…

The prime minister has congratulated Muhammad Yunus, who has been sworn in as head of the interim government in Dhaka Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for the “safety and protection”…

Buy The Dip… Or Embrace The Rotation? Authored by Louis-Vincent Gave via EvergreenGavekal.com, Back in 2000, when technology stocks hit the wall, one of Gavekal’s first clients told us: “It’s OK. Bear…

Kursk Region intrusion has disrupted the gas flow, Slovakia’s former economy minister has said The volume of natural gas flowing through the Druzhba pipeline has already decreased, as Ukrainian troops allegedly took…

An amendment to Bulgaria’s education law bans the “propaganda or incitement” of ideas relating to “non-traditional” relationships The Bulgarian parliament has approved an amendment to the national Education Act that would ban…

“Numbers Aren’t Jiving To The Real World” – Huge Revisions Leave Traders Questioning Biden Admin’s Energy Data Just over a year ago, we commented on the “massive” revisions that the statistical arm…

Majority Of Americans Oppose Using US Troops To Defend Israel: Poll Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The majority of Americans oppose the idea of US troops being used to defend Israel if it…

Burger King Owner’s Earnings Fall Short Of Estimates On “Consumer Pressures” Restaurant Brands International, the owner of Burger King, Tim Hortons, Popeyes, and Firehouse Subs, posted second-quarter earnings that were weaker than expected…

Ugly 30Y Auction Has Biggest Tail Since November After yesterday’s dire 10Y auction, which sent yields surging and stocks tumbling, the last thing the market needed was another debacle of an auction,…

Investors Pull $2.2 Billion From ARKK In 2024 As Cathie Wood Underperforms Nasdaq By -30% YTD Cathie Wood appears to be doing what she does best: buying the ‘dip’ in an overvalued…

Almost 30 months since Vladimir Zelensky banned males from leaving the country, many refuseniks are resorting to any means necessary to avoid army service Ukraine’s general mobilization – announced in the spring of…

The Republican US presidential candidate has commented on Kamala Harris not choosing Josh Shapiro US Vice President Kamala Harris did not pick Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro as her running mate because he’s…

New law governing the sector has been signed by President Vladimir Putin The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a law that legalizes cryptocurrency mining in the country. A relevant document…

Rickards: “Put On Your Crash Helmet. You Might Need It Very Soon” Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, This Means War! Not surprisingly, the stock market bounced back today after yesterday’s mini-crash…

For The First Time, F-16 Fighter Jets Spotted In Combat Over Ukraine A Russian official in Ukraine’s Kherson region has reported that a US-supplied F-16 fighter jet has been seen flying over…

Finance chief Bezalel Smotrich says allowing two million Gazans to go without food could be a way to defeat Hamas The US and several other Western nations have expressed outrage after Israel’s…

Monster Beverage Sees Worst Growth Since 2020 Amid Energy Drink Downturn  Shares of Monster Beverage fell in premarket trading after the energy drink maker reported second-quarter earnings per share that fell short of the average…

Don’t Throw Away A Nest Egg By Teeuwe Mevissen, senior macro strategist at Rabobank Don’t throw away a nest egg! As this week made clear once more, it is always important to…

Proposed changes to Iraqi law have alarmed women and children’s rights activists Iraq’s parliament has passed the first reading of proposed changes to a law which would reportedly allow girls to marry…

Fear…But No Panic Authored by Peter Tchir via Academy Securities, Did VIX Really Hit 65 on Monday? Without a doubt, the official VIX calculation reported a level of 65.73 on Monday at 8:34 am…

Multiple Explosions Rock Tanker Off Indonesia’s Bali Island, 5 Dead, 15 Injured Multiple explosions erupted on a tanker off the coast of Indonesia’s Bali island on Wednesday, resulting in the deaths of…

The Justice Department Makes The Case Against Hunter Biden (And Itself In California) Authored by Jonathan Turley, Special Counsel David Weiss appears to have finally made the long-awaited case exposing years of…

The alert followed a 7.1-magnitude temblor that struck off the coast of the country’s third largest island, sparking a tsunami advisory The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued its first-ever “mega earthquake caution”…

CNN Effectively Worthless After Parent Warner Bros Takes $9.1 Billion Writedown What had been obvious “to the rest of us” for years, is finally official: late last night, shares of Warner Bros….

Bezalel Smotrich has complained that it’s impossible to wage war in today’s global reality Starving the citizens of Gaza could be a “just” way of forcing Hamas to release hostages, but this…

Some medics were killed by Kiev’s troops during their incursion into Russia’s border area, acting regional head has said Kiev’s troops are deliberately targeting civilians and medics in their assault on Kursk…

Pair driving near Sudzha town in Kursk Region are seen in dash-cam footage dodging bullets and anti-tank mines in frantic escape Dramatic dash-cam video footage filmed just outside the Russian town of…

The RT contributor’s house was raided by the FBI on Wednesday Former US Marine turned journalist Scott Ritter has accused the US government of committing an “act of intimidation” against him for…

The Russian president has reportedly been invited to the inauguration of the North American country’s new leader in October Ukraine has called on Mexico to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he…

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A Malian official has reportedly questioned Kiev’s ability to act alone in providing intelligence to armed groups Mali and Niger have asked the UN Security Council to investigate claims that Ukraine provided…

UK’s Met Police Chief Threatens “Keyboard Warriors” With Terrorism Charges Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, Head of the Met Police Sir Mark Rowley has warned that “keyboard warriors” could be…

Stocks Surge On Small Drop In Initial Jobless Claims; Continuing Claims Hits 33-Month High The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits for the first time fell from 12-month highs at 249k…

Futures Rebound From Overnight Lows As Sentiment Remains On Edge After three rollercoaster days of wild, brutal swings, futures are flat ahead of the Thursday open, erasing overnight losses if still below…

Judge Tosses Mexico’s $10 Billion Lawsuit For 6 Of 8 Named American Gun-Makers Authored by Stephen Katte via The Epoch Times, A Massachusetts District Court Judge has dismissed Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit…

Washington does not believe an attack by Tehran to be imminent, officials have told the outlet Iran could be reconsidering its plans to carry out “a multi-pronged attack” on Israel in response…

Berlin could include transport infrastructure costs in its defense budget to maintain spending above the 2% threshold Germany is seeking to include the cost of transport infrastructure used by the military in…

Locals are reeling after a deadly landslide wiped out two villages in the upper reaches of Kerala’s Western Ghats – but the political blame-games in India have already begun It wasn’t just…

Russians don’t respond to anything else, Mikhail Podoliak has claimed  Kiev launched its cross-border incursion into Kursk Region in an attempt to instill fear among the Russian population, a senior aide to…

Nassau County Criminalizes Masks To Counter Far-Left Mask-Wearing Activists  Nassau County Republicans passed the “Mask Transparency Act” on Monday, making it a misdemeanor for anyone 16 and older to wear a face mask…

The Rot In The Commercial Real Estate Market In One Story Authored by Mike Maharrey via Money Metals, I’ve been watching the commercial real estate (CRE) sector as a potential catalyst for…

The Russian military has released video footage of Lancet strikes on Kiev’s Kazak and US-made Bradley armored personnel carriers The Russian Defense Ministry has published a video showing the destruction of Ukrainian…

Alleged Terror Plot Sparks Cancellation Of Taylor Swift Concerts In Austria Three huge concerts by superstar pop singer Taylor Swift have been cancelled in Vienna after authorities on Wednesday announced they’d arrested…

Kamala Harris hired Eric Holder to do the background vetting on Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, prior to the announcement of Walz being her VP candidate. Keep in mind, Barack Obama and Eric…

Brussels Is Hellbent On Destroying European Farming Authored by Dénes Albert via ReMix News, The EU, under the control of the global elite, is systematically crushing agriculture through its policies, but this…

European countries should be “self-sufficient” in opposing Russia, the Republican vice presidential nominee has argued European NATO members need to do a better job of deterring a hypothetical Russian attack and dealing…

Morgan Stanley Starts Pitching Bitcoin ETFs To Clients Today Morgan Stanley has officially begun pitching shares of two exchange-traded bitcoin funds – with some 15,000 financial advisors given the green light to…

Washington should rein in its “terrorist clients” by cutting off Kiev’s arms flow, Ambassador Antonov has said Ukrainian forces have used American weapons to strike schools, hospitals, ambulances and homes in Russia,…

US Hands Ukraine $3.9BN in ‘Budgetary Aid’ Through World Bank Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced early this week that his government had received $3.9 billion from the United States in the form…

Israeli Group Practices Red Heifer Ritual In Front Of Al-Aqsa Mosque Via Middle East Eye A group of religious Israelis have been pictured practicing the ritual of the red heifer, which is meant to…

Brits Warned Merely ‘Retweeting’ Information About Riots Could Be A Criminal Offense Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, UK authorities have warned people that merely retweeting information about the riots could…

The Jewish state has reportedly threatened a “disproportionate” response to a potential attack by the Lebanon-based militia Hezbollah may carry out an independent strike on Israel before Iran does, CNN has reported,…

Reports of the sexual abuse of detainees are “horrific,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller has said The Israeli authorities must fully investigate alleged incidents of rape against Palestinian detainees and hold those…

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has been forced to relocate for the second time since the fighting started Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has ordered the relocation of his…

The “terrorist operation” in Kursk Region justifies going “to Kiev and further,” the former president believes Russia should respond to Kiev’s attempted incursion in Kursk Region by taking over land that Moscow…

Cocoa Prices Rise As US Stockpiles In Exchange-Monitored Warehouses Hit Four-Year Low Cocoa futures in New York remain range-bound within a symmetrical triangle pattern after peaking near $12,000 a ton in mid-April,…

US President Joe Biden took a swipe at Republican nominee Donald Trump in his first interview since dropping out of the race US President Joe Biden has said he doubts that power…

Ukraine’s Sneak Attack Against Russia’s Kursk Region Might Be Its Last Hurrah Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Russia is fighting to fend off Ukraine’s sneak attack its Kursk Region, though conflicting…

European Commission spokesman Peter Stano reaffirmed the bloc’s support for Kiev after its cross-border attack into Kursk Region The European Union fully supports the actions of Ukraine’s forces, including striking Russian territory,…

American Theocracy: Politics Has Become Our National Religion Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “You shall have no other gods before me.” – The Ten Commandments “Christians, get…

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…

A Tale Of Two Diagrams Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, Are Local Police Deflecting Blame for Assassination Attempt? Ahead of Tuesday’s Senate grilling of acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe, local…

Israel Vows To Eliminate New Hamas Chief Sinwar, Seen As Even Closer To Tehran Israel has vowed to “eliminate” new Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, who just yesterday was announced as the new…

USA Has More Millionaires Than The Entire Population Of Ireland The world’s total millionaire count comes in at 15 million, more than all of Rwanda, the 28th most populous African country. In…

Whack-A-Fallacy: A Game For The Election Season Authored by Jeff Minick via The Epoch Times, In Whack-a-Mole, an arcade game invented by the Japanese nearly 50 years ago, moles or other figures…

Words, Words, Words Authored by John Maxwell Hamilton via RealClearPolitics, Words everywhere. Words in laws passed by Congress, words in instructions for the devices that make our lives easier, words in novels…

This article was originally published in 2023 and has recently been requested to provide context for why Governor Tim Walz was selected by Barack Obama and Eric Holder as their Brat’s vice-president….

Copper Slumps As China Dumps Base Metal Into Asian Warehouses Copper inventories in Asian warehouses are swelling at an incredibly fast pace as the base metal that led the ‘Next AI Trade’ is…

NASA Head Considers Elon Musk’s SpaceX To Save Stranded Boeing Starliner Crew At ISS  On Wednesday, Steve Stich, NASA’s commercial crew program manager, informed reporters that mission control still needs to confirm…

Kentucky Governor Plans To Collect Sales Tax On Gold And Silver Despite New Law Authored by Mike Maharrey via Money Metals, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has decided he’s going to continue collecting…

FBI Raids NY Home Of Ex-UN Weapons Inspector & Anti-War Pundit Scott Ritter On Wednesday the upstate New York home of Scott Ritter was raided by the FBI and state police. The…

Coming Clean On Clean Energy: It’s A Dirty Business Authored by Kristen Walker via RealClearEnergy, Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you are probably aware of the massive push to transition…

National Security In A Second Trump Administration Authored by Dan Greenwood via RealClearPolitics, After a tumultuous and nearly life-ending July, Donald Trump narrowly retains his lead in the polls. Business leaders would…

I succeeded in Wisconsin. I transmitted the exact travel pattern, location and sequencing for Clyburn’s network visit.  We are seeing the outcome detail in the pattern of campaign visits by Brat and…

Global Government Is No Conspiracy Theory Authored by Dr. David McGrogan via DailySceptic.org, We live in an age that is gesturing towards global government. This is not a conspiracy theory; it is…

Kansas Police Chief Who Led Raid Of Newspaper Violated Law: Prosecutors Marion, Kansas – A recent investigation into a contentious raid on the Marion County Record newspaper has taken a surprising turn,…

Three events in Vienna, Austria were called off after two terrorism-related arrests US pop mega-star Taylor Swift has canceled three upcoming concerts in Vienna, Austria after two suspects were arrested for allegedly…

Throughout the Minsk process, Ukrainian officials became masters at stalling for time. Talk of a new referendum is most likely preparation for repeating the strategy. The head of the Kiev regime Vladimir…