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US Air Force Needs Robotic Wingmen In Fight Against Communist China: Report Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Air Force needs to pair its manned combat…

Fentanyl Lollipops? Top Border Patrol Doctor Asked Staff For Narcotics Before UN Meeting In New York: Whistleblowers Several whistleblowers allege that the chief medical officer for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) pressured…

An official retreat order allegedly came too late for an organized fallback Ukraine’s top general Aleksandr Syrsky only gave the order for troops to leave Avdeevka a day after the beginning of…

The activist’s passing is Russia’s “internal affair,” Beijing has said The Chinese Foreign Ministry has declined to comment on the fate of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny before medical examiners even determined the…

Iran Transported $2.8BN Worth Of Oil In 2023 Under Washington’s Nose Via The Cradle Iran was able to transport $2.8 billion in oil to customers in 2023 using insurance from a US-based…

CDC Confirms Spread Of ‘Unknown’ Outbreak Aboard Cruise Ship The CDC has confirmed that an “unknown” outbreak aboard a cruise ship is spreading, and has infected at least 154 people. In an…

Incest Is Best? The Economist Says Copulating-Cousins Cool “In Most Cases” With America facing population collapse thanks to a pandemic which compounded already-shrinking birth rates, petrified young men who don’t want to…

The US-led military bloc needs to be “prudent” about Kiev, the Italian FM believes Granting Ukraine a NATO membership while the country is locked in a conflict with Russia is “dangerous for…

Turley: Obscene Award Against Trump Is Testing New York’s Legal Integrity Authored by Jonathan Turley, op-ed via The Hill, In laying the foundation for his sweeping decision against former President Donald Trump, Judge Arthur…

Indonesia, the world’s fourth-most-populous country, is treading carefully between China and the US as it gathers strength It is tempting to frame global geopolitics as a binary struggle between China and the…

The Ukrainian leader wants “decision-makers” to come and witness the fighting Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has offered to give Donald Trump a tour of Kiev’s battlefront with Russian forces, saying America’s leading…

President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will deliver remarks at a “Get Out the Vote Rally” in Waterford Township, Michigan, on Saturday, February 17, 2024, at…

Conditions Not Right For Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks, China Says After Appeal From Kiev Starting last month the Zelensky government began calling for China to get more involved in the international effort to…

Middle America Is Dying, And D.C. Doesn’t Care Authored by Salena Zito via The Washington Examiner, WEIRTON, West Virginia – Most people in this town will tell you they’d rather have taken…

Hundreds of Eritrean rioters set cars ablaze in the Dutch city Police in riot gear have been deployed on the streets of the Hague in an attempt to quell violent clashes that…

The US president has claimed lawmakers caused the loss of a Ukrainian stronghold to Russia by failing to approve more aid to Kiev US President Joe Biden has identified the alleged culprits…

US Prepares New Weapons Transfer To Israel, Ironically While Pushing For Ceasefire Just days ago President Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the military operation in refugee-packed Rafah “should not…

An online campaign wants to cover a $354 million court judgment against the former US president Fans of Donald Trump have started a crowdfunding campaign seeking donations to cover the $354 million…

Cultural Marxism & The Corruption Of Common Law Authored by William Brooks via The Epoch Times, Peaceful and productive human societies depend on the maintenance of judicial principles that are consistent and…

10 Reasons Why The World Can’t Run Without Fossil Fuels Authored by Gail Tverberg via Our Finite World, Banks, governments, and businesses would face failure due to the essential role of fossil fuels…

Fani ‘Tainted’ Whole Case: Trump Embattled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis – who gave her lover Nathan Wade’s law firm five Fulton County contracts totaling nearly $1 million, has “badly tainted”…

The European Commission president suggested that an Eastern European could fill the role European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will appoint a dedicated “defense commissioner” if she retains her post after…

In the last week Channel 10 was exposed at the Bruce Lehrmann trial for lying and deceiving the public and courts, News Corp propagandist Janet Albrechtsen’s personal relationship with corrupt former judge…

John Bolton has argued that Washington’s policies and rhetoric have only emboldened Russian President Vladimir Putin US President Joe Biden’s efforts to punish Moscow over the Ukraine crisis have failed, and his…

RFK Jr. Scores Big Win In Lawsuit Accusing Biden Admin Of Censoring COVID Vaccine Info Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has…

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Is Artificial Intelligence Hope? Hype? Or A Market Disaster In The Making? Authored by J.G. Collins via The Epoch Times, When I first moved to New York City in the mid-1970s, cab…

Chicago Mayor Extends Contract On Anti-Crime Program That He Campaigned Against As Racist Authored by Jonathan Turley, I have written about the disastrous policies of Mayor Brandon Johnson for Chicago.  As a…

A combination of events this year could increase Hungary’s relative power on the continent, the prime minister has said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has forecast a right-wing resurgence in Europe that…

West Jerusalem has allegedly jeopardized humanitarian cargoes and failed to provide evidence of Hamas diverting them US President Joe Biden’s administration has offered a rare criticism of Israel’s handling of aid shipments…

Bidenomics Fail: White House Plans Downshift In Electric Vehicle Transition As Demand Slides The Biden administration is reportedly considering easing tailpipe emissions regulations, a move that was designed to force Americans from…

From Censorship To Criminalizing Dissent Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, History does seem to be on fast forward, doesn’t it? A major battle is brewing throughout the Western world…

The move allowed America to dodge its own laws against sending the money to Ukraine The US Justice Department has handed almost $500,000 in forfeited Russian funds to Estonia, where they will…

Magnificent 7’s Blistering Risk-Adjusted Return Is A Warning Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, The fabled Magnificent 7’s return adjusted for volatility is higher than other main assets, and is closing…

The presidential candidate has raged on social media over a picture of him playing golf while sporting an impressive pot belly Former US president and current candidate Donald Trump has lashed out…

Control over Ukraine’s fertile lands would allow Moscow to “attack” European farmers, FM Stephane Sejourne has said A potential Russian victory in Ukraine could deal an economic blow to the West because…

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…