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The US president has said it would take “some medical condition” to force him out of the race for the White House US President Joe Biden has said he would suspend his…

The West regularly reveals its patronizing attitude towards Africa, and this is disturbing In a recent interview, Josep Borrell, the European Union’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, made a…

It’s Impossible To Model The Dynamics Of Trumponomics By Michael Every of Rabobank Yesterday saw a huge beat in US retail sales with upwards revisions to back data, albeit eagle-eyed observers noting…

WTI Extends Gains As Crude Inventories Tumble To Lowest Since Feb Oil prices are surging this morning, playing catch up to gold and crypto, with all eyes on the official inventory and…

Brussels agreed in June to use the revenue generated by Moscow’s frozen funds to buy weapons for Ukraine The European Parliament has welcomed an EU plan to seize the profits generated by…

Lawmakers have demanded that Hungary be punished for the prime minister’s Russia trip The European Parliament has strongly condemned Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s recent visit to Russia and his Ukraine peace…

Taipei “doesn’t give the US anything” despite being “immensely wealthy,” the former president has complained Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has indicated he would be less willing to defend Taiwan from mainland…

Estonia has pledged to phase Russian out of its education system Less than 20% of Estonian teachers passed language proficiency tests in June, the Delfi media outlet has reported. The results could…

Donald Trump will “do his best to moderate” his message after his brush with death, his son has said Former US President Donald Trump was “changed permanently” by the attempt on his…

The United Arab Emirates has mediated the swap of 190 prisoners of war Moscow has exchanged 95 Ukrainian prisoners of war for an equal number of Russian POWs, the Defense Ministry confirmed…

Moscow does not expect Brussels’ pro-war policy to change after the Hungarian PM’s call for a negotiated resolution to the Ukraine conflict The EU’s criticism of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban over…

Sue Mi Terry allegedly provided classified information to South Korea in return for luxury gifts, US prosecutors have said  A former CIA analyst has been indicted on charges of serving as a…

Stanford Insists ‘Internet Observatory’ – Which Engaged In Election-Time Censorship Push – Will Stay Open Authored by Courtney Graves via The College Fix, The status of Stanford University’s controversial Internet Observatory, a…

An oil tanker carrying 16 crew has capsized off the coast of Oman India has launched a rescue operation after an oil tanker capsized off the coast of Oman. All 16 crew…

Renewed Fed Rate-Cut Hopes Spark Modest Rebound In Housing Starts/Permits In June Housing Start s and Building Permits rose more than expected in June (+3.0% MoM and +3.4% MoM respectively) and May’s…

The 3rd Assault Brigade is advertising live meetings with its soldiers across EU six states in a bid to recruit more troops, according to an announcement Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade, which includes…

Irrational Exuberance Then And Now Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, On December 5, 1996, Chairman of the Fed Alan Greenspan offered that stock prices may be too high, thus risking a…

Futures Slide As Global Tech Stocks Tumble On Fresh China Chip Trade Crackdown US equity futures slide with tech dragging down S&P and Nasdaq futures as both Semis and Mag7 are being…

US Officials Consider Severe Chip Crackdown On China, Sparking Global Semiconductor Sell-Off The Biden administration is considering imposing the strictest trade restrictions available if companies like Tokyo Electron and ASML Holding continue…

Chinese Competitors Are Closing In On Amazon The e-commerce leader in Europe is Amazon – but Chinese ventures into international e-commerce, for example AliExpress or more recently Temu, have made inroads.  The following infographic,…

In search of a negotiated solution, African leaders are ready to visit both countries again, Ronald Lamola has said The conflict in Ukraine cannot be resolved without Russian participation, South African Minister…

Over 160 women were reportedly subjected to the practice, which is illegal under the country’s laws protecting women’s rights More than a dozen companies in China have been sued for allegedly making…

Vance Becomes Face Of ‘New Right’ Authored by Philip Wegmann & Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, Republicans have nominated a hillbilly for vice president. This, by his own admission. Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance…

Berlin is looking for ways to tackle its budget deficit while delivering on its pledge to NATO to boost defense spending Germany’s proposed 2025 budget aims to cut military aid for Ukraine…

Preventing escalation and gathering support for a diplomatic resolution is an “urgent” priority, Beijing’s foreign minister has said   Ending the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is an “urgent” task and China…

David Sacks Torches Biden For Provoking Ukraine “Forever” War Two days after the assassination attempt against Donald Trump, Venture Capitalist David Sacks gave an impassioned speech in front of the former president…

Energy: The Foundation Of Modern Economies Authored by Danny Ervin via RealClearEnergy, I am generally pessimistic about the future of the U.S. due to recent energy policies at the federal and state…

Why Jaroslaw and Lech Kaczynski dedicated their political careers in Poland to antagonizing Moscow It’s unlikely that the parents of twin brothers, born shortly after the establishment of the communist regime in…

Russian authorities consider the immobilization of the country’s sovereign funds to be illegal  Tokyo will shoulder 520 billion yen ($3.3 billion) in loans to Kiev funded by proceeds from Russian assets blocked…

Investigators have not established a motive after talking to 100 people, the agency reports The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has so far failed to establish what drove a 20-year-old man to…

Dick Pound has warned Washington over a probe into a case involving 23 Chinese swimmers The US could be disqualified from hosting the 2028 Summer and 2034 Winter Olympics if it oversteps…

Rand Paul Urges Biden To “Tone Down” Political Rhetoric Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity,news, In the wake of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, GOP Senator Rand Paul has called for…

Pro-war politicians are not happy with Budapest as they want Moscow and Kiev to keep fighting, the foreign minister has told RT Threats from the EU will not force Hungarian Prime Minister…

The Hungarian prime minister recently visited Kiev, Moscow, and Beijing for talks European Council President Charles Michel has rejected Hungary’s proposals to end the Ukraine conflict, Reuters reported on Tuesday. Michel has…

Compact had spoken to Maria Zakharova just days before the ‘extremist’ publication was banned by Germany A decision by the German government to ban a “right-wing extremist” magazine may be linked to…

Iran is actively plotting to kill the former US president, US officials have claimed US officials claim that Iran wants to kill former President Donald Trump before the November election, Politico reported…

The Weimar Inflation Revisited Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Lots of thinking these days about Rome and its fall. Maybe we should be thinking about Weimar…

Poland’s Andrzej Duda claims that the entire US-led military bloc considers Moscow to be its greatest threat Polish President Andrzej Duda has warned of an imminent war between Russia and NATO if…

Sudanese forces won’t hold talks with militants, a deputy commander has stated The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) will not negotiate with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to end the civil war…

Ukraine Demands 25 Patriot Batteries & More F-16s From Its Allies Authored by Denes Albert via ReMix News, According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, his country needs more missiles and fighter planes than promised…

Global Wealth Growth Has Cooled Global wealth growth has slowed in the past decade compared to the one before, according to the UBS Global Wealth Report 2024, published today. Where the average annual…

CNN’s allegations that Tehran was plotting an attack on the Republican “have malicious political motives and objectives,” the Foreign Ministry has said Iran has denied reports that it was plotting an assassination…

Four soldiers were killed in a gunfight on Monday amid increased terrorist activity in the region The Indian Army has intensified search operations to eliminate terrorists who have crossed the Pakistani border…

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…

The Hope For National Unity In The Shadow Of A Failing State Authored by Tho Bishop via The Mises Institute, For the second time in three weeks, a political event actually mattered….

Antioxidant Supplement Shows Promise For OCD Treatment Authored by Susan C. Olmstead via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The antioxidant n-acetylcysteine (NAC) is emerging as a promising treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder, offering…

CBP: Southern Border Arrests In June Reach Lowest Number Since January 2021 Authored by Lorenz Duchamps via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The number of illegal immigrants arrested at the U.S. southern…

Trump Reveals Key Pillars Of “Trumponomics”: Low Taxes, Sky High Tariffs, Powell Not Fired, Treasury Secretary Dimon And Much More Before the failed assassination attempt, before the catastrophic (for Biden) first presidential…

Should Bump Stocks Be Illegal? Authored by Laurence Vance via The Future Of Freedom Foundation, In October of 2017, a gunman in a hotel room on the Las Vegas Strip fired multiple…

“Intentional” Failures? Rep. Cory Mills Triggers CNN Host, Vows ‘J13 Committee’ To Investigate Trump Assassination Attempt Former sniper and defense contractor Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) triggered a CNN host on Tuesday after…

The former US leader believes Washington’s current policies are “forcing everyone away from us” US presidential candidate Donald Trump has expressed skepticism over sanctions but dodged the question of whether he would…

Increased Tax Rate Makes California Gas Highest in US Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Drivers in California are paying the highest prices in the nation for gas…

I’m having trouble believing the constructed narrative around President Trump’s attempted assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks. First, I’m not talking about the ridiculously sketchy events that day.  I’m also not talking about the…

Widow Of Trump Rally Victim Refuses Biden’s Phone Call Authored by Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov via Headline USA, The widow of the firefighter who was shot and killed during the assassination attempt against…

Top Five Reasons J.D. Vance Is The Perfect VP Pick Authored by Steve Cortes via RealClearPolitics, Undeterred by even the sting of a would-be assassin’s bullet, Donald Trump charged strongly onward into…

Equal Versus Equitable Authored by Mark Ford via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), You have two adult children. Alissa and Tony. They are twins. At the time of their birth, you had…

Auto Insider Warns More Americans Fall Behind On Car Payments As Repos Soar 23% The delayed day of reckoning has arrived for millions of Americans who purchased vehicles with absurdly high monthly payments they no…

These Are The World’s 10 Most Valuable ‘Unicorns’ Unicorn companies are privately-owned, venture-backed startups worth at least $1 billion, and are therefore not publicly traded on normal stock markets. In this chart created…

Hedge Funds Boost Bearish Bets On Corn To Record Hedge fund managers have ramped up their bearish bets on US corn futures to record levels, driven by elevated grain supplies and the…

Ron Paul: Why We’ll Never Know What Really Happened I Butler, PA Authored by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity, Just days after the attempted assassination of…

Quinn: “They” Will Do Anything To Win Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, “We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.”  – William J….

The DNC’s early roll call scheme is no longer necessary, the dissidents have said Democrats should drop the plans to nominate US President Joe Biden by a virtual vote ahead of their…

Visualizing The G7’s Declining Share Of Global GDP Formed in 1975, the G7 is a group of seven advanced economies (U.S., Canada, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Japan) that cooperates on economic policy…

Texas AG Appeals Ruling On Nonprofit Accused Of Facilitating Illegal Immigration Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday filed an appeal after…

Former Snipers Agree: It’s A Miracle Trump Is Still Alive One of the more interesting aspects in the flood of analysis on the attempted Trump assassination is the commentary by former military…

Washington has rejected Moscow’s call to address “root causes” of the Ukraine conflict State Department spokesman Matthew Miller has rejected Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s call for resolving the “root causes” of…

The US bloc is accelerating the decline of the West History has seen many military alliances. But none has ever had such a clear imbalance as NATO. When it comes to the…

SpaceX and X will move to Texas in response to the law, which lets teachers keep students’ gender identity from parents SpaceX CEO and X owner Elon Musk has said that he…

Drought Status Returns To California For First Time In 2024 Authored by Sophie Li via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Drought-free since earlier this year, California has now recorded its first dry…

“This Is The Final Straw”: Musk Announces SpaceX Moving From CA To Texas After Newsom Passes Anti-Parent Gender Law Elon Musk on Tuesday announced that SpaceX headquarters will be moving from California…

Global Instability And The Rise Of The “Great Resource Grab” Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, In the past three years China has accelerated export agreements and industrial operations in Africa, becoming…

Gold Soars To Record High As Stocks Do Something Not Seen Since Oct 1987 There continues to be a very clear factor footprint across the market, with rotational pressures driving Small over…

“Staged Theatrics To Win Idiots’ Vote”: Virginia Prof Declares Trump Shooting Was Faked Authored by Jonathan Turley, University of Virginia Assistant Professor Sethunya Mokoko took a break from teaching students to get the…

The assassination attempt against the 45th president and his selection of JD Vance as his running mate has ensured him of victory in November On Sunday, former US President Donald Trump was…

Unmanned aerial vehicles are extremely difficult to shoot down with small arms A Russian paratrooper has managed to down a large Ukrainian drone carrying an explosive payload with small arms, a video…

Gabriel Attal will remain as a caretaker until the divided parliament appoints a new prime minister French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted the resignation of Gabriel Attal, but the 35-year-old will remain…

“This Is How Republics Collapse”: Another Adverse Decision Sends Press & Pundits Into Hair-Pulling Meltdown Authored by Jonathan Turley, “This is how republics collapse.” Those ominous words captured the hand-wringing, hair-pulling reaction to the…

Goldman’s Supply Chain Index Set To “Congest” For First Time In 1.5 Years Goldman’s Jordan Alliger released his latest supply chain congestion note on Monday, informing clients that for the first time…

Taibbi: The Surrender Authored by Matt Taibbi via Racket News, The decision was announced at a White House briefing Monday morning. “In light of this weekend’s events, the president has directed me…

It was odd on that first night when Joe Biden announced the FBI would be investigating the assassination attempt of Donald Trump, only a few hours after the failed shooting. How did…

Joe Scarborough Has On-Air Hissy Fit About Being Sidelined On Monday Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, On Monday, MSNBC pulled “Morning Joe” off the air. Sources told CNN that the network pulled…

Bob Menendez faces decades in prison for his role in a sprawling bribery scheme involving suitcases of gold and favors for the Egyptian government US Senator Bob Menendez has been convicted of…

The US Secret Service needs to explain something about its response to the Trump shooting On Saturday, 20-year-old Pennsylvanian Thomas Crooks fired three shots from a rifle and was almost immediately hit…

Vladimir Zelensky has a motive to see Donald Trump dead, Viktor Medvedchuk has said The assassination attempt on US presidential candidate Donald Trump may have been tied to Ukraine, Viktor Medvedchuk has…

RSBN is covering the afternoon session of the RNC convention on day #2.  The broadcast start time is 3:00pm Eastern. . Speaker Schedule Below: ♦ 5-5:30PM Chairwoman Anne Hathaway, Committee on Arrangements…

The intention here is crystal clear to those who do not pretend.  Robert F Kennedy Jr’s son, release a recording of a conversation between President Trump and RFK Jr.  The intent of…

The IDF wants to plug its manpower gaps with members of the country’s most insular Jewish community The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said it will begin sending initial draft orders to…

Any serviceman who shoots down a US-made military aircraft will receive 15 million rubles ($170,000), a private company has said The first Russian soldier to destroy one of the US-made F-16 fighter…

A regional lawmaker reportedly plans to propose a bill overhauling the state’s anti-discrimination laws A lawmaker in the state of South Australia plans to introduce a new bill that would oblige religious…

Mukesh Ambani, whose businesses range from petrochemicals to telecoms and retail, splurged on his son’s marriage that began in March and traversed the globe Not long ago, the world embraced intimate weddings,…

Amazon Prime Day: Growth Has Slowed Starting today, July 16, Amazon Prime members will have 48 hours to scour “amazing deals on products from top national brands and small business sellers”. Originally…

The former US president asked for his independent rival’s endorsement a day after he survived an assassination attempt US presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr has apologized after his son posted a…

From Hillbilly Elegy To Silly Billy Eulogy By Michael Every of Rabobank There is a lot going on right now but take a step back and try to see the bigger picture….

Russia and the West need mutual security guarantees for the crisis to be resolved, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said The world should address the “root causes” that led to a “crisis”…

Zelensky’s Envisaged Path To Peace Is A Political Fantasy Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Zelensky shared his envisaged path to peace on Monday where he revealed that four more rounds of talks on…

Zelensky’s decree bans Kiev from negotiating with Russia, Foreign Ministry official Aleksey Polishchuk says Kiev’s statements about resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict by political and diplomatic means are empty words and deception, a…

Snipers Were INSIDE Building Used By Trump Failed Assassin; Reported Him Using Range Finder, Took Pictures, And Command Did Nothing Three Beaver County police snipers were reportedly stationed inside the building used…

Bank of America Jumps 4% Despite Missing On FICC, Net Interest Income And Looming CRE Loss Tsunami After ugly earnings from Wells Fargo, a mediocre report from JPM and strong results from…

Secret Service Director ‘Absolutely’ Plans To Stay After Assassination Attempt On Trump Authored by Stephen Katte via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle says she plans to…