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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…

It is too late to talk about “autonomous zones,” the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has dismissed the idea of creating “autonomous regions” in Ukraine, floated…

Nationwide protests broke out a month ago over proposed tax hikes Kenya experienced further unrest on Tuesday in the capital, Nairobi, and other regions. Police fired tear gas at anti-government protesters, who…

The US President told NBC’s Lester Holt he will only take the Republican frontrunner on again in September, as was earlier agreed US President Joe Biden has turned down Donald Trump’s proposal…

Ankara is also in talks with China and South Korea, Alparslan Bayraktar has told Bloomberg  Russian nuclear energy giant Rosatom is “ahead” in bidding to construct a second nuclear power plant in…

In an interview with RT, Hardeep Singh Puri has explained how New Delhi helped stabilize global energy prices   India’s energy cooperation with Russia remains crucial for the world’s most populous nation,…

Valery Gerasimov thanked troops for their actions during the capture of the Donbass village of Urozhaynoye The chief of the Russian General Staff has met with commanders in charge of southeastern frontline…

Mariana Bezuglaya has been accused of discrediting the nation’s military by verbally attacking generals Notorious Ukrainian website Mirotvorets has blacklisted MP Mariana Bezuglaya for repeatedly targeting the country’s senior military officials. The…

Trains, planes, and automobiles could soon be equipped with routers similar to the service offered by Elon Musk’s company, Izvestia has reported Russia is planning to simplify satellite access to high-speed internet…

Walking Wounded: Watch Bandaged Trump’s Emotional Entrance To GOP Convention In his first public appearance since narrowly escaping a fatal headshot from a 20-year-old would-be assassin at a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday,…

Fed Rate-Cuts: A Signal To Sell Stocks And Buy Bonds? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, With both economic and inflation data continuing to weaken, expectations of Fed rate cuts are rising….

Radar data suggests the presence of a deep cave, which could provide shelter from the harsh lunar environment The possible existence of a large cave at the bottom of a deep crater…

Hugo Boss Slides After Slashing Outlook As Luxury Downturn Gains Momentum  Hugo Boss tumbled as much as 10% to its lowest levels since 2021 on Tuesday after the luxury German clothing manufacturer slashed…

Campaigner Kemi Seba had his French passport revoked for criticizing Paris, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said Paris stripped prominent African political leader and anti-colonial advocate Kemi Seba of his citizenship due…

Three African states are taking the next step towards the consolidation of their alliance Political evolution in Africa, supported by the pan-African movement and African populations, was marked in early July by…

Lawmakers have accused Viktor Orban of pretending to act on the bloc’s behalf during his Ukraine “peace mission” Scores of European Parliament members have called on Brussels to punish Hungary after its…

39 Things To Know About JD Vance, Trump’s Running Mate Authored by Joseph Lord and Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times, On July 15, former President Donald Trump announced that Sen. J.D….

Saved By The Seasonals: Headline Spending Surprises As ‘Real’ Retail Sales Plunge BofA’s omnipotent analysts track record on retail sales looks to be tested once again with a worse than consensus forecast…

Azov Brigade members are “fascists and should be eliminated,” presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov says  A video depicting a member of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi Azov Brigade executing a Russian soldier is further proof…

The Ukrainian leader had criticized Indian PM’s visit to Moscow, saying it was a “blow to peace efforts” to see the leaders hug New Delhi has reportedly summoned the ambassador of Ukraine…

Perpetrators of war crimes “have no right to life,” Dmitry Medvedev has said, as footage posted of suspected war crime No mercy must be shown towards Ukrainian neo-Nazis who murdered an unarmed…

Futures Rise Led By Small Caps As Great Rotation Continues US equity futures are modestly higher, rebounding from session lows, and led by Russell futures as the rotation looks poised to continue…

Saudi Arabia’s reported threat to the G7 over the holdings proves Moscow’s point, Dmitry Peskov claims Western attempts to confiscate Russian assets are causing damage to the international financial system and worrying…

Russian forces have shown “alarming levels of adaptation” to American-made weaponry supplied to Ukraine, lawmakers have said A bipartisan US congressional committee has demanded that the administration of US President Joe Biden…

West Jerusalem has pledged to provide humanitarian assistance to the war-torn enclave following international pressure Several groups that have been blocking humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza have received financial support from donors…

Julian Assange is free and set to finalise a deal with the US in the next day or so which should see him back in Australia by Thursday or Friday (AEST) at…

Peter Dutton’s nuclear plant announcement is a fake and fraud being orchestrated by greedy billionaires Gina Rinehart and Rupert Murdoch with their fingerprints all over it and has nothing to do with…

Scott Morrison is one of the 6 people the Robodebt Royal Commission referred to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) for further investigation for alleged criminal conduct regarding Robodebt. The ABC’s Phillip Adams…

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus is again cooking the books and telling journalists lies to justify secret hearings at the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC). Given the blowtorch is currently being put on the NACC,…

Australia’s old media companies are rapidly dying and the reason we know that is because the old media are the ones reporting it. Of course, the old media put their own spin…

David Stockman Exposes The Fed’s “Fake Victory Over Inflation” Authored by David Stockman via Contra Corner blog, If you don’t think the Fed has become an abject handmaid of the Wall Street…

Left And Right Agree On Biggest Issue (But Not Much Else) What are the biggest challenges for the United States today? As Statista’s Katharina Buchholz details below, Consumer Insights show that the…

Football fans were among the victims of the attack in Somalia A car bomb has exploded outside a busy cafe in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing nine people.  The blast occurred at 10:28pm local…

Lacalle: Net-Zero Will Make You Poorer Authored by Daniel Lacalle, If you read the latest OECD publication, “Employment Outlook 2024: The Net Zero Transition and the Labour Market,” you would imagine that…

Russia first needs to understand what the Ukrainian leader meant when he said Moscow should attend, Dmitry Peskov has said The Kremlin has responded to reports that Moscow could be invited to…