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Mike Lindell Escapes Massive Damages In Dominion Defamation Case My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell was found liable last week for defamation by a federal Jury in Colorado in a case brought by…

Watch Live: Fed Chair Powell Explains Why He’s Not “Stupid” Having been accused of being “stupid” and “too late”, Fed Chair Powell’s decision to hold rates (not cut as Trump is demanding),…

IAEA chief Rafael Grossi’s statement refutes claims made by Israel and US President Donald Trump The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has found no evidence that Iran is making a “systematic effort”…

Western countries lose the moral high ground when they back Israel’s actions, Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman says Israel has no justification for trying to bring about “regime change” in Iran through its…

Estonia’s Russophobic policies make its own peoples’ lives more difficult, Moscow says Estonia could close its border crossing in the eastern city of Narva because of the large number of people wishing…

Trump Admin Considers Expanding Travel Restrictions To 36 Additional Countries Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump’s administration is considering substantially expanding travel restrictions to include nationals from…

West Jerusalem claims Tehran was on the brink of obtaining nuclear weapons to justify the latest attacks There’s no evidence that Iran poses a nuclear threat to Israel, former UK Ambassador to…

Trump Slams “Stupid” Powell: “I Think He Hates Me. I Call Him Every Name In The Book To Try And Get Him To Cut” Just hours before the Fed is expected to…

The Brits & Ukrainians Are Plotting To Manipulate Trump Into Escalating Against Russia Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Agency (SVR) warned that the Brits and Ukrainians are preparing two false…

Brussels has introduced new rules that could place restrictions on countries found in violation of the UN charter or international humanitarian law Israel could face a suspension of its visa-free access to…

Behind the rhetoric, Israel’s offensive has revealed just how little control the US now wields If the Academy handed out Oscars for political theater, Donald Trump would be a shoo-in for the…

Lutnick Says Nearly 70,000 Have Signed Up For $5 Million ‘Trump Card’ Investor Visa Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, Nearly 70,000 people have signed up for the “Trump Card,”…

Biden Judge Blocks Trump’s Two Genders On US Passports, But Supreme Court Says ‘No’ On Trans Treatments For Minors Autopen-appointed judge Julia Kobick…  …issued a ruling Tuesday that temporarily blocks the Trump administration…

Ayatollah Khamenei has rejected the US president’s ultimatum to surrender and warned against American military intervention The US would suffer “irreparable damage” if it intervenes militarily against Iran, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei…

Reports Of Warplanes Seeking To Strike Ayatollah As Israel Has Hit 1,100 Iranian Targets Since Friday More waves of missiles and strikes were exchanged between Israel and Iran overnight, with Israeli’s military announcing…

Mobilization figures also suggest Kiev’s efforts to attract young volunteers are falling short Fewer than one in four Ukrainian military recruits enlist on their own initiative, with the vast majority entering service through…

Slovakia may face penalties for ending a long-term contract with Gazprom early under Brussels’ phaseout plan Slovakia could face €16 billion (over $18 billion) in penalties for cutting short a long-term gas…

The Russian leader has reiterated Moscow’s readiness to mediate end to hostilities Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken with his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates about the worsening situation in the…

X Ticker Now Available As Nippon Steel Completes $14BN US Steel Deal And just like that, the X ticker is available for Elon Musk to purchase and take his social media company…

Pretoria’s cabinet will reach a final decision on the matter by the end of the year, according to an official The Cabinet is expected to decide by the end of the year…

Chemical weapons are corroding on the seafloor – and Berlin’s plan to remove them without Russia’s help may spark an irreversible environmental crisis Beneath the waves of the Baltic Sea lies a…

Ayatollah Tells Trump “We Will Never Surrender” In Televised Speech To Nation In a rare and important nationally televised wartime speech by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, he warned against American military…

Washington reportedly rejected a proposed text over concerns it could jeopardize the Ukraine peace process G7 leaders did not issue a joint statement on the Ukraine conflict following the group’s recent summit…

WTI Tumbles On Trump Iran Comments, Despite Massive Crude Inventory Draw Crude prices are down modestly this morning despite ongoing attacks between Iran and Israel and API reporting a major crude draw…

“Unconditional Surrender!” By Michael Every of Rabobank So, no, President Trump didn’t leave the G7 to discuss a Middle-East ceasefire. From the Situation Room, he instead declared: “we” now have total control…

Futures Rise Into The Fed Day As Dip Buyers Return US equity futures are modestly higher into Fed Day, bucking the trend of lower Asian and European markets, as the market shrugs…

Housing Starts & Permits Plunge To Weakest Since COVID Lockdowns A day after homeBUILDER sentiment finally cracked (though still dramatically more ‘confident’ than homeBUYERS)… Source: Bloomberg …and mortgage rates are rebounding higher,…

DOGE Is Working: Jobless Claims In ‘Deep TriState’ Surge To 4 Year Highs The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits for the first time fell from an upwardly revised 250k the…

The survey reflects rising fears amid protests, deportation riots, and political violence Forty percent of Americans believe a civil war in the US is “somewhat” or “very” likely within the next decade,…

Technological development and alignment with national economic goals are priorities for Moscow, Denis Manturov has said Russia is open to foreign investment but it should be “smart” and focused on developing new…

Meta Floated “Giant” $100 Million Offer To Poach OpenAI Team As AI Talent Wars Heat Up OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, speaking on the Uncapped podcast hosted by his brother Jack Altman, revealed that…

Senate Passes ‘GENIUS’ Stablecoin Bill In Bipartisan Vote Authored by Turner Wright via CoinTelegraph.com, The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins, or GENIUS Act, is one step closer to becoming…

The man was shot at close range during protests over a blogger’s death in police custody A Kenyan police officer has been arrested over the shooting of an unarmed civilian during recent…

Israel has claimed it has struck a facility in Tehran used to make equipment that could boost the scale and speed of uranium enrichment  Israel struck several military targets in Iran, including…

Insurance spikes, tanker collisions, and Red Sea detours reveal how regional conflict translates into real costs for a world still reeling from inflation The sudden outbreak of the Israel–Iran war has thrown…

Brussels had planned to lower the cap on Russian crude from $60 to $45 per barrel in the latest package of sanctions The EU has stepped back from its proposal to reduce…

Tehran has a legal right to defend itself from West Jerusalem’s “banditry and state terrorism,” the Turkish president has said Iran has a legitimate right to respond to Israel’s attacks, Turkish President…

For the past several months it has become increasingly obvious that conservative America is witnessing a battle between two external elements, Qatar and Israel.  MAGA has been stuck in the middle. The…

I post the direct statements from President Trump on the calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin because if you read the background, both before and after the Israel strike operation, you can…

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…

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…

​​​​​​​Strait of Hormuz Disruption Fears Surge After Former Iranian Minister Threatens Transit Restrictions JPMorgan’s forecast of triple-digit Brent crude prices could soon be a reality as conflict risk in and around the Strait…

Why Some LA Biz Owners Want To Leave Because Of The Riots, But Can’t As unrest once again disrupts parts of Los Angeles, many small business owners are asking a painful question:…

The translated edition of Prabowo Subianto’s book has been released ahead of the upcoming Russia-Indonesia summit in St. Petersburg The memoirs of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto have been published for the first…

Global power centers are changing as new growth hubs emerge, Maksim Oreshkin says as the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum gets underway The G7 nations are no longer the engines of global…

The European Commission has proposed phasing out all remaining oil and gas imports from Russia within two years Officials in Brussels are completely undermining the EU’s competitiveness, according to Kirill Dmitriev, the…

Algeria’s foreign minister has branded the Israel’s strikes an “aggression,” urging the need for the UN Security Council to intervene Algeria’s Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf held a phone conversation with his Iranian…

UBS Pinpoints When ‘Bicentennial Man’ Becomes Reality For Your Living Room UBS analysts published a note earlier today that lays out a fascinating timeline straight out of sci-fi: the rise of humanoid…

New Delhi has reaffirmed its position of not involving other countries in any bilateral issues with Islamabad India will never accept mediation to resolve its dispute with Islamabad over Jammu and Kashmir,…

IEA Doubles Down On Peak Oil Demand Forecast Authored by Michael Kern via OilPrice.com, The International Energy Agency forecasts global oil demand to peak and plateau by the end of this decade,…

Lawmakers are unlikely to take up Senator Lindsey Graham’s legislation targeting Russian trade partners this month, the news outlet has said A bipartisan US Senate bill seeking to impose steep tariffs on…

Abu Dhabi Makes Major Push Into LNG With $19 Billion Santos Takeover Abu Dhabi is making its biggest energy play yet, as it seeks to become a major global force in liquefied…

A court in Mali has transferred the management of Barrick’s biggest gold sites to a state-appointed provisional administrator Mali has temporarily stripped Canadian firm Barrick of control over the West African country’s…

Why Have Any COVID-19 Vaccines, 2025? Authored by Randall Bock via The Brownstone Institute, Five years on, SARS–CoV–2 is a ghost. It’s not the beast it was (or was purported to be);…

Removing the government in Tehran would lead to chaos, the French president has warned French President Emmanuel Macron has spoken out against attempting regime change in Iran, contradicting his US counterpart, Donald…

The Ukrainian leader has appealed for continued aid after Trump refused to meet with him at a G7 event Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has called on Western donors to commit $40 billion annually…

A breakthrough has been achieved during a meeting between the prime ministers on the sidelines of the G7 summit India and Canada have agreed to reset ties after years of tensions, which…

The three-day international event focuses on key economic issues in Russia and the broader multipolar world Russia is hosting the 28th annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2025), which began on…

Purging Of Top Chinese Generals Shows Central Military Commission In “Disarray” General He Weidong, once the second-highest-ranking officer in China’s military and a close ally of President Xi Jinping, has been purged—three…

Slovak PM Fico Questions NATO Membership, Sparks Backlash Over Call For Neutrality Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has sparked a political debate after publicly suggesting…

Impervious To Suffering Authored by Todd Hayen via Off-Guardian.org, Can I be so bold as to say I may have figured something out? It is probably something all of you already know,…

Federal Judge Upholds Trump Admin’s $400 Million Freeze On Columbia University Funding Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times, A federal judge has upheld the Trump administration’s suspension of more than…

Gold vs The Dollar: The Death Of Fiat In One Chart Earlier today we reported that the latest BofA Fund Manager Survey confirmed what most already knew: that the shoeshine boy, the…

Don’t Even Think About Living In This State Unless You Make At Least $300,000 If you want to live comfortably in Massachusetts, the most expensive state in the United States, a family…

Iron Ore Prices Tumble To 9-Month Low, Citi & Goldman Ratchet Down Price Target  Iron ore, widely seen as a real-time barometer of China’s economic pulse, is flashing fresh warning signs. Prices slid for…

The German chancellor has endorsed the ongoing Israeli strikes against Iran German Chancellor Friedrich Merz publicly lauded Israel’s military strikes against Iran, stating that the Israeli government and army have courageously undertaken the…

Kraft Heinz Will No Longer Launch Products In US With Artificial Colors Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Kraft Heinz said on Tuesday that it will not launch any new…

Fort Cavazos Officially Redesignated As Fort Hood  Fort Hood is back, soon after the Trump administration vowed to restore military bases which had name changes under the Biden administration due to Confederate…

NYC Comptroller Attempts To Block ICE Apprehension, Promptly Arrested Authored by ‘Sundance’ via The Last Refuge blog, Hopefully these are the political stunts that will force the reluctant hand of Attorney General…

Brent crude prices have risen by almost 5% amid fears that the hostilities could disrupt a key shipping route Global oil prices jumped by almost 5% amid the continued military escalation between…

First reported on CNN, several outlets are now confirming that Dept of Homeland Security Director, Kristi Noem, was rushed to the hospital in Washington DC for an apparent allergic reaction.  She is…

Indicted Atlantic City Mayor Wins Democratic Primary By Over 1,000 Votes It’s only fitting that corruption pays off in a town that was bankrolled by the mob… Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small…

Chinese Automakers Target Using 100% Domestic Made Chips In New Vehicles Not only is China starting to dominate the auto market throughout the world, now they’re seeking to do it using exclusively…

Democrats Chase Trump’s Laser Pointer On Immigration Authored by J.T. Young via RealClearPolitics, In his first term, Trump chased Democrats’ laser pointer; now, they’re chasing his. No issue illustrates this like immigration;…

Hold The Lettuce, Bring The Raids: Trump Reinstates Immigration Enforcement On Farms, Hotels, & Meat Plants Via beefnews.org, They paused the raids. Then un-paused them. For a moment, it looked like meatpackers…

An Open Letter To The President: Addressing Our Debt Authored by Thomas W. Smith via RealClearPolitics, Donald J. Trump The Mar-a-Lago Club 1100 South Ocean Boulevard Palm Beach, Florida Dear President Trump:…

Who Really Decides What “America First” Means? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Trump recently told The Atlantic that “considering that I’m the one that developed ‘America First,’ and considering that the term wasn’t…

Is The Silver Bull Finally Here? With silver classically lagging behind gold during the yellow metal’s stunning recent rise, Peter Schiff believes the long-anticipated bull market for silver is finally here in…

Aleksandr Khinshtein has condemned the attackers as “cruel and merciless” Two elderly people have been killed in Ukrainian shelling of the village of Zvannoe in Kursk Region, western Russia, Governor Aleksandr Khinshtein…

Earlier in the day, the president boasted that US jets had unchallenged primacy in Iranian airspace President Donald Trump is seriously considering getting the US directly involved in Israel’s conflict with Iran…

Trump Says He Will Likely Extend TikTok Divestment Deadline Again Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he will likely extend the deadline once…

The fantasy of liberal reform has given us the ruins of war Israel’s attack on Iran, which began last Friday, is the culmination of nearly 25 years of relentless transformation across West…

With the unusual conflicting information coming from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, about the lower confidence level in Iran’s weaponized nuclear weapons program; and contrast against the…

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Hopefully these are the political stunts that will force the reluctant hand of Attorney General Pam Bondi to intervene.  Criminal arrests and federal prosecutions of politicians pulling these stunts are needed. New…

Brussels has pledged to stop importing fuel from Russia by 2028, despite growing backlash from some member states The European Commission has proposed phasing out all remaining Russian gas imports to the…

I cannot give all the particulars to backstop my perspective, however, Vice President JD Vance has traditional training and perspective on leadership within massive organizations, enhanced by his military service. Essentially, ‘never…

“It’s Disgusting”: Erik Prince Torches RINOs For Screwing America Out Of DOGE Cuts, Warns Of Primaries Blackwater founder Erik Prince unleashed on Congressional Republicans, blasting their failure to codify spending cuts identified…

The Jewish state’s attacks on Iran are illegal and threaten global stability, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said Israel’s ongoing strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities pose unacceptable threats to international security and…

Secret Service Followed Protocol In Padilla Incident Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, California Sen. Alex Padilla is getting plenty of mileage out of his scuffle with the Secret Service and federal…

IRGC Claims Direct Missile Hit On Israel’s Mossad Headquarters After a night of more Iranian ballistic missile attacks on Israel, in response to Tel Aviv leading a war of regime change targeting…

War Powers Resolutions Introduced In Congress To Prevent US War With Iran Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) on Monday introduced a War Powers Resolution that would require a…

Moscow’s embassy in Stockholm says its diplomatic buildings in Sweden have been targeted by repeated acts of vandalism An unidentified drone targeted the Russian trade mission in Sweden in an act of…

“Worst Case Outcome”: Mali Places Barrick Gold’s Loulo-Gounkoto Mine Into State Control A Malian court has ordered Barrick Gold Corp.’s Loulo-Gounkoto mine into six months of provisional administration, transferring control of one…

Why the Israel-Iran war may not go according to Netanyahu’s plan There are no quiet days in the Middle East. Armed conflict is a constant presence, but this time the stakes are…

California Launches Probe Into State Farm’s Handling Of LA Wildfire Insurance Claims Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, The California Department of Insurance (CDI) has launched an investigation into State…

Iran’s supreme leader would be “an easy target,” according to the US president US President Donald Trump has suggested that Washington has the ability to kill Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, while…

Trump Swipes At Tulsi On Iran Nuke Contradictory Intel: ‘I Don’t Care What She Said’ President Trump while on his way back from the G7 summit in Canada, which he cut short…

JetBlue Cuts Flights, Parks Some Jets As Weak Travel Demand Deepens Profit Woes  JetBlue Airways CEO Joanna Geraghty told employees in an internal memo obtained by CNBC that the airline is implementing…

FBI Gives Congress Intel On Alleged Chinese Plot To Create Fake Mail-In Ballots In 2020 Authored by John Solomon via Just the News, FBI Director Kash Patel on Monday evening turned over…