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Florida Bans Homeless Encampments Authored by Eric Lundrum via American Greatness, On Wednesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) signed a bill into law that bans homeless encampments in the state of Florida….

Crocus City Hall came under attack by unknown assailants late on Friday Multiple videos have been posted on social media by panicked visitors to a popular shopping center and music venue outside…

Approximately 4 to 5 heavily armed men, with long rifles and explosive devices, opened fire earlier today in a Moscow theater.  The initial casualty estimations put the number of dead around 40…

The Princess of Wales said the cancer was found through post-operative tests after a major abdominal surgery Kate Middleton has announced that she is in the “early stages” of chemotherapy treatment after…

Wake-Up Call Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “Those who organized the disaster will take advantage of the inevitable discontent arising from efforts to overcome it, for if there is one…

‘Powell Put’ Sparks Surge In Stocks, Bonds, & The Dollar; Bullion & Black Gold Flat On Week Positive macro, central bank love-fest, and AI catalysts… buy all the things… US Macro ‘outperformed’…

Following Ken Buck (U-CO), Republican Congressman Mike Gallagher (U-WI) announces he is leaving congress. This exit drops the GOP majority in the House to one seat, following a path that seemingly continues…

The popular shopping center and music venue outside Moscow was set on fire after gunmen entered it and began shooting at visitors Multiple fire brigades and aircraft have been deployed to put…

Panicked people are seen rushing across a bridge after gunmen stormed Crocus City Hall near Moscow Chilling footage circulating online appears to show the first minutes after a group of gunmen attacked…

Crocus City Hall is a major concert venue right outside the Russian capital The Crocus City Hall complex, where a major terrorist attack took place on Friday night, sits just outside of Moscow’s…

“Buckle Up For Irrational Exuberance” – Time-Traveling Bill Gross Touts Bond-Steepeners, Abandons Banks Via WilliamHGross.com, I came upon a time machine quite innocently the other day as I was hunting for a…

Law enforcement officers and emergency services have been deployed in response to an attack at Crocus City Hall Police forces, ambulances, and fire brigades have been dispatched to Krasnogorsk, a city just…

The move is aimed at promoting and protecting human rights in the context of the rapidly developing technology The UN General Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted the first global AI-related resolution aimed…

There is “no indication” that the attack has any connection to Ukraine, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby has said The White House has condemned a major terrorist attack outside Moscow which…

Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has banned gatherings in the Russian capital after a high-profile gun attack in the nearby region Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has canceled all large-scale events in the Russian capital…

“We Have Reached A Bottom”: Uranium Poised To Jump Again After 3 Month Correction Uranium prices may have dipped slightly over the last 4 months, but its looking like the new “top”…

Several gunmen have stormed into the Crocus City Hall outside Moscow on Friday night The deadly attack on a large mall outside Moscow on Friday night was an act of terrorism, Russia’s…

The Kremlin’s Unprecedented Description Of The Ukraine Conflict As A “War” & What It Means Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, This should be seen as the Kremlin’s clearest signal yet that it’ll…

Goldman Takes A Field Trip To Tesla & Rivian  Last month, Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas described the electric vehicle industry as “extremely negative” and predicted further deterioration. Following this assessment, Goldman Sachs…

The Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishments, but also mentions “excessive fines” and bail. The “excessive fines” clause surfaces (among other places) in cases of civil and criminal forfeiture. [TEXT and…

The Crocus City complex northwest of the Russian capital, came under attack by unknown assailants late on Friday Over 40 people have reportedly been killed and about 130 wounded, according to unofficial…

Attackers armed with automatic weapons have opened fire at Crocus City Hall Multiple videos posted on social media on Friday evening showed the moment a mass shooting took place at a shopping…

A large mall in Moscow was the scene of a mass shooting and has been set on fire with many casualties reported Crocus City, a large mall and music venue just northwest…

Moscow’s Largest Concert Hall Attacked; Explosions & Mass Shootings Reported Some kind of major attack just occurred at a Moscow concert hall with contradictory breaking reports emerging from on the ground and…

Blinken’s Dire Warning To Bibi: “You Need A Coherent Plan” Or Face Disaster In Gaza Did Secretary Blinken just deliver Biden’s promised ‘come to Jesus’ message to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu? Blinken on Friday warned…

Turns Out We Do Have A ‘Deep State’… And It’s “Awesome” Authored by Kit Knightly via Of-Guardian.org, After years of denials, the mainstream media has decided to admit the Deep State does…

Women in Sweden now give birth to 1.45 children on average during their lifetime Sweden’s total fertility rate – the number of children an average woman gives birth to during her lifetime…

The BBC has revealed plans to build and train its own artificial intelligence model to support its production process UK national broadcaster BBC has announced it is drawing up plans to create…

Life After Roosevelt Hotel: Migrants Stuffed Into 180 Sqft ‘Micro Apartments’ Ahead Of Elections Some migrants, after spending months in luxurious hotels, such as the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, are winding…

NIH Prioritizes Schools With Diversity Statements In Doling Out Grants Via Campus Reform, The National Institutes of Health’s ‘Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation’ initiative favors medical researchers who affirm their support…

“Terrified” Joe Biden Demands Ukraine Halt Strikes On Russian Refiners As It Is Sending Oil Prices Surging If anyone is wondering what is the one, sole driving force behind Joe Biden’s foreign…

Footage emerging from the Crocus City Hall shows dead and wounded lying on the floor Videos have emerged of a mass shooting at Crocus City Hall shopping center in Moscow Region on…

The temporary measure was included in a massive government funding bill American embassies around the world will not be able to fly the rainbow, Progress or Black Lives Matter banners this summer,…

From the mailroom: …”Given the confluence of events and your foresight in pointing directly to the financial mechanisms now seemingly in the spotlight [BlackRock etc], how would it be if your audience…

Berlin has joined a Czech-led initiative to buy 800,000 artillery rounds for Kiev Germany has pledged to donate another €300 million ($326 million) as part of a Czech-led initiative to purchase artillery…

Japan’s holdings of Treasuries hit a new high since August 2022, Treasury data shows Japan’s holdings of US Treasuries have continued to grow, exceeding $1.15 trillion in January, according to data released…

Christie Flirts With ‘No Labels’ Run As Group Imagines Throwing Race Into US House Just when conservative Republicans thought they’d scraped Chris Christie off their collective shoe, the literal but not figurative…

$1.2T Funding Bill Hits Turbulence As MTG Files Motion To ‘Vacate’ Speaker Johnson House GOP leaders are struggling with the funding bill, as Speaker Johnson needs at least 100 GOP votes in…

The strikes have led to large-scale power outages across Ukraine, including in key regions like Kharkov and Odessa Russian forces have unleashed a massive wave of attacks against Ukrainian energy facilities, military-industrial…

Treasuries Still Winners In Historic Week Filled With Surprises Authored by Ven Ram, Bloomberg cross-asset strategist, It’s been nothing short of a historic week for the global financial markets, but the yen…

$3.5 Billion For Trump? DWAC Tumbles After Shareholder Approve Deal, Raising Questions Over NY Bond President Trump is billions of dollars richer after shareholders in Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC) on Friday…

Is China Prepping For Yuan Devaluation: Renminbi Tumbles After PBOC Pushes It Below Key Support Level While everyone continues to watch the slow-motion trainwreck that is the Japanese yen, where the BOJ…

The BLM’s Quiet War On Precious Metals Via SchiffGold.com, The Bureau of Land Management is a federal agency that controls 245 million acres of land and controls 30% of the country’s mineral resources….

Qualifying athletes should compete, regardless of the discriminatory policies against them, Aleksandr Karelin says Russian competitors who have qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics should take part in the games despite all…

A UNSC committee has drawn attention to the escalating violence in Sudan and called for compliance with an arms embargo The UN Security Council Committee on Sudan said Tuesday that targeted sanctions…

The Supreme Court earlier struck down a scheme that allowed confidential donations, and ruled that the details must be made public India’s ruling party was the largest beneficiary of a now-abolished bond…

Moscow is the problem but Ukraine can put a stop to it “once and for all,” the Swedish foreign minister has claimed Sweden is determined to confront Russia as part of NATO,…

Sonja van den Ende claims some European nations are actively preparing for a conflict with Moscow The West wants “a war with Russia” and is actively preparing for this, Dutch independent journalist…

Lululemon Shares Tumble On Cautious Consumer Outlook  Lululemon’s stock plunged in premarket trading as the company’s forecast for first-quarter net revenue fell short of Wall Street’s expectations. The athleisure brand blamed a slowdown…

Retirement Crisis Faces Government And Corporate Pensions Authored by Lance Roberts via ReaslInvestmentAdvice.com, It is long past the time that we face the fact that “Social Security” is facing a retirement crisis. In…

S&P Futures Drop On Last Day Of Best Week Of 2024 Futures dropped modestly but were still on pace for their best week of the year after a raft of central bank…

Shelling in Russia’s Belgorod Region also injured two other people, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov has said A Ukrainian strike in Russia’s Belgorod Region has killed a woman who was walking her dogs, with…

New import duties on Russian agriculture would only further disrupt the global food supply, Moscow has warned A European Union plan to impose tariffs on grain imports from Russia and Belarus is…

The new route will link the Power of Siberia and Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok gas circuits Russian energy giant Gazprom has begun work aimed at linking the country’s gas pipelines into a nationwide gas transportation…

The imagined threat of Moscow being about to march on Western Europe is a very lucrative idea for warmongers and arms dealers NATO’s peddling of a “Russian threat” is reaching telethon levels…

A military presence in Niger is vital for combating extremist violence and threats to US interests in the Sahel, the Pentagon says Washington has not received a formal notice from Niger’s military…

British tabloids earlier accused their Russian counterparts of spreading fake news about King Charles’ supposed death Moscow has taken London to task over recent accusations directed at Russian media by a number…

A Russian missile attack on Kharkov’s energy infrastructure has largely disabled the grid, Igor Terekhov said The Ukrainian city of Kharkov is experiencing a complete power outage, after a Russian bombardment of…

Banks are required to freeze funds and suspend services to persons and groups included in the list Russia’s Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring) on Friday expanded its list of persons and organizations…

Europe’s industrial powerhouse is unlikely to resume growth in 2024 The struggling German economy will likely end the first quarter of the year in recession, and is not expected to recover for…

Stanislav Krapivnik told RT that Warsaw is using claims that Moscow is preparing to attack NATO to justify a preemptive strike of its own The Polish government is “mentally” preparing its population…

Regardless of setbacks, the US will not send its soldiers to the country, a spokesperson stressed The Pentagon expects Ukraine to make retreats in the conflict with Russia, a Pentagon spokesperson said…

Parts of the Ukraine-controlled facility are in critical condition, the head of the Ukrhydroenergo operating company has said The Dnepr Hydro Power Plant (HPP), a vital source of energy for Ukraine, has…

The barrage destroyed NATO-supplied weapons and undermined Kiev’s industrial potential, the Defense Ministry has said The Russian military carried out a massive wave of strikes on Ukrainian military and energy infrastructure on…

Nike Warns Of Sales Squeeze During Sneaker Shift  Nike shares fell in premarket trading following the sportswear company’s announcement on Thursday that sales are expected to decrease to the low single digits…

French elites are traumatised by the decline of their country, and their leader is throwing his toys out of the pram France’s position on the world stage today is in a rather…

The move has “stunned” economists who expected the central bank to keep rates unchanged The Turkish central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by 500 basis points to 50% on Thursday, citing…

Global Population Set To Fall For First Time In 700 Years Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A major study published in scientific journal The Lancet has found that the global population…

“Everyone Is Panicking”: Major Cocoa Processor Scrambles To Find Beans As Prices Hyperinflate One of the world’s largest cocoa processors is scouring the globe for beans as weather and disease spark massive…

European Council President Calls On Europe To Switch To A War Economy Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, As a way to create jobs, EC President Charles Michel promotes a war economy….

The temporary measure will help save money as Africa’s most populous nation grapples with an economic downturn Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has suspended all publicly-funded international travel for government officials as part…

Moscow and Addis Ababa have signed a memorandum of advisory assistance on medical personnel training Russia has launched a pilot social project in Ethiopia involving the construction of approximately 2,000 health posts,…

These Are The World’s Largest Corporate Holders Of Bitcoin Who holds the most bitcoins across publicly traded companies? While Tesla is the most familiar name across the world’s largest corporate buyers, several…

The White House is reportedly concerned that a possible hike in gas prices could threaten Joe Biden’s re-election bid US officials have repeatedly warned Ukrainian military commanders that their attacks on Russian…

Kiev’s name-and-shame campaign aims to force foreign businesses to cut ties with Moscow Ukraine could do away with its list of ‘international sponsors of war’ this week following pressure to end the…

What started as a military operation has escalated after the West became a participant, Dmitry Peskov has said Russia’s military operation in Ukraine has turned into full-fledged war after the West became…

One attack severely damaged the Dnepr Hydro Power Plant in the Kiev-controlled part of Zaporozhye Region, local officials say The Russian military has launched one of its most powerful waves of air…

The bloc will continue to look at options for using proceeds from frozen assets, leaders have said in a summit declaration  The EU will continue to “explore options” for the seizure of…

‘There’s Been No Increase’: Scientists Debunk Climate Change Claims About Hurricanes Authored by Katie Spence via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), This year’s hurricane season, which officially starts June 1, is being…

Censorship And The Digital Public Square Authored by Adeline Von Drehle via RealClear Wire, “We don’t want no censorship, we don’t need no censorship!” Kevin Nathaniel’s voice boomed from the podium in…

The bill abolishes the ‘fit for limited military service’ category as Kiev struggles to find troops for the front line Ukrainian recruits deemed ‘fit for limited military service’ could soon be thrown…

Officials are looking for a way to bypass the bloc’s founding treaty to pay for weapons for Kiev, the newspaper has been told EU officials are seeking legal advice on how to…

Illegal Immigration Soars 541% On West African Route Into EU Authored by John Cody via ReMix News, Europe’s illegal immigration crisis shows no signs of slowing, with the first two months of…

Opposition parties claim a “conspiracy” and plan nationwide protests, weeks before the general election Indian police have arrested Arvind Kejriwal, leader of opposition Aam Aadmi Party – which governs the Indian capital…

“Restricting Freedoms” May Be Necessary To Fight Climate Change: German Ethics Council Via The European Conservative, The government may be forced to limit the available choices for citizens in order to battle…

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…

Terrorist Caught Illegally Crossing Border Says He Was ‘Here To Make A Bomb’ Authored by Alice Giordano via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A member of the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah was…

Where People Are (Un)Happiest With Their Lives In 2012, the United Nations proclaimed March 20 as the International Day of Happiness or World Happiness Day, which has been held on this date every year…

Planned Parenthood Faces New Allegations Of Selling Aborted Fetal Tissue To UCSD Authored by Brad Jones via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Newly-released documents reveal an alleged alliance between Planned Parenthood and…

New Gene Therapy To Cost $4.25 Million, The Highest Drug Price In The US The most expensive drug in the U.S. is now Lenmeldy, a $4.25 million gene therapy the FDA approved…

After 625 Days, The Longest Yield Curve Inversion In History Today is a historic day, as last night – DB’s Jim Reid reminds us – we quietly passed the longest continuous US…

Is Reform Possible? Authored by Theodore Dalrymple via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Javier Milei of Argentina has had a certain degree of success already with his radical economic policies: That…

Victims Will “Never” Be Whole Thanks To SBF’s “Dumpster Fire” – FTX Caretaker CEO Rages Authored by Martin Young via CoinTelegraph.com, FTX restructuring officer and CEO John Ray III has slammed an…

Some of the existing sculptures represent “Bolshevik propaganda,” officials said Ukraine’s leading World War II history museum will remove Soviet-era monuments as part of the ongoing push to erase centuries-old ties to…

Chuck Schumer’s Tired Vanity Act Needs A Rest Authored by Richard Benedetto via RealClear Wire, The time has come for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to pack his bags and shuffle back…

Man Inside Capitol On Jan. 6 For 3 Minutes Convicted By Jury Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Virginia man who went inside the U.S. Capitol on…

Ben Shapiro And DeSantis Former Finance Chairs To Fundraise For Trump Authored by Philip Wegmann via RealClear Wire, Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro announced last week to the more than 15 million monthly…

Another Bite At The Fani: Judge Grants Trump’s Request to Appeal DA Disqualification Decision Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has…

Republicans Call For Raising Retirement Age As Social Security Nears Insolvency While at this point pretending that one can somehow stop or deflect the civilization-ending meteor that is the US debt load,…