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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…

Families deserve to know the fate of their loved ones, Zaporozhye governor Evgeny Balitsky has said Russian officials have unveiled the identities of nearly 100 slain Ukrainian soldiers, part of over 6,000…

President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of 2,000 National Guardsmen to Los Angeles to quell violence against federal border patrol agents California Governor Gavin Newsom criticized US President Donald Trump’s decision…

Wood Pellets: America’s Underrated Power Play Authored by Darrell Smith, Executive Director of the U.S. Industrial Pellet Association via RealClearEnergy, In an energy conversation dominated by buzzwords and breakthroughs, it’s easy to overlook…

Karol Nawrocki has vowed to prioritize Warsaw’s national interests over Kiev’s Poland’s newly elected president, Karol Nawrocki, has stressed that Warsaw’s continued support for Kiev in its conflict with Russia does not…

These Are The U.S. States With The Most Drug Use Drug abuse has long been a serious issue in the United States, with the so-called “War on Drugs” dating back to 1971…

Trump To Deploy National Guard In Los Angeles As Anti-ICE Demonstrations Turn Violent The Trump administration will deploy the National Guard to Los Angeles following several violent confrontations between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…

Republican Lawmakers Tee-Up Battle Over Transgender Sports In Oregon Authored by Scottie Barnes via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Oregon House of Representatives rejected a bill on June 5 that would…

U.S. Auto Sales Mostly Steady In May As Incentive Spending Drops: Deutsche Bank In a new report out last week Deutsche Bank analysts led by Edison Yu provided an update on the…

Texas Yanks Major Perk From Illegal Aliens – After Pioneering It 24 Years Ago Twenty-four years after being the first in the nation to roll it out, a major perk for illegal…

Israel Has Sold Record Amount Of Debt In US Since Gaza War Erupted Via Middle East Eye Israel has sold a record amount of debt in the US since its Gaza war erupted on October…

Iran Purchases Enough Fuel Materials From China For Up To 800 Ballistic Missiles This week a report in The Wall Street Journal said Iran ordered large quantities of ammonium perchlorate—a key component…

When Ideas Become Too Dangerous To Platform Authored by Maryanne Demasi via The Brownstone Institute, Economist Professor Gigi Foster delivered a TEDx talk titled The Manipulators’ Playbook at the University of New South Wales…

Russian Military Accuses Ukraine Of Halting Agreed-To Prisoner Swap The only bright spot or mutually agreed-upon deal to come out of two rounds of Istanbul peace talks between Russia and Ukraine has…

FBI Foils Teen’s Bomb And Mass Shooting Plot At Oregon Mall Last month, the FBI foiled a planned mass shooting and bombing at Three Rivers Mall in Kelso, Washington, about 50 miles…

Former High Court judge Dyson Heydon was found by an inquiry in 2020 to be a sexual predator who sexually harassed/assaulted young female staff, yet the legal fraternity are starting to welcome…

Why Kiev’s biggest covert strike came back to bite it For most people, June 1st is a cheerful date – the start of summer, a celebration of children. But from 2025 onward,…

Deputy Defense Minister Aleksandr Fomin has said that following the talks in Istanbul on June 2, Russia immediately began preparations The Russian delegation made it clear to the Ukrainian team during the…

Trump Signs Orders On Deregulating Flying Cars, Supersonic Flight Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump signed executive orders on June 6 to deregulate and open…

Iran Furious At ‘Racist’ US Travel Ban Targeting Muslim Nations At a moment both sides are still engaged in highly sensitive nuclear negotiations, Iran has strongly condemned US President Donald Trump’s new travel…

Walmart’s Drone Delivery Coming To 5 More US Cities Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Walmart is set to launch its drone delivery service in five more U.S….

Washington risks isolating itself from top world economies, including key European allies, according to the outlet The passage of a new US sanctions package on Russia could disrupt America’s relationships with its…

Fiber-optic UAVs are immune to electronic warfare, as they maintain a direct link with the pilot via a cable Russian soldiers have purportedly disabled a Ukrainian fiber-optic drone using scissors, according to…

Kiev “unexpectedly postponed” a prisoner swap agreed in Istanbul on June 2, Moscow’s top negotiator, Vladimir Medinsky, has said Ukraine has “unexpectedly postponed” a prisoner exchange with Russia that was among the…

USSS Ordered Destruction Of White House Cocaine Day After Closing Case Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, Two years after the U.S. Secret Service discovered a bag of cocaine in the White…

Consumer Debt Surges In April As Student Debt Soars At a time when conventional media “wisdom” claims that US consumers are panicking ahead of a looming recession and aggressively reducing their spending,…

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…

Trump Reportedly Urged Sen. Graham To Weaken Russian Sanctions Bill Authored by Kyle Anzalone via AntiWar.com, President Donald Trump is quietly leaning on Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to “water down” the sanctions bill on…

Clearly, controlling the narrative is more important for Ukraine than the dignity of its fallen – or the well-being of those still alive It is sad, but peace remains elusive in the…

The Kiev authorities do not need their people dead or alive, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has branded Ukraine’s failure to receive the bodies of…

The billionaire had publicly accused the US president of being named in Epstein’s files following a vicious public row Elon Musk has deleted an X post claiming that US President Donald Trump’s…

Accepting the 6,000 bodies Moscow is returning would mean paying out compensations, leaving less money to send new recruits to the slaughter As refrigerated trucks sit idling on the Russian side of…

Bezalel Smotrich has said financial institutions in the country should “take measured risks” in servicing settlers targeted by Brussels in 2024 Israeli banks should provide services to settlers whom the European Union…

The House Education Committee Gets It Right: Restore Excellence; Dump DEI Authored by Teresa Manning via American Greatness, On May 21, the House Education Committee held a hearing, Restoring Excellence: The Case Against…

The AI Arms Race Could Destroy Humanity As We Know It Authored by Merav Ozair via CoinTelegraph.com, The AI arms race is moving too fast for safety, with companies pushing boundaries and…

How Inflation Undermines Culture And Values Authored by Daniel Morena Vitonvia The Mises Institute, In the previous article, I discussed the social consequences of the welfare state; now I want to focus on…

The Current Nuclear State Of Affairs Authored by Peter Hussey via RealClearWire, With the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, and for now the passing of the immediate danger of a nuclear conflict in South…

FBI And DHS Warn Of ‘Elevated Threat’ To Jewish Community After Boulder, DC Attacks The FBI and Department of Homeland Security warned of an “elevated threat” to the U.S. Jewish community following…

Moscow has handed over a list of 640 names for the exchange, but Kiev has yet to set a date for the trade, the Defense Ministry has said Kiev has postponed a…

The final statement at the bloc’s upcoming summit is expected to be “unusually short” in order to minimize discord, according to the news outlet NATO is going to keep discussions of Ukraine…

Two armed UAVs have been seized and a suspect killed in a failed sabotage attempt on a base in Ryazan Region The Russian National Guard (Rosgvardiya) has foiled a planned drone attack…

The tech entrepreneur’s political shift follows a public feud with the US President Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has proposed creating the “America Party,” marking a sharp shift in political…

Moscow said earlier that it would return 6,000 bodies to Kiev as a humanitarian gesture Ukraine has not accepted the bodies of its fallen troops which Russia offered to return, providing “strange…

EU states are fueling the conflict by backing Kiev, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov NATO-aligned European countries are obstructing peace efforts in Ukraine, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has…

Chad may not have billions of dollars, but it has dignity and pride, the leader of the former French colony has declared Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby has announced the suspension of…

President Cyril Ramaphosa says billions of lives depend on real progress, not just written commitments toward sustainable development President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged increased urgency, ambition, and alignment in addressing the global debt…

His son must make sure his rift with Trump ends immediately, according to Errol Musk Errol Musk has said that his son, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, will end up losing…

The blast in Odessa Region comes as Kiev ramps up aggressive recruitment to fill its military ranks A senior recruitment officer has reportedly been killed in a car explosion in Ukraine’s Odessa…

Appearing on Fox News to provide color over the issue, Peter Doocy reveals what he has learned about the latest developments in the Trump -v- Musk conflict.  WATCH: . . Posted in…

First, a message from the White House: “In the pre-dawn hours of June 6, 1944, American and Allied forces stormed a 50-mile stretch of beach in Normandy, France, winning a crucial victory…

As we have watched things unfold, we have noticed that Tulsi Gabbard and Marco Rubio seem to be the most effective at delivering results despite the efforts of the entrenched control mechanisms…

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran native whose deportation generated a left-wing furor and sympathy campaign, is back in U.S. custody and will face federal human trafficking charges in Tennessee. [SEE INDICTMENT HERE]…

FBI Director Kash Patel notes in his interview with Joe Rogan that he only takes the time for one media interview per month and this long-form interview format is his first endeavor. …

President Trump was traveling from Washington, DC to New Jersey aboard Airforce One and took the time to walk back in the plane to the assembled press pool.  President Trump took numerous…

The Ongoing Fight Against US Child Labor Child labor law violations in the United States rose in recent years in a manner the Department of Labor has called “alarming“. As Statista’s Katharina Buchholz reports,…

In a 6-3 decision with the DEI justices disagreeing, the Supreme Court ruled today that appointed members from the Dept of Government Efficiency (DOGE) can access Social Security records for review.  [Decision…

Globalists Go Radio Silent As NATO Flirts With World War III Where have all the globalists gone? Yes, unfortunately they’re still out there free when they should be rotting in a frozen…

Supreme Court Sides With DOGE In Social Security, Records Cases Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Supreme Court handed the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) two big…

Supreme Court Gives DOGE Access To Social Security Data The Supreme Court handed the Department of Government Efficiency – which may or may not exist for long after the recent spat between…

Syria Allows UN Team Immediate Access To Suspected Nuke Sites The Syrian regime of Al-Qaeda linked President Ahmed Sharaa continues its remarkable degree of cooperation with the so-called international community, this week…

D-Day: The Great Crusade And The Men Who Made It Work Authored by Daniel Oliver via American Greatness, Seventy-one years ago next month, a young man went with his parents and siblings…

Artyom Dmitruk accused Kiev of hiding the true death toll and looting payouts meant for bereaved families Ukrainian lawmaker Artyom Dmitruk has claimed that Vladimir Zelensky personally blocked the retrieval of the…

A Chinese Self-Driving Car Company Stole A Massive Trove Of US Data Authored by José Niño via Headline USA, The Trump administration is rethinking how it deals with Chinese-linked tech firms after a short-lived self-driving…

Kremlin Says Threat Is ‘Existential’ After Trump Likens Ukraine War To ‘Two Kids Fighting In The Park’ The Kremlin on Friday responded to President Trump’s prior day’s comments which likened the Ukraine…

Judge Rules Federal Rule On Gender Discrimination Violates Catholic Beliefs Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, A rule from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) violates the beliefs…

Most Russians No Longer View United States As Their Top Enemy: Poll A new public opinion poll shows that most Russians no longer consider the United States to be their number one…

The producer of Ozempic was advised to list the serious eye condition as a side effect The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has concluded that semaglutide-based medications – including Ozempic, Wegovy, and Rybelsus…

US Investigates Army Vehicle Displaying Word ‘Kafir’ In Northeast Syria Via Middle East Eye The US-led coalition in Syria has launched a formal investigation after “unapproved symbols or language” were observed on a US military vehicle in…

In Clawback For Ants, House Unveils Bill To Recover $9.4 Billion In Waste, Fraud And Abuse While the so-called Big Beautiful Bill may have killed the bromance between Elon Musk and President…

The US president said he “didn’t like” Kiev’s escalatory attacks on Russia’s nuclear triad The recent Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian airfields hosting long-range nuclear-capable bombers have sharply increased the risk of…

Can The Tyranny Be Soft-Landed? Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Brownstone Institute, The excuse that this regime is better than it was, or might otherwise have been, only lasts so long. …

US Sanctions Four Hague ICC Judges Over Israel Probe Via The Cradle On Thursday, the US government imposed sanctions on four International Criminal Court (ICC) judges over their role in investigations into war crimes…

China Grants Rare Earth Export Licenses To Top Three U.S. Automakers President Donald Trump held a highly anticipated 90-minute phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday. Trump described the conversation…

E. Coli Detected In Ground Beef Products Distributed To Whole Foods Authored by Rudy Blalock via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Certain ground beef products distributed to Whole Foods Market locations nationwide…

Trump Admin Asks Supreme Court To Allow Dismantling Of Education Department The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on June 6 to allow it to resume dismantling the U.S. Department of Education,…

Moscow earlier denounced as “irresponsible” Washington’s intimations that it could target Iranian nuclear facilities Senior Iranian lawmaker Abolfazl Zohrevand has expressed gratitude to Russia for condemning American threats against the Islamic Republic…

Tech forum delegates have discussed joint efforts on trade, AI, cybersecurity, and innovation with RT Russia and the Global South have been strengthening ties and expanding digital cooperation in light of new…

Deported ‘Maryland Father’ Heads Back To US… Now Faces Federal Charges Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a deported El Salvadoran man—also known as the “Maryland Father” by leftist corporate media —whom Democrats rushed to defend, is…

“The Fabled Fourth Turning Enters Full Churn…” Authored by James Howard Kunstler, What Movie Is This? “MAGA is developing “tech right” fatigue.” – Cernovich on “X” In this age of info overload,…

Proud Boys Sue DOJ For $100 Million Over Jan. 6 Prosecutions Five leaders of the Proud Boys are suing the Department of Justice after the Biden administration found them guilty of engaging in a…

North Korea Raises Capsized Warship After ‘National Humiliation’ Of Botched Launch Last month we described how North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was left humiliated and outraged after personally witnessing the May 21st…

The Ratchet Effect: Easy To Spend More, Spending Less Triggers Collapse Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, What’s required is not just a revised spreadsheet but an entirely new culture…

Power CEO: US Risks Losing AI Race Without Transmission Grid Overhaul Ukrainian-American entrepreneur Michael Polsky, CEO of energy developer Invenergy—the firm behind the proposed $11 billion Grain Belt Express power superhighway—warned that the…

COVID-19 Vaccine Reform Is Moving Slower Than Many Had Hoped Authored by Maryanne Demasi via The Brownstone Institute, Just three weeks after Dr Vinay Prasad assumed oversight of vaccines at the FDA,…

The Deficit Crisis Is Really A Recession Problem Via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The graph below provides a clearer understanding of the US fiscal deficit. First, focus on the red line below, graphing the ratio…

Brussels reportedly wants to include the country on its anti-money laundering “grey list” The EU is considering adding Russia to its anti-money laundering “grey list” in an effort to cause reputational damage…

The logistics, timing, and technology behind the attack raise bigger questions about who was really involved While Western headlines celebrated Operation Spider’s Web as a daring feat of Ukrainian ingenuity, a closer…

The two-day event in Nizhny Novgorod has brought together international delegates to address new challenges and opportunities Russia hosted its first Global Digital Forum this week, gathering government officials, business leaders, and…

Does Consumer Spending Drive Earnings Growth? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, It would seem evident that most investors would understand that consumer spending drives economic growth, ultimately creating corporate earnings growth….

India Central Bank Shocks With Biggest Rate Cut Since Covid As Growth, Inflation Stall India’s central bank shocked markets this morning when it slashing interest rates (in a 5:1 vote) by a…

Rafael Grossi made the remark shortly after Russia accused Ukraine of using drones to strike the facility Attacks on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (ZNPP), Europe’s largest facility of its kind, are…

MOSCOW, JUNE 6, 2025 — RT Academy, RT’s international educational project, has held its first in-person journalism master-classes in Africa. During a visit to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, RT conducted sessions for local media professionals and staff…

Highs And Lows By Elwin de Groot, head of macro strategy at Rabobank Highs and Lows Bond yields were up some 5 basis points globally whilst the euro made a slight reversal…

Ukraine Scores More Hits On Airbase, Defense Factories Deep Inside Russia Ukraine overnight targeted key Russian sites with more drone attacks, while simultaneously Russian cruise missiles were fired against Kiev and other…

Feds Say California Bullet Train Has ‘No Viable Path’, Threaten To Pull $4 Billion Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), California’s long-delayed high-speed rail project is in default…

The regulator has cut interest rates for the first time in almost three years The Bank of Russia has lowered its key interest rate by 100 basis points to 20%, citing a…

The Russian private military company said its fighters have completed their mission in Mali and are returning home Russian private military company (PMC) Wagner Group announced the end of its mission in…

When the most powerful and the most wealthy man on Earth fight, what does it say about their country? Two very rich and very powerful and very big American egos have had…

Netanyahu Arming ISIS-Aligned Jihadis In Gaza, Israeli Defense Sources Confirm At the direction of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the State of Israel is arming an ISIS-aligned Jihadist gang in Gaza, unnamed Israeli defense…