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Palantir’s Deepening Government Ties Spark Fears Of Centralized Surveillance On Friday the NY Times published a report highlighting the Trump administration’s increasing use of software from data analysis firm Palantir, which has been deployed…

The conservative candidate is ahead of centrist Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski Conservative candidate Karol Nawrocki is narrowly leading in Poland’s presidential runoff, according to a late poll. The Ipsos late poll shows…

256,185 Pounds Of Canned Beef Stew Recalled Nationwide Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Georgia-based Hormel Foods Corporation is withdrawing roughly 256,185 pounds of canned beef stew products…

The FBI is treating the incident in Colorado as a terrorist attack An unidentified man has been detained in Boulder, Colorado, after throwing Molotov cocktails at attendees of a demonstration held in…

14 People Charged In $25 Million COVID Relief, Small Business Loan Fraud Scheme Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Fourteen people were arrested on May 28 for allegedly…

Big Bank Boss Urges America To ‘Stockpile Bullets, Not Bitcoin’ JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon argued at the inaugural Reagan National Economic Forum in California that the U.S. should should stockpile guns,…

London will invest $8 billion in long-range missile production, John Healey has said The UK plans to mobilize billions of pounds to bolster its military-industrial base in preparation for a potential conflict…

Military airfields in five Russian regions have come under drone attacks in the first such instance in the Ukraine conflict Military airfields located in five Russian regions, including those in Siberia and…

Two Bridges ‘Blown Up’, Trains Derailed, In Russian Regions Bordering Ukraine, Killing At Least 7 A lot happened in the Russia-Ukraine war on Sunday, and as the dust settles from Ukraine’s major…

With dwindling weapons, collapsing morale, and no strategic gains, Ukraine turns to spectacle as a last resort On Monday, a fresh round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine kicks off in Istanbul….

Mikhail Drapaty has taken responsibility for the deaths of soldiers in a strike on a training facility The commander of Ukraine’s Land Forces, Mikhail Drapaty, has resigned from his post, taking responsibility…

The Russian foreign minister and the US secretary of state have discussed Kiev’s strikes on civilian and military facilities Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has spoken with US Secretary of State Marco…

Kremlin Prepared For All-Out Conflict With NATO: Institute For War The hawkish Washington DC-based think tank, The Institute for Study or War (ISW), had just prior to Ukraine’s Sunday shock drone operation which reportedly…

“Everything Has Been Alarmist”: Bessent Shuts Down CBS Over Inflation, Says US Will ‘Never Default’ On Debt For months, all we’ve heard from mainstream economic pundits is that Trump’s tariff scheme would…

Wall Of Confusion Submitted by Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Wall of Confusion I think that we have seen the word “uncertainty” far too many times in the past few months. While…

Over 30 long-range kamikaze UAVs were destroyed in the attack, the Russian Defense Ministry has said Moscow has successfully hit a Ukrainian long-range drone launch site in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkov Region, the…

Candy-Maker Says It Removed Additive Targeted By RFK Jr. From Skittles Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Skittles no longer contains titanium dioxide, a chemical identified as potentially…

Zelensky Calls Meetings With Putin ‘Meaningless’ And Asks For More Military Aid Earlier this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for a three-way summit with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, likely in…

New COVID Variant NB.1.8.1 Starting To Spread Worldwide: What We Know Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the COVID-19 variant…

CT Dems Advance Bill That Allows Lawsuits For Turning Over Illegals To ICE Connecticut Democrats have advanced a controversial bill amending the state’s Trust Act to let “any aggrieved person” sue municipalities—including…

The bloc does not need militarization, but rather peace talks between Moscow and Kiev to succeed, the Hungarian prime minister has said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has unveiled a proposal to…

Keith Kellogg has echoed Moscow’s characterization of the hostilities Russian President Vladimir Putin is right in considering the Ukraine conflict a proxy war against Russia, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Keith…

Ukrainian Drone Swarm Attacks Hit Russian Long-Range Bombers Open-source footage circulating on X depicts a coordinated Ukrainian drone swarm targeting Russian long-range strategic bombers—aircraft capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear payloads—deep within…

From Taxation To Confiscation: Europe’s Wealth Exodus & The Coming Asset Seizure Authored by Chris MacIntosh via InternationalMan.cm, Incoming… Theft, that is. Consider that the deindustrialisation of the communist union of Europe…

Trump Admin Targets Tech Contracts With Feds To Streamline Bloated Gov’t A new report cites an internal memo from the General Services Administration informing ‘Big Tech’ that the Trump administration is expanding its…

Nvidia CEO Tells Bloomberg What He Really Thinks About Biden-Era Open Borders Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who recently concluded a roadshow alongside President Trump, secured chip deals across the Gulf States and…

How Washington became a gerontocracy It’s been a while since we’ve heard much about Joe Biden, hasn’t it? Yet here he is, back in the headlines – not because of some triumphant…

Several aircraft were damaged and some of the perpetrators behind the attacks are in custody, the military has said Military airfields across Russia have been attacked in a series of kamikaze drone…

Next week on Thursday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is scheduled to travel to Washington DC and meet with President Donald Trump in the White House.  Considering the importance of Germany to the…

Stillwater – June 1, 2025 “Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.” ~ Proverbs 23:23 “And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought…

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…

Such an approach would violate Washington state’s anti-discrimination law, a court has ruled A federal appeals court has obliged a Korean spa in Lynnwood, Washington to provide services to transgender females. The…

The country has joined a system that links its F-16s, Mirage 2000s, and Patriot missile launchers to the bloc’s military infrastructure Kiev has been allowed to join a NATO-standard coordination network which…

Authorities Find 11 Dead Bodies In Abandoned Boat Near St. Vincent And The Grenadines Authorities in St. Vincent and the Grenadines are investigating the grim discovery of an abandoned boat with 11…

Punitive Politics And Economic Self-Harm – Germany Plans Special Tax On U.S. Tech Giants Submitted by Thomas Kolbe, Germany is planning to introduce a 10% special tax targeting U.S. tech giants. At…

The accusation comes after the Pentagon chief alleged that Beijing posed a “real and imminent” threat Washington is “vilifying” Beijing, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Sunday. The accusation follows remarks made…

Used Rolex Demand Soars On Tariff Uncertainty Trade war uncertainty has sparked a surge in buying in the secondary watch market, driven by a sharp increase in demand in April amid a…

Air defenses have been activated in Murmansk Region, Andrey Chibis has said Russia’s Murmansk Region, located mostly north of the Arctic Circle, is being targeted by drones, local governor Andrey Chibis has…

The raid targeted a military base not far from Lake Baikal, Governor Igor Kobzev has said Several drones have attacked a military installation in Irkutsk Region, central Russia, Governor Igor Kobzev has…

Both a passenger and a freight train have derailed in Bryansk and Kursk Regions, resulting in multiple fatalities The collapses of two bridges that caused train derailments in Russia’s Bryansk and Kursk…

The chief of defense staff acknowledged some “mistakes” in the standoff but emphasized that New Delhi’s tactics were “rectified” In his first interview with international media since the four-day military standoff with…

The newspaper has alleged that the billionaire was hooked on ketamine and took ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms Elon Musk has denied allegations of drug abuse following a New York Times report detailing…

Moscow should create a “buffer zone” to offset more attacks, Andrey Klishas has said The destruction of a bridge in Russia’s Bryansk Region which derailed a passenger train, killing seven people, was…

At least seven people have been killed and 69 wounded, Aleksandr Bogomaz has said A bridge that collapsed onto a moving passenger train in Russia’s Bryansk Region was deliberately blown up, local…

The Defense Ministry plans at least six new munitions factories The UK will invest £1.5 billion ($2 billion) in new weapons factories as part of a sweeping rearmament strategy, Defense Secretary John…

The Taliban Is Back In The International Spotlight Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Al Jazeera recently published a detailed piece about how India, Pakistan, and Iran are all nowadays wooing the Taliban, which…

DOE Cancels $3.7 Billion In Biden-Era Green Energy Awards Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, The Department of Energy has canceled 24 clean energy demonstration projects worth nearly $3.7 billion,…

Self-interested Wall Street analysts and leftist economic ‘experts’ once again proven wrong.  It is almost impossible to find any financial data review written objectively by media.  Everything is skewed with a negative…

As previously noted, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley released some of the FBI investigative files related to a congressional referral of Nellie Ohr for false testimony to congress.  Within the Grassley release…

OPEC+ Hikes Output For Third Time By 411Kbpd, Despite Reservations From Russia Following days of frenzied speculation that OPEC+ may go so far as to start another global price war similar to…

Glenn Greenwald appears on Tucker Carlson’s podcast to discuss a variety of events including the media admissions about Joe Biden being mentally impaired during his tenure. There’s a segment of their discussion…

Beijing warns against drawing “unacceptable” parallels between the crisis in Europe and Southeast Asia Drawing parallels between Taiwan and the Ukraine conflict is “unacceptible,” the Chinese Embassy in Singapore said in response…

Israel Launches Major Airstrikes On Syria’s Coast For 1st Time In Nearly A Month Israel has attacked Syria for the first time in nearly a month. The last known airstrikes were May…

Megyn Kelly: Bongino & Patel “Looked Like Hostages” While Claiming Epstein Did Kill Himself Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Sirius XM host Megyn Kelly has called out the FBI Director Kash…

Muhammad Sinwar was eliminated in an airstrike in the southern part of the Gaza Strip last month, the IDF said The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has officially confirmed the killing of Hamas…

Diminishing Returns Threaten World Economic Stability Authored by Gail Tverberg via Our Finite World The world economy is facing a predicted contraction due to physical limits related to resource extraction and diminishing returns…

Russia Launches Major Drone Attack On Border Town With NATO Member As the drone and aerial war between Russia and Ukraine continues heating up, there’s been another ‘close call’ which is being…

The US won’t broker the talks indefinitely, spokeswoman Tammy Bruce has said Washington has done what it can to bring Moscow and Kiev to the negotiating table but won’t wait indefinitely for…

Trump Aims For 400 GW Of Nuclear By 2050, 10 Large Reactors Under Construction By 2030 By Brian Martucci of UtilityDive Executive Summary: The White House wants to deploy 300 GW of…

Dozens were reportedly injured in Bryansk region A bridge collapsed onto a passenger train in the western Russian region of Bryansk on Sunday, reportedly injuring dozens. According to the Moscow Railway, a…

Dozens have reportedly been injured in the incident A bridge overpass collapsed onto railway tracks, causing a passenger train to derail in the western Russian region of Bryansk on Saturday evening. First…

ICE To Increase Deportations To 3000 Illegals Per Day After Leadership Shake-Up Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced sweeping leadership changes Thursday as part of an effort to dramatically ramp up arrests…

Harvard, You’re Entitled To Nothing Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via The Daily Signal, Recently, President Donald Trump has escalated his struggle with Harvard University. Remember what the issues were. Harvard had not…

The Labor Party paid for Anthony Albanese, and highly likely Jim Chalmers and Penny Wong, to do paid promotions with media company Diamantina Media which is the parent company of the Betoota…

Ahmed al-Sharaa led a coalition of Islamist forces that toppled the previous government last November The insurgents who toppled previous Syrian leader Bashar Assad’s government and brought new interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa…

Saudi Women Held In ‘Hellish’ Rehab Centers For ‘Disobedience’ Via Middle East Eye Hundreds of Saudi women are being held in “hellish” conditions in secretive care homes, used to “rehabilitate” women banished by their…

U2’s Bono Claims: “300,000 Dead After USAID Cuts” Left-wing activist and U2 frontman Paul David Hewson—better known as “Bono”—made the ridiculous claim that the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) decision to scale…

The body has also banned a 2024 Olympics gold medal winner from future events until she is tested Any athlete who wants to compete in Olympic-style boxing will now have to undergo…

Democrats And Men Authored by Stephen Soukup via American Greatness, Since last November, Democrats and their friends in the media have spent a great deal of time wondering what they can do…

US Is ‘Major’ Cause Of Ukraine War: Beijing Goes On Attack As Hegseth Tells Asia Allies China Threat Is ‘Imminent’ China is pushing back hard against new Western criticisms of its foreign…

Appeals Court Blocks Trump Admin’s Push For Mass Federal Firings Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, A San Francisco-based federal appeals court on Friday denied the Trump administration’s bid to…

The Ukraine conflict can only end at the negotiating table, Johann Wadephul has said It has been clear from the very beginning of the Ukraine conflict that Russia cannot be defeated, particularly…

Former world champion boxer Vitaly Klitschko has accused the Ukrainian leader of a crackdown on democracy Vladimir Zelensky’s longstanding feud with Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko has escalated into “war,” The Times has…

Zelensky Is ‘Clout-Chasing’ By Pushing Meeting With Trump, Putin At Same Table: Kremlin Earlier this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for a three-way summit with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, despite…

Movies Without Manipulation Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), At some point in this century, I began to watch movies with grave trepidation. There is a good…

The bloc could deepen its involvement in Asia if Beijing fails to curb North Korea’s role in the Ukraine conflict, the French president has warned French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking at the…

Trump’s Parlous Gambit Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “The modern politics of division have become a banally hectoring faux morality play put on by the theater kids for the other theater kids.”…

The tech billionaire joked that he “was not anywhere near France” Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk raised a lot of eyebrows when he appeared at a press conference with US President…

Cicada Swarm Begins Rare Emergence In Eastern US After 17 Years Underground A rare mass emergence of cicadas is underway across the eastern United States as Brood XIV—one of the largest 17-year…

Alberta Wildfires Threaten Oil Sands Output; Energy Experts Closely Monitoring Inferno Goldman energy analysts, led by Adam Wijaya, are closely tracking wildfires in Alberta, where over half a million barrels per day of…

Falling For Socialism Authroed by Lika Kobeshavidze via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Across college campuses, on TikTok feeds, and in everyday conversations, a familiar narrative is gaining steam: capitalism is broken. Custom image…

“Not our business,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, commenting on a video showing France’s first lady shoving her husband on a plane Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was reluctant to comment on French President…

The New York Times (think DHS embeds) are not concerned about the building of a surveillance state using cross-reference artificial intelligence systems into various government agencies; no, the New York Times (think…

Deputy Chief of Staff and White House Senior Advisor Stephen Miller holds a press availability to push back against the nonsense narratives around the ongoing deportation operations and the support of the…

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…

How Scotch Whisky Came To Be Authored by Gerry Bowler via The Epoch Times, A single line in a royal financial account leads us into the fascinating history of Scotch whisky. On…

The US tech firm scaled down operations in the country in 2022 but has recently registered its trademark  One of Microsoft’s Russian subsidiaries has announced plans to file for bankruptcy, according to…

The Champions League’s Global Appeal Is Paying Off When the UEFA Champions League Final between Inter Milan and Paris Saint-Germain kicks off at the Allianz Arena in Munich today, it will be the first…

The number of Austrians who can barely read has increased by almost 12% in just over a decade, according to government data Almost a third of the population in Austria has poor…

Kiev will skip the payment of over $600 million it owes to holders of $2.6 billion in debt, its Finance Ministry has said Ukraine will not pay $665 million it owes to…

Nikolay Azarov led his country’s government until the Western-backed 2014 Euromaidan coup Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolay Azarov has been elected an academician by the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), the country’s…

The country’s leader has said delays in historical prosecutions have caused anguish for the families of victims President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed retired Constitutional Court Judge Sisi Khampepe to chair the Truth and…

Bloggers have accused romance writer Sophie Lark of “pro-Russian” views A Ukrainian publishing house has destroyed books by American romance writer Sophie Lark, who was accused of praising Russia and disparaging Ukrainians….

These Are Most Affordable US Cities To Buy A Home In 2025 WalletHub analyzed 300 U.S. cities of varying sizes across ten metrics, including real estate tax rate, cost per square foot,…

Wolves Wreak Havoc On Cattle Herds In California Authored by Brad Jones via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Descendants of rewilded wolves are taking a heavy toll on cattle in Northern California…

Mapping Every Understaffed Air Traffic Control Tower In The US Earlier this year, the U.S. experienced one of its deadliest air mishaps in two decades. An American Airlines passenger plane collided with a U.S….

Escobar: Trilateral Summit Raises 21st Century New Silk Road Spirit Authored by Pepe Escobar, The first ever ASEAN-China-GCC trilateral summit earlier this week in Malaysia is even more than a cross-regional, South-South…

US President Donald Trump’s adviser has reportedly been consuming copious amounts of ketamine and other substances Tech billionaire Elon Musk, a major ally of US President Donald Trump, has been consuming an…