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Empire State Manufacturing Survey Surges Higher On Heels Of Soaring Inflation Fears Business activity in NY State has been volatile (according to the Empire State Manufacturing Survey) in the last few months….

Zelensky Abruptly Cancels Planned Saudi Visit After Being Sidelined From US-Russia Talks Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Tuesday he is cancelling his scheduled state visit to Saudi Arabia following the conclusion of…

DOGE Finds $4.7 Trillion In Virtually Untraceable Treasury Payments The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on Monday revealed its finding that $4.7 trillion in disbursements by the US Treasury are…

The new agreement simplifies logistics and cooperation between the armed forces of the two countries for joint military activities Russia and India have inked a new defense logistics pact that aims to…

Some $4.7 trillion in federal payments remained untraceable, as the Treasury did not enforce a tracking code Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) claims has uncovered a massive gap of nearly $5…

A high-level diplomatic meeting between USA and Russia has not happened in more than three years.  The first goal was to figure out how to talk to each other again, what processes…

The State Department has called talks in Saudi Arabia “an important step” towards resolving the Ukraine conflict The US State Department has hailed Tuesday’s high-level discussions between American and Russian officials as…

Broadcom, TSMC Weigh Deals To Split Intel; Activist Hedge Funds Ready To Pounce? Intel shares climbed 5% in premarket trading (extending gains from last week’s pump) following a report from The Wall…

Washington should not take Kiev’s NATO membership bid off the table, the Ukrainian leader has insisted Seeking a swift peace deal to end the Ukraine conflict at the cost of Kiev’s “key”…

US-Russia efforts are about peace, while the bloc’s politicians want the conflict to continue, Peter Szijjarto has said Russia and the US have been right not to invite the EU to talks…

Elon Musk’s company is considering setting up a plant in the country to diversify from China Tesla has reportedly begun the hiring process in India, signaling its plans to start operations in…

The US-led military bloc should retract the promises made to Kiev during the 2008 Bucharest summit, the Russian Foreign Ministry has stated NATO membership for Ukraine remains unacceptable to Russia, Foreign Ministry…

The head of the Russian sovereign wealth fund has called for revival of economic cooperation between Moscow and Washington Russia and the US should work on all areas of economic cooperation, including…

The bloc can help end hostilities by ceasing military support for Kiev, Russia’s Deputy FM Aleksandr Grushko has said The European Union has no place at the negotiating table to resolve the…

The bloc is reportedly ready to provide Kiev with security guarantees it needs to settle the conflict The EU does not want Ukraine to announce a ceasefire with Russia before a comprehensive…

Moscow and Washington have agreed to start the conflict settlement process, according to the Russian foreign minister Russia and the US have agreed to establish a framework for ending the Ukraine conflict…

Kiev is free to shape its own economic policy, but military alliances remain off-limits, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated The Kremlin has no objections to Ukrainian integration with the EU, as long…

The Russian delegation is ready to work intensively to prepare the talks, Yury Ushakov has said Moscow and Washington will work to create the conditions for a meeting between Russian President Vladimir…

The Bubble Indicator: Is The Stock Market Overheating? Today, the S&P 500’s cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings ratio (CAPE) is nearing historic highs, signaling market valuations may be in overheated territory. In December 2024,…

Judge Declines To Block DOGE’s Access To Student Financial Aid Data Authored by Stacy Robinson via The Epoch Times, A federal judge declined to block the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from…

US Futures, Global Markets Rise As Russia-US Talks Seek End To Ukraine War US equity futures and global markets are higher as Russian and US officials met to negotiate an end to the three-year…

The Fed Has Stopped Pretending That Price Inflation Is Going Away Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, At its September 2024 meeting, the Fed’s FOMC cut the target federal funds…

The bloc is working on the next package of restrictions, Valdis Dombrovskis has said The EU has no plans to lift sanctions against Russia even if the US decides to do so,…

Russia and the US have met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for negotiations, while Kiev and Brussels have not been invited China has expressed hope that all parties involved in the Ukraine conflict…

The former Ukrainian president has claimed that his successor evaded conscription four times Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky evaded conscription on four separate occasions, former President Pyotr Poroshenko has claimed in an interview…

The bloc’s under-investment in defense led Washington to stop seeing it as an equal partner, Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger has suggested The EU should blame itself for being excluded from US-initiated Ukraine…

What Sports Do Americans Bet On? 30 percent of people in the United States surveyed for Statista Consumer Insights in 2024 had bet on a sporting event in the last twelve months.  As Statista’s…

The West Faces Uranium Shortage Amid Competition From China And Russia By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com American and European companies in the nuclear energy supply chain have become increasingly vulnerable to a…

Moscow has never opposed peace, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia remains committed to a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine conflict and is ready to hold direct talks between President Vladimir Putin…

The use of proceeds generated by frozen Russian assets is reportedly on the table EU lawmakers are set to discuss the creation of a new fund aimed at raising money for more…

The US wants its European allies to serve as Kiev’s security providers after a potential peace deal with Russia German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ruled out any “division of security and responsibility…

Macron’s Emergency Ukraine Summit A Gathering Of ‘Warmongers’: Hungary French President Emmanuel Macron’s informal emergency meeting Monday in Paris with the leaders of Germany, Britain, Italy, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands and Denmark, and…

An organization of Islamic scholars in the country has denounced Muhsin Hendricks’ murder The shocking murder of openly gay imam Muhsin Hendricks in Gqeberha, after travelling to officiate a same-sex wedding over…

More than 1,500 people in Cameroon will benefit from boreholes funded by the patriarchal exarchate The patriarchal exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church in Africa has launched a project to provide clean…

The African nation’s foreign minister believes the talks could help resolve the Ukraine conflict Nigeria welcomes a potential meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, as an…

Estonian Cell has suspended production after electricity prices hit record highs last week, Delfi has reported Estonia’s largest pulp mill has halted production due to skyrocketing electricity prices after the Baltic nation…

EU Needs A Permanent CBDC, Deutsche Börse CEO Authored by Arijit Sarkar via CoinTelegraph.com, The CEO of German securities marketplace Deutsche Börse, Stephan Leithner, is calling for financial reforms in the European…

Damaging the pumping station undermines Donald Trump’s presidential agenda, the senior Russian official has said A Ukrainian drone strike on an internationally operated oil pumping station in Russia was an attack against…

The West’s sanctions war has backfired on American companies, the head of the Russian sovereign wealth fund has said US companies lost more than $300 billion by leaving the Russian market amid…

The European Welfare State Is Collapsing Authored by Daniel Lacalle, Politicians in Europe are using the JD Vance and Trump external enemy excuse to disguise the existential problem of a system that is crumbling….

The high-level meeting in Riyadh seeks to lay the groundwork for settling the Ukraine conflict Russian and US delegations have begun high-level talks in Saudi Arabia aimed at restoring diplomatic relations and…

Moscow and Washington seek to restore bilateral ties and pave the way for a settlement of the Ukraine conflict Top Russian and US diplomats are holding talks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to…

What a difference one election can make.  Secretary Kristi Noem announced a nationwide and international multimillion-dollar ad campaign warning illegal aliens to leave our country now or face deportation with the inability…

Our Birth Dearth Is Becoming Our Death Knell Authored by Timothy Geoglein via The Epoch Times, One of our current cultural mantras is “you do you” – putting your personal desires over…

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 ‘leaders’ of Europe got together in Paris, France at the request of French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss how to handle a peace agreement if Putin, Trump and eventually Zelenskyy come…

On Sunday, when CBS’s Margaret Brennan shockingly claimed that “free speech” was the cause of the German holocaust and rise in Naziism, a stunned Secretary of State Marco Rubio simply replied, “I…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will need to maintain a lot of energy to operate foreign policy advancement at the “optimal resolution” speed of President Donald Trump. Rubio departed Israel for his…

With an appeal to the Supreme Court to stop the unconstitutional Lawfare restraining orders, and with support from growing district appellate court reviews, earlier today federal District Judge Tanya Chutkan surprisingly refused…

The background here is interesting.  Late last night, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan called for an unusual hearing on a federal holiday to hear the arguments of 14 states who are seeking…

Democrats and allied media are pushing a hard narrative that Elon Musk and his DOGE review team may have access to sensitive systems at the IRS, creating what they call “privacy concerns.”…

The Ukrainian leader said Kiev will not recognize deals made behind its back Kiev will not take part in the US-Russian negotiations in Riyadh and considers them meaningless, Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky…

When Elon Musk asked how Norm Eisen could be financed, I replied, “If the United States govt gave money to Qatar, knowing Qatar was going to send that money to organizations within…

Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court To Permit Firing Of Office Of Special Counsel Chief Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court…

“Time For Historic Decisions”: Europe Scrambles To Fund Its Own Defense, But Where Will The Trillions Come From European defense stocks exploded this morning, surging to an all time high and helping…

Northern Border An “Undefended” And “Easy Target” As Canadian Coyotes Smuggle Migrants From Montreal To New York Smugglers are brazenly using TikTok to advertise illegal crossings at the Canada-US border, complicating Canada’s…

Missouri Truck Company Owner Gets 9 Years For PPP Fraud, Other Felonies By John Kingston of FreighWaves Christopher Lee Carroll, the Missouri man who set up a trucking company as part of…

“This is what competent leadership looks like,” president Trump’s ally wrote on X Billionaire Elon Musk, a major ally to President Donald Trump, has praised the arrival of the Russian delegation in…

The Blob’s ‘Reality Distortion’ Is No Longer Working So Well… Authored by James Howard Kunstler, Krakatoa Blows “’Save democracy’ is code phrase for a club of delusional people who belong to a…

Switzerland’s Kurt Pelda has been charged with illegally crossing the border alongside Ukrainian troops A Russian court has issued an arrest warrant for Swiss journalist Kurt Pelda who was charged with illegally…

Berlin has reportedly ruled out participating in an EU peacekeeping mission without American boots on the ground Berlin will not send peacekeepers to Ukraine unless the US commits its own forces as…

The Genius Of The DOGE Exposures Authored by William Marshall via American Greatness, The American people have rightly been appalled at the outrageous expenditures Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has…

These Are The Top U.S. Cities For Families In 2025 A new study by Hastha Kalalu ranked the best U.S. cities for families, evaluating factors like home prices, cost of living, crime…

Former Champion Gymnast: The NCAA Is Skirting Trump’s EO Protecting Women’s Sports Via American Greatness, The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) may be only pretending to comply with an Executive Order keeping men…

“Highly Symbolic” Moment: Alibaba’s Jack Ma Reemerges, Shakes Xi’s Hand As CCP Renews Confidence In China Tech Alibaba Group’s founder, Jack Ma, vanished from public view in late 2020 after making critical…

An attempt to eliminate the influence of former Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko could be Zelensky’s last mistake In the latest dramatic twist of Ukraine’s political wars, former President Pyotr Poroshenko now faces…

Mid-Atlantic States Brace For Another Winter Blast Another midweek winter storm is expected to bring heavy snow and ice from Kansas through the Ohio Valley and into the Mid-Atlantic. This wintry system…

Argentine Lawyers Hit Milei With Fraud Charges, Class-Action Over Libra Coin Rug-Pull Authored by Stephen Katte via CoinTelegraph.com, Argentine lawyers have reportedly filed charges against Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, in a criminal…

Multiple people have sustained injuries, local media has said A plane flipped upside-down on landing at Toronto Pearson International airport on Monday. At least eight people are injured, according to paramedics. All…

Kiev’s forces have targeted a major oil pumping station in Russia linked to American companies A Ukrainian drone strike on a major oil pumping station in southern Russia could be a sign…

The Trump administration is reportedly asking for the return of the influencer’s passport as his legal saga continues The administration of US President Donald Trump has intensified efforts to persuade Romanian authorities…

How will the situation develop if the US president’s efforts to end the war fail? ‘Deal’ – it’s the key word in Donald Trump’s vocabulary and he’s built his career on striking…

Both are obsessed with seeing Russia lose on the battlefield, and cannot take part in peace talks, Vassily Nebenzia has said The UK and EU cannot be part of the Ukraine peace…

Everything You Need To Know About The Upcoming German Election Why is Germany having elections? Germany is set to hold a federal election on February 23, 2025, following the collapse of Chancellor…

The Pattern Beneath: USAID And The Architecture Of Perception Authored by Joshua Stylman via Substack, The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has long portrayed itself as America’s humanitarian aid organization,…

Oops: Trump Administration Un-Fires Hundreds Of Nuclear Weapon Workers The new Trump administration has worked to reduce the federal employee headcount with jaw-dropping speed, but the well-intended haste has started to produce some…

Returning To The Law Of The Jungle By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management “We are trying to understand America, Americans,” said the soft-spoken Scandinavians, financial market pillagers.  “America has…

It is time for Ukraine to choose: stand with its Western sponsors in pursuit of peace or continue to recklessly jeopardize its own lifelines The recent Ukrainian drone strike on Russia’s Kropotkinskaya…

The countries answering the French president’s call want the conflict to continue, Hungary’s Peter Szijjarto has claimed The European leaders that answered French President Emmanuel Macon’s call for an ‘emergency summit’ to…

The Ukrainian leader has also insisted on immediate EU membership, a “strong package of missiles” and an army to equal Russia’s Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has outlined a wish list of security…

Kiev and the EU will be excluded from the initial negotiations with Washington, Yury Ushakov has said High-level Russian and US delegations will hold talks in Riyadh without the participation of third…

The US and the EU should reject the “lunacy” of those who “criminalize speech”, the American vice president has said The criminalization of free speech in the EU could put a “strain”…

Lesser-Known Critical Metal Spikes To Decade High As Sino-US Trade Tensions Soar Earlier this month, China imposed restrictions on the export of five critical metals essential to defense, clean technology, and other…

Education Department Issues Warning To Schools: Ditch DEI Or Lose Federal Funding Authored by Eric Lendrum via American Greatness, At the end of last week, the Department of Education (ED) issued a…

The Ministry of Defense in Moscow has reported that more than 20 Ukrainian UAVs have been intercepted or destroyed in the southern Krasnodar Region Seven drones have attacked a major oil pumping…

The C-17 military aircraft carried 112 Indian nationals expelled amid Trump’s crackdown on immigration A US aircraft carrying a third batch of Indian nationals deported from the US landed in Amritsar, Punjab…

The bloc imported nearly $2 billion worth of the fuel in December, according to data Russian gas purchases by EU member states jumped to nearly €2 billion in the final month of…

The Ukrainian leader rejected Trump’s proposal to exchange critical minerals for military aid The US gave Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky just “an hour” to agree to a proposal granting Washington access to the…

Beijing has criticized the State Department after it altered a fact sheet on relations with the island China has urged the US to “correct its mistakes” after the State Department removed previous…

US Futures Rise As Europe Hits All Time High, Boosted By Defense Stocks Even though US cash markets are closed today for the President’s Day holiday, US equity futures are open and…

While a notable percentage favors men as leaders, most still value competence over gender One-third of Russians prefer male bosses, while just 3% favor female managers, according to a nationwide poll released…

The release of US citizen Kalob Byers from custody reflects improving relations with Washington, according to spokesman Dmitry Peskov The recent improvement in US-Russian relations was a factor in the rapid release…

The CPI Is Deeply Flawed & The Fed Feeds Those Flaws Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, The Fed makes horrendous policy decisions because it does not understand inflation. CPI and wage…

Top officials from both countries are to discuss ways to end the Ukraine conflict in Riyadh High-level Russian and US delegations will hold talks in Saudi Arabia to restore diplomatic relations and…

New Delhi’s growing overtures towards the US come at a time when Washington itself is recalibrating its global alliances Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s working visit to the White House in Washington on…

The payment card companies “lost a major market” when they exited in 2022 due to the Ukraine conflict, Anatoly Aksakov has said US payment giants Visa and Mastercard may soon resume operations…

Jobs Trashed: Waste Management To Fire 5,000 Whose Jobs Will Be “Automated” Houston-based Waste Management will continue to shed jobs in 2025 by reducing dependency on roles that require physical labor and…

The African nation’s government says it is doing “everything possible” to restore order and territorial integrity in Bukavu M23 militants in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) have taken control…

The French president has talked to Mohammed bin Salman before the upcoming US-Russian meeting in Riyadh French President Emmanuel Macron has revealed that he has spoken on the phone with Saudi Arabian…