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The shooting is believed to have occurred during a bitter dispute between property owners who were going through a divorce A deadly shooting took place near the entrance to the Moscow HQ…

The FBI has urged caution after letters signed “US Traitor Elimination Army” appear nationwide The FBI has told US election officials to be on the alert, after offices in more than a…

At least five of Kiev’s military vehicles were destroyed during the operation, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said Russian paratroopers have ambushed Kiev’s forces in Russia’s Kursk Region, eliminating Ukrainian personnel…

Lazard CEO Says Junior Bankers Are Fine With 80-90 Hour Weeks As Long As The Work Is “Interesting” And “Important” Lazard Chief Executive Officer Peter Orszag doesn’t seem to be bothered by…

Biden’s Department Of Energy Short On Cash To Refill SPR At Low Prices By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com The price of the U.S. WTI crude oil has finally stayed in the low…

Companies Are ‘Ghosting’ Job Applicants In The Middle Of The Hiring Process Ghosting isn’t just for dating apps anymore. It’s also happening in the world of hiring… “Ghost jobs” are defined as…

Latvia’s Defense Ministry has confirmed that it dispatched warplanes to investigate an unidentified flying object that had crossed the border Latvia’s Air Force allegedly dispatched a group of NATO fighter jets to…

Nqabayomzi Kwankwa lamented Washington’s attempt to shutter alternative perspectives US tech giant Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, has banned RT because it relies on the US government financially, Nqabayomzi Kwankwa, a…

The perpetrators must be held accountable for the apparent attempt to trigger a major war, Russian officials have said The mass detonation of pagers which killed several people and left thousands of…

A wave of explosions across the Middle East has killed at least 11 people and injured thousands more Hezbollah has vowed to retaliate against Israel after a wave of pager explosions killed…

Claudia Sheinbaum cited the peace-oriented principles of her nation’s foreign policy in explaining why she’d declined Kiev’s invitation Mexico’s president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum has informed journalists of her intention to pursue a policy…

This short video segment highlights exactly what professional gaslighting looks like.   The White House staff, Joe Biden and the White House press secretary have repeatedly called President Trump “a threat to democracy.” …

Bhaswati Mukherjee, New Delhi’s former Ambassador to the Netherlands, has addressed the latest US crackdown on Russian media India has the sovereign right to decide which media outlets its 1.4 billion people…

Former Polish diplomat Witold Jurasz has described a quarrel at top-level talks with Ukraine Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky had a serious disagreement during a trilateral meeting…

The rebuke comes after the Ukrainian leader claimed a Brasilia-backed roadmap to end the conflict with Russia was ‘destructive’ Ukraine should heed Brazil’s advice about seeking peace in the conflict with Russia,…

Germany’s Sick Pay Dilemma: Tesla Dangles Cash For Workers To Show Up As Absences Skyrocket Faced with a surge in staff absences, Germany’s employers are reaching for a new trick to get…

The US and EU are leaning towards a negotiated settlement of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev, the French paper has claimed Kiev’s setbacks on the frontline are causing Western backers to…

Israeli intelligence tampering allegedly led to Tuesday’s wave of blasts that reportedly injured thousands The series of explosions which killed several people and injured thousands more in Lebanon on Tuesday was masterminded…

Meet The Hate-Crime Commissar Of New Normal Berlin Authored by CJ Hopkins via The Consent Factory, The column you are about to read is a “hate crime.” Or, rather, an alleged “hate…

A UAV targeted a service bus transporting employees in the border settlement of Shebekino, Vyacheslav Gladkov has said Four civilians have been injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on a bus in…

The Media Is Exaggerating The Impact Of Anti-Proxy War Posters In Italy Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, CNN headlined an article last week about how “Pro-Russian posters appear on billboards across…

Falling fragments caused a fire in Toropets, officials have said A partial evacuation has been ordered in Toropets, a town of 11,000 to the northwest of Moscow, where “fragments” of a downed…

Falling drone fragments have caused a fire in the western city of Toropetz, officials said Partial evacuation has been ordered in Toropetz, a city of 11,000 to the northwest of Moscow, where…

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…

US Secures Convictions, Guilty Pleas As CCP-Directed Spying Exposed Authored by Eva Fu, Catherine Yang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), For years, Beijing has been deepening its hold on America, drawing…

Dalio Says 25, Gundlach 50, And To Dimon Whatever The Fed Does, Won’t Be “Earth-Shattering” We know that by now you are sick of discussions of tomorrow’s Fed rate cut – 25…

Is ISIS Back? Actually, It Never Left The Building Authored by Phil Gurski via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), In the wake of yet another foiled ISIS-inspired terrorist plot, this one by…

Not Just ‘Russia, Russia, Russia’: Hillary Demands Criminal Charges For Americans “Engaged” In “Propaganda” Amid claims that Trump is a “danger to this country and the world,” Hillary Clinton – the original…

U.S. Coast Guard Encounters Russian Naval Vessels Near Alaska Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed an encounter with four Russian Navy vessels 57…

Constitution Day Reflections On America’s Founding Documents Authored by Matthew Riffe via RealClearWire.com, When it comes to celebrating Constitution Day, it may be considered atypical to think of the Declaration of Independence….

“Operation Beef Bandit”: Four Thieves Caught In Multi-Million Dollar Chain Of Food Heists Spanning 3 Years A ring of food thieves along the Jersey Turnpike has been caught and brought to justice…

“It Changes The Math”: Biden’s Tariff Crackdown Throws Amazon And Walmart’s Sneaky China Plans Into Chaos Under mounting pressure from Chinese retail giants like Shein and Temu, American behemoths Amazon and Walmart…

The Ruling Elites Create An Orwellian Reinterpretation Of Human Rights Authored by Wanjiru Njoya via The Mises Institute, Ludwig von Mises depicts the aim of revolutionary socialism as: “to clear the ground for building…

The remotely detonated explosions were “reckless” and indiscriminate, the former NSA contractor argued The wave of synchronized pager explosions in Lebanon was “reckless” because the method did not account for potential civilian…

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Linked To Unusual Metabolite Levels: Study Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Researchers have identified 14 biomarkers that, if atypical at birth, may increase…

“End Of An Era”: Steve Cohen Steps Back From Trading At Point72 Hedge Fund Back in November 2020, when Steve Cohen completed his $2.4 billion purchase of the NY Mets, some joked…

WTI Holds Gains As Cushing ‘Tank Bottoms’ Loom After API Reported Draw Oil prices closed higher today, with WTI rallying strongly up to test $72 (after falling to the lowest in more…

Secret Service Director Makes Cryptic Reference To Coming ‘Geopolitical Event, Kinetic Conflict’ That Could Endanger US Leaders What did the Secret Service chief mean by the below comments? Ronald Rowe Jr., the…

Election Interference? Elizabeth Warren Urges Fed To Cut Rates By 75bps… Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, A trio of Democrat Senators wrote Jerome Powell begging for a three-quarter point cut. Letter…

The US should make peace with Russia before triggering ‘Armageddon’, Trump Jr. and RFK Jr. have said Washington should open direct talks with Moscow right away and stop mistaking Russia’s restraint for…

Smoke And Mirrors: What Happens After Biden’s Economic Manipulations Disappear? Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, There is a popular school of thought that believes most economic stability is purely psychological; that…

President Trump will be holding a townhall event today in Flint, Michigan.  The townhall will be moderated by Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders.  The event starts at 7:00pm ET with Livestream links…

Moscow’s troops are moving closer to Pokrovsk – a key Ukrainian rear base supplying Kiev’s forces The Russian military has liberated the Donbass town of Ukrainsk, RIA Novosti reported on Tuesday, citing…

Moscow’s foes need to fear the revenge that is coming, the former president has said Moscow should start putting together a database of “Russophobic scum” and put them on notice of inevitable…

Stocks & Bonds Sold Ahead Of Fed Decision; Crypto & Crude Surge Hot retail sales print and better than expected Industrial production data are not exactly what the doves wanted to see…

Minnesota Test Scores Remain Low Despite Walz Spending Billions Authored by Eric Lundrum via American Greatness, The Democratic Party’s vice presidential nominee, Governor Tim Walz (D-Minn.), has failed to improve average test…

Age Of Rage: 26 Million Americans Believe Political Violence Is Justified Authored by Jonathan Turley, A poll released by the University of Chicago via the Chicago Project on Security and Threats offers a chilling…

Nassim Taleb: People Aren’t Seeing The Real De-Dollarization Authored by Mike Maharrey via MoneyMetals.com, It’s not a “black swan” event. In fact, it’s playing out right before our eyes and was entirely…

CNN took aim at Margarita Simonyan amid US sanctions against Russian media CNN’s Christiane Amanpour has accused RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan of being an international troll, while interviewing her ex-husband and State…

Momentum Investing Gives You An Edge… Until It Doesn’t Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Since 2020, momentum investing has generated significantly better returns than other strategies. Such is not surprising, given…

Following a deadly cyber attack on the Shiite group’s communications, Lebanese authorities are blaming Israel, which is already preparing for a potential threat from the north Eight people have died and 2,750…

Ugly, Tailing 20Y Auction Sends Yields To Session High After last week’s solid auction which saw stellar demand no doubt on the expectation that the Fed will soon be slashing rates, moments…

Estonia’s Alar Karis believes more support for Kiev is the only solution, if not for Ukrainian victory then for a defeat of Russia Kiev’s troops, as well as the citizens of Ukraine…

The country’s unmanned aerial vehicle industry is booming A large-scale intensive training course dedicated to operating various types of drones has been held in Russia’s Far East. Unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs,…

The French parliament has made the unprecedented move after the president appointed a minority PM The proposal to impeach French President Emmanuel Macron has cleared a major procedural hurdle in the parliament…

NATO Chief ‘Welcomes’ Allies Approving Attacks On Russia With Long-Range Missiles Outgoing NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has addressed the question of the US and UK mulling allowing Ukraine to strike Russian territory…

Two Oversight Officials Fired Hours After Pointing Out Anti-Police Bias In Chicago’s Office Of Police Accountability Two members of the Chicago Civilian Office of Police Accountability were fired at the end of last…

Meta’s ban on RT may be just the beginning, former ambassador Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos believes The ban imposed on RT by US tech giant Meta is further proof that Washington and its allies…

Nifty, Shifty, Grifty, Swift-y Fifty-50 By Michael Every of Rabobank Ahead of the Fed meeting, our US strategist Philip Marey has just put out an FOMC preview titled ‘Casino’ that acts as…

Freight Spend, Shipments Soft Again In August By Todd Maiden of FreightWaves August data from Cass Information Systems showed the freight market continues to trudge along what is expected to be a…

We will be outlining some data and research analysis to help further spotlight the current dynamic.  In the interim there is value in considering one specific facet of the 2024 election mechanisms,…

No AI-Fueled Upgrade Supercycle? Apple iPhone 16 Discounts Offered At Major Chinese Online Retailers  For Wall Street analysts banking on new AI-powered iPhones to spark an upgrade supercycle this fall, growing evidence…

New Delhi is being urged to mediate peace talks due to its special relationship with Moscow India and the US discussed efforts to achieve a “just and durable peace in Ukraine” on…

Bombshell Whistleblower Report Exposes Major Security Failures In First Trump Assassination Attempt With Donald Trump now the target of two assassination attempts in two months, a new whistleblower report released by Senator…

Trump Silent On World Liberty Financial, Team Unveils WLFI Crypto Token Authored by Jesse Coghlan via CoinTelegraph.com, Donald Trump didn’t end up talking about World Liberty Financial — his family’s new crypto…

US Industrial Production Is Flat YoY In August, Despite Surge In Auto Production After a significant decline in July, US Industrial Production rebounded dramatically in August, rising 0.8% MoM (as July was…

Several domestic importers and banks have been selected to test cross-border payments in digital currencies, the news outlet says Financial authorities in Russia have formed a focus group, which includes selected importers…

Threats from the “extremely hostile” West require action, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia’s decision to expand its military was taken due to the current hostile environment, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has…

Themba Godi has accused Washington of suppressing alternative media voices The US restrictions on RT are being driven by fear of competing in the multipolar era, Themba Godi, a former member of…

BRICS nations should have their own social media, Iranian professor Seyed Mohammed Marandi believes The decision by American tech giant Meta to ban RT and other Russian news networks is a symptom…

The pollutants could be linked to rise in neurodegenerative diseases, study suggests Researchers in Brazil have found microplastics in human brain tissue, a new study published on Monday in the American Medical…

Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei earlier criticised New Delhi’s treatment of Muslims New Delhi on Monday said it “strongly deplored” comments by Iran’s Supreme Leader Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei, after he listed India…

Serbian judoka Nemanja Majdov has been banned for five months for crossing himself before a bout at the Paris Games The International Judo Federation (IJF) has penalized Serbia’s Nemanja Majdov for violating…

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger ditched regional bloc ECOWAS in January, claiming it posed a threat to their sovereignty Mali’s transitional president has announced that his country will, along with Burkina Faso…

US & Japan Nearing ‘Breakthrough’ Deal To Restrict Chip Tech Exports To China A new report from the Financial Times details how US and Japanese officials are nearing a deal to curb…

Meta Bans Russia’s RT From Facebook, Instagram Following Biden Admin Directive Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, has responded to the US government’s directive urging entities and nations abroad to ban…

US Retail Sales Better-Than-Expected Thanks To Non-Store Retailers After August’s upside surprise (+1.0% MoM, thanks to some shenanigans in the used car sales segment of the economy), US Retail Sales was expected…

Claudia Sahm’s Recession-Denial-Theory Flunks A Simple Data Test Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Claudia Sahm claims to have invented a recession indicator created by Ed McKelvey. Now she says the indicator…

US Futures At All Time High As Yields, Japan Slide Ahead Of Key Retail Sales Print US equity futures gain, and trade just shy of all time highs, led by Tech (especially…

The Novaya Zemlya range in the Arctic only needs an order to resume activity, Rear Admiral Andrey Sinitsyn has said Russia’s Novaya Zemlya range in the Arctic is ready to resume nuclear…

How Do Sectors Perform After The First Interest Rate Cut? Fed chair Jerome Powell has signaled that interest rate cuts are on the horizon, amid a cooling labor market marked by fewer…

Why Kamala’s Planned Corporate Tax Hike Is Deeply Flawed Authored by Jeff Carlson & Hans Mahncke via Truth Over News, One of the more important policy issues for markets in the US…

People whom Washington depicts as shrewd Russian spies cannot be silenced online, the outlet joked US Big Tech cannot stop RT from making its voice heard, the Russian news outlet said on…

The US tech giant has discredited itself with the move, Dmitry Peskov says US tech giant Meta has “discredited itself” by banning Russian media outlets, including RT, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has…

The Republican candidate believes that incendiary rhetoric by his opponents may have contributed to the second attack on his life Former US President Donald Trump has suggested the rhetoric coming from the…

Grocery Rationing Within Four Years Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Brownstone Institute, There is a lack of public comment and debate about Kamala Harris’s call for price controls on groceries and…

A Russian national allegedly working for Kiev was reportedly attempting to plant an explosive in Sverdlovsk Region Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has reported that it has eliminated a Ukrainian operative who…

Partnership agreements have been concluded with Guinea, Somalia, Sierra Leone, CAR, Chad, and Equatorial Guinea Russia’s federal agency for international cooperation has signed agreements to establish Russian Houses in six African countries,…

Niger revoked a defense pact in March, accusing Washington of trying to dictate who the country’s foreign partners should be The US has concluded the withdrawal of its forces and assets from…

The short winter spell is forecast to be replaced by an Indian summer The first snowfall has descended on Krasnoyarsk Region in Siberia, prompting residents to share photos and videos of the…

Goldman Slashes Iron Ore Price Forecast As Supply Cuts Desperately Needed Amid China Slowdown The short-cover rally Goldman analysts forecasted early last week in Chinese iron ore prices has completely reversed. After…

The EU Retreats Further Into A World Of Self-Delusion Authored by Conor Gallagher via NakedCapitalism.com, The situation in Europe is getting so bad on so many different levels, the Brussels crowd had…

The German automaker’s facility in Brussels is at risk of shutting down amid stiff competition from China and the US Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Brussels on Monday in…

The Ukrainian leader has seemingly hit out at Beijing over export restrictions on drones Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has taken what appears to be a veiled swipe at China over its tighter…

The bloc is making changes to its sanctions rules to appease Washington, the outlet has reported The majority of EU countries and the European Commission are in favor of extending the sanctions…

The Number Of ‘Earths’ Needed For Different Countries’ Lifestyles How many Earths would we need if the entire global population lived like one country? In this graphic, Visual Capitalist’s Marcus Lu visualized…

The turmoil surrounding the Central Bank of Libya raises questions about the legitimacy of the country’s institutions and, more importantly, the sovereignty of the state itself Crises in Libya have been the…

The Russian military has reported another strike on an М270 MLRS donated to Kiev A Russian missile strike has “blown to pieces” a US-made multiple launch rocket system deployed by Ukraine near…

3 Americans Sentenced To Death in Congo Over Failed Coup Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A military court in Congo sentenced three U.S. citizens to death on…