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Musk Responds To Don Lemon Lawsuit, Cites “Series Of Impressively Insane Demands” Elon Musk has responded after fired CNN journalist Don Lemon sued Musk and his social media platform X for breach…

Taliban Gets $239 Million In US Aid After State Dept. Fails To Vet Recipients By Judicial Watch Less than a year after Judicial Watch reported that the Taliban has established fake nonprofits…

Secret Service Takes ‘Full Responsibility’ For Assassination Attempt On Trump Authored by Caden Pearson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe said on Friday the agency takes…

Today on Sunday Morning Futures, President Trump sat down for an economic discussion with Mari Bartiromo. President Trump focuses correctly on inflation and the root cause, The Green New Deal.  Joe Biden’s…

Kamala Harris & The Masque Of Magical Thinking Authored by Roger Kimball via American Greatness, Although the last few weeks have had their alarming aspects – chief among which was the attempted assassination…

I’m just catching up on some events that I have missed.  The first press conference by the U.S. Secret Service about the Trump assassination attempt was alarming.  This is the first time…

The former president should be cautious about challenging the VP on her gender and race credentials Mark your calendar, ladies and gentlemen, Kamala Harris has done something extraordinary. She has become the…

The Belgian team has forfeited the triathlon final as Claire Michel remains sidelined after contracting an E.coli bacterial infection The Belgian triathlon team has forfeited the mixed triathlon finals scheduled for Monday…

Suspected Houthi Missile Hits Container Ship; Rebel Forces Claim US MQ-9 Drone Downed Amid Regional War Risks The assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ top leader, in Tehran last week has brought the Middle…

Transgender Or Intersex? Confusion Reigns Over The Gender Status Of Two Olympic Boxers Authored by Jonathan Turley, On Saturday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) issued a surprising correction after claiming for a…

Tropical Storm Debby is anticipated to intensify quickly now and will likely impact the “big bend” of Florida area as a hurricane.   The good news is that Debby is moving fast (13…

Guess Who Kamala Harris Blames For Disastrous Jobs Report? Following last week’s horrendous jobs report, the Kamala Harris campaign issued a statement blaming – you guessed it – Donald Trump! “Donald Trump…

Bitcoin Is Crashing Ahead Of The Japan Open Bitcoin, and the entire crypto universe, is crashing after yet another huge sell order was unleashed by a time-triggered algo, the same algo that…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet could operate from beneath Jerusalem in the event of a full-scale war Israel’s Shin Bet security agency has prepared a bunker under Jerusalem where the country’s political…

“Suddenly Recession Is On The Tip Of Everyone’s Tongue… Wow, Did That Happen Fast!” By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities The Fed Dot Plod Suddenly everyone is raising the number of Fed…

The Usual Stimulus Tricks Won’t Work This Time Around Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via substack, The global economy is slowing, and central banks and governments are deploying the usual stimulus tricks: 1)…

Warehouses containing fuel tanks and residential areas in Lugansk came under attack, according to regional head Leonid Pasechnik Ukrainian forces targeted several locations in Donbass with Western-supplied missiles on Sunday, including the…

Tropical Storm Debby Expected To Strengthen Into Hurricane Before Florida Big Bend Landfall The National Hurricane Center released an early Sunday update about Tropical Storm Debby, indicating the storm is “expected to strengthen…

An aggrieved Muslim has reportedly threatened to inflict “Allah’s punishment” upon the organizers of the Bacchanalian spectacle The production company behind the Paris Olympics’ LGBTQ-themed opening ceremony has complained that its employees…

The Trigger For WWIII Just Arrived – What Are The Implications For Americans? Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us If the year of 2024 has proven anything so far, it’s that our…

We Reap The Harvest Of Lies Authored by David Bell via The Brownstone Institute, Public life has become disorienting. Most people, by and large, previously expected to hear the truth, or some…

Boiling The British Frog… Authored by Sam Bidwell via The Critic, There is an old — and rather grotesque — fable about the best way to boil a frog. Turn up the…

Court Rules Coca-Cola Must Pay IRS $6 Billion In Unpaid Taxes Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Soft drink manufacturer Coca-Cola has been ordered by a court to make billions…

Burkina Faso has said Kiev chose “the wrong battle to fight” in praising a terror attack on Russian military contractors in Mali The Foreign Ministry of Burkina Faso has called Ukraine out…

IRS Makes It Easier For Cash-Strapped Americans To Raid 401k, IRA Accounts The rising number of Americans whose checking accounts are running on fumes have a new, but less-than-ideal way of scraping…

The US got the short end of the stick in a recent prisoner exchange with Russia, the former president has claimed Former US President Donald Trump has blasted President Joe Biden’s prisoner…

Sergey Ryabkov has spoken about a recent phone call between the Russian and US defense chiefs The US and some of its allies apparently heeded a signal from Russia that prevented an…

Thuringia state governor Bodo Ramelow believes it is time to “think of Europe as a whole,” with Russia as part of it The governor of the German state of Thuringia, Bodo Ramelow,…

Is Zelensky’s Chief Of Staff The Last Obstacle To Peace With Russia? Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Bloomberg published article on Friday titled “Ukraine’s Allies Are Worried About the Power of…

Charting The Percentage Of (Real) Women Competing At The Olympic Games (1896–2024) For the first time ever, an Olympic Games has achieved gender equality. Half of all competing athletes at Paris 2024 are women….

The American billionaire has weighed in on the anti-immigration protests across several cities in Britain The UK is at risk of sliding into a civil war, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk…

Most Germans Oppose New US Missile Deployment Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, A new poll about a planned US missile deployment to Germany shows that more Germans are opposed to the idea than…

Berkshire Hathaway has slashed its stake in the tech giant by nearly 50%, filings show Billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has significantly cut its investment in Apple, offloading nearly half of…

The New Jersey man reportedly consumed marihuana edibles before going berserk An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Salt Lake City, Utah after an intoxicated traveler attempted…

The Austrian government is reportedly planning to fully abandon imports from Moscow Austria’s ruling coalition has reportedly agreed to completely eliminate the country’s Russian gas supply by 2027, media outlet Kurier reported…

Support for the Palestinian militant group has plummeted in Gaza since the start of the war with Israel, according to The Economist The October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas is viewed…

Tehran will likely launch a series of strikes on the Jewish state within 48 hours, the outlet’s sources expect The US and Israel are continuing preparations for a major attack by Iran…

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…

As Ukrainian Defenses Collapse, What Can US Patriots Learn From The Conflict? Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us In my article ‘Russia Is About To Overrun Ukraine’s Defenses – Why Are There…

Mapping The Number Of US Billionaires In Each State The U.S. has the most billionaires in the world by a wide margin, more than twice the number of the next-highest country in…

These Are The World’s Largest Silver-Producing Companies Silver is one of the world’s most precious metals, holding an important position as a tradeable commodity and an essential part of many industrial processes and necessary…

The Civil War Didn’t ‘Settle’ The Question Of State Secession By Brian McGlinchey at Stark Realities Secessionist inclinations are on the rise in the United States, and are sure to intensify after…

Hotez Calls For Police Deployment Against “Anti-Vaxxers” Authored by Paul Thacker via The Brownstone Institute, Social media went a little bonkers last week when an interview of Texas Children’s Hospital’s Dr. Peter…

Goldman Says Mid-Atlantic Power Prices “Finally Caught Up To AI Data Center Load Growth Story”  Marylanders and residents in surrounding states should brace for rising power bills due to capacity constraints on the…

DHS Puts Migrant Parole Program On Hold Amid Alleged Fraud In Application Process Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The Biden administration’s parole program allowing tens of thousands of migrants…

Waves Of Ukraine Civilians Flee As Russia Makes Steady Gains In East Regional and international sources, including Reuters, continue to report on Russian forces making steady gains in Ukraine’s east. But now…

San Francisco Proposes Student Loan Forgiveness Fund For First Responders Authored by Summer Lane via The Epoch Times, The San Francisco Board of Supervisors this week approved an ordinance establishing a student…

Kamala Harris’s Husband Admits To Cheating On 1st Wife With Homewrecker Nanny, Knocking Her Up Less than a week after people were snickering over Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff taking a SoulCycle…

Judge Chutkan Denies Trump’s Motion To Dismiss Election Case, Sets Status Conference Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has scheduled a mid-August status conference in…

US Embassy Implores Americans To Leave Lebanon On ‘Any Ticket Available’ The US embassy in Lebanon has issued an alert warning American citizens to exit Lebanon on “any ticket available” as the…

President Donald J. Trump, and his running mate J.D. Vance, will be in Atlanta today for a rally at Georgia State University Convocation Center.  Doors for the rally open at 1 pm,…

Corrupt Robodebt Commissioner Catherine Holmes, who protected Scott Morrison, has been caught trying to protect corrupt former Deputy Queensland Premier Jackie Trad. Catherine Holmes protected Scott Morrison and 5 public servants with…

Central Banks Purchase Gold To Offset Their Own Monetary Destruction Authored by Daniel Lacalle via The Mises Institute, Why is the price of gold rising if the global economy is not in…

Trump Says Mark Zuckerberg Called Him And Said He Won’t Support Democrats Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news, Donald Trump has claimed that Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg reached out to him to…

Buffett Calls The Top: Berkshire Quietly Dumps Half Its Apple Shares Amid Unprecedented Selling Spree When yesterday we said, when discussing Buffett’s ongoing liquidation of his Bank of America stake, that “Berkshire’s…

The attorney tried to blow up a backpack full of explosives at a Chinese consulate in Washington A Florida attorney has pleaded guilty to attempting to detonate explosives outside the Chinese embassy…

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said he reserves the exclusive right to enter into pre-trial agreements in this case US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has withdrawn a plea deal with three…

New York State Supreme Court Blocks NYC Mayor Adams’ Attempt To Pause Migrant Arrivals Authored by Michael Washburn via The Epoch Times, The New York State Supreme Court has denied New York…

Is it time to make DNA and other tests to ascertain athletes’ gender as important as drug screenings? Ever since the Paris Olympics triggered culture warriors by dumping drag queens all over…

The Democratic presidential candidate has accused her Republican opponent of “running scared” from an alternate debate on ABC News US Vice President Kamala Harris has declined former President Donald Trump’s invitation to…

Both Washington and the tech tycoon supported the opposition candidate in Venezuela’s presidential election Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday accused the US and American entrepreneur Elon Musk of attempting to orchestrate…

Trump Agrees To Debate Kamala Harris On Fox News With “Full Arena Audience” Let’s get ready to rumble. US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump announced late Friday that he will debate Democratic…

Josh Shapiro Downplays IDF Volunteerism As ‘Service Project’ As Wikipedia Scrubs Evidence Authored by Matt Margolis via PJ Media (emphasis ours), AP Photo/Matt Rourke It seems inevitable that Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-Pa.)…

Senegal has summoned the Ukrainian ambassador over his praise for an attack on Russian military contractors in Mali The foreign ministry of Senegal has condemned the Ukrainian embassy for supporting a terrorist…

The rise to 4.3% from the 4.1% recorded in June marks the fourth straight monthly increase The US unemployment rate rose for the fourth straight month in July to 4.3%, up from…

The deadly attack on Ismail Haniyeh involved a “short-range projectile with a warhead of about seven kilograms,” the IRGC has claimed Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed by an explosion caused…

A popular seaside spot in Mogadishu, Somalia was targeted by gunmen and a suicide bomber on Friday Over 30 people were killed in a terrorist attack on Lido Beach in Somalia’s capital,…

Worldcoin Spreads Across Europe With Austria Digital ID Launch Authored by Savannah Fortis via CoinTelegraph.com, The Worldcoin Foundation has announced that its World ID-issuing orb has been introduced in Austria, which adds…

A Royal Navy contractor tried to save money by having communications software for nuclear engineers designed in Belarus A firm hired to design software for a British submarine builder outsourced the job…

About Face! SecDef Austin Kills Plea Deal That Would Spare 9/11 Plotters From Death Penalty ​In a stunning turnaround, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has killed the deal that would have…

Hungary & Slovakia Consider Cutting Electricity Supply To Ukraine If Kiev Keeps Blocking Russian Oil Supplies Via ReMix News, Roughly 40 percent of Ukraine’s electricity imports pass through the Ukrainian-Hungarian border, which…

The energy-rich nation has threatened to transfer the development rights to its fields to allies  Venezuela could transfer the development rights to its vast oil and gas fields that are currently operated…

Kiev wants to showcase “achievements” to attract more Western support, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said New Ukrainian threats to blow up Russia’s Crimean Bridge could be timed to coincide with…

“Millions” Wasted On Electric School Busses As Maryland Pivots Back To Diesel A school district in Maryland is finding out just how costly virtue signaling can wind up being.  Maryland’s largest school…

The Interior Ministry has detected the highest number of such crimes in nearly two decades Russia has seen an alarming surge in crimes linked with terrorism and extremism in the first half…

Europe’s Recipe For Disaster: The Von Der Leyen Program Authored by Drieu Godefridi via The Gatestone Institute, In a speech to the European Parliament on July 18, 2024, the President of the European Commission,…

Orban’s Insight Into The Global Systemic Transition & Hungarian Grand Strategy Is Worth Reading Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban elaborated on the global systemic transition and his country’s…

The move gives potential spies and saboteurs easy access to the EU, the bloc’s Home Affairs commissioner has warned The EU has asked Hungary to explain its decision to ease visa requirements…

The highly flexible UAV could even be used to monitor radiation levels in a nuclear wasteland, according to its developers Russia has developed a ‘Doomsday drone’ capable of conducting reconnaissance missions in…

The country failed to make a coupon payment on its 2026 Eurobond  S&P Global Ratings has lowered Ukraine’s credit rating to ‘selective default’ after Kiev missed an international bond payment earlier this…

The event will take place in Pennsylvania on September 4 and will have a full audience Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has agreed to face his Democratic rival Kamala Harris in a…

Today is a travel day.  I’ll be checking in throughout the day and reading the open threads to keep up on events.   Posted in Uncategorized The post Travel Day appeared first…

Kiev says work is underway to destroy the strategic Russian link by the end of the year Kiev is working on plans to destroy Russia’s Crimean Bridge within the next few months…

The Pentagon will send additional military resources amid the escalation between West Jerusalem and Tehran Washington has ordered more destroyers, cruisers, and an additional fighter squadron to the Middle East to defend…

Trump’s China Tariffs: Extraordinarily Good For America Authored by Gordon Chang via The Gatestone Institute, “I can’t believe how many people are negative on tariffs that are actually smart people,” President Donald…

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…

Cattle Market Rattled By Recession Risks As Cash-Strapped Consumers Pull Back Is a meat recession coming? The dismal US jobs report has ignited recession fears, with some major Wall Street banks forecasting at…

What Type Of Society Will We Become? Authored by Ken Williams via The Epoch Times, “Each teacher shall endeavor to impress upon the minds of the pupils the principles of morality, truth,…

“Open War” On Police: NYC DA Lets Two Migrants Who Attacked, Bit Cops Free Without Bail Two migrants who bit and attacked two New York City Police officers are…wait for it…back on…

California Drivers Lead US In Road Rage, Study Finds Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, California drivers have the worst road rage, according to a new study by Forbes. The…

Graham Pushes Senators To Commit To War On Iran If Israel Attacked South Carolina Republican Senator and well-known hawk Lindsey Graham is salivating over the prospect of war with Iran at a…

Certain Dark Chocolates Contain High-Level Heavy Metals, Study Finds Authroed by Sina McCullough via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Is your favorite dark chocolate bar harboring a hidden health risk? A new…

Beijing Helicopter Taking Off: China Central Banker Calls For Direct Money Transfers To Households When the US economy crashed in a deflationary vortex during the global financial crisis (and just after the…

Why The Future Of Work Is Hybrid Authored by Samantha Flom via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Many aspects of everyday life were transformed during the COVID-19 pandemic and the government’s response…

Biden Pledges New Military Deployments To Defend Israel In Netanyahu Call President Biden in a Thursday phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged that the United States would help defend Israel in…

The DEI Trap Authored by Richard Porter via RealClearPolitics, Kamala Harris’s sudden ascendancy within the Democrat Party, with nary a peep from other ambitious Democrats, spotlights the uncomfortable contradictions of identity politics…

Cocoa Prices Slide To Five-Month Low On Demand Destruction Fears From Hershey US chocolate maker Hershey slashed its sales and earnings outlook on Thursday, citing higher cocoa prices that have resulted in demand…

Judge Overturns $4.7 Billion Verdict In NFL Sunday Ticket Antitrust Lawsuit Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A California judge has thrown out the $4.7 billion verdict against…