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The tech mogul has apparently concurred with entrepreneur David Sacks that people are being told Kiev “is winning when in fact it is losing” Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has seemingly…

Gaza Truce Talks ‘Unpromising’, Qatar PM Admits Via The Cradle, Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said Saturday that his country will continue to mediate for truce deal between Hamas and…

Ukraine is borrowing from the future just to hang on for dear life. 2024 will be pivotal in deciding the outcome The forthcoming second anniversary of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine is…

The EU’s need to boost defense spending does not depend on whether the ex-US president is re-elected, the Dutch PM has said Europe should be spending more on defense and ramping up…

NATO’s New Mission: Peace Through Censorship Authored by Thaddeus G. McCotter via American Greatness, When pondering the ranks of institutions captured by leftist elitists, one of the most ominous is the American…

Other members of the bloc should follow suit, Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen has said Denmark will transfer all of its artillery to Ukraine, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said during a panel debate at…

Grilled over relations with Russia once again, S. Jaishankar has reiterated New Delhi’s stand on expanding ties with Moscow India should be admired, and not criticized, for conducting a “smart” foreign policy that…

Rand Paul says the move would make peace in Ukraine less likely while undermining America’s global standing US Senator Rand Paul has warned against seizing frozen Russian assets, saying it would have…

The US president has said that he is “going to fight” to give another $60 billion to Kiev US President Joe Biden made a renewed appeal to Congress to approve $60 billion…

Thousands of farmers are ready to march on the capital, raising an old demand, a guaranteed minimum price for crops At 8am at the Shambhu border, a crossing between the northern Indian…

State Department Threatens Congress Over Censorship Programs Authored by Matt Taibbi via Racket News, A year after its censorship programs were exposed, the Global Engagement Center still insists the public has no…

These Are The World’s Least Powerful Passports In 2024 Freedom to travel is correlated to a country’s economic progress. For highly unstable countries, mobility is limited due to diplomatic tensions abroad. In…

How The CIA Destabilizes The World Authored by Jeffrey Sachs via CommonDreams.org, There are three basic problems with the CIA: its objectives, methods, and unaccountability. Its operational objectives are whatever the CIA…

Journalist Dmitry Kiselyov wants to sit down with the US President to get his take on how to stabilize ties between the two nations Prominent Russian journalist Dmitry Kiselyov has said that…

NATO states, most notably the US under Donald Trump, have repeatedly criticized Berlin for failing to pull its weight Germany’s multi-billion military budget increase could bring the country’s spending  on its army to as…

War funding receives votes in Congress because politicians are paid off by the military-industrial complex, the analyst says The American public considers wars, and the Ukraine conflict in particular, a bad investment,…

Maersk suspended vessel transits via the key trade route in January due to attacks by Houthi rebels Danish shipping major AP Moller-Maersk is advising customers to prepare for a prolonged Red Sea…

The conflict is a “tactical” issue for the West, but an existential one for Moscow, the Russian president has argued The Ukraine crisis is of existential importance for Russia, President Vladimir Putin…

Gospel Mk 1:12-15 The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert, and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan. He was among wild beasts, and the angels ministered…

Israel’s Ynet media outlet quoted an unnamed senior member of the prime minister’s Likud party as making the assessment Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be able to retain power after…

The Russian economy expanded beyond expectations last year, and is on course for further growth in 2024 Western sanctions on Moscow have failed to destabilize the Russian economy, according to Lithuanian President…

Once extremely prosperous states face a new reality, which could see old dark forces re-emerge A side effect of the tragic Ukrainian problem for Russian foreign policy is that it helps us…

Six incapacitated Ukrainian soldiers in the city were promised evacuation that never came, according to one of them The Ukrainian military abandoned a number of severely injured soldiers on the battlefield in…

Accession to the US-led bloc is a “sensitive process” that may require intermediate steps, Dutch caretaker PM Mark Rutte has said  The Netherlands’ caretaker prime minister, Mark Rutte, has said that admitting…

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 volume of investable assets held by individuals in the group will skyrocket over the next decade, according to Henley & Partners The number of new millionaires in the BRICS countries will…

The coal-to-gas pivot by industrial consumers across Asia is gathering pace, according to the energy giant Global demand for liquefied natural gas will increase more than 50% in less than two decades,…

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…

US Air Force Needs Robotic Wingmen In Fight Against Communist China: Report Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Air Force needs to pair its manned combat…

Fentanyl Lollipops? Top Border Patrol Doctor Asked Staff For Narcotics Before UN Meeting In New York: Whistleblowers Several whistleblowers allege that the chief medical officer for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) pressured…

An official retreat order allegedly came too late for an organized fallback Ukraine’s top general Aleksandr Syrsky only gave the order for troops to leave Avdeevka a day after the beginning of…

The activist’s passing is Russia’s “internal affair,” Beijing has said The Chinese Foreign Ministry has declined to comment on the fate of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny before medical examiners even determined the…

Iran Transported $2.8BN Worth Of Oil In 2023 Under Washington’s Nose Via The Cradle Iran was able to transport $2.8 billion in oil to customers in 2023 using insurance from a US-based…

CDC Confirms Spread Of ‘Unknown’ Outbreak Aboard Cruise Ship The CDC has confirmed that an “unknown” outbreak aboard a cruise ship is spreading, and has infected at least 154 people. In an…

Incest Is Best? The Economist Says Copulating-Cousins Cool “In Most Cases” With America facing population collapse thanks to a pandemic which compounded already-shrinking birth rates, petrified young men who don’t want to…

The US-led military bloc needs to be “prudent” about Kiev, the Italian FM believes Granting Ukraine a NATO membership while the country is locked in a conflict with Russia is “dangerous for…

Turley: Obscene Award Against Trump Is Testing New York’s Legal Integrity Authored by Jonathan Turley, op-ed via The Hill, In laying the foundation for his sweeping decision against former President Donald Trump, Judge Arthur…

Indonesia, the world’s fourth-most-populous country, is treading carefully between China and the US as it gathers strength It is tempting to frame global geopolitics as a binary struggle between China and the…

The Ukrainian leader wants “decision-makers” to come and witness the fighting Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has offered to give Donald Trump a tour of Kiev’s battlefront with Russian forces, saying America’s leading…

President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will deliver remarks at a “Get Out the Vote Rally” in Waterford Township, Michigan, on Saturday, February 17, 2024, at…

Conditions Not Right For Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks, China Says After Appeal From Kiev Starting last month the Zelensky government began calling for China to get more involved in the international effort to…

Middle America Is Dying, And D.C. Doesn’t Care Authored by Salena Zito via The Washington Examiner, WEIRTON, West Virginia – Most people in this town will tell you they’d rather have taken…

Hundreds of Eritrean rioters set cars ablaze in the Dutch city Police in riot gear have been deployed on the streets of the Hague in an attempt to quell violent clashes that…

The US president has claimed lawmakers caused the loss of a Ukrainian stronghold to Russia by failing to approve more aid to Kiev US President Joe Biden has identified the alleged culprits…

US Prepares New Weapons Transfer To Israel, Ironically While Pushing For Ceasefire Just days ago President Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the military operation in refugee-packed Rafah “should not…

An online campaign wants to cover a $354 million court judgment against the former US president Fans of Donald Trump have started a crowdfunding campaign seeking donations to cover the $354 million…

Cultural Marxism & The Corruption Of Common Law Authored by William Brooks via The Epoch Times, Peaceful and productive human societies depend on the maintenance of judicial principles that are consistent and…

10 Reasons Why The World Can’t Run Without Fossil Fuels Authored by Gail Tverberg via Our Finite World, Banks, governments, and businesses would face failure due to the essential role of fossil fuels…

Fani ‘Tainted’ Whole Case: Trump Embattled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis – who gave her lover Nathan Wade’s law firm five Fulton County contracts totaling nearly $1 million, has “badly tainted”…

The European Commission president suggested that an Eastern European could fill the role European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will appoint a dedicated “defense commissioner” if she retains her post after…

In the last week Channel 10 was exposed at the Bruce Lehrmann trial for lying and deceiving the public and courts, News Corp propagandist Janet Albrechtsen’s personal relationship with corrupt former judge…

John Bolton has argued that Washington’s policies and rhetoric have only emboldened Russian President Vladimir Putin US President Joe Biden’s efforts to punish Moscow over the Ukraine crisis have failed, and his…

RFK Jr. Scores Big Win In Lawsuit Accusing Biden Admin Of Censoring COVID Vaccine Info Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has…

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Is Artificial Intelligence Hope? Hype? Or A Market Disaster In The Making? Authored by J.G. Collins via The Epoch Times, When I first moved to New York City in the mid-1970s, cab…

Chicago Mayor Extends Contract On Anti-Crime Program That He Campaigned Against As Racist Authored by Jonathan Turley, I have written about the disastrous policies of Mayor Brandon Johnson for Chicago.  As a…

A combination of events this year could increase Hungary’s relative power on the continent, the prime minister has said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has forecast a right-wing resurgence in Europe that…

West Jerusalem has allegedly jeopardized humanitarian cargoes and failed to provide evidence of Hamas diverting them US President Joe Biden’s administration has offered a rare criticism of Israel’s handling of aid shipments…

Bidenomics Fail: White House Plans Downshift In Electric Vehicle Transition As Demand Slides The Biden administration is reportedly considering easing tailpipe emissions regulations, a move that was designed to force Americans from…

From Censorship To Criminalizing Dissent Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, History does seem to be on fast forward, doesn’t it? A major battle is brewing throughout the Western world…

The move allowed America to dodge its own laws against sending the money to Ukraine The US Justice Department has handed almost $500,000 in forfeited Russian funds to Estonia, where they will…

Magnificent 7’s Blistering Risk-Adjusted Return Is A Warning Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, The fabled Magnificent 7’s return adjusted for volatility is higher than other main assets, and is closing…

The presidential candidate has raged on social media over a picture of him playing golf while sporting an impressive pot belly Former US president and current candidate Donald Trump has lashed out…

Control over Ukraine’s fertile lands would allow Moscow to “attack” European farmers, FM Stephane Sejourne has said A potential Russian victory in Ukraine could deal an economic blow to the West because…

The ‘Liberal Gap’ Opening Up Between American Men & Women According to conventional wisdom, how conservative or liberal someone is would largely be determined by their age. However, as Statista’s Katharina Buchholz…

European Parliament member Biljana Borzan has urged the legislative body to look into the phenomenon of ‘skimpflation’, which she says began with the Ukraine conflict The quality of goods and services is…

The US Housing Market: Rent-Serfs & Artificial Scarcity Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Unleash the powers of unlimited credit and excess capital on a limited, essential resource such as…

Ursula von der Leyen is too hawkish on Russia for the job, Olaf Scholz reportedly told the White House German Chancellor Olaf Scholz intervened last year to prevent European Commission President Ursula…

The victims in the town of Panteleymovka include a 15-year-old girl, Denis Pushilin has said At least four people have been killed and six others injured in a Ukrainian strike in the…

Conspiracy Theory Debunker Finds Real Conspiracies Authored by Doran Howitt via The Brownstone Institute, The 2023 book Misbelief by Dan Ariely belongs to a genre I would label “debunking Covid conspiracy theories.” The book…

EU “Suicide Pact” Threatens To Flood Continent With 75 Million More Migrants Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, The EU has passed a migration pact dubbed “the suicide of Europe” which…

Texas To Build Military “Base Camp” On Mexico Border To House 1,800 Soldiers In the latest signal of his resolve to stem the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States, Texas Governor…

Ukrainian troops are pulling back to avoid encirclement and destruction, the president has said The Ukrainian military’s decision to withdraw from the Donbass stronghold of Avdeevka under relentless Russian pressure was “absolutely…

Budapest will continue to refrain from supplying weapons to Kiev, Defense Minister Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczky has said The West is not ready to supply Ukraine with weapons for its conflict with Russia indefinitely,…

The country’s foreign minister has warned that “decoupling from China” will eventually backfire on Washington Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to remove sanctions on the…

The seizure of the country’s reserves would jeopardize the “immunity” of national assets worldwide, Elvira Nabiullina warns The global financial system would be disrupted if Brussels and Washington go through with threats…

The activist’s passing is just an excuse for Washington to push for new sanctions, Anatoly Antonov has said The US reaction to the death in prison of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny…

The Biden administration has publicly disclosed sensitive details of a potential UAV sale to New Delhi, drawing the interest of its hostile neighbors Indian Army Chief Gen. Manoj Pande concluded a four-day…

Disruptions in the Red Sea have also increased delivery times on some routes by up to 15 days, Paolo Gentiloni has said The disruptions to shipping caused by Houthi rebel attacks on…

Reported deliberations over shipments come as West Jerusalem says it is preparing a new offensive in Gaza The administration of US President Joe Biden is preparing to transfer a batch of bombs…

The covert operation required deep knowledge of the country’s infrastructure, a source has said Israel conducted clandestine strikes against two key natural gas pipelines in Iran this week, marking an escalation in…

Hotel Rooms Or Homes? Even with Airbnb posting a net loss of $500 million in its fourth quarter of 2023, the past year was a success story for the short-term rental platform, which increased its…

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…

The restrictions were imposed after a dangerous pest that carries cholera was found in shipments of the fruit   Russia has lifted its partial ban on imports of bananas from Ecuador, the…

The customs authorities claim that a part found in the vehicles was made using forced labor in China Thousands of Volkswagen Group luxury cars have been seized by US customs due to…

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…

Industry leaders pledged to combat uses of artificial intelligence that could “deceive voters” Twenty major technology companies have vowed to stop misleading AI-generated content from disrupting elections around the globe, with the…

RFK Jr: The Wuhan Cover-Up & The Rise Of The Biowarfare-Industrial Complex Authored by Debbie Lerman via The Brownstone Institute, The Wuhan Cover-Up and the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Skyhorse Publishing, December 3, 2023)…

Moscow previously slammed the transfer as a “rash decision” that was never authorized by the Kremlin Ecuador has scrapped a planned sale of outdated Russian and Ukrainian military equipment to Washington in…

Tennis Courts Slated For Empty Manhattan Lot After Office Tower Plans Postponed Vornado Realty Trust appears to have abandoned plans for an office tower near Madison Square Garden as the commercial real…

How Progressive Policies Are Designed For Civilizational Suicide Authored by John D. O’Connor via American Greatness, We all understand, in the timeless words of the poet Robert Burns, that the best laid…

America’s Dysfunctional Overclass Authored by Michael Barone via The Epoch Times, What does America’s overclass think of the rest of us? The short answer is “not much.” They think ordinary people’s splurging…

The national security state is the main driver of censorship and election interference in the United States. “What I’m describing is military rule,” says Mike Benz. “It’s the inversion of democracy.” CTH…

Speaking from Mar-a-Lago, President Trump sounds off on the $355 million judicial verdict in his NYC civil fraud trial. WATCH: . Posted in 1st Amendment, 4th Amendment, Activist Judges, Big Government, Big…

Elite Colleges Reconsidering SAT Score Requirements Authored by Eric Lundrum via American Greatness, Several elite universities are considering reversing recent decisions to reduce or even eliminate requirements for application that include standardized…

The ten-year pact mirrors the defense agreements Kiev recently signed with Berlin and London France and Ukraine signed a bilateral security pact during Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s visit to Paris on Friday….

As expected, the goofy Judge Arthur Engoron gave a ruling Friday [FULL pdf HERE] ordering President Trump to pay nearly $350 million in penalties for “business fraud.”  However, without any victim and…

House OKs Bill Prohibiting Any Normalization With Syria Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, On Wednesday, the House passed a bill that prohibits the US from opening diplomatic relations with the Syrian government of…

California Counties Could Be Forced To Pay $300 Million To Cover COVID-Era Program Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times, With the state and some local governments facing significant budget shortfalls…

Israel Spying On US Inquiries Into West Bank Settler Violence – With Goal Of Thwarting Sanctions Israeli intelligence has been spying on information shared with the US government by the Palestinian Authority…