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Pope Francis Dead At 88 Vatican News reports that Pope Francis died at the age of 88 at 7:35 a.m. local time (1:35 a.m. EST). Earlier this year, he experienced a severe…

Giving unhoused individuals the deadly synthetic opioid could eliminate vagrancy, Rex Parris reportedly claimed A mayor in Southern California is facing a backlash after suggesting the city of Lancaster could address homelessness…

The partnership with two Russian corporations comes as Sudan seeks deeper ties with Moscow Two Russian companies, including state-owned Zarubezhneft and Al-Rassi International Services (LLC), have signed a memorandum of understanding with…

“Trump-hating media” is trying to smear the US defense secretary, the agency’s spokesman has said The Pentagon has rejected reports that US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about American strikes…

There was a lull in hostilities, but Kiev’s forces did not fully adhere to Moscow’s proposed truce, the Defense Ministry has said There was a marked decline in the intensity of Ukrainian…

Joseph Kabila has been accused of high treason and direct participation in rebel aggression against the African state’s government The government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has banned…

China Is In Economic Dire Straits And They’re No Longer Able To Hide It Official economic data from any government is always treated with suspicion by anyone with common sense.  The US,…

Washington reportedly seeks US control over Europe’s largest nuclear power plant The US intends to assert control over the Russian territory surrounding Europe’s largest nuclear power plant as part of a mediated…

Tesla To Offer “Company Update” With Tuesday’s Earnings Report: What To Watch Tesla has set its Q1 2025 earnings call for Tuesday, April 22, at 4:30 p.m. CT / 5:30 p.m. ET….

The UK Is Doubling Down On Wind Energy Authored by Felicity Bradstock via OilPrice.com, The UK is expanding its wind energy capacity, particularly offshore, with the approval of the Rampion 2 project….

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 pontiff has passed away at the age of 88, the Vatican has announced The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has died at the age of 88, the Vatican has…

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…

Minerals In Hand, Africa’s Trade Envoys Head For The US Authored by Darren Taylor via The Epoch Times, Mcebisi Jonas doesn’t usually suffer from nerves. If he did, he wouldn’t have survived…

The Indian government has reportedly questioned the treatment of those studying in US whose visas have been revoked New Delhi has reportedly voiced concerns about the revocation of visas of Indian students…

The ambassador to the US has urged a balance of yin and yang in Sino-American relations, but warned that Beijing is ready to fight China’s envoy to the US has urged Washington…

Ukrainian troops fired US-made HIMARS rockets instead of observing the ceasefire, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Ukraine failed to uphold the 30-hour Easter ceasefire that expired on Monday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman…

The left-wing politicians described the restriction as “collective punishment” Israel has revoked entry visas for left-wing French lawmakers who supported the recognition of a Palestinian state. The move comes shortly after French…

Japan Posts Record Population Drop, Shrinking For 14th Year, As Demographic Crisis Deepens Japan’s already collapsing population just posted its biggest annual drop on record, falling by 898,000 people as of last…

Defund The Cartels: A Smarter Plan For The Border Authored by Mollie Engelhart via The Epoch Times, I don’t fit neatly into a political box, especially when it comes to immigration. I’m…

Visualizing America’s $19 Trillion Consumer Economy In One Chart To no one’s surprise, the world’s largest economy is also the world’s largest consumer economy. But how much do Americans collectively spend on the goods…

US Housing Market May Finally See Relief As Foreign Buyers, Illegals And Airbnbs Disappear One of the most detrimental consequences of the stagflationary surge in the US since 2020 was the meteoric…

Dollar Crashes On Powell Speculation, Gold Soars To All Time High And Bitcoin Suddenly Spikes What was a miserable shortened week for the USD has gone from bad to worse in early…

The countries have accused each other of violating the Easter truce US President Donald Trump has expressed hope that Russia and Ukraine could reach a peace agreement within days, suggesting that both…

ACLU Sues Trump Admin Over Revocation Of International Student Visas Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, Four American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) affiliates filed a lawsuit on April 18 asking…

Inflation Risk Is Subsiding Rapidly Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Inflation risk has been a significant topic of discussion in the mainstream media for the last few years. Such is unsurprising…

China Tests Novel Non-Nuclear Hydrogen Bomb – Generates Intense Fireball Chinese scientists successfully detonated a powerful and innovative non-nuclear hydrogen-based bomb that produced an enduring, intensely-hot fireball, the South China Morning Post reported on Sunday,…

Berlin must send a “warning signal” to Russia, says Andrey Melnik Germany should donate 30% of its available armored vehicles and military aircraft to Kiev, according to Andrey Melnik, Ukraine’s envoy to…

Moscow has announced a surprise 30-hour ceasefire to mark Easter This week in the Russia-Ukraine conflict has seen active combat at multiple locations along the front line, with the hostilities continuing in…

Alito Calls Supreme Court Block Of Venezuelan Gang Deportations “Legally Questionable” Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito filed a strongly worded dissent from the court’s…

Japan Considers Easing Car Safety Standards As Part Of Potential New Trade Deal It looks as though trade progress is being made with Japan, as concessions about automobiles were reported on this…

A broadcast from a “secret Ukrainian military camp for children” featured a child wearing an eagle patch German state broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) has broadcast Nazi insignia in what it claimed was…

Explosion Rocks Northrop Grumman Solid Rocket Facility In Utah Northrop Grumman’s mission to design and build the world’s largest and most advanced solid rocket motors may have been derailed last week after…

A Conspiracy Theory That Is Being Pushed By The Left Claims That Something Really Big Is Going To Happen Today Authored by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog,…

FDA Removing Pharmaceutical Representatives From Advisory Panels Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is removing pharmaceutical company representatives from advisory committees in…

The South China Morning Post has cited researchers as saying the 2kg magnesium hydride device generated a 1,000 degrees Celsius fireball Chinese researchers have successfully tested a non-nuclear hydrogen bomb that created…

When did citizens of other nations gain USA constitutional rights? According to Senator Van Hollen discussing illegal alien Abrego Garcia has U.S. “Constitutional Rights.”  Van Hollen claimed on CBS, “I want to…

At 1:00am on Saturday, the Supreme Court of the USA issued an injunction [SEE HERE] blocking President Trump from deporting illegal aliens identified under the Alien Enemies Act.  It was/is a bizarre…

Switching From The Tariff Phase To The Deal Phase By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Dealpalooza It was a relatively quiet week on the tariff front. Last Friday night we had more…

The truce is set to end at midnight on April 21, and the Russian leadership has not given an order to extend it, Dmitry Peskov has said Russian President Vladimir Putin has…

Earlier this month, incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he could ditch his predecessor’s policy and give Kiev long-range Taurus missiles Germany has announced a new package of military aid for Ukraine, which…

Hamas Video Shows Israeli Hostage Urging Trump To Gain His Release On Saturday the armed wing of Hamas, known as the Qassam Brigades, issued a ‘proof of life’ video showing Israeli hostage Elkana…

HHS Stops Funding For Next-Generation COVID-19 Vaccine Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has stopped funding for a next-generation COVID-19…

Moscow is now busy with Ukraine, but it is “investing heavily” in its military, Estonia’s foreign minister has warned NATO still has several years to prepare for a Russian invasion, Estonian Foreign…

The Family Home: From Shelter To Asset To Liability Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The deflation of asset bubbles and higher costs are foreseeable, but the magnitude of each…

The Global Safe Haven Is Slowly Breaking: Why Central Banks Are Turning To Gold Authored by Alex Deluce via GoldTelegraph.com, The global financial system is not just shifting, it is starting to…

Hakan Fidan pointed to the bloc’s silence in the case of arrested Moldovan governor Yevgenia Gutsul Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has accused the EU of applying double standards by remaining silent…

The former US president’s April speech has sparked a backlash even among former loyalists, the outlet claims Democrats are expressing frustration over former US President Joe Biden’s re-emergence in the public spotlight,…

LA County Quality Of Life Index Stuck At A 10-Year Low; New Survey Finds Los Angeles County residents have plenty to worry about amid a wildfire recovery effort, federal immigration crackdowns, and…

Moscow’s move may pave the way for something bigger, pundits say, while others see it as a ruse to win Donald Trump’s favor Multiple pundits and commentators, Western, Russian and those from…

The Numbers Behind The Government’s Anti-Misinformation Explosion Authored by Greg Collard via Racket News, You likely already know from reading Racket that the Biden administration was very active in targeting misinformation and…

The channel erroneously displayed a graphic during its Easter broadcast showing Ukraine’s capital as located in Russia Ukraine has demanded an apology from Fox News after the New York-based broadcaster erroneously labeled…

Americans Are Searching “USA Products” Like Never Before Tariffs are designed to shift consumer demand toward domestically produced goods. As foreign products become increasingly expensive, driven by levies such as the Trump…

Europe, You Can’t Sit On The Sidelines Anymore Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via The Daily Signal, I’d like to talk today about the role of China, the United States, and the…

The number of left-leaning Americans who favor unrestricted exports and imports has spiked by 20%, according to a survey Support for free trade among American liberals has more than doubled since Donald…

Identity, not supremacism: to affirm one’s people is to affirm all peoples. To be White in America is to hold a name carved by wind and migration, shaped by soil and scripture,…

Cocoa: The Global Trade Of “Brown Gold” Last year, a cocoa shortage drove up prices for European chocolate makers and consumers.  This was largely due to an exceptionally wet rainy season as well as…

Germany Deploys Troops To Lithuania In First Permanent Foreign Deployment Since World War II Authored by Sarah Kuehberger and Wilson Beaver via The Daily Signal, a publication of The Heritage Foundation, Germany has…

Why Orthodox Christians and Catholics celebrate Easter on different days It is Lent in the Christian world, but in reality, it only alters the lives of monks and Moscow restaurateurs, who rush…

Russian positions have been attacked numerous times by the Kiev’s forces, the Defense Ministry has said The Russian military has been targeted more than 1,300 times by Ukrainian forces in the less…

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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…

Exult, let them exult, the hosts of heaven, exult, let Angel ministers of God exult, let the trumpet of salvation sound aloud our mighty King’s triumph! Be glad, let earth be glad,…

  Reading 1 Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Peter proceeded to speak and said: “You know what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached, how God anointed…

China’s Workers, Companies Fear Economic Crisis As Beijing Vows To ‘Fight To The End’ On US Tariffs Authored by Leo Timm via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), People and businesses across China…

West Jerusalem reportedly continues to craft attack plans despite US President Donald Trump’s reliance on diplomacy Israel is considering a “limited strike” on Iran’s nuclear facilities in the coming months, despite Washington’s…

Western Europe is predisposed to tyranny and “global conflicts,” Moscow’s foreign intelligence service says The US and Russia are natural allies against “Eurofascism” and the tyrannical tendencies prevalent in Western European countries,…

Biden Judge Blocks Trump’s Order Ending ‘X’ Gender Marker On Passports Authored by T.J. Muscaro via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal judge ruled against the Trump administration’s executive order banning…

Satellite Images Expose China’s Secretive Nuclear Submarine Force Newly published satellite imagery shows the latest developments at a Chinese naval base, which serves as the hub for China’s nuclear-powered submarine fleet. Naval…

Trump’s Counter-Revolution Strategy: Flood The Zone, Drain The Swamp Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via The Daily Signal, We’re getting close to 90 days and even coming up close, in a week,…

A Visual Breakdown Of Who Owns America’s Wealth There are two types of households in the U.S.: the rich half and the poorer half. And the data is quite striking in this…

‘Made-In-America’ Entrepreneurs See Opportunities In Global Tariffs Authored by Allan Stein via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), It’s more than just a label. “Made in America” represents pride and the national spirit,…

Bush-Era Swamp Creature Revealed To Be Key Figure In OKC Bombing Coverup “As I have always said:  The only difference between the KGB and the FBI is that the KGB has never…

The general anti-Russian mood in the West hinders progress toward a ceasefire, Yuri Ushakov says The Trump administration understands the key causes of the Ukraine conflict, President Vladimir Putin’s top aide has…

American and Iranian teams have held indirect discussions on Tehran’s nuclear program in Rome The US delegation attempted to present “realistic” demands to Iran during Omani-mediated negotiations in Rome on Saturday, an…

US And Iran Conclude Second Round Of Nuclear Talks, Agree To Third Authored by Andrew Thornebrooke via The Epoch Times, Iran and the United States have ended their second round of talks…

Trump Versus The Meteor Authored by J. Peder Zane via RealClearPolitics, A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic. The quote attributed to Joseph Stalin has become the…

Socialist AoC & Bernie Sanders Caught Using Private Jets On “Fighting Oligarchy” Tour Socialists Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have been spotted flying around the country on private jets—costing upwards of $15,000…

US Tariffs Rate Return To FDR-Era Levels, But Goldman Says Economy Far Stronger Than In 1930s The last time the U.S. faced an average tariff rate this high was in March 1933,…

Steve Witkoff, who has already met with President Putin three times this year, has reportedly been tasked with getting Moscow to agree to a Ukraine peace framework US President Donald Trump’s administration…

Is Risk-Off Positioning Signaling A Market Low? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Last week, we discussed the “tariff reprieve” that sent stocks ripping higher in the 3rd largest one-day advance on record. “As we…

Tesla-Terror Freak-Show Grows: Trans-Looking Collegian, MN Govt Employee Busted Police have made two more arrests after a wave of vandalism and all-out destruction directed against Tesla facilities and private Tesla owners by…

Ukraine’s leader has proposed extending the truce beyond the 30-hour period offered by Russia Vladimir Zelensky has made a counteroffer to a 30-hour Easter ceasefire announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying…

The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has asked whether Friedrich Merz may be planning a return to one of the country’s darkest times Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has suggested that Germany’s…

Kiev has launched ten strikes within the past 24 hours, targeting power lines and a gas pipeline, the Defense Ministry has said The Ukrainian military has targeted power lines and a gas…

Will AI Make Us Smarter? Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Aspects of artificial intelligence have been absolutely delightful, even astonishing. We have a greater number of facts at our…

Palantir Building ICE “ImmigrationOS” To Track Migrants Palantir CEO Alex Karp might soon be receiving similar ‘Tesla Takedown‘ treatment from unhinged Democrats after news broke late this week that Immigration and Customs…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced an Easter ceasefire of all hostilities in order to celebrate the holiest of Christian holy days.  According to his announcement the ceasefire will last from 6…

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…

Idaho Governor Signs Bill For Ivermectin To Be Sold Over The Counter Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, Idaho has become the latest of a handful of states to legalize…

The 47th Moscow International Film Festival kicks off with wartime drama and international highlights The 47th Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF) opened on Thursday, continuing a legacy that dates back to 1935…

The White House provides the following Easter message from President Donald Trump. “As we approach this joyous Easter Sunday, I want to wish Christians everywhere a happy, and beautiful, and blessed holiday….

On this 250th Anniversary of the first Patriots Day, the battle of Lexington and Concord, the White House posts the following historical account for our consideration.  Thank You President Donald J Trump….

The two sides have returned 246 prisoners of war each, according to the Defense Ministry Moscow and Kiev have held a major prisoner of war swap, with each side returning 246 captives,…

“I am a fan of this network,” Tehran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi has admitted Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had some warm words to say about RT in an exclusive interview with…

The three countries are “serious” about working together for the sake of international peace, Abbas Araghchi has told RT Iran, Russia, and China intend to deepen their cooperation in order to promote…

Here’s How Gas Pipelines & Seized Russian Assets Could Give The US Lots Of Leverage Over The EU Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, US control over the trans-Ukrainian and Nord Stream…

The White House indicated earlier that it would wash its hands of the Ukraine conflict if either side is obstinate US President Donald Trump reportedly expects to “make a determination for a…