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Bessent “Shocked” By Scale Of Fraud Already Uncovered By DOGE, Mocks MSM’s Biden “Vibecession” Narrative US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent did the mainstream media press tour this weekend, clarifying two critical bullshit…

A 50-hour rescue operation has concluded in India’s northern Uttarakhand state, with 46 workers saved An avalanche in northern India Uttarakhand has resulted in the loss of eight lives, with rescuers recovering…

EU Defense Promises Soar, “Turbocharging” Aerospace & Defense Stocks European markets opened higher on Monday, with the Euro Stoxx 50 gaining nearly 1%, while defense stocks erupted amid expectations of increased military spending….

The order was reportedly given before last week’s Trump-Zelensky disastrous meeting at the White House The Pentagon has ordered a halt to offensive cyber operations against Russia, multiple media outlets reported on…

The move comes amid reports of leaked official documents outlining tough measures by Paris against the former colony The wife of Algeria’s ambassador to Mali has been denied entry to France for…

Trump Moves To Bolster Nation’s Lumber Supplies & Address National Security Risks President Trump, who campaigned on a pledge to end the Biden-Harris regime’s “inflation nightmare,” sparked by out-of-control government spending, has signed…

“Europe Is Falling” – Martin Armstrong Warns “That’s Why They Need War” With Russia Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, Legendary financial and geopolitical cycle analyst Martin Armstrong is back with a new warning about…

Four Indian citizens were attempting to illegally cross into the Jewish state from Jordan, allegedly on false promises of jobs A 47-year-old native Indian citizen has reportedly been shot dead by Jordanian…

Kiev has repatriated 33 individuals from occupied parts of Kursk Region, according to Moscow’s human rights commissioner Kiev has handed over 33 civilians from Ukrainian-controlled parts of Russia’s Kursk Region, Moscow’s human…

The national intelligence chief has suggested that many of Zelensky’s actions in recent years go against the ideas of freedom and democracy Ukraine and many of its European backers may not be…

Citizens of a number of African states can now fly to Moscow visa-free, while Russian tourist figures on the continent are also on the rise Tourism from African countries to Russia has…

Trump’s envoy has reportedly traveled to Switzerland to negotiate the restoration of the pipeline connecting Russia and Germany US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Richard Grenell has made multiple trips to Switzerland…

FedEx Unable To Provide Answers For Woman Who Shipped $20K Worth Of Gold And Silver That’s Gone Missing A North Carolina woman is searching for answers after a $20,000 shipment of gold…

Global Implications Of Chinese Shadow Police Operating In US And Abroad Authored by Charles Davis via The Epoch Times, The exposure of China’s secret police stations abroad highlights a significant threat to…

Here’s why Russia and the US can’t force the Ukrainian leader to resign – at least for now For a long time, discussions about elections in Ukraine were hypothetical, a distant prospect….

European Reality Check: Without The US There Is No NATO And No Ukraine Is the rest of the world entitled to US money and US security?  This is the question that’s never…

Kiev’s stance makes it very difficult to move towards a resolution of the conflict, Dmitry Peskov has said The public dispute between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky at…

An official at the University of Namibia says the country is a top producer of uranium, but “foreigners” come and “take everything” Namibia considers Russia a reliable partner and is interested in…

Waste Of The Day: Congo Splurged At Davos On USAID Dime Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Topline: The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) sent $1.3 billion in foreign assistance to…

Paris and London want to stop the fighting between Moscow and Kiev, but not at any cost, the president has said A plan developed by France and Britain to end the Ukraine…

The man was killed after opening fire at officers who were trying to detain him, the agency has said Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has said its operatives have killed a member…

PM Justin Trudeau’s proposal to put troops in Ukraine would leave his country vulnerable to US encroachment, according to a senior Russian diplomat Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has derided the…

Why’s Israel Reportedly Lobbying The US To Keep Russia’s Bases In Syria? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Reuters cited unnamed sources to report that Israel is lobbying the US to keep Russia’s…

Since Modi took power in 2014, a Western ecosystem of governments, media, and think tanks has consistently targeted the country through influential narratives The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) established by US…

The US-based billionaire has accused the Ukrainian leader of letting “men die in trenches” instead of seeking a peace deal Tech billionaire Elon Musk has lashed out at Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky…

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…

On The Brink Of A Multipolar World, India’s Grand Strategy Is Largely Defined By China, Analysts Say Authored by Venus Upadhayaya via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), This article is the second…

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard appears on Fox News to discuss the goal of the Trump administration toward Russia and Ukraine. Within the discussion DNI Gabbard draws attention to the hypocrisy…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio continues to shine as he speaks through the issues of the Ukraine-Russia conflict and speaks commonsense to the dynamic the western media pretends not to know. Appearing…

Citi Does It Again, Mistakenly Credits Client Account With $81 Trillion Instead Of $280 Five years after Citi triggered the biggest fat finger of all time when it mistakenly sent $900 million…

Following a widely watched assembly of EU leaders, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces that Britain will lead a “coalition of the willing” and the U.K. will put boots on the ground…

National Security Advisor Mike Waltz appears on CNN to outline how the U.S. team no longer sees Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a man who can lead his nation to a place of peace….

Putin Ally In Secret Talks With Trump Admin To Restart Nord Stream 2 A close friend of Vladimir Putin – and like the Russian president, also a spy – has been engineering…

US Gives Israel Green Light To Stay In Lebanon ‘Indefinitely’ Authored by Jason Ditz via AntiWar.com, Israel’s decision to continue to occupy territory in southern Lebanon beyond the prior February 18 deadline…

Musk Is A Special Government Employee – What Is That? Authored by Savannah Hulsey Pointer  via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Some noteworthy figures in the Trump administration fall under the category…

The German chancellor has dismissed Moscow’s key demand in potential peace with Kiev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has claimed that European security must center around a “strong” Ukraine, rejecting Russia’s position on the…

Iran Sacks Economy Minister As US Sanctions Persist, Crisis Worsens Via The Cradle Iran’s Minister of Economy Abdolnaser Hemmati was impeached on Sunday after the Iranian parliament gave a vote of no confidence, coming…

“Needs To Be Torn Down”: LA Fire Stations Are In Total Disrepair LAFD fire stations are in disrepair, with firefighters often funding and handling repairs themselves, according to The Free Press.   At…

Kieran Culkin outshines Yura Borisov, the first Russian-born performer nominated for an Academy Award, to win Best Supporting Actor Russian actor Yura Borisov, 32, has missed out on making history at the…

Can Europe Ever Catch Up On Defense Spending: US Spent $8.4 Trillion In Past Decade… Rest Of NATO Just $3.8 Trillion By Chris Marsh of Money: Inside and Out Europe has to…

Moscow wonders if Ottawa has enough forces to protect its own borders Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has claimed that his country is considering all possible options and is not ruling out…

United Nations Chief Warns Of Global Funding Crisis Due To US Cuts The Trump Administration’s agency audits and funding cuts have a wide spectrum of people in a panic, not just in…

The Most Difficult Question: Where Is The Economy Headed? By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Where Is the Economy Headed? In hockey, they always say skate to where the puck will be,…

Former envoy to Kiev, Vasilios Bornovas, claims to have witnessed the Ukrainian army hitting DPR and LPR positions revealed by the observers During the armed standoff between the Ukrainian government and the…

DOGE Makes ‘5-Bullets’ Email A Weekly Task, Sparking New Turf Battle, Employee Confusion After the first attempt turned into a messy turf war with uneven compliance, the Department of Government Efficiency has doubled down,…

Oklahoma School District Mismanaged Millions Of Dollars, Audit Finds Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A recent audit of Oklahoma’s Tulsa Public Schools reported financial mismanagement, noncompliance with…

France’s Macron seeks a temporary truce to send soldiers in while it’s safe British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that the UK and France are ready to lead a “coalition of…

Partisan and generational divides shape US public opinion on Russia and Ukraine, a CBS News/YouGov poll shows Americans are sharply divided over their perceptions of Russia, with a third of them claiming…

Trump Declares Border ‘Invasion’ Is Over as Apprehensions Plunge To Historic Low Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump on Saturday said the “invasion of our country” is…

The Russian foreign minister has accused the Ukrainian leader of abandoning his earlier peace platform in favor of hardline nationalism Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelesnky, who is ethnically Jewish, is a traitor to…

With US Back Turned On Ukraine, Rubio Expedites Delivery Of $4BN In Military Aid To Israel Zelensky got his dressing down on Friday for basically never being satisfied even after the billions…

UK, France, Ukraine Agree To Work On Cease-Fire Plan To Present To US Update: perhaps in response to the latest toothless European summit, which Poland’s PM summarized best as follows… *TUSK REITERATES…

Throwing billions upon billions of cash at Kiev turned out to be such a massive scam no one seems to even know the exact amount Donald Trump is pulling Ukraine aid numbers…

Texas Company Lands On Moon In “First Successful Commercial Landing”  Firefly Aerospace’s “Blue Ghost” lander became the first private spacecraft to successfully land on the Moon after descending from lunar orbit early…

Trump made clear that Ukraine’s military funding is tied to its willingness to engage in talks, his commerce secretary has said Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky was given a clear message during his…

Addressing the bloc’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, Hungarian FM Peter Szijjarto reportedly cited a recent foiled Ukrainian UAV attack on the TurkStream pipeline Hungary has accused the European Union of failing to…

VDH: 10 Takeaways From The Zelenskyy Blow-Up Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via X, 1. Zelenskyy does not grasp—or deliberately ignores—the bitter truth: those with whom he feels most affinity (Western globalists,…

Israel Blocks All Humanitarian Aid To Gaza As Ceasefire Could Collapse Regional Mideast sources are widely reporting that Israel’s military has halted the entry of all humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip…

110 Year Old Filmmaking Company Technicolor Shutting Down, Laying Off 217 Employees Technicolor, the iconic 110-year-old company that transformed filmmaking, is reportedly shutting down. Known for classics like The Wizard of Oz…

The Original Matrix – What They Don’t Teach You About Money Via Santiago Capital, “You take the blue pill – the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever…

Three Ways To Restore Housing Affordability Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The choice is simple: housing is either shelter for citizens, or it’s just another interchangeable speculative asset in…

Ukrainian reactions run contrary to those of US officials as Secretary of State Rubio has described Zelensky’s trip as a “fiasco” Politicians in Kiev have rallied behind Vladimir Zelensky after his public…

National Security Advisor Mike Waltz says Washington wants to see a leader in Kiev who can “deal with the Russians and end this war” Washington is unsure whether Vladimir Zelensky is the…

Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has commented on the Ukrainian leader’s health prior to his White House dispute with Trump and Vance Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky appears visibly unwell, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has…

The US VP defended the president during a spat with the Ukrainian leader in the Oval Office US President Donald Trump was impressed with how Vice President J.D. Vance handled himself during…

A joyful and happy Dept of Justice Attorney General Pam Bondi appears with Mark Levin to discuss her role in supporting the administration and her “great joy” in working with “great friends”…

Not unexpectedly, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson has ruled that unelected bureaucrat, Hampton Dellinger, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel head has more unilateral power within the executive branch of government…

Armed Venezuelan Ship “Threatens” Exxon Mobile Vessel Off Guyana Coast A Venezuelan military ship entered a major offshore oil and gas field off the coast of Guyana early Saturday, approaching an ExxonMobil contracted…

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…

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is holding a Ukraine summit in London today with EU leaders, following two phone calls with President Trump. According to the outline Starmer proposed on BBC News,…

President Macron won the uphill battle of briefly nudging President Trump to Europe’s position on Ukraine. Other leaders should take note. When French president Emmanuel Macron arrived in Washington for his first…

US And UK To Forge New Trade Agreement Via OilPrice.com, President Trump indicated a willingness to work on a new trade agreement with the UK and suggested that tariffs on British goods…

West Jerusalem has accused Hamas of rejecting a ceasefire extension Israel has halted all humanitarian aid to Gaza, citing a refusal by the militant group Hamas to extend phase one of an…

US Approves New Russian Ambassador As Major Reset Underway The two rounds of high level US-Russia talks in Riyadh and Istanbul in the last two weeks appear to already be bearing fruit,…

The gas pipeline between Russia and Germany is reportedly seen as leverage in Ukraine peace talks US investors are backing a plan to activate Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, the…

Mark Rutte’s plea comes after the two leaders had a falling out in Washington that strained ties between Kiev and its biggest donor NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has called on Ukrainian leader…

America As Republic, Not As Empire – Europe’s ‘Sound And Fury’ After Jaw-Dropping Pivots In US Policy Authored by Alastair Crooke, The bits are falling into a distinct pattern – a pre-prepared…

The stars’ trips to Kiev were funded via the US foreign aid system, the Hungarian Prime Minister has claimed The Hollywood celebrities who visited Ukraine to ‘support’ the country during its ongoing…

The tech mogul supports a reassessment of American involvement in both organizations, questioning their relevance and effectiveness Billionaire Elon Musk has publicly endorsed the idea of the US withdrawing from both the…

The Ukrainian leader does not care about human lives or billions of wasted euros, Peter Szijjarto has said The public clash between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has…

The US rapper-turned-designer said it had always been his “dream” to wear the Nazi symbol in public. Ye, the controversial American rapper formerly known as Kanye West, was spotted in Los Angeles…

Trump, Vance, & The New New World Order Authored by Stephen Soukup via American Greatness, This past week, the venerable Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator for The Financial Times, used his column to…

The brief campaign was launched after a heated debate at the White House, where Zelensky refused to discuss peace with Trump Supporters of Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky turned to fundraising for nukes instead…

The Turnaround… Authored by Robert Gore via StraightLineLogic.com, The best way to understand Trump is also the simplest: he’s a businessman. From that perspective, little of what he’s doing is as inexplicable…

Former President Biden had blocked several bomb shipments over the Gaza war US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has signed a declaration to expedite the delivery of approximately $4 billion in military…

Federal Employees Hate DOGE Because They Fear Meritocracy Not all people who are attracted to government employment are searching for a cushy job with limited work load and even less oversight, but…

Gun Owners Take DC Magazine Restrictions To Supreme Court Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, Gun owners in the nation’s capital are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down…

The move aims to “promote unity” and “cultivate a shared American culture for all citizens,” according to the White House President Donald Trump has signed an executive order declaring English the only…

Pentagon Purge Resumes: 3-Star Defense Health Commander Forced Into Retirement A week after the Trump administration fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and five more senior Pentagon officers, another head…

How Modern Monetary Theory Advocates View Money & The State Authored by Frank Shostack via Mises.org, According to the Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), money is something decided by the state. The MMT…

London has promised Kiev a new $2.84 billion loan, which it hopes to fund with profits from frozen Russian assets The Ukrainian leader received a warm welcome in London from British Prime…

The broader ‘western’ intelligence actors have been in control of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s activity in the conflict with Russia. The outline of their plan is within the statements delivered by the Ukrainian leader,…

House Republicans Plan To Scrub Anti-American BLM Plaza In DC Washington, DC, painted “BLACK LIVES MATTER” across two blocks of 16th Street, near the White House, during the 2020 color revolution riots,…

The Press Falls To Another Record Low In Public Trust Authored by Jonathan Turley, We have previously discussed polling showing the media at record lows in public trust. Well, the latest survey from…

Ukraine will never be strong enough to negotiate from a position of power, the Slovak PM has argued Bratislava will no longer provide military or financial aid to Kiev, Slovak Prime Minister…

FBI Returns 33 Boxes Of Trump Property Seized During Mar-a-Lago Raid Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump said on Friday that the Justice Department (DOJ) has returned…

Zelenskyy appears for an interview with Bret Baier to discuss the collapse of discussions today at the White House. Again and again, Zelenskyy outlines his view of “security guarantees” which includes the…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio carries the same level of frustration as his boss, President Donald Trump. Appearing on CNN, Secretary Rubio outlines the background of weeks of opposition from the Ukraine…