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The Purchasing Managers’ Index has been in decline for seven consecutive months Business activity in Europe’s 20-nation single currency bloc continued to contract at the end of 2023, as a downturn in…

The ruling against the former US president by judges in the western state “defies common sense,” his legal team argues The Republican Party’s presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme…

US Crowned World’s Top LNG Exporter The United States has become the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas, surpassing Qatar and Australia for the first time. This development is at odds…

Washington sees it as a sign that West Jerusalem is shifting from large-scale bombing to lower-intensity actions, the outlet said Israel’s withdrawal of troops from Gaza indicates that it is “listening” to…

The Day The Dollar Dies? Authored by J.G.Collins via The Epoch Times, Since roughly the last year of World War II, the U.S. dollar has enjoyed what one-time French finance minister Valéry…

After A Hard Year, The World Is Hopeful For Better In 2024 Despite ongoing conflicts, threats from AI and the imminent climate catastrophe, global optimism is seeing an uptick for 2024. As…

Crude prices had previously surged nearly 3% due to ongoing tensions in the Middle East and an outage in Libya Global prices for crude oil increased on Thursday, stretching gains scored during…

A government spokesperson clarifies that Berlin does not currently intend to provide Kiev with Taurus cruise missiles Germany still has no plans to provide long-range Taurus cruise missiles for Ukraine, government spokesperson…

Ukraine’s Leopard 2 Tanks Are Nearly All Destroyed Or Broken Authored by Denes Albert via ReMix News, Of the 18 German-made Leopard 2AG main battle tanks sent to Ukraine, only a few…

Here Are All Global Shipping’s Chokepoints With more and more shipping companies extending full or partial closures of Red Sea shipping routes due to attacks by Yemeni rebels, global trade could be…

Kiev’s forces will inevitably lose some of their Abrams M1s once they’re deployed on the battlefield, the outlet acknowledged It’s “not clear” what Ukraine is doing with US-made Abrams M1 main battle…

Every 15 people per 100,000 are estimated to be living rough across the country, researchers say   The number of homeless in rural England has surged by 40% in five years amid…

G7 Versus ‘BRI-Plus’ Authored by Anders Corr via The Epoch Times, China’s international organizations are getting bigger and more roguish while claiming to champion a “fair” and “multilateral” international system. Autocracies and…

The White House has said it has no funds to offer Kiev following its latest aid package ahead of the new year Ukraine has no alternative to US aid in its conflict…

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…

The Juggling Act: Is 2024 A Pivotal Year For The Globalists Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, If you want to know if a society is on the verge of great and…

The SBU security service said four Kiev residents could face 12 years in prison for sharing “illegal” footage Four Ukrainian citizens have been arrested after posting videos of Russian airstrikes on the…

“Switched Off”: Streaming Service Cancellations Rise As ‘Streamflation’ Bites How consumers feel about their favorite streaming services jacking up prices.  The point behind ‘cord-cutting’ was to enjoy premium content and movies through…

I don’t write much about the myriad of sick and twisted stories that surround Jeffrey Epstein, because everything in that rabbit hole is a matrix of perversion and manipulation by sick people,…

An Increasing Number Of Americans See Foreign Policy As A Top Issue Via The Libertarian Institute, According to a new poll, the number of voters who view foreign policy as a top issue has…

The gist of the Tucker Carlson outlook is: You thought Democrats were going to dump Biden for Gavin Newsom, but they’re not. They’re backing Nikki Haley instead. In this discussion segment Tucker…

Average US Household Can Afford Only Cheapest 16% Of Listed Homes Submitted by Sam Bourgi of CreditNews For the average American, 2023 was the worst year ever for housing affordability—and now there’s…

More Than 140 Drug Brands Will Have Their Prices Hiked Heading Into 2024 More than 140 brands of drugs are going to see their prices hiked heading into the new year. And…

The US-style measure came up as Kiev has struggled to mobilize troops One of the members of the Ukrainian defense industry’s new governing board has floated the idea of using the American-style…

Elon Musk Begins Launching Satellite Cellphone Towers Into Space Elon Musk’s SpaceX started the new year with a Falcon 9 rocket launch of the firm’s first-ever direct-to-cell satellites.  The six @Starlink satellites…

For those who walk the deep weeds, this little story in Politico will make a lot of sense. POLITICO – President Joe Biden is headed to Charleston, South Carolina, next week to…

The FBI-Tainted Whitmer ‘Kidnap Plot’ You’ve Heard Next To Nothing About Authored by Julie Kelly via RealClear Investigations, In a fiery exchange last month, CNN anchorwoman Abby Phillip told GOP presidential candidate…

CPI Reality Check: Chick-Fil-A Has Hiked Prices 21% In Just Two Years While we keep letting the government tell us that inflation is at 3%, back out in the real world price…

India Denies Sanctions Hold Back Imports Of Russian Crude Oil By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com India’s lower imports of Russian crude oil in recent weeks were the result of unattractive discounts, not…

Washington has denied any involvement in the bombing and said there is no indication that Israel played a role The US State Department has insisted that Washington played no role in the…

The list includes names of the convicted sex trafficker’s associates, as well as witnesses and victims The names of nearly 200 people cited in a 2015 civil suit brought by Jeffrey Epstein…

Feds Want To Jail Ray Epps For Just 6 Months Over Role In Jan. 6 Riot While several key figures in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot were sentenced to 12 – 22…

Entry-Level Jobs Pay Six Figures In This Gritty Part Of America Authored by John Haughey via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Josef McConnell, a tennis coach from Southern California, had been unemployed…

“You Asked A Stupid Question”: Vivek Destroys WaPo Reporter Who Demanded Woke Purity Test Vivek Ramaswamy took no shit from a Washington Post reporter this week, whose demand for a ‘woke’ fealty…

District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus was denying probation to a defendant in a battery case, when things in the courtroom became alarmingly violent. Just as Judge Holthus said she was denying…

Russia is committed to “uncompromising fight” against terrorism, the president has said Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a message of condolence to the Iranian leadership on Wednesday, condemning the killing of people…

Washington’s desperate attempts to curb Beijing’s high-tech development are hurting American allies more than the Chinese For years now, the US has been strongarming the Netherlands into accepting technology restrictions on the…

Trump, Endorsed By All House GOP Leaders, Urges SCOTUS To Overturn Colorado Ballot Ban As Deadline Looms Former President Trump on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to overturn a Colorado court’s landmark…

Chicago Led Nation In Homicides For 12th Year In A Row, Murder-Rate Still 5x NYC’s Authored by Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner via Wirepoints.org, Count on hearing repeatedly this year from Chicago’s…

Dodge-y? These Are The Five Slowest-Selling New Vehicles Zach Shefska from online automotive marketplace CarEdge revealed a list of the five slowest-selling vehicles currently on the market.  Notably, four of these vehicles are from…

The US State Department has dismissed allegations over Israel’s deadly military campaign in the Palestinian enclave US President Joe Biden’s administration has rejected genocide allegations against Israel by multiple nations, including a…

The ex-president responded to Paris describing the Belgorod carnage as Ukrainian “self-defense” The French Foreign Ministry has justified Russia’s historic dislike of France by declaring the Ukrainian massacre of civilians in Belgorod…

The US has managed to fuel conflict in Europe, but states further east aren’t as willing to play Washington’s game The formation of a new international order is inevitably accompanied by a…

US Slams Hardline Israeli Ministers For Plan To Expel Palestinians From Gaza The Biden administration continues to clash with Israel over Gaza war policy, especially the question of the “day after” Hamas…

The current administration has claimed that the opposition party is standing in the way of securing the border US President Joe Biden’s administration has responded to the political fallout over a record…

Review Shows COVID-19 Vaccines “Significantly” More Deadly Than Flu Shots: Sen. Ron Johnson Authored by Samantha Flom via The Epoch Times, An analysis of Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) data indicates…

There will be no limits to the fighting if Lebanon is attacked, Hassan Nasrallah has said Hassan Nasrallah, the head of the Shia militia Hezbollah, said on Wednesday that his group did…

WTI Holds Day’s Gains After API Reports Big Crude Draw Crude prices soared today, round-tripping yesterday’s losses, after traders apparently woke up to the tensions in the MidEast. Traders have largely looked…

When it comes to the people around Joe Biden and elections, Philadelphia is oddly the only venue they use with frequency. As NBC announces that Joe Biden will deliver another “threat to…

The 5 Strangest Features Of The Modern Left Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, The political left that I came to know in college – that one that rallied around…

Global Bonds & Stocks Suffer Biggest Rout To Start A Year Since 1999 2024’s tumble in stocks and bonds was the biggest global rout to start the year since 1999 (and yesterday…

We Need A Return To An Emphasis On Meritocracy Authored by Uldis Sporgis via AmericanThinker.com, Meritocracy is a system for society in which individuals advance based on their abilities, achievements, and talents….

Buenos Aires wants to keep a “mature relationship” with London and relaunch negotiations over long-disputed islands Argentina has called on the UK to resume talks on the British-controlled Falklands Islands, stating it…

Given the nature of the propaganda we are likely to see in the 2024 election, perhaps this should not come as a surprise.  However, in an article published today within Newsweek [SEE…

By supporting Israel, the West has “squandered” its reputation, FM Hakan Fidan says The West has lost any right to speak about principles and morality by taking one position on Ukraine and…

Equities Eye January Pause As Risk-On Mood Fades By Michael Msika, BLoomberg Markets Live reporter and strateigst After partying frenziedly for two months before the New Year, stock markets might well need to take…

Only AI computers had previously been capable of defeating the iconic 34-year-old video game 13-year-old Willis Gibson from Oklahoma is believed to have become the first human being to have beaten the…

Slovakia’s president has argued that helping Kiev defend itself is the best way to stop “Moscow’s aggression” Slovak President Zuzana Caputova has responded to the latest Russian airstrikes against Ukraine by calling…

Houthis Claim Another Container Ship Attack As Middle East Turmoil Worsens Turmoil in the Middle East today has been marked by twin explosions near the burial site of the late Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani…

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Warns Immigrants Will Soon Be Sleeping On Streets Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, New York City Mayor Eric Adams has warned that illegal immigrants will…

Fed Minutes Push Back On Powell’s Dovish Pivot Today we get to see the cherry-picked highlights from The Fed’s ‘Great Pivoting’ in December. Will they admit what we all think happened? Of…

Los Angeles County Reinstates Mask Mandates For Hospitals Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Los Angeles County over the weekend confirmed that has reinstated a mask-wearing mandate for…

Washington has rejected plans for the resettlement as “inflammatory and irresponsible” Officials from Israel are holding clandestine discussions with the Democratic Republic of Congo and other African nations over plans for the…

Naming Names: Infamous ‘Epstein List’ Set For Wednesday Release Documents containing previously unknown names of Jeffrey Epstein associates are set for release on Wednesday, after a New York federal court ordered court…

The ruling Progressives now have an absolute majority in parliament The central election commission of Serbia announced the final and official results of the December 2023 parliamentary election on Wednesday, after a…

This Week’s Data Will Give Early Read On 2024 Recession Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, This week sees an important piece of soft data – the manufacturing ISM, released today…

Preview Of The Fed’s “Pivot” Minutes: How Much Pushback? Today’s minutes from the Fed’s memorable December “Dovish Pivot” FOMC will be eyed to view the Fed’s true appetite on rate cuts in…

The Western military bloc has agreed to bolster air defenses amid escalating Russian attacks in Ukraine NATO has announced plans to help Germany and several other member nations purchase as many as…

Viktor Medvedchuk claims the Ukrainian president has relied on amateurs, overestimated Western aid, and exploited Nazi ideology President Vladimir Zelensky has made three “fatal” mistakes that will likely cause his downfall, exiled…

India’s animation industry, still at a nascent stage, is getting an alternative to expensive Western expertise from its good old friend, Russia Indian film director Gangadhar Salimath stood in awe after watching…

Women’s Rights Groups Protest UN Appointment Of Transgender Activist As “Women’s Champion” Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The United Nations has appointed a transgender activist as a “women’s champion,” prompting women’s…

The World Has “Fundamentally Changed” – Jeff Gundlach Warns Tucker Carlson of “Large, Multi-Generational Reset” While DoubleLine founder Jeffrey Gundlach does not believe politics was the “primary factor” behind Fed Chair Powell’s…

Appeals Court Deals Blow To California City’s Gas Stove Ban Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has declined to reconsider a…

In a major win for billionaire Gautam Adani, the court refused a special probe into “stock manipulation” India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to order a special probe into allegations of stock-market…

“Intersectional Pyramid Of Oppression”: After Much Reflection, Bill Ackman Pens Magnum Opus On Why ‘DEI Is Racist’ Following the Tuesday resignation of Harvard president Claudine Gay, Billionaire investor Harvard alum Bill Ackman…

The UAE mediated the release of almost 250 Russian servicemen The Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday announced the release of 248 of its service members from Ukrainian captivity. Ukraine said that 230…

Treasuries Send Out An Early Message of Caution On 2024 Trades By Ven Ram, Bloomberg Markets Live analyst and reporter As traders prepare for the release of Fed minutes, the markets are…

Watch: Hezbollah Chief Nasrallah Gives Speech After Hamas Deputy Chief’s Assassination In Beirut All eyes are on Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and what he’s going to say during his 6pm speech (Beirut…

Nine homes will have to be rebuilt from scratch after the incident in Russia’s Voronezh Region, Governor Aleksandr Gusev says Four people were injured and nine homes suffered significant damage when a…

At least four people were reportedly left injured after knife attack at a train station in Tokyo A woman went on a stabbing rampage aboard a train which had stopped at Tokyo’s…

Job Opening Slide To Three Year Low As Number Of Quits Plunge To Pre-Covid Levels After several months of sharp moves in both directions, the most recent of which was the unexpected…

ISM Manufacturing Contracts For 14th Straight Month, New Orders Sink For the 15th month in a row, ISM Manufacturing survey signaled no expansion (print over 50) in December. While the 47.4 print…

Oil Jumps Afrer Libya’s Sharara Oil Field Shut Down By Protesters; Terrorist Attack In Iran After sliding to fresh multi-week highs yesterday despite a burst of geopolitical risks and adverse escalations –…

And The Rest Is… ? By Stefan Koopman, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank It is a new year, the P&L’s are back at zero, and the financial punditocracy is once again invited…

Ukraine has the right to defend itself, a bloc’s representative said when asked about Kiev’s attacks on Belgorod Kiev has the right to defend itself against Moscow, EU spokesman on foreign affairs…

According to average salary statistics, only 15% of Ukrainians would have qualified in 2023 Ukrainian authorities are entertaining the idea of exempting high earners from the draft if they pay their dues…

Elvira Nabiullina embarks on a new decade, steering the sanctioned country’s financial landscape though a maze of Western sanctions Elvira Nabiullina’s ten-year stewardship at the forefront of the Bank of Russia, marked…

Qassem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike on this day in 2020 Dozens of people have reportedly been killed as two explosions ripped through a memorial parade to mark the…

Will 2024 Be The Year Of The Other 493? Authored by Michael Lebowtiz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, As we welcome in 2024, one of the most critical questions facing investors is which stocks and…

Bitcoin Flash-Crashes On 15th Anniversary Of ‘Genesis Block’ While many celebrate Oct. 31, 2008 – the release of the Bitcoin whitepaper – as Bitcoin’s original birthday, others take a more technical approach…

US Futures, Treasuries Extend Selloff As Oil Jumps Ahead Of Fed Minutes The risk off tone that has dominated the 2024 mood so far extended into a second session, and this time…

The Russian energy giant has revealed a new daily record and a jump in year-on year exports Russia’s gas exports to China were nearly 50% higher in 2023 than they were the…

US Senator Bob Menendez was previously accused of acting as an agent on behalf of the Egyptian government US Senator Bob Menendez, a key figure in Washington’s swath of Russia sanctions, has…

Russia’s Alrosa and its CEO have been targeted as part of the import ban on diamonds produced in the country The EU has added Russia’s mining giant Alrosa as well as its…

American troops will remain in the Gulf state for at least another decade, sources told the broadcaster Washington and Doha have quietly signed a deal to extend the presence of American troops…

Like It Or Not, 2024 Is The Year Of Trump Authored by Frank Miele via RealClear Wire, Ladies and gentlemen, start your election engines. Ready or not 2024 is here, and that…

Gold Prices Predicted To Hit Record Highs Of $2,300 In 2024 Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), After prices jumped in 2023, gold is entering 2024 with many…

China has reportedly snapped up the undeliverable cargoes Several ships loaded with Russian crude oil ordered by India have been unable to deliver their cargo and are now heading away from their intended destination,…

Watch: “Guerrilla Camps” Set Up By Leftist Groups Assist Cartels In Southern Border Invasion Real America’s Voice host Ben Bergquam published a video on social media platform X that exposes what is described…