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NATO Countries Closest To Russia Up Defense Spending Authored by Andrew Thornebrooke via The Epoch Times, The nations on NATO’s easternmost flank are investing record amounts on defense in order to deter…

The capital of the Palestinian enclave will be “a dangerous combat zone,” the Israeli army has warned The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has instructed all remaining residents of Gaza City to flee south…

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…

Modi’s Trip To Moscow Was Much More Important Than Most Observers Realize Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi just completed his first trip to Russia in half…

Cocoa Grinding Estimates Suggest Demand Destruction Nearing  With cocoa prices hovering over $8,000 a ton in New York, the long-anticipated demand destruction for cocoa is finally approaching. New estimates indicate that global bean…

China: The Helpless Giant Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, Myths die hard. Among these is the great myth that China’s poised to take over the world. Today I’ll debunk that myth….

What Taxes Must Be Paid When You Have A Trust? Authored by Mike Valles via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), When you create your estate plan, consider setting up a trust to…

KFC Now Serving Halal Chicken, Removing Pork From Menus In Ontario Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants in Ontario are all now “Muslim-friendly”, with halal chicken and no pork on their menus, according to a…

Canada Has Become The “Car Theft Capital Of The World”, Interpol Warns This summer, Interpol ranked Canada among the top 10 worst countries for car thefts out of 137, a “remarkable” achievement…

Why Gavin Newsom Must Never Become US President Authored by Edward Ring via American Greatness, As President Biden’s age threatens to derail his reelection campaign, waiting in the wings and trying not…

Homes In California’s Big Cities Cost 10 Times More Than Average Income Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, Buying a home in California slid further out of reach for many…

The US-led alliance has promised to leave an open door for new potential members in Europe NATO has reaffirmed its open-door policy on Wednesday, saying that it will continue to welcome other…

Is Saudi Arabia Set On Becoming A Global Gas Leader? Authored by Simon Watkins via OilPrice.com, Saudi Arabia aims to become a major gas exporter by 2030, as part of its ‘Vision…

Kiev’s current terms are a complete non-starter, a senior Russian diplomat said Ukraine must assume a more rational position for the peace negotiations to resume, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko has…

President Trump will speak at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Tennessee. [SOURCE] I never expected to travel the world of a dollar-based central bank digital currency implementation.  Two years ago, I…

‘Boots On The Ground’ In The World’s Bitcoin Paradise Authored by James Hickman via SchiffSovereign.com, [Editor’s note: This letter was written by Schiff Sovereign’s CEO, Viktorija Simulynaite, who is on the ground…

Stranded Astronauts On ISS Still ‘Confident’ In Issue-Plagued Boeing Starliner Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams have been living on the International Space Station (ISS) for over a month after their Boeing Starliner spacecraft…

The Nationwide 500,000 EV Charger Charade Authored by Geoffrey Pohanka via American Greatness, The word charade has several meanings, and including an act or event that is clearly false (Cambridge Dictionary), something…

Et Tu, Zelensky? Ukrainian Leader ‘Concerned’ About Biden’s Health The White House is likely asking: Et tu, Zelensky?… after the Ukrainian leader has belatedly voiced concerns over Biden’s health in the wake of his…

Nationalism: The Great Rethinking Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The year was 1882 and the speaker at the University of Paris, Sorbonne, was the essayist and…

Kiev has already sealed similar deals with several NATO members, including the US and Britain Kiev signed a security deal with Luxembourg on Wednesday, with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky describing the agreement…

“Vast DEI Bureaucracy” Negatively Impacting US Armed Forces; University Study Finds By Cemeron Arcand of TheCenterSquare Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts in the United States military are ineffective, a new Arizona State University…

Senators Strike Deal To Ban Stock Trading By Members Of Congress A bipartisan group of senators including Josh Hawley (R-MO) on Wednesday came to an agreement on a renewed effort to ban…

There’s a lot of political newbies around, so some background is needed first.  Most people don’t know but, George Clooney was being groomed by the same people who groomed Barack Obama, for…

The Ukraine conflict demands much more money, Jim Risch (R-Idaho) has said The conflict in Ukraine has revealed problems with war-related industrial production in the West that need to be fixed, US…

The outlet had claimed Moscow was behind “sabotage attacks” in NATO countries Allegations by anonymous Western officials of a Russian sabotage campaign in Europe are dubious and unfounded, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov…

Lots going on today. For those who thought that bygones would be bygones, well, you don’t have to worry about a Trump-Haley ticket. Heck, you don’t even have to worry about seeing…

Democrats are “not going to win in November with this president,” the Hollywood star has warned Joe Biden should withdraw from the presidential race ahead of the November election, Hollywood star and…

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) is another failed government police force that is meant to keep the Australian financial industry accountable. But ASIC has been a huge failure with bankers…

Stock Fragility Is The Highest On Record One way to describe the recent action in tech stocks (and Mag7 in particular) is one constant, unyielding meltup triggered by a short and gamma…

Joe Biden’s Cognitive Issues Are Destined for the Memory Hole Authored by J. Peder Zane via RealClearPolitics, There will be no reckoning among Democrats and their media lapdogs regarding their years-long effort…

Stocks Panic-Bid Ahead Of CPI As Biden’s Nomination Odds Re-Plunge Another day, another 0-DTE dominated melt-up… Source: SpotGamma NVDA and TSLA dominating the options trading… and all 0-DTE! Source: Bloomberg Which levitated…

One of the missile systems slated for deployment to Europe does not exist yet The US will station long-range missiles in Germany from 2026 onwards, the governments of both countries have announced….

The War On Free Speech: Biden Adds Another Advocate For Censorship To White House Authored by Jonathan Turley, I have previously written how President Joe Biden is the most anti-free speech president…

The Pennsylvania County That Just Might Be 2024’s ‘Ground Zero’ Authored by Salena Zito via RealClearPolitics, ERIE, Pennsylvania — Despite 40,000 people leaving this city since 1970 (10,000 of them between 2000…

Uranium Stocks Soar As New Mineral Tax In Kazakhstan Will Drive Higher Uranium Prices Uranium mining stocks soared on Wednesday after a surprise hike in extraction taxes in Kazakhstan, the world’s largest…

Fiscal Dominance Is Here Authored by Michael Lebowtiz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, As quoted below from an executive summary of a joint report by the Department of Treasury and the Office of Management and…

America’s intelligence agencies have alleged for the third election in a row that Moscow favors Donald Trump Russia is attempting to sway the US presidential election in favor of Donald Trump, American…

Elon Musk Defeats $500 Million Lawsuit Over Twitter Mass Layoffs Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, A California judge handed Elon Musk a win in a lawsuit filed over the…

Still In The “First Or Second Innings” Of CRE Tower Storm   While politics and geopolitics dominate the headlines—whether it’s Joe Bien’s mumbling and stumbling or the risks of World War III in Eastern…

Apple Expects 10% Rise In New iPhone Shipments On Hopes Of AI-Driven Upgrade Cycle The highly anticipated debut of the Apple iPhone 16 is likely a few months away. Traditionally, iPhones are unveiled in…

“Partisan Mischief”: North Carolina Democrats Vote To Block Third-Party Candidates From Ballots Authored by Jonathan Turley, Months ago, I wrote a column about how Democrats have continued to try to block voters from being…

The tech titan’s stock has soared since it unveiled artificial intelligence features for its devices last month US consumer electronics giant Apple on Wednesday retained the position as the world’s most valuable…

Political analysts discuss with RT how the election of President Masoud Pezeshkian will impact the Islamic Republic, the region and the world Last week, it became clear that Iran’s conservative turn, which…

Following bilateral talks, Moscow and New Delhi have outlined plans to further boost economic ties and expedite projects that could reshape the Eurasian geopolitical landscape Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to…

The bloc will reportedly pledge more money for Kiev and support for EU integration instead NATO will once again stop short of inviting Ukraine to become a member, but will acknowledge the country’s desire…

Denis Shmigal may soon be removed as head of government, Ukrainskaya Pravda has reported Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmigal could soon be replaced, leading domestic news outlet Ukrainskaya Pravda claimed in a…

Solid 10Y Auction Stops Though With Most Direct Bidders Since October One day after a stellar 3Y auction, moments ago the Treasury sold $39BN in a 10Y reopening of 9-Year, 10-Month cusip…

The End Of Restaurants As We Know Them? By Peter Earle of the American Institute of Economic Research Since the start of 2024, numerous well-known restaurant chains have announced sizable closures and…

Harvard Class On Byzantine Empire To Study “Trans Monks” And “Genderless Angels” By Emma Dayton of CampusReform A Harvard University course this fall semester will study “trans monks,” cross-dressing, “genderless angels,” and…

F-16 Fighter Jets Now On Their Way To Ukraine, White House Says American-made F-16 fighters jets are currently on their way to Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Wednesday during a…

Israel’s diaspora affairs minister backed the French leader’s right-wing opponents ahead of last weekend’s vote French President Emmanuel Macron has called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to complain about “unacceptable” interference in…

The Hungarian prime minister has described the Turkish president as the only leader with success in mediating the conflict Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan…

The Left’s Soren Pellmann was turned away without an explanation A German lawmaker who tried to visit Ukraine was detained by border police and sent back without explanation. Soren Pellmann of the…

Chinese customs officers intercepted the perpetrator while he was attempting to cross the border between the mainland and Hong Kong Chinese customs officers caught a man trying to smuggle more than 100…

NATO To Launch Initiatives On Ukraine, AI, Disinformation, And Cyber Authored by Daniel Teng via The Epoch Times, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has revealed NATO, along with four partner nations,…

WTI Rebounds Off One-Week Lows On Large Crude Draw As Oil Volatility Plummets Crude prices remain lower this morning ahead of the official inventory data – though continuing yesterday’s somewhat chaotic intraday…

The EU should play a leading role in organizing negotiations between Moscow and Kiev, the Hungarian prime minister has said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has told EU officials that Russian President…

After five years of Keir Starmer’s Labour government, the way will be clear for Nigel Farage’s populists Many political commentators in the UK have failed to grasp the true import of the…

Several online ads touted the proposal as “a unique opportunity to avoid mobilization,” the outlet TSN has reported Ukrainians seeking to avoid being mobilized for the fight against Russia can now have…

New Delhi has sought Moscow’s help in repatriating its nationals lured to fight alongside the Russian army New Delhi and Moscow are “on the same side” with regard to repatriating “as quickly…

Peter Schiff: More Doom In The Data Via SchiffGold.com, In this episode, Peter recaps the latest batch of economic data, in which revisions to job numbers and a declining manufacturing sector bode…

EV Boosters Cannot Do Math Authored by Duggan Flanakin via RealClearEnergy, According to Electrly, the electric vehicle charging manufacturer, it takes an average of 90 kilowatt-hours of electricity to fully charge a…

In ‘Brutal’ CNN Interview, Dem Senator Says Trump Could Beat Biden In “Landslide”; Stephanopoulos Doubts Another Term Sen. Michael Bennett (D-CO) on Tuesday became the first Democratic senator to publicly cast doubt…

Egypt has been selling state assets to the Persian Gulf states in an effort to mitigate its economic crisis In order to resolve its economic crisis, which is aggravated by a shortage…

During the meeting of the US-led military bloc in Washington, Norway promised to provide six fighter jets to Kiev    Norway has pledged to donate six F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine as…

Russia’s growing ties with North Korea and China pose a threat to the West and its allies, Fumio Kishida has claimed Japan needs to deepen ties with NATO in the face of…

London is committed to increasing its outlay on defense to 2.5% of GDP, Keir Starmer has said The UK is set to boost its military capabilities and plans to gradually increase defense…

Satellite-guided shells are particularly vulnerable to Russian jamming technology, commanders in Kiev have told the newspaper Russia’s electronic warfare capabilities have rendered precision-guided Western munitions “useless” in the Ukraine conflict, the Wall…

Keir Starmer has said Ukraine can use UK-donated weapons as it sees fit, according to Bloomberg Remarks by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer about Ukraine having a free hand in using donated…

A declassified document shows Yeltsin thought he had to sign the NATO-Russia Founding Act to soften the fallout from the bloc’s expansion Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin told his US counterpart Bill…

The former president has called for a debate and golf game so that his rival can prove he’s capable of leading the country Former US President Donald Trump has challenged Joe Biden…

Meanwhile, falling freight rates show that penalties have failed to affect Russia’s oil shipment costs, the outlet has noted Dozens of oil tankers that previously shipped Russian crude currently remain empty and…

Another Day, Another Record High, Another Tech Meltup Stop us when this starts sounding familiar: futures are – once again – higher, led by tech with small-caps also outperforming following another all-time…

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s peace mission is a showcase of what Kiev сould have done with its peculiar geopolitical position When your enfant terrible is also (almost) the only adult in…

Police have reportedly shut the location after its employees defied the country’s Islamic headscarf law Iranian police have shut down the office of Turkish Airlines in Tehran after local female employees refused…

Microsoft & Apple Abruptly Drop OpenAI Board Observer Seats As Antitrust Investigations Mount There’s definitely more to this story than meets the eye. Let’s begin with new details from the Financial Times, which reveal…

The Great Monetary Pivot Of 2024 Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the Fed brought interest rates to roughly 0% and held them there…

Western defense spending will remain high for years to come to counter Russia and China, a US official has told weapons makers The US and its allies are planning to continue ramping…

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed and General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan have discussed the ongoing conflict and potential paths to peace Sudanese army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan hosted Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed…

The defense minister has approved conscripting members of the community starting next month, according to reports Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has approved a plan to begin drafting ultra-Orthodox Jews into the…

Kiev’s attempts to organize PR operations “on blood” are dishonest and “jesuitical,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Kiev is deliberately using tragedies for publicity ahead of important international events, such as this…

Agents tried to recruit a naval officer to plant an incendiary device on the Admiral Kuznetsov, officials have said Russian operatives have foiled a Ukrainian plot to sabotage the country’s only aircraft…

Harvard Leftist Summer Reading List Recommends Book On How To Indoctrinate Students With CRT By Emma Arns of CampusReform Harvard University’s summer reading list includes various books covering topics like transgenderism, feminism,…

The pullout has been postponed due to the deteriorating security situation in the eastern part of the DR Congo The UN stabilization mission (MONUSCO) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR…

Washington has said it will continue to press India to support its efforts for a “just peace” in Ukraine Washington has been in contact with New Delhi to express concern over its…

Moscow has already dismissed similar allegations that it is masterminding a “sabotage” campaign in Europe A recent terror alert at US military bases in Europe was triggered by claims that Russia was…

Kiev has called on foreign backers to support its mobilization efforts by sending military-age men back to their homeland Warsaw has agreed to help Kiev’s mobilization efforts by calling on any military-age…

Housing Market Cracks: Record Number Of Listed Homes Have Price Drops For the past two years it seemed that the Fed’s rate hiking cycle has been flipped on its head and that…

The former German chancellor had the ability to isolate crises which posed a threat to Europe, the Hungarian PM has argued The Ukraine conflict would not have escalated into an “international war”…

A Russian victory in Ukraine would change the global security system, Jens Stoltenberg has said Outgoing NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has called a Russian victory in the Ukraine conflict the biggest…

New NATO Command Will Assist Ukraine With Training, Equipment Donations By John Grady of USNI News NATO’s leaders are set to approve a separate command at Wiesbaden, Germany, to coordinate training and…

Ukraine needs over 100 F-16s for parity with Russia, its leader has told a gathering in Washington Virtually no quantity of weapons that the US and its allies supply to Kiev for…

A Short Overview Of Places With Zero Corporate Taxes In a globalized world, setting corporate tax rates has often been described as a race to the bottom. By having a lower rate than…

Some Western diplomats believe the president’s speech failed to make up for his disastrous debate with Donald Trump, according to Reuters US President Joe Biden has delivered a forceful speech to NATO…

Russia Rules Out All Nuclear Talks With US Until It Adopts A ‘Sane’ Approach Authored by Kyle Anzalone via The Libertarian Institute, A top Russian diplomat stressed that the Kremlin is unwilling…

Visualizing The Gulf In Paris 2024 Ticket Prices The 2024 Paris Olympics promise to be a spectacular event set against the backdrop of the city’s iconic landmarks. Whether it’s the Equestrian events held at…

The Japanese-Philippine Military Logistics Pact Raises The Risk Of War With China Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, It’s no secret that the US is preparing to “Pivot (back) to Asia” in…

Moscow will work on breaking through the “hysteria” of some of the foreign media, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia will continue to “speak the truth” to the world, despite Western…