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Senators Call For Probe Into Meta After News Report On AI Conversations With Children Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Two Republican Senators on Aug. 14 called for…

Mikael Ajapahyan has dismissed as politically motivated charges of inciting a coup amid protests against PM Nikol Pashinyan The trial of Armenian Archbishop Mikael Ajapahyan, the first of its kind in the…

New Delhi is planning to boost its export presence in 50 countries in an effort to mitigate the effects of the higher tariffs imposed by Washington The United States has no right…

Raw Truths Authored by James Howard Kunstler,  Carefully and Gracefully “It’s funny they call [intel] a ‘community.’ That sounds so benign and beneficial. Everybody likes communities.” – Doug Casey And so, now,…

Republican Alcohol Consumption Plunges, While Democrats’ Drinking Remains Steady Amid Ongoing Anxieties Gallup’s latest survey shows that alcohol consumption across the U.S. has dropped to 54%, the lowest level in its 90 years…

Ethereum Is The “Biggest Macro Trade” For The Next 10-15 Years: Fundstrat Authored by Martin Young via CoinTelegraph.com, Market strategy and research firm Fundstrat said Ether will be the “biggest macro trade”…

WTF Is UMich Doing With Its Inflation Expectations Data? US consumer sentiment tumbled from five month highs in preliminary August data, down (for the first time in four months) from 61.7 to…

Brussels has been relegated to running behind Trump, pleading to let Zelensky have any say in a Russia-Ukraine war resolution The European Union had been wailing about “transatlantic unity” in the run-up to…

Is Conviction The Biggest Risk To The Stock Market? Via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Edward Harrison of Bloomberg recently made the following important market observation: “buying stuff you don’t believe in creates downside risk.” Conviction is…

The Grok chatbot has reportedly been removed from a federal program after sparking controversy over offensive content The US government has dropped Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok from a planned federal technology…

US Industrial Production Rises At Strongest Annual Rate Since Jan 2023 US Industrial Production dipped 0.1% MoM in July, but thanks to an upwardly revised 0.4% MoM rise in June, the YoY…

Wind Giant Orsted Suffers Worst Week On Record As Green Energy Demise Accelerates  Wind company Orsted A/S was once the poster child of the green energy movement, debuting on European stock exchanges…

History shows summits rarely change the world – but this one might prevent disaster The meeting between the presidents of Russia and the United States in Alaska is not an end point,…

Futures Flat Ahead Of Retail Sales, Trump-Putin Summit US equity futures are slightly higher , hovering near all time highs as traders bet that data on Friday will bolster the case for interest…

Russia believes the Ukrainian leader lacks authority to sign any peace deal, adding that any agreement must be ironclad legally Vladimir Zelensky’s exclusion from the upcoming summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin…

Mali has accused Yann Vezilier of working for the French Intelligence Service to enlist opposition leaders and soldiers in a failed coup Mali has arrested a French national accused of spying for…

‘Real’ Retail Sales Rise For 10th Straight Month In July ‘Brace yourself for a big beat’ is the message from BofA’s almost omniscient analysts ahead of this morning’s retail sales print for…

Desperate Ukraine Mounts Large Drone Attacks Hours Ahead Of Putin-Trump Talks Ukraine has been trying to inflict major blows on Russia in overnight and early morning cross-border attacks, including carrying out a…

Knife Crime In Germany Surges, With Foreigners Heavily Over-Represented In Latest Figures Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, The number of violent knife crimes in Germany has risen sharply once again,…

Democrats Plan Nationwide Protests Over Redistricting Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Democrats and allied advocacy groups are set to launch a series of protests on Saturday, Aug….

Southern States Have The Lowest Average Incomes, DC The Highest Personal income levels across the U.S. vary widely, shaped by differences in industries, costs of living, and economic growth. This map lists…

The Alaska summit recalls the stakes of German reunification It has been a long time since a diplomatic event drew as much global attention as Friday’s meeting between the Russian and US…

Samvel Karapetyan has had two more months added to his detention, just days after an appeals court found it illegal A Yerevan court has extended the arrest of Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan,…

Visualizing The World’s AI Compute Hubs Today, global AI computing resources are clearly concentrated in the U.S. and China. Together, the two countries host 50 of the world’s 132 AI accelerator-enabled cloud…

The move undermines sovereignty and risks escalating the conflict in the African state, the Security Council has said The UN Security Council has rejected the announcement by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF)…

Houthis Launch Another Failed Attack On Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport Yemen’s Houthis are not letting up on their attacks on Israel or Israeli-linked shipping in the Red Sea, on Thursday once again…

Next Round In The Northvolt Drama: EU Subsidy Trap And A New Californian Rescue Submitted by Thomas Kolbe After Northvolt’s spectacular collapse, a Californian start-up is now poised to buy the Swedish…

The defense chiefs of Russia, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have met to discuss ways to boost cooperation and fight terrorism Moscow is ready to provide security assistance to Burkina Faso, Mali,…

The Russian and US presidents are set to hold talks on the Ukraine conflict and bilateral ties in Alaska Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, are set to…

The attack on an apartment block also injured 12 people, Aleksandr Khinshtein has said A Ukrainian drone attack on Kursk has killed a 45-year-old woman and left 12 people injured, acting governor…

How Coca-Cola’s Secret Formula Has Changed Over Time Coca-Cola debuted in 1886 as a pharmacy fountain drink. Its original syrup drew on coca leaves and kola nuts for stimulation and flavor. Over…

President Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office on the 90th anniversary of Social Security. Following a statement on the anniversary of the Social Security Act, President Trump took questions from…

At the current pace of deportation, approximately seven million illegal aliens will be removed during President Trump’s term.  However, with the increased ICE agent hirings, that number is likely to increase significantly….

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…

FBI Director Kash Patel appears on broadcast with Sean Hannity to discuss his goals and objectives with the ongoing information releases from the FBI, “The Transparency Initiative.” Take your emotion out of…

Germany’s Industrial Core Is Collapsing Under The US Trade Deal And The Green Agenda Submitted by Thomas Kolbe The asymmetrical trade agreement between the EU and the US will further worsen Germany’s…

The authorities in Kiev have struggled to deal with widespread draft evasion throughout the conflict with Russia At least 650,000 Ukrainian men of fighting age have fled the country since the 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…

The talks will build on earlier rounds between US envoy Steve Witkoff and the Russian president, the foreign minister has said Moscow is ready to present a clear stance at the upcoming…

The fighting should have never happened, and all the parties involved did “everything” wrong, the US president has said The Ukraine conflict is a “situation that should never have started,” US President…

White House Orders DEI Review Of Smithsonian Exhibits Ahead Of Nation’s 250th Birthday Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The White House on Aug. 12 ordered an internal…

Google Busted Sending GOP Fundraiser Emails Directly To Spam: Memo A Republican consulting firm is warning that Google’s Gmail platform is disproportionately flagging Republican fundraising messages as spam while allowing similar Democratic…

Brussels is pushing for regime change in Hungary, Serbia, and Slovakia due to their pro-peace stance, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has claimed Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has accused the European Union…

Escobar: Bear, Dragon, Elephant, Toucan, Nightingale Stare Down Goldfinger Authored by Pepe Escobar, Of course it’s all about Alaska. Here’s what’s in play. But it’s the shadowplay that’s even more exciting. Across…

Trump Purges 275,000 Illegal Aliens From Social Security Months after President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum targeting illegal aliens and other ineligible individuals from collecting Social Security Act benefits, the president told…

The ex-US president’s son has claimed she had been introduced to Donald Trump by late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein US First Lady Melania Trump has threatened a massive $1 billion litigation lawsuit…

Treasury Sanctions Mexican Cartel Associates For Timeshare Scams Targeting Older Americans Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)…

Buffett Buys $1.6BN In New UnitedHealth Stake, Sells More Apple, Liquidates T-Mobile Following mounting speculation in recent months that Warren Buffett was quietly buying a stake in distressed health insurer UnitedHealth, earlier…

Mamdani’s Biggest Threat To Democrats Authored by J.T. Young via RealClearPolitics, For the last 10 years, it’s been difficult for Democrats to win elections unless the campaigns center on Donald Trump. But…

Apple Plans AI Robots, Smarter Siri And Home Devices In Bid To Regain Momentum Apple is preparing a sweeping lineup of new hardware as part of a broader push into artificial intelligence…

Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev has become the first Russian official to arrive for the “historic” event Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, a key figure behind the negotiations between…

The US president has blasted his former national security aide John Bolton for attacking the upcoming summit in Alaska US President Donald Trump has lashed out at media, accusing them of quoting…

The Most Insidious Trick Of AI Language Models Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Here is your perfect prescription for poor writing and analytics: let “artificial intelligence” do your work…

‘Shadow Government’ Bureaucrats Exposed For Stoking Woke Insanity In Red States A new report from the State Leadership Initiative (SLI), released Wednesday, is sounding the alarm on how conservative states are quietly…

Bank Of America Nixes Rule That Led To ‘Debanking’ Of Conservative Religious Groups Bank of America has ended a policy that led to the debanking of charities and businesses linked to conservative…

Misinformation Scholarship Exposed As Liberal Activist Grift Authored by Paul D. Thacker via The DisInformation Chronicle, A funny thing happened when the NY Times reported a month back that Elon Musk’s exit…

On Eve Of Alaska Summit, Russian Forces Make Biggest Single Day Gains Of War The Russian military has gobbled up more territory in Ukraine’s east, and is clearly ramping up the pressure…

China Will Ask Firms Run By Central Government To Buy Unsold Homes Once upon a time, China’s property market was – as this Goldman chart from 2020 shows – the world’s largest…

Meet The Artist Turning Burned Vintage Porsches Into Stained-Glass Art In a quiet Glendale warehouse, 30-year-old stained-glass artist Ben Tuna has been turning burned-out vintage cars into luminous works of art. His…

Medical Journal Rejects RFK Jr.’s Call To Retract Paper Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A medical journal is declining a call from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy…

DOE Taps 10 Advanced Reactor Companies For Expedited Nuclear Pilot By Robert Walton of Utility Dive, Summary: The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday selected 11 advanced reactor projects to participate in…

Intel Soars On Report US Government To Buy Stake In Chip Giant One week ago, in the immediate aftermath of the Trump vs Intel snafu (which lasted just a few days, until…

Kellogg’s Agrees To Remove Artificial Dyes From All Cereals WK Kellogg is the first company to commit in a legal agreement to removing artificial dyes from its products, Texas Attorney General Ken…

The EU and UK should “do their part” if they want a say on the Ukraine conflict, the US Treasury secretary has said Kiev’s European backers should stop making demands on Washington…

Who Has Been Busy Destroying Democracy? Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, “Destroying democracy” – the latest theme of the left – can be defined in many different ways. How…

An earlier report claimed Ukraine’s European backers had been weighing a phased rollback of restrictions if a ceasefire is reached The EU has reaffirmed its commitment to keeping sanctions on Russia, rejecting…

The dramatic history of Russian America – and why its legacy still matters as Putin and Trump meet on its shores Choosing Alaska as the meeting place for the presidents of Russia…

The US president is set to discuss the Ukraine conflict with his Russian counterpart in Alaska on Friday US President Donald Trump has estimated that his upcoming meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir…

The Ukrainian leader has become a liability to the West – which is why peace will be decided between Trump and Putin In 1867, the Russian empire sold Alaska to the US…

Electricity Inflation: The Next Big Story By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities A few months ago, we started to regularly check in on the Tariff Revenue chart. We look forward to getting…

The attack was part of the latest wave of Kiev’s drone strikes targeting the city of Belgorod A video showing a Ukrainian drone slamming into a building in the Russian city of…

The Ministry of Defence said the event occurred at Faslane earlier this year, raising concerns over the upkeep of nuclear weapons and government transparency A “serious nuclear incident” occurred at a Navy…

Goldman Finds America’s Egg Supply Has “Likely Normalized” After Supply Shock Remember when the Biden-Harris regime’s controversial response to avian flu, which included culling roughly 150 million egg-laying hens, triggered a sharp, nationwide spike in egg prices?…

A 43-kilometer stretch through Syunik is set to connect Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan. What it might really connect is a chain of geopolitical fault lines. When Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a US-brokered deal…

Trump Signs Order Easing ‘Restrictive’ Space Industry Rules Authored by Melanie Sun via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 13 to ease regulations for the commercial…

Fraud Hunters: Sniffing Out Bogus Science Authored by Vince Bielski via RealClearInvestigations, Molecular biologist Mike Rossner, who has committed his life to following the science, now finds himself playing an unexpected if…

Just a note for you guys as things continue to roll out. Treepers are years ahead of the crowd on the Spygate/Russiagate stuff.  YEARS AHEAD. Never discount yourself, doubt yourself, question the…

No Panama Port Deal For CK Hutchison And BlackRock This Year  The $19 billion sale of CK Hutchison’s 43 global ports, including two strategically vital ports on the Panama Canal (Balboa and Cristóbal terminals),…

The US president wants to rely on “diplomacy and negotiation” rather than sanctions in relations with Moscow, Karoline Leavitt has said US President Donald Trump believes that diplomacy is the best way…

Despite International Courts, Climate Science Is Not The Law In The U.S. Authored by Gary Abernathy via The Empowerment Alliance, While not everyone is on board with President Trump’s “America First” philosophy,…

Instacart Doomed? Goldman Sees Millions Of Prime Members Flocking To Amazon’s Same-Day Grocery Amazon CEO Andy Jassy took to X this morning to promote new plans to expand the company’s same-day grocery delivery service…

Melania Trump Threatens Hunter Biden With $1 Billion Defamation Lawsuit Authored by Jonathan Turley, As I approached the start of my first-year torts classes at George Washington University, we have a rather…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appears with Maria Bartiromo to discuss the upcoming summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump. Bessent notes the backseat demands from EU leaders with…

AI-Powered Radar Can Now Spy On Your Phone Calls From 10 Feet Away Oh great, more surveillance! A team of Penn State computer scientists has cooked up a chilling new way to…

The Ukraine conflict is expected to be the central topic in the talks Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, on Friday in Alaska. The summit is…

Is Bitcoin Going Cheech And Chong A Bad Sign By Michael Every of Rabobank Stocks are at record highs again. Yet there are good and bad reasons for them, and other assets,…

Beijing has sanctioned two Lithuanian banks, fulfilling a promise to retaliate after the bloc targeted Chinese lenders over the Ukraine conflict Beijing has announced that it has blacklisted two banks in the…

Progress on the Ukraine conflict could pave the way for strategic arms dialogue, the Russian president has said Russia and the US could reach a deal on strategic nuclear arms if the…

The Russian president is set to meet with his American counterpart Donald Trump in Alaska to discuss resolving the Ukraine conflict The US is making a genuine effort to stop the fighting…

Russiagate Redux: Can’t Keep A Good Hoax Down Authored by Frank Miele via RealClearPolitics, When intelligence czar Tulsi Gabbard released her report last month accusing major players in the Obama administration of…

Producer Prices Spike Most In 3 Years In July As Services Costs Soar Following the ‘mixed’ message from CPI earlier in the week (which the market perceived as dovishly cooler than expected),…

Futures Flat, Global Stock Rally Fizzles Ahead Of PPI Report The global market rally stalled and US equity futures are flat with small caps underperforming (SPX and NDX made new ATHs yesterday…

Putin Hints At Expected Nuclear Arms Treaty Breakthrough With Trump At Summit Russian President Vladimir Putin is due in Anchorage, Alaska for the much anticipated bilateral summit with the US President and…

Initial Jobless Claims Unchanged Since 2021 Initial Jobless Claims remain muted, at the same level (224k) they were at in Nov 2021 (with non-seasonally adjusted claims hovering near record lows)… Source: Bloomberg…

Power-Bill Crisis Spreads From Maryland To New Jersey, May Doom Democrats As ‘Green’ Implodes A power bill crisis is gripping parts of the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and is set to worsen, threatening to financially…

Red Or Blue: AI is Coming For You Authored by Athan Koutsiouroumbas via RealClearPennsylvania, Is artificial intelligence coming for your job? It may depend on who you voted for in the 2024 presidential…

Britain has reportedly given up the idea of a large troop deployment, proposing air patrols and training support instead British military chiefs have “given up” on plans to deploy around 30,000 troops…

The sides have exchanged 84 prisoners each, according to the Defense Ministry in Moscow Russia and Ukraine exchanged more prisoners of war on Thursday, with 84 captives swapped on each side, the…

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt appears on Fox News morning show to preview one of the most important geopolitical meetings in the last decade. President Trump and Vladimir Putin will hold…

A probe into the conduct of forces stationed in Kenya uncovered more than 30 cases of “transactional sex” over a two-year period British soldiers at a base in Kenya continue to engage…