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Ice is melting at an accelerated pace, intensifying climate disruption, scientists have reported The Arctic region has experienced its hottest summer on record, with temperatures soaring well above average and sea ice…

The independent exercises will be conducted in the Arabian Sea this week The Indian and Pakistani navies will conduct separate naval exercises in the Arabian Sea on August 11–12, news agency ANI…

The Price Of Being Half A Superpower Authored by Tamuz Itai via The Epoch Times, In July 2025, the European Union signed a landmark trade agreement with the United States. President Donald…

The IDF have admitted to targeting Anas al-Sharif, claiming he was the head of a “Hamas terrorist cell” At least five Al Jazeera staff members were killed in an Israeli airstrike on…

Kiev is turning them into “human bombs,” the security agency has said Ukraine’s security and intelligence agencies are using Russian citizens, including elderly women, to carry out suicide missions, Russia’s Federal Security…

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…

Congress Must Improve Science Commercialization Authored by  Lars Erik Schönander via RealClearScience, Congress has an opportunity to fix federal government policies on science commercialization. Last week, House Committee on Small Business Chairman…

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 Suffering Of Student Borrowers Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The news blasted all over social media, confirming the sufferings of an entire generation of degree…

President Trump continues to provide information about the White House announcement that will take place tomorrow at 10:00am ET. TRUTH SOCIAL – “The Press Conference on Crime and “Beautification” will be held…

Judge Blocks Beto’s Shady Fundraising For ‘Runaway’ Dems Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, A Texas judge has temporarily blocked Beto O’Rourke’s shady fundraising campaign to bankroll “runaway Democrats”—the group of state legislators who fled Texas…

Canadians In Nova Scotia Now Banned From Using Public Forests Tyranny is a process of acclimation.  Governments test the public to see what they will quietly tolerate; leaders then turn “temporary” restrictions…

Former New York City Police Commissioner, Ray Kelly, is warning about what will happen if Zohan Mamdani wins the mayor race in New York City.  However, at this point the Mamdani victory…

Canadian Steel CEO Warns: U.S. Tariffs Could Lock Us Out Completely Canadian steelmakers may need to overhaul their operations as steep U.S. tariffs threaten to block access to their largest export market,…

Trump Floats Sending Homeless ‘Far From The Capital’ Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump on Aug. 10 suggested removing homeless people from Washington to make the nation’s…

Federal Agencies Told To Expunge Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Records Federal agencies must eliminate records related to whether employees received a COVID-19 vaccine, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) said on Friday. “All…

NVDA, AMD To Pay 15% Of China Chip Sales To US; Report Just when you thought the tariff-tornado had passed close (but missed) the AI economy, President Trump squeezes just a little…

There Are Three Main Themes Driving Markets By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities It’s a summer Sunday, so hopefully you aren’t spending too much time on T-Reports. If you missed last weekend’s…

Despite previous pledges by the UK and France, “no one wants to send their troops to die in Ukraine,” a source has told the newspaper Members of the so-called “Coalition of the…

S&P 500 Healthcare Weighting At Multi-Decade Lows  Earnings season has ended for large-cap biopharma stocks, with steep selloffs across many names as the healthcare sector’s weighting in the S&P 500 falls to…

The French president’s pledge to recognize a Palestinian state “emboldened” Hamas and scuttled a possible Gaza truce, the US secretary of state has said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has blamed…

California Moves Forward With Special Redistricting Election To Counter Texas’s Plan Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), California Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Friday that the state will…

White House Mulls Inviting Zelensky To Trump-Putin Talks In Alaska The White House is weighing the possibility of inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Alaska for Friday’s summit between Presidents Donald Trump…

Two high-ranking gravediggers share their Reddit-level advice on resuscitating the bloc In the world of Western mainstream media political commentary, not everything is fun. In fact, mostly, things are grimly serious, the…

Japanese Automakers Losing $20 Million Per Day To U.S. Tariffs Japanese automakers are losing an estimated 3 billion yen ($20.3 million) in combined profits every day the U.S. delays lowering auto tariffs,…

Local media has called the anti-government rally one of the largest in 22 months of war Thousands of Israeli protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and other cities on…

The ever-dramatic Margaret Brennan is in full pearl-clutching mode as she questions NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, about the upcoming meeting between horrible President Trump and even more horrible President Putin.  It…

The Kremlin recently ditched self-imposed restrictions on intermediate-range missiles to “cool NATO hotheads,” Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has said While Washington has recently moved toward fixing relations with Moscow, celebrations would…

Vice President JD Vance appears on Fox News with Maria Bartiromo to discuss current geopolitical events around the Ukraine-Russia conflict and the Israel-Gaza conflict. In the second segment of the interview (11:00…

According to CBS, President Trump is freezing out the CIA in advance of the meeting between himself and Vladimir Putin in Alaska next Friday.  The general auspices are that President Trump has…

Eyes On Atlantic Basin As Tropical Development Likely Next Week  The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season has been off to a very slow start, but activity in the Atlantic Basin is expected to ramp up….

Has Anybody Noticed That US M2 Is Hitting All-Time Highs? Authored by Mark Jeftovic via DollarCollapse.com, From my monthly Bitcoin Capitalist Letter to subscribers, after a lengthy look at bond yields, and how they’ve…

The Debt And Deficit Problem Isn’t What You Think Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In recent months, much debate has been about rising debt and increasing deficit levels in the U.S….

US Special Forces Request Two Tesla Cybertrucks For Missile Testing  The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), which oversees special ops forces from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force, has…

The European countries may “step up” and buy American weapons for Kiev if they want, the US VP has said Washington is not going to fund Ukraine anymore, US Vice President J.D….

DOJ Launches Grand Jury Investigation into Letitia James’ Prosecution Of Trump Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, The Department of Justice has launched two new investigations into New York Attorney General…

A summit between presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin is set for August 15 in Alaska The path to ending the Ukraine conflict should be based on the existing battle lines, US…

Andrey Sibiga has dismissed the notion that Kiev and Moscow could swap territory to end the conflict Kiev will not agree to make any concessions to Moscow, Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga has…

European Leaders Call For Protection Of Ukraine As Trump-Putin Summit Looms Authored by T.J.Muscaro via The Epoch Times, A coalition of European leaders released a joint statement on Aug. 9 welcoming the…

Mapping Data Center Capacity Around The World Today, the U.S. leads globally in data center capacity by a wide margin. Driven by hyperscalers like AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure, billions in investment are…

Mexico’s President Draws Red Line: US Kinetic Operations Against Drug Cartels Not Welcome On Her Soil  Following a New York Times report that President Trump has issued a directive authorizing the Department of Defense…

Africa Set To Test Critical-Minerals-Backed Currency Authored by Darren Taylor via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Major countries and regional blocs in Africa are throwing their weight behind an ambitious plan to…

The choice of America’s northern frontier is as much about politics as it is about geography The choice of Alaska as the venue for the August 15, 2025, bilateral summit between Donald…

Tehran has argued that Washington’s corridor proposal is a ploy to isolate it along with Russia and weaken their influence in the region Iran has condemned a US-backed plan to establish a…

Last Line Of Defense: USA Intervenes Against EU Digital Surveillance Submitted by Thomas Kolbe, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has launched a lobbying campaign against the EU’s Digital Services Act. With…

A History Of American Recessions The official designation of a recession comes from a committee at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a private, nonprofit research organization. The committee considers a…

With his coalition on the brink, the Israeli leader has doubled down on war – and the settler dream – at the expense of peace In a move that surprised no one…

A base let irradiated water flow into a Scottish loch several times due to poor upkeep, a watchdog has revealed Radioactive water from the UK’s Coulport weapons depot leaked into Loch Long…

Berlin expects the body to address internal and external threats amid the country’s continued military buildup Germany is reportedly planning to establish the National Security Council later this month to address internal…

West Jerusalem has approved seizing the capital of the enclave, triggering widespread criticism over its potential consequences Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his security cabinet approved a new plan on Friday on “concluding the…

US officials say the politician’s participation in the Alaska meeting remains possible but is not a priority Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has not been invited to attend next week’s summit between Russian President…

There are many professional reasons to be critical of FBI Director Kash Patel, the timing and firing of Walter Giardina is not one of them. Corrupt FBI Special Agent Walter Giardina’s wife…

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…

Insiders within the Intelligence Community (IC), and specifically ongoing operators within the CIA, are targeting Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard. The least understood issue right now, is how isolated and alone…

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…

A Kazan resident bearing the name of the central figure in Christianity has been found guilty of illegally registering foreign workers A man named Jesus Christ has been fined in the Russian…

William Webster was the only man to have led both Washington’s top federal law-enforcement agency and its primary intelligence service William H. Webster, the only US official to head both the FBI…

Police say a suspect opened fire on people gathered outside in Baltimore, Maryland Six people were shot in Baltimore in the US state of Maryland on Saturday night, including a 5-year-old girl….

The TRIPP Corridor Threatens To Undermine Russia’s Broader Regional Position Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Armenia might defect from the CSTO while Turkish and NATO influence could surge all along Russia’s…

American AI Companies Open Up To Counter China Authored by Catherine Yang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), OpenAI on Aug. 5 released two open-weight language models, the company’s first such release…

Vacuuming, Mopping, Mowing: The Household Robots Are Coming According to data from Statista Market Insights, reported by Anna Fleck, global revenue of service robots for domestic tasks is set to nearly double from $13.5…

Kiev has stepped up UAV attacks on Russia as pressure mounts to reach peace deal with Moscow One person has been killed and several others injured in a Ukrainian drone strike on…

Fermented Stevia Extract Kills Pancreatic Cancer Cells In Lab Tests Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Hiroshima University researchers have found that fermented stevia extract may fight pancreatic…

These Are The Biggest Threats To Teens’ Mental Health Concerns over teen mental health are growing, but how teens and parents view the root causes can differ significantly. This visualization, via Visual…

China’s Baidu To Deploy Its Self-Driving Taxis Globally Through Deals With Lyft, Uber Authored by Alex Wu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The “Google of China,” Baidu, and U.S. ride-hailing company…

Battle Lines Are Drawn Over Partisan Redistricting – What To Know Authored by Joseph Lord & Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), As state lawmakers in both parties ponder the…

Chaotic NYC ‘Safe’ Injection-Sites Put On Notice By Trump Democrats fully own the crime and chaos plaguing major cities, after decades of failed progressive experiments that have only backfired spectacularly, transforming some…

NeoCon Bolton: Alaska Summit A Gift To Moscow Somewhat to be expected, among the first to mount a full-on attack of President Trump’s planned Alaska summit with Russia’s President Putin set for…

Nuclear Weapons Spending Is On The Rise Global spending on nuclear weapons increased by 11 percent in 2024 compared to the year before, surpassing $100 billion, or $190,151 every minute. As Statista’s Anna Fleck…

Kiev and several European states have reportedly told US officials that only a “reciprocal” territory swap with Moscow is possible A number of European nations have joined Ukraine to present their own…

Ukraine’s territorial integrity remains non-negotiable, the country’s leader Vladimir Zelensky insists Ukraine’s leader Vladimir Zelensky on Saturday reiterated his commitment to the country’s territorial integrity, confirming that Kiev still lays claim to…

Record US Honey Bee Losses And What ‘Mite’ Be Behind Them Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), In arid South Texas, home to mesquite and cacti, it…

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp tried to stir up trouble by sending “Undercover Jewish man Ofir Birenbaum” to Egyptian cafe, Cairo Takeaway, in Sydney’s Newtown in February 2025, wearing a cap with the…

Waste Of The Day: Hospital CEO Paid Herself, Colleagues Before Resigning Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Topline: Megan C. Ryan, former CEO of the public Nassau University Medical Center on Long…

The “catastrophic gamble” of the previous leadership inflicted immense damage on the country, Irakli Kobakhidze has said Former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and his government are responsible for the 2008 war with…

“Peace is the prize” ~ Donald Trump White HouseA- President Donald J. Trump hosted Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the White House, where the two leaders…

Whistleblower Ties Clinton Campaign To Fake Russia Hack: Sperry Authored by Paul Sperry via RealClearInvestigations, A whistleblower report declassified last week suggests that Hillary Clinton’s campaign efforts to manufacture evidence tying Donald…

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is once again rejecting any consideration for President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss terms for a ceasefire without his involvement. On a Twitter storm…

The US vice president is to meet British FM David Lammy, as well as Ukrainian and European officials, to discuss peace efforts US Vice President J.D. Vance will meet UK Foreign Minister…

The Ukrainian leader has rejected the US president’s suggestion that Kiev and Moscow may have to “swap territories” to achieve peace Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky could find himself on the wrong side of…

AI Can Be Used To Develop Biological And Chemical Weapons Authored by David Gangemi via RealClearDefense, The greatest threat to America may be something we cannot see. Biological and chemical weapons can…

‘These Are Dead Decisions’ – Zelensky Rejects Ceding Territory After Trump Talks Land-Swap While the planned August 15 Trump-Putin summit set for Alaska is a very positive breakthough toward potentially ending the…

Enraged Over Purported COVID Vax Injury, Gunman Attacks CDC, Kills Cop A police officer is dead after a surgical-mask-wearing gunman riddled the Atlanta headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

The campaign to deliver aid to the Palestinian enclave by air has reportedly caused multiple injuries and deaths A recent batch of humanitarian aid airdropped into Gaza landed directly on a camp…

The Era Of Online Age Checks Is Here – How Does It Work? Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Laws demanding internet users provide proof of age are…

International Energy Agency Policies Hurt Africans Authored by Brenda Shaffer via RealClearWire, One of the most important developments this century has been a major increase in energy access across the globe: Billions…

Trump–Putin Alaska Summit: Peace Talks And Power Plays On Former Russian Soil Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Donald Trump stays true to his line and asserts dominance over the geopolitical chessboard — symbolically…

120 Million Square Feet: Store Closings In The US Are On Pace To Set A New Record High In 2025 Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, If everything is…

The move appears to be in response to South Korea removing its border loudspeakers earlier this week North Korea has begun dismantling some of its border loudspeakers, according to South Korea’s Joint…

A court found Gagauzia region head Evgenia Gutsul guilty of illegally funding political activities following a trial she claims was a farce Protesters have gathered outside of the holding facility in the…

Kiev appears to have ramped up kamikaze UAV launches amid rising pressure to strike a peace deal with Moscow A Ukrainian kamikaze drone struck a residential high-rise in the southern Russian city…

China will continue to pursue its own interests in international trade, the country’s foreign ministry has said The Chinese Foreign Ministry has dismissed US threats of additional trade tariffs over its purchases…

From a stalled war to a broken oil embargo, the Kremlin’s leverage has never looked stronger ahead of the August summit Steve Witkoff’s visit to Moscow has marked a striking shift in…

Germany Halts Arms Exports To Israel As World Reacts To Gaza Conquest Plan Netanyahu’s security cabinet has approved a plan to takeover the whole of the Gaza Strip, including intense operations in…

Trump-Brokered Armenia–Azerbaijan Peace Deal Secures US Trade Route Authored by Emel Akan via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump will host the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan on Aug. 8 at the…

The Ukrainian leader said Kiev will not accept any agreement with Moscow that includes territorial concessions Vladimir Zelensky has rejected US President Donald Trump’s call for territorial concessions to Russia, claiming no…

President Cyril Ramaphosa says Pretoria remains steadfast in calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and a halt to the “collective punishment” of Palestinians South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says his government has…

The success follows a 1,000-kilometer relocation effort to protect the animals Twenty vulture chicks have hatched at South Africa’s Shamwari Private Game Reserve during the current breeding season. The update, reported by…

Japanese and UN officials once again failed to say who attacked Hiroshima and Nagasaki The United States’ role in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki 80 years ago went unmentioned during the city’s…

The emergency gathering in London this weekend is reportedly meant to let the parties “reach common positions” The United Kingdom will host an emergency meeting of senior officials from the United States,…