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Big Mac Demand Drops At Micky D’s As Same-Store Sales Slide For First Time Since 2020 McDonald’s reported disappointing Q2 results, missing both the average earnings and revenue expectations tracked by FactSet. The largest fast-food chain…

Several suspects have reportedly been identified in last year’s plot against Margarita Simonyan The Russian Investigative Committee has completed an investigation into an assassination plot targeting RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan, the Kommersant…

A rivalry with the Republican could make or break vice president’s political career, while campaign duration will play key role. After the apparent loss of the first presidential debate, the obvious question…

The Share Of Young Adults Living With Parents Is The Highest Since 1940 Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Due to waning housing affordability, a growing number of Americans continue to live…

The Biden-Harris Administration Is Unwilling To Seriously Engage The Crypto Industry Authored by Tyler Winklevoss via American Greatness, In June, Cameron and I were invited to a crypto round table in DC with the…

CDC: Measles Cases In US So Far This Year Already Triple 2023 Total Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, Federal health officials reported that the number of measles cases so…

Mortgage Hack: Homebuyers Score Low Rates By Finding Assumable Loans Combined with stubbornly-high house prices, higher mortgage interest rates are putting homebuyers behind the 8-ball. Many resourceful house-hunters are doing an end-run…

Hungary’s foreign minister has rebuked Poland, as a diplomatic rift emerges between the two nations A diplomatic feud has erupted between two EU member states, following Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s speech…

The Venezuelan president has been re-elected with 51.2% of the vote   Nicolas Maduro has won Venezuela’s presidential election, according to official results. The leaders of Russia and China have congratulated the…

Renewed Calls To End Chicago’s Sanctuary Status Ahead Of Expected Surge Of Illegals Via HeadlineUSA.com, (Glenn Minnis, The Center Square) With the city of Chicago already spending as much as $1.5 million a day for…

French authorities reported arson attacks that targeted rail infrastructure hours before the Games opening ceremony Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has dismissed reports about Russia’s alleged involvement in recent attacks on infrastructure in…

At least 100 people have been injured in the incident in Volgograd Region, according to local media A passenger train has derailed after colliding with a truck in Russia’s southern Volgograd region,…

Colonial legacies can take many insidious forms and metastasize into new ones. RT is uniquely familiar with the risks of such long-term foreign dominance – in our case, in the media space…

Warsaw’s deputy foreign minister has lashed out at Prime Minister Viktor Orban for his earlier criticisms Hungary can leave the European Union and NATO if it does not like the blocs’ policies,…

The development comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s expected visit to Kiev later this month US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar have discussed the Ukraine…

Olympic Athletes Are Getting Bigger Every four years the Summer Olympics come around and athletes vie for medals, sporting glory, and the success of their country. Athletes in peak condition stun crowds,…

Russian Tu-160 long-range bombers are likely to be showcased at Africa Aerospace and Defense 2024 Russia is set to participate in Africa’s largest defense and aerospace exhibition, local news agency Defenceweb reported…

Olympic Event In Seine River Cancelled Due To Poor Water-Quality, Days After Mayor Swam To Prove Its Cleanliness It was just days ago we wrote that Paris’ mayor was going swimming in…

Ukraine’s Steel Exports Skyrocket With EU Market Access Authored by Christopher Rivituso via AGMetalMiner.com, Ukrainian steel production and exports increased by one-third in the first half of 2024 compared to the same…

Two dams in the city of Derna collapsed last year, causing catastrophic damage A Libyan court has jailed 12 officials for their roles in a flooding disaster in the coastal city of…

Surveillance Capitalism And PsyWar Authored by Robert Malone, Surveillance capitalism is a novel economic system that has emerged in the digital era. It is characterized by the unilateral claim of private human experience as…

Mapping Alcohol Consumption by Global Region Over 2 billion people are current drinkers, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This map, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, shows the percentage of the…

The New Russian-Iranian Gas Pipeline Memorandum Might Be More About Optics Than Substance Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, A top Russian expert candidly analyzed their country’s newly signed gas pipeline Memorandum of…

The survey also shows that they overwhelmingly approve of the US president’s decision to quit the race A vast majority of American voters surveyed support US President Joe Biden’s decision not to…

Israel Katz has warned the Turkish leader against intervening in the Gaza war Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has warned that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could end up like the toppled…

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…

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…

After writing the recent article outlining the modern history of the FBI [SEE HERE] a lot of messages and emails flood in.  Here’s a quick reminder for those who use CTH as…

Fear Is The Mind-Killer: America’s Dangerous Obsession With ‘Safety’ Authored by Artis Shepherd via The Mises Institute, In modern America, an obsessive fixation on “safety” has given rise to a culture of…

Thailand Sets Off Chaos In Domestic Auto Market By Subsidizing Chinese EVs It isn’t just in Europe and the U.S. where the EV industry is seeing jolting effects of Chinese EVs entering…

How Capitalism Defeats Racism Authored by Wanjiru Njoya via The Mises Institute, In her essay “Racism,” Ayn Rand argues that racism – which she describes as “the lowest, most crudely primitive form…

I can tell you from firsthand recent experience, Russia has psychologically prepared the citizens of the country for war against the West, if that is what’s needed. The Russian people do not…

Israel and the Lebanese-based militant group Hezbollah are on a brink of a full-blown war Several NATO members, including the US, have issued travel warnings for Lebanon, urging their citizens to immediately…

Pandemic 2.0: FDA To Grant Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) For mRNA Bird-Flu Shots (Just Like What Happened With COVID) Authored by Ethan Huff via NaturalNews.com, The medical establishment is teeing up for the launch…

Teen Allegedly Derailed BNSF Freight Train For “Insane” YouTube Footage Nearly every American teen has access to a smartphone or tablet and actively uses multiple social media platforms, including TikTok, Snapchat, and Instagram. In…

Canada’s “Worst Decline In 40 Years” Authored by Peter St.Onge via The Brownstone Institute, Canada’s standard of living is on track for its worst decline in 40 years, according to a new…

The former US president has insulted his election rival during a cryptocurrency event in Tennessee Former US president and current Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, has claimed that his rival, Vice President…

Obama Instigated Anti-Biden Coup With ’25th Amendment’ Threat; Sy Hersh Reports Authored by ‘Sundance’ via TheConservativeTreehouse.com, In popular lingo young people simply say, “that tracks.”  It’s a quick way of saying, new…

For 25 Minutes, Secret Service In Command Center Never Notified Trump’s Detail While members of the Secret Service in a Butler, Pennsylvania command center were notified that an individual later identified as…

The Biden-Harris $40 Billion High Speed Internet Plan Connected Nobody Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Might I suggest it’s time for some fact checks? Let’s start with a fact check on…

Israel has warned that the Lebanon-based limitants “crossed all red lines” Israel’s security cabinet has authorized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to determine the scope of a potential…

The Turkish president has issued a rare threat to invade Israel over the conflict in the Gaza Strip Türkiye could ultimately “enter” Israel over the enduring conflict in the Gaza Strip between…

US ‘Watching Closely’ Venezuela Election After Maduro Warned Of ‘Bloodbath’ If He Loses President Nicolas Maduro alarmed and riled his enemies as well as Washington and its allies by declaring just ahead…

French police are also probing death threats made against Israeli athletes participating in the Olympics French counter-terrorism police have detained a 15-year-old for making threats to Israeli President Isaac Herzog on social…

There are a growing number of voices pointing very specifically at the U.S. Secret Service and saying the level of incompetency in Butler County, Pennsylvania, was not accidental. Indeed, as the fact…

Senator Ron Johnson is the former chair of the Homeland Security Committee.  Johnson’s staff have been sending letters to various agencies responsible for presidential security, in an effort to find out as…

Kiev has reportedly been training Tuareg insurgents in Mali Evidence of Ukrainian involvement in Mali has been uncovered by the administrator of the Russian military Telegram channel GREY ZONE, which is believed…

It might, heck, -check that- it does seem overwhelming at times.  But that is the Godless nature of this collectivist strategy.  That is the purpose of this bombardment.  We must hold strong and…

Meteorologists Watching New “Area Of Disturbed Weather” In Atlantic Basin After Lull In Activity  July has been a super quiet month in what has been expected to be a very active hurricane…

“Adult Swim”: Four Reasons Why We Have Not Seen The Summer Lows Yet… By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Baby Pool Closed for “Maintenance” Anyone who ever got that notice from a…

The introduction of the intermediate-range weapons would fuel “tension and confrontation” in the region, Beijing has said Beijing has warned Manila against hosting US intermediate-range missile systems in the country, stating that…

One Man Found The Infamous “Carpet Trails” In Florida That Lead To Enormous Homeless Encampments Way Back In The Woods Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, If you are…

Russia continues its campaign to destroy high-value assets and Kiev’s forces, including foreign ‘instructors’ The past week in the Russia-Ukraine conflict has seen active hostilities along the front line, with the Russian…

In popular lingo young people simply say, “that tracks.”  It’s a quick way of saying, new information makes sense with pre-existing information. Investigative journalist Seymour Hersch writes on his substack [SEE HERE],…

German Publisher Stops All Printing Of JD Vance’s Book Hillbilly Elegy Authored by Jonathan Turley, JD Vance is a marked man. After accepting the nomination for vice president, Vance has been the…

The former president has pledged to create a bitcoin “strategic reserve” if he wins in November US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has pledged to make America “the crypto capital of the…

Suppressing Silver Prices Has Been Official US Policy Since 1965 Authored by Chris Powell via MoneyMetals.com, In the July 18 edition of Gold Newsletter, editor and publisher Brien Lundin wrote about the failure…

Park Fire Burns ‘5,000 Acres An Hour’ In California  Leftist corporate media can’t blame this wildfire on climate change… Park Fire reminders: – The fire was started by a man pushing a burning…

After a vile, degenerate and blasphemous opening ceremony to the Olympics in Paris France, on the first day of competition the region suffered a total power failure. Well, almost a total power…

The move came after the ceremony received criticism over an LGBTQ-themed parody widely seen as mocking Christianity The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has apparently deleted the video of the opening ceremony of…

Hartnett: The World’s Most Crowded Trades Are Getting Liquidated While the move in the S&P over the past few days may not have been exactly brutal, for many traders last week has…

Will RFK Jr Be Trump’s Vaccine Czar? Authored by Patricia Adams and Lawrence Solomon via AmericanThinker.com, In 2017, shortly before assuming the presidency, president-Elect Donald Trump asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. if…

Ali Khamenei has confirmed Masoud Pezeshkian, winner of a snap election earlier this month, as head of state Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has formally recognized President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian as the…

Hezbollah needs to pull back from the border in line with a longstanding UN resolution, the Foreign Ministry spokesman has said The Israeli Foreign Ministry has warned that now is the last…

Escobar: China Throws Clout Behind Palestine Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Cradle, The Beijing Declaration cements the idea that global conflict resolution is now Made in China. But it also throws…

The US earlier voiced concern about the presence of the country’s jets near the coast of Alaska Russia’s recent patrol flights in international airspace are a response to the increased activity of…

EU Leverages Frozen Russian Assets For €1.5 Billion Aid Package To Ukraine Via RFE/RL Staff, The EU has transferred €1.5 billion to Ukraine, using proceeds from frozen Russian assets. This move is…

More than 200 warships, including from several foreign countries, took part in the festivities in St. Petersburg Russia has celebrated Navy Day by holding a traditional maritime parade in St. Petersburg, which…

The Russian president has accused the West of clinging to a Cold War mentality Russia will consider itself free from a moratorium on the deployment of medium and shorter-range missiles if the…

Terrorist attacks are unacceptable no matter who carries them out, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said Russia condemns terrorist attacks conducted by any state or organization, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said,…

More than 200 ships are taking part, including small missile and anti-submarine vessels and minesweepers Russia is celebrating Navy Day with a spectacular parade in St. Petersburg. This year, it features over…

The athletes’ personal information was leaked ahead of the Summer Games in Paris The French Anti-Cybercrime Office (OFAC) has been tasked with removing the private information of Israeli athletes, which was leaked…

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…

Will India Supplant China As The Leader Of The Incipient Non-Western Peace Process On Ukraine? Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, India’s WION cited unnamed diplomatic sources to report on Friday that Prime Minister…

DOJ Urges Court To Reject TikTok Lawsuit Challenging Divest-Or-Ban Law Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked an appeals court to dismiss a…

Canada Revokes Jewish National Fund’s Charity Status For Funding Israeli Army Via The Cradle The Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) notified the Jewish National Fund (JNF) on July 25th that it plans to…

Trump: Biden Was Ousted In A “Fascist Coup” Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, During an address to the Turning Point Summit on Friday, President Trump asserted that Joe Biden was forced…

Governments Must Act Now On Proper Forest Management Or Wildfires Will Get Worse Authored by Cory Morgan via The Epoch Times, Millions of Albertans, and indeed Canadians, are mourning the destruction of…

The former US president is ahead of his Democratic rival by two points, new surveys show Former US President Donald Trump is narrowly leading over Vice President Kamala Harris in the race…

How US Sports Leagues Make Money Between 2022 and 2023, the five major U.S. sports leagues collectively earned $49.3 billion. The NFL generated the highest revenue, at $18.7 billion, significantly outpacing both the…

The Downside Of Complacency Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Confidence / complacency doesn’t map the real world, in which liquidity dries up and markets go bidless. When Alan Greenspan…

The Huge Costs Behind The Olympic Games The 2024 Summer Olympics are finally set to get underway in Paris today amid some substantial safety concerns like ISIS threats and this morning, large-scale vandalism of France’s train network….

Inequality Is Caused By Inflation Authored by Lennart Wagemans via The Mises Institute, Many claim the problem with fractional reserve banking is that it loans money into existence. It does, but under…

Update: The Greatest Political Experiment Authored by Joel Bowman via substack, “State intervention is always bad, because it’s based on coercion, on force, and nothing based on coercion can be good.” ~…

The Bureau released a new statement after its director was grilled at a contentious Congress hearing The FBI has confirmed that former US President Donald Trump was grazed by a bullet during…

Tonight, President Donald Trump and Vice-Presidential nominee JD Vance will be holding a joint rally in St Cloud, Minnesota, scheduled for 8:00pm ET.  Livestream Links Below: RSBN YouTube Livestream – RSBN Rumble…

Gladys Berejiklian, former NSW Premier, has lost her appeal against corruption findings by the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (NSW ICAC) yet she is still defiant and lying to the public once…

It’s been exactly two weeks and given the prior feedback and medical advice shared by Dr Ronny Jackson, it looks like he was correct.  Dr Jackson said given Trump’s health status he…

Ten Points About Post-Lockdown Economics Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Brownstone Institute, The sudden economic lockdown of March 2020, the world over, was one of the more shocking moments in history….

FedEx To Cut Daytime Domestic Flight Activity By 60% By Eric Kulisch of FreightWaves FedEx plans to significantly slash daily flights and the number of U.S. cities served by air during the…

What ‘Project 25’ Says About The Fed Authored by Jonathan Newman via The Mises Institute, Mandate for Leadership 2025 is an unofficial blueprint for a potential conservative administration, published by the Heritage Foundation’s…

Hezbollah “crossed all lines” with a rocket attack that killed ten people, Israel Katz has said Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has vowed to launch a “disproportionate” response after Hezbollah allegedly killed…

First, a lot of people want to talk about it, I do not. As my grandmother would often shout when we experienced a dark outcome, “GET BEHIND ME SATAN!” What was witnessed…

Dr. Ben Carson spoke at TPUSA Faith’s Believers’ Summit in West Palm Beach, FL, last night Friday, July 26, 2024. Direct Rumble Link Video Below: . Charlie Kirk (TPUSA) was one of the…

Today, President Trump will be holding two public speaking engagements.  The first is in Nashville, Tennessee at the BitCoin Cryptocurrency Conference (3pm). The second Trump event is a joint MAGA rally with…

134-Year-Old American Furniture Chain Files For Bankruptcy, Closes All 553 Stores Conn’s, a 134-year-old American furniture chain has filed for bankruptcy and is shuttering all of its 553 stores after experiencing a…

Hungary’s Viktor Orban says that, having lived under Western restrictions since 2014, the country has not only adjusted but flourished thanks to its “flexibility” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has praised Russia’s…

The opening ceremony featured drag queens and transsexuals posing as Jesus and his apostles The Bishops’ Conference of France has denounced the organizers of the Olympic Games for including an LGBTQ-themed parody…