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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard appears for an extensive podcast interview with Miranda Devine. It may create ‘splodey heads in Washington DC, but DNI Gabbard is now positioned as the tip…

According to sourced media reporting, Vice-President Vance, Chief of Staff Wiles, FBI Director Patel, AG Pam Bondi and DAG Blanche are meeting today to discuss releasing the audio and transcript of Blanche’s…

“Falsified Bank Documents And Property Records”: Sen. Adam Schiff Under Criminal Investigation For Mortgage Fraud How does the old expression go? “When you point one finger at someone, three point back at…

Trump Advised To Nominate Temporary Fed Governor To Fill Open Seat Bloomberg reports that Trump’s advisors are “encouraging” him to nominate a temporary Fed governor to fill Ariana Kugler’s soon-to-be vacant seat on…

Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff held another meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier today. This is the fifth meeting between Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin. Witkoff has spent more time with Putin…

New Delhi has slammed the additional 25% levy on its imports as “unfair, unjustified, and unreasonable” India has sharply criticized a new US tariff linked to its oil trade with Russia, denouncing…

New Delhi has denounced the move as ‘unfair, unjustified and unreasonable’ The US will be imposing an additional 25% tariff on Indian imports, the White House has said, pointing to the nation’s…

Demonstrators have demanded nuclear abolition while dignitaries marked the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the city Hundreds of protesters have gathered near the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima to…

A campaign image from the online retailer features a Russian-made car never sold in the US Amazon’s latest marketing campaign for its new used-car sales service has inexplicably featured a Russian-made vehicle,…

On the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Accords, there’s little to celebrate for those who wanted a harmonious coexistence Like him, hate him, Otto von Bismarck – Prussian aristocrat, arch conservative, user…

WTI Prices Hold Post-India Decline Despite Big Crude Draw, Production Drop Oil prices have traded in a volatile range overnight as API reported a big crude draw and then President Trump announced…

Trump Slaps India With Additional 25% In Tariffs Over Russian Energy Trade Just as he warned yesterday, President Trump signed an executive order imposing an additional 25% tariff on India over its purchase…

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s election body has revoked Milorad Dodik’s mandate after a court ruled he had violated the constitution Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik has slammed Bosnia’s election commission for revoking his…

NATO Member Scrambles Jets As Russia Destroys Gas Facility Key To Imports From US, Azerbaijan Russia carried out an overnight drone strike on a crucial gas pumping and metering facility in Ukraine,…

Around 1,000 Ukrainian citizens have been abandoned by Vladimir Zelensky’s administration despite claims it wants “all-for-all” POW swaps Ukrainian prisoners of war rejected by Kiev want to return home to see their…

Spain’s decision reportedly reflects a broader EU militarization drive aimed at defense sovereignty and reduced reliance on US weapons Spain has shelved plans to buy US-made F-35 stealth jets. The move is…

Peter Szijjarto has decried the death of an ethnic Hungarian, allegedly killed by Kiev’s draft officers Ukraine can have no place in the EU and “doesn’t even belong among civilized nations,” Hungarian…

The US president recently said that JPMorgan and Bank of America refused to service his accounts The administration of former US President Joe Biden pressured some of the country’s biggest banks to…

A 7% drop came after the Ukrainian leader’s failed attempt to crack down on anti-graft agencies Public trust in Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has dropped by 7% in about a month, according…

Yury Ushakov says Moscow had an exchange of “signals” with Trump via his envoy on Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin and US special envoy Steve Witkoff exchanged “signals” on the Ukraine conflict,…

Italy intends to write off the multibillion cost of the proposed Sicily-mainland link as part of its contribution to the bloc Italy has approved a long-debated project to build a bridge linking…

DOGE Worker “Big Balls” Bloodied After DC Attack; Trump, Musk Call To Federalize DC  President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have called for the federalization of crime-ridden Washington, D.C., following the brutal attack…

Futures Rebound As Dip Buyers Just Won’t Stop US futures rebound from yesterday’s modest drop as the market shakes off stagflationary concerns raised by NFP/ISM, although spoos trade well off their early session gains….

‘Sabotage’: Thoughts On Trump’s BLS Director Tirade Via SouthBayResearch.com, “Listen all y’all, it’s a sabotage Listen all y’all, it’s a sabotage Listen all y’all, it’s a sabotage Listen all y’all, it’s a…

Pretoria says the profile of the removed migrants poses a security risk, given the country’s proximity to Eswatini The South African government has voiced “deep concern” over the recent transfer of convicted…

Bloomberg has claimed that Moscow is planning to propose an air truce during Steve Witkoff’s visit to the capital this week Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has rejected any limited ceasefire with Russia, insisting…

In Latest Empty Promise, Apple To Announce Another $100 Billion Investment In US Manufacturing President Donald Trump will announce that AI laggard Apple will commit to spend another $100 billion on domestic…

Father Feodorit has urged men to fight temptation and lust through prayer Men should pray if they feel temptation and lust when they see women in revealing summer clothing, a Russian Orthodox…

Disney Earnings: Pay TV Weakness Overshadows Strength In Parks & Streaming Disney shares are trading lower in premarket following Q3 results that were broadly in line but revealed underlying softness. The company raised full-year adjusted EPS…

Restrictions on Moscow’s partners could raise oil prices, inflation, and costs for US consumers, analysts have told the network Potential new US sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine conflict could backfire, hitting…

The State Department says the measure against Malawian and Zambian travelers is part of a pilot program targeting countries with high visa overstay records Zambian and Malawian passport holders applying for certain…

Rail Merger Will Bring “Dismal Service” & “High Rates” Says Shippers Group By Stuart Chirls of FreightWaves, A trade group representing 3,500 chemical, manufacturing, agriculture, and energy companies warned that past history…

Cash Sent Home By Mexicans Craters 16.2% In June As More Immigrants Leave US Workforce The amount of cash being sent home by Mexicans living in the United States cratered in the first…

Italian Police Arrest 13 In Nationwide Crackdown On Chinese Mafia Groups Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Italian police arrested 13 people in a nationwide sweep against Chinese…

OpenAI is reportedly in talks about a stock sale that would push its market valuation to half a trillion dollars ChatGPT maker OpenAI is in talks with investors on a stock sale…

New Delhi has greenlighted the acquisition of more BrahMos missiles and armed drones, along with upgrades to other existing platforms New Delhi has approved defense purchases worth about $7.6 billion in an…

China’s Solar Industry Quietly Fired A Third Of Its Workers China’s biggest solar firms fired nearly one-third of their workforces last year, a Reuters analysis of company filings shows, as one of…

Ilan Shor has condemned the Moldovan government after his ally Evgenia Gutsul was handed a seven-year prison sentence Moldovan opposition politician Ilan Shor has accused the government in Chisinau of resorting to…

The move sideways and downward was registered days after an 8.8-magnitude quake rocked Kamchatka’s coast The Kamchatka Peninsula has shifted by two meters and slightly subsided due to the massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake…

The move targets fairer income for producers, a Ghanaian official has said Ghana is raising the official price paid to cocoa farmers by 62.6%, effective immediately, Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson announced…

Germany’s Insolvency Tsunami: Structural Breakdown Underway By Thomas Kolbe Collapse of a Sham Economy Germany is being hit by a wave of insolvencies. Now in the third year of a prolonged recession,…

Beijing Pays Influencers In Africa To Spread Anti-US Messaging Authored by Darren Taylor via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), JOHANNESBURG—Chinese and Russian agents are paying social media influencers in Africa to spread…

Zelensky Says Mercenaries From Asia & Africa, Including Pakistan, Fighting For Russia President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of deploying foreign mercenaries along front lines in northeastern Ukraine. This certainly isn’t the…

The authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina have reportedly stripped Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik of his mandate The election authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina have revoked the mandate of Republika Srpska President…

Steve Witkoff is visiting Moscow to discuss the Ukraine conflict Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding talks with Steve Witkoff, the special envoy of US President Donald Trump, according to footage released…

The late LDPR leader is being tried posthumously for alleged terrorism financing A Ukrainian court has moved to prosecute late Russian politician and nationalist firebrand, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who died three years ago, local media has…

The US has become “the hottest country anywhere in the world,” the president has claimed US President Donald Trump has claimed that NATO leaders are now completely aligned with his agenda, and…

Sudan says it has submitted evidence to the UN Security Council to prove the Gulf nation’s involvement in acts of aggression Sudan’s government says it has “irrefutable” evidence confirming that the United…

Armenia & Azerbaijan To Ink Peace Memorandum Under Trump Mediation Via Middle East Eye Azerbaijan and Armenia are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding in Washington on Friday, committing to the…

Moldova Jails Popular Pro-Russian Governor, Outraging The Kremlin Just over two weeks ago Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) issued a statement accusing the West, under US leadership, of turning Moldova into a military…

The US president has increasingly threatened secondary sanctions on Russia’s trading partners to pressure Moscow to take a peace deal The US is working hard to withdraw itself from the “mess” of…

The US president has hinted that Vice President J.D. Vance is the “heir apparent to MAGA” US President Donald Trump has suggested that Vice President J.D. Vance is “most likely” the favorite…

Men often seek to show off to escorts and let information slip, Kirill Budanov has said Kiev employs prostitutes to gather information from men, Kirill Budanov, the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence…

Steve Witkoff is expected to discuss the settlement of the Ukraine conflict with senior Russian officials Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, has arrived in Moscow to discuss the settlement…

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has issued a series of subpoenas for records and testimony from former government officials that pertain to Jeffrey Epstein. The House Oversight Committee is usually the…

Within this interview, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard states she has met with the assigned federal prosecutors from the Department of Justice to hear their requests for information as the investigation…

The entire grand jury process is extremely protected as the 5th amendment requires. Fullstop. Unfortunately, we have a long and painful history with the Trump-era Main Justice system, intentionally leaking information to…

Who Are The ‘Fuqing’ Group And Why Are They Mobilizing To Influence Australian Leaders Authored by Cindy Li via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Council debates rarely echo through international politics. But…

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…

One Of The World’s Oldest Asset Classes Just Hit Record Highs Farmland is one of the oldest asset classes, rivaling precious metals in its ability to preserve generational wealth. Unlike stocks or…

Beware The AI Industrial Complex By John deVadoss What makes an industrial complex is frontier technology, with feedback loops powerful enough to steer both markets and public policy. Economists describe five telltale traits:…

Trump Accumulates Wins On Supreme Court’s Emergency Docket – Key Takeaways Authored by Sam Dorman via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump’s ambitious agenda has been met with order after order from…

Brazil’s Lula Defiant: ‘I Will Not Call Trump, Am Not Afraid’ President Trump has sent a message to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva saying the Brazilian leader could “call him anytime”…

Arson Attack Hits ICE Field Office In Washington State Amid Dangerous Rhetoric From Democrats Over the weekend, a federal building housing an ICE field office in Yakima, Washington, was firebombed, yet another violent…

Taibbi Obliterates Dean Of Columbia Journalism School In Open Letter Authored by Matt Taibbi via Racket News, Letter to Bill Grueskin, former Dean of the Columbia Journalism School, on his recent article…

Democrats Pledge A Gerrymander War Authored by Jonathan Turley, Democrats are struggling to convince the public that they are outraged that there is gerrymandering afoot in Texas. It is no easy task,…

Lott: Another Armed Civilian Saves The Day Authored by John R. Lott Jr. via RealClearPolitics, Over the last few days, Americans have witnessed two attacks that ended very differently. A stabbing at…

Sydney Sweeney, Justin Bieber Ignite Early Innings Of Cultural Reversal With Badass Guns  Just days after Sydney Sweeney hit the range with Taran Tactical for close-quarters handgun drills, and a week after she flaunted her…

‘1619 Project’ Is Brazen Deception In The Service Of Statism Authored by George Leaf via TheDailyEconomy.org, It is useful to have frequent reminders that people often resort to deception to peddle their…

Supreme Court Killed Universal Injunctions In Name Only Authored by Benjamin Weingarten via RealClearInvestigations, On June 27, the Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump what he hailed as a “GIANT WIN,” finding that lower…

Border Encounters, Apprehensions Hit Record Low In July: Homeland Security The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said preliminary data from July 2025 show that for the third time this year, the agency…

12-Year Cattle Cycle Bottoms: Tyson CEO Predicts Rebuild Phase Beginning Next Year Ground beef prices are at record highs, while the U.S. cattle and calf herd has fallen to its lowest level in…

Taibbi: No Doubt Left… Russiagate Was A Cover-Up Authored by Matt Taibbi via Racket News, The most infuriatingly complex scandal of all time has just been reduced to a page or two,…

Never-Before-Seen Photos Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Creepy Mansion The New York Times published never-before-seen photos from inside Jeffrey Epstein’s erie seven-story Upper East Side townhouse on Tuesday, revealing surveillance cameras placed in bedrooms…

DARPA’s Theory Of Mind Warfare Authored by Matt Smith via InternationalMan.com, The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has an initiative called the Theory of Mind program. This effort is designed to…

Western backers are turning the nation into a ‘disenfranchised colony,’ according to Yulia Timoshenko Western control over Ukraine has reached “unacceptable” levels, according to the country’s former prime minister, Yulia Timoshenko. The…

Shocking, Record Explosion In Student Loan Delinquencies Marks The Start Of Next Debt Crisis Total household debt rose by $185 billion in the second quarter of 2025, a 1% rise from Q1…

The Israeli military did not stop the attack despite being present at the scene, according to the Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman A Russian diplomatic vehicle was attacked last week by Israeli settlers in…

Iranian Nuclear Scientists In Clandestine Visit To Russian Atomic Sites, Alarming West Iranian nuclear scientists made a covert trip to Russia in the summer of 2024 to inspect facilities involved in technologies…

Crude Jittery As Trump Mulls New Sanctions On Russia’s ‘Shadow Fleet’ Oil prices remain jittery today as the market digests yet another sanctions-threat targeting Russia. President Trump is said to be mulling new…

Titan Sub Implosion That Killed 5 People Was ‘Preventable’: Coast Guard Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The 2023 implosion in the Atlantic Ocean of a submersible, which killed five…

One Chart To Kill The Medicaid Lies For Good Via Issues & Insights, Can anyone guess what is wrong with the following headline? “Democrats use new tactic to highlight Trump’s gutting of…

Waste Of The Day: Senate Furniture Is Missing Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Topline: Over the last decade, more than half the Senate office furniture purchased have some unanswered question attached…

Karim Khan has faced obstacles virtually every time he’s tried to move forward with the Israeli war crimes case, Rachel Marsden has said The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) chief prosecutor, Karim Khan,…

With the US deploying intermediate-range systems in Europe and Asia, Russia says it’s done waiting – and begins reshaping its own arsenal On August 4, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Moscow…

Francois Bayrou is urging the public to accept his sweeping budget cut plan French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou is urging the public to back his drastic public spending cuts, warning that the…

Top US officials have been ordered to testify in an oversight probe involving late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein The US House panel investigating the Jeffrey Epstein case has subpoenaed former President…

Changes in currency exchange rates have discouraged American and Chinese travelers from spending, the paper writes Luxury brands have reported declining sales in Europe and Japan as American and Chinese tourists, once…

How Moldova turned a regional mandate into a prison sentence – all in the name of ‘European values’ On August 5, 2025, the drawn-out political struggle between Moldova’s central authorities and the…

The US President has claimed he rejected an offer of zero tariffs from the South Asian nation over its purchases of Russian oil US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he…

Clintons Subpoenaed By House Amid Probe Of Epstein’s ‘Horrific Crimes’ The House Oversight Committee has issued subpoenas for former President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Clinton as part of the probe’s investigation into…

The Fed Says It Is “Data-Driven”… But The Data Isn’t Any Good Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, It’s been a big week for “the data.” At Wednesday’s FOMC press…

Rep. Ramirez Under Fire After Declaring “I’m A Proud Guatemalan Before I’m An American” Authored by Jonathan Turley, Democrat Rep. Delia Ramirez (D., Ill.) is locked into a fierce fight with the…

“Russia’s Economy Stinks”: Drop In Energy Prices Will Make Putin “Stop Killing People”, Trump Says “If energy goes down enough, Putin is going to stop killing people,” President Trump said in a…

Swiss President Rushes To Washington In Last Ditch Attempt To Appease Trump And Lower 39% Tariff Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter (yes, president Karin) and her economy minister Guy Parmelin scrambled to fly…

Ugly, Tailing 3Y Auction Sees Worst Foreign Demand Since 2023 One week after the Treasury’s refunding announcement unveiled no major changes to the coupon auction schedule for the next few months, instead…

Evgenia Gutsul, the head of Gagauzia, has condemned her seven-year prison sentence as a politically motivated crackdown and a “blow to democracy” Jailed Moldovan regional opposition leader Evgenia Gutsul, the head of…

The New Governor By Rabobank The 10 year US treasury yield fell back yesterday afternoon, after a modest rebound earlier in the day after Friday’s plunge due to the downward revisions to…

The Aalborg Zoo has sparked backlash after inviting owners to donate their healthy animals for feed A zoo in northern Denmark has sparked public outrage by encouraging people to donate their unwanted…