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Public University Sued Over Alleged Use Of Student Fees To Support Leftists Political Groups Authored by Patrick McDonald via Campus Reform, A recent graduate of St. Cloud State University in Minnesota is…

America’s likely next president has reshaped the Republican Party in his own image to a point where it seems inconceivable without him The extraordinary events of the past week in America –…

Ukraine would like the conflict with Russia to stop by the end of the year, Vladimir Zelensky has suggested Ukraine would like the fighting with Russia to end as quickly as possible…

Alphabet Shares Unimpressed Despite Top- & Bottom-Line Beat Alphabet reported better than expected top- and bottom-lines for the second quarter after the bell tonight. Revenue $84.74 billion, estimate $84.37 billion Revenue ex-TAC…

Over 270,000 tickets reportedly remain unsold ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris The number of unwanted Paris Olympics tickets available for resale has hit more than a quarter of a…

Small Caps Surge On Short-Squeeze, Sloppy-Surveys; ETH Outperforms BTC As ETFs Launch An ugly day for macro with hard data (US home sales) and soft data (regional Fed surveys) all puking… Source:…

‘Worst Since COVID Lockdowns’ – Regional Fed Surveys Plunged In July It was ugly in macro-land today with existing home sales crashing (as home prices hit record highs). But a couple of…

Reuters ‘Shock Poll’ Finds Kamala Leading Trump, There’s Just One Catch… With the Democrat corporate media machine in full swing behind Kamala Harris following President Joe Biden’s shock announcement on Sunday that…

Trump Asks Appeals Court To Overturn $454 Million Civil Fraud Judgment Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on July 22 asked a New York…

Blowout 2Y Auction Sees Record Foreign Buyers, Yields Slide Ahead of next week’s FOMC meeting, when consensus expects no surprises from Powell ahead of a September rate cut, the same can not…

Signs Of Severe Credit-Card And Auto-Loan Stress In Generation Z Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, The economy is slowing and that will hit the zoomers first and the hardest, especially renters……

Tesla Earnings Preview: Financials, Robotaxis, Cybertruck, Musk’s Pay Plan In Focus Tesla is set to report earnings after the bell today, with the street expecting a hefty EPS drop and 2% revenue…

Ukraine’s former military commander-in-chief, Valery Zaluzhny, was fired by Vladimir Zelensky in February and made an envoy in May The Western nations should “wake up” to the threat of a potential major…

The right-wing of the DC UniPParty played their role very well.  With mission accomplished, U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has resigned her position, following the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump….

Reports of a corporate raid on e-commerce giant Wildberries are false, CEO Tatyana Bakalchuk has insisted Reports of a corporate raid on e-commerce giant Wildberries are not true, the founder and chief…

Department Of Defense To Give Troops ‘Economic Hardship’ Bonus Of $20 Per Month Authored by Eric Lundrum via American Greatness, The Biden Administration’s Department of Defense (DOD) has announced that it will…

3 Supreme Court Justices Recuse 2nd Time In Case Accusing Them Of Wrongly Rejecting 2020 Election Lawsuit Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Supreme Court refused on…

Hungary is moving to punish Kiev for its blockade of oil deliveries from Russia Budapest will block funds the European Union has earmarked for Ukraine until Kiev resumes the transit of Russian…

An international school contest has wrapped up on the Black Sea coast Russia has held an international contest for schoolchildren at Artek, its most famous summer camp on the Black Sea in…

The strike destroyed a temporary deployment point housing Western instructors and mercenaries, the Russian Defense Ministry has reported A missile strike has destroyed a temporary deployment point housing Western instructors and mercenaries,…

The Party Of ‘Democracy” Will Now Choose Your Candidate For You Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, On Sunday, July 21, President Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential campaign…

‘I Lost My Son’: Musk Says He Was Tricked Into Approving Puberty Blockers Elon Musk has condemned so-called “gender-affirming care” practitioners for effectively “killing” his son — by tricking the billionaire into…

Hundreds of vacancies in Berlin’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND) remain unfilled, Bild has reported Germany’s foreign intelligence service is allegedly struggling to monitor threats supposedly posed by Russia, China, North Korea and…

Israeli attacks have likely killed many more than the nearly 40,000 people reported, and even more will yet perish Earlier this month, the Lancet published an article estimating that the total number…

San Francisco Invokes Supreme Court’s Bureaucracy-Weakening Ruling In Lawsuit Against EPA Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, San Francisco will invoke the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling from last month that…

The continent takes a decisive step towards energy sovereignty, but real struggle lies ahead At an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers of the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO) in early…

DOJ Magically Finds 117 Pages Of Biden Transcripts The Department of Justice admitted to a federal judge on Monday that it has located 117 pages of transcripts it previously denied having, related…

Modi-led government has made a host of changes in corporate taxation for global companies and has slashed some customs tariffs  The government of India tabled its budget for the current financial year…

Several states had directed restaurants to display their owners’ names in a move that was perceived as discriminating against Muslims India’s Supreme Court has suspended directives by several state governments requiring eateries…

US Existing Home Sales Puked (Again) In July… US existing home sales slumped for the fourth straight month in June, plunging a worse than expected 5.4% MoM (the worst MoM drop since…

John Healey has said the army faces “very serious challenges,” according to national media British Defense Secretary John Healey has issued a grim assessment of the state of the UK military, warning…

What Can Be, Unburdened By What Has-Beens? By Michael Every of Rabobank Global IT systems crashed on Friday. Two days later, a week after the attempted assassination of former President Trump, President…

Watch: Kamala Harris Talks To Biden As If He’s Dying Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, While speculation of Joe Biden’s condition and whereabouts continues to mount, things were not made any clearer as…

Gas exports via the Power of Siberia pipeline are expected to hit 38 billion cubic meters in 2025, according to Aleksandr Novak Russian gas exports to China are increasing and could reach…

Kimberly Cheatle had been facing calls to step down since the assassination attempt on the former president earlier this month Kimberly Cheatle has resigned as director of the US Secret Service, after…

“Increasingly Cautious Consumer”: Polaris Shares Crash As High Interest Rates Crush Demand For ATVs & Jetskis A toxic trifecta of high interest rates, elevated inflation, and increasingly cautious dealers and consumers led Polaris…

In January, Cairo vowed to defend Somali territorial sovereignty following a conflict with Ethiopia over a Red Sea access deal Somalia has approved a defense agreement with Egypt that aims to strengthen…

Ukraine Might Actually Be Semi-Serious About Resuming Peace Talks With Russia Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The conventional thinking is that Ukraine isn’t interested in resuming peace talks with Russia unless the latter…

The Bull Market – Could It Just Be Getting Started? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, We noted last Friday that over the previous few years, a handful of “Mega-Capitalization” (mega-market capitalization) stocks have dominated…

​​​​​​​Porsche Slides On Profit Warning As Snarled Supply Chain Risks “Production Shutdowns” Shares of the German sportscar maker Porsche slid on Tuesday after the company slashed its full-year revenue forecast. The automaker warned…

Stumbling Out Of The Gate: Harris Starts Race Down 9 Points, Even Worse Than Biden Democrats’ enjoyment of the Kamala Harris campaign’s “new car smell” may prove short-lived, as a brand new…

The Israeli prime minister is in Washington to meet with President Joe Biden and deliver a speech to Congress Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested a meeting with Republican presidential nominee…

The EU has announced plans to send the first tranche of interest earned on frozen Russian funds to Kiev in August Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has warned that Russia would inevitably retaliate…

Netanyahu To Have Separate Meetings With Biden, Harris, & Likely Trump Too It has been about a week since President Joe Biden has been seen in public or on camera, and six…

Futures Flat Ahead Of First Mag7 Reports: Alphabet, Tesla Earnings On Deck US equity futures reversed earlier losses and were modestly in the green with small-caps leading and Tech lagging, following the…

The Censorship Boomerang Authored by Bret Swanson via The Brownstone Institute, “Madness is rare in individuals; but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.” – Friedrich Nietzsche They fooled…

Two Tidbits Of Timeless Political Wisdom From Machiavelli Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, “Generosity” funded by debt or currency devaluation is the opposite of generosity: it is the ultimate…

The Republican VP nominee made the tongue-in-cheek remark after US President Joe Biden endorsed her candidacy Republican vice-presidential nominee Senator J.D. Vance has quipped that he’s frustrated he will not get to…

The bloc has canceled a high-level summit in Budapest to “send a symbolic signal” to the prime minister A high-level EU foreign affairs summit scheduled for August will be moved from Hungary…

US Image Deteriorates In Parts Of Asia Large groups of people in Asian countries believe that the U.S. democracy used to be a good example for others to follow, but isn’t anymore. Some also…

UK Likely To Miss Its 2030 Clean Power Goals Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, The UK is poised to miss its ambitious target to decarbonize its power sector by 2030 even…

The US president has not been seen in person since going into quarantine after contracting Covid-19 last week Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert has demanded a “proof of life appearance” by US President…

State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin has met with the African state’s president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune Trade turnover between Russia and Algeria more than doubled last year, State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin has said…

Kiev will receive €1.4 billion, the interest accrued on frozen funds, early next month, the bloc’s top diplomat has said The EU has revealed when it will begin sending Russian money to…

The Sudanese army accused Abu Dhabi of arming paramilitary fighters in the deadly ongoing conflict United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has committed to supporting Sudan in ending…

CJ Hopkins: The People’s Court Of New Normal Germany Authored by CJ Hopkins via The Consent Factory, Just when I thought things could not possibly get more shockingly totalitarian in New Normal…

Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen has said Budapest’s views do not correspond with the bloc’s official line The EU may not be the “right reference group” for Hungary considering the apparent divergence…

The instant-messaging app has gained tens of millions of customers in just a few months, according to Pavel Durov Encrypted messaging platform Telegram has reached 950 million monthly active users and continues…

True Purpose Of NATO Remains USA Hegemony Authored by Yves Engler via Counterpunch.org, NATO’s new focus on China harkens back to the belligerent alliance’s early days. At the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s…

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…

Women in North India have featured in recent headlines for being gangsters. Used for recce, honey traps or an occasional shooting, even in crime they come up against millenia-old patriarchy North India…

“Someone’s Going To Die”: Windows Keep Randomly Falling Off New Philadelphia High Rise Windows keep falling off a building in Philadelphia and no one seems to care enough to do anything about…

Not All Body Fat Is Created Equal Authored by Zena le Roux via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), US regulators were seen approving the first exchange-traded funds that invest directly in Ether,…

The US vice president has raised more than $80 million in 24 hours US Vice President Kamala Harris has received $81 million in contributions in the first 24 hours after Joe Biden…

Engineering A Crisis: How Political Theater Helps Keep The Deep State Stay In Power Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “The two ‘sides’ of mainstream politics are not…

Bird Flu: They Fooled Us Once, Looks Like They’ll Try To Fool Us Again… Authored by Daisy Luther via The Organic Prepper blog, The more we learn about the made-up rules enforced…

During a lengthy interview being widely discussed, Tucker Carlson and Jack Posobiec discuss the Trump assassination effort and the Joe Biden removal operation. I would caution that multiple political and strategic planning…

Well, there’s the answers.  The DNC has announced they will proceed with the roll call vote for nomination next Wednesday [link].  That puts Kamala on track to announce her VP selection around…

Representative Mike Waltz (R-FL) questions Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle in a House Oversight hearing Monday on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a July 13 campaign rally in…

LA Sheriff Investigated, “Urged” AG To Prosecute Reporter Who Leaked List Of Problem Deputies After the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department leaked a list of problem deputies to Los Angeles Times reporter Maya Lau, it…

San Diego’s 1,000-Bed Shelter Proposal Stirs Concern Over Costs Authored by Sophie Li via The Epoch Times, San Diego’s mayor announced July 17 a lease deal to convert a commercial building near…

‘Pure Blood’: Dating Divide Over Vaccination Status Splits Those Looking For A Partner Authored by Allan Stein via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Courtney Furlong, 36, had always considered modern dating a…

Alsu Kurmasheva has been found guilty of spreading “false information” about the Russian army A Russian court has sentenced an editor of the Prague-based, US state-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) to…

Israel Gives 400,000 Palestinians Minutes To Flee Khan Yunis Before Fresh Blitz Via The Cradle The Israeli army ordered the sudden evacuation of over 400,000 Palestinians taking shelter in eastern Khan Yunis…

A Decade Of Conspiracists? Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Who has most peddled conspiracy allegations the last nine years—all of them false and nearly all of them influencing national…

Chaos Ensued The Last Time A US President Bowed Out Only Months Before An Election Joe Biden’s sudden (though widely expected) announcement that he would be dropping out of the 2024 election…

California To Launch ‘Hydrogen Hub’ To Expand Zero-Emission Technology Authored by Summer Lane via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), California will have the nation’s first so-called hydrogen hub—a network that produces hydrogen…

Police Departments Advertise Six Figure Salaries , Better Quality Of Life, To Lure New Recruits Big cities are struggling badly to hire police. And, in the day and age of “all cops…

Dearborn, Michigan Is “America’s Jihad Capital” And Has Descended Into “Civil War” The city of Dearborn, Michigan has been bestowed with the title of “America’s Jihad Capital”, and has fallen into civil…

Environmental campaigner Paul Watson has been detained in Greenland and is now facing extradition to Japan Anti-whaling campaigner and Greenpeace co-founder Paul Watson was arrested on Sunday on an international warrant issued…

Russia Considers Building Oil Refinery In Cuba Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com, Russia and Cuba have discussed the idea of building an oil refinery in Cuba with the help of Russian…

Sen. Ron Johnson Reveals Preliminary Findings From Attempted Assassination Of President Trump U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) posted on X the preliminary findings of his investigation into the attempted assassination of former…

The deeply unlikeable Kamala Harris has been tapped to get the Democratic nomination. Can her victory be ensured behind the scenes? The 81-year-old US head of state has endorsed Vice President Kamala…

Liberal College Professors Get On The Kamala Bandwagon: She Is “Engaging And Energetic”, “Has A Good Record” By Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix It appears professors are getting on the Kamala…

“Only Half Gone!” Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “The Democrats are self-immolating on the altar of their own tenuous relationship with common decency.” – Tom Luongo “Life imitates art,” Oscar…

“Wolf Of Airbnb” Sentenced To 51 Months In Prison The self-proclaimed “Wolf of Airbnb” was sentenced by Judge Lorna G. of the Southern District of New York to 51 months in prison for defrauding New York City…

Biden Ouster Sparks Some ‘Trump Trade’ Unwind, Big-Tech & Bond-Yields Bounce President Biden’s removal from the ticket for the 2024 election sent Kamala Harris odds of winning in November soaring (but we…

Biden’s designated heir is unlikely to change US policy, however Having Kamala Harris as president could lead to a change in tone towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but is unlikely to…

The former House Speaker reportedly played a key role in pushing Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 race Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi played an instrumental role in pressuring President…

It’s not impossible that the US president’s party could eventually come to regret forcing him out Back in July 2022, when US President Joe Biden was last struck down with Covid, a…

Musk Says “Take Away Subsidies” As EV Price-War Enters Final Chapter With Trump Win The final chapter of the electric vehicle price war ignited by Tesla’s Elon Musk could hinge on the…

US Subsidiary Of Chinese EV Manufacturer BYD Donated Hundreds Of Thousands To Democrats Well you can add this to a list of reasons Democrats just can’t seem to stomach Elon Musk any more. The…

Succession By Defenestration: How Biden’s Withdrawal May Trigger A 25th Amendment Fight Authored by Jonathan Turley, President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw as the Democratic Party’s nominee solved an immediate problem for his party….

There were a lot of political and campaign soundbites generated by the testimony, non-testimony, of Secret Service Direct Kimberly Cheatle today; however, one exchange between Cheatle and Representative Raja Krishnamoorhi is worth…

The electric-vehicle maker will use the robots internally first before producing them for other companies, according to the CEO Electric-vehicle manufacturer Tesla plans to introduce humanoid robots for internal purposes starting next…