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Caracas has accused the US of seeking to overthrow the government under the guise of an anti-drug campaign The US could begin land strikes targeting alleged Venezuela-linked drug operations “pretty soon,” President…

President Trump held a White House ceremony to celebrate the 1980 USA Olympic Victory over the Russian team, ‘The Miracle on Ice’, eventually leading to the U.S. winning the Olympic gold medal….

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard appears on Fox News to discuss the Trump administrations’ effort to track down, capture and remove a reported 18,000 known and documented terrorists who crossed the…

The Hungarian prime minister resembles Jon Snow as he stands alone against the “EU bureaucratic warmongers,” Kirill Dmitriev says Senior Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev has compared Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to…

Alaskans Carry The Highest Average Credit-Card Debt In The US U.S. credit card balances have climbed to $1.21 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s 2025 report. This map, via…

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…

Land Along Southern Border Is Transferred to Navy To Become Part Of ‘National Defense Area’ Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Trump administration said on Dec. 10…

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…

Some of the images depict President Donald Trump and conservative strategist Steve Bannon US House Democrats released around 100 new photos obtained from the estate of the late disgraced financier and sex…

Joe Kent Sounds Alarm: Biden’s Border Invasion Flooded Nation With 18,000 Known And Suspected Terrorists In the wake of last month’s shooting of two National Guard service members just blocks from the…

What’s In Your Coffee? Unexpected Facts Behind Your Morning Cup Authored by Kimberly Drake via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Coffee is beloved for its caffeine kick and flavor, but it also…

Generally, the Washington Post is the outlet for interests and concerns of the CIA or international elements of the U.S. intelligence community.  Narratives from the Washington Post usually shape storylines against scrutiny…

U.S. Military Readiness Is Under Threat By Doctor Shortages Authored by Jeff Morris via RealClearDefense, According to the Association of the U.S. Army, the crisis of doctor shortages has been increasing for years, which negatively affects…

Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria and Malta have reportedly warned the European Commission against using frozen assets to aid Ukraine Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria, and Malta have urged the EU to explore alternatives to seizing…

AI Is A “Supersonic Tsunami”; Musk Bullish On Global Trajectory It has been a month since Elon Musk and Joe Rogan spoke, but, as ‘Camus‘ pointed out this week, this seven-minute exchange,…

Lefty ‘Consumer’ Watchdog Group Bought & Paid For By Big Pharma Via American Greatness, The National Consumers League is America’s oldest consumer advocacy organization and a group trusted by the left, especially,…

What The Top 1% Richest Americans Pay In Taxes Across The US This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, uses IRS data from 2022 analyzed by SmartAsset to show how much the richest people…

This Elderly Man Gave Away His Gold After Fake US Marshal Called. He Isn’t The Only One. Authored by Allan Stein via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), SHOW LOW, Ariz.—The coin shop…

UBS Outlines Three Reasons For Sober Revolution Crushing Spirits Market There are just thirteen days until Christmas. Friends and family are gathering; eggnog, spiked with bourbon, dark or spiced rum, or cognac,…

Gaza Tent Cities Under Water Amid Deadly ‘Catastrophic’ Storm Via Middle East Eye At least 11 Palestinians have died in storm-hit Gaza from cold and collapsing buildings within the last 24 hours. Two children…

Flight Tracking Data Appears To Show US Fighter Jet Over Venezuelan Airspace The flight-tracking website Flightradar24 reports that a U.S. military F/A-18E Super Hornet (RHINO51) entered Venezuelan airspace near the country’s northern coast just moments ago….

Newsom’s ‘National Model’ For Homeless Wracked By Fraud Authored by Ana Kasparian via RealClearInvestigations, Gov. Gavin Newsom has made reducing the homelessness crisis in California a top priority, saying the scale of…

Snow Threat For Mid-Atlantic I-90 Corridor This Weekend Ahead of next week’s return to global warming, thank you, Al Gore, for listening to our prayers in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast after weeks…

Fernand Kartheiser told RT that Brussels has dealt a blow to the bloc’s reputation The EU’s move to invoke emergency powers and freeze the assets of the Russian Central Bank indefinitely will…

Berlin is deliberately whipping up domestic “anti-Russian sentiment,” the Russian Embassy in Germany has said German accusations of Moscow’s alleged involvement in “hybrid attacks” are “unsubstantiated, unfounded and absurd,” the Russian Embassy…

Can Anyone Believe Anything? Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “The fire consuming you is the fire that tempers.” – EKO on “X” ‘Tis the season to be flummoxed. Now you see what…

Ex-NY Aide Did China’s Bidding To ‘Get Rich’, Prosecutor Says In Closing Arguments Authored by Nicholas Zifcak & Eva Fu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Linda Sun, former aide to New…

Leaked Video: Woke Elite College Held “Disgusting” Sexual Orientation Performance Amherst College, proudly one of America’s wokest institutions, has once again outdone itself in the name of “sexual respect.” A group of…

Tech Companies Should Curb ‘Sycophantic And Delusional’ AI Outputs, Attorneys General Say Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Attorneys general from 42 states and territories wrote to tech…

Wall Street Eyes Lithium As Battery Storage Demand Poised To Spark New Upcycle Commodity desks at Goldman Sachs, UBS, Citigroup, and Bernstein all see lithium demand poised to surge after the electric…

OCC Says 9 Big Banks Took Part In ‘Inappropriate’ Debanking Practices Via American Greatness, The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has released a report saying that the nine largest lenders in…

Russia Retaliates: Turkish-Owned Cargo Ship Attacked At Ukrainian Port Turkey’s Foreign Ministry has warned against the ongoing escalation of the war on maritime shipping in the Black Sea, after on Friday serious…

Trump Signs Order Cracking Down On ‘Politically Motivated Agendas’ Of Proxy Advisors President Donald Trump on Dec. 11 signed an order directing the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to review rules on…

The justice and energy ministers were sacked last month amid a large-scale graft scandal Ukraine’s government has no active candidates for the vacant post of energy minister, Reuters reported on Friday, citing…

Kiev is ready to call a vote once its demands are met, Vladimir Zelensky’s top adviser has said Kiev is ready to hold an election, but only if a series of conditions…

What To Know About Trump’s New ‘Gold Card’ Visa Program Authored by Savannah Hulsey Pointer via The Epoch Times, Applications opened on Dec. 10 for the Trump administration’s new Gold Card program…

The EU and UK want the next US presidential administration to back a conflict with Russia, Stevan Gajic has said Ukraine and its European backers are hoping to wait out US President…

Russian Central Bank Sues Euroclear As EU Tries To Ram Through Assets Seizure In what could prove a well-timed preemptive attack and shot across the bow, Russia’s Central Bank (CBR) announced Friday it has initiated…

The Ukrainian leader has refused to call elections for more than a year despite the expiration of his presidential term Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky is ready to do anything to maintain his grip…

The bloc has invoked emergency treaty powers to circumvent unanimity rules to bypass vetoes from opposing member states The European Union has voted to keep Russian central bank assets frozen indefinitely despite…

Americans Could See Up To $2,000 Tax Refunds Next Year: Bessent Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that working Americans are set to…

Border Tsar Homan Announces Investigation Into Rep. Omar: A Case For Fraud Or Defamation? Authored by Jonathan Turley, This week, the lingering allegations over the marital history of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D.,…

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell To Run For Governor Of Minnesota Authored by Arjun Singh via The Epoch Times, Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, Inc. and a widely known political supporter of…

As Delhi warms up to Kabul’s new rulers, the Afghans living in its backstreets brace themselves for what this could mean for their future Under the fading light of a Delhi evening,…

Trump Says He Is Pardoning Former Colorado County Clerk Tina Peters Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump said on Dec. 11 that he is pardoning Tina Peters,…

Charlie Kirk Murder Suspect Makes First Courtroom Appearance Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of killing conservative commentator Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, made his first courtroom appearance on Thursday in Provo,…

The Russian and Turkish presidents have discussed cooperation, regional matters, and key international issues in Turkmenistan Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, discussed cooperation, regional matters, and…

An editor at the newspaper reportedly said it was “truly astonishing” the product was launched at all The Washington Post’s new AI-based personalized podcasts presented subscribers with invented quotes and factual errors,…

The Russian central bank has made the first move in what is likely to be a long game of legal chess On Friday, Russia’s central bank announced it is filing a lawsuit…

Belgium Gets Cold Shoulder Ahead Of Russian Asset Confiscation By Molly Schwartz, Cross-Asset Macro Strategist at Rabobank The Cold Shoulder Tensions remain high as Russia and Ukraine fail to reach a ceasefire agreement,…

Stocks, Crypto Puke On Oracle Data Center Delays The fecal matter was already starting ti strike the rotating object following Broadcom’s disappointing results last night, but the bottom just dropped out of…

Beijing is making a bold bid to shape how the world thinks about war, peace, and power in the decades ahead China’s newly released white paper on arms control, disarmament, and nonproliferation…

The Donetsk and Lugansk regions are inalienable parts of Russia, Yury Ushakov has said Donbass is sovereign Russian territory and Moscow will sooner or later establish control over parts of the region…

Beijing Prepares Its Own $70 Billion Chips Act News earlier this week reported that President Trump had approved exports of Nvidia’s AI H200 chips to China. Shortly afterward, however, reports emerged that…

COVID Porn Is Back Authored by ‘sallust’ via DailySceptic.org, The tireless hacks at the BBC have emerged from their bunkers once again to terrorise the public by bravely touring the hospitals and…

A local lobby group has challenged the more than $1.6 billion agreement, arguing that it lacks clarity on data protection Kenya’s High Court has temporarily suspended a landmark health cooperation deal with…

Futures Dip After Hitting Record High, As Fed’s “QE Lite” Sets Up Christmas Rally US equity futures are mixed; with small caps higher and tech stocks lagging. As of 8:15am ET, S&P…

Representative Bennie Thompson was the former Chairman of the corrupt J6 Committee, a highly partisan political endeavor intended to manufacture evidence, create false narratives for political exploitation, and target and destroy any…

Social Justice Gone Wild: Oklahoma BLM Leader Indicted On Fraud, Money Laundering Charges A federal grand jury has unsealed a 25-count indictment against the leader of the far-left Marxist group Black Lives…

Slovakia will not back the “reparations loan” for Kiev proposed by the European Commission, the PM has said Slovakia will vote against any measures allowing the EU to use frozen Russian assets…

New Delhi has removed most restrictions for short-term visitors from China India has fast-tracked business visas for Chinese professionals as New Delhi continues to boost ties with Beijing, Reuters reported on Friday….

The United States Office of the Comptroller for the Currency (OCC) has delivered the preliminary results of an investigation into large U.S. banks and the practice of “debanking” customers based on ideology….

Fermi Craters 50% After Losing First Tenant For Its Massive Texas Data Center Fermi America announced their first potential tenant for the Project Matador data center campus terminated their $150 million Advance…

Certain jabs can cause immune cells to attack the body, leading to myocarditis and pericarditis, particularly in young men, scientists say Certain Covid-19 vaccines can trigger immune responses that may inflame heart…

The modern world is changing rapidly, and agriculture is evolving with it. Today, the industry needs a new type of specialist – one capable of working within the ESG framework, understanding the…

Mark Rutte earlier claimed that Russia could attack the bloc in several years, a speculation dismissed by Moscow as “nonsense” NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is “fueling war tensions” by claiming that…

Everyone Except Zelensky ‘Loved’ My Plan, Trump Says, Warning Of WW3 First, on Thursday NATO chief Mark Rutte said from Berlin that Europe and the world should prepare for coming war, ominously…

Civilian agencies were used to mask defense-related research, Major General Aleksey Rtishchev has said The US Agency for International Development (USAID) could have been involved in testing pharmaceutical drugs on Ukrainians, a…

Kiev only wants a ceasefire, which Moscow believes it will use to rearm and regroup its military Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky is suggesting the idea of holding elections as a ploy to secure…

Kiev is covertly importing radioactive materials that can be used in an attack in a densely populated area, a senior defense official says Ukraine is smuggling radioactive materials into the country that…

NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte and German Chancellor Frederich Merz hold a press conference as a meeting in Paris this weekend (13th) and Berlin on Monday (15th) are scheduled to finalize EU…

Trump Poised To Greatly Ease Federal Marijuana Regulation In a move seen as long overdue by many people on both sides of America’s left-right political divide, President Trump is expected to use…

Nuclear Reactors For Investors Submitted by Steffan Szumowski from The Nuclear Review “We’re designing a Liquid Metal Reactor” “Our design will utilize proven technologies” “The design makes our reactor ‘walk-away safe’” There’s…

Violent clashes known as the Gen Z protests forced Nepal’s prime minister to resign in September A US-backed regime-change agency funded and guided the September coup in Nepal, an independent US news…

Swiss singer Nemo’s decision follows boycott announcements by a host of EU nations Swiss singer Nemo announced on Thursday that he is returning his 2024 Eurovision Song Contest trophy in protest over…

Only civilization-states with real sovereignty can withstand the weight of the new age of empires The new world order takes shape through pressure, rivalry, and the rise of several commanding powers, not…

Kiev put civilians at risk of an industrial accident, a Russian general has alleged Ukraine used a major chemical facility as a base for foreign mercenaries and their heavy weapons, the Russian…

Chinese Drone “Mothership” Capable Of Swarm Attack Takes Flight Whether launched from shipping containers, robotic arms, commercial box trucks, or delivered by heavyweight jet-powered mothership drones, the creativity of military technology developers…

Battle For Rare Earths And Recognition: Germany’s Wadephul Arrives In China As A Supplicant Submitted by Thomas Kolbe After German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul was forced to cancel his October trip to…

The European Commission is set to vote on an emergency measure to indefinitely freeze Russian assets and strip member states of veto powers over them EU officials are “systematically raping the law”…

The defense minister has denounced the US president’s remarks describing the African state as “filthy” US President Donald Trump should focus on delivering on his promises to the American people rather than…

The fall of Seversk has weakened Ukrainian defenses in Donbass, the former US Marine Corps intelligence officer has told RT Russia has taken key fortified towns in Donbass, leaving Kiev short of…

The Trans-Siberian Railway Is Poised To Play A Pivotal Role In Joint Russian-US Projects Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Unlocking this mutually profitable opportunity requires the US to first successfully manage…

Lenders reportedly fear retaliatory lawsuits from Moscow British bankers have pushed back against plans to use the frozen Russian assets they hold to fund a loan for Ukraine, the Financial Times reported…

The central bank is suing the Western clearinghouse holding its immobilized sovereign assets for damages Russia’s central bank has initiated legal proceedings in Moscow against the Belgian clearinghouse Euroclear, in a move…

Moscow is prepared to support negotiations if officials in the African state request assistance, the foreign minister has said Russia is ready to help facilitate political dialogue in war-torn Sudan if the…

The International Olympic Committee’s decision covers both individual and team sports Russian and Belarusian youth athletes have been cleared to compete in international events under their national flags and anthems, the International…

Delivery Theft And Scams Are Reshaping Holiday Shopping Decisions In 2025 Americans may be preparing for holiday sales and gift lists, but a new survey shows that growing anxiety over safety and…

There was a rather disposable and brief discussion that surfaced during the Patrick David Bet podcast that helps to frame perspective on the current state of U.S. UniParty politics.  Normally, this interview…

Brussels Bureaucrats Push For Expanded Legal Migration Routes Into Europe To Help Those Who ‘Dream Of A Better Life’ Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, The European Union must expand legal…

New Delhi and Washington have emphasized the need to sustain momentum in economic cooperation Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he and US President Donald Trump discussed trade, defense, and energy…

The US risks losing to China if it ends up with a “patchwork of 50 different regulatory regimes” at state level, the White House has said US President Donald Trump signed an…

Who’s Glued To The ‘Telly’? The United Kingdom has a particularly strong culture of television viewership. As Statista’s Anna Fleck reports, according to a survey by Statista Consumer Insights, almost a third of UK respondents…

US President Donald Trump earlier expressed frustration over the slow progress toward a peace deal with Russia Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has indicated the country may hold a referendum on territorial concessions ahead…

The EU’s humiliation today may forge better relations with Russia tomorrow The humiliation Washington is inflicting on Western Europe today will shape an entire generation of politicians who will eventually have to…

As the nation of 1.4 billion strives for Aatmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliance), young talent is emerging as the key pillar of its growth story India and Russia share a timeless relationship, one that…

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…