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All-Time High 55% Of Americans Say That Their Financial Situations Are Getting Worse Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse, Americans were not even this stressed about their financial situations during…

Iran Outraged After Assassination Of Top Shia Cleric In Damascus Via The Cradle Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei on Sunday strongly condemned the assassination of a Syrian Shia religious cleric, describing it as…

The US president says Tehran’s proposed path to de-escalation is not acceptable US President Donald Trump has rejected an Iranian counterproposal to a peace plan previously conveyed via Pakistani intermediaries. The back-and-forth…

Chinese Hackers Spied On Cuban Embassy As Trump Ramped Up Blockade Threats In a story which hearkens back to bygone Cold War years, fresh reports say that Chinese hackers breached and spied…

NATO and the EU are dismantling centuries of ties with Moscow and turning regional bodies into tools of anti-Russia policy, ambassador-at-large Artyom Bulatov has said The West is erecting a new Cold…

Search and rescue operations are underway for the two personnel after they disappeared near Tan-Tan in Morocco, officials have said Two US Army service members participating in the annual African Lion multinational…

Some vessels have reportedly paid for safe passage through the chokepoint The US has threatened to sanction shipping companies that pay Iran tolls to transit the Strait of Hormuz. The strategic waterway…

Russia’s Oil Revenues Surge As The World Scrambles For Supply Authored by Felicity Bradstock via oilprice.com, Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, several major world powers introduced strict sanctions on…

Iraqi Father Arrested In Sweden For Beating, Imprisoning Daughter In Italy Over Forced Marriage Plot Authored by Thomas Brooke via ReMix, An Iraqi father accused of beating, imprisoning, and threatening to kill…

In “Watershed Moment” China Orders Companies To Defy US Sanctions China ordered companies in the country not to comply with US sanctions on five domestic refiners linked to the Iranian oil trade,…

Blue Cities Across The US Are Spiraling Into Financial Collapse Many people are familiar with the “blue state exodus” over the past several years, but are they aware of the blue city…

Vehicle and commercial buildings were targeted by kamikaze drones in Belgorod Region Two civilians were killed and four injured in Ukrainian drone strikes in Russia’s Belgorod Region on Sunday, its governor, Vyacheslav…

A bulk carrier was attacked by small craft and a tanker hit by projectiles hours apart, UKMTO says Two cargo ships were attacked near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, according to…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appears on Fox News with Maria Bartiromo to discuss current geopolitical events and the ramifications for the U.S. economy.  It is a rather lengthy interview and discussion 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…

The Permanent Distortion Theory Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance “This time it’s different” is supposed to be the dumbest phrase in investing. It’s the phrase people use right before they get obliterated….

Animal Farm Film A Hollywood Perversion Of Orwell’s Anti-Communist Classic George Orwell’s prognostications about the future of authoritarianism have proven consistently accurate.  They have only been limited by his inability to foresee…

Six days ago, in Marsberg, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticized the U.S. approach to Iran, saying Washington was being “humiliated by the Iranian leadership” and demanding the conflict end “as quickly as possible.”…

Initiative dubbed Project Freedom aims to rescue neutral vessels stranded since the start of the war with Iran The US will guide third-party ships through the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump…

Tesla Made $573 Million Selling To Musk’s Other Companies Last Year Elon Musk’s business empire is becoming increasingly intertwined — and if SpaceX eventually goes public, Wall Street will likely take a…

In order to deal with a UniParty congress that is always seeking to disrupt his policies and frame processes against his office, President Trump recently notified the House and Senate the hostilities…

China Tries To Assert Dominance Over Canada After Carney Trade Deal Historically speaking, crawling to communists for help has never been a good idea; there’s always a catch.  By extension, making trade…

At least 175 people, mostly students, were killed in an attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school on February 28 Iranian media have released previously unseen footage showing the immediate aftermath…

Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner Hospitalized In Critical Condition Narges Mohammadi, the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and prominent Iranian human rights activist, remains in critical condition in a hospital in…

The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman accuses the State Department of pressuring diplomats’ children The US State Department has quietly revived Biden-era tactics of imposing American birthright citizenship on the children of Russian…

Democrats Melt Down After Supreme Court Restricts Race Based Gerrymandering The response from Democrats to the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down race-based gerrymandering has been predictable – running high in emotion…

Jane Street Paid Employees $9.4 Billion, Twice What It Paid Last Year, After Record 2025 Results Jane Street Group has evolved from a niche trading shop into one of Wall Street’s most…

The UAV struck a 52-story building not far from the Russian capital’s business district A Ukrainian drone has struck a residential skyscraper not far from Moscow’s business district, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said….

Rudy Giuliani Hospitalized In Critical Condition Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalized and is in critical condition, according to The New York Times, citing his spokesman, Ted Goodman….

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears on NBC News to discuss the legal framework for the Iran conflict and push back against the media’s defense of James Comey. [Transcript] – KRISTEN WELKER:…

CNN ‘Expert’ Says Iranian Suicide Dolphins Going After US Ships Americans have been subject to a variety of creative wartime propaganda claims by their government stretching back many decades. From the ‘incubator…

Washington is violating both its own laws and international norms, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman says The US State Department is flouting both US federal law and diplomatic immunity in forcing American…

Congrats, Elizabeth Warren, On The Death Of Spirit Airlines Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance Elizabeth Warren has built an entire political career on presenting herself as the righteous defender of ordinary Americans…

Bessent On Iran: “We Are Suffocating The Regime” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joined Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo to discuss how the Trump administration is “suffocating” Iran with economic…

Jim Hoft and Joe Hoft are twin brothers.  Jim Hoft is the founder of Gateway Pundit and preparing for heart surgery in Florida on Tuesday. Then, last night, Joe Hoft suffered a…

Israel has encouraged the US president to attack the Islamic Republic during both of his terms, John Bolton has said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has encouraged President Donald Trump to carry…

White House National Economic Council Director, Kevin Hassett, appears on CBS news to dispatch the narrative engineering of Margaret Brennan. I completely understand why the White House appears to have finally had…

Contempt Of Court: Hakeem Jeffries Denounces the Supreme Court As “Illegitimate” Authored by Jonathan Turley, The Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais took 36 pages to explain why Section 2 of the Voting…

‘Bluesky Goes Full Panic’ After Fired Trump Official’s Anti-ICE Website Doxxes Almost 18,000 Leftists Nearly 18,000 left-wing activists on BlueSky are in panic mode this weekend after an anti-ICE activist website launched…

Large Cargo Ship Near Hormuz Reports Being Attacked, In First Escalation Since April 22 A large cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz has reported being attacked by multiple small craft, the…

Will Black Voters Rescue The GOP In 2026? The Republican Party is bracing for a brutal midterm election this year. Polls show Democrats ahead in the generic congressional ballot, and prediction markets…

Creatives reportedly fear that the US-led military bloc is moving to influence TV and film industry professionals NATO is holding closed-door consultations with TV and film industry professionals across Europe and the…

The US president has vowed to reduce the American military footprint on the continent after feuding with European leaders over the Iran war The Pentagon has ordered the withdrawal of approximately 5,000…

Big Tech Is Funding Space Solar And Fusion While Running On Gas Authored by Haley Zaremba via OilPrice.com, Meta signed a deal with startup Overview Energy to develop up to 1 gigawatt…

GameStop CEO Prepares Takeover Bid For eBay Three months ago, billionaire Ryan Cohen, the CEO of GameStop, told The Wall Street Journal he was eyeing a major acquisition. Fast forward to late…

The participants of the procession through the US capital carried photos of relatives who fought Nazi Germany in WWII Several hundred people have taken part in an ‘Immortal Regiment’ march in Washington,…

The low-cost US carrier announced it was shutting down immediately following a failed Washington bailout bid and a surge in oil prices Spirit Airlines, a US-based low-cost carrier, has succumbed to the…

UK Schools Pushing Books On Kids Telling Them “There’s Plenty Of Room” For Small Boat Migrants Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, British kids as young as five are now being read…

Visualizing Europe’s Birth-Rate Collapse Europe’s population is no longer replacing itself. Across the continent, fertility rates have fallen below the 2.1 births per woman needed to maintain stable population levels, with no country meeting…

The Left’s Reaction To Arrest Of The Latest UK Stabbing Is As Predictable As It Is Disgraceful Authored by Paul Birch via DailySceptic.org, These people have never been in a life-or-death situation…

Trump Must Choose ‘Impossible’ War Or ‘Bad Deal’ With Iran: IRGC Message To US Iran is telling Washington that the ball is in its court as President Trump has affirmed over the…

A UAV has hit a radiation control laboratory at Russia’s Zaporozhye facility, its press service has said The Ukrainian military has targeted an external radiation control laboratory at Russia’s Zaporozhye Nuclear Power…

The private security contractor in question, MVM, is being sued over the separation of two young Guatemalans from their fathers in 2017 US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has signed a contract…

Trump says Tehran has not yet ‘paid a big enough price’ as he reviews the 14-point plan Iran is seeking a decisive and permanent end to the conflict with the US, rather…

Ukraine Flexes With Much Deeper Drone Reach Targeting Russia’s Refineries  Ukraine has been demonstrating deeper targeting reach inside Russia, as several key oil sites have come under direct drone attack this week,…

Ben Gvir has championed legislation which would introduce the death penalty against Palestinians in military courts Israel’s ultranationalist National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir celebrated his 50th birthday this weekend, treating guests…

60% Of Voters Believe France Is Witnessing ‘A Replacement Of The Population By Non-Europeans’ Via Remix News, A new poll from the presitigous ifop polling firm shows that a large majority of…

Social media is to blame for making anti-Semitism “more and more mainstreamed,” Mark Rowley has said The Jewish community in the UK is facing its greatest threat, Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Mark Rowley…

The halt is due to a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, the country’s only export route, with crude accounting for roughly 50% of GDP Kuwait exported zero barrels of crude oil…

Seven major exporters of crude reportedly agreed to add 188,000 barrels a day in June Seven OPEC+ countries have agreed to raise oil output targets by about 188,000 barrels per day (bpd)…

The rebuke came after Lai Ching-te made a secret visit to Eswatini, the only African state which still recognizes the island as sovereign China has compared Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te to a…

Alliance Fracture Is Now Global Authored by Gregory Copley via The Epoch Times, Western focus was, in 2026, on whether U.S. President Donald Trump would fulfill his threat to withdraw the United…

The US has previously warned banks against dealing with firms allegedly involved in Iran’s oil trade China’s Ministry of Commerce has instructed domestic companies not to comply with US sanctions targeting refiners…

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…

DOJ Releases Report Alleging Anti-Christian Bias Under Biden Authored by Savannah Halsey Pointer via The Epoch Times, The Department of Justice (DOJ) on April 30 released a 500-page report detailing alleged anti-Christian…

The U.S. Wants To Ban Chinese Cars, But They’re Already At The Gate Efforts in Washington to block Chinese-made cars often sound like a future problem – but in practice, those vehicles…

Alaska Governor Vetoes Election Reform Bill Due To ‘Significant Operational Burdens’ Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a major election reform bill on…

The US Spends More On ‘Defense’ Than The Next 8 Countries Combined For the first time on record, the top 15 military spenders allocated more than $2 trillion to defense in 2025….

President Trump paused for a brief press gaggle with the assembled pool of reporters.  President Trump noted he had just received a proposal from Iran but had not yet had time to…

President Donald Trump said Tehran’s proposal would likely be rejected Iran has submitted a new comprehensive peace plan, Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on Saturday, adding that “the ball is in…

Kiev reportedly sought to control how Athens could use unmanned surface vehicles produced under a partnership program Negotiations between Ukraine and Greece over the joint production of naval drones have stalled because…

Ahead Of Trump-Xi Summit, Beijing Tells Chinese Firms To Ignore U.S. Sanctions On “Teapot” Refineries President Donald Trump is set to travel to Beijing in mid-May for a summit with Chinese President…

First US Integrated Humanoid Robot Factory To Build 100,000 NEO Robots By 2027 Authored by Neetika Walter via Interesting Engineering, U.S.-based robotics firm 1X has started full-scale production of its humanoid robot NEO…

Yury Ushakov is the Senior Aide to Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin. Following a lengthy telephone call between President Trump and President Putin, Ushakov provides the following readout: MOSCOW – Aide to…

Berkshire Cash Hits A Record $397 Billion After Selling Most Stocks In 2 Years The head of Berkshire may be new, but nothing has changed in the business model. In Berkshire’s first…

Tether Reports $1.04B Profit In Q1 As Treasury Holdings Top $140BN Authored by Nate Kostar via CoinTelegraph.com, Stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT) reported $1.04 billion in net profit for the first quarter of…

At least one man has been killed in the attacks, officials say Nearly 270 Ukrainian kamikaze drones were shot down over more than two dozen Russian regions on Saturday, the Russian Defense…

Federal Court Blocks Abortion Drug Mifepristone From Being Sent Via Mail Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times, Americans won’t be able to receive abortion drug mifepristone in the mail, according…

Trump On Hormuz Blockade: “We’re Like Pirates – And It’s Very Profitable” Rare agreement with Iranian officials? President Trump has newly said the US Navy is acting “like pirates” as he described an…

Trump Hits Cuba With New Sanctions; Rubio Warns Of Havana’s Foreign Influence Ops The Trump administration’s Cuba pressure campaign accelerated this past week, with Trump signing an executive order Friday that broadens…

Last week the DOJ indicted Mexican Governor Ruben Rocha Moya along with nine current and former Mexican officials for participating “in a corrupt and violent drug trafficking conspiracy with the Cartel to…

Moscow will sell to Indonesia and Japan, as both countries seek a hedge against the closure of the Strait of Hormuz Russia will supply Indonesia and Japan with crude as both countries…

The Cheap Foreign Labor Regime Blocking Agricultural Intelligence Authored by RJ Hauman via American Intelligence, I grew up in Camarillo, California: fertile soil, Mediterranean climate, strawberries, avocados, lemons, citrus, and family farms…

Rupert Murdoch’s and Kevin Rudd’s names appear hundreds of times in the Epstein files, and what influence Jeffrey Epstein had on them and others and potentially the Australian government should be investigated,…

Judge Blocks Enforcement Of Colorado’s New DEI-Driven AI Law Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times, A federal judge has temporarily blocked the State of Colorado from enforcing a first-of-its-kind artificial…

Russia says it can no longer deliver Kazakh oil directly to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline Residents of the eastern German city of Schwedt have told the Ruptly video agency they fear…

ZeroHedge Fertilizer Debate: Hormuz Closure Could Usher In New Arab Spring  On Friday, ZeroHedge, in partnership with the Macro Dirt Podcast, hosted a debate focused on the implications for agriculture, inflation, and global…

Unexploded Ordinance Accident Kills 14 IRGC Members: State Media Trump’s operation Epic Fury saw a combined number of US-Israeli strikes in the many thousands unleashed on Iran. The common high estimates suggest…

Exiled MAGA Dissidents Consult With Ron Paul On Iran War Authored by former Congressman Ron Paul Last weekend my Institute for Peace and Prosperity hosted another conference here on the Texas Gulf…

US Coast Guard Offloads More Than $72 Million Worth Of Cocaine Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), More than $72 million worth of cocaine was offloaded by the…

Trump Says Medicare Will Soon Cover Weight-Loss Drugs Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump announced on May 1 that Medicare patients will soon be able to obtain…

The former defense minister and current Security Council secretary allegedly discussed sensitive issues with a corruption case suspect Vladimir Zelensky should fire Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov over…

Ferrari Hybrid Values Sink As Buyers Chase V8s And V12s Goldman’s Ferrari Residual Value Index shows that used Ferrari listing prices remained under pressure in April, down 3.4% year over year. However,…

The unwilling conscript had been grabbed and showed into an SUV in front of the children Members of a Ukrainian press gang have been filmed apprehending a man at a kindergarten, unphased…

Russian Black Sea Town Plunged Into Environmental Catastrophe After 4th Drone Strike On Oil Complex Russia’s Tuapse on the Black Sea can’t catch a break as it has been hit by Ukrainian drones…

USSS Chief Says Hilton Site Was ‘Set Up Perfectly,’ Critics Disagree Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, The head of the U.S. Secret Service is defending security arrangements at last Saturday’s White…