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The Iranian Regime’s Crypto Shadow Arsenal Authored by Tamuz Itai via The Epoch Times, In 2025, Iran’s crypto ecosystem swelled to more than $7.78 billion, according to Chainalysis, marking a notable acceleration…

Vice President JD Vance appeared on Fox News for a discussion of what structural differences exist between the position of Iran and the position of the U.S. and allied nations surrounding Iran’s…

US Producer Prices Cooler Than Expected In March Despite Surge In Energy Costs The month-over-month change in producer prices had accelerated for five straight months ahead of today’s March data, which is…

Chinese Tanker U-Turns, Iran Mulls Hormuz Shipping Pause To Preserve Talks, Avoid Trump Blockade Showdown Summary Diplomacy is not yet dead, as Bloomberg reports Iran is mulling a short-term pause to shipments…

United CEO Pitches Trump On American Tie-Up To Build Highly Competitive Global Carrier A Reuters report stated that United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby “pitched” a merger with American Airlines during a recent…

Fearing Iranian Escalation In Red Sea, Saudis Push Trump To Call Off Hormuz Blockade Wary of Iranian escalation that shuts down Red Sea traffic, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is asking the…

Futures Rise, Nasdaq Up 10 Days In A Row, On Iran De-escalation Optimism US equity futures, and global stocks rise while oil slides on a Reuters report that negotiating teams from the…

Xi Says “Global Order Crumbling Into Disarray” As Trump Turns Up Pressure Campaign On China President Trump’s four-and-a-half-month crusade across the Western Hemisphere, and now into the Middle East, increasingly looks like…

Majorities should dictate the bloc’s common foreign policy, the European Commission president has insisted The time has come for the EU to remove individual member states’ veto power on the bloc’s foreign…

Texas AG Probes Lululemon Leggings For “Forever Chemicals” Shares of Lululemon Athletica fell as much as 4.5% in late-morning New York trading after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into…

First Humanoid Robot With Embodied Intelligence For High-Risk Jobs Enters Service Authored by Mriogakshi Dixit via Interesting Engineering, In the dizzying heights of a chemical storage facility, a new kind of worker…

To emphasize the importance of ‘no tax on tips’, President Trump received a Door Dash delivery and then takes questions from the assembled press pool.  The questions begin at 2:53 of the…

Washington could “wind down” its operation and would prefer to do so through “a big successful negotiation,” the vice president has said   The US has achieved its objectives in Iran, Vice…

The police have used tear gas shells to disperse ⁠a mob after protesters torched ⁠vehicles and pelted stones in a town bordering Delhi  Wage hike protests by factory workers in a town…

Washington and West Jerusalem had vastly opposed timelines and motivations for the conflict, Professor Avraham Burg said in an interview with Going Underground The US‑Israeli war on Iran and the recently announced…

Latest Global Sportswear Supply Chain Read-Through Remains Bearish The S&P 500 Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods sub-industry index (S5TEXA Index), which includes names such as Nike, Lululemon, Deckers Outdoor, Ralph Lauren, and…

New Delhi has reportedly turned to Moscow to secure cooking gas supplies amid a severe shortage  India is looking for a tanker to load a cooking gas consignment from Russia amid the…

At least seven troops have been killed as militants linked to Boko Haram and ISWAP launched an assault in Borno State Islamist fighters have attacked a Nigerian Army base near the border…

Irish Patriots Are Fighting Back Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, So you say you want a revolution?  Well, take a look at what’s happening in Ireland right now.  Tens of thousands of farmers, truckers,…

ECB Backs Tokenized EU Capital Markets (With Strict Guardrails) Authored by Christina Comben via CoinTelegraph.com, The European Central Bank (ECB) set out a cautious path toward tokenizing Europe’s capital markets, saying the…

Romuald Wadagni obtained more than 94% of the vote, Benin’s electoral officials have said Beninese Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni has secured a landslide victory in Benin’s April 12 presidential election, according to…

Jury Trials Are Vital To The Constitutional Order Authored by David Thunder via ‘The Freedom Blog’ substack, The Labour-led British government is currently attempting to hollow out an ancient pillar of English…

At least 16 people, mostly students, have been injured in the incident, according to the police A former student has opened fire at a vocational high school in the city of Siverek…

France Plans €10 Billion Push To Cut Reliance On Gas and Oil France is shifting its response to rising fuel costs away from short-term relief and toward long-term electrification, according to Prime…

From Fiestas To Ferraris, Britain’s Fuel Shock Has Rich And Poor Stealing Petrol Across the U.K., motorists face record-breaking fuel costs at the gas pump as the Gulf energy shock ripples around…

Rapes In Germany Soar To Nearly 14,000 Cases In 2025, Migrants Vastly Overrepresented Via Remix News, German police statistics for 2025 reveal that the number of reported rapes in Germany has reached…

Tehran remains ready to negotiate in good faith, its consul general in Mumbai, Saeid Reza Mosayeb Motlagh, has told RT India A breach of trust by the US led to the collapse…

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…

Mark Carney’s Tough Talk On The US Is Rooted In The Liberal Reset Agenda Are Canadians being primed for an open conflict with the US?  The rhetoric coming from the nation’s liberal…

How Iran’s Mosaic Doctrine Is Fracturing Authored by Zineb Riboua via Beyond the Ideological, Following President Trump’s announcement of a cease-fire, US Central Command (CENTCOM) commander Admiral Brad Cooper stated: “Iran has…

Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzalez to step down after allegations of misconduct involving staffers Democrat Eric Swalwell and Republican Tony Gonzalez have said they will resign from the US House of Representatives…

US-Sanctioned Tanker Signaling Chinese Ownerships Test Trump Blockade With Hormuz Crossing Following news that two tankers, one of which indicated China as its destination, had turned around earlier in the day after…

Virginia Governor Signs Law Banning ‘Ghost Guns’ Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a bill to ban so-called “ghost guns,” another making it easier to…

Marjorie Taylor Greene Predicts GOP “Slaughter” In November After six years as one of Donald Trump’s most reliable foot soldiers, Marjorie Taylor Greene has made it clear that she’s done – not…

The 5 Places In America You Don’t Want To Be When Society Collapses… Authored by Milan Adams via preppgroup.home.blog, There’s a strange kind of comfort people have when they think about disaster….

New York Versus The Nuns: The Dominican Sisters Face Penalties For Refusing To Yield On Religious Values Authored by Jonathan Turley via jonathanturley.org, New York has been a godsend for gun rights…

Hong Kong And The Quiet Rewiring Of The Dollar System Authored by Peter C. Earle, Ph.D, Hong Kong’s decision to move forward with its first stablecoin issuer licenses may prove to be…

Masters Prize Money Soars To Record High: Here’s What Golfers Actually Earned The 2026 Masters delivered golf’s richest payday yet, with a record-shattering $22.5 million purse at Augusta National. This year’s champion,…

I’m going to try and keep this short. You can tell from the transcripts of the testimony from ICIG Michael Atkinson that at the time of his testimony, September 19, 2019 and…

California Lawmakers Introduce The “Stop Nick Shirley Act” It would appear that independent journalist Nick Shirley’s expose on medical subsidies fraud in California, largely perpetrated by immigrants, was more devastating to Democrats…

Orbán’s defeat will saddle EU taxpayers with over €100bn in short order – yet this is but the tip of the iceberg. The speechwriter of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen…

Tehran said Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, and Jordan are complicit in “unlawful” US-Israeli attacks Iran has demanded that five Arab states hosting US bases pay reparations for American and Israeli…

Taking a break from the DC hate mail, to review other current events. [SOURCE] He’s “deeply sorry.” Posted in Big Government, Big Stupid Government, Dem Hypocrisy, Dept Of Justice, Legislation, Notorious Liars,…

Despite all the drama, Viktor Orban’s successor is still a conservative and will carry many of his promises forward into a new era In politics, as in physics, every action has an…

Federal Judge Dismisses Trump’s Defamation Lawsuit Against The Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Birthday Letter Report A federal judge in Miami dismissed President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal…

A generally good summary into some of the financial issues happening in the background of the dire Straits of Hormuz. Susan Kokinda highlights UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer declining to join an…

The Israeli prime minister accuses European NATO members of forgetting the lessons of the Holocaust Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Europe has forgotten the lessons of World War II and…

Biden FDA Knew About COVID Vaccine Stroke Risk And Kept Americans In The Dark Senate investigators spent months reviewing roughly 2,000 pages of federal records. What they found is damning. FDA and…

It’s worth remembering how the IC silo process was used to manipulate proprietary claims by government agencies. These setups are intentionally designed this way, and none of the reasons behind them are…

Welcome To The Theater Of The Absurd Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The real world no longer matters, what matters is the performance on stage. Welcome to the Theater…

The Case Against Public-Sector Unions Authored by Aaron White via RealClearPolicy, America’s public-sector unions have a problem they can’t explain away: Workers are leaving. Ask a public employee when they joined their…

Pope Leo Says ‘I Am Not Afraid Of Trump’ – Amid War Of Words Over Iran Conflict An open public clash between the Pope and President Trump was perhaps bound to happen…

YouTube Removes Pro-Iran Channel Producing Anti-Trump Videos Via Middle East Eye Google, the owners of YouTube, has removed a channel on the platform belonging to a pro-Iran group producing Lego-themed videos mocking Donald…

‘Door Is Not Closed’: Mediators Still Press For Iran Deal After US Demanded 20-Year Halt To Nuclear Program There’s currently some consensus among international reports that the weekend US-Iran peace talks in…

The Strait Of Hormuz Crisis Exposes A Fatal Flaw In Economic Thinking Authored by Kurt Cobb via Resource Insights, Even a 4–5% loss in global energy supply could translate into a comparable drop…

The German chancellor is closely followed by French President Emmanuel Macron, a Morning Consult survey suggests German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has become the world’s most unpopular leader, according to US-based opinion research…

As The Worms Turn… Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “They’re holed up in a bank demanding three large pizzas, a helicopter, and a personal phone call from Sydney Sweeney…” – Greg Gutfeld…

Moscow and Beijing have been rapidly developing unmanned combat aircraft that identify and strike targets without human command The US has fallen behind Russia and China on the development of AI-powered drones,…

Bank Lobby Fires Back At White House, Saying Stablecoin Study Ignores Community Bank Threat Authored by Micah Zimmerman via BitcoinMagazine.com, The American Bankers Association is warning that the White House’s latest stablecoin…

Oil Tanker Going To China Forced To Reverse Course Before Crossing Hormuz Under US Blockade One day after a burst of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, when according to Bloomberg 19…

Following Orbán’s defeat, Hungary’s course remains uncertain The defeat of Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party in Hungary’s parliamentary election shouldn’t be seen as a shock. Opinion polls had long pointed in…

Navy’s Green Laundry Initiative Weakened A $15 Billion Carrier Authored by Mike Fredenburg via The Epoch Times, The $15 billion USS Ford was forced to cut short its deployment due to a…

Bernstein Says Bitcoin Market Already Priced In Quantum Risk Authored by Zoltan Vardai via CoinTelegraph.com, Bernstein said Monday that Bitcoin’s selloff has already priced in much of the market’s fear around quantum…

The global shock from energy, food, and trade disruption threatens the well-being of people in 162 countries, according to a UN report The US-Israeli war against Iran could push up to 32…

The pontiff is visiting four countries across the continent from April 13 to 23, with a focus on issues including peace and the family Pope Leo XIV has begun an 11-day tour…

Moscow hopes to establish dialogue with the next prime minister, Dmitry Peskov has said Russia expects to maintain “pragmatic” relations with Hungary after Peter Magyar’s Tisza party defeated Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s…

US Property Taxes Rose 3 Percent On Average In 2025, Outpacing Inflation Authored by Rob Sabo via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Property taxes are rising across the United States and, on…

Too few people are volunteering to join the army, Andre Denk has said Compulsory military service could be reinstated in the EU, Andre Denk, the head of the European Defense Agency (EDA),…

Buried For 7 Years: Declassified Transcripts Blow Up Trump Impeachment Story In a long-awaited release that sent ripples through Washington on Monday, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) has declassified…

Master And Commander-In-Chief By Benjamin Picton, senior market strategist at Rabobank April – 2026. The IRGC is master of the Strait of Hormuz. Only the American fleet stands before them. Oceans are…

Key Events This Week: PPI, Industrial Production, Q1 Earnings, Iran War When it comes to the week ahead, clearly the Iran conflict will be the main focus, but there are a few…

Rheinmetall’s FV-014 loitering munition is reportedly behind smaller rivals despite preferential government treatment German defense giant Rheinmetall is reportedly falling behind smaller competitors in the race to develop a new kamikaze drone,…

Federal Court Strikes Down 158-Year-Old Home Distilling Ban Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal appeals court on April 10 declared a nearly 158-year-old ban on home…

Mapping The Hormuz Blockade: At Least 15 US Navy Ships Are In Place President Trump is once again engaged in a high risk bet in hopes that Iran will buckle to US…

US Allies Loudly Reject Trump’s Scheme To Blockade Hormuz: ‘Not Getting Dragged In’ The United Kingdom and several other countries rejected Washington’s plan to impose a blockade on Iranian ports and target…

Critics have slammed government’s ads urging drivers to remove roof racks and use public transport to save petrol A multimillion-dollar Australian government advertising campaign urging motorists to inflate tyres and remove roof…

Wolfram Weimer’s appearance at the commemoration of the site’s liberation was disrupted by protesters and victims’ relatives German Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer was roundly heckled by protesters and victims’ relatives during a…

Taiwan Helium Imports Rapidly Shift From Qatar To U.S. As Global Energy Flows Are Rewired We’ve been tracking the global rewiring of energy flows from the start, including identifying who stands to…

Washington should accept Tehran’s terms or face a stalemate after the failed talks, Ebrahim Azizi has told RT Iran will levy tolls on ships from ‘hostile’ countries crossing the Strait of Hormuz…

After defeating Orbán’s Fidesz, Péter Magyar must confront economic strain and competing global alliances European liberal elites are rejoicing: Viktor Orban’s conservative government has fallen. Peter Magyar, viewed as a ‘pro-Brussels’ candidate,…

Maria Borisova topped reigning Olympic champion Darya Varfolomeeva in the all-around in her first outing in the event Russian rhythmic gymnasts competing under a neutral flag have won four medals at the…

Goldman Stock Slides After FICC Unexpectedly Misses Despite Highest Overall Profit In 5 Years Goldman Sachs reported its highest quarterly profit in five years, as the bank’s equities traders beat their own previous…

Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, has retrieved, reviewed, declassified and forced the release of internal background documents related to the Intelligence Community’s collaborative effort to impeach President Donald…

Existing US Home Sales Plunged In March, Despite Falling Mortgage Rates Affordability-aiding lower mortgage rates battled a sentiment-sapping surge in geopolitical panic in March, with analysts expecting the latter to outweigh the…

Congress Returns From Recess – Here’s What’s On Its To-Do List Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times, Lawmakers will return to Capitol Hill this week with a long to-do list…

The US can no longer control the narrative as social media exposes “raw, unfiltered truth” about the conflict, Mahdi Hemmat says The US is losing the information war against Iran, as social…

Russian forces continue to advance and are nearing the Donetsk People’s Republic’s borders, Dmitry Peskov has said Russian forces only have a few kilometers left before Donbass has been liberated, Kremlin spokesman…

Will Quantum-Safe Cryptography Slow Ethereum Down? The Performance Tradeoff Explained… Authored by Dilip Kumar Patairya via CoinTelegraph.com, The quantum threat: Real, but not immediate Ethereum relies on cryptographic systems that remain secure…

Britain has said it won’t implement the Chagos deal without US support  The United Kingdom has halted a plan to hand over the Chagos Islands, an Indian Ocean archipelago, to Mauritius. British…

Gunfire Strikes Sam Altman’s San Francisco Home Days After Molotov Cocktail Attack Just two days after a Molotov cocktail was hurled at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s Russian Hill residence in San Francisco,…

Facing serial accusations with multiple victims alleging sexual assault and rape, California Representative Eric Swalwell has announced he is dropping out of the California governor’s race. Swalwell did not announce an exit…

Netanyahu Says Iran Ceasefire Could End At Any Moment, Backs Trump’s Blockade – Tehran Blasts ‘Piracy’ Summary Iran’s military says the planned US blockade on Gulf ports will be an “illegal” act…

Futures Slide But Off Session Lows As Oil Spikes Above $100 Ahead Of Trump’s 10am Hormuz Blockade Stock futures are lower, but off their worst levels of the session, as Brent crude…

Benjamin Netanyahu’s military secretary has won approval from a split committee despite previous controversy An Israeli general linked to a controversy over the use of a teenager in an online influence campaign…

Events took place in Tanzania, the Central African Republic, Mali, Madagascar, South Africa, Benin, Cameroon, and Kenya African countries marked Orthodox Easter this weekend, with celebrations taking place in Tanzania, the Central…

 The military personnel and aircraft have arrived at King Abdulaziz Air Base Pakistan has sent troops and fighter jets to Saudi Arabia to boost security, the Gulf nation has said. Pakistani military…

Trump Reportedly Planning Mass Pardons Of Administration Officials Before Leaving Office Donald Trump has reportedly promised to pardon virtually his entire White House staff before leaving office, and the radius keeps growing….