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At the CIS summit, Russia’s regional alliance quietly evolved from post-Soviet bureaucracy into a functioning pillar of the multipolar world At Dushanbe’s Palace of the Nation, the atmosphere was formal yet assured…

Wind, Solar Projects Can Stick Taxpayers With The Tab Coming And Going Authored by Gary Abernathy via The Empowerment Alliance, When it comes to our energy future, it is often true that…

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned that Brussels is “rapidly drifting” toward a direct confrontation with Russia Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has launched a petition against the EU’s “war agenda,”…

Crypto Carnage: Trump Tariff Tape-Bomb Triggers Largest Liquidation Event In History Crypto market traders were hit by record liquidations just days after Bitcoin touched an all-time high, after President Trump triggered a…

An assailant shot and injured several people in Giessen before fleeing the scene, local media have reported, citing the police Several people sustained injuries in a shooting incident in the market square…

Rare Blackouts Hit Southern Odessa Region Amid Russia’s Pre-Winter Strikes Rare blackouts have occurred in Ukraine’s southern Odessa region – a place which has largely been spared from sustained fighting – given…

Watch: MSM Interview Covers Up Ukrainian Fighter’s Swastika Tattoo In another embarrassing and revealing moment for Western mainstream media and its many puff pieces on Ukraine’s neo-Nazi Azov Regiment, Canadian national broadcaster CBC…

Telegram’s Durov: We’re “Running Out Of Time To Save The Free Internet” Authored by Stephen Katte via CoinTelegraph.com, Messaging app Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov warns that a “dark, dystopian world”…

The Hidden History Of Policy Theft & Skyrocketing Gold Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via VonGreyerz.gold, As gold continues to rocket north with continuous all-time highs, some investors are still wondering, well… why?…

Putin Skewers Nobel Committee, Praises Trump’s Gaza Efforts Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday heaped praise on President Donald Trump’s efforts to broker a ceasefire in the Middle East and at the…

Konstantin Ganich’s body was found in his car, with police reportedly suspecting suicide Konstantin Ganich, also known as Kostya Kudo, a prominent Ukrainian crypto-trader and blogger, has been found with a gunshot…

Trump Suggests Dropping Spain From NATO Alliance Over Defense Spending Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump suggested on Oct. 9 that Spain could be thrown out of…

Where Is Pensioner Poverty The Most Prevalent? Four in ten people aged 66 and older in Korea were living in relative income poverty in 2022, according to the latest data from the OECD. That year, 39.7…

The Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missile, which is potentially capable of reaching the continental US, debuted at a military parade in Pyongyang North Korea unveiled its latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) during a…

The Taliban cleared the parks and bridges of Kabul – but behind the barred windows of rehab centers, another battle rages on “You forgot to photograph this,” says a young man in a…

Geert Wilders Suspends Campaign Due To ‘Jihadi-Inspired Terrorist’ Plot, Assassination Threats In yet another example of how ‘peaceful’ both the Left and hardline Sunni/Salafi immigrants are, and in the wake of the…

Lagarde And The Euro: Why The ECB Will Never Deliver A Global Reserve Currency Submitted by Thomas Kolbe ECB President Christine Lagarde on Tuesday once again called for a leadership role for…

“We Will Not Agree!” – Polish President Rejects EU Migrant Relocation Plan Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix news, Polish President Karol Nawrocki has told European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen…

Kiev should launch a full-blown crackdown on those who “do not respect Ukrainians,” Ruslan Koshulinsky has said Kiev should launch a full-blown crackdown on Russian speakers, threatening them with financial and criminal…

The celebration marking the 80th anniversary of the foundation of the ruling Workers’ Party was attended by top officials from Russia, China, and Vietnam North Korea has staged a massive military parade…

Venezuela was ready to give Washington a stake in its oil sector to de-escalate tensions, sources told the paper Venezuela has offered the US sweeping economic concessions – including a potential agreement…

It’s all inside baseball, but for those who are watching the effort to reign in the Fourth Branch of government it is also quite interesting. CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis (pictured left)…

Washington’s claim its military campaign is an anti-drug effort is as fake as “a Hollywood blockbuster plot,” Moscow’s UN envoy has said Russian Ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia has accused the…

The moment we realize the technological systems have begun to decide who speaks and who is silenced, we can look around and see the cage bars; hopefully, before the door closes.  It…

The US health secretary clarified that he was blaming painkillers, not the surgery itself, after his remarks sparked criticism US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has defended remarks he made during…

Washington has reportedly threatened to bar Chinese companies from flying over the country on routes to and from America China has slammed the US over a proposed ban on Chinese airlines using…

Rossotrudnichestvo has noted Russian programs attract students with their cost-quality balance Medicine, engineering, IT, and agriculture are the most popular fields of study among African students in Russia, the deputy head of…

Earlier reports suggested that US, Colombian, and Polish nationals were neutralized in Kharkov Region RT Russian has released images of documents said to belong to three foreign mercenaries killed in Ukraine’s Kharkov…

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…

Ukraine’s defenses can’t fully prevent Russian attacks on energy sites, Maryana Bezuglaya has said, warning of severe power outages The Ukrainian military is incapable of fully blunting Russian strikes on Kiev’s energy…

Central Banks Now Hold More Gold Than US Treasuries Central banks have crossed a symbolic line: their combined gold reserves now exceed their U.S. Treasury holdings for the first time in nearly…

Lesser-Known Breast Cancer Spreading Among American Women Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A subtype of breast cancer is on the rise among American women, with incidence rates…

A US Port In Pakistan Would Complete Its Pro-Western Pivot Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Pakistan has been pivoting towards the West since April 2022’s post–modern coup against former multipolar Prime Minister Imran Khan, with…

What Can We Do About The Agrarian Collapse? Authored by Mollie Engelhart via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Everywhere I go, people ask me: What can we do about all the farms we’re…

California Makes Euthanasia Law Permanent For Terminally Ill Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that eliminates the expiration date on the state’s End…

America First? Hegseth Announces Qatar To Build Air Force Facility Deep In US Heartland Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just over a week ago delivered his America First rah-rah higher-military-standards and end-of-wokeness speech to some 800…

Where Americans Can’t Afford Healthcare If there are two issues that dominate America’s online discourse, they’re the soaring cost of housing and the even steeper price of staying healthy. The U.S. pours almost…

Paper Chase: A Global Industry Fuels Scientific Fraud In The U.S. Authored by Vince Bielski via RealClearInvestigations, In southern India, a new enterprise called Peer Publicon Consultancy offers a full suite of…

Just four days after stepping down, the prime minister returns as France faces rising debt and economic strain French President Emmanuel Macron has reinstated Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister, just four days…

The Hidden Crisis In Our Classrooms: Why Education Without Character Is Failing America Via the Complete Education Working Group at FTC Northern, Is there a problem with higher education in the United…

Base-Jumpers, Squatters, & Illegal Activity: Yosemite Becoming The “Wild West” Amidst Government Shutdown Just over a week into the Oct. 1 government shutdown, Yosemite National Park has seen a surge of illegal…

Pfizer Left COVID-19 Vaccine Data Out Of Submissions To FDA, Documents Show Data on how parts of a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine spread in the bodies of mice were withheld from regulatory submissions…

A bold call for a Türkiye–Russia–China alliance marks the deepest ideological shift in Turkish nationalism since the Cold War – and a test of Erdoğan’s strategic balancing act For decades, Turkish nationalism…

The US president has blasted Beijing for restricting certain rare earths exports and vowed to retaliate with tariffs US President Donald Trump has warned of strong retaliation against China after accusing it…

The First Lady and the Russian president have been working to reunite Ukrainian children with their families, she has said First Lady Melania Trump has revealed that she has been in direct…

Trump Signs Proclamation Reinstating Columbus Day President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Oct. 9 recognizing Oct. 13 as Columbus Day in honor of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. “Columbus Day, we’re back,…

All-In For Civil War 2.0 As Democratic Party Grift-Machine Blows Up Authored by James Howard Kunstler, What Is Power For? “Ordinary judicial proceedings become impracticable when the people paid to execute federal…

President Trump is expected to make an announcement from the White House at 5:00pm ET.  Livestream Links Below . . Posted in President Trump, Press Secretary – Trump The post President Trump…

Trump’s Gaza Peace Spillover: Investors Foresee End Of Red Sea Shipping Crisis The Iran-linked Houthis of Yemen appear to have halted their missile and drone attacks on Israel as the US-backed Gaza…

The president’s announcement sent shockwaves through global stock markets President Donald Trump has announced that the US will impose 100% tariffs on Chinese goods beginning November 1, 2025, in response to what…

Zelensky Says He’ll Push For Trump To Receive 2026 Nobel If Ukraine Gets Tomahawk Missiles Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Ukraine would nominate President Trump…

In a significant response to a direct Chinese trade action, President Trump has announced a 100% retaliatory tariff against China effective November 1st. President Trump Via Truth Social – “It has just…

The US president was passed over for the award on Friday in favor of a Venezuelan opposition politician Donald Trump has expressed gratitude to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for the latter’s…

The Belgian authorities have arrested three men for allegedly planning to kill Bart De Wever The Belgian authorities have foiled a suspected plot to assassinate Prime Minister Bart De Wever and other…

CBC news blurred the Nazi symbol in an aired report but left it visible in the video’s thumbnail The Canadian national broadcaster has aired a news report from “an elite training facility”…

Look Out Below Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, As I often note, making Plans B and C is free. The stock market is always looking past “bad news” to…

‘Substantial’ Government Layoffs Have Begun: Vought The White House has begun laying off a “substantial” number of government employees, OMB Director Russ Vought announced Friday on X.  Russell VoughtPhotographer: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg…

Commenting on protests following last week’s municipal elections, Kakha Kaladze has accused certain ambassadors of “inciting violence” Foreign governments instigated a “coup” attempt in Georgia, the mayor Tbilisi, Kakha Kaladze, has claimed,…

BLS To Publish Next CPI Report On Oct 24 Despite Shutdown, Just Days Before Fed Decision The data drought is about to end (with some footnotes). The Bureau of Labor Statistics, which…

Musk’s Data Center Power Math: “Would Double U.S. Electrical Energy Output Per Year” Whether you read institutional commentary from the desks at Goldman, UBS, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, or others, all…

As noted by President Trump during his remarks about the regional state leaders requesting that he personally head the “Gaza Board of Peace,” it is only USA President Trump the regional stakeholder’s…

By honoring an opposition leader wanted in Caracas, the Nobel Committee reignited a debate over who gets to define “peace” The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has gone to María Corina Machado, one…

As noted within the Reuters article announcing the decision, “experts on the award had said Trump would not win it as he is dismantling the international world order the Nobel committee cherishes.”…

Maduro Secretly Offered US Vast Resources To Avoid War, But Nobel Winner Maria Machado Vows To Go Bigger Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has condemned Washington placing Caracas in its crosshairs for a…

Deadly Blast At Tennessee Military Explosives Plant Leaves 19 Unaccounted For, Rattles Homes Miles Away At least 19 people are unaccounted for (probably dead) after a massive explosion at a Tennessee explosives…

Bessent Narrows Fed Chair List Down To Five After weeks of intensive interviews – some running two hours, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has narrowed the field for the next Federal Reserve chair…

Corporate Profits: A Reading Without Rose-Tinted Glasses Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, If you want to understand where we are in the cycle, skip the noise and follow profits. Corporate profits…

Nadler Cries Antisemitism Over RFK Circumcision Remark, Gets Harsh Reality Check Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) – the guy who said Antifa violence is a “myth,” just humpty-dumptied himself into social media oblivion…

Over 9,000 flights have already been canceled or delayed due to a shortage of air traffic controllers across the country Democrats have said they will not agree to end the US government…

Restrictions on NIS, the country’s sole refinery, could trigger a national energy crisis, President Aleksandar Vucic has warned US sanctions on Serbia’s Russian-majority-owned oil company, NIS, have been activated, prompting neighboring Croatia…

First Lady Melania Trump announces the initial results from her joint collaboration effort to reunify displaced children during the Ukraine/Russia conflict. Announcing that she holds a direct line of communication between herself…

Stocks Slammed, VIX Spikes As Trump Threatens “Massive Increase” In Tariffs On Chinese Goods US equity markets are tumbling following comments from President Trump threatening “a massive increase of tariffs on Chinese products”…

Institutions Plan To Double Crypto Exposure By 2028, State Street Research Finds Authored by Micah Zimmerman via BitcoinMagazine.com, Institutional adoption of digital assets — like bitcoin — is booming, with average portfolio…

A plan to give €175 billion to Ukraine is stuck due to “political issues,” Euractiv has reported EU member states are unlikely to reach a political agreement later this month on a…

Iraq Inks Major Oil Development Deal With ExxonMobil Via The Cradle Iraq will sign an agreement with Texas oil major, ExxonMobil, to manage, develop, and operate the Majnoon oil field in the…

“People Are Not Fungible Commodities” – MAGA Economist Spars With Peter Schiff On Immigration The battle lines are drawn between MAGA protectionism and libertarian free-market orthodoxy, as economist Spencer Morrison (author of…

Political Chaos In Japan: LDP Partner Exits Ruling Coalition In Shock Blow To Takaichi, What Happens Next Komeito, the long-standing political partner of Japan’s powerful Liberal Democratic Party, shocked Japan watchers on…

UMich Survey Shows Inflation Fears Fading Amid a barren landscape of macro data due to the shutdown, the fact that many are strongly focused on the incredibly noisy and historically dismissed University…

MPs will conduct training exercises in an underground bunker next month, citing the supposed threat from Russia Finnish lawmakers will conduct underground training exercises next month to practice working in wartime conditions,…

American carriers allegedly face an “unfair” disadvantage, as Russian airspace is closed to them but open to Chinese companies The administration of US President Donald Trump has proposed banning Chinese airlines from…

Peruvian lawmakers have voted to remove Dina Boluarte amid public anger over the government’s failure to curb violent crime and corruption scandals Peru’s Congress has overwhelmingly impeached President Dina Boluarte and immediately…

Nathi Mthethwa was found dead at a hotel in the French capital last month, and his body has already arrived in his homeland for burial South Africa is still reeling from the…

Futures Flat As Global AI Frenzy Pauses US equity futures are flat as markets took a breather at the end of another “buy-everything” week dominated by speculation about the sustainability of the blistering…

German Mayor Tortured For Hours In Basement By Her Own Adopted Daughter, Leaked Police Docs Show Via Remix News, The story of the Social Democrat (SPD) mayor from Herdecke, Iris Stalzer, has…

The Russian leader has commented on whether the US president deserves a Nobel Prize The efforts that US President Donald Trump is putting into resolving international conflicts cannot be disputed, Russian President…

Moldova’s new pro-NATO military doctrine is the cost of EU integration, former MP Marina Tauber has argued Moldova’s new military doctrine is “a manifesto rejecting peace, neutrality, and the future of our…

Rise Of The Conservatives- “The EU’s Worst Nightmare Has Never Looked So Real” Authored by Liz Heflin via Remix News, After the election of Donald Trump, conservatives in Hungary were rejoicing, but…

Kiev, Nine Other Regions, Plunged Into Darkness As Russian Air War Escalates Rare blackouts have impacted the Ukrainian capital overnight and into Friday, along with some nine other regions plunged into darkness….

The Oslo committee has chosen “politics over peace” by overlooking President Trump, communications director Steven Cheung has said White House communications director Steven Cheung has accused the Norwegian Nobel Committee of showing…

Oil Tumbles To 5-Month Lows As Gaza Ceasefire Holds WTI is trading back below $60 for the first time since early May on cautious optimism about easing tensions in the Middle East and…

Testing of the unnamed system has been proceeding successfully, the Russian president has revealed Russia will soon make an announcement on a new weapon at its disposal, President Vladimir Putin has said,…

UK Lifts Ban On Crypto ETNs As ‘Market Has Evolved’ Authored by Brian Quarmby via CoinTelegraph.com, The UK government has finally lifted its ban on crypto exchange-traded notes, citing a maturation of…

A directive granting millions residency and aid will expire after 2027, Viktoria Grib has said The European Commission has formally notified Kiev that it will not extend the temporary protection scheme for…

These Are The Five States Leading America’s Data Center Boom Most of the rapid growth in new data center capacity is happening in established (“incumbent”) markets – places like Virginia, Texas, Oregon,…

Germany’s Industrial Collapse: No Turnaround In Sight Submitted by Thomas Kolbe For years, anyone predicting the collapse of German industry was labeled a doomsayer. The production figures released Wednesday morning paint a…

The development of the energy sector is successful in the countries that invest in infrastructure, while prioritizing gas and hydropower Africa is rapidly becoming one of the fastest-growing markets for solar panel…