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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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”…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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”…

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…

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…

“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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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….

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

US Farmers Are Facing The Worst Economic Downturn In At Least 50 Years Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, The agriculture industry in the United States is deeply broken….

New Delhi has praised Kabul’s sensitivity towards Indian security concerns Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has declared that no one will be allowed to use his nation’s territory against others, underscoring…

At least two people have been killed in the southern part of the country, officials have said A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit off the southern Philippines on Friday, setting off tsunami warnings…

The nearly $1 trillion budget extends and boosts Ukraine aid through 2028 The US Senate on Thursday approved a $925 billion defense spending bill for fiscal year 2026, extending and boosting Ukraine…

Kigali has dismissed an appeal in Brussels by President Felix Tshisekedi as “political theatrics” Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has called on Rwandan President Paul Kagame to bring peace, as…

The country’s government has approved an “outline” of the deal, which includes a partial IDF withdrawal from the enclave Israel’s government has ratified a plan for a ceasefire in Gaza and the…

There is, however, a pause in dialogue with Kiev as Ukrainian authorities refuse to engage in negotiations, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said The “impulse” to reach a negotiated settlement of…

The move, reported by Kremlin adviser Yury Ushakov, is part of a broader mutual effort to ease tensions A Russian journalist detained in Azerbaijan amid a recent diplomatic dispute has been released,…

The military cannot legally target UAVs beyond their bases due to constitutional constraints, the paper says Legal restrictions introduced after the collapse of the Nazi regime are preventing the German military from…

Macron Poised To Name New French PM – Polymarket Odds Favor Bernard Cazeneuve As Front-Runner After a week of political chaos and a rollercoaster ride in French stocks, French President Emmanuel Macron…

Over the course of two days, experts from various countries discussed the fundamental changes the world may face in the foreseeable future The 2nd International Symposium “Inventing the Future” has concluded at the National…

New Delhi had not previously recognized the Taliban government and only maintained a technical mission in Kabul India and Afghanistan have agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations, four years after the Taliban came…

US-backed Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado has won this year’s award US President Donald Trump has been overlooked for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded on Friday to Venezuelan…

Chinese A-Shares Retreat As Beijing Tightens Battery Export Curbs & Cracks Down On Nvidia Chips To end the week, Chinese A-shares retreated, with the SHCOMP down around 1% and the SZCOMP nearly 2%…

Where Mental Health Problems Are Most Prevalent Over the past few years, a lot of progress has been made in accepting and understanding mental health problems. Having long been seen as a sign…

The Israeli military has said its troops have withdrawn to the agreed lines within the enclave The Gaza ceasefire has taken effect, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Friday. According to…

Namibia has launched a new cybersecurity plan amid a surge in fraud, scams, and system vulnerabilities Namibia recorded more than a million cyber threats and a similar number of system vulnerabilities in…

A proposal to back Donald Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize bid in exchange for US missiles is “monstrous,” Kremlin adviser Yury Ushakov has said The reported proposal by Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky to support…

New Delhi will end up buying more American oil thanks to pressure from Washington, Scott Bessent has claimed US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has accused India and China of being the “real…

Pavel Durov has used his birthday message to sound the alarm on digital freedom Western surveillance and censorship is eroding digital freedom and is turning the internet into a “tool of control,” Telegram…

The US leader is pushing for international recognition of his peacemaking efforts Russia would back a potential Nobel Peace Prize for US President Donald Trump, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov said…

Poland Pushes Back On German Nord Stream Extradition Request, Praises Suspect For ‘Harming Russian War Machine’ Poland is revolting against simple enforcement of laws, with the country’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk this…

Luxembourg Joins Bitcoin Arms Race: Nation’s Wealth Fund Buys Crypto For First Time Authored by Micah Zimmerman via BitcoinMagazine.com, Luxembourg is officially joining the ranks of governments investing in Bitcoin.  The country’s…

Finland is slightly smaller than Montana and wedged between Sweden and Russia. Finland, a nation of approximately 5 million people, has a security outlook shaped by its geography, a strategic position within…