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America’s Growing Pushback Against Data Centers Authored by Kay Rubacek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), We are told daily that America is hopelessly divided. That every issue is red versus blue,…

30Y Auction Tails Despite Solid Foreign Demand, Record Low Dealers After two decidedly subpar coupon auctions earlier this week – a soggy 3Y and a disappointing 10Y – moments ago we got…

Gold Is Saying The Fiat Currency Experiment Is Ending Globally; Rubino Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  Analyst and financial writer John Rubino has been warning of a currency crisis for the last few years, but…

Interestingly it appears the Democrat machinery has decided to torpedo former House member Katie Porter from her primary race for governor. Monday a controversial video segment appeared showcasing the unstable disposition of…

The Alaska summit still serves as the foundation for the development of bilateral relations, an aide to President Vladimir Putin has said Moscow and Washington remain in constant contact based on the…

The organization has received “guarantees” from the US that the hostilities will not continue, Khalil al-Hayya has said The Gaza war is over, a senior Hamas official, Khalil al-Hayya, has said, adding…

Senate Votes Down Resolution Seeking To Halt Trump’s Use Of Military Force Against Cartel Boats Authored by Melanie Sun via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Senate has voted against legislation seeking to…

The age of Western moralising is over — the world is now truly multipolar Every October, the Valdai Discussion Club gathers as a kind of intellectual weather vane for global politics. This…

At least 21 Venezuelans have been killed by the American troops for “narcotrafficking” without evidence, judge or jury The United States is once again targeting Venezuela, in Washington’s long quest for regime…

American strikes off Venezuela, which have killed Colombian citizens, are not about drugs, according to President Gustavo Petro Colombian President Gustavo Petro has accused the US of trying to start a war…

Russian officials say the momentum from the Alaska summit between Putin and Trump has been exhausted Dialogue between Russia and the US on resolving the Ukraine conflict is on a “serious pause,”…

NHTSA Probing Tesla Full Self-Driving After Reports Of Red-Light Runs, Collisions The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched an investigation into 2.88 million Tesla vehicles equipped with its Full…

Libertarian Vs. MAGA: Trump’s Economic Nationalism Reveals Fault-Lines On September 19, President Trump issued a proclamation imposing a $100,000 one-time fee on new H-1B visa petitions. He’s also pressing for equity stakes…

Trump Vows Military Will Be Paid; IRS Furloughs Half Of Staff As Shutdown Enters Day 9 With day nine of the federal government shutdown upon us and no end in sight after the Senate…

Kiev has reportedly told its Western backers it must import large volumes of gas to avert a winter energy crisis Russian strikes have destroyed more than half of Ukraine’s gas production, forcing…

Violation of the proposed restriction could reportedly lead to fines of up to €3,000, local media reports Italy’s ruling party has called for a ban on Muslim clothing that obstructs facial recognition…

Against the backdrop of a peace agreement between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, President Trump and his cabinet will permit cameras for part of their monthly cabinet meeting.  Livestream Links Below.  Anticipated…

Baku has “no doubt” that the Russian investigation into the incident will be unbiased, Ilham Aliyev has said Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has thanked his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for informing him…

Texas AG Paxton Pledges Crackdown On ‘Leftist Terror Cells’ Authored by Savannah Hulsey Pointer via The Epoch Times, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton just announced an undercover investigation into “leftist terror cells”…

‘Debasement Trade’ Lifts Silver Above $50 For First Time Since 80s’ Hunt Brothers Squeeze The last few months have seen gold soar to record highs above $4,000 amid the so-called “debasement trade,” with…

Futures Flat At All Time High, As Silver Tops $50 US equity futures are flat, as the main indexes closed at fresh record highs overnight amid a melt-up that shows no signs…

A non-binding resolution has been passed that encourages the use of force against Russian aircraft that enter EU airspace The European Parliament has adopted a non-binding resolution calling on EU member states…

The right-wing politician has called on President Emmanuel Macron to either dissolve the National Assembly or resign Veteran right-wing French politician Marine Le Pen has vowed to block any new government action,…

Addis Ababa has sent a complaint to the UN, alleging its neighbor is plotting armed conflict Ethiopia has accused Eritrea of preparing for war and coordinating with rebel groups, according to a…

The Ukrainian leader has no power to decide whether his country will be admitted to the EU, Peter Szijjarto has stated Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has completely “lost his sense of reality” if…

The country’s opposition has said that poor infrastructure, water shortages and power cuts could overshadow the high-profile event South Africa is ready to host a “very successful” G20 Summit, President Cyril Ramaphosa…

Ukraine falsely believes it can reverse the situation on the battlefield, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Kiev apparently has no interest in a peaceful resolution of the conflict with Russia, believing it…

The UK is being forced to increase LNG imports after a 10% annual production drop sent output to a 50-year low Britain faces a drop in domestic gas production this winter, making…

Ukraine peace talks remain stalled as Kiev seeks military gains, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said There are currently no plans for another meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his…

Surprising Surge: Trucking Spot Market Rates Climb Overnight By Craig Fuller, CEO of FreightWaves There’s something happening here What it is ain’t exactly clear There’s a man with a gun over there…

Analysts have expressed skepticism over the US president’s chances of winning the award, the newspaper has reported US President Donald Trump is pressuring the Norwegian government and the Nobel Committee in an…

The Russian president has detailed the chain of events that caused a deadly 2024 incident involving an Azerbaijan Airlines flight An incursion of Ukrainian drones was the root cause of a deadly…

Bank Of England Warns AI Valuations “Stretched” As Potential Data Center “Bottlenecks” Could Spark “Sharp Corrections”  By now, readers have grasped, through several notes, how the AI bubble is inflating, primarily driven by the…

The Ukrainian leader claims attacking Belgorod and Kursk is a “fair” response to strikes on Kiev Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has threatened Russia’s Belgorod and Kursk regions with blackouts if large-scale power outages…

Ferrari Shares Crash Most On Record After 2030 Outlook Disappoints Shares of Ferrari NV crashed 16% in Milan trading, marking the biggest intraday decline since 2016, after the exotic carmaker delivered a…

I’m at a loss for words.  There is a very destabilizing aspect to everything that is happening throughout the world as viewed through the domestic prism.  Things are visibly becoming quite different…

Macron Will Name New Prime Minister, Averting Snap Election & Further Political Turmoil  What a wild week it’s been for French politics. Let’s dive right into the latest development: overnight news that…

UK’s Green Party Demands Abolition Of Private Landlords Authored by Jonathan Turley, On Sunday, the Green Party in the United Kingdom voted to “abolish” private landlords in a move that reaffirms the party…

15 Years Of Instagram It’s been 15 years since the launch of Instagram, one of the world’s biggest social media platforms. The social networking giant has come a long way since October 6,…

Member states are considering easing the air engagement rules and deploying drones on the country’s borders, the paper’s sources claim NATO is considering easing restrictions on pilots to allow them to fire…

In a remarkable moment of transparent diplomacy, President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were simultaneously working on a Gaza peace agreement while conducting a domestic security roundtable event at…

Keir Starmer is banking on deals signed with the South Asian nation in Mumbai to create jobs back home Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said that a set of major deals signed…

Reporters from both organizations are teaching how to influence news coverage of the Jewish state A CNN commentator and New York Times reporters are mentoring in a journalism fellowship launched to help…

Kiev is providing instructors and drones to support “terrorist operations” in Niger and Sudan, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has said New evidence has emerged of Ukrainian support for militant groups operating…

Over 90% Of Icelanders Are Trade Union Members; Less Than 10% In The US The World Day of Decent Work was observed on October 7. It is an annual event where trade…

Dmitry Medvedev has held meetings with top officials in Pyongyang and paid homage to former North Korean leaders and fallen Soviet soldiers Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has visited North Korea this…

HarperCollins UK has recalled a title repeating a claim that the US president’s wife has said is defamatory Publishing house HarperCollins UK has apologized to Melania Trump and withdrawn a book that…

Stabbed German Mayor Knew Her Attacker, Remained Silent; Adopted Kids In Custody Via Remix News, The newly elected Social Democrat (SPD) mayor of the German city of Herdecke, Iris Stalzer, was stabbed…

Bases could be transformed into humanitarian hubs to facilitate the delivery of goods to African nations The mission of the Russian forces in Syria needs to be revised, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov…

Bern has tightened asylum seeker rules in response to demands from parliament Switzerland has announced it will now only extend asylum status to Ukrainian migrants from regions in close proximity to the…

The IDF would reportedly withdraw from most of Gaza, with prisoner exchanges expected within several days According to a ceasefire plan announced by US President Donald Trump, Israeli forces would withdraw from…

Public debt levels could outgrow the world economy within five years, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva has said Global public debt will exceed the size of the world economy within five years, IMF…

Donald Tusk has recently justified the Nord Stream sabotage, arguing the project should never have been built Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on Wednesday accused Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk of “defending…

Ukraine Pulls Training Centers Much Deeper From Frontlines As Airstrikes Intensify In another sign that the war is intensifying, and as Trump-backed peace talks have essentially collapsed, Ukraine is moving its military…

Madrid Hospitals Overwhelmed By Illegals As Spaniards Endure Longer Healthcare Waits Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Spain’s public healthcare system is treating a growing number of undocumented migrants and displaced…

Traders have reportedly requested that state-owned companies in India pay for crude in the Chinese currency State-owned Indian Oil Corp, the country’s largest refiner, has made payments in yuan for a few…

A regional conscription center has urged citizens not to film or criticize the use of force by enlistment officers Ukraine’s conscription authorities have called on citizens to refrain from documenting cases of…

Moscow and Abuja have signed a deal to advance crop breeding and seed production Russia and Nigeria have signed an agreement to cooperate on seed production and crop breeding, the two sides…

Indian Traders Begin Switching To Chinese Yuan For Russian Oil Purchases: Report Via The Cradle India’s state oil firm has begun making payments for Russian energy in Chinese currency, the yuan, according…

Creditors Of Bankrupt First Brands Say Billions “Simply Vanished” Amid Debt Rehypothecation Nightmare Hot on the heels of the spectacular implosion of subprime auto lender Tricolor (whose name is a not too…

Over 10,000 personnel will have to be sent home across nine missions globally, according to Reuters and AP The United Nations will have to cut roughly a quarter of its peacekeeping personnel…

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…

Inflection Point: US Government Shutdown And Strange Economic Signals Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, The US economy has been experiencing what I would call a form of “stasis” for the last…

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 country’s refiners are reportedly being offered significant discounts from Moscow India is likely to increase its oil purchases from Russia in the coming months, with refiners in the South Asian nation…

US Stock Ownership Is High But Unequally Distributed The stock market is the most popular option for long-term investment among U.S. adults, according to a new survey by the financial data company Bankrate. A…

Struggling Central Valley Residents Line Up For Groceries Amid California’s Cost-of-Living Crisis Authored by Beige Luciano-Adams via The Epoch Times, FRESNO, Calif.—Vicente, a man in his early 70s, arrives at the Fresno…

Chinese-Mexican Syndicate’s Supply Chain Exposed, Vancouver Emerges As Global Meth Hub Submitted by The Bureau’s Sam Cooper,  The case of Fatima Qurban-Ali, a 30-year-old Canadian sentenced recently in New Zealand for attempting…

Victor Hanson Exposes Reactionary, Neo-Confederate Portland Authored by Victor Davis Hanson, In blue cities across America – Portland, Oregon, especially – often violent protesters now seek to surround ICE facilities to stop…

“I Don’t Want This On Camera”: Leading Candidate For California Governor Throws Tantrum Over Simple Question The leading candidate to replace Gavin Newsom in California’s upcoming gubernatorial election threw a complete tantrum during…

Parliamentary leaders struck down the vote at its earliest stage French Parliamentary leaders have rejected a bid to impeach President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, as a spiraling political crisis in the country…

Goldman’s Conversation With Top Execs Reveals What’s Ahead For Single-Family Rentals The Single-Family Rental (SFR) space has become the de facto middle-class housing market across America. With elevated 30-year mortgage rates and…

Andrej Babis has reiterated his campaign promise that Prague will stop financing military supplies to Kiev The Czech Republic will not use state funds to provide arms to Ukraine, Andrej Babis has…

Gut Changes Persist Years After Stopping Certain Medications Authored by Rachel Ann T. Melegrito via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The body clears medicines within hours to weeks. However, a recent study…

The US president has said that both West Jerusalem and the militant group have agreed on the first steps of his Gaza peace plan DETAILS TO FOLLOW

Zelda Williams has called computer-generated recreations of her deceased father “disgusting” Filmmaker Zelda Williams has condemned the continued circulation of AI-generated videos of her father, the late actor and comedian Robin Williams,…

Only 48% Of US Adults Under The Age Of 30 Have A Full-Time Job Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, I am so glad that I am not a…

78% Of Americans Favor Deportation Of Criminal Illegal Immigrants; New Poll Finds Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, Nearly 80 percent of Americans favor the deportation of immigrants who are in…

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already starting to take people’s jobs in many industries and in the media one of the key questions is whether AI will take journalist’s jobs. So, I decided…

Washington Burns Through $34BN Backing Israel In Post-Oct.7 Wars: Brown University A new study has tried to assess the total amount the United States has spent on military aid to Israel since…

Consumer Sentiment Cracking Amid Gov’t Shutdown; 17% Of Americans Delay Major Purchases, Survey The government shutdown has entered its eighth day, with Republicans and Democrats still at an impasse over a resolution….

Pam Bondi got into a heated argument with Senator Adam Schiff during her Senate testimony US Attorney General Pam Bondi has demanded that Democratic Senator Adam Schiff apologize for attempting to impeach…

The proposal is the “best” option currently on the table, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said The plan for peace in Gaza proposed by US President Donald Trump is currently the “best”…

The Debasement ‘Trade’: “Blue Horseshoe Loves Gold & Bitcoin” Authored by Mark Jeftovic via BombThrower.com, “Blue Horseshoe Loves Gold and Bitcoin” Suddenly the likes of Goldman and  JP Morgan are talking about…

James Comey faces two felony charges over his 2020 Senate testimony about the probe that triggered the Trump-Russia collusion hoax Former FBI Director James Comey has pleaded not guilty to the charges…

Recession And Bonds: Navigating The Next Slowdown Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, It’s odd to consider, but a recession could flip our bullish outlook on bonds to bearish. It’s unusual because…

Florida Man Charged In Deadly Pacific Palisades Inferno A former Los Angeles resident turned Florida man has been arrested and charged with starting one of the most devastating wildfires in city history…

Yields Jump After Ugly 10Y Auction Tails, Foreign Demand Tumbles After yesterday’s ugly 3Y auction, moments ago the Treasury sold $39 billion in 10Y paper (technically a 9 Year, 10 Month reopening…

DHS Highlights Slew Of September Immigration Arrests In Portland Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested several “worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens”…

White House Will Use Tariffs To Fund Low-Income Food Aid Program During Shutdown How’s your shutdown going so far?  Illustration via Politico So far, no mass firings. The sky is intact. Cats…

Today at 3:00pm ET, President Trump will hold a roundtable on Antifa as a domestic terror group operating inside the United States.  Livestream Links Below: . . Posted in 1st Amendment, Antifa,…

FOMC Minutes Signal Dovish Policy Tilt, But ‘Majority’ Fear Inflation Upside Risks Since the last FOMC meeting (when The fed cut rates by 25bps with one dissent for 50bps on Sept 17th),…

The leaks published by Candace Owens suggest that Kirk fell out with a Jewish donor just days before his assassination Leaked text messages in which late conservative activist Charlie Kirk admits to…

WTI Holds Gains After US Crude Production Hits Record High Oil prices are higher this morning as investors brushed off oversupply fears, having digested a decision earlier by OPEC+ to restrain production…

Could AI’s Growing Thirst For Water Usher In Localized Resource Wars  In the era of artificial intelligence, water availability is poised to become a top concern for developers, just as low-cost, reliable electricity…

Momentum From Trump-Putin Talks In Alaska Has Run Out: Kremlin The Kremlin has expressed its view Wednesday that the positive momentum created in the wake of the August 15 meeting in Alaska…

‘Progress’ Reported In Gaza Talks, As Trump Denies Telling Israeli PM To Not Be ‘F*cking Negative’ Axios last week reported that President Trump recently told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop being so “f*cking…

Waste Of The Day: Illinois Corrections Employees Exploit Vacation-Overtime Loophole Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Topline: Overtime pay is meant for employees working more than eight hours per day, but the…

50’s Nostalgia Ain’t What It Used To Be By Michael Every of Rabobank The RBNZ cut the OCR 50bps to 2.50% vs. 25bps expectations but in-line with our forecast. Notably, the RBNZ…

The powers of currently serving officials have been extended until after martial law is lifted Ukrainian lawmakers have voted to delay all local elections and extend the powers of regional councils and…