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Targeting India over its energy trade with Russia has damaged Washington’s hard-won trust with New Delhi US President Donald Trump promised during his election campaign that he would not involve America in…

Pulque: A 2,000-Year-Old Sacred Mesoamerican Booze Authored by Ross Pomeroy via RealClearScience, The Mexica people ruled the Aztec Empire in the Valley of Mexico for its roughly 90-year duration between the 15th…

The Power Of Siberia 2 Pipeline Deal Signifies The Failure Of Trump’s Eurasian Grand Strategy Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Trump’s escalatory signals in Ukraine, the Indo-US split that he induced,…

Lone Senate Voice Criticizes Trump’s Bombing Of Boat Near Venezuela Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Thursday criticized the Trump administration’s decision to bomb a boat near Venezuela over…

India Doubles Down On Russian Oil Purchases, As Trump Declares Both Are ‘Lost’ To ‘Deepest, Darkest China’ President Trump on Friday said India and Russia seem to have been “lost” to China following…

Nasal Spray May Reduce Risk Of COVID-19 Infection: Study Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A nasal spray typically used to relieve allergy symptoms may help combat COVID-19,…

The US president is reportedly weighing options to hit cartels in a foreign countr US President Donald Trump is considering carrying out strikes against drug cartels on Venezuelan soil, CNN reported on…

A Stealth Fighter Pilot’s Timeless Rules For Making Tough Decisions Authored by Rebecca Day via The Epoch Times, Clear thinking and effective decision-making skills are two pillars of personal and professional success….

Top Secret Seal Team Mission Into North Korea Ended With Massacre Of Civilians & Zero Intel Gained On Friday The New York Times revealed what may go down in history as the single…

The new name “Department of War” better signals the will to win conflict, the US president said US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday renaming the Department of Defense…

Democrat Extremism Underwrites Trump Authored by J.T. Young via RealClearPolitics, Democrats’ extremism continues to underwrite Donald Trump’s agenda. Since 2021, this has been the case, and it shows no sign of stopping….

Vietnam Replacing China As Key Link In Global Supply Chains Vietnam is turning into a production powerhouse for the world as a result of the U.S. trade war, , according to Caixin….

Top Indian Refiner Snubs US Oil In Latest Tender By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com India’s top refiner, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IndianOil), has forgone buying U.S. crude at this week’s tender, instead…

Watch: Israel Systematically Flattens High-Rise Buildings In Gaza City The war on the ‘high rises’ has begun, as shocking footage shows Israel’s military has begun pulling down buildings one by one as…

Quinn: WW3 Is Inevitable, Compromise Isn’t An Option During ‘The Fourth Turning’ Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, Fourth Turnings never fizzle out. They build to a crescendo of…

California To Spend $239 Million Turning San Quentin Into “Scandinavian-Style Rehab Center” California is spending $239 million to transform San Quentin State Prison into what Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office once called the…

Do Doctors Make Money Off Vaccines? A Look At Incentives And Bonus Structures Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, “Doctors are being paid to vaccinate, not to evaluate,” Health Secretary…

450 Illegal Aliens Arrested At Hyundai Battery Plant In Georgia About 450 illegal aliens were detained in a multi-agency raid at Hyundai’s massive construction site for a new EV battery plant in…

Donald Tusk has previously echoed 2016 allegations and accused the US president of ties with Moscow Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said that he doesn’t regret his past claim that US…

Progress has been made, but no timeframe has been set to reach a peace deal, Dmitry Peskov has said There has been progress in efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict, but it…

Finding a way out of a “total freeze” in bilateral contacts will take time, Dmitry Peskov has said A full-fledged revival of bilateral relations between Moscow and Washington will take time, Kremlin…

The scheme is a part of security guarantees for Kiev advocated by Paris and London, the Wall Street Journal has reported American top military officials have been involved in drawing up “security…

Trump Deploys F-35s To Puerto Rico Airfield After Pair Of Venezuelan Jets Buzz US Warship The Pentagon has warned Venezuela after two of its miliary aircraft buzzed a United States Navy ship in…

New York AG Asks Appeals Court To Reinstate Trump’s $500 Million Civil Fraud Penalty Authored by Matthew Vadum and Sam Dorman via The Epoch Times, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed…

Akin To Damaging ‘Brand USA’: Bessent Exposes Cracks In Fed’s So-Called ‘Independence’ Amid all the hair-pulling and teeth-gnashing over President Trump’s ‘firing’ of Fed Governor Lisa Cook (for alleged mortgage fraud), the…

Tether, El Salvador Deepening Ties To Gold, The ‘Natural Bitcoin’ Authored by Vince Dioquino via Decrypt.co, Stablecoin issuer Tether has held talks on investing in gold miners and royalty firms, after already…

Something odd is going on with this.  Catherine Herridge reports that she “exclusively” gained a copy of the FBI files on Michael Flynn from FBI Director Kash Patel [SEE HERE].  Herridge uploaded…

The Grifters’ Lament Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “We are the sickest country in the world. That’s why we have to fire people at the CDC … They did not do their…

The secret mission, reportedly approved by Trump in 2019, resulted in civilian deaths The US Navy’s elite special operations unit, SEAL Team Six, carried out a covert mission inside North Korea that…

The Power-Bill Crisis Keeps Energy Secretary Wright Up At Night Weeks after Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Glenn Beck that the power-bill crisis would last for “a few years,” America’s top energy…

The SCO summit shows how the world is shifting away from the West Historical anniversaries often provide the backdrop for diplomacy to become spectacle. This week’s Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in…

The US president has insisted European member states spend more on their own defense The US has begun to phase out foreign funding programs for NATO countries bordering Russia in an effort…

Despite objections from across the world, Netanyahu’s government is redrawing the map with tank tracks In early August, Benjamin Netanyahu dispelled any lingering ambiguity. In a direct interview with Fox News, he…

Facebook, YouTube, X, WhatsApp, and dozens more are no longer accessible in Nepal due to non-compliance with government registration Nepal has blocked dozens of major social media platforms, including Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube,…

Why Keynes’ Economic Theories Failed In Reality Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, A recent post from Daniel Lacalle, “How Keynesians Got The US Economy Wrong Again,” exposed the widening gap between John Maynard…

EU Slaps Google With Massive €2.95 Billion Antitrust Fine  The European Commission has slapped Google with a €2.95 billion fine for abusing its dominance in the search advertising market through “self-preferencing” practices, according…

Is Lisa Cooked? By Molly Schwartz, cross-asset macro strategist at Rabobank Yesterday, the Department of Justice opened an investigation into Fed Governor Lisa Cook, probing allegations of mortgage fraud. This comes after…

Six Flags Faces Bankruptcy Fears After $500M Debt And Park Closures We’re not sure what more of a comment about discretionary spending one would need… Six Flags, less than a year removed…

Kenvue Craters On Report RFK Jr To Link Autism To Tylenol Use In Pregnancy The stock of Tylenol maker Kenvue is crashing after a WSJ report according to which Robert F. Kennedy…

One Of Russia’s Largest Oil Refineries Once Again On Fire After Ukraine Drone Strike Ukrainian drones have yet again targeted one of Russia’s largest oil refineries overnight – this time a Rosneft…

Justin Sun Urges Trump-Linked WLFI To Unlock ‘Unreasonably’ Frozen Tokens Authored by Zoltan Vardai via CoinTelegraph.com, Tron founder Justin Sun is urging World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a crypto project linked to the…

Kiev is ready to work with Bratislava on any alternatives as long as they do not involve Moscow, the Ukrainian leader has said Ukraine will not provide oil and gas to Slovakia…

Two significant shifts for Canadians appear to come out of the recent tour of Europe as highlighted today by Prime Minister Mark Carney. The first development is the formal declaration that Canada…

Denouncing political persecution, they are preparing an appeal to European courts and the UN International human rights activists have come together to support the defense in the case of the Gagauzia leader,…

Schiff: Trump’s Wrong; “We Screw Over The World” On Trade Donald Trump’s tariffs split opinion—champions said they were leverage to rebuild U.S. industry, while critics argued they were hidden taxes that raised…

Karol Nawrocki claims the assurances he got a a meeting in Washington on Wednesday are “unambiguous and strong” Polish President Karol Nawrocki has said his US counterpart Donald Trump has privately offered…

The US president hailed the tech billionaire as a “super genius” but said that he should abandon the idea of creating his own political party US President Donald Trump has said he…

Sber CEO Herman Gref has called for deeper interest rate cuts to spur recovery and avert a recession The Russian economy is losing steam and needs lower borrowing costs to restore growth,…

Biden-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump’s Transgender Passport Order Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal appeals court on Sept. 4 upheld a lower court ruling that blocked enforcement…

The information about the investigation of John Bolton have been assumptions and leaks. However, within the recently unsealed search warrant carried out against the former National Security Advisor, we can see what…

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…

Initially it was supposed to be closed to the press, but President Trump decided to bring in the media as interest increased. President Trump hosted a significant group of some of the…

UK Deputy PM Resigns After Home Purchase Tax ‘Error’ While Fed Governor Lisa Cook attempts to litigate her way out of an alleged mortgage fraud (for which the Trump administration has delivered…

More Than 40% Of Americans Expect To Work Until They Die: Survey Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A significant share of Americans believe they may never retire,…

California Passes Bill To Require Schools To Notify Parents Of ICE Operations Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), An emergency bill to require California schools to notify parents…

Lululemon Plunges On Weak Guidance As Sexy Leggings Demand Slumps Lululemon shares in New York crashed on Friday after the upscale athletic apparel retailer slashed its full-year earnings guidance, citing the Trump administration’s…

Here’s how a familiar Russian warning morphed into a Western story about targeting peacekeepers When Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on Friday, he issued his familiar warning: any foreign troops entering Ukraine…

The next Summer Games are set to begin in the US in July 2028 The Russian Olympic team is preparing for full participation in the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles, Russian…

Rate-Cut Odds Surge After Soft Labor Market Signals; Here’s What Wall Street Thinks… Rate-cut expectations surged this morning following the weak labor market signals from the payrolls report with 2025 now pricing…

NATO Troops In Ukraine ‘Legitimate Targets’ Even If There For Peace Deal: Putin French president Emmanuel Macron had on Thursday hosted a ‘coalition of the willing’ on Ukraine in Paris, involving 26 nations…

President Putin has previously said that if the Ukrainian leader wants to negotiate, he should come to the Russian capital Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky was not invited to Moscow in order to surrender,…

Let’s Get Ready To Rumble: UFC Cage Match Planned At White House  Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White emerged from a White House meeting on Thursday, declaring to his nearly 11 million Instagram followers:  We…

Russia has ruled out a Western military presence in the neighboring country as part of any peace deal Kiev’s European backers want the US to oversee a buffer zone between Russia and…

Hours earlier president Vladimir Putin proposed joint investment projects with American firms, urging Washington to renew cooperation The US has apparently “lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest, China,” President Donald Trump…

US Job Growth Collapses To Just 22K, Unemployment Rate Rises To 4.3% Putting 50bps Rate Cut In Play Ahead of today’s jobs report, consensus was that a print between 40K and 100K…

Crude Prices Tumble To 3-Mo-Lows As Saudis Push To Accelerate OPEC+ Production Boost Oil pries are tumbling further this morning following reports that OPEC+ leader Saudi Arabia wants the group to consider reviving…

New Delhi plans to add more than 10,000 miles of access-control roads to enable faster travel India is planning to invest $125 billion to expand its high-speed road network fivefold within a…

The Russian president has said the Ukrainian leader would not be in danger if he traveled to Moscow for peace talks Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he would guarantee the safety…

The bloc’s officials reportedly believe that Berlin could withhold troops for a possible monitoring mission EU officials fear that Germany could “chicken out” and ditch plans to send ground troops to Ukraine…

“Pro-war” European politicians are turning a blind eye to an “open manhunt,” the Hungarian foreign minister has said Ukraine’s forced mobilization, which has gained international attention for its brutality towards conscripts and…

Russia is not reorienting its foreign policy, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stressed, adding that doing so would be a mistake Russia is not shifting its foreign policy to the East or anywhere…

Washington slaps tariffs on allies while Russia and China demonstrate unity, Kaja Kallas has said European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has criticized the United States for weakening its own allies…

More than a dozen people have been killed by the Zaire strain of the virus in DR Congo, according to health authorities At least 16 people, including four health workers, have died…

The Russian president has outlined his vision on the national economy and resolving the Ukraine conflict, speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered an address to the Eastern…

Futures Rise Further Into Record Territory Ahead Of Jobs Report US equity futures are higher into NFP, rising after strong results from Broadmcom and on optimism that Friday’s jobs report will set the…

Experts stressed sanctions resilience, the shift to national currencies, and shipping autonomy as key factors for a multipolar economy An expert session of ‘The Future of the World’ Open Dialogue, focusing on…

Moscow always keeps its diplomatic options open – as long as its sovereignty is respected US President Donald Trump’s recent statement that the US has “lost Russia to China” makes for a…

Broadcom Jumps Most In Months After $10 Billion OpenAI Chip Order Broadcom shares jumped the most since April in premarket trading, assuming the gains hold into the cash session, after a Financial Times report…

Trump Ready To Place More US Troops In Poland Amid Russia Threat Authored by RFE/RL Staff via OilPrice.com, Trump told President Karol Nawrocki the U.S. is prepared to expand its 8,000-strong military…

The two countries are intensifying efforts to develop next-generation aircraft and engines, the Russian deputy trade minister has said Russia is looking to partner with India for the manufacturing of civil aircraft,…

Top German Judge Says Overzealous ECHR ‘Endangers The Existence Of Western Democracies’ Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Hans-Jürgen Papier, Germany’s former chief justice and one of the country’s most senior…

UBS: Orsted Lawsuit Signals Wind Talks With Trump Admin “Not Going Well”  Revolution Wind LLC, co-owned by Orsted and Global Infrastructure Partners, sued the Trump administration on Thursday over last month’s order…

The authorities have confirmed that 34 bodies and 102 body parts were recovered in Kenya Eleven suspects have been arrested in connection with newly uncovered mass graves in Kilifi County, where investigators…

The ban on prostitution has enabled abuses, activists supporting reform have argued South African sex workers and rights advocates have filed a lawsuit demanding the repeal of laws that criminalize prostitution, in…

Buyers are building inventories as the EU considers measures to halt imports of fuels refined from Russian oil India’s diesel exports to Europe have more than doubled over the last year, reaching…

Coming to an agreement with Kiev on key issues would be “practically impossible,” the Russian president has said There is little point in holding direct talks with Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, Russian President…

Watch: Brand-New Superyacht Sinks Minutes After Launch  Luxury motor yacht builder Medyılmaz Shipyard launched a 24-meter (or about 79-foot) superyacht named Dolce Vento, which capsized and sank just minutes into its maiden…

Western soldiers would be at risk or become irrelevant in the event of a peace deal, the president has said Any Western troops deployed to Ukraine would either become legitimate targets for…

Alaska and the Arctic could be developed jointly by the nations, the president has said Moscow remains open to economic cooperation with the United States, and American businesses could benefit from joint…

Microplastics Are Linked To Heart Disease – Here’s How To Lower Your Risk Authored by Ellen Wan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Tiny yet treacherous, microplastics have infiltrated our bodies, silently…

France Issues Arrest Warrant For Syria’s Assad, Who’s Believed Living In “Russia’s Beverly Hills” France this week issued an arrest warrant for Syria’s ex-President Bashar al-Assad, who has been living in Russia…

Thierry Mariani has voiced support for Evgenia Gutsul after her seven-year sentence The seven-year prison term handed to Euroskeptic Moldovan politician Evgenia Gutsul is an attempt to “repress” the opposition in the…

EU Flag Ordered Removed From Polish President’s Office: Report Via Remix News, Polish President Karol Nawrocki ordered the European Union flag removed from his office, and now, other officials have followed his…

Many firms completely disregarded their losses when they left the country, the president has said Western companies that pulled out of Russia after the escalation of the Ukraine conflict amid the imposition…

The Rise Of A Multipolar World Order: The West Just Watched The World Shift In Tianjin Authored by Prof. Ruel F. Pepa via GlobalResearch.ca, At the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin, leaders representing over half of humanity signaled the…

West Jerusalem has demanded that the French leader drop his plan to recognize Palestine Israel has rejected a proposed visit by French President Emmanuel Macron in protest of his plan to formally…

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed the media in Mexico City amidst his tour of Latin America, underscoring U.S. efforts to confront drug cartels, curb migration, and boost regional security cooperation. …

Trump Tariffs Go From Terriying To Indispensable To Prevent A Bond Market Crash How long does it take for conventional wisdom to make a 180 degree U-turn? In the case of anything…