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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…

DHS Terminates 2021 Temporary Protected Status For Venezuelans Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Sept. 3 that it was revoking the 2021…

Military Pursues AI Systems To Suppress Online Dissent Abroad Authored by José Niño via Headline USA, The U.S. military wants artificial intelligence to do what human propagandists cannot: create and spread influence campaigns at internet speed while…

Trump Considers Leasing Parts Of Camp Pendleton To Fund Golden Dome The Pentagon is exploring the possibility of leasing sections of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California to commercial customers, and potentially using…

Fuel for Kiev’s long-range weapon will reportedly be made on Danish soil The fuel for Ukraine’s new Flamingo long-range cruise missile will be produced in Denmark, broadcaster DR reported on Thursday, citing…

Doug Casey On Why College Fails Young Men… And The Blueprint They Actually Need Via InternationalMan.com, International Man: Doug, you co-wrote The Preparation with Matt Smith and Maxim Smith. What motivated the three of you…

Illegal Alien Arrested With Arsenal Of Weapons, Ammunition, Cocaine  The optics for the Democratic Party are not great at the moment. Whether it’s vehemently rejecting President Trump’s mission to restore law and…

China Tackles Price Wars As Bloated Solar Sector Amasses Huge Losses By Michael Kern of OilPrice.com, China has launched in earnest the drive to curb excess capacity in the solar manufacturing sector,…

The Volunteer says life in his home country felt “very empty” A British national fighting with the Russian army against Ukraine has told RT that life in his home country felt “problematic.”…

New ‘Sextortion’ Spyware Snaps Webcam Photos Of People Watching Porn If you’re indulging in adult content online, you might want to slap some electrical tape over your webcam pronto, according to a…

The Drop In Yields Is Good News For Countries Forced To Deny They Need An IMF Bailout By Bas van Geffen and Elwin de Groot, strategists at Rabobank After some difficult trading…

Houthis Detain 11 UN Staff, Calling Them ‘Spies’ For US & Israel Last Saturday, Israel conducted its major airstrikes on Sanaa which killed the Houthi prime minister, Ahmed al-Rahawi, among other top officials…

A Sober Revolution Is Sweeping America… And Markets Are Responding Authored by Laura Williams via TheDailyEconomy.org, For the first time in Gallup’s 90-year polling history, a majority of Americans now view moderate alcohol consumption…

A Lviv-based tech hub signs partnership with Taiwan’s top UAV maker A Taiwanese defense company has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ukrainian and Polish delegations on cooperation in UAV technology. The…

J.Crew-Anon & The Mainstreaming Of Dissent Authored by Cooper Davis via The Brownstone Institute, During a recent family vacation over lobster, I watched my “vote blue no matter who” aunt, herself a…

Traditional TV Suffers Summer Of Hell As Advertisers Scramble  Labor Day weekend is behind us. Some households have returned from the beach, the mountains, and lake towns, and schools are now back in…

Satellite Images Show Major Construction At Israel’s Nuclear Site Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Satellite images show construction work on a major new facility at the nuclear site near Dimona, Israel,…

Declassified documents show Tokyo planned covert killings of locals and foreigners in Manchuria in the event of war with the USSR Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has released declassified documents revealing a…

The “statistically conspicuous” deaths are “hard to explain,” the party’s deputy head has said The right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD) has reported what one of its senior members is calling a…

The top diplomat has branded the meeting of Chinese, Russian, Iranian, and North Korean leaders in Tianjin a “direct challenge” EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas’s statements regarding the recent meeting between Chinese,…

Kiev has repeatedly targeted Russia’s Druzhba pipeline, which is vital to the energy security of Hungary and Slovakia Kiev’s attacks on Hungarian and Slovakian energy supplies from Russia are a form of…

Latvia could follow Denmark’s lead with a plan to start drafting females by 2028 Latvia is preparing to extend compulsory military service to women, aligning with other NATO members expanding their forces…

Alternative for Germany is leading its closest competitor by 12 points ahead of next year’s election in the eastern German state of Saxony Anhalt, a new poll suggests The right-wing Alternative for…

Trump’s Fed Pick Stephen Miran Commits To Central Bank Independence Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, Stephen Miran, President Donald Trump’s nominee to temporarily serve on the Federal Reserve Board…

China has showcased advanced laser weapons and new missiles. Why do these frighten the US? On Wednesday, China hosted a parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end…

Trump Tells Supreme Court He Will Appeal In E. Jean Carroll Case Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump plans to ask the Supreme Court this fall to…

Despite Von Der Leyen Story Unraveling, Russia Accused Of Widespread GPS Jamming Over Baltic Sea Swedish authorities on Thursday have alleged that Russia is behind a sharp rise in GPS interference over the…

House Approves Establishing New Committee To Investigate Jan. 6 Capitol Breach Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times, The U.S. House of Representatives on Sept. 3 approved the establishment of a…

The previously released recording on the night of the sex offender’s death jumped by one minute to midnight A US congressional committee has released the “missing minute” from security camera footage outside…

University Of California Illegal Immigrant Hiring Ban Is “Discriminatory”, Court Rules Authored by Sam Korkus via The College Fix, The University of California system is discriminating against illegal immigrant students by refusing…

Ether Exchange Reserves Fall To 3-Year-Low As ETFs, Corporate Treasuries Soak Up Supply Authored by Nate Kostar via CoinTelegraph.com, Ether supply on centralized exchanges has plunged around 38% since 2022, as billions…

The vessel was sunk trying to cross the Dnepr River, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has reported Russian forces have destroyed a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group on the Dnepr river, the…

Kremlin Blasts ‘Unacceptable’ Western Plan For Ukraine Security Guarantees After earlier this week European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen boasted to The Financial Times that the European Union had “pretty precise plans”…

WTI Holds Losses After Big Surprise Crude Build Oil prices continue to decline on concerns that OPEC+ will once again bolster supply at a meeting on Sunday, compounding fears of higher volumes later…

China earlier this week announced the same privilege for Russians during a one-year trial period Moscow will grant visa-free entry to Chinese visitors, following Beijing’s decision earlier this week to extend the…

Beijing’s model focuses on things the West’s “rules-based order” has forgotten – equality, law and common development The recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin marked a decisive moment in the…

It’s Back! ZeroHedge Store Expands With Ultra High-End Meats & More Since launching the ZeroHedge Store last December, extreme mission creep set in. Thanks to your overwhelming support of our hats, shirts,…

Emergency teams have rescued 50 people so far from the scene of the tragedy At least 29 people have died in a boat accident in Niger State, Nigeria, after a wooden vessel…

Saudi Arabia Leads OPEC Output Increase By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com OPEC crude production rose by about 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) in August, reaching 28.55 million bpd, according to a Bloomberg…

Watch Live: RFK Jr. Testifies Before Senate Amid CDC Turmoil Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is testifying before the Senate today on the Trump administration’s health agenda…

‘Soft’ Survey Data Shows US Services Surging… And Plunging In August Following the rise in US Manufacturing surveys earlier in the week, US Services sector surveys were expected to show slight improvements…

Chinese Stocks Crash After Beijing Seeks To Contain Bubble: What Happens Next China’s equity rally lost steam in the past few sessions, with the Shanghai Composite sliding -1.3% and losing the 3800…

Wary Of Gasoline Shortage, California Pauses Price-Gouging Penalty On Oil Companies Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, California regulators fearing a dramatic drop in gasoline supply placed a five-year pause…

DOJ Opens Grand Jury Criminal Investigation Fed Governor Lisa Cook Over Mortgage Fraud Allegations The Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook – and has…

The government is revising growth and inflation forecasts, Economic Development Minister Maksim Reshetnikov has said Russian growth is losing momentum more quickly than anticipated, Moscow’s Economic Development Minister Maksim Reshetnikov has said….

The EU Commission president claimed that Russia had interfered with her airplane’s navigation systems There is no evidence Russia interfered with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s airplane during her recent…

Schiff, Johnson, Collum On Trump’s Trade Wars Will Trump’s trade moves prove brilliant or blow up in America’s face? ZH readers likely know where die-hard Austrian Peter Schiff stands: as the world’s…

Claims of ‘interference’ from Brussels, parotted by the Western press, are crashing back to Earth A flurry of reports from EU officials and Western media claimed this week that Russia jammed the…

The facility in Chukotka will provide power to the Baimsky mining complex, according to the Russian president Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced plans for another floating nuclear power plant (NPP) in…

Hungary has received 5 billion cubic meters of the fuel under long-term contracts with Gazprom, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said Hungary has received a record 5 billion cubic meters of Russian…

The Return Of “Transportation” Sentencing? Australia Seeks To Ship Illegal Aliens To Small Pacific Island Authored by Jonathan Turley, It has been 157 years since the last ship taking convicts from the…

American Eagle Shares Erupt As Sydney Sweeney’s “Great Jeans” Fuels Sales  American Eagle shares surged in premarket trading in New York after the clothing retailer reported second-quarter revenue that exceeded Wall Street consensus estimates, as…

ADP Employment Report Disappoints in August; Hiring Plans Collapse Ahead of Friday’s all-important payrolls print (and revisions), this morning’s ADP employment report may see more attention as a less ‘manipulated’ data point….

US Futures Rise As Global Bond Rout Fizzles US equity futures are higher, extending yesterday’s gains, while the global bond rout is put on hold for the time being as traders boost wagers…

Initial Jobless Claims Rise To Highest Since June Following an ugly JOLTS print, a weaker than expected ADP employment report, and Challenger Grey data showing the weakest hiring plans on record for…

Beijing and Moscow have vowed to strengthen multipolarity as the West denounces the challenge to its international system China is ready to work with Russia to build a more just and reasonable…

The leaders of the so-called ‘coalition of the willing’ have met at a summit in Paris A meeting of Ukraine’s western European backers, known as the ‘coalition of the willing’, at the Elysee…

The designer behind timeless elegance and modern style has passed away after nearly five decades at the helm of his empire Legendary Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani has died at the age…

Kiev’s western European backers have pledged to supply it with weaponry to strike deep into Russia, London has announced Kiev is about to get long-range weapons from its Western backers, known as…

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro joined multiple members of local, state and federal law enforcement agencies to announce what they’re calling “the largest law enforcement bust of precursor chemicals bound for a foreign…

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…

U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer has asked the Supreme Court to accept the case by next week, hear arguments in early November and “expedite” its ultimate ruling “to the maximum extent…

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…

Andrzej Duda has said the Ukrainian leader pressured him to blame Moscow for Kiev’s errant missile detonating in Poland Vladimir Zelensky’s “dream” is to draw NATO directly into the conflict with Russia…

White House Would Greenlight West Bank Annexation By Israel, Officials Claim Axios’ global affairs correspondent Barak Ravid has cited Israeli officials who say that the White House is ready to greenlight a…

The SCO & BRICS Play Complementary Roles In Gradually Transforming Global Governance Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The processes that are unfolding will take a lot of time to complete, perhaps…

BYD Slashes Annual Sales Target As Demand Slumps, Competition Intensifies China’s hyper-competitive electric vehicle market means that even top players, such as BYD Auto, are no longer immune, as smaller players continue…

What Job Numbers This Friday Will It Take For The Fed To Cut by 50bps Earlier this week, we laid out a case why the coming Sept 9 Preliminary Benchmark Announcement of labor…

ECB Prepares For Europe’s Next Sovereign Debt Crisis Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Thirteen years ago, Mario Draghi, then President of the European Central Bank, opened the liquidity floodgates to prevent the eurozone…

Kidnappings and recruitment of youth is continuing in North and South Kivu, the country’s deputy prime minister has said The M23 rebels operating in DR Congo are committing serious human rights violations,…

Europe Faces $1 Trillion Rearmament Bill As Washington Weighs Troop Cuts Authored by RFE/RL Staff via OilPrice.com, The IISS warns Europe faces gaps in air defense, long-range missiles, and intelligence that could…

District Court judges have ruled that Simon Ekpa incited violence in Nigeria and illegally promoted the so-called Biafra Republic’s independence A court in Finland has sentenced a controversial Nigerian separatist leader to…

The chancellor wants to strike the country with German missiles fired from Ukraine, the Russian foreign intelligence service has said German Chancellor Friedrich Merz harbors a “maniacal drive for revenge” against Russia…

Pyotr Poroshenko has demanded online censorship after the killing of a far-right member of his party Ukraine must ban the Telegram social media platform as “a matter of honor,” former President Pyotr…

Rising demand for Russian universities reflects Moscow’s pivot toward deeper ties with the Global South, experts say Russia has climbed to seventh place worldwide by number of international students, Vedomosti reported on…

India hopes to spur domestic spending in order to offset the impact of Trump’s import duties India has cut consumption taxes on most household items in an effort to cushion the economy…

Germany’s “Skills Shortage” Scam: Open Borders, Job Losses, And Economic Collapse Submitted by Thomas Kolbe The ideology of open external borders has become a core element of Brussels policymaking. When Angela Merkel…

New Greek Law Promises Prison For Rejected Asylum-Seekers In the latest example of a European government taking stronger measures to curb illegal immigration, the Greek Parliament on Wednesday passed a law that…

IDF Moves Deeper Into Gaza City, Won’t Stop Until ‘Hamas Totally Defeated’ Israel’s military (IDF) on Wednesday plunged deeper into Gaza City, after the day prior IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal…

Britain’s Descent Towards Civil War Is No Accident Authored by Michael Rainsborough via The Daily Sceptic, Having lived in Australia for the past three years, I sense that this country is the least advanced…

Trump Escalates Tariff Fight To Supreme Court, Seeks Expedited Review President Trump has asked the Supreme Court to maintain his tariffs after a lower court invalidated them. “The Federal Circuit’s decision casts…

The details remain “extremely confidential,” the French president said European countries are prepared to offer security guarantees to Ukraine once a peace deal between Kiev and Moscow is signed, French President Emmanuel…

Former xAI Engineer Sued For Allegedly Stealing Trade Secrets Authored by Lear Zhou via The Epoch Times, A Chinese national who was formerly an xAI engineer has been sued by the company…

Seattle’s UW Professors Shift To Private Emails To Hide Their Political Campaigning In a new op-ed Seattle talk radio host Jason Rantz exposes how University of Washington faculty—through the American Association of…

The Transgender Shooter, The Socialist Rifle Association, And The Alarming Rise Of Far-Left Militancy Submitted by Jason Curtis Anderson of One City Rising,  Last week, Minneapolis was the scene of a nightmare. A…

U.S. Puts Crosshairs On Chinese Precursor Chemicals Fueling Mexico’s Narco-Terror Networks Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, appeared in a short video Wednesday afternoon from inside an undisclosed…

Moscow dismissed the allegations as “preposterous” Russia has strongly rejected claims that it attempted to jam the GPS system of a plane carrying the EU’s leader. According to Brussels, the alleged incident occurred…

Apprehended Killer Of Ukrainian Lawmaker Says It Was ‘Revenge Against Government’ For Loss Of His Son Earlier this week a suspect was arrested over the murder of former Ukrainian parliamentary speaker and…

“Failure Factory” Schools Run By Democrats Plague Baltimore And Chicago, Present Societal Crisis  Submitted by investigative reporter Chris Papst, author of “Failure Factory: How Baltimore City Public Schools Deprive Taxpayers and Students…

Johnson, Thune, and Trump On Collision Course Over Approaching Shutdown With just under a month until the next government shutdown (sigh), Republicans are locked in an increasingly messy internal battle over how to…

Putin, Xi Hot Mic Moment On Organ Transplants Underscores Concerns Over Organ Harvesting In China Authored by Eva Fu via The Epoch Times, As China and Russia’s leaders walked shoulder to shoulder…

The US defense secretary blamed Biden-era policies for bringing Moscow and Beijing closer The US is seeking to restore deterrence against both Russia and China, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has said. Speaking…

Trump To Appeal After ‘Obama-Appointed’ Judge Reverses Trump Admin’s Harvard Funding Freeze Update (2000ET): The Trump administration responded quickly to Obama-appointed judge’s decision with Secretary of Education Linda McMahon posting on X…

President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with President Karol Nawrocki of the Republic of Poland.  The anticipated start time is 11:00am EDT.  Livestream Links Below: UPDATE: Video Added . .  …

Twice the Trump DOJ has asked the courts to permit the release of names associated with the case against Jeffrey Epstein and the victims of sex trafficking therein.  Twice the courts have…

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Trump Bluntly Explains The US Bombed Iran For Israel Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, President Trump said in an interview published on Tuesday that no one has done more for the state of…

California State University System “Proudly” Serves 10,000 Illegal Aliens An uncomfortable truth surfaced earlier this week in California when the chair of the California State Student Association (CSSA) openly admitted that the…

The summit in the Russian capital would be “unacceptable,” Kiev’s top diplomat has said Kiev has rejected a potential meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky in Moscow….