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Automobile Sticker Shock Sinks In Vehicle sales started to slow at the end of last year as “sticker shock” has been taking its toll on would-be U.S. consumers, according to Bloomberg.  Potential…

Diego Maradona had been subject to a three-decade battle with Italy’s revenue authorities Italy’s highest court has cleared the late Argentinian football icon Diego Maradona of tax evasion charges, bringing to a…

Humza Yousaf said that the UK should condemn the depopulation of Gaza “in the strongest possible manner” Israel’s proposed removal and resettlement of Gaza’s Palestinian population is “the textbook definition of ethnic…

An Explainer Of Jan. 6 And Its Aftermath Authored by Joseph Hanneman via The Epoch Times, It was a day of infamy. Worse than Pearl Harbor, 9/11, or even the Civil War,…

Violence in the Palestinian enclave has shown us “the worst of humanity,” Humanitarian Affairs official Martin Griffiths said The international community must use “all its influence” to end the war in Gaza,…

Words in English previously considered distasteful are now used to form bonds and social intimacy, linguistic research finds The use of swear words has become more widely accepted in modern British society…

Three Factors Driving Gold Bulls Into 2024 Authored by Mike Maharrey via Money Metals, There are three factors driving gold bulls as we move into the new year – the demand factor,…

Washington drastically needs congressional approval for new funds to continue supporting Kiev, a top US budget official has warned The White House desperately needs congressional approval for its major aid package for…

Analysts polled by the news agency expect GDP to turn sluggish due to high interest rates The Russian economy will inevitably slow down in 2024 due to tight monetary policies pursued by…

The government reportedly refused to provide £10 million for housing those fleeing hostilities The Scottish government has refused to allocate £10 million ($12.7 million) to local authorities to help them meet the…

Watch: Alaska Airlines 737 Max Jet’s Emergency Door Rips Off Mid-Flight Over Portland A brand new Boeing 737 MAX 9, operated by Alaska Airlines, was forced to make an emergency landing at…

Ramzan Kadyrov claims the suggestion was only aimed at showing that the US does not really care about the lives of Kiev’s troops The leader of Russia’s Republic of Chechnya has said…

6 Strategic Challenges For 2024 Authored by Austin Bay via The Epoch Times, Here’s 2024’s strategic challenges column – challenges to our so-called international strategic order, meaning threats to human life and…

The term ended up in the spotlight as MPs in Kiev are reviewing controversial measures to call up more soldiers to fight Russia The word ‘mobilization’ has been declared the word of…

Has The Global Food Inflation Crisis Been Averted? The latest United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization data shows global food prices have just recorded the biggest annual decline since 2015. This is…

Israeli Cabinet Meeting Erupts In Anger Over Plan For Army To Probe Oct.7 Mistakes Via Middle East Eye An Israeli diplomatic-security cabinet meeting which took place on Thursday evening came to an abrupt end…

Indian Navy responded to distress call from MV Lila Norfolk, a Liberia-flagged bulk carrier boarded by six armed men on Thursday An Indian warship on Friday intercepted a merchant ship, which had…

Russia’s share of Türkiye’s energy imports neared 60% in 2023, according to Hurriyet Russia maintained its position as the top oil and gas supplier to Türkiye in 2023, the Hurriyet newspaper reported…

Germany Is Europe’s Solar-Energy Front-Runner According to assessments by the International Renewable Energy Agency in 2022, Germany had an installed photovoltaic capacity of around 67 gigawatts, making it the European country with the greatest…

A section of the plane’s fuselage broke away while flying over the US state of Oregon Alaska Airlines has said it is “temporarily” grounding its fleet of Boeing 737 Max-9 planes after…

A once popular 24/7 news program lost viewers as it painted “too rosy a picture” of the conflict with Russia, the paper reports Ukrainian viewers are turning away from Telemarathon United News…

“It’s A False, False, False, False, False Flag World”: Luongo On Where Do We Go From Here In 2024, Part 1 Authored by Tom Luongo via Gold, Goats, n’ Gunds blog, Where…

British officials are said to have drawn conclusions from their failure to predict the billionaire’s win in 2016 Senior UK officials are compiling a dossier on former US President Donald Trump in…

Vivek Ramaswamy believes the alliance’s “expansionism” risks sparking a major conflict with Russia, his spokeswoman says Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has signaled that he intends to pull the US out of…

Over 55,000 French businesses closed their doors in 2023, the Bank of France says More than 55,000 businesses were shut down in France in 2023, marking a record high for company closures…

  Is 60:1-6 Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem!  Your light has come, the glory of the Lord shines upon you. See, darkness covers the earth, and thick clouds cover the peoples; but upon…

The Israeli Foreign Ministry wants other countries to back its claim that South Africa’s allegations are “absurd and baseless” The Israeli Foreign Ministry has ordered its embassies across the globe to make…

Ursula von der Leyen’s comments come as Hungary continues to block a €50 billion package for the country The EU is considering alternative ways to keep funding Ukraine, in case member states…

The two-seat, single-engine plane successfully conducted a short maiden flight China’s first domestically manufactured electric airplane successfully completed its maiden flight this week, the country’s media reported on Friday. The AG60E plane,…

The president also called on Washington to end its decades-long trade embargo on Cuba Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has urged the United States to end its economic penalties on Venezuela,…

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…

In his latest episode, Tucker Carlson and Bret Weinstein discuss the long-term agenda of the World Health Organization (WHO). Essentially, the WHO agenda ties into the larger “Western” control operation which encompasses…

Sachs: US Foreign Policy Is A Scam Built On Corruption Authored by Jeffrey Sachs via CommonDreams.org, On the surface, US foreign policy seems to be utterly irrational. The US gets into one…

These Are The Institutions Americans Trust Most (And Least) In just a couple of days it will be three years since the January 6 United States Capitol attack. Ahead of our ‘Jan…

London is scrambling to replace Rear Admiral Simon Asquith, the navy’s director of submarines The UK Royal Navy has been forced to post job ads on LinkedIn as it seeks to hire…

“It’s One Of The Great Mysteries,” Why COVID Spares Children Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Bali Pulendran, a professor of microbiology, immunology, and pathology at Stanford University,…

Big Gov’t Raids Small Amish Farmer Who Refuses To Participate In The Industrial Meat/Milk Complex Local media, The Lancaster Patriot, reports that the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture served an all-natural Amish farm in…

Green Energy Waste Overlooked In Climate Agenda Authored by Autumn Spredemann via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The amount of waste piling up from solar panels and wind turbine blades can be…

Activism Uncensored: California Sex Workers Fight For Labor Rights In the heart of Los Angeles County, a labor movement unlike any other is unfolding. Sex workers, often relegated to the shadows of…

Scientists Detect Spike Protein From COVID Vaccination In Long COVID Patients Authored by Megan Redshaw via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Scientists in a new paper detected spike protein in the bloodstream…

The tycoon reclaims top spot as Supreme Court ruled in his group’s favor following stock-manipulation allegations Gautam Adani, the Indian billionaire behind the Adani Group conglomerate, has again climbed to the top…

SpaceX Sues Federal Agency Over ‘Unconstitutional’ Structure Elon Musk’s SpaceX has filed a lawsuit against a federal agency alleging that it’s out of control in violation of the constitution. The National Labor…

In a Friday notice, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case challenging a Colorado democrat court decision to block President Trump from the GOP ballot under the auspices of a…

The ex-president in turn accused Biden of “pathetic fearmongering” US President Joe Biden has accused his Republican rival Donald Trump of seeking to take power through “political violence,” likening the former leader’s…

Judge Confirms Opinion: Oregon’s Measure 114 Gun Law Violates State Constitution Authored by Scottie Barnes via The Epoch Times, A state court’s preliminary ruling against Oregon’s Measure 114 gun control policy will…

Huawei’s Newest Laptop Teardown Reveals Chips Made In Taiwan, Not Mainland China The proof is in the pudding, as they say. Despite claims of a Chinese technological breakthrough in chipmaking, a teardown of…

How Pervasive Is Academic Corruption? Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Whew, what a week it’s been for higher ed! The Claudine Gay debacle at Harvard has raised some fundamental…

Watch: Indian Navy Boards Merchant Ship Ambushed By Pirates Off Somalia The tanker hijack situation in the Arabian Sea which was first reported Thursday involving a distressed Liberian-flagged merchant vessel off the…

‘To Make A Snowflake’ Authored by J.A.Frascino via AmericanThinker.com, A snowflake forms when cold water droplets freeze onto a nidus of dust or pollen in the atmosphere, creating an ice crystal.   Additional…

Foreign Minister Kuleba has explained what the State Department actually meant Just because Washington said it would not be able to fund Ukraine at the same levels as over the past two…

Millions Brace For Northeast’s Biggest Snowstorm In Years Millions of Americans from the Carolinas to Maine are under winter weather alerts ahead of what could be the biggest snowstorm to hit the…

Politicized, Progressive Big Philanthropy Authored by Michael E. Hartmann via RealClear Wire, Steve Miller’s December 12 RealClearInvestigations article, “How Tax-Exempt Nonprofits Skirt U.S. Law to Turn Out the Democrat Base in Elections,”…

Defense Minister Says Israel Won’t Assert Civil Control Over Gaza Post-War, In Bow To US Pressure Israel’s defense minister Yoav Gallant on Friday published and circulated a document laying out the military’s…

Supreme Court Takes Up Trump Ballot Disqualification Case Authored by Catherine Yang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media while attending his trial in…

3 Years Ago His Wife Was Killed On Jan. 6, Now Aaron Babbitt’s Mission Is Clear Authored by Joseph Hanneman via The Epoch Times, January 6 has become Aaron Babbitt’s hill to…

Lloyd Austin’s secret hospital stay went unnoticed for days Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized since the start of the year, with his deputy handling “routine business,” Pentagon spokesman Major…

“Like Carlo In The Car In The Godfather” – Epstein’s Brother Tells Tucker, Pathologists Said “Doesn’t Look Like Suicide” Earlier in the week, we saw Jeffrey Epstein’s brother Mark explain to Tucker…

The fast-food giant blamed the yet-undisclosed financial impact on “misinformation” McDonald’s franchises in the Middle East have experienced a “meaningful business impact” in 2023 from boycotts associated with the Gaza conflict, the…

Has America’s Empire Of Money Reached The Endgame? Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, We did it Joe!  It took a tremendous push down the stretch, but the U.S….

Large Bank Loan Volumes Continue To Shrink Despite Soaring Deposit Inflows After losing more than a trillion dollars in deposits in 2023 – and seeing usage of The Fed’s emergency funding facility…

President Donald J. Trump will deliver remarks to a Team Trump Iowa Commit to Caucus Rally in Sioux Center, Iowa, tonight at 5:00 pm and then Mason City, Iowa, at 8:30 p.m …

Letting the country’s products into the bloc might lead to an “oversupply” crisis, the EU commissioner for agriculture has warned The European Union’s agriculture sector might face another “oversupply” crisis this year…

Trump Accuses Liz Cheney Of Destroying Jan. 6 Evidence Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Former President Donald Trump accused former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) of destroying evidence…

Global Markets Suffer Worst Start In Over 20 Years As ‘Soft’ Data Stalls, Financial Conditions Tighten In terms of total wealth destroyed, 2024 has started with the worst record ever as global…

B-1 Bomber Crashes In South Dakota A Rockwell B-1 Lancer bomber crashed while attempting to land at Ellsworth AFB in South Dakota on Thursday evening.  “An Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to…

Blue States Saw Highest Rates Of Homelessness In 2023 Authored by Eric Lundrum via American Greatness, In the year 2023, the highest recorded rates of homelessness on average were found in states…

Hassan Nasrallah said he had to look up the tiny African island nation Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has derided the US effort to make its Red Sea intervention appear more powerful and…

Watch Live: President Biden Marks Jan-6 Anniversary (By Calling Trump A Threat To Democracy & Freedom) President Biden’s first major campaign event of 2024 is set to take place in the key…

US Bankruptcies Jump 18% In 2023 Amid High Interest Rates Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Overall bankruptcies in the United States jumped by almost a fifth in 2023 as…

Up to 20 Ukrainian soldiers could be freed in exchange for the removal of restrictions against his family, Ramzan Kadyrov says The head of Russia’s Chechnya Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, has proposed releasing…

North Korea Fires Hundreds Of Artillery Rounds Toward South’s Border Islands Tensions are once again ratcheting on the Korean peninsula, after North Korea fired over 200 artillery rounds off its West coast…

The Florida governor believes that Biden’s foreign policy moves have encouraged rivals to ‘act out’ US President Joe Biden can’t articulate his administration’s “endgame” in Ukraine amid Washington’s ongoing support for Kiev,…

Amendments to the criminal code would let Moscow go after foreign officials and governments Foreign officials discriminating against Russians could face prosecution under a bill currently making its way through the parliament…

In the bipolar worldview of the collective US-led world, two Russias exist: one is backward and crumbling, the other is a sinister dark empire Here’s a little experiment that you can replicate…

Judge Shuts Down New Attempt To Remove Trump From Ballot Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, A federal judge in Wyoming rejected a motion that called for former President Donald…

The Free Money Has Run Out And It Shows In The Polls Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, The third and largest round of fiscal stimulus was in March of 2021. That’s…

Renters Rejoice? US Apartment Supply Hits Highest Level In Four Decades There is some encouraging news for the millions of Americans forced onto the sidelines by the worst housing affordability crisis in a generation…

“The Narrative Is Insane” – Trump Org Refutes House Democrat Report On Trump’s Finances Authored by Samantha Flom and Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times, The Trump Organization denied on Jan. 4…

China’s Shadow-Banking Giant Files For Bankruptcy One of China’s “secretive” shadow-banking giants filed for bankruptcy on Friday due to its inability to repay tens of billions of dollars in debt, a warning…

PM Benjamin Netanyahu told a US envoy that his country is more ‘determined’ and ‘daring’ than ever before Israel is committed to seeking a “fundamental change” to the security situation on its…

AP Frames LGBTQ School Shooter As A Victim Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The Associated Press published an article Thursday claiming that the latest school shooter was a victim of bullying….

What The Fed Accomplished: Distorted The Economy, Enriched The Elites, & Crushed The Middle Class Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The mainstream holds the Fed is busy planning a…

Doing so is “essential” for Israel’s security, Lindsey Graham argued during his visit to Tel Aviv Washington will continue to actively support Israel and seek to realize a “nightmare” scenario for the…

Inside The Catastrophic Jobs Report: Record 1.5 Million Crash In Full-Time Jobs, Multiple Jobholders Soar To Record, Native Born Workers Plunge And Much More While the prevailing post-payrolls narrative has focused on…

‘Sanctuary’ City New York Sues Texas Charter Bus Companies For $700 Million Over Migrant Dropoffs New York City is suing more than a dozen charter bus and transportation companies involved in busing…

Portfolio Return Expectations By Investors Are Too High Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, A stunning post from VisualCapitalist showed a poll of 8550 investors and 2700 advisors and the gap between the two…

US Factory Orders Surged In November – Biggest Jump Since Jan 2021, But… After plunging in October, US Manufacturers New Orders were expected to rebound significantly in November as the noisiest time…

ISM Services Plunged In November, Employment Crashed Despite yesterday’s Services PMI acceleration (as opposed to Manufacturing PMI’s declines), analysts expected this morning’s ISM Services survey print for December to slide lower (trending…

Ballot Cleansing: Democrats Are Moving To Bar Republicans From Ballots Nationwide Authored by Jonathan Turley, Below is my column in the New York Post on the expansion of the 14th Amendment theory…

Chinese brands keep filling the void left by Western automakers Sales of new motor vehicles in Russia amounted to more than 1.3 million units in 2023, a 60% surge compared to the…

The disgraced South African athlete has served more than half of his sentence for murdering former girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp Oscar Pistorius, the former Olympic athlete known as ‘Blade Runner’ for using his…

The country should ‘recognize reality’ and start developing in its own direction, Aleksey Arestovich has argued Kiev should “stop humiliating itself” and end the “illusion” that it will soon join the EU…

Trying to take over the world’s largest country is “never a good idea,” the SpaceX and Tesla CEO said Opposing forces should never invade Russia, tech billionaire Elon Musk has insisted during…

Treasuries Face Further Downside Barring A Jobs Report Shock By Ven Ram, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist Unless we get a huge downside surprise from today’s jobs data, Treasuries will extend…

Apple’s Ugly 2024 Start Plagued With Downgrades And Muted Foxconn Demand Apple shares are lower in premarket trading, marking a potential fifth consecutive session of declines. This selling pressure follows two downgrades…

Biden Hasn’t Done Anything For Two Weeks Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, White House correspondents have started to ask questions about why there has been nothing on Joe Biden’s schedule for…

Stocks, Bonds, & Bullion Dump As Rate-Cut Hopes Plunge Post-Payrolls A hotter than expected payrolls print and re-acceleration in wage growth are not the recipe for a dovish Fed that so many…

New court papers have been released in the sex trafficking saga – but the people named in them are likely to escape unscathed An American court this week released over 900 documents…

December Payrolls Unexpectedly Surge As Wages Jump, Unemployment Remains Low So much for a March rate cut. In our preview of today’s jobs report we quoted Goldman trader John Flood who said…