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Goldman Flags Coffee Demand Risks As Youth Unemployment Rises  Goldman analysts find that a softening labor market, slowing traffic at major QSR chains, and intensifying competition are raising investor concerns about ready-to-drink…

Amazon Launches Cheap Grocery Brand As Value War With Walmart Heats Up  Value wars between Amazon and Walmart to attract cash-strapped consumers are heating up late in the year. Amazon announced on…

Vice President JD Vance and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt hold a press conference on the first day of the federal government shutdown.  WATCH: . Posted in JD Vance, media bias,…

What You Need To Know About AI Scams Authored by Javier Simon via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized the way we complete tasks, and it’s becoming a…

GEO Group Soars As ICE Extends Contract For Illegal Alien Tracking Services The GEO Group’s subsidiary, BI Incorporated, secured a two-year contract extension with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to continue operating…

Washington’s warships guard the chokepoints. Beijing digs for exits on land. The clash is just beginning. The rivalry between China and the United States has become the defining axis of global geopolitics,…

Healthier School Lunch Movement Gains Momentum Nationwide Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Out with chicken nuggets and foot-long hot dogs, in with locally grown vegetables and lentil…

A miracle or a mirage? The widely hailed US Gaza peace plan may endanger Palestine’s existence. In his characteristically modest style, U. President Donald Trump – awkward in phrasing, epic in claims…

The EU chief has faced criticism over transparency and secrecy ahead of two no-confidence votes, according to the outlet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has faced growing criticism over her…

The president has claimed he deserves the award because he ended eight wars US President Donald Trump has suggested that denying him the Nobel Peace Prize would amount to an insult to…

U.S. Housing Heat Map Signals Ongoing Deceleration As Buyers Wait For Lower Rates New residential housing construction momentum continued cooling in August, with permits under pressure nationally, particularly in the South and West….

Israel Paying US Social Media Influencers $7,000 Per Post As Right-Wing Support Craters Following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting in New York on Friday with a group of pro-Israel influencers, we…

The Case For A Citizen-Only Census Authored by Hayden Ludwig via RealClearPolitics, Who is the census for? Or more importantly, who does Congress represent? If you answered “U.S. citizens,” you’re correct –…

From Lawfare To Barfare: Another Way To Target Trump Allies Authored by Benjamin Weingarten via RealClearInvestigations, When Jeffrey Clark was tapped to lead the second Trump administration’s chief regulatory review office, it…

U.S. Antimony Books First $10M DOD Order Under “Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity” Contract United States Antimony announced Tuesday that it has received a $10 million delivery order under its newly signed indefinite…

The Russian president will outline the key elements of a new polycentric world, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said President Vladimir Putin’s annual Valdai Discussion Club speech, set for Thursday, is eagerly awaited around…

Manufacturing ISM Rises, Beats Expectations As Employment Index Rebounds After this morning’s shockingly bad ADP print, which printed negative for the 3rd time in the past 4 months, was a six-sigma miss…

Illegal Alien Superintendent Lied About PhD, Loses License, And Earns District A DOJ Investigation Into DEI Ian Roberts, the Iowa superintendent who was arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement last Friday…

What We Know About Amazon’s $2.5 Billion Settlement Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Amazon will pay $2.5 billion in penalties and refunds as part of a settlement…

Oil Trims Losses After DOE Shows Modest Weekly Inventory Builds Oil dipped modestly, extending its two-day slide, after the latest DOE data showed another weekly increase across most oil products, even as…

Supreme Court Lets Fed’s Cook Simmer In Job Until Oral Arguments In January The US Supreme Court has allowed Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook remain on the job until they hear oral…

New Tactics, But Climate Crusaders Running Out Of Options Authored by Gary Abernathy via The Empowerment Alliance, In the wake of a federal government no longer serving as its obedient lapdog, the…

MP Andrey Parubiy was gunned down in Lviv earlier this year by a man who said he did it out of hate for the government Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has posthumously awarded…

Louisiana Issues Arrest Warrant For California Doctor Who Mailed Abortion Pills Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Louisiana has issued a criminal arrest warrant for a California doctor…

The Shutdown Is Upon Us: How Long, What’s Impacted, And What’s Next? The federal government officially shut down at 12:01 a.m. this morning, the first lapse in funding since 2019. Illustration by…

The billionaire has long held the ambition of creating a self-sustaining civilization on the planet Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has reaffirmed his long-held ambition of living and dying on Mars,…

The information is going to come out to the public in the same format from which it was created, the “silo format.”  It is up to us, the independent thinking American people,…

The project is certain to face logistical, political, and financial hurdles, anonymous sources told the agency The EU’s plan to set up a so-called “drone wall” to counter potential Russian incursions is…

The EU has proposed a ‘reparations loan’ tied to frozen Russian funds, while US lawmakers have pushed to seize and send them to Ukraine monthly The EU’s plans to tap frozen Russian…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has emphasized the role of social media creators in maintaining the country’s support base in America Israel has been paying influencers for social media posts to improve its…

EU military startups are reportedly turning the country into a warfare testing lab in the race to arm Kiev The Ukraine conflict has triggered a “gold rush” for EU arms manufacturers amid…

The Russian president has often used the meeting to articulate a shift in priorities or to convey new thinking on issues of global importance Perhaps no scheduled public address throughout the year…

Frozen Russian Billions Could Backstop Ukraine’s War Effort Authored by RFE/RL Staff via OilPrice.com, The European Commission is proposing a loan scheme for Ukraine backed by frozen Russian assets, repayable only once…

Futures Drop, Gold Jumps As US Government Shutdown Begins US stock futures are weaker to start the new quarter but have cut overnight losses by more than a third, as the first…

ADP Payrolls Unexpectedly Crater To -32,000, Worst Since March 2023 And Below All Estimates Ahead of today’s ADP print we said that traders will be especially focused on the otherwise unreliable number,…

Reddit Plunges On New Traffic Data Suggesting ChatGPT “Massively Reduced Citations”  Reddit shares are sinking in New York premarket trading, and if the losses hold into the cash session, it would mark the…

Tylenol Maker Said In Internal Emails Evidence Of Link To Autism ‘Starting To Feel Heavy’ Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The manufacturer of Tylenol was keeping tabs…

Grokipedia will be a “massive improvement” as a source of knowledge, the billionaire has claimed Elon Musk has announced plans to build a new online encyclopedia to rival Wikipedia, which he and…

DEA Arrests 670, Seizes Nearly 77,000 Kilograms Of Drugs In Operation Targeting Notorious Cartel Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), WASHINGTON—The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) arrested 670 individuals…

American money helped President Maia Sandu to “narrowly squeak by” at the ballot box, Samantha Power has said in a prank call American taxpayer money played a crucial role in keeping Moldovan…

A Chinese diplomat has said Beijing is ready to contribute to African peace and development under Pretoria’s chairmanship China has expressed support for South Africa’s G20 presidency as Pretoria prepares to host…

Information from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as they conducted an operation from September 19th through September 28th in Minneapolis, St Paul. Stunning immigration fraud. MINNEAPOLIS – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services,…

Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said the African country has been tested by political crises and economic hardship since its freedom from British rule in 1960 Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has marked…

Opposition leaders have pledged to challenge Sunday’s parliamentary election in the courts and on the streets Over 30 people have been detained by Moldovan police during a rally outside the parliament in…

Climatism In Europe Is Dying Via eugyppius.com, On September 25th 2018, US President Donald Trump delivered his first speech before the United Nations General Assembly. At one point he warned Germany about…

The agency says the perpetrators received “propaganda materials from Ukrainian terrorist structures” Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained five people accused of plotting mass murder in at least four regions, the…

China Halts All New BHP Iron Ore Cargoes As Traders Brief Goldman On Situation Bloomberg reports that China Mineral Resources Group has temporarily halted purchases of all dollar-denominated seaborne iron ore cargoes…

Leaked Police Call Reveals Migrant Gangs Have Led To No-Go Zones For Authorities In Catalonia Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Torelló, a town in the Osona region of Catalonia, is…

Former DR Congo President Joseph Kabila has been convicted in absentia of treason and war crimes over alleged support for M23 rebels The former president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo,…

The Danish dual-use Aalborg airport and military base was forced to close last week after unidentified UAVs were spotted nearby Denmark has called up hundreds of reservists to boost security after mysterious…

Exxon Planning To Cut 2,000 Jobs Worldwide Exxon plans to cut about 2,000 jobs worldwide as part of its years-long effort to streamline operations and consolidate smaller offices into regional hubs, according…

The Ukrainian leader had insisted that the West “must close” the Baltic Sea for Moscow-linked ships Polish President Karol Nawrocki has dismissed a call by Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky for Western countries to…

The DOJ claims the legislation was previously “weaponized” through one-sided enforcement that failed to protect places of worship The US Justice Department has filed a civil lawsuit against several anti-Israeli protesters, using…

Marina Tauber was sentenced in absentia to 7.5 years for allegedly funding an opposition party that was banned before the presidential election Marina Tauber was sentenced in absentia for allegedly funding an…

The head of Novaya Kakhovka’s Council of Deputies, Vladimir Leontiev, has died after being wounded in a UAV attack The head of the council of deputies in the Russian city of Novaya…

Kremlin ‘Supports & Welcomes’ Trump’s Gaza Plan, But Will Have No Involvement “Russia always supports and welcomes any efforts by President Trump aimed at ending this ongoing tragedy,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov…

Nathi Mthethwa had earlier expressed his intention to end his life in a message to his wife, the Paris prosecutor’s office has said South Africa’s ambassador to France, Nathi Mthethwa, has been…

A 6.9-magnitude quake struck Cebu province late Tuesday and was followed by strong aftershocks A powerful earthquake struck the central Philippines late Tuesday, killing at least 69 people and injuring dozens more,…

Scottish Police Arrest Serial Speaker: Elderly Woman Charged After Holding Sign Offering to Discuss Abortion Authored by Jonathan Turley, Rose Docherty is what they call a criminal recidivist in the United Kingdom….

An unidentified man set off a bomb in his parents’ home, and another person was found with gunshot wounds, Bild has reported One person has been reported dead and another injured in…

The Gaza based militant group has up to four days to respond to the US president’s 20-point peace proposal The Hamas militant group has four days to accept US President Donald Trump’s…

Ukraine Is At The Center Of Three Interlocking Triangles For Containing Russia Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, These are the 2020 Lublin Triangle (Ukraine, Poland, and Lithuania), the 2022 de facto…

Developing countries are encouraged by Moscow’s quest for a multipolar world, Achala Moulik has told RT Russia’s active participation in initiatives involving the Global South is “very unique” and “encouraging,” Indian writer…

US Intel Warns China Is Modifying Tank-Carrying Ferry Fleet For Potential Taiwan Invasion At a moment the Pentagon is busy rearranging its defense priorities toward readiness for a potential future conflict with…

Republicans and Democrats fail to break Senate deadlock over spending priorities The US federal government has shut down for the first time in seven years after Republicans and Democrats failed to agree…

Philadelphia Raises Flag For CCP Anniversary Despite Protests, Criticism Authored by Catherine Yang via The Epoch Times, Philadelphia raised the flag of communist China at City Hall on Sept. 30 despite criticism…

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 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…

Brussels is reportedly weighing rapprochement with Russia’s key ally The EU is weighing whether to end the diplomatic isolation of Belarus in an effort to drive a wedge between Minsk and its…

According to the internal memoranda [SEE HERE], OMB Director Russ Vought is planning for a large-scale reduction in force (RIF), with many of the federal employees released being terminated permanently. The Democrat…

A frequent reaction when understanding the revelations of the Obama Surveillance System is: “WOW! If only 1/2 of this is true, why haven’t heads rolled?“ This is a very common response. The problem,…

US Government Takes 10% Stake In Lithium Americas Trump’s Industrial Economy policies just took down their latest scalp, so to speak.  One week after Bloomberg reported that the White House was considering…

Conrad Black: The United Nations Is Long Overdue For Sweeping Reforms Authored by Conrad Black via The Epoch Times President Trump’s address to the United Nations last week was a historic speech…

Pasta Meals Sold At Trader Joe’s, Walmart May Be Contaminated With Listeria: USDA Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and…

Government Set To Shut Down At Midnight After Senate Fails To Pass Funding Bills Unless someone pulls a rabbit out of somewhere before midnight, the federal government will shut down when the clock…

Trump Gives Hamas ‘Three Or Four Days’ To Agree To Gaza Plan Or ‘Pay In Hell’ President Trump made clear on Tuesday that he will give Hamas “three or four days” to…

Elon Musk Nukes His Netflix Subscription After Pro-Trans Kids’ Show Sparks Outrage Netflix has once again been caught pushing pro-transgender agenda through an animated fantasy horror comedy series aimed at young kids…

Prime Minister Viktor Orban accuses Warsaw of warmongering The EU is not at war with Russia over Ukraine, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in a rebuke to his Polish counterpart. Orban…

Taliban Releases 5th US Citizen This Year, As Trump Presses ‘Taking Back’ Bagram The White House has secured the release American from an Afghan prison after he had been detained for nine months,…

Ron Paul On ‘The Real’ Jan. 6th Coup Authored by Ron Paul, In my first column after the events of Jan. 6th, 2021, I criticized those who called the protest a “coup,”…

Obama Library Funds Are Secretly Flowing To Dark Money Networks Authored by Matt Margolis via PJ Media, Barack Obama’s long-promised presidential library is shaping up to be just as corrupt as his…

Israeli Knesset Advances Bill To Execute Palestinian Prisoners Who Killed Jews In yet another development which will certainly complicate current Trump administration efforts to find peace in Gaza, the National Security Committee…

The Vanishing American Dream: Why Young Adults Can’t Afford Homes, Families, Or Stability Authored by Lau Vegys via Doug Casey’s International Man, The American Dream has become prohibitively expensive, with home affordability…

Lawmakers have until midnight to avert federal agencies running out of money The US Senate failed to pass a stopgap spending bill on Tuesday, just hours before the midnight deadline to avert…

Jimmy Kimmel’s Audience Numbers Implode After Brief Spike Progressive late-night television is dying.  The signals could not be more clear with Stephen Colbert’s cancellation due to $40 million losses every year on…

The Curious Tale Of Columbia Professor Daniel Richman Authored by Jonathan Turley, Just The News is reporting that “Person 3” in the Comey indictment is not former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe but rather Columbia…

Not Only Tulsi: Three Members Of Congress Also Spied On In Quiet Skies Program Authored by Matt Taibbi via Racket News, Ahead of Tuesday hearings on the subject, the Senate’s Homeland Security…

The Stunning Math Behind The AI Vendor Financing “Circle Jerk” “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop” – Charles P Kindleberger, “Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises”, 1978 Every six…

Ben Wallace said Ukraine and its allies must make the Russian-held peninsula “unviable” Kiev’s Western backers must help make Crimea “not inhabitable,” former British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has said. Speaking at…

Exposed: The Top 5 Myths Of Modern Finance Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, In today’s financial system, what many people take for granted as foundational truths are actually deeply flawed assumptions…

The president referred to nuclear subs as “the most lethal weapons” ever made Russia and China are catching up with the US in terms of number of submarines, US President Donald Trump…

“The Implications Are Profound”: Trump May Have Helped Resolve A Key Global Conflict By Michael Every of Rabobank In classic The Economist-style timing, Foreign Affairs just ran a lead ‘China Goes on…

Oklo Secures Accelerated NRC Review For Advanced Reactor Criteria SMR startup Oklo said in a release today that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted for review its Principal Design Criteria…

Crude exports have reportedly remained near peak levels as global buyers ignore Washington’s demands to halt purchases Russia’s seaborne crude exports have remained near a 16-month high over the past four weeks,…

Washington urgently needs more troops, weapons, and munitions, the secretary of defense has stated The US must prepare for war, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has told a gathering of senior military…

Damascus Orders Troops To ‘Prepare For Operations’ Against US-Trained SDF Via The Cradle Syria’s government has asked factions within the military to prepare for operations against the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, the…

Leonardo DiCaprio’s Poorly Timed “Pro-Antifa” Movie Flops At The Box Office Hollywood has been sliding into a financial abyss that the town may never recover from, so one might expect film industry…

Emanuel Brunisholz was convicted of violating an anti-discrimination law after pointing out the differences between men and women A man in Switzerland is facing jail after refusing to pay a fine for…

Russia Signals Lower Gas Prices For China Compared With Europe And Turkey By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com Russia expects to sell natural gas to China at significantly lower prices than it charges…

Vail Resorts Reports Drop In Season-Pass Sales Before Ski Season Ahead of the coming ski season, Vail Resorts, which operates 37 mountain resorts across North America, reported on Monday that it sold…