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Hotez Calls For Police Deployment Against “Anti-Vaxxers” Authored by Paul Thacker via The Brownstone Institute, Social media went a little bonkers last week when an interview of Texas Children’s Hospital’s Dr. Peter…

Goldman Says Mid-Atlantic Power Prices “Finally Caught Up To AI Data Center Load Growth Story”  Marylanders and residents in surrounding states should brace for rising power bills due to capacity constraints on the…

DHS Puts Migrant Parole Program On Hold Amid Alleged Fraud In Application Process Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The Biden administration’s parole program allowing tens of thousands of migrants…

Waves Of Ukraine Civilians Flee As Russia Makes Steady Gains In East Regional and international sources, including Reuters, continue to report on Russian forces making steady gains in Ukraine’s east. But now…

San Francisco Proposes Student Loan Forgiveness Fund For First Responders Authored by Summer Lane via The Epoch Times, The San Francisco Board of Supervisors this week approved an ordinance establishing a student…

Kamala Harris’s Husband Admits To Cheating On 1st Wife With Homewrecker Nanny, Knocking Her Up Less than a week after people were snickering over Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff taking a SoulCycle…

Judge Chutkan Denies Trump’s Motion To Dismiss Election Case, Sets Status Conference Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has scheduled a mid-August status conference in…

US Embassy Implores Americans To Leave Lebanon On ‘Any Ticket Available’ The US embassy in Lebanon has issued an alert warning American citizens to exit Lebanon on “any ticket available” as the…

President Donald J. Trump, and his running mate J.D. Vance, will be in Atlanta today for a rally at Georgia State University Convocation Center.  Doors for the rally open at 1 pm,…

Corrupt Robodebt Commissioner Catherine Holmes, who protected Scott Morrison, has been caught trying to protect corrupt former Deputy Queensland Premier Jackie Trad. Catherine Holmes protected Scott Morrison and 5 public servants with…

Central Banks Purchase Gold To Offset Their Own Monetary Destruction Authored by Daniel Lacalle via The Mises Institute, Why is the price of gold rising if the global economy is not in…

Trump Says Mark Zuckerberg Called Him And Said He Won’t Support Democrats Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news, Donald Trump has claimed that Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg reached out to him to…

Buffett Calls The Top: Berkshire Quietly Dumps Half Its Apple Shares Amid Unprecedented Selling Spree When yesterday we said, when discussing Buffett’s ongoing liquidation of his Bank of America stake, that “Berkshire’s…

The attorney tried to blow up a backpack full of explosives at a Chinese consulate in Washington A Florida attorney has pleaded guilty to attempting to detonate explosives outside the Chinese embassy…

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said he reserves the exclusive right to enter into pre-trial agreements in this case US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has withdrawn a plea deal with three…

New York State Supreme Court Blocks NYC Mayor Adams’ Attempt To Pause Migrant Arrivals Authored by Michael Washburn via The Epoch Times, The New York State Supreme Court has denied New York…

Is it time to make DNA and other tests to ascertain athletes’ gender as important as drug screenings? Ever since the Paris Olympics triggered culture warriors by dumping drag queens all over…

The Democratic presidential candidate has accused her Republican opponent of “running scared” from an alternate debate on ABC News US Vice President Kamala Harris has declined former President Donald Trump’s invitation to…

Both Washington and the tech tycoon supported the opposition candidate in Venezuela’s presidential election Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday accused the US and American entrepreneur Elon Musk of attempting to orchestrate…

Trump Agrees To Debate Kamala Harris On Fox News With “Full Arena Audience” Let’s get ready to rumble. US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump announced late Friday that he will debate Democratic…

Josh Shapiro Downplays IDF Volunteerism As ‘Service Project’ As Wikipedia Scrubs Evidence Authored by Matt Margolis via PJ Media (emphasis ours), AP Photo/Matt Rourke It seems inevitable that Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-Pa.)…

Senegal has summoned the Ukrainian ambassador over his praise for an attack on Russian military contractors in Mali The foreign ministry of Senegal has condemned the Ukrainian embassy for supporting a terrorist…

The rise to 4.3% from the 4.1% recorded in June marks the fourth straight monthly increase The US unemployment rate rose for the fourth straight month in July to 4.3%, up from…

The deadly attack on Ismail Haniyeh involved a “short-range projectile with a warhead of about seven kilograms,” the IRGC has claimed Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed by an explosion caused…

A popular seaside spot in Mogadishu, Somalia was targeted by gunmen and a suicide bomber on Friday Over 30 people were killed in a terrorist attack on Lido Beach in Somalia’s capital,…

Worldcoin Spreads Across Europe With Austria Digital ID Launch Authored by Savannah Fortis via CoinTelegraph.com, The Worldcoin Foundation has announced that its World ID-issuing orb has been introduced in Austria, which adds…

A Royal Navy contractor tried to save money by having communications software for nuclear engineers designed in Belarus A firm hired to design software for a British submarine builder outsourced the job…

About Face! SecDef Austin Kills Plea Deal That Would Spare 9/11 Plotters From Death Penalty ​In a stunning turnaround, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has killed the deal that would have…

Hungary & Slovakia Consider Cutting Electricity Supply To Ukraine If Kiev Keeps Blocking Russian Oil Supplies Via ReMix News, Roughly 40 percent of Ukraine’s electricity imports pass through the Ukrainian-Hungarian border, which…

The energy-rich nation has threatened to transfer the development rights to its fields to allies  Venezuela could transfer the development rights to its vast oil and gas fields that are currently operated…

Kiev wants to showcase “achievements” to attract more Western support, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said New Ukrainian threats to blow up Russia’s Crimean Bridge could be timed to coincide with…

“Millions” Wasted On Electric School Busses As Maryland Pivots Back To Diesel A school district in Maryland is finding out just how costly virtue signaling can wind up being.  Maryland’s largest school…

The Interior Ministry has detected the highest number of such crimes in nearly two decades Russia has seen an alarming surge in crimes linked with terrorism and extremism in the first half…

Europe’s Recipe For Disaster: The Von Der Leyen Program Authored by Drieu Godefridi via The Gatestone Institute, In a speech to the European Parliament on July 18, 2024, the President of the European Commission,…

Orban’s Insight Into The Global Systemic Transition & Hungarian Grand Strategy Is Worth Reading Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban elaborated on the global systemic transition and his country’s…

The move gives potential spies and saboteurs easy access to the EU, the bloc’s Home Affairs commissioner has warned The EU has asked Hungary to explain its decision to ease visa requirements…

The highly flexible UAV could even be used to monitor radiation levels in a nuclear wasteland, according to its developers Russia has developed a ‘Doomsday drone’ capable of conducting reconnaissance missions in…

The country failed to make a coupon payment on its 2026 Eurobond  S&P Global Ratings has lowered Ukraine’s credit rating to ‘selective default’ after Kiev missed an international bond payment earlier this…

The event will take place in Pennsylvania on September 4 and will have a full audience Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has agreed to face his Democratic rival Kamala Harris in a…

Today is a travel day.  I’ll be checking in throughout the day and reading the open threads to keep up on events.   Posted in Uncategorized The post Travel Day appeared first…

Kiev says work is underway to destroy the strategic Russian link by the end of the year Kiev is working on plans to destroy Russia’s Crimean Bridge within the next few months…

The Pentagon will send additional military resources amid the escalation between West Jerusalem and Tehran Washington has ordered more destroyers, cruisers, and an additional fighter squadron to the Middle East to defend…

Trump’s China Tariffs: Extraordinarily Good For America Authored by Gordon Chang via The Gatestone Institute, “I can’t believe how many people are negative on tariffs that are actually smart people,” President Donald…

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…

Cattle Market Rattled By Recession Risks As Cash-Strapped Consumers Pull Back Is a meat recession coming? The dismal US jobs report has ignited recession fears, with some major Wall Street banks forecasting at…

What Type Of Society Will We Become? Authored by Ken Williams via The Epoch Times, “Each teacher shall endeavor to impress upon the minds of the pupils the principles of morality, truth,…

“Open War” On Police: NYC DA Lets Two Migrants Who Attacked, Bit Cops Free Without Bail Two migrants who bit and attacked two New York City Police officers are…wait for it…back on…

California Drivers Lead US In Road Rage, Study Finds Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, California drivers have the worst road rage, according to a new study by Forbes. The…

Graham Pushes Senators To Commit To War On Iran If Israel Attacked South Carolina Republican Senator and well-known hawk Lindsey Graham is salivating over the prospect of war with Iran at a…

Certain Dark Chocolates Contain High-Level Heavy Metals, Study Finds Authroed by Sina McCullough via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Is your favorite dark chocolate bar harboring a hidden health risk? A new…

Beijing Helicopter Taking Off: China Central Banker Calls For Direct Money Transfers To Households When the US economy crashed in a deflationary vortex during the global financial crisis (and just after the…

Why The Future Of Work Is Hybrid Authored by Samantha Flom via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Many aspects of everyday life were transformed during the COVID-19 pandemic and the government’s response…

Biden Pledges New Military Deployments To Defend Israel In Netanyahu Call President Biden in a Thursday phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged that the United States would help defend Israel in…

The DEI Trap Authored by Richard Porter via RealClearPolitics, Kamala Harris’s sudden ascendancy within the Democrat Party, with nary a peep from other ambitious Democrats, spotlights the uncomfortable contradictions of identity politics…

Cocoa Prices Slide To Five-Month Low On Demand Destruction Fears From Hershey US chocolate maker Hershey slashed its sales and earnings outlook on Thursday, citing higher cocoa prices that have resulted in demand…

Judge Overturns $4.7 Billion Verdict In NFL Sunday Ticket Antitrust Lawsuit Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A California judge has thrown out the $4.7 billion verdict against…

Biden Angry Over Being Kept In The Dark On Israel’s Operation To Kill Hamas Chief Fresh reporting by Barak Ravid of Axios has revealed that President Biden held a “tough” phone call…

‘Accidentally Posted’ Campaign Ad Suggests Harris To Pick Shapiro For VP A staffer for Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker ‘accidentally posted’ a video meant to be released next week which reveals Pennsylvania Governor…

Tonight? Iran State TV Suggests Attack On Israel Is Just ‘Hours’ Away It is well after midnight in the Iranian capital of Tehran and there are two significant developments that suggest an…

Texas Rancher Sues Biden, DHS Over Damage To Property Allegedly Caused By Illegal Immigrants Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Texas rancher has filed a lawsuit against…

This is a little awkward. Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker appears to have accidentally posted a video on her X-account celebrating Kamala choosing Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro as her Vice-Presidential nominee. [Source Link]…

British researchers based their conclusion on the NHS data of almost 46 million people New research produced by British scholars has claimed that vaccination with any of the Covid-19 shots actually lowered…

Illinois’ Stupidest Bill Of The Year Signed Into Law: the Falsely Labeled, Unconstitutional “Worker Freedom Of Speech Act” By Mark Glennon of Wirepoints Illinois progressives are all over the media congratulating themselves…

Fed Finagles $173 Billion In (Positive) US Bank Deposit ‘Adjustments’ In The Last 3 Weeks For the third straight week, US bank total deposits rose last week (+$16.7BN) on a seasonally-adjusted basis……

Market Ka-Mauling This was the week when – like Biden’s dementia – economic weakness became too much for the mainstream to ignore and while Powell hinted at cuts to come, the market…

Warren Buffett’s BofA ‘Dump-A-Thon’ Grows By Another 19 Million Shares Billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has been offloading tens of millions of shares of Bank of America in the last several weeks. Since…

North Korean Defector Says Kim Wants To Restart Nuclear Talks If Trump Wins Authored by Kyle Anzalone via The Libertarian Institute, A recent high-level North Korean defector said Pyongyang would be interested…

Exxon Reports Blowout Earnings, Record Output Thanks To Pioneer Deal Two weeks ago when Exxon previewed its upcoming earnings, there was some disappointment amid what was viewed as weakness in upstream prices…

US Suspends Aid To Georgia Over Foreign Influence Law Authored by Adam Morrow via The Epoch Times, The United States is pausing more than $95 million in aid to Georgia, a small…

The US vice president has become her party’s presumptive nominee without winning a single public vote US Vice President Kamala Harris has won the votes of enough Democratic delegates to become the…

The Kremlin seems to have decided it would rather deal with Biden-Harris than wait for Trump Russia is delighted with Thursdays prisoner exchange in Ankara, Western media outlets report, citing sources in…

Anna Netrebko is supposed to return to Rome for a Tosca revival The government in Kiev has called on Ukraine’s Western backers to ban soprano Anna Netrebko from performing anywhere outside Russia….

The Chinese-owned short-video platform has “unlawfully collected and retained children’s personal information,” according to the Justice Department The US Justice Department (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against TikTok and its China-based parent…

Into The Weird! Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “What we are witnessing is nothing less than the failure of the greatest propaganda apparatus in history.” – Mattias Desmet Have you…

Paris cited an increased risk of military escalation as the reason for its latest advisory The French Foreign Ministry has issued a recommendation that the nation’s citizens leave Iran and avoid traveling…

The Treasury Department on Friday announced an extension for transactions with the platform and several subsidiaries The US Treasury Department has extended a license allowing transactions with the Moscow Stock Exchange (MOEX)…

Car Repos Rise 23% YoY Authored by Martin Armstrong via ArmstrongEconomics.com, The private debt crisis is becoming apparent in America after car repossessions jumped 23% during the first half of 2024. Data…

Financial Strain On American Households Hits Retailers Hard Authored by Michael Wilkerson via The Epoch Times, If anyone still believes that the U.S. economy is doing just fine, they should take a…

The facility is meant to become a vital part of the International North-South Transportation Corridor for shipping goods via Iran The Indian government has approved a proposal for building a large port…

Harris Has Enough Virtual Votes To Be Democratic Nominee To the surprise of nobody, Vice President Kamala Harris has passed the threshold required to become the Democratic presidential nominee. During a Friday…

Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Gaza-based militant group’s political bureau, was assassinated in Tehran earlier this week Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib has accused the US of greenlighting Israel’s plans to…

Transgender athletes should not compete against females at the Olympics, according to Valentina Gomez Transgender athletes should not compete against female athletes, a Republican candidate for secretary of state of Missouri, Valentina…

‘Growth Scare’ Narrative Builds As US Factory Orders Plunge Most Since COVID Lockdowns In June After this week’s ‘soft’ survey data signaled serious ugliness in the US manufacturing economy… Source: Bloomberg …this…

DeFi Is “Waking Up Again” – Active Loans Return To 2022 Levels Authored by Martin Young via CoinTelegraph.com, Decentralized finance (DeFi) may be experiencing a revival, with key metrics such as active…

Dmitry Savelyev allegedly commissioned a hit on a former business partner Senator Dmitry Savelyev has been stripped of parliamentary immunity and detained in Moscow, on suspicion of commissioning a contract killing of…

Wall Street Begs Fed To Panic: Goldman Sees 3 Consecutive Rate Cuts, JPM Hopes Two For 50bps, Citi Even Crazier It didn’t take long after today’s dismal jobs report to spark what…

The former president told Fox News that Joe Biden has been replaced with an inferior candidate The Democratic Party “staged a coup” against US President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump has…

Unburdened By Vocabulary: Kamala Harris Dishes Fresh Word Salad During Prisoner Swap Ever since Democrats coup’d Joe Biden into stepping aside, they’ve done their best to shield frontrunner Kamala Harris from opening…

Russia has handed over 250 bodies to Ukraine in exchange for the remains of 38 servicemen, a lawmaker has said Moscow and Kiev have exchanged the remains of dozens of fallen servicemen,…

Washington has upped the ante with a proposed new missile deployment in Germany, and move from the ex-president made it possible Friday marks five years since the termination of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear…

The move is aimed at combating illegal migration and smuggling into Slovakia, the authorities have said Slovakia has begun police exercises aimed at combating illegal migration and smuggling on its border with…

The clip promotes military service while focusing on religious diversity and national unity The Russian Defense Ministry has released a promotional video designed to encourage citizens to enlist in the military, placing…

The negotiations carried out by the FSB and CIA and potential peace talks with Kiev are completely separate issues, according to Moscow The prisoner swap between Russia and the West carried out…

The national bank expects a further population outflow in 2024-2025 The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has revised its population outflow projections upward for 2024 and 2025, and now expects some 700,000…

A lack of awareness of host countries’ parenting styles is one reason for the removals, Kiev’s social services chief told RFE/RL Child protection services have removed 430 Ukrainian children from their families…

Five Takeaways From Yesterday’s Historic Prisoner Swap Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Russia and the West exchanged 24 prisoners on Thursday in the largest such swap since the Old Cold War….

Lindsey Graham has introduced legislation that could drag Washington into a war with Tehran if Israel is attacked US Senator Lindsey Graham has introduced legislation that would authorize military action against Iran…

Wayfair Execs Warn Home Goods Slowdown Mirrors 2008 GFC  Increasing concerns over a US economic slowdown (or just a reminder a hard landing is still possible) triggered a broad selloff in global stocks overnight…

The Sahm Rule, Employment, And Recession Indicators Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Economist Claudia Sahm developed the “Sahm Rule,” which states that the economy is in recession when the unemployment rate’s three-month average is a…