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Buttigieg’s ‘Crime Down Under Biden’ Claim Doesn’t Hold Up: John Lott Jr. Authored by John R. Lott Jr. via RealClearPolitics, “Crime went down under Biden, and crime went up under Trump,” Secretary…

Meta Jumps After Beating On Revenue And Earnings, But Misses On CapEx Despite Rosy Outlook After 3 rather soggy Mag 7 earnings in the past week – with TSLA, GOOGL and MSFT…

Lachlan Murdoch has openly and publicly bribed Justice Michael Lee to protect the Liberal Party in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation judgment which became obvious when Justice Lee attended News Corp’s celebration of…

After visiting Chicago to speak to the NABJ convention, President Trump heads back to Pennsylvania for a rally in Harrisburg.  Pennsylvania is one of the biggest battleground states amid the 2024 contest. …

Despite being portrayed as diametrical opposites in the media, neither of the presidential candidates can say no to Israel Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the United States has been labeled…

“Too Complacent” – Back To Mag-7 Earnings & The AI Story Authored by Peter Tchir via Academy Securities, It is difficult to tell how much of today’s rally was: AMD related which…

An Israeli strike on Beirut that damaged a hospital is “unacceptable,” the Russian Foreign Ministry has said The bombing of Beirut by Israel this week breaches the very basic rules of international…

Bonds & Gold Soar In July Amid ‘DotCom-Style’ Collapse In Crowded-Trades Bonds and bullion outperformed in July with the dollar down and oil getting hammered… Source: Bloomberg And while the broad S&P…

Biden Announces New Rules To Make Millions More Eligible For Student Debt Relief Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, President Joe Biden announced new rules on July 31 that make…

Nicolas Maduro has accused SpaceX and Tesla CEO of trying to disrupt peace and stability in the South American country SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has responded to Venezuela’s President Nicolas…

Vladimir Zelensky’s demand is desperate and unrealistic, the former US Marine has said Vladimir Zelensky’s idea to have Poland shoot down Russian missiles would get NATO directly involved in the conflict with…

“The Fed Did Not Tip A September Cut, By Any Stretch”: Wall Street Reacts To The FOMC Statement As the market tries to digest Fed speak, here are some of the fastest…

Watch Live: Fed Chair Powell Explain Why Cutting Rates Ahead Of The Election Is Not Political Senator Warren and her pals pressed Powell this morning to cut rates today (he didn’t –…

Hawkish FOMC ‘Still Waiting For Greater Confidence’ On Disinflation Since the last FOMC meeting on June 12, gold has outperformed (while the dollar and crude oil have lagged). Stocks and bonds are…

Iran Says Hamas Chief’s Killing Had US Involvement, Blinken Denies Foreknowledge Iran’s Foreign Ministry has issued a fiery statement saying that Washington must also bear responsibility for the Israeli attack which killed Hamas leader…

What’s The Ideal Oil Price For A US President? Authored by Simon Watkins via OilPrice.com, The energy policies of the new U.S. president – Kamala Harris or Donald Trump – will be…

The UFC fighter has been banned from driving for two years for his reckless behavior behind the wheel Former UFC champion Conor McGregor has been handed a five-month suspended sentence and was…

French DJ Barbara Butch has taken legal steps against online abuse after the Games opening ceremony sparked major controversy Barbara Butch, the French DJ who performed during the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony,…

Soldiers will train with special ammunition for Iskander-M missiles and practice covert deployment along with mock launches The Russian Armed Forces have kicked off the third stage of drills focused on the…

For the past several weeks and months I have been asked to present thoughts on potential candidates for offices in/around the Trump administration if they can achieve victory in the 2024 election. …

Homeland Security Memo Warns Violent Venezuelan Gang ‘Green Lights’ Members To Kill US Cops  A new Homeland Security Investigations memo obtained by the New York Post revealed that the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de…

From Hezbollah To “He’s Bullish” By Michael Every of Rabobank “He’s bullish”….  Hezbollah The first market focus today is naturally the BOJ, and the second is the Fed. In both cases, the…

Uber Teams Up With BYD To Supply Drivers On Its Network With 100,000 EVs  Uber Technologies and China’s largest EV maker, BYD, announced a multi-year deal to bring 100k new BYD vehicles…

Markets Are On Shaky Ground Before Fed’s Decision By Sagarika Jaisinghani, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and analyst With European equities wrapping up their weakest July performance since 2020, sentiment is fragile just as a…

Washington’s unilateral approach would violate international law, the two countries’ representatives have reportedly insisted US claims to a vast section of potentially resource-rich seabed floor have no basis in international law and…

Is There Value In Small Cap Value Versus Large Cap Growth Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The graph below, making the rounds on social media, serves as evidence from many market…

President Trump agreed to speak at the National Association of Black Journalist (NABJ) convention in Chicago, while Kamala Harris has declined the invitation.  This has set off some kind of political firestorm…

Washington is an accessory to the murder of Ismail Haniyeh through its support for Israel, Tehran has claimed The US bears partial responsibility for the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh,…

Three people died when the basement of a coaching center was flooded last week Hundreds of civil service candidates have launched a protest in New Delhi, including almost a dozen who have…

New Evidence Refutes FBI Testimony That Trump Shooter Is Far-Right, Anti-Immigrant Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, A top FBI official made a point of testifying that President Trump’s would-be assassin…

WTI Extends Gains After US Crude Inventory Tumbles To 6-Month-Lows Oil prices have surged overnight following the assassination of Hamas’ political leader in Tehran. This geopolitical risk premium surge came on top…

In the first part of the interview with Mike Lee, Tucker Carlson asks his opinion of the Hersch research discussing how Barack Obama threatened Joe Biden into exiting from the 2024 campaign. …

Boeing Appoints Kelly Ortberg As New CEO After Another Catastrophic Quarter Boeing is finally going back to its core engineering roots. The aerospace giant has named former Rockwell Collins boss Kelly Ortberg…

This is a very significant policy proposal.  President Trump is supporting a position that Seniors should not pay taxes on Social Security income. [SOURCE] This comes on the heels of President Trump…

Before heading to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania for a rally tonight (6:00pm), President Trump is delivering remarks at the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago.  RSBN is livestreaming the event which has become…

“I’m Not Afraid Of You”: Venezuelan President Maduro Challenges Elon Musk To A Fight Move over Mark Zuckerberg.  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro fired back at Elon Musk on national television, challenging the billionaire to a fight. This…

The number of warplanes is “small,” the news outlet has reported, citing unnamed sources The first batch of US-made F-16 fighter jets has arrived in Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The number…

US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs James O’Brien says the new approach will be developed in the coming months NATO is in the process of developing a new…

Quarterly Refunding: Treasury To Hold Bond, Note Sales Steady For “Several Quarters”, Will “Modestly Increase” Bill Offering Size Earlier this week, in our Quarterly Refunding preview we said that “the August refunding…

Obese Olympic ‘Christ’ Threatens To Sue Critics Over ‘Last Supper’ Backlash Authored by Jonathan Turley, Barbara Butch, the LGBTQ activist who was the center figure in the controversial “Last Supper” Paris Olympic…

Washington has jeopardized greenback and its status as the world’s reserve currency, Republican Mike Lee has said The White House has created the first real threat to the dollar and its status…

The former US president has claimed that Israel may cease to exist if he is not re-elected Donald Trump has urged American Jews to vote for him in the November election, warning…

“They Are Changing The Rules”: BOJ Shocks By Hiking Into Weakening Economy To Contain Crashing Yen The Bank of Japan has lifted its benchmark interest rate to 0.25% and outlined plans to…

US Pending Home Sales Rebound (Modestly) From Record Lows In June After two months of ugly declines, US pending home sales bounced in June (up 4.8% MoM). However, that jump was not…

Court Overturns Order To Remove Texas’ Rio Grande Barrier Authored by Caden Pearsen via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday overturned a lower court’s…

Ayatollah Says ‘Severe’ Revenge Coming For Israel Killing Hamas Leader On Iranian Soil The world just woke up to a new Middle East on Wednesday which stands on the precipice of major…

Drone strikes targeted a military base in the country’s east, where General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan was attending a graduation event Strikes on a military graduation ceremony in eastern Sudan have left five…

A ‘Watershed Event’: Five Takeaways From Israel’s Assassination Of Hamas’ Political Leader In Tehran Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Hamas’ political leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated by Israel early Wednesday morning…

ADP Employment Report Weakest Since January As Wage-Inflation Slows ADP’s Employment report for July was disappointing, showing the addition of just 122k jobs (well below the 150k expected and down from the…

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned that Israel will be “severely punished” for the assassination of the Hamas political chief Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has pledged to avenge the death of…

Futures Surge As Tech, Semis Rebound Ahead Of Fed Decision Despite disappointing earnings from world’s second biggest company and Mag 7 titan, Microsoft, global stocks rallied on Wednesday, with Nasdaq 100 index…

New Delhi is a “great power” pursuing its own interests, the deputy secretary of state has said   India is a great power but it will never be an ally or partner…

MOSCOW, JULY 31, 2024 – RT is now accepting entries for the 2024 Khaled Alkhateb International Memorial Awards, an annual competition that recognizes the best journalism from conflict zones. The awards were established in…

ASML Jumps On Report That New US Chip Curbs On China Will Exempt Some Allies  According to a new Reuters report, the US plans to exempt semiconductor equipment makers in Japan, the Netherlands,…

Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in a missile strike on his residence in Iran on Wednesday Washington was “not aware of or involved in” the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, the…

Kiev’s 3rd Assault Brigade is due to hold an event in the Czech capital as part of its controversial European tour A Czech Member of the European Parliament has complained to the…

Hungary has demanded that the bloc explain its silence in a dispute over halted Russian oil flows through Ukraine The European Commission (EC) may be behind the suspension of some Russian oil…

How the infamous Berlin Conference drew the continent’s borders, which up till now fuel profits and generate conflicts From the ongoing ethno-political conflict on the Congolese-Rwandan border to the violent tribal militias…

Military personnel have been deployed to search for dozens of people believed to be trapped under the debris More than 170 people have been killed and almost 200 injured in a series…

Bloomberg Commodity Spot Index Goes Negative On Year Amid China’s Faltering Economic Recovery The Bloomberg Commodity Spot Index (BCOMSP) has wiped out all gains so far this year. After peaking in late May…

These Are The Most Accident-Prone Electric Vehicles In The U.S. A new study by car accident lawyer Levine and Wiss recently analyzed the number of most searched electric vehicles involved in fatal crashes, as well as each model’s…

‘Digital Euro’ To Be “Most Private Electronic Payment Option”; ECB Claims Authored by Daniel Ramirez-Escudero via CoinTelegraph.com, The digital euro will be one of the most private forms of electronic payment, according…

New Secret Service Director Announces Changes In Wake Of Trump Assassination Attempt Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Secret Service is making changes in the wake of…

The Palestinian group’s political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in a missile strike on his residence in Tehran Russia has strongly condemned the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Hanieyah, who was…

Less than half of those questioned support US aid to Kiev, Pew Research has found Less than half of Americans approve of their government giving aid to Kiev, according to research published…

Angola has announced a truce between warring parties in the DR Congo, following talks that also involved Rwanda A ceasefire has reportedly been agreed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR…

The decision follows President Emmanuel Macron’s support for Morocco in a decades-long territorial dispute in North Africa Algeria has withdrawn its ambassador to France, Said Moussi, in response to French President Emmanuel…

Homicide Rates In The US Vs Europe This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, shows the homicide rates for the U.S., UK, and Europe, based on data from the United Nations Office on…

The nationwide protests over Maduro’s re-election are part of a US-backed plan, Vladimir Padrino has said Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez has accused the Western-backed opposition of attempting a coup, and…

Ukrainian Refugees Unwilling To Work Should Have Benefits Scrapped; CDU General Secretary Says Authored by Thomas Brooke via ReMix News, Benefit recipients in Germany who refuse to work should have their state…

Labour finance chief Rachel Reeves has been accused of backtracking on pre-election promises The UK’s Labour government will likely need to raise taxes in its new budget, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel…

Activist Tommy Robinson Arrested Under Terror Provisions After Massive Rally Of British Patriots British patriot activist Tommy Robinson is in trouble again for speaking his mind, and the details are rather strange. …

The Palestinian militant group has accused Israel of killing its political leader and said this ‘grave escalation’ will not go unanswered Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in the Iranian…

A policy document earlier suggested that New Delhi should opt for more direct investment from Beijing to bolster its own exports to the US and other markets India is not “rethinking” its…

Blinken, Foreign Ministers “Seriously Concerned” About Indo-Pacific Security Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and top diplomats from Australia, India, and Japan said they…

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…

The militant group have placed the blame for the strike on Israel The head of the Hamas political wing, Ismail Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards have been killed after their home…

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…

It seems like this has now been confirmed. Two Sources: IRAN – Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were killed after his residence was targeted in Tehran, Iran’s Islamic…

Are The Olympics A Trial-Run For A 1984-Style Digital-State? Authored by Aaron Hertzberg via The Brownstone Institute, First-person report of QR Codes, Digital IDs, and police militarization of Paris This is a…

India’s leader has been compelled to schedule a first-ever visit to Ukraine just six weeks after meeting the Russian President in Moscow for a bilateral summit that irked Washington India’s claim to…

School That Gave Child COVID-19 Vaccine Against Parents’ Wishes Immune From Lawsuits: Court Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A school that injected a minor with a COVID-19…

Israeli Police Detain Soldiers Suspected Of Raping A Palestinian, Sparking Protests Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, On Monday, Israeli military police detained Israeli soldiers who were suspected of raping a Palestinian prisoner at…

Democrats Vs. The Man Who Could Get To The Bottom Of The Trump Shooting Authored by Julie Kelly via RealClearInvestigations, After the evasive House testimony of now-former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle…

FDA Approves New Blood Test For Colon Cancer Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new blood test for…

The Top 3 Proxy Wars To Determine WW3 And Reshape The World Order Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, Today, I will closely examine the most important proxy wars of World War…

“Hundreds” Of Cars Stolen And Robbed Each Year From Seattle Airport “Park-N-Fly” Lots ‘Hundreds’ of cars are being stolen from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport every year, investigators from KING NBC 5 have found.  Car…

Trump’s VP Pick Is A Climate Skeptic, And The Knives Are Out Authored by Tilak Doshi via RealClearEnergy, Within a day of ex-President Trump’s announcement of “climate denier” Mr. J. D. Vance…

The process is now clear, and the timeline was just announced; but there is a surprise. The DNC will nominate and confirm Kamala Harris as the official Democrat nominee for President on…

Illegal aliens do not need to vote (per se’), they only need to exist in a captured state database as physical persons. Their personage is then shifted to voter rolls, that then…

“Absolutely Stunning”: CRE Analyst Lists Latest Office Tower & Mall Valuation Collapses  The commercial real estate downturn is still underway, posing significant risks for investors across financial markets. CRE-linked equities, corporate credit, structured credit, and private markets…

Starter Homes Cost At Least $1 Million In 117 California Cities Authored by Summer Lane via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), California is one of the most expensive places to buy a…

Texas Crude Oil Pipelines Near Full Capacity, Potential Export Constraints Near  Pipelines transporting crude from America’s top-producing shale basin to major export hubs in Texas are nearing capacity limits. With US crude production hitting…

The Fiscal And Monetary Problem Is Not Hopeless Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, A major factor in public ignorance of economics is the manner in which economic forces transcend…

Meta Agrees To Pay Texas $1.4 Billion Settlement In Biometric Data Lawsuit Authored by Jana J. Pruet via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Meta Platforms has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to…

An embarrassing interview has exposed rifts at the National Endowment for Democracy The biggest public relations fiasco in the history of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has resulted in two senior…

The Totalitarian Tactic Of The Smear Has No Place In Our National Discourse Authored by Jeff Minick via The Epoch Times, Thomas Jefferson proclaimed “all men are created equal” as a self-evident…

Thai Customers Angered By BYD Price Cuts Amidst “Chaotic” EV Market Competition Price cuts on BYD vehicles in Thailand are “angering” current owners of the vehicles, just days after we noted how…

Minimum-Wage Increase Takes Toll On California’s Fast-Food Restaurants, Survey Finds Authored by Travis Gilmore via The Epoch Times, Two-thirds of California fast food restaurant operators who responded to an online survey believe…

Streaming Wars: Amazon Prime Video Shakes Up Streaming Ad Market, Undercutting Netflix The introduction of Amazon Prime Video’s ad-supported tier has pressured Netflix’s advertising plans and forced other top players in the streaming…