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Left And Right Agree On Biggest Issue (But Not Much Else) What are the biggest challenges for the United States today? As Statista’s Katharina Buchholz details below, Consumer Insights show that the…

Football fans were among the victims of the attack in Somalia A car bomb has exploded outside a busy cafe in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing nine people.  The blast occurred at 10:28pm local…

Lacalle: Net-Zero Will Make You Poorer Authored by Daniel Lacalle, If you read the latest OECD publication, “Employment Outlook 2024: The Net Zero Transition and the Labour Market,” you would imagine that…

Russia first needs to understand what the Ukrainian leader meant when he said Moscow should attend, Dmitry Peskov has said The Kremlin has responded to reports that Moscow could be invited to…

The Ukrainian leader’s previous claim that Kiev can use British missiles in any way it chooses were disavowed by London Ukraine has received “positive signals” from the West about using arms donated by…

The “extraordinary” sum will reportedly be donated to a group focused on helping Donald Trump win the election  Tech billionaire Elon Musk says he’s planning to give around $45 million a month…

New Delhi is in talks with Moscow on easing the non-tariff barriers faced by its exporters The Indian government is in discussions with Russia on a potential easing of non-tariff trade barriers,…

Many Substances Used For Food Processing Are Never Listed On Ingredient Labels Authored by Flora Zhao via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The long list of unfamiliar names on ingredient labels of…

Russian TV Threatens European Capitals With Long-Range Missiles Russia’s state-run Rossiya 1 TV channel ran a segment on Sunday evening which appeared to be in direct reaction to the US recently announcing…

The US should switch its focus to China from the hostilities between Moscow and Kiev, JD Vance has said Donald Trump will bring about a “rapid close” to the Ukraine conflict if…

“It’s Fantastic When Fascists Die” – German Public TV Employee Scolded For Wishing Trump Dead Authored by Dénes Albert via ReMix News, Sebastian Hotz, an employee of German state television ZDF who…

The Ukrainian leader believes Republicans will continue their support because party members respect him Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has said he is not worried about Donald Trump potentially returning to the White House,…

The Hungarian PM has laid out “suggestions” on how to end the Ukraine crisis, according to a letter cited by the outlet Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has written to Charles Michel,…

Ukraine: There Have Been Attempts To Assassinate Putin Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, On Saturday, the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence claimed that there had been several attempts at assassinating Russian…

As NATO Bids Farewell To Reality, Moscow And Beijing Pursue Win-Win Deals With Türkiye Authored by Conor Gallagher via NakedCapitalism.com, In back-to-back weeks Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended first the Shanghai…

Usha Chilukuri Vance, the wife of Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, quit her job as a corporate litigator at DNC-affiliated Munger, Tolles & Olson, within minutes of hearing that JD had been selected…

President Trump made an epic entrance to the RNC convention floor in Milwaukee.  The audience erupted in applause as President Trump made his way to sit beside his VP running mate, JD…

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…

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump entered the hall with a bandage covering his ear Former US President Donald Trump was greeted with thunderous applause and cheers as he entered the venue on…

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…

Is America Ready For A Return To Greatness? Authored by Richard Truesdell via American Greatness, In the aftermath of yesterday’s assassination attempt, I find myself asking: Why all the visceral hatred of Donald…

US No Longer Seen As Shining Example Of Democracy Saturday’s failed assassination attempt against Donald Trump not only shocked the world, but also added a tragic chapter to a 2024 presidential race…

The US president has claimed his opponent’s rhetoric was more incendiary US President Joe Biden has dismissed any notion that his rhetoric might incite violence, claiming that by calling for a “bullseye”…

The Mississippi Child Literacy Miracle Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Mississippi ranked 49th in the United States for elementary school literacy 10 years ago, when fourth graders…

Not The First, Won’t Be The Last – A Timeline Of Assassination Attempts Against US Presidents Former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday,…

More Than Half Of Cancer Deaths In US A Result Of Lifestyle Choices: Study Authored by Amie Dahnke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A new study by the American Cancer Society…

RFK Jr. was finally granted Secret Service protection after an attempted assassination of Donald Trump Independent US presidential candidate Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., whose father was killed on the campaign trail, had…

Almost 44% of respondents believe the time for negotiations with Russia has come A significant portion of Ukrainians support the idea of launching “official peace talks” with Russia, a new survey has…

Tverberg: Advanced Economies Are Headed For A Downfall Authored by Gail Tverberg via Our Finite World, It may be pleasant to think that the economies that are “on top” now will stay…

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White has been a friend with Donald Trump for over 25 years.  When no one believed in the UFC sport, Donald Trump stood with Dana White…

Taliban Takes Americans Hostage, Says Willing To Trade For Gitmo Prisoners For the first time in years, the Taliban says it has arrested and imprisoned American citizens, and is hoping to use…

Secret Service “failure” played a part in the incident, the Homeland Security head has said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was nearly killed due to a “failure” of his Secret Service protection…

“It’s Not A ‘Narrative’, It’s The Truth” – David Sacks Destroys WaPo’s Post-Trump-Shooting Spin Authored bv David Sacks via X, I KNOW A HERO WHEN I SEE ONE The Washington Post names…

Hamas Says Top Commander Alive & Well After Israel Reported His Likely Death On Monday Hamas announced that its top military commander, the chief of the Qassem Brigades Mohammed Deif, is safe and…

GOP Was Investigating Secret Service Before Assassination Attempt Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics (emphasis ours), The Secret Service had already been under investigation by House Oversight Committee Republicans for several months…

Senator JD Vance has repeatedly argued for negotiating an end to the conflict between Kiev and Moscow Senator JD Vance, the Ohio Republican nominated to be Donald Trump’s running mate in November,…

As more investigative details of the attempted Trump assassination surface, some alarming information is surfacing. [PENNSYLANIA] – BUTLER, Pa. — Channel 11 news uncovered dramatic new details Monday in the moments leading…

Zelensky Suddenly Reverses, Says Russia Should Attend 2nd Ukraine Summit With much of the globe’s eyes and international press focused on the US domestic political situation in the wake of the attempted…

Moscow is not interested in merely being a bystander in the China-US conflict. So, it’s branching out. The most misguided way to develop Russian policy in Asia would be to focus it…

At the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Former President Trump announced Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his running mate Monday, as the party formally chose Trump as its presidential nominee.  RNC…

Don’t Expect Home Prices To Go Down Anytime Soon, Say Experts Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), As the seller’s market persists throughout most of the United States,…

Islamabad has “credible evidence” that the former Prime Minister’s party received foreign funding, says one member of cabinet Pakistan’s government plans to outlaw former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party Tehreek-e-Insaf, Information Minister…

Shocks To The System Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “Trump is brushing off assassin’s bullets like dirt off his shoulder, racking up a mile long rap sheet of the fakest…

Trump’d: Gold & Crypto Soar, Yield-Curve Dis-Inverts As Small-Caps Crush Big-Tech Again The ‘Trump trade’ played out today… Source: Bloomberg …as prediction markets surge in the former president’s favor… Source: Bloomberg Trump’s…

Ethereum Jumps Above $3,400 On Report ETFs To Start Trading Next Week Almost two months after the SEC unexpectedly cracked amid mounting political pressure – from Democrats – and granted 19b-4 approval…

Trump Picks J.D. Vance As Running Mate 48 hours after being shot through the ear at a campaign event, Donald Trump has announced J.D. Vance as his running mate. “After lengthy deliberation…

Biden Finally Gives RFK Jr. Secret Service Protection 48 hours after a ‘deluded gunman‘ with no internet footprint tried to assassinate Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally from a nearby rooftop that…

“I Fear For Our Nation” Authored by Charles Hugh SMith via OfTwoMinds blog, I hope we gain the wisdom that we need each other, not as enemies but as colleagues, not always…

Suspected Houthi Boat Drone “Collided” With Merchant Vessel In Southern Red Sea  Let’s take a break from the chaos in American politics and gravitate towards the Middle East.  Iran-backed Houthis are still…

JD Vance will be the US Republicans’ vice-presidential candidate Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for US president in the upcoming November election, has tapped JD Vance as his running mate. The announcement…

“It’s Staggering!” – AI’s Rapid Growth Threatens Energy Industry, Economy, & Climate Authored by Haley Zaremba via OilPrice.com, AI’s rapid growth threatens the stability of the energy industry, economy, and climate due…

The View Hosts Blame White Men For Trump Assassination Attempt Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, The View hosts Joy Behar and Ana Navarro reacted to the attempted assassination of Donald…

Cocoa Traders Face Billion Dollar Loss As Ghana Throttles Cocoa Delivery Supplies, Report Says  Major trading houses risk losing over a billion dollars on cocoa derivatives after top producer Ghana failed to deliver beans…

Following the President Trump assassination attempt, the White House is under pressure to answer questions about the collapse in security.  Even moderate democrats are suspicious and independent political followers are watching this…

Rabobank: There Is A Remarkable Symmetry Between This Weekend’s Events And Reagan’s Attempted Assassination In 1981 By Benjamin Picton, senior macro strategist at Rabobank The Shot Heard Around the World The US…

Consider this an open discussion and announcement thread. President Donald Trump is scheduled to make the announcement of his 2024 Vice-President pick today.  His running mate will be announced shortly. This is…

Judge Aileen Cannon has dismissed the classified documents case against President Trump that was brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith. Using a similar argument recently included by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas,…

The deal brings the country’s top tech player Yandex entirely under Russian ownership Yandex NV, the Dutch-registered parent company of Yandex, has announced it has finalized the sale of its Russian business,…

10 Burning Questions That Every American Should Be Asking About The Trump Shooting Authored by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog, The people that guard our leaders are…

Watch Live: Fed Chair Powell Speaks With David Rubinstein FedChair Jerome Powell is sitting down to have a conversation with David Rubenstein at the Economic Club of Washington. Just last week, in…

A shipment that included tanks, armored vehicles and air defense systems arrived in early July, a German news outlet is reporting The German government secretly delivered a new aid package to Ukraine…

Key Events This Week: Republican Convention, Retail Sales, Powell Speaks And Many More Earnings As DB’s Jim Reid writes (on his “day off”), the week starts off with the financial world assessing…

Trump Classified Docs Case Dismissed, Judge Finds Special Counsel Appointment Unconstitutional US District Court Judge Eileen Cannon has dismissed Donald Trump’s classified documents case, ruling that the appointment of Special Counsel Jack…

Abbott Demand Answers From CenterPoint As 260,000 Texans Still Without Power Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott demanded that utility firm CenterPoint Energy outline the steps…

Watch: New Video Shows Trump Shooter Climbing To Roof – People Warning Police New video evidence confirms that security teams on the scene of the Trump rally in Butler, PA were warned…

Elon Musk Is Right: End The Online Censorship Racket Authored by Jonathan Turley, Few Americans have ever heard of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media, let alone understand how it shapes what…

With corporate outlets constantly demonizing the Orange Man, something like the Butler shooting was bound to happen Americans from across the political spectrum were treated to yet more evidence that Donald Trump…

The appointment of a special prosecutor was unconstitutional, a judge has ruled Special Counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of former US President Donald Trump over the alleged mishandling of classified documents has been…

Kaja Kallas has quit her post to become the EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas has stepped down as prime minister of Estonia, as she prepares to become the EU foreign policy chief,…

Donald Trump is expected to officially become the GOP’s presidential candidate, just days after an attempt on his life The 2024 Republican National Convention (RNC), where the party will approve its platform…

A man has confessed to 42 murders, according to officials in Nairobi Police in Kenya have arrested a man believed to have killed dozens of women over the past two years in…

Energy tycoon Mukesh Ambani has reportedly spent up to $600 million on the event  Film stars, politicians, athletes, and industrialists from around the world descended on Mumbai last weekend to attend the…

The Four Factions Vying For Control Of America Authored by Robert Arvay via AmericanThinker.com, The Democrat party has three main factions vying for control.   One of them is the Biden family.   Another…

Here Are The Markets Moving Higher As Trump’s Election Odds Rise “I’m not supposed to be here, I’m supposed to be dead,” former President Trump told the New York Post on Sunday…

Futures Jump As Trump Assassination Attempt Boost Yields, Dollar And Supercharges Market Rotation US equity futures are stronger with the Russell/small caps again outperforming as the market rotation was supercharged over the…

Swatch Shares Crash Most In Four Years As Profits Plunge On China Downturn  The worsening economic slowdown in China, a massive market for luxury goods such as watches and handbags, weighed on…

MSNBC Yanks ‘Morning Joe’ Reportedly On Fears Of Inappropriate Trump Shooting Commentary MSNBC has taken its celebrated “Morning Joe” off-air on Monday reportedly on fears that their well-known leftist hosts could say…

Bystanders reportedly tried to alert police of a gunman before shots were fired at Donald Trump at the weekend  Bobby Kennedy III, a member of the famous American political dynasty that has…

Goldman Net Income Surges 150% As Investment Banking Misses, Credit Loss Provisions Slide After a mixed bag of results from JPMorgan on Friday and a downright ugly net interest margin report from…

Kiev has imposed strict policies to eliminate Russian from public spaces There has been a drop in the use of the Ukrainian language in the national school system, particularly among students, according…

Paul Kagame, who has held the presidency in Rwanda for nearly a quarter of a century, is expected to win decisively Rwandans are casting their ballots in presidential and parliamentary elections, which…

The plan is based on the results of the Hungarian leader’s recent visits to Kiev and Moscow, political adviser Balazs Orban has said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has sent proposals to…

What Rate-Cuts Can And Cannot Do Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, June’s year-over-year Consumer Price Index is still running 3 percent, which is now considered more-or-less on target. Five…

The labourers were hired to work 12-hour days, seven days a week for about four dollars per hour Police in Italy announced they have freed 33 Indian migrants from abusive conditions and…

The army chief must go like his predecessor, as both belong to the “generals’ mafia”, Mariana Bezuglaya has said Ukraine’s top commander Aleksandr Syrsky is ready to lay down arms and capitulate…

Humza Yousaf’s relatives were reportedly given passage out of the besieged enclave a day after Edinburgh paid money to UNRWA The Scottish government is set to investigate the country’s former first minister,…

Will The Left Respect Democracy If Trump Wins? Authored by Thaddeus McCotter via AmericanGreatness.com, The left and its mocking bird media are fond of asking whether the GOP and MAGA movement will…

Whistleblowers Asked SEC To Probe OpenAI Over Alleged Illegal NDAs Authored by Tristan Greene via CoinTelegraph.com, The complainants called the matter “urgent,” but it remains unclear if the SEC will open an…

Censors Everywhere We Look Authored by Lori Weintz via The Brownstone Institute, “It is intolerable to us that an erroneous thought should exist anywhere in the world, however secret and powerless it…

A zoo in Central Russia welcomed two litters of endangered big-cat species in a single day A zoo in Central Russia welcomed two litters of rare tigers in one day earlier this…

Three-day naval maneuvers have kicked off in Southern China, the Defense Ministry in Beijing says Russian and Chinese naval forces have started joint exercises in the Pacific, the Defense Ministry in Beijing…

The shooter appeared in a commercial for the investment behemoth Thomas Matthew Crooks, the suspect in Saturday’s attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump, featured in a 2022 ad for BlackRock,…

Dozens were also injured in the incident, a police spokesperson has said Twenty-two people were killed and 132 injured when a two-story school building collapsed in central Nigeria’s Plateau state, local authorities…

The Indian prime minister is the most-followed serving world leader on the platform Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has exceeded 100 million followers on Elon Musk’s X platform, making him the most-followed…

5 Reasons For A New Gold Playbook Authored by Ronni Stoeferle via VonGreyerz.gold, The rise in the gold price this spring was undoubtedly spectacular. In just a few weeks, the gold price…

Ukraine cannot beat Russia while sparing younger men, Ivo Daalder has said Kiev should send 18-year-olds to fight Russia to increase the likelihood of victory, former US ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder…

Visualizing The Surge In Defense Spending Of Non-US NATO Members Non-U.S. members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have increased their expenditure on defense, with a big spike after the Russian…

UK’s Labour Party Confirms Brexit Reversal Is Dead And Buried Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, I was wondering when Brexit would come up. It has already and I am pleased to…

The former US president has said he wants to unite the country after surviving an assassination attempt Donald Trump has said he is lucky to be alive after being targeted by a…

The US-led military bloc does not want to become directly involved in the Ukraine conflict, Jens Stoltenberg has claimed NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has ruled out the possibility of Poland intercepting…