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Ugly, Tailing 10Y Auction Sees Lowest Foreign Demand Of 2024 After yesterday’s stellar, stopping through 3Y auction, moments ago the Treasury completed its 10Y reopening of 9-year, 11-month Cusip JZ5, in an…

‘Weekend In Ohio’: Two Women Charged With “Gross Abuse Of A Corpse” After Driving Dead Man To Bank To Make Withdrawal The plot to ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’ playout this past week in…

US Gasoline Prices Rise For The Second Consecutive Week By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com U.S. gasoline prices rose for a second week in a row, to average $3.40 per gallon on Monday,…

Biden’s Budget Is Unmitigated Bull**it Following yesterday’s release of Biden’s $7.3 trillion budget, the Biden administration bragged about lowering the deficit by $3 trillion over the next decade – an average of…

One Career Economist Exposes The Lies Of Modern Economics By Michael Every of Rabobank Damascene Conversion Today is all about US CPI. I’m not sure why given markets, and President Biden(!), believe…

Klaus Iohannis will face stiff competition from Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for the position of secretary general Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has announced his candidacy to replace Jens Stoltenberg as NATO’s…

Russian forces have been using FAB gravity bombs fitted with modification kits that turn them into guided glide munitions Russia’s Defense Ministry has released footage of a Su-34 bomber plane dropping FAB-500…

The SBU has targeted Orthodox journalists reporting on the country’s church crackdown Several employees of the Union of Orthodox Journalists (UOJ) have been subjected to raids by the Security Service of Ukraine…

Kiev’s forces lost 350 soldiers and two tanks as Moscow’s troops captured Nevelskoe, the Defense Ministry has said Moscow’s troops continue to gain ground in their offensive against the Ukrainian army in…

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reiterated his reluctance to supply long-range weaponry to Kiev, DPA has reported German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ruled out the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, citing…

Moscow has strongly protested Bern’s decision to develop a legal basis for using its frozen funds to aid Kiev Russia’s Foreign Ministry summoned Switzerland’s ambassador to Moscow, Krystyna Marty Lang, on Tuesday…

Peter Schiff: Gold Is The Canary In The Economic Coal-Mine Via SchiffGold.com, This weekend, Todd Sachs interviewed Peter on the state of the economy. They discuss the parallels between now and the 2007-2008 housing…

​​​​​​​Tesla Gigafactory In Germany Has Power Restored After Power Grid Attack By Leftist Group Power has been restored at Tesla’s German Gigafactory near Berlin after a far-left militant/environmental group attacked nearby electricity infrastructure, paralyzing…

Israel Announces Death Of Kidnapped US Citizen By Hamas The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has announced the death of 19-year old Sgt. Itay Chen, a dual US-Israeli citizen who had been serving…

Countering a supposed Russian threat featured prominently in the new draft released as a campaign pitch US President Joe Biden released a draft budget for the next fiscal year on Monday, outlining…

The UN Security Council had called for a halt in fighting to allow humanitarian access to millions of people trapped across Sudan The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) will not agree to a…

Billionaire Ronnie Screwvala sat down with host Anupam Kher to decode the mysteries of the ‘Bharat’ The narrowing of the divide between rural and urban India is a cause for optimism and…

The new directive will allow member states to jail individuals and fine businesses The European Parliament has adopted a directive to criminalize the violation and circumvention of EU sanctions, according to a…

Warsaw does not intend to send soldiers to the neighboring country, Deputy Defense Minister Stanislaw Wziatek has said Poland has no plans to send its military to Ukraine, even for the purpose…

The former president’s allies and family now occupy key positions on the Republican National Committee Former US President Donald Trump has taken charge of the Republican National Committee (RNC), installing his daughter-in-law…

The Defense Ministry included the American-supplied multiple rocket launcher on a list of disabled Ukrainian hardware on Tuesday    Moscow has released a video showing what it says is the moment a Ukrainian-operated,…

Dozens of children rescued from the conflict zone have been reunited with their families Some Ukrainian children that were relocated to Russia from the conflict zone prefer to stay there instead of…

Boeing Chaos Hits Southwest Air, Shares Collapse Most Since COVID Southwest Airlines released a new filing that warned it must trim its capacity and reassess financial forecasts. The airline attributed these adjustments…

“That Is Not The Direction The Fed Wants To See”: Wall Street Reacts To The Hot CPI Print While it is possible that the market had priced in a hot print (as…

The US Defense Department has delivered weapons to Kiev expecting future appropriations to cover replacements, a senior official has said The Pentagon wants the US Congress to allocate $10 billion to compensate…

Digital Currency And Gold As Speculative Warnings Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Over the last few years, digital currencies and gold have become decent barometers of speculative investor appetite. Such isn’t…

In This Market, It’s The Upside You Need To Hedge By Michael Msika, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist In a market scaling record highs thanks to a steady stream of dovish…

Inflation Hot: Consumer Prices Hit New Record High, Up 19% Since ‘Bidenomics’ Began After January’s surprised upside shift, expectations have been adjusted up over the last month for another sizable MoM move…

‘20 Days in Mariupol’ won best documentary at Sunday’s ceremony  The presentation of the Oscar for Best Documentary to Ukrainian film ‘20 Days in Mariupol’ has been cut from the international TV…

Enthusiasm For Longer Treasury Maturities Abates Ahead Of US CPI Authored by Ven Ram, Bloomberg macro strategist, With the US economy still proving to be largely resilient, investors don’t seem to be…

The Israeli prime minister has promised “total victory” in Gaza amid calls for a Ramadan ceasefire Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reaffirmed his intention to eliminate the Palestinian Hamas movement in…

The bloc is mulling a joint debt program to upgrade its defense sector Investors are pushing for an EU-wide debt program that would bring them healthy profits while helping the bloc to…

Futures, Global Markets Rise Ahead Of Key CPI Report US equity futures rose with European and Asian market ahead of the closely watched February CPI data which could have an impact on the…

Address Metabolic Crisis At Its Root, Don’t Hook Obese Americans On Gov’t-Funded Ozempic Calley Means, a one-time consultant for big food and pharmaceutical companies in the Washington, DC, swamp, and now the…

The kamikaze aircraft injured two women at the building of the Belgorod Region administration, Govenor Vyacheslav Gladkov has said A Ukrainian kamikaze drone injured two women when it hit the offices of…

The award was overturned due to a parallel UK suit in which the trader had already won a much smaller payout France’s top court has ruled that BNP Paribas banker Bertrand Lavigne,…

Memes Are Shaping Elections And No One Is Immune From Them Authored by Austin Alonzo via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Moments after more than 100 million Americans finished watching the Super…

The money is intended to be used to “revive democracy and protect human rights” on the continent The US State Department has requested $322.5 million for the 2025 fiscal year to bolster…

The measure seeks to fast-track processes for undocumented migrants of ethnic minorities from neighboring nations Protests have broken out in India after a controversial new citizenship law entered into force on Monday….

Attacks on Belgorod and Kursk regions have been repelled with heavy losses for Kiev’s forces, Moscow has said Ukrainian efforts to launch raids into Russia’s Belgorod and Kursk regions on Tuesday morning…

An Il-76 was lost east of Moscow due to engine failure, the Defense Ministry has reported An Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane crashed in Russia on Tuesday, after one of its engines…

The pontiff suggested that Kiev should “find the courage” to end the conflict with Moscow through talks Ukraine needs more military aid before it can start negotiating a peace deal with Russia,…

A first tranche of over $3 billion could be disbursed in July, the outlet has learned The European Commission is pressing ahead with its plan to give Kiev up to €3 billion…

The Ukrainian president increasingly resembles self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido, Nicolas Maduro said Ukraine’s President Vladimir Zelensky looks like a clown, a brute, and a loser when he attacks Pope Francis for urging…

A tenth of India’s petrol is now biofuel – petrol blended with ethanol, a by-product of sugarcane. But that’s a crop that is hungry for water, in a country facing drought, and…

“Somebody Switched It”: California Voters Report Ballot Mix-Ups, Share Concerns About Election Integrity Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Some California voters are questioning the electoral process after…

Iron Ore’s Steep Decline Intensifies To start the week, Ehsan Khoman, the Head of Commodities at MUFG Bank, points out that iron ore ended the session in Asia as one of the…

Allocating more aid could enable Ukraine to launch a new counteroffensive next year, William Burns told the US Senate The US is standing at “a profoundly important crossroads” in terms of whether…

The African Union says the Ethiopian ceasefire deal signed in 2022 requires immediate attention The Ethiopian government and authorities in the northern Tigray region have held talks to review and resolve issues…

The social media influencers were reportedly detained for 24 hours by police on Monday Online influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been arrested in Romania on a UK-issued warrant over…

Trump Says No More ‘Free Milk’ For NATO Free Loaders Authored by Mark Serrano via RealClear Wire, The mainstream media and political establishment are outraged over Donald Trump’s latest comments about NATO….

A Russian court had ordered a retrial due to procedural violations The Moscow City Court has overturned the verdict of a lower court against a founding member of the anarchist punk group…

Kiev launched nearly a dozen drones while a saboteur group attempted to break through the border, the governor of Kursk Region has said Russian air defense systems intercepted 11 Ukrainian drones over…

An oil refinery was shut down due to a fire caused by the night raid Russian air defenses have intercepted 25 Ukrainian fixed wing drones overnight, the Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday…

The French president previously implied that the bloc could send troops to Ukraine NATO is not planning to deploy troops to Ukraine, the secretary-general of the US-led bloc, Jens Stoltenberg, has insisted….

Spanish Data Protection Agency Orders Halt To Worldcoin’s Data Collection Authored by Tareq Sikder via FinanceMagnates.com, Complaints include inadequate information disclosure, data collection from minors, and inability to withdraw consent. Tools for…

Portuguese Center-Right Coalition Ends Socialists’ 8-Year Reign; Populist Party Soars In the latest demonstration of a broad swing to the political right among the peoples of Europe, a tight parliamentary election in…

“He’ll Kill Us All” – New Head Of Ukrainian Forces Nicknamed ‘The Butcher’ By Own Troops Authored by John Cody via ReMix News, The new head of the Ukrainian army, Oleksandr Syrskyi,…

John Barnett was set to undergo questioning in court on Saturday, but failed to show up A former Boeing employee was found dead in the US when he was scheduled to give…

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…

Alright, alright, alright. All the right people are pearl clutching as the new MAGA RNC leadership starts eliminating positions, reprioritizing the Republican National Committee on the functions that matter, and canceling professionally…

Four Years Ago This Week, Freedom Was Torched Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Brownstone Institute, “Beware the Ides of March,” Shakespeare quotes the soothsayer’s warning Julius Caesar about what turned out…

X Users Blast Establishment Scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson For Owning Condo In Climate Change Flood Zone X users blasted establishment ‘scientist’ Neil deGrasse Tyson for owning a multi-million condominium in an area…

Jamie Dimon Sees “Little Bit Of A Bubble In Stock Markets Right Now”, But BofA Says Buy Because This Time It’s Different “One fact of financial life should never be forgotten. Wall…

Doctors, Dictators, And The Medical Autocracy Authored by Amy Denney via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Jean Wendrick acknowledges that she’s been mostly unhealthy her whole life—suffering from diabetes since she was…

Deluge Of Violent Crime Sees Philly Transit Boss Call For National Guard, Following NYC’s Lead Transit Workers Union Local 234 President Brian Pollitt is demanding accountability from Gov. Josh Shapiro, Mayor Cherelle Parker,…

For some reason Tucker Carlson interviewed Chris Cuomo.  The majority of the lengthy interview is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.  Chris Cuomo is either intellectually incapable of understanding the Russia…

The top-polling US presidential candidate has suggested that he would not try to block the use of cryptocurrencies Former US President Donald Trump has essentially ruled out the threat of cryptocurrencies being…

CDC Warns Thousands Of Children Sent To ER After Taking Common Sleep Aid Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) paper released…

Leftist Consulting Firms Exposed As Hidden Hand Behind The Wokification Of Video Games How the tables have turned in the past decade.  If you were involved at the inception of the culture…

The attack in Oryol caused a fire but no casualties, according to Andrey Klychkov At least one Ukrainian drone has crashed into an oil facility in the western Russian city of Oryol,…

Nightmare Scenario: How A Trump Trial Could Now Run Up To (Or Through) The 2024 Election Authored by Jonathan Turley, “This trial will not yield to the election cycle.” Those words of U.S. District…

Israel Making Preparations To Launch Invasion Of Southern Lebanon Israel has continued signaling that it is preparing to launch a major new operation against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon following months of tit-for-tat…

Ex-Russian President claims to have predicted the French leader would scrap his visit to Kiev French President Emmanuel Macron has postponed his visit to Ukraine because he is a pathological coward, former…

A bill moving through the House offers a mafia racket-style ‘choice’ to both the Chinese social media app and American digital distributors TikTok is the world’s most downloaded social media app. With…

Washington’s intel agencies have concluded that Moscow will continue to advance its interests while avoiding a war with NATO Russia “almost certainly” seeks to avoid a direct military conflict with NATO members…

Only The US Can Destroy The US Dollar Authored by Russell Clark of the Capital Flows and Asset Markets substack Being the reserve currency has enormous benefits. And in the entirety of…

The House Subcommittee on Oversight released a report [SEE HERE] and overview [SEE HERE] highlighting just how political the J6 committee was.  The report outlines how Nancy Pelosi structured the J6 committee…

Over 80% Of Tattoo Inks Contain Unlisted Substances That Can Cause Organ Damages, Allergies: Study Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The vast majority of tattoo inks sold…

I’m not knowledgeable enough about all the candidates running for the Senate seat in Michigan, but if the most likely candidates to exit the Republican primary are Justin Amash, Pete Meijer or…

Warships from the three countries will run drills to ensure maritime security Ships of the Russian, Chinese and Iranian navies are holding a joint exercise in the Arabian Sea this week, staging…

Red Candle In The Wind By Benjamin PIcton of Rabobank February non-farm payrolls superficially exceeded market expectations on Friday by printing at 275,000 against a consensus call of 200,000. We say superficially,…

Here’s What’s In Biden’s ‘Reckless’ $7.3 Trillion Budget, And Here’s How He’ll ‘Pay’ For It The Biden administration has released a proposed budget that would boost federal spending to $7.3 trillion next…

China Planted Mystery Devices On Cranes Used In US Ports, Could Seize Control Remotely: Congressional Letter Authored by Andrew Thornebrooke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Top Republicans from multiple House committees…

Moscow has defied all apocalyptic forecasts, the paper has admitted Russia’s economy continues to successfully battle through all the hardships, all while growing stronger, the Economist reported in its latest piece published…

The former US president has claimed that he didn’t want to boost Facebook, which he considers an “enemy of the people” Former President Donald Trump has claimed that he backed down from…

Transgender Golfer Booted After Woman’s Pro Tour Adopts ‘Biological At Birth’ Rules “Effective immediately, I have been removed (banned) from the next 3 NXXT tournaments that I already signed up for and…

Fauci Deputy Warned Him Against Vaccine Mandates: Email Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Mandating COVID-19 vaccination was a mistake due to ethical and other concerns, a top government…

California Democrat Wants Taxpayer-Funded Lawyers For Illegals Convicted Of ‘Serious And Violent Crimes’ California Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D) wants to give free, taxpayer-funded legal aid to illegal migrants who have “been convicted…

Trump “Clearly Hasn’t Learned From His COVID-Era Mistakes”, RFK Jr. Says Authored by Jeff Louderback via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Joe Biden claimed that COVID vaccines are now helping cancer…

Departed brands such as Honor, Xiaomi, Samsung, and Acer reportedly resumed marketing in the sanctioned country in 2023 Many Asian electronics giants that curtailed promotion or suspended official supplies of goods to…

Bring Out Your Dead: Mall Retailer ‘The Body Shop’ Files For Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Another one bites the dust. Following the endless list of mall-retailer bankruptcies that have occurred since Covid further…

Latvia may deport Russians who participate in the upcoming presidential election, the country’s police chief has said Latvian police will “screen” Russians who visit their country’s embassy to vote in this week’s…

The NATO secretary general has endorsed negotiations as a way to end the conflict NATO must continue to support Kiev so it can negotiate with Moscow about becoming an independent state, the…

The Anti-Democratic Democratic Left Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Joe Biden has claimed that his opponents are assaulting democracy on the basis of the January 6, 2020, buffoonish riot….

Crypto Crack-Up Continues As Stocks & Bonds Sink Ahead Of CPI With all eyes, ears, fingers, and toes tingling ahead of tomorrow’s “most important data item in the whole wide world ever”…

US Swing States Misery Index Shows Bidenomics Is Failing Authored by Daniel Lacalle, One of the most dangerous things that a government can do is present a glossy picture of the economy…

The WikiLeaks founder would have been viewed as a ‘fighter for truth and freedom’ if his revelations had concerned Moscow or Beijing, according to Vyacheslav Volodin Nations that support the extradition of…

Grayscale, Coinbase Sit Down With SEC Over Spot Ether ETF Authored by Ana Paula Pereira via CoinTelegraph.com, Grayscale and Coinbase met with the SEC on March 6 to address concerns about the…