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Mask-Wearing German Judge Acquits CJ Hopkins In ‘Nazi-Promoting Tweets’ Case Six months after renowned American author and satirist CJ Hopkins was first charged (and found guilty and sentenced) for daring to dissent…

Trump Says Texas Rightly Invoked ‘Invasion’ Clause Over Biden’s Open Border Former President Trump chimed in on the unfolding border situation in Texas between state officials and the federal Customs and Border…

What was once essentially a collective of engineers known for innovation and craftsmanship now operates in the interests of Wall Street On a sunny day in August 1955, Boeing test pilot, Alvin…

Charles Michel’s change of mind comes days ahead of a meeting between EU leaders on signing off on additional Ukraine aid European Council president Charles Michel has abandoned plans to contest a…

Border Patrol Says Agents Will Not Remove Texas Razor Wire Barriers Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In defiance of the Biden Administration’s wishes, senior figures within Customs and Border Protection have…

The Russian president claims that the governments of Ukraine and the Baltic states have adopted “Hitlerites’ ideology and methods” Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to crush modern-day forces that promote Nazism,…

Defying Inflation, Americans Have Kept Spending Money U.S. retail sales grew more than expected in December, rounding off a surprisingly strong year in terms of consumer spending, as Americans continued to spend…

The president urged ministers to prioritize veterans returning from Ukraine as the basis of Russia’s new creme de la creme Veterans returning from the war zone in Ukraine should become Russia’s new…

Ukraine is “working hard” with Washington to secure American funding for the country in 2024, PM Denis Shmygal said The US assured Kiev that the Russian assets that remain frozen in the…

US Median Rents Slide For Eighth Month On Surge In New Apartment Supply  High-frequency data from Realtor.com shows US median rents slid in December on a year-over-year basis for the eighth consecutive month, down…

A UK general said earlier this week that “citizen armies” should be prepared to take up arms against Moscow Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has rejected a claim by the chief of…

TATA will collaborate with the French multinational to build aircraft for the local market and third countries Tata Group, one of India’s largest conglomerates, will join forces with France’s Airbus to produce…

Janet Yellen Bets $2 Trillion That Rates Will Not Be Higher-For-Longer Submitted by Anthony Trevisan, A Major Trend Change In 2023, the Treasury added $2.6T to the national debt. While that number…

The Biden administration has reportedly shifted focus to defensive tactics and will no longer help Kiev recapture lost territory The US is working on a new strategy for Ukraine that would mark…

These Are The Best-Selling Phones Of All Time In 2021, the world had 7.1 billion mobile phone users, roughly 90% of the global population. The mobile phone is now one of humanity’s most…

The trend stems from US attempts to confiscate frozen Russian assets, Ambassador Anatoly Antonov has said US plans to seize Russian assets frozen abroad are forcing other countries to consider ditching the…

How The COVID Virus Defends Itself From The Human Immune System Authored by Amie Dahnke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Just how was the COVID-19 coronavirus so successful? (Naeblys/Shutterstock) The question…

Davos, Dictators, & The Real “Threats To Our Democracy” Authored by Laura Hollis via The Epoch Times, Republican presidential candidate (and now presumptive nominee) Donald Trump won the Iowa caucus and the…

Houthi attacks in the waterway have prompted many companies to redirect vessels to longer and more expensive routes The cost of shipping fuel by sea has in some cases soared above $100,000…

The bloc nonetheless needs a Cold War-style deterrence against Moscow, defense minister Boris Pistorius has said There’s currently no threat of Russia attacking NATO or any of the partners of the US-led…

Participants in a survey believe that adopting the single currency would risk price increases A majority of Czechs are skeptical about transitioning to the euro, believing that adopting the single currency would…

Global production of the fuel is also expected rise whereas supply will likely remain tight, according to the energy watchdog Gas production in Russia is expected to rise by 4% this year,…

The attack system posed an “imminent threat” to ships navigating the Red Sea, Washington said in a statement The United States Navy destroyed an anti-ship missile in Houthi-held territory in Yemen early…

The vessel shipping for trading giant Trafigura is reportedly transporting Russian-origin naphtha for making plastics, gasoline A petroleum-products tanker operated on behalf of Trafigura was struck by a Houthi missile in the…

Tapping Russian assets frozen in the EU would harm the single currency, the head of Italy’s central bank says The EU should not use the euro as a tool in sanctions wars…

Shortages have arisen as output of renewable energy has failed to compensate for the closures of coal and nuclear plants The UK purchased a record £3.5 billion ($4.4 billion) worth of electricity…

The immigration issue has been “broken,” and “it’s long past time to fix it,” the US president said US President Joe Biden has again urged the Republican lawmakers to agree to the…

The country’s stocks have been selling off of late despite a series of government stimulus measures Investors poured nearly $12 billion into Chinese equity funds in the week ending this past Wednesday,…

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…

Escobar: Five Variables Defining Our Future Authored by Pepe Escobar, In the late 1930s, with WWII in motion, and only months before his assassination, Leon Trotsky already had a vision of what…

The Pentagon is reportedly looking to bring B16-12 bombs to eastern England The United States is planning to deploy nuclear weapons in the UK for the first time in 15 years, the…

Here’s Every EV Qualified For US Tax Credits In 2024 This year, the list of qualified electric vehicles (EVs) for U.S. tax credits is relatively small. Many popular models like the Nissan…

The Price Of Failed Wars Authored by Simone Leeden via RealClear Wire, A growing number of Americans grapple with a profound dilemma. This dilemma stems from our recent and painful history of…

Woke Maryland Private School Questions Young Boys About “Gender” & “Sexuality” Reversing the “woke” takeover of America’s education system will require a concerted effort from concerned parents who don’t want their children…

DNI Investigation Reveals How CCP Interfered In US Election Authored by Andrew Thornebrooke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Chinese regime interfered in the U.S. 2022 midterm elections through various means,…

The European bloc must overcome the “polarization” stemming from agricultural disputes, Ursula von der Leyen has said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has expressed hope that new “strategic dialogue” will…

Texas Governor Greg Abbott calls in for an interview about the federal -vs- state conflict on border security.  Gov. Greg Abbott says ten other states have already sent national guard to the…

These Are The Most-Popular AI Tools Artificial intelligence had its breakout year in 2023, with large language models (LLMs) and text-to-image generators capturing the attention and imagination of technologists and investors alike….

Growing Concerns Over Links Between Transgenderism And Violence Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Mental health issues that manifest in gender confusion, combined with potent cross-sex hormones,…

Saudi Tankers Given Passage Through Red Sea By Houthis, Alongside Russia & China China and Russia aren’t the only countries being given a “pass” from Yemen’s Houthi rebels, but Saudi Arabia is…

Email Reveals Why CDC Didn’t Issue Alert On COVID Vaccines And Myocarditis Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The nation’s top public health agency did not send an…

Beijing Set To Refill Strategic Oil Reserve After Draining It For Most Of 2023 It’s not just the US that is in desperate need of refilling its strategic oil reserve after Biden…

Could AI Start Nuclear War? Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, I’ve covered a wide variety of potential crises over the years. These include natural disasters, pandemics, social unrest and financial collapse….

The country’s leader said the call for Israel to prevent indiscriminate killings of Palestinians is a “victory” for human rights South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed Friday’s ruling by the International…

David Pressman accused PM Viktor Orban of hurting NATO and helping Russia The US has the power to pressure Hungary if it does not adjust its foreign policy towards the EU, NATO…

Jeffrey Epstein’s Brother Says DOJ Suicide Report Is “Bull*hit” – Demands New Investigation Mark Epstein, the brother of elite sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, says his brother was murdered, and the Justice Department…

Neocons Freak As Biden Reportedly Considers Syria, Iraq Withdrawal Via The Ron Paul Institute Neocon heads (like the Middle East Institute’s Charles Lister’s) are exploding with the news this week that the…

Crime Pays: Seattle Pays 2020 BLM Rioters $10 Million Over ‘Excessive Force’ Claims Peacefully protest at the Capitol before getting teargassed by Capitol Police and possibly murdered by them? The Biden DOJ…

Feredal agents is not seeking to escalate the standoff with Texan authorities, a government official told the media Federal agents are not planning to dismantle the razor wire installed by Texas on…

Middle East Uncertainty And Its Effects On Global Markets Via SchiffGold.com, As the conflict continues to accelerate in Gaza and beyond, 2024 is set for a somewhat terrifying boom in global uncertainty…

“Traitor”: Argentina Paralyzed By Strikes As Thousands Protest Milei’s “Shock Therapy” Javier Milei’s honeymoon is over. Two months after libertarian firebrand Javier Milei was elected president of Latam basket case Argentina, pledging…

Ohio Legislature Overrides Governor’s Pro-Trans Veto, Bans Procedures For Minors Authored by Caden Pearson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Ohio Senate voted on Wednesday to override Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s…

Liz Cheney has come out in favor of Nikki Haley remaining in the race to represent the best foreign policy interests of those in DC who love using the military to kill…

Evidence has been shown to the Biden administration and the United Nations that 12 members of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) were actual participants in the October 7th Hamas…

President Trump’s lawyer, Alina Habba, delivered furious remarks to the assembled media pool following the Trump -vs- Carroll defamation trial and jury verdict.  Habba outlines the lawfare effort of the New York…

The United States Navy Essentially Lost A Battle At Sea This Week On Wednesday the US Navy attempted to escort two US owned and flagged container carriers through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait…

Pentagon Report Predicts New Age Of COVID Bioweapons And Brain Chip Warfare Authored by Lee Fang, The year is 2028, and a new and highly infectious coronavirus has struck the sailors of…

Macleod: Summary Of The Dangers Facing Us In 2024 Authored by Alasdair Macleod via Substack, This year is likely to see wealth destruction on a massive scale. The reason this is not…

The former president was ordered to pay more than $80 million to the woman who accused him of rape Former US President Donald Trump has been ordered by a Manhattan jury to…

Moscow is accusing Kiev of shooting down an aircraft that carried its own soldier Moscow has released a video that it says shows Ukrainian POWs boarding the military transport plane, which was…

E. Jean Carroll is 50 shades of crazy. This New York civil jury is just as nutty. Carroll was awarded a ridiculous $83.3 million in damages for her civil defamation lawsuit against…

Bond Yields, Bitcoin, & Black Gold Bounce As Economic ‘Animal Spirits’ Wreck Rate-Cut Hype While the micro (earnings) has been more mixed (NFLX/IBM good, INTC/TSLA bad), the macro has been a one-way…

“There’s No Voting Ourselves Out Of This” – Restoration Through Catastrophe Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform, Even though Frederic Bastiat lived two centuries ago, his wisdom echoes across the…

DOJ, SEC, Among Agencies Probing GM Cruise After October Pedestrian Collision It appears it isn’t just Tesla’s full self driving that has come under scrutiny of regulators: General Motors’ driverless car business,…

Explaining ExxonMobil’s Pre-Emptive Attack On Shareholder Activists Authored by Leonard Hyman & William Tilles via OilPrice.com, ExxonMobil isn’t taking any chances in letting activist shareholders propose a resolution to speed up emission…

Kremlin Denies Reports That Putin Signaling White House For Peace Talks There has been growing chatter this week in international press that Moscow is looking to strike a peace deal with Ukraine…

Watch: Gov. Abbott Tells Tucker He’s Not Backing Down, Expects Red States To Circle Wagons, & Trump Elected In November Texas Governor Greg Abbott spoke with Tucker Carlson on Friday, telling him…

Supreme Court Moving Fast In Trump Ballot Disqualification Case, Written Opinion Coming Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Supreme Court has signaled that it’s moving fast…

Are Biden Boosters Manipulating The ‘PredictIt’ Market For The Election? Former President Trump is currently polling better than President Biden with regard to winning the election this year by the most at…

Bonds Away: Rate-Cuts & Junk-Debt In 2024 Via SchiffGold.com, After a delicate dance of interest rate increases, Jerome Powell has declared victory on inflation and says to expect looser monetary policy this…

Former Goldman Banker Sues For $1.3 Million, Alleging “Chaotic” Environment Led To Mental Health Crisis A banker formerly from Goldman Sachs has sued the financial behemoth for more than £1 million ($1.3 million)…

Israel’s Reputation Takes A Hit In World Court Genocide Case Israel has suffered its first major setback in the International Court of Justice (ICJ, or also “World Court”) genocide case brought against…

PCE Might Justify A Fed-Cut In March, But It Would Be Folly Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, PCE inflation data, just released and in line with expectations, could already be…

Independent Review Blames GM’s Cruise Robotaxi Mess on “Poor Leadership” An independent review paid for by General Motors and Cruise revealed how the embattled autonomous vehicle company’s executives mishandled a robotaxi crash…

Sticking The Landing? By Bas van Geffen, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank US data further added to markets’ optimism that the Fed may be able to achieve a soft landing after all….

Taibbi: Is The Electoral Fix Already In? Authored by Matt Taibbi via ‘Racket News’ substack, The fix is in. To “protect democracy,” democracy is already being canceled. We just haven’t admitted the…

ADL Alerts Law Enforcement To Matt Walsh, Chris Rufo, Libs Of TikTok Authored by Mary Margaret Olohan via The Daily Signal, The Anti-Defamation League flags “online amplifiers of LGBTQ+ hate” as extremists…

Pending Home Sales Surge Most Since COVID-Lockdowns In December As Rates Tumbled Existing home sales tumbled to record lows (SAAR) in December, but new home sales rebounded (as new home prices rose),…

Houthi Rebels Fire Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile “Toward” US Arleigh-Burke Class Destroyer In a statement on social media platform X, US Central Command said Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired an anti-ship ballistic missile “toward”…

Spirit Plummets After Jetblue Warns Deal Is About To Become “Terminable” After Spirit Airlines plummeted to an all time low last week when the Biden DOJ did Jetblue a favor and blocked…

Trump Ordered To Pay Over $80 Million In Carroll Defamation Case Former President Trump has been ordered to pay $83.3 million in E. Jean Carroll’s civil defamation trial. Trump-@ejeancarroll verdict says Carroll…

Shenanigans Begin Again: Fed ‘Magic’ Turns $2.5BN Deposit Outflow Into $42BN Inflow Banks usage of the Fed bailout fund as a free-money arb play ended this week with the BTFP facility ballooning…

Russia’s “geopolitical adversaries” had sought to “exterminate” anyone wanting good relations with Moscow, the president has said Kiev’s actions in Donbass between 2014 and 2022 were nothing short of “genocide,” Russian President…

“Michelle, Ma Belle…?” Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “What a train wreck it is for the democrats! What an unholy mess! It is an unmitigated disaster, the sinking of the…

In this brief video below {Direct Rumble Link Here} Former Blackrock portfolio manager, Ed Dowd, explains why every last remnant of human freedom depends on mass resistance to Central Bank Digital Currencies…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to “stand by our Palestinian brothers to establish a ceasefire” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has welcomed the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) ruling ordering Israel…

Chinese film has evolved to previously unseen quality levels as interest in American cinema has waned China’s top ten highest grossing films for 2023 included zero Hollywood blockbusters, the New York Times…

The International Court of Justice has ordered West Jerusalem to prevent genocide in Gaza The Israeli government has brushed off a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordering it to…

New Delhi doesn’t even have to try. In a divided world, the country’s scale and its cultural traditions make it a major player It was India’s biggest politico-religious event. Prime Minister Narendra…

  U.S. intelligence and security agencies investigating the mysterious sonic attacks against American diplomatic personnel in China need to look no further than China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The ministry…

  US President Donald Trump’s declared recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan on Thursday, March 21, had a time-sensitive object, unconnected to the Israeli election or Binyamin Netanyahu’s run for reelection,…

  US Marines recently led a simulated assault on a small island in the Pacific, honing skills thought to be essential in a fight with China. The exercise, which also involved the…

  The Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staffs is denying a Wall Street Journal report that claimed at least 1,000 US troops would remain in Syria. Gen. Joseph Dunford released a…

  In a dynamic that shows just how far U.S. oil production has come in recent years, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Monday that in the last two months…

  In the wake of last week’s terror attacks at two New Zealand mosques which left 50 dead, several websites which either reported on the incident, hosted footage of the attacks, or…

  A lot of us have been watching Mt. Popocatepetl for a very long time.  Could it be possible that we are now on the verge of the most destructive volcanic eruption…

  The United States is planning to quickly develop two new missiles previously banned by a 30-year-old arms control treaty. America’s withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, sparked by allegations of…

  China’s military spending for 2019 will increase by 7.5 percent to about $177.61 billion, as revealed on March 3, 2019 by an official at Chinese Communist Party’s annual National People’s Consultative…

  This was the first visit since the Iranian leader assumed office in 2013 and importantly underscored just how integral relations between the Islamic Republic and Iraq are for both parties. Much…