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The Maine Event That Wasn’t: Bellows Fails Again To Force A Ruling On Trump Disqualification Authored by Jonathan Turley, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows lost another attempt to force review of…

Northrop Grumman Shares Hit Turbulence After Billion Dollar B-21 Raider Contract Charge Northrop Grumman shares hit turbulence at the start of the US cash session after the defense contractor reported a $1.2…

The Swiss government has adopted an anti-Russian stance on European security, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has suggested that Switzerland is no longer a neutral country,…

Microsoft will lay off 8% of the workers at its gaming unit Microsoft is cutting around 1,900 employees in its gaming unit Activision Blizzard and Xbox this week, CNBC reported on Thursday,…

With the economy surging, New Delhi has been buying crude from whomever offers the lowest price, an Oilprice report notes India is set to overtake China as the single biggest driver of…

As Elections Loom, CDBCs Are Becoming ‘Hyper-Politicized’ Authored by Andrew Singer via CoinTelegraph.com, Central bank digital currencies are becoming more politicized globally, “but in the U.S. they seem to be ‘hyper-politicized’”… It’s…

Microsoft To Fire 1,900 Workers Across Gaming As Its Market Cap Hits $3 Trillion Microsoft, which is hitting a daily all time high every day now because supposedly everyone will be using…

The preliminary analysis for Power of Siberia 2 has already been carried out, Aleksandr Novak has said   The timing and cost of the construction of the new mega pipeline Power of…

Darya Trepova has been sentenced to 27 years behind bars for the assassination of military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky Darya Trepova, who was found guilty of assassinating Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky last…

New Home Sales Rose Over 4% In 2023 (Prices Tumbled), As Existing Sales Hit Record Low On the heels of the worst year ever for existing home sales, new home sales were…

Syrian Kurds should understand that US troops in the country are there “illegally,” the Russian foreign minister has said  Any groups in Syria that are looking to the US for protection will…

Some Japanese commenters said Karolina Shiino’s victory had been a “political decision” Ukrainian model Karolina Shiino has ignited controversy by winning the Miss Japan 2024 beauty pageant. Although Shiino is a naturalized…

Alaska Air Warns “Challenging 2024 Start” & $150 Million Profit Hit From 737 Max 9 Groundings Alaska Air Group surpassed Wall Street’s profit forecasts for the fourth quarter but cautioned that the…

Leniency On Tap For Anti-Trump Leaker Of ThousandsOf Tax Returns Authored by Paul Sperry via RealClear Wire, Another apparent “sweetheart deal” negotiated by President Biden’s Justice Department in a politically charged case…

Initial Jobless Claims Bounce Back To 1-Month-Highs (From Near 54-Year Lows) After crashing near its lowest level in 54 years in the prior week, initial jobless claims jumped higher last week (from…

ECB Keeps Rates Unchanged, Sees “Declining Trend In Inflation” Continuing: Press Conference Live Feed Following yesterday’s dastardly stagflation signals from EU PMIs (weaker growth but prices rebounding), it was no surprise to…

Can We Get A 5th All-Time High In A Row: Futures Flat Ahead Of ECB, GDP Report After the S&P eeked out modst gains yesterday despite an intraday swoon, which helped it…

The union’s fourth work stoppage since November kicked off on Tuesday and is set to last six days German train operators have begun a six-day strike that will be their longest ever…

Q4 GDP Unexpectedly Soars, Driven By Lack Of Destocking And An RV Spending Spree With economist and Wall Street strategists confident that in the fourth quarter US growth would slow sharply after…

Stocks’ Perpetual Motion Machine Can’t Run Forever Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Perpetual motion machines shouldn’t exist. Yet the stock market seems to have found one. After initially striking turbulence…

National Economic Activity Unexpectedly Declined In December; Chicago Fed Index Shows Against expectations of a small rise from 0.03 to 0.06, The Chicago Fed’s National Activity Index (which draws on 85 economic…

‘Need Moar War’ – GDP-Driving Capital Goods Shipments Are Down Year-Over-Year After November’s huge jump (thanks to a surge in non-defense aircraft and parts orders – which we suspect we won’t be…

Jim Jordan Subpoenas HHS For Answers On US Program Sponsoring Illegal Immigrant Minors Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) subpoenaed the…

The Russian president went to Kaliningrad to promote economic and social development, Dmitry Peskov has said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s trip to the western exclave of Kaliningrad is not aimed at sending…

Brussels’ diktat on climate change and support for Ukraine is seen as more important than the people who actually feed the country The French government is scrambling to get a whole lot…

Despite the mammal’s death with her unborn calf, the team believes that IVF methods can save endangered African northern white rhinos Scientists with the BioRescue research consortium in Kenya have recorded the…

Kenneth Eugene Smith will be put to death using a method that advocates say is painless The US Supreme Court has denied a request to halt the execution of a convicted murderer…

The pontiff has repeatedly called for a resolution of the Ukraine conflict and has urged a ban on weapons production Russia welcomes initiatives from Pope Francis aimed at achieving a lasting peace…

Olaf Scholz has also claimed the previous governments failed to address difficult issues Germany’s economy outlook is marred by uncertainty brought on by the Ukraine conflict and the fallout of the Covid-19…

ECB Preview: Rates On Hold, Guidance Intact, But Brace For Collapse In April Rate Cut Odds The ECB policy announcement is due this morning at 13:15GMT/08:15EST, and Lagarde’s press conference starts half…

Drivers rather than regulators or politicians should decide which vehicles they choose, Akio Toyoda has said Electric vehicles (EVs) will never dominate the market and consumers should not be forced to buy…

Why Has The Number Of Measles Cases Been Rising So Rapidly All Over The World? Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, Have you noticed that stories about measles have been popping up…

Ankara has assured Russia it will continue to abide by the Montreux Convention, the foreign minister says The US will not be able to persuade Türkiye to allow access for its warships…

Kiev is now only fighting to prolong the life of Zelensky’s regime, that’s why it’s doing stupid things On Wednesday, an Il-76 transport plane was downed in Russian airspace. It was reportedly…

Red Sea Blockage Leads To “Out Of Control” Shipping Rates; Charters Hits $100,000 Per Day One month ago, when it first became apparent that the Red Sea blockage by Iranian proxies would…

The current transit deal is due to expire at the end of this year but Bratislava is negotiating to extend it, Prime Minister Robert Fico says Ukraine may allow Russian natural gas…

Japan May Raise Rates Before Fed Starts Cutting By Garfield Reynolds, Bloomberg markets live reporter and strategist If a week is a long time in politics then a couple of weeks is…

A senior Israeli minister has criticized Tehran for backing the Palestinian militant group, Hamas Iran is now a “legitimate target” for Israeli attacks, Economy Minister Nir Barkat has told The Telegraph, raising…

An international investigation into Kiev is “undoubtedly necessary,” said Dmitry Peskov Ukraine’s alleged murder of its own citizens, who were supposed to return home in less than a day, was “a monstrous act,” Kremlin…

An opinion poll conducted earlier this month indicated that public support for Olaf Scholz had fallen to record lows German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has denied claims that he is considering stepping down…

UK Piano Player Threatened By CCP Agents For Filming Their Faces In Public In an event that has now become an international debate and diplomatic snafu, a popular YouTube piano player by…

The shop is located in the capital Riyadh and will serve only non-Muslim diplomats Saudi Arabia has opened its first liquor store in over 70 years, several news outlets reported on Wednesday,…

Porsche’s Ferrari Dream Shattered As Early Buzz Fades By Alexandra Muller, Bloomberg Capital Markets Watch reporter Porsche AG’s celebrated market debut in September 2022 was built on investor enthusiasm for rival Ferrari NV’s…

Moscow promised to send 200,000 tons of the grain to six African countries last year A second shipment of Russian wheat has arrived in the port of Mogadishu, Somalia as part of…

Russian Seaborne Crude Shipments Drop To Seven Week Low After it appeared that Russia was flooding the world with its oil exports, things reversed sharply in recent weeks when Russia’s seaborne crude…

Why Is The West’s Mainstream Media Ignoring Europe’s Farmers’ Revolt? Via ReMix News, Although the global media used all its weapons of opinion to make the “peasant war” that shook Germany seem nonexistent, the…

The West is waging an “information war” to dissuade the Kremlin from pushing on against Ukraine, Sergey Naryshkin has said Western speculation about a potential Russian attack on NATO is aimed only…

Eritrea refused to provide clearance for a flight to Djibouti by Berlin’s foreign minister, according to the aircraft’s captain A German air force plane carrying Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has been denied…

New Delhi is being probed by Ottawa over allegations of meddling in the 2019 and 2021 votes Ottawa is investigating India as part of a probe into suspected “foreign interference” in the…

ITV News footage shows a civilian brandishing a white flag being shot dead British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been questioned over an ITV News video which shows a civilian being shot…

US ‘Deplores’ Israeli Shelling Of UN Shelter In Gaza, Mass Casualties Reported The Biden administration has issued a statement saying the US “deplores the deadly attack on a UN shelter in Gaza.” Earlier…

The FAA has imposed a series of restrictions on the company’s 737 MAX jets after a mid-air blowout incident this month The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has temporarily prohibited Boeing from…

Maersk has suspended operations in the region after militants fired at two of its vessels The US branch of Danish shipping giant Moller-Maersk has said it will follow its parent company and…

Escobar: The Ukraine Charade, Revisited Authored by Pepe Escobar, Even if country 404 is utterly defeated in 2024, once again it’s imperative to stress it: this is far from over… Selected players…

Domestically made goods in the segment are now sold to 60 countries Russia’s exports of dairy products increased by 18% year-on-year in 2023, the head of the National Union of Dairy Producers,…

Total household energy debt in the UK has reached nearly $3.8 billion and continues to grow, according to Citizens Advice More than 1.4 million people in the UK have been disconnected from…

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…

Beattie: Pretext For A Fedsurrection Authored by Darren Beattie via The American Mind, The Big Lie of the January 6 “insurrection” is falling apart before our eyes… With over three years having…

MUFG Warns “Higher Friction Geopolitics” Puts These Global Maritime Chokepoints At Risk With the US Department of Transportation and one of the world’s largest shippers, Maersk, warning about prolonged turmoil across the Red Sea…

Baghdad has pushed for an end to the US-led coalition and condemned recent strikes on Iraqi territory The United States is set to hold talks on the future of its military presence…

Rand Paul Rages ‘Half The GOP Wants To Sell Out The US Border To Fund Ukraine War’ Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, During an interview with Tucker Carlson on X, Senator…

Saudi Regime Opens First-Ever Liquor Store… For Non-Muslim Foreigners Only Saudi Arabia has since its birth as a modern nation-state been known for its especially rigid form of Islam, called Wahhabism, which…

War Is Always Inflationary Authored by Michael Wilkerson via The Epoch Times, While the United States is ostensibly not at war with anyone, our government is spending taxpayers’ money as if it…

Justin from Canada and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, used the invocation of the Canadian Emergency Powers Act to seize Truckers’ and their supporters bank accounts, block mortgages, eliminate loans and credit cards,…

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg always reminds me of former ODNI James Clapper. Both men, a little ordinary, had a tendency to say the obvious non-political ordinary thing accidentally, and that would…

Who Will Be Trump’s VP Pick? While Trump looks like the likely challenger to President Joe Biden (after dominating Nikki Haley in New Hampshire overnight), the question of who will be his…

Gender-Appropriation ‘Good’; Cultural-Appropriation ‘Bad’ Authored by Roger Simon via The Epoch Times, Many of us remember “Four Legs ‘Good’; Two Legs ’Bad’” from George Orwell’s “Animal Farm.” In its proclaimed superiority of…

“My Party Is Completely Delusional”: Dean Phillips Destroys Democrat Demagoguery Of Republicans After Attending Trump Rally 2024 Democratic hopeful Dean Phillips attended a New Hampshire Donald Trump rally this week, where he…

How To Thwart The Nefarious Propaganda Technique Of Projection Authored by James Agresti via The Epoch Times, One of the most effective and devious methods of mass deception is falsely accusing others…

The two countries are holding talks on reviving the Eastern Maritime Corridor, which should boost exports of Russian hydrocarbons and other commodities to India Moscow and New Delhi on Wednesday held detailed…

The pontiff acknowledged he had personally been a victim of AI-generated hoaxes Pope Francis has issued a warning about the potential dangers posed by artificial intelligence, saying the rapidly advancing technology could…

SHOT Show Day 2: Best Gear & Equipment For Special Forces Operators Welcome to day two of the Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT Show), the world’s largest shooting sports, hunting, and…

Michael Patrick Leahy appears on Steve Bannon War Romm discussing, in part, the Jeff DeWit message to Kari Lake and who from “back east” was the originator of the message to bribe…

The 9th Circuit Is Wrong: There’s No Homelessness Protection Clause In Constitution Authored by Paul Larkin and Zack Smith via The Epoch Times, Once upon a time, constitutional interpretation actually involved interpreting…

Fed Suddenly Kills Banks’ ‘Free Money’ Bailout-Fund Arbitrage Scheme The arbitrage of The Fed’s various balance sheet facilities – which we have exposed in detail for weeks – first appeared after The…

Andrew Yang: Joe Biden Can’t Defeat Trump In November Authored by Emel Akan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang said on Monday that President Joe Biden…

Transgender Golfer Wins Women’s Tournament In Florida, Aims For LGPA Tour A man transgender golfer has stepped into win a women’s tournament in Florida, bringing with him her “dreams of making it…

Türkiye has ratified Sweden’s membership application, leaving Budapest as the last holdout The Hungarian government is in favor of Sweden joining NATO and will soon schedule a ratification vote in the parliament,…

The Ukrainian leader has called for an international probe into the downing of the Russian Il-76 Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on Wednesday disagreed with Moscow’s claim that Kiev’s air defenses shot down…

In 2024, Americans Must Decide What Energy Costs Means To Their Vote Authored by David Holt via RealClear Wire, As 2024 unfurls, it’s worth putting a few things in context. While we…

Texas Defies ‘Lawless’ Biden, Invokes Right To Self-Defense From ‘Invasion’ With More Razor Wire Texas Governor Greg Abbott just drew a hard line in the sand, putting the Biden administration on notice…

Global Nuclear Power Generation To Hit An All-Time High In 2025 Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, The comeback of nuclear power in many countries is expected to drive a record-high electricity…

Cracking Down On Looters And Thieves In PA Authored by Dave Argall via RealClear Wire, Retailers across the nation are under siege, with some struggling to stay afloat amid a rising tide…

SHOT Show Surprise: Bloomberg Leaks Biden Draft Rule On Gun Export Restrictions ZeroHedge is boots on the ground (Read: Day 1 SHOT) at the Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT Show), the…

Tesla Misses On Top, Bottom Line But Margin Beats; Warns Volume Growth “May Be Notably Lower” Due To Next-Gen Vehicle Launch As noted earlier, with all eyes on Tesla when the company…

Biden’s New Houthi Strategy Is “Like Trying To Find A Needle In A Haystack, While Eating Truffles And Foie-Gras” By Michael Every of Rabobank The New Hampshire Republican primary saw Donald Trump…

The Yemeni group said it had scored a “direct hit” on an American warship At least one of the missiles fired from Yemen on Wednesday afternoon struck an American warship and forced…

Greg Abbott has vowed to keep fighting an illegal alien “invasion” despite a US Supreme Court ruling backing Washington Texas Governor Greg Abbott has refused to back down in his border-security row…

Kiev is not prepared to resolve the conflict with Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said A promise by US presidential candidate Donald Trump to put a swift end to the…

US Launches Airstrikes In Somalia For First Time This Year Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The US launched airstrikes in Somalia on January 21, US Africa Command announced on Tuesday, marking the…

Moscow and Tehran’s relationship is reaching a “whole new level,” the two sides have agreed The secretary of the Russian Security Council, Nikolay Patrushev, held a meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Ali…

Big-Tech Bid, Bonds & Bullion Battered As ‘Better’ Data Made Doves Cry European PMIs screamed stagflation (weaker growth and rebounding prices) but US PMIs unexpectedly ripped (for all the wrong reasons –…

Reid Hoffman Pulls Out Of Nikki Haley After New Hampshire Pounding Following Tuesday’s massive loss to Donald Trump in the New Hampshire primary, Republican candidate Nikki Haley has lost a major Democrat…

Dotcom History Rhymes For Nasdaq As Fed Cuts Loom Authored by Ven Ram, Bloomberg cross-asset strategist, History shows that stocks are well poised to gain before the Federal Reserve starts slashing rates,…

NATO Admits ‘No Direct Threat From Russia’ As UK Army Chief Tells Citizens Prepare For Massive War On Tuesday NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg issued a surprising statement which drastically contradicted the…

General Patrick Sanders’ comments were interpreted as a call for conscription The UK’s Chief of the General Staff, Patrick Sanders, has said that civilians should be “trained and equipped” for a potential…

Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who is likely the most corrupt Prime Minister this country has ever had, is set to cash in $millions from his time in parliament after he retires…

Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement on Texas’ constitutional right to defend and protect itself as President Joe Biden continues to attack Texas and refuse to perform his duties to secure the border….

The Pentagon has claimed that reports suggesting it may withdraw troops from the Middle Eastern country are “erroneous” The US Department of Defense has dismissed media reports suggesting that Washington may end…