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In a 5-4 ruling today [pdf Available Here], Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined with the radical leftists on the court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Elena Kagan and Sonia…

The naming suggests a longer-term campaign against the Houthis, the outlet has said  The Pentagon has dubbed its campaign of air and missile strikes against the Houthis of Yemen ‘Operation Poseidon Archer’,…

The two Navy SEALS lost during operations near the coast of Yemen have not been found.  Centcom announces their status changed to deceased. CENTCOM – TAMPA, Fla. – We regret to announce that after…

Haley Plays Race Card, Claims Segregated Beauty Pageant Discrimination In 1980s Nikki Haley isn’t just a pro-war neocon who wants to track everyone on the internet. She’s actually a victim, you see….

The tech billionaire traveled to the Nazi death camp after weathering allegations of anti-Semitism X owner Elon Musk has toured the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland, a trip that came after a…

Small Caps Rip As Recession Risk Grows; Bonds Bid, Bitcoin Barfed With central bankers into their blackout windows ahead of the meetings, today was quiet on the macro side with US Leading…

Are Meta And Google America’s Next Big Landlords? Authored by Sam Bourgi via CreditNews.com, After conquering the digital realm, America’s Big Tech is plotting colossal real estate projects that could house thousands…

Politicians Perpetuating Power Is The Path To The West’s Destruction Authored by Daniel Lacalle, Milei Exposes The Path of Destruction For The West Big corporations and global leaders adhere to and assume…

Behind The Tech Meltup: A One-Time Chinese Chip Buying Frenzy To Frontrun Export Curbs It’s not the first time the market has been fooled by a burst of Chinese chip buying (to…

Exxon Sues Activist Investors To Block Climate Petitions At Shareholder Meeting By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com ExxonMobil is suing two activist investor groups in a Texas district court, aiming to block their…

Italy, France, and Germany reportedly want to send warships to the Red Sea Foreign ministers of the European Union have reached a tentative agreement to start a naval mission in the Red…

A simple blood test could detect biological markers of the disease 15 years before symptoms develop, researchers say Scientists have hailed a potentially ‘revolutionary’ breakthrough in the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s, after…

St. Petersburg needs to be renamed, a Russian presidential candidate has said Nikolay Kharitonov, the Communist candidate for president of Russia, has endorsed a referendum to make St. Petersburg Leningrad again and…

“Diverse But Incompetent”: Comedian Rob Schneider Pens Open Letter Calling Out ‘Drag Queen’ CEO Of United Airlines DEI started to (finally) make its way into the public’s crosshairs following the embarrassing testimony…

Sunoco To Buy NuStar Energy In $7.3 Billion Deal By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Gas station owner Sunoco LP will buy pipeline and liquids terminal operator NuStar Energy in an all-equity transaction…

Russia Tops List Of China’s Oil Suppliers In 2023 By Irina Slav of OilPrice.com Russia became China’s largest oil supplier last year, selling it a record 107.02 million tons of crude, according…

The unspecified loan amount comes on top of $3.27 billion in military aid Poland will give Ukraine a loan to make “larger-scale arms purchases,” Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said after meeting Polish…

Kiev is really trying to draw public attention away from its frontline setbacks, the former Russian president said The latest decree by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky essentially amounts to “territorial claims” on…

The president has listed six regions in a decree demanding that Ukrainian “national identity” be preserved inside the neighboring country Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky declared six Russian regions to be “historically inhabited…

Alternative for Germany (AfD) leader Alice Weidel has said that she would “let the people decide” whether to remain in the EU Britain was “dead right” to leave the European Union and…

The state-of-the-art weapons delivery system transports warheads at seven times the speed of sound Chinese naval scientists claim to have created a so-called ‘smart shell’ that is capable of delivering a precision…

US Plans Open-Ended War Against Houthis, But Biden Officials Assure It Won’t Take “Years” It’s no secret that ongoing Houthi attacks against international shipping in the Red Sea is a massive headache…

From A US President To A Local School Trustee: No One Is Safe In An Era Of Kafkaesque Absurdity Authored by William Brooks via The Epoch Times, “Someone must have been telling…

Israel plans to recapture the Philadelphi Corridor, but experts warn that might be a bad idea The 14km border that separates Gaza from Egypt has been used for years by militants in…

Average Price Of A Used Tesla Tumbles For 18 Straight Months Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Hertz is dumping EVs but the decline in the price of used Teslas started long…

US Pork Belly Spot Prices Soar As Supplies Tighten Chilled US stockpiles of pork bellies, the cut of meat from the underside of a pig that makes delicious bacon, have trended below…

Treasuries & Stocks Delivering Policy-Loosening Obviate Fed-Cuts Authored by Ven Ram, Bloomberg cross-asset strategist, Even though market pricing centered on an interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve as early as March…

Washington is using the conflict between Moscow and Kiev to generate profit for US companies, the Russian foreign minister has said Statements made by Washington suggest that the US regards Ukraine as…

The regulator’s previous chief, Mario Draghi, enjoyed a 64% approval rating at the end of his term A majority of European Central Bank (ECB) staff participating in a survey gave a negative…

German efforts to boost the Bundeswehr have been hampered by sluggish recruitment rates German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is willing to consider enlisting non-nationals into the country’s armed forces in a bid…

Alexander Shpak is being accused of discrediting the national armed forces A Moscow court has ordered the arrest of flamboyant blogger and bodybuilder Alexander Shpak, widely known for his outlandish appearance. He…

The Federal Aviation Administration has advised carriers to check an older version of the 737 that employs similar door plugs to the grounded MAX 9 Boeing shares dipped slightly in early trading…

US Navy Gives Major Update On Missing Seals After Searching 21,000 Square Miles Of Ocean After ten days of a search and rescue mission over waters in the Arabian Sea, the US…

The Chinese tech giant expects its in-house Harmony operating system to become available this year Huawei has unveiled its new in-house-developed operating system, HarmonyOS NEXT, which the Chinese tech giant expects to…

The joint declaration calls for continued arms deliveries until Kiev retakes its lost territory Poland has signed a pledge by G7 and EU leaders to supply Ukraine with weapons until it achieves…

“Wall Street Never Changes, Because Human Nature Never Changes” By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management “The game of speculation is the most uniformly fascinating game in the world. But…

US Leading Indicators Slump Continues – Longest Losing Streak Since ‘Lehman’ The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Indicators (LEI) continued its decline in December, dropping 0.1% MoM (slightly better than the -0.3% MoM…

The former US president had earlier promised to solve the Ukraine crisis within 24 hours if reelected Russia has not held any talks with former US president and now GOP frontrunner Donald…

Some of the pictograms used in smartphones promote LGBTQ values in violation of the country’s laws, Aleksey Zhuravlev has said At least two dozen emojis found in smartphones promote nontraditional sexual relations…

Rumble Shares Jump 15% On Barstool Sports Partnership Shares of the video-streaming platform Rumble jumped 15% in premarket trading in New York after announcing a partnership with Dave Portnoy’s Barstool Sports. A Rumble…

Key Events This Week: GDP, PCE And Fed Blackout With the Fed now on their blackout period ahead of next week’s FOMC and with the ECB quiet before their meeting on Thursday,…

Four other survivors of the accident have been transferred to Kabul, Russia’s envoy to Afghanistan has said The Russian embassy in Kabul has confirmed the death of a Russian businessman and his…

Dollar Longs Are Steadily Throwing The Towel In Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Speculators are reducing the number of currencies they are short versus the dollar, as well as increasing…

China Stocks Crash Through ‘Snowball Derivatives’ Trigger Levels Overnight Who could have seen this coming? Last week we exposed the ugly reality sitting just below the headlines of the Chinese stock market…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a grand shrine at the site, earning significant political credit for his government  RT’s Runjhun Sharma reports from Ayodhya, once a sleepy town in northern India, which…

Expecting Russia to abandon Crimea or Donbass is “unrealistic,” Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico has said Ukraine should concede the loss of some of the territories that were previously under its…

President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi says attempts by Ethiopia to seize Somali territory are unacceptable Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi has declared support for Somalia in the Horn of Africa nation’s dispute with…

Shocking Poll Exposes How Much the Elite Hate Us Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, A shocking poll exposes the utter contempt the elite holds the general public in, with more…

Futures Enter Blow-Off Top In Tech-Led Frenzy As China’s Plunge Protection Team Steps In Again The market meltup is now entering its blow-off top phase, with the tech-led rally pushing US index…

Many vulnerable households refrain from using heating due to the high cost of energy, according to the End Fuel Poverty coalition Nearly 5,000 people died in the UK last winter due to…

Journalist Who Attacked Top Tennis Player For Refusing COVID Vaccine Dies Suddenly Events have been so frenetic over the past few years that it may be difficult for some to remember, but…

Higher For Longer? Insights From The Copper/Gold Ratio Via SchiffGold.com, In the realm of institutional asset management, the copper/gold ratio (blue line) has served as a key indicator for some, providing insights into…

FAA Urges Airlines To Inspect Another Boeing 737 Model For Mid-Air Door Blowout Risks Boeing shares fell in premarket trading in New York following the Federal Aviation Administration’s announcement on Sunday recommending…

The founder of the Soviet Union remains a highly divisive figure 100 years after his death Almost half of Russians have a high opinion of Bolshevik revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin, according to…

Berlin voted against delivering long-range ‘Taurus’ missiles to Kiev last week German contractor Taurus Systems has said it could increase production of long-range missiles to replace stockpiles sent to Ukraine, contradicting a…

Nearly two dozen other teenagers were also detained for public alcohol consumption and swearing during the event Popular Russian rapper Baby Melo, whose real name is Goga Meladze, was arrested on stage…

Pro-Khalistan movement leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun reportedly tried to disrupt temple inauguration ceremony A US-based Sikh activist at the center of an assassination plot foiled by the FBI last year, who is…

On the 100th anniversary of the death of Vladimir Lenin, RT is publishing his article addressed to US citizens On the centenary of the death of the leader of the world proletariat…

Nasdaq’s ‘Right Idea, Wrong Price’ Is Usually A Recipe For Trouble Authored by Ven Ram, Bloomberg cross-asset strategist, During the dotcom bubble, stock traders had the right idea, but had no clue…

Here’s Where Democracy’s Dying… Former President Trump said Thursday that there would be “chaos and bedlam” if the U.S. Supreme Court would not reverse the state of Colorado’s decision to remove him from primary ballots…

Brussels wants West Jerusalem to suffer “consequences” if it refuses to budge on Palestinian sovereignty, the FT claims The EU has called on its members to warn Israel of “consequences” if it…

Berlin is backing a genocidal action against innocent civilians, Adamu Garba told RT The West needs to review its own values, democracies, human rights policies, and its institutions, Adamu Garba, a former…

President Yoweri Museveni says world powers should stop using manipulation and threats to impose their ideologies on others Uganda has assumed the chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), with the president of…

Washington has told President Zelensky to put Western-educated officials in key roles, Sergey Naryshkin claims Washington has begun creating “a colonial administration” in Ukraine consisting of local politicians who have sworn allegiance…

The sanction-hit country has now surpassed Saudi Arabia as Beijing’s largest crude supplier Russia moved past Saudi Arabia in 2023 to become the largest exporter of oil to China, Chinese customs data…

The Never-Ending War On Cash Via SchiffGold.com, In the last few decades, there has been a global shift towards a “cashless world,” a trend that continues to shape financial autonomy. Physical currency…

‘Fair Share’ Around The World: Where Corporate Taxes Are Set To Rise For Multinationals At the start of this year, a new global minimum corporate tax of 15 percent on multinational corporations went live…

Russia will continue its military operation against Kiev to prevent further strikes on civilians, Dmitry Peskov has said The Ukrainian shelling of the Russian city of Donetsk on Sunday that killed at…

The grand ceremony was attended by around 8,000 people, including politicians, business tycoons, and Bollywood stars Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday participated in a grand inauguration ceremony for a temple…

Amid Waning US Support, Ukraine Seeks ‘Game Changer’ Authored by Andrew Thornebrooke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Forces from Russia and Ukraine are fighting, bleeding, and dying in the trenches of…

IDF attacks on Gaza civilians are unnecessary and unacceptable, the Saudi foreign minister said A normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel will only be possible if the issue of Palestinian…

Canada Dominates Global Uranium Production Uranium production in Cigar Lake, Canada is the highest-grade in the world. Since 2014, the site has mined 105 million pounds of the radioactive metal, which is…

The bloc’s officials reportedly want to set up a €20 billion pool to compensate member states for arms deliveries to Kiev The EU is considering a plan to boost military aid to…

Boris Johnson Says Davos Elite “Trembling Violently” At Return Of Trump Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the Davos elite are “trembling violently” at…

Abkhazia suffered “an irreplaceable loss,” the minister of culture has said More than 4,000 paintings have perished in a devastating blaze that engulfed the Central Exhibition Hall in Abkhazia’s capital, Sukhumi, on…

Russia is not the only major economy to use the Chinese currency for trade settlements as more and more nations seek alternatives to the greenback When Russia’s foreign exchange reserves were frozen…

Apparel made in Vietnam by Swiss company On is sold at 10 to 20 times the cost of production Switzerland-based sportswear manufacturer On, famed for its cloud-soled running shoes endorsed by tennis…

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…

The House Panel Giving Washington A Reality-Check On China Authored by Terri Wu and Eva Fu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Through the back door of a New York City building,…

A good interview with President Donald Trump from New Hampshire hitting on several key topics.  The first topic is Ron DeSantis dropping out of the race and endorsing President Trump.  Also, the…

Deflation is Making China’s Growth Look Much Better Than It Really Is By John Liu and Zheng Wu, Bloomberg markets live reporters and strategists Three things we learned last week: 1. China met…

Wearing A Continuous Glucose Monitor: Troubling Trend Or Health Hack? Authored by Sheramy Tsai via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), (Illustration by The Epoch Times) In January 2023, 42-year-old Jenni Southerington reached…

US Supreme Court Action Alters Course Of Jan. 6 Defendant Sentencings Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to review a case called…

Alex Soros, the son of George Soros, sends a message via his Twitter account that is troubling. Being subtle like a brick through a window the billionaire leftist posts a picture of…

Kiev hopes to force Moscow into negotiations on its terms, after rejecting a favorable deal in 2022 As President Vladimir Zelensky pushes forward with his so-called “peace formula,” which was already dismissed…

As Chinese Purchases Of US Farmland Soar, It’s Becoming Impossible To Track How Much It Owns The topic of China’s ownership of US farmlands is starting to boil over. Six months after…

Several crew members survived, but the passengers of the ambulance business jet are feared dead Four people from the Russian business jet that crashed in the Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan on Sunday…

For his weekly monologue U.K pundit Neil Oliver outlines the insufferable “parasite class” of those who assemble in Davos at the World Economic Forum, and their agenda for control which morphs depending…

RFK Seeks Path To Victory By Forcing House To Elect President Authored by Jeff Louderback via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), To win the 2024 election as an independent, Robert F. Kennedy…

Moscow has called the bombardment of a busy market in Donetsk a “barbaric terrorist act” The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the attack against the capital of Russia’s Donetsk People’s…

“You Need An F-16, Not An AR-15” – Biden Once Again Suggests US Govt Could Murder Gun-Owners Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Joe Biden told a…

Following the not-so-surprising exit and collapse of Ron DeSantis from the 2024 republican presidential primary, the Great MAGA King President Donald Trump will deliver remarks at the Rochester Opera House in Rochester,…

The chief founder of the Soviet Union died on January 21, 1924 Members of the Russian Communist Party (KPRF) gathered at Vladimir Lenin’s Mausoleum in Moscow’s Red Square on Sunday to commemorate…

Russia Suspends LNG Exports At Huge Baltic Sea Terminal After Ukraine Drone Attack Russian gas giant Novatek said it had been forced to suspend some operations at its huge Baltic Sea fuel…

Stopping by to thank supporters and MAGA campaign workers in New Hampshire, President Trump delivered his first remarks about the Ron DeSantis exit and endorsement. {Direct Rumble Link} – WATCH: Posted in…

Pennsylvania Gun Restrictions For Adults Under 21 Struck Down By Federal Court Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Pennsylvania’s ban on adults under 21 carrying guns in public…

Ron DeSantis has endorsed former president Donald Trump just two days before the New Hampshire state primary Florida Governor Ron DeSantis shut down his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on Sunday,…

Ron DeSantis has dropped out of the 2024 Republican primary. The career diminished Florida Governor is trying to save face and has endorsed Donald Trump.  The announcement comes at 02:20 of the…

Israel and the US have both reportedly adjusted their expectations for what constitutes victory after three months of fighting Israel has killed between just 20% and 30% of Hamas’ fighters in Gaza…