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EU Data Protection Fines Hit Record High In 2023 In 2023, approximately €2.1 billion in fines were imposed in the EU due to violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), according…

Geopolitical pressure speeds up transition to multipolarity, the Valdai Discussion Club expert Ivan Timofeev said Politicization of international commerce by the West incentivizes other nations, including Russia and India, to speed up…

New Zealand Fudged The Data On How Kidneys Fare After COVID Vaccines Authored by Colleen Huber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), In a January 2023 preprint in The Lancet, the New…

A senior Israeli military spokesman says the conflict will soon enter a new stage Israel’s military has said it will transition to a less intensive phase in its war against Hamas, suggesting…

The country will nearly meet its consumer price index target in 2024, economist Aleksander Isakov forecasts Inflation in Russia will be lower this year, as the government will nearly meet its 4.0…

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…

CNN Admits All Gaza Coverage Is Run Past Team Under Israeli Military Censor Authored by Julia Conley via Common Dreams, CNN has long been criticized by media analysts and journalists for its deference…

Secretary Of Defense Lloyd Austin Must Resign Authored by Joe Buccino via RealClear Wire, The news that the U.S. Department of Defense failed to inform the American public that its Secretary of…

3-In-4 Asians Expect China To Keep Slowing, & An End To Japan’s NIRP In 2024 A survey among Nikkei Asia readers shows what events respondents from the region find most likely to occur…

IRS: Venmo, PayPal And CashApp Freelancers Face 2024 Reporting Requirements After delaying for two years, the IRS is planning to finally start implementing its new 1099-K reporting requirement for anyone earning income…

Jim Bovard: Biden Says Vote For Me Or Hitler Wins Authored by Jim Bovard, “Endless hysteria will keep you free,” said none of the Founding Fathers. But President Joe Biden missed that…

As the DNC is telling New Hampshire Democrats the upcoming primary is “meaningless,” the background Democrat control officers like David Plouffe are telling them to vote for Nikki Haley.  The New Hampshire…

The controversial influencer is seeking to reclaim property taken by Romanian authorities as part of a human trafficking probe A Romanian court will reconsider the seizure of assets from controversial ‘manosphere’ guru…

The Nordic state must brace for a possible confrontation with Russia, a top official in Stockholm said Sweden’s top officials have urged their people to prepare for a possible war, amid the…

Once you see the strings on the marionettes, you can never return to that moment in the performance when you did not see them.   The cold, stark reality of the thing just…

Family Of Ashli Babbitt Files $30 Million Wrongful-Death Action Authored by Jonathan Turley, The long-awaited tort action from the family of Ashli Babbitt has now been filed in Southern California. Babbitt was…

Shale Tycoon Harold Hamm Wants To Lure Gen Z To The Oil Industry By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com Shale tycoon Harold Hamm and U.S. and European supermajors are looking to support university…

Well, well, well… isn’t this interesting.  In a court filing today [SEE pdf HERE], one of the co-defendants in the Fulton County election case against President Trump is presenting very specific details…

These Are The Best US Cities For Entry-Levels Jobs The anxieties around a first-job are immense: fear of the unknown, performance pressure, and the need to navigate new professional environments. But good…

Former NRA Executive Pleads Guilty To Fraud, Agrees to Testify In NY Civil Trial Authored by Allan Zhong via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A settlement was reached on the same day…

Here’s Where COVID Mask Mandates Are Coming Back Across The US Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Some hospitals and local governments have opted to reimpose mask mandates…

Let The (Political) Games Begin Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “To an authoritarian ruling elite insane narratives serve as both loyalty test and humiliation ritual.” – Kit Knightly The ordeal…

Fascist gestures are unacceptable in modern Italy, the government has said Hundreds of neo-fascist activists have performed Nazi salutes during a ceremony in Rome, sparking outrage across the country. On Sunday evening,…

US officials have been targeted by heavily armed raids based on fake police reports Police in the US capital announced on Monday that someone had falsely reported a shooting at Judge Tanya…

United Airlines has revealed that inspections following a rival’s midair blowout found that door plugs weren’t properly secured United Airlines has discovered inadequately secured door plugs on the Boeing 737 MAX 9…

Victor Davis Hanson: A Culture In Collapse Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, In the last six months, we have borne witness to many iconic moments evidencing the collapse of…

Activists demanding a ceasefire heckled the US president at a black church Pro-Palestinian activists interrupted US President Joe Biden’s campaign speech at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina…

You will likely hear the term “farm subsidies” as Western media claim the German farmers are protesting the decisions by government. However, what they are protesting is not a hand-out of government…

What Is Happening To College Sports? Authored by William Anderson via The Mises Institute, On Monday night, January 8, the University of Michigan and the University of Washington football teams will vie…

End The Cuba Embargo? Biden Begs Mexico To Stop Migrant Flows, But There’s A Price As Joe Biden continues to poll in the toilet – in no small part to the border…

CJ Hopkins Warns Americans: The 1st Amendment Will Not Save You Authored by CJ Hopkins via Substack, So, I’m getting my German ducks in a row in advance of my appearance in…

A new survey has shown that US voters of all political stripes believe their country is being overrun by illegal aliens Nearly two-thirds of US voters see the record influx of illegal…

The city of Belgorod has been repeatedly targeted with NATO-supplied missiles At least three civilians were wounded on Monday by a Ukrainian artillery attack on the city of Belgorod, according to the…

No one will help Africans but themselves to make a name in the world, Nike Davies-Okundaye has said Africans need to stop chasing foreign lifestyles and instead focus on their own creativity…

Trump Rips Austin For ‘Improper Professional Conduct & Dereliction Of Duty’ After Secretive Hospital Stay Leading Republican presidential contender Donald Trump was never too keen on Biden’s Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin…

Supreme Court Declines X’s Challenge To Surveillance Gag Order Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Supreme Court declined to take up an appeal by social media company…

Israel’s prime minister allegedly wanted the UAE to pay welfare benefits to Palestinians he put out of work UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed shot down Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request…

Bitcoin & Big-Tech Burst Higher Amid Bloodbath In Boeing & Black Gold A quiet macro day (though we did see NYFRB inflation expectations plunge!), but some ‘good’ news from Washington reduced the…

The measure will be discussed as part of a new mobilization law Kiev is prepared to consider the possibility of slapping banking restrictions on Ukrainians who evade military service, said the head…

Peter Schiff: The Fed Will Bank On Biden In 2024 Via SchiffGold.com, The Federal Reserve will play a pivotal role in the upcoming election and aim to boost President Biden or another…

Consumer Credit Shocker: November Debt Soars After Second Biggest Surge In Credit Card Debt On Record We, and many others, were wondering how it was possible that US consumers – already tapped…

Elisabeth Borne has quit as prime minister, clearing the way for President Emmanuel Macron to pick new cabinet members French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has stepped down, setting the stage for President…

Modern Monetary University Plagiarism Theory Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance The bad news is that it has taken decades to expose the rot that has been making its way through Ivy League…

Israeli Airstrike Kills Senior Hezbollah Special Operations Commander On Monday a high-ranking Hezbollah commander was killed by an Israeli strike on southern Lebanon, the paramilitary group backed by Iran confirmed in a…

These Are The Most (And Least) ‘House Poor’ States Authored by Sam Bourgi via CreditNews.com, Housing affordability is one of the biggest issues facing Americans today. Although much has been written about…

The fighter jet flyover was supposed to show Washington’s commitment to Bosnia-Herzegovina Two F-16 fighter jets practiced airstrikes over Bosnia-Herzegovina on Monday, in what the US embassy in Sarajevo described as a…

Fauci Sits For Testimony On Mask Mandates And Covid Origin; Here’s What Congress Should Ask Anthony Fauci is sitting for testimony in front of Congress on Monday and Tuesday to answer questions…

An increasing number of voices are acknowledging that the conflict won’t end on Vladimir Zelensky’s terms We are hearing more and more suggestions that Kiev should get ready for a compromise peace….

Prosecutor On Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Team Shut Down FBI Investigation Into Clinton Foundation In 2016 Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, A top prosecutor on Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team…

The group has claimed that an Israeli airstrike took out a senior leader of its elite commando unit A senior commander of Hezbollah’s elite special forces unit has been killed in an…

Democrats ‘Weaponizing’ Weaponizing Against Republicans Authored by Eric Utter via AmericanThinker.com, After an improbable — O.K., nearly interminable — amount of time, (former) Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned her post last week after…

Almost 70% do not want to see the current chancellor remain in office, a survey has shown Public support for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has fallen to record lows, the tabloid Bild…

27 States File To Oppose Colorado’s Disqualification Of Trump Under The 14th Amendment Authored by Jonathan Turley, The majority of Americans oppose the decisions in Colorado and Maine to disqualify former President Donald Trump…

Lloyd Austin kept his recent hospitalization secret from the public and even the White House US President Joe Biden won’t fire Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for hiding his hospitalization from both the…

Berlin had previously blocked the sale of Eurofighter jets to Riyadh over the war in Yemen Germany has dropped its opposition to the sale of nearly 50 Eurofighter Typhoon warplanes to Saudi…

Inflation Expectations Tumble To Lowest Since Jan 2021, As Do Wage And Spending Growth, In Latest NY Fed Survey After a few months of late summer increases in the 1-Year inflation expectation…

Treasury Option Positioning A Lot More Balanced As Bonds Correct Authored by Ven Ram, Bloomberg cross-asset strategist, The recent correction in the bond markets is being reflected in options positioning, with sentiment…

Berlin should not increase its support for Kiev only for other members to do less, Finance Minister Christian Lindner has said The EU member states should contribute more to the bloc’s assistance…

Hunter Biden Contempt Resolutions Introduced In House House Republicans on Monday introduced contempt resolutions against Hunter Biden, recommending that he be held in Contempt of Congress for failing to comply with subpoenas…

TikTok Doctor Says “It’s Okay To Be Fat” And Obesity Should Be “Normalized” Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, A doctor at Cedars-Sinai posted a TikTok video saying “it is okay…

The country is intent on expanding cooperation with the Global East and South instead, Boris Titov says Russia is firmly focused on reorienting trade and business cooperation toward the Global East and…

Oil Plunges After Saudi Arabia Cuts Oil Prices For February Amid “Persistent Weakness” Oil is plunging this morning, sending WTI on the verge of sliding below $70… … after Saudi Arabia reduced…

Jefferies Finds iPhone Sales In China Plunged Last Week Last week, analysts from Piper Sandler and Barclays downgraded Apple, citing sagging iPhone demand in China. Furthermore, a report from Jefferies released on Sunday sheds even more…

South Korean intelligence agents claim the Palestinian militants have sourced rocket-propelled grenades from Pyongyang South Korean spies have accused North Korea of providing weapons to Hamas, but admit that evidence for this…

Foreign policy experts from the two countries met in New Delhi following S. Jaishankar’s visit to Moscow Foreign policy experts from Russia and India have been discussing the outcome of the recent…

Tough spending cuts are necessary to restore the financial system, Bruno Le Maire has warned Restoring France’s financial system will require tough spending cuts, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday,…

Key Events This Week: CPI, PPI And Q4 Earnings Season Starts The week after payrolls is usually quieter for data but this week’s orientation of the calendar means we have the US…

Officials in Kiev say they failed to intercept any of Moscow’s Kinzhal hypersonic missiles Russia has announced that its forces have conducted a massive airstrike targeting Ukraine’s military-industrial base. Kiev has confirmed…

3 Risks To The Inflation Narrative Authored by Daniel Lacalle, Market expectations of rapid disinflation and a soft landing remain, but January has given a few new risks to the optimistic estimates…

Shipping Giant Halts Container Ship Sails To Israel Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have targeted commercial vessels with drones and missiles passing through the southern Red Sea. They say the attacks on…

The sanctioned countries no longer need the Western system for transactions, says the deputy head of the Central Bank of Iran Iran and Russia have officially switched from the West’s SWIFT system…

Warsaw fed “disinformation” to investigators and tried to blame the blasts on Russia, European officials have said Polish officials withheld evidence and attempted to stall an international probe into the bombing of…

No Smoking Gun Yet To Justify Magnitude Of Fed Rate-Cuts Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, US data from last week were not enough, from the perspective of the economy, to…

Futures, Oil Drop Extending Ugly Start To The Year US stock futures dipped on Monday and Treasury yields gained as traders jostled for position in the wake of last week’s selloff coupled…

Boeing & Spirit AeroSystems Shares Plunge After Max 737-9 Max Door Blowout Incident Boeing shares tumbled in premarket trading in New York after an emergency door separated from an Alaska Airlines 737-9…

A diplomatic spat has erupted over comments that followed a trip by Narendra Modi to promote domestic tourism India and Maldives on Monday summoned each other’s envoys after the island nation’s government…

Huang Moumou allegedly passed state secrets to MI6 while running an unnamed foreign consultancy China says it has detained a foreign national who was allegedly gathering sensitive data on behalf of the…

GWU To Pay $5.4 Million In Covid Lawsuit Over Online-Only Instruction Many American colleges are suffering from a different kind of “long Covid” — as they’re fighting off breach-of-contract lawsuits for forcing…

A Nation Of Non-Compliers Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via the Brownstone Institute, The train wasn’t scheduled for another 20 minutes, so I had a chance to contemplate the official sign on…

The Lebanon-based militants launched a massive missile attack on an Israeli air surveillance base last week Hezbollah should look at what has happened to Hamas militants before escalating its conflict with Israel,…

Washington’s chip export controls destroy global supply chains, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry The restrictions imposed by the US on the export of computer chips to China go beyond the concept…

Protesters have rallied against austerity measures that Berlin introduced last month Farmers all over Germany are rallying for a week of protests against government austerity measures, which they fear may leave the…

Kiev must come clean on the true scale of the losses, Yury Lutsenko insists Ukraine’s leaders should frankly admit that they have lost 500,000 service members since the start of the conflict…

Visualizing 150 Years Of S&P 500 Returns 2023 was supposed to be a tough year for stocks. However, consumers shrugged off higher interest rates, and investors were more optimistic than fearful largely…

Did The Vaccine Eradicate Smallpox? Authored by Yuhong Dong via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The widespread faith in vaccines is often traced back to the assumption that the first vaccine in…

Saudi Arabia’s action aims to support the market amid a seasonal drop in demand and concerns about supply overhang Major oil producer Saudi Arabia has cut the February price of crude for…

These Were The Top 5 Oil Producers Of 2023 Defying earlier expectations of slowing growth, U.S. crude oil production has surged this year to extend America’s lead at the top of the…

The transaction was concluded through a unique debt repayment scheme, according to a report  Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko has publicly declared the acquisition of a lavish mansion in Hamburg, Germany worth almost…

The Ukrainian president’s comments come amid growing fears in Kiev that its partners could succumb to “war fatigue” Ukraine can continue to resist Russia only if Western countries show solidarity on numerous…

Turkey: America’s Worst Ally? Authored by Anders Corr via The Epoch Times, Turkey is simultaneously one of the most important and worst of U.S. and NATO allies. Most recently, it denied transit…

Congressional leaders have announced an agreement for $1.59 trillion in 2024, including $886 billion in defense funding Republican and Democrat leaders have reached an agreement on US government spending for 2024, sidelining…

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 Great Taking Exposes The Financial End Game Authored by Bert Olivier via The Brownstone Institute, One of the very best exposés of the covert, very well-hidden, bellicose attempts to rob all…

The Argentine Peso Was NOT The Most-Devalued Currency Of 2023 According to Bloomberg’s financial monitor, the currencies of Lebanon and Argentina experienced significant devaluations against the dollar last year. The Lebanese pound recorded the…

Remember, there was a time when the eagle’s gaze on the official seal for the Office of the United States President, did not point toward the olive branch. There was a long…

Behind The West’s Collective Failure To Prepare For The Trouble We Now Face Authored by Michael Bonner via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), In 1992, both writer and scholar Francis Fukuyama and…

The AARP Just Told Its 38 Million Members To Get An 8th (Yes, Eighth!!) Shot Of mRNA Authored by Alex Berenson via ‘Unreported Truths’ substack, AARP? Or AARPfizer? The lobbying group for…

Which US Cities Have The Most Million-Dollar ‘Mansions’ Nearly one-in-ten U.S. homes are now worth at least $1 million. Analysis from Redfin has found that 8.2% of homes in America were million-dollar homes as…