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Lefties, Illegals, & Minorities Are Finally Experiencing “Consequence Culture” Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, Travel back in time to the year 2021 and you might find yourself in the middle of…

Trump Administration Moves To Repeal Landmark Obama-Era Climate Finding The Trump administration is taking steps to repeal a key climate policy from the Obama era, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin…

ICE Drastically Expands Use Of Ankle Monitors To Track Immigrants U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has ordered a sharp increase in the use of GPS-enabled ankle monitors for migrants in its…

What’s Thailand’s Endgame If Its Conflict With Cambodia Escalates Into War? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Demilitarization and regime change might be in the cards… The latest clashes between Cambodia and…

Members from nine parties call on the prime minister to follow France’s lead A third of the UK House of Commons has called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to officially recognize Palestine,…

West Virginia Parents Seeking Religious Exemptions To Vaccine Requirements Win Reprieve Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A judge on July 24 granted a reprieve to West Virginia…

Brazil’s Supreme Court Declines To Arrest Bolsonaro For Violating Social Media Ban Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Brazil’s Supreme Court decided on Thursday not to order the…

COVID-19 Pandemic Accelerated Brain Aging Even I People Who Didn’t Get Virus: Study Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Brain aging appears to have accelerated by several months…

“Barrage Of Public Criticism”: Xi Jinping’s Admin Eases Alcohol Ban On Officials After Backlash The Xi Jinping administration has revised a widely criticized “alcohol ban” on government and party officials after backlash…

The Lithuanian government has warned against incitement targeting Russian speakers Ukrainian refugees have contributed to the growing use of the Russian language in Lithuania, a senior official of the Baltic state has…

The landmark treaty limiting the number of warheads will expire in February US President Donald Trump has hinted that he would resume negotiations to maintain the existing restrictions on nuclear weapons with…

Appeals Court Upholds Block On California’s Background Check To Buy Ammunition Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled July…

US Will Engage Russia On Nuclear Disarmament Treaty, Trump Says President Donald Trump on Friday responded to a question posed by a reporter for the Russian TASS agency during a press conference on…

PowerChina Wins $4BN Contract For Iraq’s First Major Seawater Desalination Facility Via The Cradle PowerChina has secured a $4 billion contract to build Iraq’s first large-scale seawater desalination plant in Basra, in…

Travelers To US To Pay New $250 ‘Visa Integrity Fee’ – What To Know Authored by Arjun Singh via The Epoch Times, The United States will begin charging a new “visa integrity…

Japan Bets On Super Thin, Film-Like Panels to Reclaim Solar Leadership At Expo 2025 At Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan is using an unexpected location—a bus terminal—to highlight its latest innovation: ultrathin…

Trump Pulls Habba’s Nomination For New Jersey’s Top Prosecutor, Making Her Acting US Attorney Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump withdrew his nomination of Alina…

Buttigieg Spent $80 Billion On DEI, Half DOT’s Budget, Instead Of Upgrading Air Traffic Control: Report While the Trump administration has faced criticism for air traffic control outages and errors over the…

European Union’s 18th Russia sanctions package hits hard – but lands late The European Union has unveiled its 18th package of sanctions against Russia, a move described by EU foreign policy chief…

“Baseless?!” Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “If you can arrest a former president named Donald Trump, you can arrest a former president named Barack Obama.” – Peachy Keenan on “X” Don’t you…

Is Private Equity A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvce.com, In July 2007, just before the financial crisis erupted, Citigroup CEO Chuck Prince summed up Wall Street’s dangerous…

The US president has said new restrictions could be imposed before his previously announced 50-day deadline New sanctions against Russia and its trade partners could come before a previously declared deadline for…

The Kremlin has insisted such a summit should only take place to finalize a peace deal US President Donald Trump has said a face-to-face meeting between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s…

From Epstein To Exponential Debt: Signs Of A System Unraveling Authored by Chris Macintosh via InternationalMan.com, So much to talk about and so little time… I will make this statement because it…

“Where Lesbians & Jews Complain”: South Park’s Cartman Melts Down Over Trump Canceling NPR  Left, Right, Center … no one is safe, as South Park’s creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, have long…

Ether ETF Inflows Outpace Bitcoin For 6 Straight Days As Global Liquidity Soars The last few weeks have seen Ethereum dramatically outperform Bitcoin, with the ratio of the two cryptocurrencies bouncing strongly…

Trump: Hamas Will Be “Hunted Down” After “Disappointing” Doha Talks Fail To Release Hostages We reported Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has recalled his negotiating team from Qatar as Gaza ceasefire…

What began as a political purge has turned into a civil backlash. The war in Ukraine now includes a battle over power and accountability. On July 22, large-scale demonstrations broke out in…

DHS Says 233,000 Unaccompanied Children Were Lost During Biden Presidency Authored by Caroline Boda via The Center Square, More than 230,000 unaccompanied minors were released from immigration custody into the U.S. during the Biden administration…

Berlin wants to increase number of annual recruits to 40,000 within six years The German Defense Ministry wants 40,000 new recruits a year by 2031, Der Tagesspiegel reported on Thursday, citing informed…

JPMorgan, Bank Of America Subpoenaed Over IPO Of China’s CATL Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party has issued subpoenas to JPMorgan…

McDonald’s McHire AI Bot Just Exposed The Personal Data Of 64 McMillion People A security lapse in McDonald’s job application system could have exposed the personal details of around 64 million people…

US Sues New York City Over ‘Sanctuary’ Jurisdiction Laws Authored by Arjun Singh via The Epoch Times, The U.S. government has commenced a civil lawsuit against the city of New York and…

US Raid Takes Out Senior ISIS Leader In Northern Syria It’s 2025, a ‘former’ emissary of the Islamic State’s top leadership is now president of Syria – who happens to also be…

Dear Democrats… Authored by Cynical Publius via American Greatness, Dear Democrats: Hey. How have you been? It’s been a while. The kids doing okay? Still trying to choose their genders? How did…

An investigation into alleged mishandling of Holocaust victims’ funds is reportedly nearing completion Swiss banking giant UBS could be on the hook for billions in restitution to Holocaust survivors, if allegations by…

Single US Water Utility Receives 6 Million China-Based Connection Attempts In 1 Week: Security Report Authored by Catherine Yang via The Epoch Times, A single water utility in California has received more…

Mexican Beer Sales Go Flat, American Brands Fizz As Trump Tightens Border While the Biden administration was letting tens of millions of illegal aliens into the country, Mexican beer – specifically Modelo…

The Russian capital is hosting a ten-day celebration marking 75 years of diplomatic ties A festival marking the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Russia and Vietnam has kicked off in Moscow,…

The US Department of Justice accuses the city and its mayor of thwarting efforts to clamp down on illegal migrants The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against New…

Ukraine’s leader has announced a tentative $10–30 billion deal with Washington, while also calling for more Western funding The US has reportedly agreed to buy combat drones from Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky announced…

The French decision met with disapproval from both Israel and the US The Gaza-based militant group Hamas has welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement that France will recognize Palestine as a state,…

Creative Accounting By Bas van Geffen, Senior Market Strategist at Rabobank The ECB left the deposit rate at 2.00% yesterday. That had been widely expected, especially with little new clarity on the…

AI: Over-Promise + Under-Perform = Disillusionment And Blowback Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Fantasies die especially hard when the dream was over-hyped. The most self-defeating way to launch a…

France Will Recognize Palestinian State – US-Israeli Backlash Ensues In what may prove to be a major milestone in the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict, France will recognize Palestine as an independent…

New Delhi has announced a $565 million credit line to the debt-ridden island nation India and the Maldives have agreed to boost bilateral ties during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to…

Budapest has called the European Commission’s 2028-2034 spending plan “unacceptable” and accused it of prioritizing Kiev over the bloc Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has slammed the European Commission’s proposed seven-year EU…

The share of the currency has surpassed 50% in all trade regions for the first time, according to the central bank The share of the Russian ruble in payments for Russian exports…

Sarepta Plunges Again After Europe Rejects Elevidys Perhaps analysts at HC Wainwright & Co. were right about their 12-month zero-dollar price target for Sarepta Therapeutics. Following Sarepta’s withdrawal of its Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy drug…

A Soyuz rocket carrying multiple payloads has blasted off from Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far East Russia has launched a Soyuz rocket carrying an Iranian communications satellite into orbit, the country’s space…

Sydney Sweeney Sparks American Eagle Meme Stock Frenzy On Thursday, shares of American Eagle Outfitters saw a sudden and dramatic jump, rising as much as 12% during the trading session. The surprising…

Amazon Scraps New Irish AI Facility Amid Power Grid Shortfall Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com, Amazon Web Services has cancelled plans for a €300-million server rack manufacturing plant in Dublin’s Ballycoolin…

The premium is being paid to ensure the resilience of supply chains, the CEO of tech giant AMD has said Computer chips manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) in Arizona cost…

Chopper Pressers are the best pressers. This morning as President Trump departs the White House for a trip to Scotland, the most transparent president in history stops to take questions and deliver…

As Ukraine and Russia remain deadlocked, Türkiye positions itself as the only viable platform for a future peace framework – with Washington’s quiet backing The third round of negotiations between Russia and…

A two-state solution is the only way to settle the Middle East conflict, the Kremlin has said The only way to resolve the Middle East conflict is through the creation of a…

Thailand Warns Border Crisis With Cambodia “Could Escalate Into War” The geopolitical powder keg along the heavily disputed Thailand-Cambodia land border has been lit this week, with both countries exchanging heavy fire….

Stocks Ease Back From Record High Ahead Of Tariff Deadline, Earnings Flood US equity futures are flat at the end of a hectic earnings week and the return of meme traders in force….

1970s, 2000s, 2020s… A Déjà Vu In Two Acts – Second Act Authored by Ronnie Stoeferle via VonGreyerz.gold, Since the price of gold was freed by the final separation of sovereign currencies…

Puma Crashes Most Since 1991 After “Major Profit Warning”  Puma SE shares crashed the most in decades after the German sportswear giant slashed its full-year outlook, citing dismal global demand. Jefferies labeled…

Durable Goods Orders (Ex-Transports) Beat Expectations In June After surging higher in May, on the back of huge Boeing aircraft orders, US durable goods orders were expected to tumble back to earth…

A Eurobarometer poll has found that more than half of the bloc’s population believes bribery is prevalent among political parties Across the European Union, 69% of citizens believe that corruption is widespread…

Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona and an associate have been found guilty of multiple charges, including murder The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced the former chief of the Central African Republic (CAR) football federation,…

The Israeli Knesset has voted to apply sovereignty over settlements, drawing fears of de facto annexation  In a significant yet non-binding move, the Israeli legislature has overwhelmingly approved a declaration urging the immediate…

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche flew to Tallahassee, Florida and interviewed former Epstein aide Ghislaine Maxwell for five hours. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department’s No. 2 official met Thursday with Ghislaine…

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…

Buying A Home Costs Less Than Renting In This One U.S. City Pittsburgh is currently the only major U.S. metro where buying a starter home costs less than renting, according to a…

Gen-Z Democrat Operative Visits Iran, Joins “Death To America” Chant Submitted by Jason Curtis Anderson of One City Rising,  Meet Calla Walsh. She got her start organizing for Senator Ed Markey while still…

Intel Finally Beats On Revenue, Gives Upbeat Forecast For what may be the first time in years, Intel – once the world’s most successful and iconic chip maker, and now a pale shadow…

A potential summit must involve final agreements, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said A summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky should only take place to finalize a peace settlement,…

The fact that Brussels is even considering Maia Sandu’s Moldova for accession speaks volume of its proclaimed ‘values’ By all appearances, Maia Sandu should be the darling of Brussels. She’s photogenic, Western-educated,…

Moscow has previously warned that London was considering a false flag operation against an American warship The United Kingdom would not hesitate to sabotage a potential thaw in US-Russia relations, a top…

The two countries have accused President Macron of “propaganda” and “rewarding terrorism” after he announced plans to recognize Palestine The United States and Israel have strongly criticized French President Emmanuel Macron following…

Launched with national pride, the new rail link promises an economic uplift and strategic integration for the long-isolated region On June 25, 60-year-old Muhammad Fakhrudin Bhat fulfilled a dream nearly four decades…

At least three people have been killed after several floors collapsed of the building in Saratov At least three people have been killed after a powerful gas explosion ripped through a residential…

The director of Khartoum State Water Corporation has said over 450 service vehicles were also lost The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have destroyed the main water quality testing laboratory in Khartoum…

OPEC Is Playing The Long Game Authored by Irina Slav via OilPricecom OPEC is pursuing a long-term strategy to increase its market share and is unwinding production cuts, with oil prices remaining…

Cairo is ready to share expertise in combating terrorism with countries in the region facing insurgencies, its foreign minister has said Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has pledged technical, logistical, and institutional…

A decades-old territorial dispute in Southeast Asia escalated into a deadly military conflict this week Thailand’s acting prime minister has warned that border clashes with Cambodia, in which over a dozen civilians…

Coke’s Cane-Sweetened Soda Launch This Fall Could Strain US Sugar Supplies President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s crackdown on the ultra-processed food industrial complex has triggered a…

Cost increases will persist after Brussels cut off key Russian-linked supply routes, the CEO of TotalEnergies has warned The latest European Union sanctions banning imports of oil products made from Russian crude…

The Myth Of ‘Equality’: Is Europe Stuck In A Disastrous, Failing Marxist Trap? Authored by Drieu Godefridi via The Gatestone Institute, In a world where shifting economic forces are redrawing the global…

A businessman has been pretending to be the envoy from the non-existent nations of West Arctica, Saborga, Poulvia, and Lodonia Police in the Indian city of Ghaziabad near New Delhi have arrested…

The Democrats Are Their Own Worst Enemy Authored by Connor O’Keefe via The Mises Institute, One of the more entertaining political stories of the last few months has been the Democratic Party’s…

Defending Dollar Supremacy May Be Next Phase Of US–China Trade War Authored by Terri Wu via The Epoch Times, The U.S.–China trade war may be transitioning to a monetary standoff. As U.S….

The ex-US president reportedly praised the convicted sex offender’s “childlike curiosity” in a birthday message Former US President Bill Clinton wrote a personal note for disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey…

Netanyahu Recalls Team From Qatar As Gaza Ceasefire Talks Collapse Again There were never high expectations, except perhaps in White House public statements, but now Israeli media is confirming that Israeli Prime…

Another Commercial Plane Disaster For Russia’s Sanctions-Hit Aviation  Another major aviation disaster has struck Russia. All 48 people aboard a passenger plane that crashed in Russia’s Far East have been confirmed dead, according…

Social Security Records ‘Substantial Progress’ As Agency Boosts Efficiency, Technology Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Social Security Administration (SSA) has achieved “substantial progress” in customer service,…

Two people were injured during a massive UAV attack on southern Russia, a top official in the Krasnodar region said A Ukrainian drone struck a passenger train in southern Russia, lightly injuring…

Chinese Drone Engines Labeled As “Cooling Units” Sent To Russia Via Covert Supply Chain Western intelligence analysts, through forensic supply chain tracking, have confirmed to Reuters that Russian defense firm IEMZ Kupol has…

US Birth Rate Hits All Time Low Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The number of births in America in 2024 increased from 2023, but the fertility rate declined, the…

Amichai Eliyahu dismisses calls to prevent man-made hunger in the Palestinian enclave Israeli Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu has said Israel should not be concerned about hunger in the besieged Gaza Strip, drawing…

AI Chatbots Rely On Sources With Clear Biases Authored by John. R. Lott Jr. via RealClearInvestigations, AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Grok can be a big help in writing essays, conducting research,…

U.S. To Eliminate Mercury-Based Preservative From All Flu Vaccines The Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday that it will fully eliminate thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative, from flu vaccines, following a…

Air Force Investigating Whether Sig Sauer Pistol Was A Factor In Airman’s Death Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command is sidelining…

Epstein Vs. Russiagate Authored by J. Peder Zane via RealClearPolitics, It’s a tale of two stories. The first concerns President Trump’s back-peddling on pledges to release government files connected to the long-dead…

Russian Pacific Fleet Launches Huge ‘July Storm’ Defense Drills Russia’s Pacific Fleet has kicked off a series of major naval drills Thursday which are aimed at improving and evaluating its ability to…

Australia Lifts Bio-Restrictions On US Beef In Bid To Defuse Tariff Standoff Authored by Crystal-Rose Jones via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Australian government has finally announced it will remove tough…