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President Donald Trump sits down with daughter-in-law Lara Trump on Fox News. President Trump talked about the deportation operation, trade, tariffs, Elon Musk & what comes now with the Big, Beautiful Bill…

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…

On the anniversary of his attempted assassination, President Donald Trump takes questions from the media after arriving at Joint Base Andrews. Thoughts on the anniversary: ““God was protecting me. Maybe because God…

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…

Frank-Walter Steinmeier has argued that volunteer enlistment may not be sufficient to meet the country’s military demands German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has urged a nationwide debate about reinstating military conscription, stressing that…

China And India Drive Global Demand For Air Conditioning Driven by population growth (and climate change apparently), global demand for air conditioning is set to explode in the coming decades.  Statista’s Katharina Buchholz reports…

Tehran outlet claims the IDF struck Masoud Pezeshkian’s underground bunker during last month’s war Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was slightly injured during Israeli airstrikes on a bunker last month, according to Iranian…

Neo-Terminator Authored by Todd Hayen via Off-Guardoan.org, John was a shrew. He knew that ten years ago, when the Covid insanity started and everyone wanted him to get jabbed. But he just…

The US president cited recent Russian strikes as his motive US President Donald Trump said he would send additional Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine, days after the Pentagon reversed its decision…

If found guilty, Sebastian Hotz could face up to three years in prison German comedian Sebastian Hotz has been charged with condoning violence after joking on X about the assassination attempt on…

Peter Jackson Invests In Genetic Project To Bring Giant Bird Back From Extinction The announcement in April that genetic company Colossal Biosciences has successfully created a litter of previously extinct “Dire Wolf”…

Military Aircraft’s Mysterious Crash Sparks UFO Speculation In U.S. Airspace An unexplained collision between a U.S. military aircraft and an unidentified flying object, detailed in declassified documents, has sparked renewed questions about…

5 GOP-Led States Discussing Plans To Build Prisons Like ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: Noem Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on July 12 that five Republican-led…

The Ukrainian leader has vowed to conduct more attacks far from the front line Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has threatened new strikes deep inside Russia, days after the US pledged to resume…

The new sanctions bill will empower the US president to impose tariffs on Moscow’s trading partners, the senator said The sanctions bill currently in the Senate would give US President Donald Trump…

The Number Of Americans Dealing With Food Insecurity Has Almost Doubled Since 2021, And US Store Closings Are On Pace For New Record Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,…

China Warns of Rogue Robot Troops Unleashing Terminator-Style “Indiscriminate Killings” Concerns are mounting in China as the Communist superpower advances humanoid robot development to replace human soldiers on the battlefield, prompting calls…

Federal Judge Reverses Biden-Era Rule That Barred Medical Debt From Credit Reports Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, A federal judge in Texas has struck down a Biden-era rule that…

Kiev has blasted the leading US newspaper for reporting from the recently liberated region of Kursk The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has accused the New York Times of propaganda after its reporter traveled…

Australia Rebuffs Trump As US Demands To Know What Allies Would Do In Taiwan War The United States has already long been engaged heavily into two war zones it can’t control –…

A group of neo-Nazis planned to target Margarita Simonyan on orders of Kiev’s security service (SBU), according to investigators Three new suspects have emerged in a criminal investigation into an attempted assassination…

One Year Later: DEI Law Enforcement Initiatives Questioned After Assassination Attempt Authored by Caroline Boda via The Center Square, In the year that has passed since the assassination attempt of President Donald Trump in Butler, Pa., efforts…

The Russian negotiating position has been a rigid ultimatum, a senior Ukrainian diplomat has argued The format of direct peace negotiations between Moscow and Kiev in Istanbul has “practically exhausted itself” due…

Marines Test ‘Narco Sub’ With An Eye On War With China Taking creative inspiration from Latin American drug traffickers, the United States Marines Corps is testing low-profile “narco subs” intended for potential…

Fool Me Once By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities One of our favorite sayings is: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. It is good on many…

A light aircraft went down soon after taking off from London Southend Airport A Beechcraft B200 aircraft has crashed in Essex, UK, soon after taking off from London Southend Airport. The incident…

Sergey Lavrov and Wang Yi discussed bilateral cooperation and geopolitical issues, according to the Foreign Ministry in Moscow Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing…

Former Obama Speechwriter Admits Shunning MAGA Didn’t Work One of Barack Obama’s former millennial speechwriters penned a New York Times opinion piece about his strained relationship with his brother-in-law during the COVID pandemic….

Waymo Takes To Philadelphia Waymo is expanding its testing to Philadelphia, deploying a small fleet of vehicles with human safety drivers behind the wheel, according to CNBC. The Alphabet-owned company confirmed to…

What The World Is Asking ChatGPT In 2025 What are people really asking ChatGPT? With adoption growing, ChatGPT prompts are shifting as consumer behavior evolves. While software development prompts continue to dominate,…

Study Reveals How Many Cups Of Coffee Needed To Shield Against Liver Disease Waking up for the London Stock Exchange isn’t complete without the daily ritual: fire up the espresso machine, grind those dark…

‘Crypto Week’ Looms: Will These Three Pro-Crypto Bills Pass? Authored by Aaron Wood via CoinTelegraph.com, Lawmakers in Washington are gearing up to pass three bills for the blockchain industry in an event…

Sectarian Purge Masked As ‘Wildfire’ Under Syria’s New Government Via The Cradle Less than four months into its rule, Syria’s interim government is under mounting pressure, as each crisis—natural or security-related—casts doubt on its…

The US has reportedly demanded commitments from its allies in the event of a war over Taiwan The Pentagon is pressuring key US allies in the Indo-Pacific – Japan and Australia –…

The standoff is only about geopolitical interests, the Russian president has said Western nations’ hegemonic aspirations and dismissal of Russia’s security concerns have led to the ongoing standoff between Moscow and the…

US President Donald Trump recently announced 30% tariffs on goods from the bloc Brussels will delay countermeasures against US tariffs until early August, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced….

Brussels has pressured Vincenzo De Luca to ban a performance by Valery Gergiev due to the conductor’s stance on the Ukraine conflict Vincenzo De Luca, the governor of the Italian region of…

Axios earlier reported that after the Israel-Iran war the Russian president privately backed a deal with zero Iranian uranium enrichment Moscow has dismissed a US media report claiming that Russian President Vladimir…

Putin Shifts Iran Stance? Now Reportedly Supports Zero Enrichment Plan Backed By US Russian President Vladimir Putin has told President Trump that he supports the idea of a nuclear deal in which Iran is unable to…

Iran’s Mass Expulsion Of Afghans Poses A Dilemma For Many Of Its Supporters Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Most of them are opposed to the expulsion of any illegal immigrants, yet…

Russia Might Scrap Its Lone Aircraft Carrier After Persistent, Costly Problems Russia’s lone large aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov is designed to engage major surface targets, but it has been undergoing major repairs for…

Explained: The UK’s Potentially Terrifying Criminal Justice “Reforms” Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org, Plans to reform the UK’s criminal justice system – including the scrapping of jury trials for some offences…

An internal ICE memo says some deportees may be removed within six hours of notice, without guarantees their lives won’t be at risk The US could begin deporting migrants to third countries…

Larisa Brodetskaya has condemned Kiev’s decision to strip the seniormost bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of citizenship A Ukrainian combat medic has returned her state awards to Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky…

Grok 4 users claim that the new version relies on the tech tycoon’s X posts, after a prior update caused a scandal with anti-Semitic replies The latest version of Elon Musk’s xAI…

France Opens Criminal Investigation Into X For Alleged Algorithmic Manipulation Authored by Nate Kostar via CoinTelegraph.com, The French Public Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation into X over the alleged use of…

What if the real story of France and Russia is told not by treaties – but by two men who crossed the mirror? “My life – what a novel!” Napoleon is said…

The decline in demand comes as the ruble has strengthened for the seventh consecutive month, the regulator has said Demand for foreign currency among Russian companies has sharply declined, with corporate purchases…

Kiev previously received 31 Abrams tanks that had reportedly been downgraded, many of which were destroyed on the battlefield Ukraine should formally request outdated US weapons to bolster its fight against Russia…

Continued US military assistance will not contribute to a peaceful settlement of the conflict, Moscow has said US President Donald Trump is considering authorizing new military aid to Ukraine, which would be…

IDF Soldiers Say Grenade-Drones Being Used On Civilians: ‘None Of Them Were Armed’ The Israel Defense Forces are routinely killing civilians in Gaza with commercial drones modified to drop grenades on them…

July 4th Is Behind Us. The American Dream Is Not Authored by Gonzalo Schwarz via RealClearPolitics.com, Another July 4th has come and gone, and the American experiment continues to face many tests….

New Caledonia will be granted “statehood,” but not full independence France has agreed to grant greater autonomy to its Pacific territory of New Caledonia, stopping short of full independence sought by part…

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…

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…

Visualizing Waymo’s Rise In Ridership As autonomous driving technology becomes more mainstream, Waymo – Alphabet’s self-driving ride-hailing division – is rapidly gaining traction across California. This chart, via Visual Capitalist’s Kayla Zhu,…

10 Non-Tax Policies In Trump’s Megabill That Will Affect Americans Authored by Jackson Richman, Joseph Lord, Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is notable for implementing…

What Just Happened In Rio Should Terrify The West Authored by Farhad Ibragimov, A few days ago, the city of Rio de Janeiro hosted the 17th BRICS summit, marking a significant step…

The US president has urged supporters not to spread speculation about the alleged list of the sex offender’s clients US President Donald Trump has pushed back against claims of a coverup in…

Federal Judge Orders Trump Admin To Halt Immigration Operations Without Probable Cause In California Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on July 11…

War, Debt, & Distraction: The Hidden Collapse Behind The Iran Hype Authored by Chris Macintosh via InternationalMan.com, While we are all having our attention directed towards the war with Iran, we should…

The US president has clashed with longtime foe, actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell US President Donald Trump has threatened to “take away” talk show host, actress, and comedian Rosie O’Donnell’s citizenship after…

President Trump releases this seemingly frustrated lengthy statement via Truth Social: PRESIDENT TRUMP – What’s going on with my “boys” and, in some cases, “gals?” They’re all going after Attorney General Pam…

President Trump announced on Truth Social a baseline tariff rate of 30% for both the European Union and Mexico.  Other sector specific tariffs still apply. The EU rate is interesting in that…

The Russian foreign minister has cautioned against expanding “NATO infrastructure” in the Indo-Pacific The military activities of the US and its allies around the Korean Peninsula threaten the stability of the entire…

Air India Crash: Fuel Switches On Boeing 787 “Cutoff” During Takeoff  Just one month ago—and days before the Paris Air Show—a horrific crash involving Air India Flight 171, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, was…

North Korea Sends 6,000 Engineers, Construction Workers To Rebuild Russia’s Kursk The Moscow-Pyongyang bromance continues, based on mutual defense objectives and the landmark agreement struck between Presidents Putin and Kim Jong-Un last…

“I Have A Wonderful Opportunity”: Justice Jackson’s Cathartic Jurisprudence Authored by Jonathan Turley, I wrote recently about the chilling jurisprudence of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who has drawn the ire of colleagues in opinions…

The US President has threatened to impose the levies starting on August 1 US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that Washington will impose 30% tariffs on two of its key trade…

Criminal probes against tech giants will only damage the French economy, Pavel Durov has said France has embarked on a “crusade” against free speech and progress itself, Telegram founder Pavel Durov said…

Newborns To Get $1,000 ‘Trump Accounts’ – Here’s How It Works Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, The Republican reconciliation package, better known as the One Big Beautiful Bill, introduced…

Capilano Honey’s parent company, Hive & Wellness Australia, has sent a legal threat to beekeeper Simon Mulvany only a day after media reported that Hive & Wellness Australia were trying to sell…

Appeals Court Throws Out Plea Deal For Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Which Would Have Provided ‘Answers’ America’s longest running terrorism court case looks to outlast the so-called Global War on Terror itself, as…

Tariff Windfall Drives Surprise $27 Billion US Budget Surplus In June Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, New data from the Treasury Department show that surging tariff revenues in June…

Can Jay Powell Make It Through The Weekend? Authored by Larry Kudlow via RealClearPolitics.com, Is the Fed chairman, Jay Powell, going to make it through the weekend? There is talk that he…

Several MPs had moved in April to ban the commercial promotion of alchemists, astrologers, and other occult services A Russian parliamentary committee has rejected proposed legislation aiming to ban all advertising of…

The US president has survived at least one assassination attempt and one plot to kill him A Texas man was arrested in the US on Thursday for allegedly threatening to kill President…

Iran Could Recover Some Enriched Uranium Buried Deep At Isfahan, Israel Says A senior Israeli official cited in the BBC and NY Times has said that intelligence indicates much of Iran’s enriched uranium…

Dubai’s Emirates Airline To Enable Crypto Payments By Amin Haqshanas of Cointelegraph Dubai’s international airline Emirates signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Crypto.com to integrate Crypto.com Pay into the airline’s payment…

The remains of over 100,000 Poles are lying in unmarked mass graves scattered across Ukraine, according to a historian’s estimates Kiev should allow the “full-scale” exhumation of the victims of mass ethnic…

Q2-2025 Earnings Season Preview Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Next week, the Q2-2025 earnings season will begin in earnest as a barrage of S&P 500 companies report, starting with the Wall…

Trump To Impose 30% Tariffs On Mexico, European Union President Trump on Saturday morning fired off two trade warning letters via Truth Social, threatening to impose 30% tariffs on all Mexican and…

“You can only really pledge your loyalty to one person or one country,” the conservative host has argued Americans who fight for other countries, including Ukraine and Israel, should be stripped of…

The gains are largely driven by President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes, which pushed customs duty collections to record highs The US government posted a surprise budget surplus in June, driven by a…

A monument to the troops who assisted Russia in repelling the Ukrainian incursion will be erected, the minister has said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has thanked the North Korean troops who…

Apparently, cranking up the A/C in near-40-degree heat is now “cheating” and killing the environment Paris was melting last week, flirting with 40°C and zero chill. Apparently, the moment was ripe for…

Slovakia has made finding a solution for its energy security a condition for approving the bloc’s latest sanctions package Slovakia hopes to secure guarantees by early next week to protect it from…

Ford Recalling 850,000 Vehicles For Fuel Pump Failure Ford is recalling over 850,000 vehicles in the U.S. due to a faulty low-pressure fuel pump that could fail and cause engine stalls, increasing…

The probe has found that both engines of the plane shut down mid-air after the fuel supply was cut by valves that were switched off Last month’s Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner…

Turkey’s Outlawed PKK Begins ‘Symbolic’ Disarmament By Burning Weapons Via The Cradle A group of fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) laid down their arms on Friday during a disarmament ceremony…

Syrians Fear Israel Normalization Could Trigger Another Countrywide War Many Syrians fear another country-wide war could erupt if the country’s new post-Assad rulers make peace with Israel through a normalization deal based…

The International Criminal Court is in a deadlock over expanding its powers after three days of talks The International Criminal Court (ICC) has not been able to pass an amendment that would…

The US president still regards Russia’s Vladimir Putin as the “main negotiating partner,” the report claims US President Donald Trump continues to regard Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky as the main hurdle to…

The plan is being justified by new spending demands, including for military buildup, the newspaper notes The European Commission is planning to propose a new tax on corporate giants operating in the…

A Senate defense committee has approved a draft bill that bars the Pentagon from halting arms shipments and intel sharing with Kiev A bill authorizing more Ukraine aid and barring the Pentagon…

Berlin’s support for Kiev’s military industry is stoking the conflict with Moscow and hinders peace efforts, Russia has said Ukraine will receive its first batch of long-range missiles financed by Germany by…

Pretoria has developed contingency plans to sustain vital services, its health minister has said South African Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says the country’s world-leading HIV/Aids program “will not collapse” following the withdrawal…

Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar says his country has “enough problems” and can’t take in foreigners straight out of American prisons Nigeria will not yield to pressure from the administration of US President…

Anatoly Legkodymov is facing extradition to France and 20 years in prison despite already serving one sentence in America A Russian crypto entrepreneur incarcerated in the US has appealed to President Donald…

Julie Kelly is personally very close to Dan Bongino and a significant advocate for him.  According to Julie Kelly and various other media sources, Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino is threatening to…