Israeli Forces Attack Iran With “Precise Strikes On Military Targets” In Retaliatory Response Israel attacked Iran early Saturday morning local time with what it’s referred to as “precise strikes on Iranian military…
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2 Lawmakers Attempt The Impossible: Saving Social Security
2 Lawmakers Attempt The Impossible: Saving Social Security Authored by Mark Tapscott via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), More members of Congress, 329, co-sponsored the Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA) than nearly any…
IDF confirms strikes on Iran
Israel has “fully mobilized” its offensive and defensive capabilities The Israel Defense Forces is conducting “precise strikes on military targets” in Iran, IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari confirmed in a statement early Saturday….
Israel launches attack on Iran: LIVE UPDATES
Several explosions were heard in Tehran, according to local media West Jerusalem has launched its retaliatory strike against Tehran, the Israel Defense Forces has confirmed. On October 1, Iran fired nearly 200 ballistic missiles…
Quiet Before The Storm
Quiet Before The Storm Authored by J. Peder Zane via RealClearPolitics, “I just can’t wait for this campaign to be over.” –The American people Enjoy these last nasty days…
Election Battles For State Legislature Supermajorities Heat Up
Election Battles For State Legislature Supermajorities Heat Up Authored by Austin Alonzo via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), While Congress stagnates, America’s state houses are drafting and passing policies affecting millions. Now,…
Owners Of Ship Involved In Baltimore Bridge Collapse Settle DOJ Lawsuit For $100 Million
Owners Of Ship Involved In Baltimore Bridge Collapse Settle DOJ Lawsuit For $100 Million The owner and operator of the cargo ship that caused a Baltimore bridge collapse has agreed to pay nearly $102…
Following Non-Endorsement, Victoria Nuland’s Husband Resigns as ‘Editor at Large’ from Washington Post
Victoria Nuland’s husband, Robert Kagan, has resigned as the Editor at Large from the Washington Post. WASHINGTON – […] The Post’s newsroom and editorial team erupted in outrage. Robert Kagan, a neoconservative…
Lebanon Expresses Outrage After Israeli Warplanes Strike Group Of Journalists: ‘War Crime’
Lebanon Expresses Outrage After Israeli Warplanes Strike Group Of Journalists: ‘War Crime’ Lebanon has accused Israel of committing a war crime after a group of journalists in south Lebanon came under attack…
EU’s Von Der Leyen snubs Serbian PM over Russia meeting
Brussels was offended that Milos Vucevic had met with a Russian minister European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has canceled her planned talks with Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic, citing his…
Is Kamala The Bigger Threat To The Constitutional Order?
Is Kamala The Bigger Threat To The Constitutional Order? Authored by David Harsanyi via PJMedia.com, Vote. Don’t vote. I don’t care. Just stop telling me that Vice President Kamala Harris is going…
At Least A Dozen Colorado Ballots Stolen And Mailed In, Officials Say
At Least A Dozen Colorado Ballots Stolen And Mailed In, Officials Say Reinforcing concerns that many Americans have with voting that isn’t done in-person, at least 12 Colorado mail-in ballots were stolen,…
Nuland’s husband quits WaPo after Bezos decision
Robert Kagan was furious the paper would not endorse Kamala Harris for US president The Washington Post editor-at-large Robert Kagan has resigned in protest, after the newspaper owned by Amazon magnate Jeff…
Top Democrat on House Oversight Committee, Jamie Raskin, is Furious President Trump Will Not Repeat 2016 Transition Mistakes in Trusting Government
I’m going to skip most of the nonsense about the “Raskin Letter” [SEE HERE] to focus on the part that few will notice or report. The process that Jamie Raskin is angry…
President Trump MAGA Rally – Traverse City, Michigan – 7:30pm EDT Livestream
Tonight, President Trump heads to Michigan for a rally in Traverse City. The anticipated start time for President Trump’s remarks is 7:30pm EDT. Livestream links below. RSBN YouTube Livestream – RSBN Rumble…
Tucker Carlson Interviews Amaryllis Fox Kennedy
I’m not exactly sure what is going on here. When the private conversation between President Donald Trump and Robert F Kennedy Jr was recorded and leaked to the media, it was former…
West stealing billions from Russia — minister
The US and the EU are making a historic mistake, Ivan Chebeskov has said Using interest from frozen Russian assets to make loans to Ukraine is against international law and will backfire…
Bank Deposits & Money-Markets See Huge Inflows As Tax-Day Passes
Bank Deposits & Money-Markets See Huge Inflows As Tax-Day Passes After last week’s small $6.5BN outflow, money-market funds saw a massive $40.4BN inflow this week, taking total AUM to fresh record high…
Terrorist attack in Ankara: A message for Erdogan?
After the Kurdistan Workers’ Party admitted its involvement in the attack on the Turkish capital, the indirect responsibility of the United States for this tragedy is clear Just as President of Türkiye…
Sanders gives Harris campaign advice
Democratic nominee should focus more on working-class people than on conservative Republicans, the progressive US senator insists Progressive Democrats, including Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, have been calling on US presidential candidate Kamala…
Fever Dream
Fever Dream Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “The American ‘Left’ is fully exposed now as a demented, vicious, abusive animal of traumatizing narcissism.” – Celia Farber Do you hear that…
Stocks Break Six-Week Win-Streak, Gold Hits Record High As ‘Trump Trade’ Takes Off
Stocks Break Six-Week Win-Streak, Gold Hits Record High As ‘Trump Trade’ Takes Off The theme for the week was the good (macro outperformance), the bad (dovish rate-cut expectations plunging), and the ugly…
Trump’s Attorneys Seek Election Case Dismissal, Say Special Council Appointment Unconstitutional
Trump’s Attorneys Seek Election Case Dismissal, Say Special Council Appointment Unconstitutional Authored by Sam Dorman via The Epoch Times, Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys argued in a new filing on Oct. 24…
DC Stunned – The Washington Post Refuses to Endorse Kamala Harris
There is a transparent irony in the stenography operation of the Deep State, the people who sell the Dis-Mis-Malinformation narratives of the IC, saying, “The decision to cease endorsements is a “statement…
NYSE Extending Trading On ARCA Equities Exchange To 22 Hours A Day
NYSE Extending Trading On ARCA Equities Exchange To 22 Hours A Day So much for Robinhood having a monopoly on overnight trading… The New York Stock Exchange said in a press release…
Theatre of the absurd: How Trudeau-backed Sikh separatist hijacked Canadian politics
The Sikh community numbers about 800,000, but only a handful support the separatist Khalistan movement which has taken over Justin Trudeau’s party With the current Canada-India spat – triggered by Prime Minister…
Texas AG Ken Paxton Files Criminal Referral Outlining Act Blue Illegal Campaign Finance Activity
Texas AG Ken Paxton Files Criminal Referral Outlining Act Blue Illegal Campaign Finance Activity Authored by Sundance via The Conservative Treehouse, Many people might think that Attorney General Ken Paxton filing a…
Goldman Says “Short CTA/Positioning Unwinds” Behind NatGas Futs Spike
Goldman Says “Short CTA/Positioning Unwinds” Behind NatGas Futs Spike A few days after Goldman’s Thomas Evans advised clients to “keep pressing shorts” on natural gas through December, the NatGas futures market in New…
“Dangerous Times” – LATimes Editor Quits After Owner Strikes Down Kamala Endorsement
“Dangerous Times” – LATimes Editor Quits After Owner Strikes Down Kamala Endorsement Via HeadlineUSA.com, The editorial editor for the Los Angeles Times quit in protest after the newspaper’s owner blocked a decision to endorse…
Israeli airstrike kills journalists – media
The Israeli air force reportedly targeted a press guesthouse in southern Lebanon on Friday morning An Israeli airstrike on a media shelter in southern Lebanon killed three journalists and wounded several others…
New Boeing CEO May Clean House With Sale Of Space Unit
New Boeing CEO May Clean House With Sale Of Space Unit Boeing is unlikely to recover from its botched Starliner spacecraft mission to the International Space Station this past summer, leaving two astronauts stranded…
On That Latest Trump Accuser
On That Latest Trump Accuser Authored by Techno Fog via The Reactionary, By now it’s part of the playbook. It’s predictable. Expected. Right before the election, another woman will allege she was…
UK To Change Definition Of Debt So It Can Add $90 Billion More
UK To Change Definition Of Debt So It Can Add $90 Billion More Back in Sept 2022, the UK financial system almost collapsed when the bond market vigilantes woke up from a…
Harris Spokesman Confirms Kamala Said No To Joe Rogan Podcast
Harris Spokesman Confirms Kamala Said No To Joe Rogan Podcast Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, A spokesman for the Harris campaign confirmed that Kamala said no after being invited on…
EU stuck in ‘losing war’ – Orban
Some Western countries are about to learn the taste of defeat, the Hungarian PM has said Most of the West is about to find out what it looks like to lose a…
Stanford Doc Hailed As ‘Intellectual Freedom’ Leader For Challenging Gov’t On COVID-19
Stanford Doc Hailed As ‘Intellectual Freedom’ Leader For Challenging Gov’t On COVID-19 Authored by James Samuel via The College Fix, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya received the American Academy of Sciences and Letters’ top…
TSMC’s Chip Plant In Phoenix Achieves Higher Yields Than Taiwan
TSMC’s Chip Plant In Phoenix Achieves Higher Yields Than Taiwan During a webinar on Wednesday hosted by the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing US President Rick Cassidy told listeners that TSMC’s Phoenix, Arizona…
Trump Breaks Silence On Whether He Would Pardon ‘Bad Boy’ Hunter Biden
Trump Breaks Silence On Whether He Would Pardon ‘Bad Boy’ Hunter Biden Donald Trump on Thursday said he’s open to pardoning Hunter Biden if he’s reelected – a sharp 180 after railing…
“We Need Higher Growth, Not Higher Deficits”
“We Need Higher Growth, Not Higher Deficits” By Elwin de Groot, head of macro strategy at Rabobank “We can’t rely on tax revenues to keep flowing – we need economic growth”, was…
Putin: Russia Willing To Reach ‘Rational Compromise’ With Ukraine To End War
Putin: Russia Willing To Reach ‘Rational Compromise’ With Ukraine To End War Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a late night interview on the last day (Thurs.) of the BRICS summit hosted in…
EU must stop lecturing world – European Council president
The bloc needs to show more respect towards developing countries, according to Charles Michel The European Union needs to stop “lecturing” other parts of the world and be more respectful towards its…
Unreal(ized) Gains Tax: An Economic Earthquake In The Making
Unreal(ized) Gains Tax: An Economic Earthquake In The Making Authored by Peter C. Earle via TheDailyEconomy.com, Fiscal Year 2025 Budget of the United States includes a proposal to tax unrealized capital gains: a…
President Trump Delivers Remarks to Assembled Press Corps from Austin, Texas – 1:30pm Livestream
Before heading to Michigan for a rally later today, President Trump will hold a press conference in Austin, Texas. The purpose of the visit is to highlight the impact of collapsed border…
WaPo Bails On Kamala – Won’t Make Presidential Endorsement
WaPo Bails On Kamala – Won’t Make Presidential Endorsement Three weeks ago, the Teamsters Union became the second major union to announce that they would not endorse a presidential candidate after internal…
Visa offers to BRICS giant more than quadrupled
New Delhi has revealed Berlin has pledged to massively increase the number of visas issued annually to skilled Indian workers Germany is to increase its annual visa quota for skilled workers from…
German state media admits slandering Russian tycoon – RBK
Reports accusing Alisher Usmanov of being behind a “bribery scheme” were false, media holding WDR has acknowledged Reports accusing Russian metals and telecoms tycoon Alisher Usmanov of setting up a scheme to bribe…
Kremlin rubbishes WSJ ‘secret Putin-Musk calls’ claim
The newspaper has claimed that the US billionaire has regular conversations with the Russian president A article in the Wall Street Journal alleging that Elon Musk has secretly made contact with Vladimir…
Third-Quarter iPhone Sales In China Fall As Huawei Competition Heats Up
Third-Quarter iPhone Sales In China Fall As Huawei Competition Heats Up The International Data Corporation released a report Friday morning showing that China’s smartphone shipments increased 3.2% year-over-year to 68.8 million units in Q3…
New IRS Unit Begins Targeting Pass-Through Businesses
New IRS Unit Begins Targeting Pass-Through Businesses Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The IRS has officially launched a new unit that it states will “more efficiently conduct…
US Durable Goods Orders Revised Lower… Again!
US Durable Goods Orders Revised Lower… Again! Preliminary data for October shows that headline US durable goods orders fell 0.8% MoM (slightly better than the -1.0% MoM expected), leaving orders down 2.9%…
Goldman: “Too Furious Ferrous Rally”
Goldman: “Too Furious Ferrous Rally” China’s recent monetary and fiscal bazooka will likely fall short of the policy prescription needed to rid the world’s second-largest economy of deflationary risks. The real estate crisis remains unresolved,…
‘Idiotic’ to think Russia can be isolated – Serbian Deputy PM to RT
The Western push to contain Moscow is a “loser” policy, Aleksandar Vulin has said Trying to isolate Russia is “stupid” and impossible because the country represents a set of values that are…
Trump open to pardoning Hunter Biden
The former US President said he wouldn’t exclude the move if reelected, while calling the case against Joe Biden’s son “very bad for our country” Former US President Donald Trump has stated…
Arizona Officials: It Will Take Nearly 2 Weeks To Tabulate 2024 Election In Maricopa
Arizona Officials: It Will Take Nearly 2 Weeks To Tabulate 2024 Election In Maricopa Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Officials in Arizona’s most populous county warned on…
Dems Lose Faith As UMich Sentiment Expectations Dip In October
Dems Lose Faith As UMich Sentiment Expectations Dip In October The final data for the UMich Sentiment survey in October surprised bigly to the upside (70.5 vs 69.0 exp vs 70.1 prior),…
Ruling party declared landslide winner in disputed vote in African state
Frelimo’s Daniel Chapo secured 70.68% to become the first Mozambican president born after independence in 1975 Mozambique’s ruling party presidential candidate has been declared the winner of general elections held earlier this…
Zelensky blocks UN chief’s visit to Ukraine – AFP
Kiev has blasted Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for taking part in the the BRICS Summit in Russia Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has rejected a visit to his country by Antonio Guterres after the…
US presidential race a dead heat – WSJ poll
Trump’s slight lead over Harris this month is within the margin of error, the newspaper has reported Former US President Donald Trump is virtually tied with Vice President Kamala Harris in the…
GOP Chair: US Must Consider ‘Direct Military Action’ If N.Korean Troops Fight In Ukraine
GOP Chair: US Must Consider ‘Direct Military Action’ If N.Korean Troops Fight In Ukraine Perhaps as expected, some hawks in Washington are reacting loudly and angrily to continuing reports which say North…
Russian central bank hikes key rate to record level
Inflation remains “considerably higher” than expected, the regulator has said The Bank of Russia has raised its key interest rate by 200 basis points to a record high of 21%, citing persistent…
Poland suggests Germany cut benefits for Ukrainian refugees
Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski says he told Chancellor Olaf Scholz that the welfare money should be redirected to authorities in Kiev Germany should stop paying social benefits to Ukrainian refugees residing in…
Scandinavian state to raise age kids can use social media
Norway is seeking to protect minors 15 and younger from “harmful content,” Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store has said Norway has announced plans to increase the age limit for social-media use…
BRICS Summit Puts Focus On Dethroning US Dollar As Putin Unveils ‘BRICS Banknote’
BRICS Summit Puts Focus On Dethroning US Dollar As Putin Unveils ‘BRICS Banknote’ It’s an outcome that alternative economists have long predicted as inevitable – The dumping of the US dollar as…
Preparing For The Steal
Preparing For The Steal Authored by Jeff Carlson & Hans Mahncke via Truth Over News, Georgia, the site of massive election misinformation, questionable results, incomplete audits and a mysterious come-from-behind razor-thin win…
Why China needs BRICS
Beijing is not aiming to dominate the growing collective of nations nor make it a tool against the West The 16th BRICS summit that took place in Kazan, Russia, became one of…
Indian soldiers killed in ambush near Pakistan border
The new attack comes amid a rise in militancy in the turbulent Jammu and Kashmir region At least four people, including two soldiers and two civilians, have been killed after militants sprayed…
Futures Rise As Yields Fall Despite Growing Trumpflation Concerns
Futures Rise As Yields Fall Despite Growing Trumpflation Concerns US equity futures are higher for the second day in a row, trimming their weekly drop to less than 1.0%, and led by…
Hillary Clinton Claims Trump Is “Reenacting 1939 Madison Square Garden Nazi Rally”
Hillary Clinton Claims Trump Is “Reenacting 1939 Madison Square Garden Nazi Rally” Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Bitter presidential loser Hillary Clinton has claimed that Donald Trump is purposefully reenacting a…
6 People Indicted In Ohio For Allegedly Voting As Non-Citizens
6 People Indicted In Ohio For Allegedly Voting As Non-Citizens Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Grand juries in Ohio have indicted six people for allegedly casting illegal…
Ronaldo invests in Russian-owned healthcare firm (PHOTO)
Bioniq, a supplements brand, has seen its value grow to around $82 million after the football star became a shareholder Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo has become a shareholder in the Russian-owned…
Ukrainian troops in Kursk Region oblivious to being encircled – Putin
Kiev has lost control of some of its forces, the Russian president has claimed Ukrainian military units in Russia’s Kursk Region, which have been cut off from the border, are apparently not…
Linux creator fires programmers connected to Russia
Linus Torvalds indicated that he was biased against the country as a native of Finland while explaining his reasons Several maintainers of the Linux operating system were fired because of their ties…
State AG accuses Google of censorship
A Missouri attorney general claims the tech giant has been “waging war on the democratic process” using its search service Google is to be investigated for allegedly manipulating its search engine to…
South African leader reveals BRICS Summit impressions
The expanded format has made the group “stronger,” according to Cyril Ramaphosa South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has lauded the BRICS Summit Russia as being the most successful, commending his counterpart Vladimir…
EU working to Trump-proof Russia sanctions – Reuters
The bloc wants its curbs on Moscow to remain no matter who wins the US election, sources have told the agency The EU is seeking to buttress its sanctions against Russia over…
Projected Trump victory driving demand for dollars – Standard Chartered
Markets are reportedly pricing a 70% chance of a win for the Republican Increasing belief on the financial markets that Donald Trump will win the US presidential election next month has been…
The US Vs BRICS In Africa
The US Vs BRICS In Africa Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Africa is increasingly figuring into major countries’ and organizations’ discussions due to its growing importance in global affairs. The UN expects that…
BRICS’ economic advantage over G7 an ‘objective reality’ – top Kremlin official
Emerging economies have outperformed their wealthier Western peers in contributing to global growth, Maksim Oreshkin has said The latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast indicating that the global economy is set…
Russia is ready for ‘rational compromise’ with Ukraine — Putin
It’s Kiev that is acting erratic and unpredictable on peace talks, the president has said Moscow remains willing to negotiate a resolution of the Ukraine conflict, in which both sides would make…
These Are The Cities With The Most Centi-Millionaires
These Are The Cities With The Most Centi-Millionaires According to estimates from New World Wealth, there are 29,350 individuals worldwide with fortunes exceeding $100 million. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, highlights…
Israel won’t delay strike on Iran despite intel leak – media
US intelligence documents detailing the Jewish state’s plans for a strike on Iran were leaked into the public domain last week There is no indication that Israel will delay an expected strike…
Visualizing The EU’s Critical Minerals Gap By 2030
Visualizing The EU’s Critical Minerals Gap By 2030 The European Union’s Critical Raw Material Act sets out several ambitious goals to enhance the resilience of its critical mineral supply chains. As Visual Capitalist’s Bruno…
Putin says claims he won’t speak to Western leaders are ‘lies’
Russia is not isolated and is open to negotiations, the president has said Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected claims that he deliberately avoids talking with Western leaders, insisting that Moscow remains…
How this African powerhouse is tapping into a fast-growing global economic trend
The halal economy is a burgeoning avenue for establishing new and fairer economic structures in Nigeria and far beyond Nigeria’s vice president, Kashim Shettima, announced last month that Nigeria plans to become…
Hand Grenade Attacks In Sweden Have More Than Doubled In 2024
Hand Grenade Attacks In Sweden Have More Than Doubled In 2024 Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Sweden is witnessing an alarming rise in the use of hand grenades by criminal…
Africa Dominates The World’s Child Poverty Hotspots
Africa Dominates The World’s Child Poverty Hotspots Child poverty continues to be most prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa, as the region accounted for more than 70 percent of the world’s children in extreme…
Deadly disease outbreak in East Africa traced to bat cave
Mining activities have been halted by the Rwandan government as health teams work to contain the Marburg virus Rwanda has pinpointed the source of an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus, linking…
UK military ‘not ready to fight’ – defense secretary
The British armed forces are “hollowed out” and “underfunded,” John Healey has admitted The UK military is unprepared to fight in a major conflict and would not be able to deter the…
Turkey Bombs US Proxies In Northeast Syria Following Ankara Terror Attack
Turkey Bombs US Proxies In Northeast Syria Following Ankara Terror Attack Via The Cradle Turkey conducted several airstrikes and artillery shelling across US-controlled north and east Syria late on Wednesday, targeting positions held by…
US spies want to keep missile restrictions on Ukraine – Fox
Allowing Kiev to use ATACMS for long-range strikes on Russia would achieve little and would risk escalation, an unnamed official has told the outlet The Pentagon and US Intelligence Committee (IC) have…
Trump has no connection to Russia – Putin
The Russian president has said all allegations about the Republican candidate’s ties to Moscow have already been put to rest Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied media reports claiming that he has…
Friday October 25th – Open Thread
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…
October 25th – 2024 Presidential Politics – Resistance Day 1376
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…
The Navy Needs Advanced Guns And Cheaper Missiles To Defend Against Drone Swarms
The Navy Needs Advanced Guns And Cheaper Missiles To Defend Against Drone Swarms Authored by Mike Fredenburg via The Epoch Times, In order to defend its ships and defeat its enemies, our…
Visualizing The Cost Of The American Dream In 2024
Visualizing The Cost Of The American Dream In 2024 Today, the rising cost of living is making the American dream increasingly difficult to achieve. While pandemic-led wage growth boosted real incomes, it…
Can BRICS Deliver On Its Promises?
Can BRICS Deliver On Its Promises? Authored by RFE/RL Staff via OilPrice.com, Putin is using the BRICS summit to project strength and counter Western isolation, while also pushing for initiatives like an…
North Korean Troops In Ukraine Are ‘Fair Game’ To Attack, White House Warns
North Korean Troops In Ukraine Are ‘Fair Game’ To Attack, White House Warns The White House and Pentagon have put Russia and North Korea on notice, following several international reports alleging that…
Trump Staffing 2025
For two years I was asked to present thoughts on potential candidates for offices in/around the Trump administration if they can achieve victory in the 2024 election. Essentially, if Trump wins, “who”…
One in four Americans fears post-election Civil War – poll
5% and 12% of respondents “personally know” someone who might take up arms for Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, respectively Around 27% of Americans believe a civil war is likely to break…
Rural Landowner Sues After State Searches Property Without Warrant Or Consent
Rural Landowner Sues After State Searches Property Without Warrant Or Consent By Chris Bennett of AgWeb Twice accused, twice vindicated, and twice insistent on the sanctity of the Fourth Amendment. After Tim…