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The Coward’s Bargain Authored by Josh Stylman via The Brownstone Institute, Everyone’s Afraid to Speak Someone our family has known forever recently told my sister that they’ve been reading my Substack and…

$15 Billion!? FBI Says It’s Uncovered ‘Largest Health Care Fraud’ In American History Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) on June…

Ultra-Processed Foods Linked To Brain Changes That Drive Overeating Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Ultra-processed foods (UPF) may be literally rewiring your brain to make you overeat,…

US Special Envoy for Syria has compared militant-turned-president Ahmed al-Sharaa to George Washington President Donald Trump has signed an executive order dismantling much of the decades-old sanctions program imposed on Syria and…

The Future Of Crypto Equity Wrappers Authored by Omid Malekan, Co-authored with Frank Cavallo of Motus Capital Management Crypto treasury companies such as Strategy are all the rage right now. Seemingly not…

Protesters Outraged As Trump Expected To Visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in Florida America has the best alligators in the world, big beautiful alligators, perfect for stopping dangerous illegal immigrants from escaping detention until…

Quantum Meets AI: Morgan Stanley Maps Out Next Tech Frontier It’s widely accepted that quantum computing remains a long-term bet, with meaningful commercialization unlikely before the 2030s—if not later. Investor enthusiasm plunged sharply…

As the Senate begins debate to amend the Big Beautiful Budget reconciliation bill, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is scheduled to deliver a press briefing today at 1:00pm ET.  Livestream links…

In what is being billed as the largest single takedown of HHS fraud, today the DOJ announced indictments for a massive $14.6 billion Medicaid/Medicare fraud program operated out of the U.S and…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has pushed America-First, anti-terrorism, law and order into the center of the tourist visitor filter. Unstable extremists need not apply for visas to enter the USA, and…

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about this earlier today during her press briefing. CNN is promoting an early warning system for cell phone users that alerts them to Immigration…

As Robert F Kennedy Jr outlines all the bad things the Health and Human Services agency is doing, terrible vaccines, dangerous food additives, horrible health effects from toxic food chemicals, along with…

Where Can You Order A Robotaxi? Self-driving cars – in real-world applications as of now limited to robotaxis – are simultaneously very real but also scary to many people as technological and ethical implications around…

For those who have spent time in the lead up to this moment, you may remember our warning that Elon Musk would eventually take a position against President Trump and actively work…

New California Laws Effective July 1 Could Impact Students, Paychecks, Airbnb-Stays Authored by Sophie Li via The Epoch Times, A wave of new California laws will take effect on July 1, touching…

At least one person was killed and three others injured in missile and drone strikes on Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic Ukrainian forces launched a series of missile and drone attacks on the…

A Translation Guide To Progressive Slavespeak Authored by David Thunder via The Brownstone Institute, I propose that we accompany physical detox with a verbal detox: we need to purge our bloated vocabulary of several…

Disney Hit With More Layoffs As Latest Woke Projects Bomb Hard It would seem that Disney still hasn’t learned its lesson when it comes to DEI in entertainment.  The company which just…

America’s 75,000 Page Horror Story Via SchiffGold.com, While most of the American government can be characterized by regulatory overgrowth, few areas loom larger in the public imagination than the Tax Code. This…

The Decline And Fall Of Our So-Called Degreed Experts Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, The first six months of the Trump administration have not been kind to the experts…

MIT Invents “Bubble Wrap” That Pulls Fresh Water From The Air…Even In The Driest Places In The World MIT researchers have invented a new water-harvesting device — a high-tech version of “bubble…

Stay Sane! Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “Betting against Donald Trump is usually a bad idea.” – Insurrection Barbie on “X” What apparently riles the credentialed political Left — the “gay /…

The anonymous source has claimed that Tehran still possess numerous “new generation missiles,” against which Israel is defenseless Iran’s next military conflict with Israel will be the “last” one for the Jewish…

Russian troops have gained control over all areas of the region, ending Kiev’s occupation of the territory Russian forces have taken complete control of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), after over a…

Ryan O’Leary is wanted in Russia for his participation in the Ukrainian invasion of Kursk Region American mercenary and former US Army National Guardsman Ryan David O’Leary, who fought on Ukraine’s behalf,…

On Monday, authorities in Baku detained three Russian journalists following a police crackdown on suspected Azerbaijani gangs in Russia Russia’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Azerbaijani ambassador Rakhman Mustafaev, following the arrest of…

The Ukraine conflict has no military solution, according to Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar has said the Ukraine conflict cannot be resolved by military means, urging Western…

No injuries or pollution have been reported in the incident so far An oil tanker carrying around a million barrels of crude has exploded off the coast of Libya. No injuries or…

Social Media: The Biggest Threat To Teens’ Mental Health? In 2010, Mashable declared June 30 as Social Media Day, intended to celebrate the impact of social media on communication, connection and culture….

Appeals Court Allows Trump Administration To Fire USIP Board Members Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has overturned a lower…

Iran UN Envoy Makes Clear That Nuclear Enrichment ‘Will Never Stop’ In a “Face the Nation” interview on Sunday, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, vowed that Tehran will “never…

The Foreign Ministry has delivered a note of protest over Kiev’s support for US and Israeli military actions Tehran has summoned Ukraine’s charge d’affaires and delivered a formal protest over remarks by…

SLR: Could It End The Bond Bear Market Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, On June 25th, the Federal Reserve quietly announced a significant change to the Supplementary Leverage Ratio (SLR). While…

Trump Pivots To Pressuring Israel For New Ceasefire Deal In Gaza “MAKE THE DEAL IN GAZA. GET THE HOSTAGES BACK!!!” President Trump wrote on social media early Sunday, pivoting from a month…

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An editor with video news agency Ruptly has been detained while filming a police raid on Russia’s Sputnik outlet The Azerbaijani authorities have detained a journalist with Ruptly, the Russian video news…

Yury Dud has repeatedly failed to identify as a foreign agent in his content, authorities have said Russian authorities have launched a criminal case against a popular youtuber for failing to identify…

Intercepted conversations show that Tehran officials expected a worse impact from the attacks on nuclear facilities US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities were far less destructive than expected, according to intercepted communications…

From the uprising of 2014 to the near-total liberation of 2025, Lugansk’s return to Russia traces a long arc of defiance, war, and statehood After more than a decade of struggle, Russian…

Under the new scheme in Austria’s Burgenland, asylum seekers who refuse to work will face welfare benefit cuts Burgenland state in Austria has introduced a scheme requiring asylum seekers to work for…

Dwindling demand for loans due to high interest rates is hurting Sber’s profits, its CEO has warned Russia’s largest bank, Sber, is bracing for a challenging 2026, CEO German Gref has told…

The End Is Nigh: Liberal Justices Predict “Chaos” & The Demise Of Public Education Without Mandatory LGBTQ Material Authored by Jonathan Turley, The end is nigh. That seems to be the message…

Rafael Grossi has said over 400kg of nuclear material may have been moved before Israeli-US strikes More than 400 kilograms of enriched uranium remains unaccounted for in Iran following Israeli and US…

Stablecoins Are Becoming ‘Default Settlement Layer” For The Internet Authored by Amin Haqshanas via CoinTelegraph.com, Stablecoins have become the backbone of internet payments, with adoption now outpacing major traditional card networks in…

Baku has arrested the head editors of Sputnik Azerbaijan news agency Authorities in Baku have detained the head editors of Russian news agency Sputnik after conducting searches at the outlet’s office on…

“Frozen At The Wheel”: Bessent Slams Fed For Delay On Rate Decisions In Wide-Ranging Interview US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday criticized Federal Reserve policymakers for what he described as their…

One of the US president’s children has said his family “had not profited from politics” Eric Trump, one of US President Donald Trump’s three sons, has hinted at the possibility of himself…

Yoweri Museveni has led the African nation for decades after first coming into power in 1986 Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has announced his bid for a seventh term in elections set for…

Key Events This Holiday-Shortened Week: Job Reports Galore, ISMs, Powell And More Prepare to be disorientated this holiday shortened week, as payrolls sees a rare Thursday print ahead of the Independence Day…

9 Underage Girls Sexually Abused By Syrians At Swimming Pool, Mayor Points To ‘Hot Weather’ Via Remix News, After underage girls were sexually assaulted in the Barbarossabad swimming pool in Gelnhausen, the…

3 Goals For Trump’s Trade Negotiations Authored by Adam Millsap viathe American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), The Trump administration has increased tariff rates on dozens of countries in part to kickstart…

The AI bot’s tendency to affirm users’ beliefs has been found to reinforce harmful delusions, according to a report ChatGPT is linked to “terrifying” psychosis in some users, science and technology media…

Israel has shut out the UN, installing its own group to hand out food to the starving population… except it distributes death instead For nearly 630 days, the world has watched the…

Mysterious Blast Paralyzes Oil Tanker In Mediterranean Weeks After Russian Port Call A mysterious blast struck a tanker carrying 1 million barrels of oil near Libya, and the vessel is now being…

Trump Says TikTok Buyer Is “Group Of Very Wealthy People” President Donald Trump, in a pre-taped interview on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, revealed that “a group of very…

The platform has brought back the profiles of the likes of Shaman and Polina Gagarina Apple Music streaming service has restored profiles with biographies of some of the most popular Russian artists,…

Top Iranian Cleric Issues Fatwah Calling For All Muslims To Seek Vengeance On US, Israel In a new fatwah which appears clearly aimed at the United States, Israel, and their respective leaders…

Futures Push Higher Into Record Territory Amid Trade Talk Progress S&P 500 futures pushed deeper into record territory as progress in trade negotiations aids sentiment following Friday’s record high close for cash…

The US president still said that the tech billionaire’s attacks on him and his “big, beautiful bill” were “not appropriate” Donald Trump has called Elon Musk a “wonderful guy,” despite the Tesla…

Mobile payments are dominant in the Asian country, while the traditional means of exchange has dwindled to near extinction, the outlet has said Coins and banknotes have nearly disappeared from everyday life…

Sputnik’s branch in Baku has been targeted by the Interior Ministry The Azerbaijani Interior Ministry has announced a raid on the Baku office of Russian news network Sputnik. The move comes amid…

Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has praised West Jerusalem’s digital prowess Germany should look to Israel as a model for countering online threats, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said Sunday, calling for the creation…

India has stated that agriculture and dairy must be excluded from any tariff agreement Agriculture and dairy are “very big red lines” when it comes to trade negotiations with the US, Indian…

A Third Of American Households Are Over-Burdened By Housing Costs U.S. Census data analyzed by Harvard University shows that a third of all U.S. households, whether they are buying or renting, spend more…

President Samia Suluhu Hassan has sent condolences to the affected families and urged strict road safety enforcement A fiery collision between two passenger buses in Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro region has left at least…

European arms manufacturers wouldn’t be able to absorb such a hike, the Spanish defense minister has said NATO member Spain has roundly rejected demands by US President Donald Trump and military bloc…

Can Oil And Gas Solve The AI Power Dilemma Authored by Joe Brettell via UtilityDive.com, The promise, peril and possibilities of artificial intelligence continue to capture the cultural and business zeitgeist worldwide….

The state mining company had warned that operations at the site posed a high risk to life At least 11 miners have been killed and seven others injured in a partial gold…

Police have linked a recent contract killing to an encrypted Telegram-based service, the outlet has reported French gangsters are using a Telegram-based service dubbed ‘UberKills’ to order assassinations, Le Monde has reported….

Continued Russian-US Talks Prove Putin Doesn’t Think Trump Duped Iran With Diplomacy Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed last week that the US’ bombing of several nuclear sites in Iran won’t…

Why Greenland Isn’t Chasing The Dream Of Becoming A Mining Superpower Authored by Felicity Bradstock via OilPrice.com, Greenland, despite possessing vast mineral reserves and past ambitions from the U.S. to acquire it…

Oceania Has The Highest Cocaine Use In The World Oceania recorded by far the highest cocaine use prevalence among 15- to 64-year-olds of any region in the world in 2023, according to…

J.K. Rowling Destroyed Trans Ideology With One Savage Tweet Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, Famed “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling became a vocal critic of transgender ideology back in 2019, when…

Meet The Dystopian Startups Making ‘Biological Computers’ From Human Cells Picture a dystopian future where computers don’t just mimic human thinking – they’re powered by actual human brain cells. That future is taking…

New Delhi is aiming to enhance its space-based surveillance capabilities to deal with potential conflicts India has fast-tracked the deployment of 52 surveillance satellites to enhance its space-based defense capabilities, according to…

The standoff is a civil war in the making, Andrey Telizhenko has told RT An ongoing assault on the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) has been orchestrated by the same forces in the…

A long-standing agreement on emergencies is no longer tenable since Sweden joined the US-led military bloc Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has ordered that an information sharing agreement with Sweden on nuclear…

A horrible story.  A gunman started a fire in the mountains near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, in order to bait firefighters to the area. Upon arrival to the area three firefighters were shot;…

Slovakia’s Peter Pellegrini has argued against using fear of Moscow to justify military spending Slovak President Peter Pellegrini has called on EU members to reopen direct talks with Moscow, while stressing that…

Bovard: Trump’s Iran Bombing Is The Latest In Presidential Absolutism Authored by Jim Bovard Does President Trump have any legal basis for his foreign policy actions aside from his personal entitlement to…

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…

North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis previously railroaded the nomination of USAO Ed Martin. Senator Tillis has also blocked many of the key elements of President Trump’s border effort and immigration plan, and…

President Trump discusses the last two weeks with Fox News Maria Bartiromo.  The interview is broken down into a few segments below.  WATCH: . In the second segment below, President Trump discusses…

Something lost amid the ‘western’ discussion of the issues with Iran and their nuclear ambitions, relates to the age of the current governing class of the Ayatollah and mullahs (assembly of experts). …

Senator Markwayne Mullin gives some details on the BBB as it is constructed.  In addition to walking through the top-line big perspectives, Senator Mullin also goes into some details on the more…

“Elbows up” and knees bent. As expected given the nature of their dependency, the Canadian government has rescinded the digital services tax against U.S. tech companies. The June 30th collection is halted…

Gunmen stormed the music venue in March 2024, killing nearly 150 people Suspects in last year’s deadly terrorist attack on a concert hall near Moscow have told investigators that the massacre was…

CDC: New COVID Variant Estimated To Be No. 1 Strain In US Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A new estimate from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control…

Peter Thiel Warns: One-World Government A Greater Threat Than AI Or Climate Change In a wide-ranging interview on the future and global existential risks, billionaire technology investor Peter Thiel raised alarms not…

MSM Claims MAHA “Threatens To Set Women Back Decades”  An increasing number of Americans are abandoning processed foods and taking control of their own food supply chain—planting backyard gardens and sourcing meat, eggs,…

“Bespoke Bombs”: The Secret 15-Year Plan Behind US Strikes On Iran Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), WASHINGTON—The United States’ B-2 stealth bomber strike on Iran’s Fordow uranium…

Police are searching for a gunman who targeted first responders during a blaze in Idaho Two firefighters were shot and killed in an apparent ambush while responding to a wildfire in Coeur…

Justice Kagan’s Own Words Come Back To Haunt Her On Nationwide Injunctions Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc., released Friday, finally put…

Moscow warns that the “theft” of its sovereign funds erodes trust in Western financial institutions The freezing of Russian sovereign assets as part of Western sanctions has undermined trust in global financial…

“EVERYONE’S BEEN SHOT UP HERE”: Arsonists Set Wildfire In Northern Idaho, Open Fire On Firefighters, Police In Ambush  Live Coverage: Arsonist-Led Ambush on First Responders in Idaho   *   *   *  Update (2011ET): …

6 Policies That Could Be Affected by Supreme Court’s Decision On Nationwide Injunctions Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times, The Supreme Court on June 27 handed down a decision restricting…

GOP’s Thom Tillis Rage-Quits Senate, Will Not Seek Re-Election Amid ‘Political Theatre’ And ‘Hypocrisy’ Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced on Sunday that he will not seek re-election, just one day after voting…

English Trucking Rule Takes Effect, Federal Probe Begins Of Sanctuary State Migrant CDL Pipeline Under the Biden-Harris regime, and with backing from rogue sanctuary states, thousands—if not tens of thousands—of non-English-speaking migrants…

This Week Could Reshape The Fed Narrative By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Fed Week? Animal Spirits? While many are assuming the July 30th FOMC meeting is a “no-go” and the first…