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Sergey Tikhanovsky, a key Belarusian opposition figure, was among those pardoned Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, has visited Belarus and met with President Alexander Lukashenko. Shortly after the talks,…

Islamabad has cited the US president’s role in ending the latest Pakistan-India escalation The Pakistani government has formally recommended US President Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, citing his mediation…

Early Signs The Iran War Is Triggering Another Mideast Refugee Crisis The United Nations has warned that the Iran-Israel war could trigger a new refugee crisis in the Middle East, saying that…

The use of a dirty bomb by Kiev would prompt Moscow to use a “clean bomb,” Dmitry Medvedev has warned The use of a dirty bomb by Kiev would trigger a devastating…

The Supreme Court Vs. The Experts Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, When the transgender issue presented itself decades ago, most people felt a sense of politeness and deference to…

This is weird. According to direct reporting from the Minnesota Star Tribune, after his arrest Vance Boelter who went on a murdering rampage targeting key political officials told the FBI that Minnesota…

Norway’s Government Explores Crypto-Mining Ban Amid Energy Supply Concerns Authored by Turner Wright via CoinTelegraph.com, The government of Norway is considering a temporary ban on crypto mining in the country in an…

Walmart Remains Price Discount Juggernaut Cash-strapped consumers are pulling back on spending—particularly on big-ticket items—as economic uncertainty and tariff risks continue to plague outlooks and squeeze household budgets. Goldman’s latest grocery pricing survey for…

How Housing Bubble #2 Bursts? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Corporate / private equity / STVR investors are all fair-weather owners of housing. Let’s indulge in some basic logic:…

The attack also hit an energy facility that supplies fuel to Kiev’s forces, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said The Russian military struck a military airfield and energy infrastructure in Ukraine…

No sledgehammer against sinners on the fringe, yes—but what of the scalpel? Did the synodal pope cede the helm of his field hospital church? An ancient ethical maxim, traditionally ascribed to Chilon…

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…

Vice President JD Vance traveled to Los Angeles, California, to thank local police, immigration enforcement, federal officials and U.S. military who are currently in the process of deporting criminal aliens from the…

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…

Syria Makes First Bank Transfer Via SWIFT Since War All it took for Syria to get back in the global dollar regime was for Al Qaeda to take over.  Reuters reports that…

The Censorship-Industrial Complex Has Now Become Self-Perpetuating Authored by ‘Eugyppius’ via ‘A Plague Chronicle’, I’ve covered a lot of speech crime indictments here at the plague chronicle. Before Covid, these things hardly…

NATO’s Procurement Corruption Scandal Might Delay Its Rapid Militarization Plans Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Member states might eschew the NATO Support and Procurement Agency’s services, thus delaying their military purchases,…

Analysts argue the pitch echoes Washington’s past regime-change efforts in the Middle East US ambassador to the UN Dorothy Shea stated at a UN Security Council meeting on Friday that Iran must…

Kiev’s attempts to reform mobilization and training have so far been “sluggish at best,” the outlet has reported Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has reshuffled his top brass, with the goal of overhauling…

The Ukrainian leadership should follow the national interests of the country and not those of third parties, the Russian president has said The “third parties” that back Kiev are not interested in…

The IAEA has confirmed that there is no evidence of Iranian efforts to acquire nuclear weapons, the Russian president has said Iran has the right to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes,…

Escobar: Iran Now First Line Of Defense For BRICS & The Global South Authored by Pepe Escobar, This is as serious as it gets. Let’s survey the chessboard – from micro to…

The Real National Emergency: Endless Wars, Failing Infrastructure, & A Dying Republic Authored by John Whitehead and Nisha Whitegead via The Rutherford Institute, “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every…

Defense Takes Center Stage At Paris Air Show As Goldman Bullish On JDAM Bombs  The 2025 Paris Air Show, Europe’s biggest air show, is nearing an end as Airbus announced a flurry of…

Loss of Narrative Control: How State Power Struggles Against Free Speech Submitted by Thomas Kolbe The state is losing control over the dominant narratives in the competition of prevailing stories. Its apparatus…

The Coward’s Bargain: How We Taught A Generation To Live In Fear Authored by Josh Stylman via Substack, Everyone’s Afraid to Speak Someone our family has known forever recently told my sister…

7 California Men Indicted In ‘Largest Jewelry Heist In US History’ Authored by Jill McLauglin via The Epoch Times, Two of seven California men suspected of helping orchestrate the “largest jewelry heist…

Flying Fatalities Are Extremely Rare Investigations into the cause of last week’s deadly Air India plane crash are currently underway, with the cockpit voice recorder in the plane’s second black box having…

The US president understands the complexity of the ongoing talks between Moscow and Kiev, according to Tammy Bruce US President Donald Trump views a negotiated agreement between Russia and Ukraine as the…

Lake Mead Is America’s Deadliest National Park On April 13, Arizona Hot Springs and Goldstrike Trails in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area announced the closing of several trails after one death and…

The Russian leader also noted that Moscow has traditionally friendly relations with the Islamic world Russian President Vladimir Putin has emphasized Israel’s large Russian-speaking population as one of the key factors in…

President Trump holds an impromptu press conference from the airport in Morristown, New Jersey.  After making a few announcements about peace between Congo and Rwanda, President Trump took questions from the assembled…

FDA Halts Trials That Send Americans’ Cells To China, Other ‘Hostile Countries’ Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on June 18…

Nebraska ICE Raid Debunks Claim That The US Needs Migrant Labor The primary argument among progressives on the issue of mass deportations is that “criminals are fine” but kicking Pedro the farm…

The Russian president repeatedly touched on the Ukraine conflict during the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum Moscow is not seeking the “unconditional surrender” of Ukraine but wants it…

U.S. Ramps Up Surveillance Amid Fears Of Iran-Backed Sleeper Cells  President Trump stated Thursday that a potential U.S. strike on Iranian nuclear targets could occur within a two-week window. This announcement aligns with…

Is ChatGPT Intentionally Driving You Into Psychosis? Authored by Mark Jeftovic via BombThrower.com, “Asked chatgpt to generate an image of itself and I together… this is fine right?” I loved the deadpan…

VDH: Israel Dismantles Iran’s Defenses, But Will It Be Enough? Via DailySignal.com, We are at a historic time in the Middle East. Never in our lifetimes have we been closer to a…

With trade routes and regional influence on the line, Beijing walks a diplomatic tightrope between Tehran and Tel Aviv Israel is once again redefining the rules of engagement. Under Prime Minister Benjamin…

Trump Warns Lindsay Graham, Mike Pompeo To Watch Their “Mouth” In Stoking Ukraine War President Trump on Friday warned Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and Mike Pompeo to be “very careful what they say,” after we…

NIH Ends Gain-Of-Function Research, Implementing Trump’s Executive Order Authored by Savannah Hulsey Pointer via The Epoch Times, The National Institute of Health (NIH) announced the end of gain-of-function research in a June…

Anxiety Attack Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”…

Samvel Karapetyan has been taken into custody over alleged calls to overthrow the government in Yerevan Moscow is closely monitoring the legal case against businessman Samvel Karapetyan, who was arrested in Armenia…

Iran Officials Join Large Anti-Israel Street Protests Dubbed ‘Friday Of Rage & Victory’ Despite Israeli warplanes conducting regular bombings and around Tehran, and against nuclear and missile sites in Western Iran, tens…

Over 6,000 remains have already been repatriated, but Kiev is delaying new exchanges, Vladimir Medinsky has said Russia is ready to transfer the remains of 3,000 more Ukrainian soldiers if Kiev agrees…

US Truck Assemblies Hit An All Time High In May Trump wanted an industrial boom in the US and in May he got it. Last month, assemblies of trucks at US auto…

Europe Admits “Trump Is Right”, China Is The Problem As Beijing Unleashes Global EV Dump While Donald Trump has been warning about China’s mercenary, mercantilist trade practices for much of the past…

Los Angeles Dodgers Deny Federal Agents Access To Stadium Parking Lots Authored by Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times, The Los Angeles Dodgers said they denied Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers…

Officials from the Baltic and Nordic states want Russians with military ties barred from entering the Schengen area even after Ukraine conflict ends Top officials from several Baltic and Nordic countries have…

Schiff: Why Gold Is Still King Via SchiffGold.com, While gold has been used to hoard wealth since the beginning of history, many mainstream experts still deride it in favor of nearly any…

Trump Calls For Special Counsel To Investigate 2020 Election As Texas Launches Separate Inquiry Into 2024 President Donald Trump on Friday called for a special prosecutor to investigate potential fraud in the 2020 US…

The man, who wished to remain anonymous, has found a job, is studying Russian and hopes to reunite with his family A former general in ex-Syrian President Bashar Assad’s army who found…

Events like the Open Dialog recently held in Moscow can be a catalyst for “implementing breakthrough ideas,” the Russian president said. Russia is calling on its partners to take part in shaping…

Brussels eyes “riskier investments” to squeeze more cash for Ukraine from Russia’s immobilized funds, according to a report The European Union is looking to channel billions of euros in profits from frozen…

The economic bloc is rolling out joint projects in energy, aerospace and AI, the Russian president told SPIEF BRICS countries have launched large‑scale joint projects in nuclear power, aviation, AI and other…

Did The Fed Just Predict A Recession For Later This Year? Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, The Fed does not “predict”, but its GDP projections say “yes”… Year-over-year GDP data from…

Alarming Fox Report Says Tactical Nukes ‘Not Off The Table’ For Trump’s Iran Response We described earlier that the Pentagon’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has reportedly informed American officials that destroying…

Is The Dollar’s Death Greatly Exaggerated? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The narrative surrounding the “dollar’s death” as the world’s reserve currency has been on the rise recently. However, this happens whenever the dollar…

Oh, The Places You Will Go By Michael Every of Rabobank Oh, the places you’ll go You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself…

USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Will Arrive In Mideast Waters This Weekend The USS Nimitz carrier strike group is en route to Middle East waters and is expected to arrive this weekend, a US official tells…

Paul Mashatile cautioned against letting technology suppress creativity Young people should be cautious about how they adopt artificial intelligence to ensure it does not diminish their creativity or cultural identity, South African…

Hungary’s foreign minister has confirmed continued imports despite Brussels’ efforts to cut the supplies Hungary has received assurances from Russia that deliveries of oil and gas under long-term contracts will continue despite…

Tech Tumbles As White House Mulls Further Crackdown On Chips To China US equity markets have given back early gains following a report from The Wall Street Journal that a U.S. official…

“Wake Up People!” Dave Smith’s Plea To MAGA On Iran Conflicting reports out of the Middle East. For those keeping track: Antiwar’s Scott Horton said his sources were predicting a U.S. strike…

Visitors can now explore iconic and hidden museum sites with virtual guides Russia’s State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and tech giant VK have launched a new digital project offering visitors guided…

The global system must pivot away from neocolonialism, which enabled the ‘golden billion’ to siphon resources for the elites, the Russian president says The world needs a new development model that is…

Moscow wants Kiev to acknowledge the “realities on the ground,” the Russian president has said Russia is not seeking Ukraine’s surrender, President Vladimir Putin has said. During a plenary panel on Friday…

The Rogue’s New Gallery Of Left-Wing Scoundrels Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, The entire career of race-baiter Al Sharpton was founded on falsehoods about the Tawana Brawley scam. Nearly…

Texas Instruments Unveils Largest Foundational Chip Manufacturing Investment In U.S. History The Trump administration’s reshoring drive to rebuild U.S. supply chains (better known as “Make America Great Again”) —particularly in the tech…

Waller Puts In Bid For Next Fed Chair, Says Powell Should Cut “As Early As July” With tensions between Trump and Powell running at Israel-Iran levels, moments ago Fed Governor Christopher Waller…

CDC Advisers Ousted By RFK Jr. Voted On Vaccines Despite Conflicts Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Multiple people who until early June served on a federal vaccine…

Visitors can now explore iconic and hidden museum sites with virtual guides Russia’s State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and tech giant VK have launched a new digital project offering visitors guided…

National Juneteenth Celebration A Dud As DEI Funding Disappears In June 2009 the Obama Administration officially designated the month of June as “Pride Month”, and with a snap of his fingers and…

Moscow has no interest in the format as the members no longer represent the global majority, spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said Russia has zero interest in the ‘Group of Seven’ (G7) format,…

Mozambique’s minister of planning and development has invited Russia and developing nations to collaborate in building a fair world economic system Mozambique has expressed its readiness to work with Russia in building…

The South African authorities have argued that Inkosi Albert Luthuli was killed by apartheid-era officials in 1967 South African National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) advocates have been given four months to give Judge…

Niger cited what it called “irresponsible, illegal, and unfair behavior” by Orano as grounds for its action Niger’s military government has announced plans to nationalize Somair uranium, a local venture operated by…

Appeals Court Upholds Trump’s National Guard Deployment In Los Angeles Amid Unrest A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that President Trump can continue using California National Guard troops in Los Angeles to respond…

The Empire Strikes Out: Institutionalists Failed To Kill The Stablecoin Bill Authored by Zachary Kelman via CoinTelegraph.com, In 2021, Crypto-America was in the doldrums. Senator Elizabeth Warren and her loyal SEC enforcer,…

Oil Prices Extend Losses As Iran Rejects Zero Enrichment As Condition For US Talks A series of headlines, some contradictory, on where things stand with Iran nuclear negotiations with the US, sent…

Futures Rise Ahead Of Record $5.9 Trillion Triple-Witching OpEx US equity futures are higher with small caps leading after the White House appeared to dial back speculation that Washington was on the verge…

Ukraine’s National Unity Minister Aleksey Chernyshov is abroad while a corruption case involving his former aides unfolds The minister charged with repatriating Ukrainians living in the West has been accused of fleeing…

Rafael Grossi stressed that his agency found no evidence that Iran was building a nuclear bomb Israel’s attack on Iran is not justified by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) latest report,…

Spain’s Historic Blackout Blamed On Poor Voltage Control By John Kemp of JKempEnergy.com Spain’s massive blackout was caused by overvoltage on the transmission system and the failure of the country’s generators to…

US Resumes Student Visas With Stricter Social Media Vetting Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The State Department announced new vetting requirements on June 18, including social media…

Budapest could also arrange a Putin-Trump summit if asked, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said Hungary’s offer to host peace talks aimed at ending the Ukraine conflict remains valid, Foreign Minister Peter…

Citizens of India hold about $3.78 billion in the European tax haven Indian deposits in Swiss banks rose threefold year-on-year in 2024, to about $3.78 billion, the PTI news agency reported, citing…

Spain has rejected the target as “unreasonable” ahead of the bloc’s upcoming summit in The Hague Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has rejected NATO’s proposal for member states to increase military spending…

The two nations have conducted a second prisoner swap in as many days, according to the Defense Ministry in Moscow Russia and Ukraine exchanged more prisoners of war on Friday, according to…

A downturn is not inevitable and would depend on policy decisions, Economic Development Minister Maksim Reshetnikov has said Russia’s economy is on the brink of entering a recession, Economic Development Minister Maksim…

Uralchem plans to expand its shipments to African nations from 1 million to 5 million metric tons annually, Dmitry Konyaev has said Uralchem, one of Russia’s largest fertilizer producers, has announced plans…

Consider the final day of the G7 Summit in Canada that President Trump smartly avoided. The G7 is supposed to be the assembly of seven leaders from Japan, Canada, Italy, Germany, France,…

Energy Secretary Grilled By Senate Panel Over Funding Clawbacks Authored by John Haughey via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Energy Secretary Chris Wright justified the termination of 24 energy projects allocated $3.7…

Shell CEO: Contingency Plans Ready If Strait Of Hormuz Closure Triggers Energy Shock Shell Plc is preparing contingency plans in case the conflict between Israel and Iran broadens and disrupts oil and gas flows…

Canadian intelligence has said Sikh extremists use the country as a base to carry out anti-India activities A small number of Khalistani separatists in Canada continue to use the country as a…

Strengthening ties with African nations remains one of Moscow’s key priorities, the Russian president has reiterated Russian President Vladimir Putin has highlighted Moscow’s deepening relationship with Pretoria during talks with South African…

Supply Fears Send EU Diesel Prices Soaring As Bloc Exposed To Strait Of Hormuz Risks European diesel prices rallied for a fifth straight session, driven by mounting anxiety that critical Middle East…

The escalation of the Israel-Iran conflict poses serious radioactive contamination risks, Dmitry Medvedev says Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities could result in a nuclear disaster akin to the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown,…

Turkish Public Increasingly Worried About Direct Conflict With Israel Via The Middle East Eye A day before Israel attacked Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was at the Knesset, welcoming Argentinian President Javier Milei with…

While it is a strong win, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision to fully stay the lower court order was not unexpected.  The temporary restraining order issued by District Judge Charles…