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The former president cannot use free speech to dodge racketeering charges, a Georgia judge has ruled Judges in Florida and Georgia have shot down attempts by former US President Donald Trump to…

An Su-34 fighter-bomber has attacked Kiev’s fortifications in Donetsk Region, according to the Defense Ministry Russian warplanes have conducted a strike on Ukrainian positions in the southern sector of the front using…

Mainstream Media Reluctantly Admits Elon Musk’s Ukraine Takes Are Proving Correct “So, Musk may not be too wide of the mark after all”: Politico. Something which could hardly be imagined a year ago…

Proposal To Move Bank Regulation Goalposts Signals Underlying Problems In Financial System Authored by Mike Maharrey via Money Metals, If a formula spits out a number you don’t like, just change the…

March Jobs Come In Red-Hot At 303K, Above Highest Estimate, As Unemployment Rate Drops As we wrote in our preview, while big data hinted at a weaker than expected March jobs print,…

Something Broke In Markets On Thursday Authored by Mark Cudmore via Bloomberg, This Friday is going to be a session for active short-term traders, and it will likely be unpleasant for investors. Something…

Federal Reserve Refuses To Provide Records Of Foreign Gold Holdings Authored by Ken Silva via Money Metals, Weeks after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell evaded a sitting congressman’s questions about the central…

Muktar Mohamed Ware has been ordered to leave Mogadishu within 72 hours Somalia has expelled Ethiopian Ambassador Muktar Mohamed Ware as tensions between the two East African neighbors escalate over a Red…

The country will not necessarily make the bloc stronger and may cause a global war, Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo has said NATO has significantly benefited from the Ukraine conflict, but allowing the country to…

The former US president claims that his rival may have used cocaine and has demanded a drug test before a potential debate Former US President Donald Trump has accused his Democratic rival,…

Washington provided information about a potential assault, but Moscow claims it was too general Former US President Donald Trump has said he would have personally alerted Russian President Vladimir Putin about a…

Kiev has fired more than 22,000 shells at non-military Russian facilities this year, a senior diplomat has said Indiscriminate Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory have killed more than 200 civilians, including almost…

Yields Are Correct To Assume Jobs Market Has Not Yet Cracked Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, The widening gap between household employment and payrolls is causing concern the weaker message…

Futures Rebound As Oil Remains Above $90; All Eyes On Payrolls US futures rebounded from yesterday’s late day rout even as European stocks slumped the most in almost two months and Asian markets tumbled…

Baltimore Bridge Collapse: US Army Corps Of Engineers Says Channel Fully Reopen By End Of May Ten days after the catastrophic collapse of the 1.6-mile-long Francis Scott Key Bridge, blocking the critical shipping channel in…

Bitcoin Vs Gold: The Debate Continues Authored by Douglas French via The Mises Institute, In a few short weeks since SEC approval Inflows into Bitcoin ETF funds had reached just over $59…

Biden DOE Slaps Energy Efficiency Regulations On Key Power Grid Components The Bide administration has finalized energy efficiency regulations for distribution transformers, a key component of managing the flow of electricity between…

Washington expects Moscow to vote in favor of a document that the latter earlier dismissed as “detached from reality” Washington expects Moscow to vote in favor of a US-backed resolution about non-deployment…

Tehran’s threat to West Jerusalem is very real and public, adviser John Kirby has claimed Washington is worried about the escalating tensions between Iran and Israel, White House National Security Communications Adviser…

President Andrzej Duda has urged bloc members to invest at least 3% of their GDP in collective defense to counter Russia Polish President Andrzej Duda has sent a formal letter to the…

Dominique Martin Saatenang, a Cameroonian martial arts expert, calls Russian athletes “amazing” Securing cooperation with Russia will be a significant achievement for the African Martial Arts Festival (FADAM), Dominique Martin Saatenang, founding…

Ukraine joining the bloc is like the start of a movie about end of the world, the billionaire has said A pledge by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Ukraine will…

The bloc wants to find a “middle ground” in helping Kiev as it “is in danger of losing the war,” the paper reports The US and Germany are reluctant to accept Ukraine…

Mandatory financial disclosures by public servants show new cars, homes, and cash, according to journalists Senior Ukrainian officials have significantly increased their personal wealth over the past two years despite the conflict…

Pricing power in a market long dominated by Western institutional money is moving East and the implications are profound The gold price has risen to a series of new all-time highs of…

The Reserve Bank of India has kept the key interest rate unchanged at 6.5% amidst a stable economy In line with experts’ projections, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das affirmed…

Tesla Is Once Again The World’s Best-Selling EV Company China’s BYD made waves for outselling Tesla in Q4 2023, prompting many to believe that the once dominant EV king would fall further behind in 2024. However,…

Bavarian cops have released a video mocking a shortage of uniforms The Bavarian chapter of the German Police Union (DPolG) has released a video showing officers without pants to express frustration over…

Denmark Sacks Defense Chief As Red Sea Failures Pile Up For NATO Via The Cradle The Danish government fired Chief of Defense Flemming Lentfer on Wednesday after it was revealed that the…

State subsidies for China’s industrial sector pose a risk to the global economy, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has claimed that China’s industrial sector produces much…

More than 50 Ukrainian UAVs were intercepted overnight, the Defense Ministry said The Russian military intercepted more than 50 drones overnight, including 44 over Rostov Region, the Defense Ministry reported on Friday…

Russia Is Struggling To Repair Refineries Due To Sanctions By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Due to the sanctions, Russia cannot access spare parts from Western engineering companies that have provided refinery equipment…

“You Try Living With Them” – Botswana Offers 20,000 Elephants To Germany Authored by Thomas Brooke via ReMix News, Botswana has offered to send 20,000 elephants to Berlin, telling Germany’s left-wing government…

Princeton Scientists Unveil Breakthrough In Fusion Reactor Technology Authored by Brian Westenhaus via OilPrice.com, Researchers at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) utilize liquid lithium coating in fusion reactor vessels to optimize fueling…

The governor of Murmansk was stabbed as he was leaving a meeting with residents of the town of Apatity Murmansk Region Governor Andrey Chibis was attacked by a person who said he…

Before turning to politics, Arvind Kejriwal, the leader of India’s Aam Aadmi Party, ruling the national capital and Punjab, was a tax department officer An Indian court earlier this week remanded Arvind…

Paris had earlier said it had no intelligence linking the Crocus City Hall shooting spree to Kiev French President Emmanuel Macron has dismissed claims that Paris may have been involved in the…

NATO Head Denies Alliance Is Party To Ukraine War Despite Military Aid Via ReMix News, NATO member states have not yet decided on the structure of future assistance to Ukraine, but they…

The Agni Prime can hit targets at a range of 1,000 to 2,000km India has successfully test-fired a new generation of nuclear-capable ballistic missile – Agni Prime – off the coast of…

Pro-Kiev images were found on the terrorists’ phones, Russian officials have said Images extracted from the cell phones of the terrorists who killed more than 140 people at a concert hall outside…

The Government Wants To Play God. What Does That Mean For Our Freedoms? Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, The government wants to play god. It wants the…

Pfizer’s Own Study Confirms Paxlovid Sucks A Pfizer-funded, peer-reviewed paper authored by Pfizer scientists reveals that the company’s antiviral COVID medication Paxlovid completely sucks, confirming what everyone’s known since it came out….

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…

The government will allow the deliveries through the Erez checkpoint after months of closure Israel has agreed to allow humanitarian aid deliveries into northern Gaza through the Erez crossing, which was shut…

Tuberculosis Cases Reported In Chicago’s Immigrant Shelters Authored by Stephen Katte via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Illegal immigrants board a bus as they arrived on a plane from San Antonio at…

‘Cocoa Could Double From Here’ – Oil-Bull Andurand Gets Greedy On Chocolate Oil trader Pierre Andurand suffered record losses last year in the commodities world, though the money manager has so far…

California Bill Mandating “Pregnancy Dignity” For “Birthing Persons” Passes Health Committee Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times, Some advocates for women’s rights are speaking out against a bill passed April…

“Nuclear Should Be Part Of The Future,” PG&E CEO Says On Wednesday, Patti Poppe, the chief executive officer of Pacific Gas & Electric, told a Stanford University forum that nuclear power should…

Maybe The Academic Bubble Is Finally Popping Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), (Emily Karakis/Unsplash.com) Commentary Academia has fallen on hard times, most signified by the disgrace…

Warsaw was outraged by the killing of its national by the IDF Warsaw has summoned Ambassador Yakov Livne after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) killed a Polish aid worker in Gaza. The…

The Single Wisest Thing You Can Do With Your Money Authored by Doug Casey via InternationalMan.com, There’s a great deal more to becoming rich than buying the right investments and hoping for…

The gang-ridden Caribbean country has descended into “unprecedented” levels of violence and cruelty, a top human rights observer has claimed A top UN human rights expert has likened humanitarian conditions in Haiti…

Great, Now Band-Aids Pose Cancer Risk Thanks To ‘Forever Chemicals’ Major medical bandages, including from brands Band-Aid and Curad, were found to contain dangerous levels of ‘forever chemicals’ linked to cancer, according…

Federal Judge Rules Millions Of NRA Members Exempt From ATF Pistol Brace Rule Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (Emphasis ours), A federal judge has blocked the ATF from enforcing…

New England Hospitals Stop Reporting Newborns With Drugs In System Because It “Disproportionately Affects Black Individuals” A New England hospital system has stopped automatically filing state welfare reports when a baby is…

Finland has decided to keep land crossings closed indefinitely and to ban boats from entering several ports The Finnish government has indefinitely extended a shutdown of its land border with Russia and…

FedEx, UPS Adding Delivery Fees In Parts Of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago By Max Garland of Supply Chain Dive FedEx and UPS will add surcharges for deliveries in 82 ZIP codes…

Dear Mr. President: A Vanilla Bean Shortage Could Be Nearing   Dear Mr. President, the leading global supplier of vanilla has been battered by a cyclone, potentially leading to a shortage of vanilla…

Ethereum Layer 2s To Hit $1 Trillion Market Cap By 2023; VanEck Authored by Jesse Coghlan via CoinTelegraph.com, Ethereum’s layer 2 scaling networks will hit a $1 trillion market capitalization in six…

All Western troops in Ukraine will be treated as enemies, Russia’s former leader said  Bounties should be offered for the killing of NATO soldiers if they are deployed in Ukraine to fight…

China Weaponizes Gallium Flows To West As US Miner Reveals New Discovery In Montana China dominates the global production of the rare earth metal gallium, a critical component in semiconductor manufacturing and advanced weapon…

America’s Favorite Beer Brand Is… Mexican As Americans celebrate National Beer Day on April 7 – the anniversary of the Cullen-Harrison Act, which marked the end of Prohibition in the United States…

What Orwell And Huxley Got Wrong And Kafka Got Right Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, What Kafka got right is how societies can become busily dysfunctional. For self-evident reasons,…

New York Judge ‘Mistakenly’ Describes Trump Jan. 6 Case As “Federal Insurrection Matter” Authored by Catherine Yang via The Epoch Times, On April 3, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan denied…

MSM Trots Out ‘Bird Flu-Pocalypse’ After Texas Dairy Worker Falls Ill Bird flu is back in the news after a Texas dairy worker tested positive for the virus in the first documented…

Denmark has suspended navigation in the Great Belt over a technical problem with a warship A malfunctioning missile launcher on board a Royal Danish Navy frigate caused a six-hour closure of the…

House Freedom Caucus Members Earmarked Nearly $1 Billion From Taxpayers By Adam Andrzejeski of OpenTheBooks The House Freedom Caucus was founded in 2015. Self-styled fiscal conservatives promoted themselves as a bulwark against…

A new survey has revealed that many US voters believe they won’t be able to get their country back on track peacefully Many Americans believe that voting won’t be sufficient to turn…

Tehran has vowed vengeance for the deadly strike on its consulate in Damascus The Israeli military canceled all leave and began to spoof satellite signals on Thursday, in what has been widely…

Andrey Chibis was knifed after a town hall meeting Murmansk Region head Andrey Chibis was attacked on Thursday evening after a town hall with the residents of the town of Apatity, local…

Beijing’s “non-market” policies should be rebuffed through appropriate “countermeasures,” Katherine Tai has said Market-based US and European economies are struggling to survive against China’s “very effective” alternative economic model, a top US…

Climate Alarmists’ Bad Science Submitted by David Barker, who has taught economics and finance at the University of Chicago and the University of Iowa and worked as an economist at the Federal…

The Ukrainian president no longer listens to his old friends, Boris Shefir told US state media The co-founder of Vladimir Zelensky’s former comedy troupe has condemned the Ukrainian president’s crackdown on the…

Bonds & Bitcoin Bid As Kashkari & Crude Slam Stocks An armada of FedSpeak today was pretty much all in the same direction – need more time on inflation, no rush to…

Former CNN CEO Walter Isaacson Accused Of Assaulting Student Protester Authored by Jonathan Turley, Various groups are demanding the resignation or firing of Walter Isaacson, former CEO of CNN and the Aspen…

US Gas Price Hits Highest Level In Six Months Amid Speculation Biden Will Drain More Oil From Petroleum Reserve Rising seasonal demand and higher crude oil prices have resulted in the highest…

Oil Surges Over $90, Stocks Tumble After Israel Puts Embassies Around World On Maximum Alert At this point Israel’s ties with key Gulf countries like the UAE are near breaking point, after…

Janet Yellen Arrives In China For High-Stakes Economic Meetings Authored by Dorothy Li and Frank Fang via The Epoch Times, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has arrived in China for a 6-day…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has insisted that Kiev will be allowed to join the Western military bloc US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has capped a meeting of NATO diplomats by…

An AIPAC-organized meeting came after a phone call with the American president Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the Republican majority in the US House of Representatives to reject Palestinian statehood…

The nation’s armed forces should be “war-ready,” Boris Pistorius has said Germany needs to reintroduce conscription, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced on Thursday as he unveiled an ambitious military reform plan aimed…

The hardline Israeli government is pushing for the annexation of occupied land as the world’s attention is focused elsewhere As the bulk of the media’s attention is directed at the horrifying war…

Any decisions on the funds should be backed with “sufficient legal support” to avert future risks, according to a spokesperson Any steps towards seizing Russia’s frozen reserves should be backed by “sufficient…

Google Eyes Paid AI Search Features, Explores Subscription Model; Report Authored by Amaka Nwaokocha via CoinTelegraph.com, Google is considering introducing premium features powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI) in its search engine….

The US government has reportedly authorized sending thousands of additional munitions to West Jerusalem amid the war in Gaza The administration of US President Joe Biden has reportedly agreed to provide thousands…

Somalia is facing a grain shortage, according to an official from the Food and Agriculture Organization Russian wheat deliveries to Somalia accounted for 23% of the country’s yearly consumption over the past…

“IDF At War”: Israel Scrambles GPS Signal As Iran Revenge Attack Imminent With ever-present fears, Tehran could launch a missile or drone attack against Israel to avenge the deaths of three commanders…

Judge Denies Trump First Amendment Challenge To Dismiss Georgia Election Charges Authored by Catherine Yang via The Epoch Times, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has denied former President Donald Trump’s…

Stellar Blade: Woke Activists Enraged By Video Games With Attractive Female Characters Recently we covered the exposure of leftist activist run “consulting firms” that have been discreetly involved in the widespread wokification…

Armstrong: Why Are Central Banks Buying Gold? Authored by Martin Armstrong via ArmstrongEconomics.com, Investors’ curiosity has peaked as central banks are increasing their gold purchases. We are not going back to a…

The threat comes after the killing of two IRGC generals in Syria Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has vowed to punish Israel following an air raid on Damascus, Syria that killed…

Trump Throws Support Behind Push To Switch Nebraska To Winner-Take-All Elector System Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times, Former President Donald Trump is cheering an effort, led by Republicans in…

The program is reportedly designed to detect Hamas operatives, but Israeli military sources say it often marks innocents for death The Israeli military is using artificial intelligence to mark suspected Palestinian militants…

At least two major construction firms are taking part in the city’s restoration, ARD claims German enterprises are actively engaged in reconstruction efforts in the city of Mariupol, ARD public broadcaster reported…

“Is He Blackmailed?” MTG Questions Speaker Johnson’s ‘Complete Departure’ Over Abortion, Illegals, DOJ Funding Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) suggested that House Speaker Mike Johnson is being “blackmailed” because of his “complete departure”…

Bitcoin Futures Markets Signal ‘Prime Buying’ Opportunity Soon Authored by Martin Young via CoinTelegraph.com, Bitcoin futures funding rates – periodic payments made between short and long traders – may be signaling a…

Tesla Eyes $2-3 Billion Factory Expansion Into India If Tesla has demand worries as a result of its poor Q1 2024 delivery numbers, it sure isn’t showing it. Instead the company is…

“Central Banks Are Obviously Determined To Cut… Or Make You Think They Are Going To Cut” By Michael Every of Rabobank The bigger ‘Bigger Picture’ Fed Chair Powell noted the FOMC will…

The bloc’s expansion and its involvement in the Ukraine conflict have put Europe’s security in jeopardy, Dmitry Peskov has said The current state of relations between Russia and NATO can be described…