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CBO Finds Big Beautiful Bill Raises US Deficit By $2.4 Trillion, Saddles Next President With Fiscal Drag The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is out with its official scoring of the Big Beautiful…

Rubio Condemns CCP’s Tiananmen Square Massacre, Marking 36th Anniversary Authored by Catherine Yang via The Epoch Times, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemned the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) “brutal crackdown” of…

The man now in charge of the republic used to style himself after Bernie Sanders but changed his tune – and has won On June 3, 2025, a snap presidential election was…

Bitcoin Becomes Safe Collateral: JPMorgan To Offer Loans Financed With Crypto Assets Less than 8 years ago, when bitcoin was trading at $4,000 (compared to $104,000 today), Jamie Dimon demonstrated once again…

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More than 8,000 incidents were recorded in 2024, up 77% from the previous year, according to watchdog RIAS The number of anti-Semitic incidents recorded in Germany surged by around 77% in 2024…

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…

New research has indicated a 33% higher incidence of kidney cancer among Ozempic users compared to non-users Ozempic and similar weight loss medications may increase the risk of kidney cancer, according to…

Bloc members are reportedly reviewing support for Ukrainians amid rising costs and increasing social tensions EU member states will consider what to do with the millions of Ukrainian immigrants currently in the…

Steve Bannon has accused Lindsey Graham of “stirring up” the Ukraine conflict by falsely promising US support to Kiev US Senator Lindsey Graham should be thrown in jail or have his passport…

“Too Late!” – Trump Blasts Powell After Weakest ADP Jobs Report In Over 2 Years Following April’s weak ADP print (lowest job additions since July 2024), analysts expected a rebound in May from…

US Futures Flat As Global Stocks Hit New All Time High US equity futures are higher, following European and Asian markets, while the MSCI All-country world index surpassed the February record high:…

Bank of Canada Keeps Rates At 2.75% As Expected, As It Waits To See Impact Of Trump Tariffs The Bank of Canada held interest rates steady at 2.75% for a second straight…

Zelensky Says More Russia Talks ‘Pointless’ With Current Delegations Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that to continue peace talks in Istanbul between Ukraine and Russia with the current delegations is senseless,…

The latest terrorist acts carried out by Ukraine in Russia are the outcome of decisions made by the political leadership, the president has said Facing heavy battlefield losses, the “illegitimate Kiev regime”…

Baffle ‘Em With Bullshit: Services Surveys Signal Soaring & Plunging Economy After the mixed picture from Manufacturing surveys (ISM ugly, PMI solid); both Services surveys – due this morning – were expected…

US Embassy Officials Warn Americans Not To Use Dating Apps To Meet People In Mexico Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, U.S. embassy officials in Mexico this week confirmed reports…

WTI Extends Gains As Crude Stocks See Biggest Draw Since December Crude prices are higher this morning on signs of progress in trade talks between the US and EU and the API report…

Ukrainian intelligence planned the explosions which led to the deaths of seven civilians, the chair of Russia’s investigative committee has said Explosives used to blow up two railway bridges in Russia over…

The US president should know better what constitutes genocide, the former South African leader has said Former president Jacob Zuma has affirmed that there is no genocide in South Africa, describing US…

Teams of politicians and diplomats were sent from New Delhi and Islamabad to present their views on the recent conflict between the nations Delegations of both Indian and Pakistani diplomats and politicians…

The strategic Russian transport link has withstood numerous Ukrainian attacks, including another one earlier this week A woman has been arrested in Russia for allegedly collecting intelligence on air defense systems near…

The penalties are part of a proposed bill targeting individuals and entities pressuring women into terminating pregnancies Lawmakers in the Russian city of St. Petersburg have advanced a bill that would impose…

The bloc’s members are concerned that the topic could lead to a public rift between the EU and US, the agency’s sources have said NATO leaders convening for a key summit this…

Russia’s lead negotiator, Vladimir Medinsky, has said the exchange with Ukraine will take place between June 7 and 9 Russia and Ukraine will conduct their next mass prisoner exchange at the end…

Libya is no longer just a post-Arab Spring tragedy, but a credibility test for multilateral diplomacy Libya has endured a collapse unmatched in modern North Africa since the United Nations Security Council…

Latvia has barred media outlets linked to Moscow from reaching audiences since the Ukraine conflict escalated in 2022, citing alleged propaganda   Latvian police have arrested a man accused of providing access…

Kiev could not have remotely piloted drones deep inside Russia without American satellite data, according to Guillaume Ancel Ukraine would not have been able to remotely attack strategic Russian aircraft parked deep…

Kiev jeopardized a key pillar of Moscow’s nuclear security, and the response could be unpredictable, Keith Kellogg has warned The recent Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian airfields reportedly hosting nuclear-capable bombers sharply…

Western officials have called the Ukraine conflict a proxy war against Russia NATO members could formally include weapons supplies to Ukraine as part of increased defense budgets, according to a proposal cited…

The move comes amid a new British militarization campaign, citing a potential conflict with Russia The UK has pledged to supply 100,000 new drones to Ukraine by April 2026, in addition to…

The personnel were delivering critical food aid to a famine-stricken city in war-torn Sudan, according to the organization At least five UN aid workers were killed and several others injured when an…

Number Of Zombie Properties Increase In 30 US States The number of zombie homes – vacant properties abandoned by owners during the foreclosure process – rose in 30 U.S. states and the…

US Sanctions Threaten Europe’s Russian Gas Lifeline Authored by Cyril Widdershoven via OilPrice.com, Despite public rhetoric, Europe’s reliance on Russian energy remains substantial. A proposed bipartisan U.S. Senate bill could reshape global…

Moscow has said peace in the African state must come without “destructive external interference” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin has met with the UN secretary-general’s personal envoy for Sudan, Ramtane Lamamra,…

EU Tech Laws Erect Digital Iron Curtain Authored by Cláudia Ascensão Nunes via TheDailyEconomy.org, Over the past decades, Europe has created little of real relevance in terms of technological platforms, social networks,…

Nvidia’s Revenue Pipeline Tops $1 Trillion, UBS Tells Clients Following Nvidia’s better-than-expected earnings report last Wednesday, UBS analysts were inundated with investor inquiries, primarily focused on the chipmaker’s near-term growth visibility and the…

Liberia and the DR Congo will serve a two-year term as non-permanent representatives amid mounting calls for reform of the institution The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) and Liberia have…

Brussels is pushing Kiev’s bid despite the costs, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned Ukraine would be a huge drain on EU resources if it became a member of the bloc, Hungarian…

Pete Hegseth’s absence from the gathering in Brussels will be unprecedented for Washington’s top defense official US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will not attend Wednesday’s Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Brussels,…

‘Forced Mixing’ Housing Plan To Integrate Migrants Pushed By Sweden’s Social Democrats Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, The Swedish Social Democratic Party has approved a new integration strategy that aims…

Dutch Parliament Says ‘Nyet’ To NATO Defense Spending Plan Amid Chaos Of Geert Wilders Pullout NATO aims for its members to spend at least 3.5% of their GDP on defense, but those…

Will Human Error Hand AI The Key To Our Destruction? Authored by Julio Rivera via American Greatness, By now, the apocalyptic whispers that once belonged solely to science fiction are starting to…

55 Tons Of Meth Ingredient From China Bound For Mexican Drug Cartel Seized In California By Noi Mahoney of FreightWaves Authorities at the Port of Long Beach on Friday seized 55 tons…

Beijing Furious After Europe Uses “International Procurement Instrument” For First Time In Escalating Trade War With China When it comes to its trade war with the US, Brussels is quick to parade…

FDA Launches New AI Tool Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The Food and Drug Administration on June 2 launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool. FDA officials said Elsa,…

US Still Prosecuting Former ISIS Members After Officially Embracing One In Damascus This week a 49-year-old naturalized American citizen has been sentenced to a decade in federal prison, after confessing to traveling…

America’s 21st Century Fighter Gap Authored by Peter Mitchell via RealClearDefense (emphasis ours), Golden Dome has captured headlines as America’s next-generation missile defense shield in the debates around the FY 2026 defense budget’s trillion-dollar price tag….

The sense that this is not good expands when you consider the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the current conflict between the United States and China.  Two Chinese researchers in Michigan…

On World Bike Day, Cars Still Dominate The American Commute June 3 marks World Bicycle Day, an official UN observance celebrated to draw attention to the benefits of using a bike, a healthy,…

Senators Richard Blumenthal (U-DC) and Lindsey Graham (U-DC) have scheduled a delegation of Ukraine officials to come to the Senate tomorrow and help organize the pro-Ukraine narrative. The Senate is debating the…

Everyone Was Just Doing Their Job: How Specialization Enables Systemic Evil Authored by Josh Stylman via Substack, The world’s a screaming match—doctors, economists, influencers, all clawing for their slice of truth. Nobody’s…

That puts that to rest. During a White House press briefing today, Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt was asked if Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy notified President Trump in advance of the attack on Russian…

Many articles are being written and much typeset is being exhausted by people talking about the recent revelations that the FBI has a designated information silo called “prohibited access” within its record…

I said when the alignment first took place, there would come a point when Elon Musk turned on President Trump and attempted to split MAGA into oppositional teams so that Musk could…

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced today, the wife and five children of Mohamed Sabry Soliman have been taken into custody by ICE agents for questioning and may face deportation. Soliman, 45, is…

The adult content platform has accused Paris of compromising user privacy Pornhub, one of the world’s largest adult content platforms, has threatened to cease operations in France in protest against stringent age…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reportedly ordered the USNS Harvey Milk to be renamed The US Navy has been directed to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, a replenishment oiler named after the…

OECD Cuts Global Growth Forecast In Light Of Tariff Threat The global economy is projected to grow slower than previously expected this year, as the trade war started by the Trump administration…

More Than 100 Illegal Immigrants Arrested By ICE At Florida Construction Sites Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A day after a top White House aide said…

Palantir Co-Founder Joe Lonsdale & Former Exec Refute NYT Report Warning Over Surveillance ‘Master List’ Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale and former executive Wendy Anderson have hit back against a NY Times report warning that…

South Florida Emerges As Epicenter Of Housing Weakness Rising inventory and softening demand — key indicators of a broader housing slowdown — suggest that South Florida’s pandemic-fueled real estate boom continues to…

A total of 142 military targets were hit in a major strike, the Russian Defense Ministry has said Russian forces have launched a combined strike targeting Ukrainian drone and radar manufacturing facilities,…

US OKs Syrian Military Integrating Foreign Islamist Fighters Authored by Jason Ditz via AntiWar.com, The position of the United States on the Islamist Syrian government has been complex since the Hayat Tahrir…

Freedom, Decentralization, & Unity: Stay True To These Principles & The Future Is Ours, Says Ross Ulbricht Authored by Oscar Zarrage Perez via BitcoinMagazine.com, Last week, Ross William Ulbricht, at the 2025 Bitcoin…

Remaking K–12 Classes For A Healthier America Authored by David Mansdoerfer via The Epoch Times, America’s kids are navigating a health crisis, and our outdated K–12 health classes aren’t helping. With childhood…

Rockets Fired On Israel From Syria For First Time In A Year, IDF Hits Back Rockets were fired from Syria at Israel on Tuesday, for the first time in a year, according…

Wasting Away In Wind-And-Solarville By James Varney and RealClearInvestigations.com, While green advocates commonly use the terms renewable, sustainable, and net zero to describe their efforts, the dirty little secret is that much of…

Moscow considers the Ukraine conflict a Western proxy war – a notion recently acknowledged by top US officials Former US President Joe Biden wanted to see Russia “destroyed” during his time in…

The Russian House – a cultural and linguistic center in Berlin – should also be shut down, Roderich Kiesewetter has stated A senior German lawmaker has called on Berlin to effectively cut…

Is A New Oil Price War Between The West And OPEC About To Break Out? Authored by Simon Watkins via OilPrice.com, Saudi Arabia’s past oil price wars in 2014–2016 and 2020 backfired,…

Did The Feds Label You A COVID “Violent Extremist”? Authored by James Bovard via The Brownstone Institute, Biden administration policy-makers hated you more than you knew.  From the start of the Covid…

The former White House government efficiency czar has repeatedly slammed the legislation as wasteful Tech billionaire and former White House efficiency czar Elon Musk has blasted US President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful”…

It’s Treasury Vs The Fed: With Fed Sidelined, Bessent Unleashes Record $10 Billion Bond Buyback Back on April 14 when bond yields were soaring in the aftermath of Trump’s liberation day amid…

Howard Lutnick claimed that New Delhi is “addressing” Washington’s concerns over its arms imports from Moscow India’s long-established arms trade with Russia has become a bone of contention with Washington, US Secretary…

The owners of Lesta Group have been designated as extremists for funding Ukraine’s armed forces, according to TASS A Russian court has banned the operations of video game publisher Lesta, citing the…

Egyptian Charged In Fire Attack On Boulder ‘Zionists’ Planned Attack For A Year The Egyptian man charged with launching Sunday’s ghastly fire attack on a group of people promoting awareness of hostages…

The Factors Behind Trump’s Long-Standing Frustration With EU Authored by Emel Akan and Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump’s recent threat to impose a 50 percent tariff on the…

GOP Lawmakers Introduce Resolution To Replace “Pride Month” With “Family Month”  It’s June 3rd, and you may have noticed that Corporate America’s rainbow logos on X are missing. Most of the biggest…

“Disgusting Abomination”: Elon Musk Slams “Massive, Outrageous, Pork-Filled” Bill As Trump Goes After Rand Paul With whatever savings DOGE may have achieved about to become a drop of piss in the ocean…

Airline Crews Say DEI Persists, Despite Safety Concerns And Trump Orders Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times, For one veteran airline captain, a routine flight to Denver changed her view…

Romanian Man Pleads Guilty To ‘Swatting’ US Officials, Including A Former US President Authored by Arjun Singh via The Epoch Times, A man from Romania has pleaded guilty to felonies after he…

The Lancet loitering munition has become a staple of Russia’s defensive and offensive aerial warfare Russian drone operators have published footage of a successful interception of a Ukrainian naval suicide drone during…

Ukraine has intensified sabotage attacks inside Russia as a last resort, Sergey Poletaev has told RT A rapid spike in Ukrainian attacks deep within Russia is a sign that Kiev is running…

The suspect has confessed to hiding explosive devices in Sevastopol after receiving instructions from Kiev A resident of Crimea has been detained for collaborating with Ukrainian special services and assembling an improvised…

Beijing has rejected Trump’s accusation it violated the Geneva trade deal China has accused the US of breaching a recent trade agreement, saying Washington’s “harmful” restrictions and “coercion” were not the right…

Moscow’s newer fighter planes outrange their US-made counterparts in both radar and strike capability, Colonel Yury Ignat has said Ukraine’s Western-supplied F-16 fighter jets are outmatched by Russia’s newer aircraft and missile…

The blatant incompetence shown by former German Foreign Minister Annalena ‘360 degrees’ Baerbock has earned her a cushy new UN General Assembly post Every circus needs a clown. And this one has…

Russia Seeks Victory, Not ‘Delusional’ Compromise, In Talks With Ukraine: Medvedev It seems Dmitry Medvedev has once again said the quiet part out loud. The deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council and…

Trump Vows ‘Large Scale Fines’ After Transgender Athlete Wins In California Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump vowed to place “large-scale fines” on California after a transgender…

The four-ton animal, known locally for raiding nearby settlements, was caught helping itself to snacks A giant wild elephant from a national park in northeastern Thailand wandered off and strolled into a…

Liberal Opposition Leader Projected To Win South Korean Presidential Election Liberal opposition leader Lee Jae-myung is projected to win South Korea’s presidential election, according to projections by broadcasters in the country on…

No Deductions To Social Security To Offset Defaulted Student Loans: Education Department Authored by Melanie Sun via The Epoch Times, The Department of Education announced a policy change on June 2, saying…

 US Rejects Any Uranium Enrichment By Iran, Trump Clarifies  A lot of contradictory information and signaling has come out of Washington on the Iran nuclear issue of late. This is especially true…

US Factory Orders Plunged In April After surging in March – tariff-frontrunning dominated with the largest MoM rise since July 2020 – US Factory Orders tumbled 3.7% in April (worse than the…

US Labor Market JOLTed By Sharp Rebound As Job Opening Rise, New Hires Surge One month after the BLS reported that in March the labor market reverted to its deteriorating trendline, when…

The Russian-Ukrainian Talks Are At An Impasse That Only The US Or Brute Force Can Break Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The second round of the newly resumed Russian-Ukrainian talks in…

Roman Abramovich has been ordered to hand Kiev the proceeds from the sale of Chelsea football club The British government has warned it could sue Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich if he fails…

AI Data Center Boom Requires A Lot Of Natural Gas  UBS expects the AI data center construction boom, which was ignited during the Trump era, to generate structural tailwinds for the U.S….