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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…

European NATO members have no idea whether the US president is ready to be tough on Russia, the outlet claims European NATO members are “frustrated” with US President Donald Trump’s “constant swerving”…

France is attempting to undermine the will of the voters, George Simion says France has been trying to subvert democracy in Romania, Eurosceptic presidential candidate George Simion has said ahead of Sunday’s…

National Police Week: A Tribute To Our Law Enforcement Heroes Authored by Rep. Elise Stefanik via RealClearPolitics, This National Police Week, we pause to honor the men and women who put their…

Russian-Born Harvard Scientist Detained By US Charged With Smuggling Clawed Frog Embryos Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Russian-born scientist and research associate at Harvard University has…

House Considers Universal De Minimis Ban As Fees On China Parcels Ease By Eric Kulisch of FreightWaves The Trump administration this week rolled back the duty for small-dollar shipments from China and…

The US president has once again branded Vladimir Zelensky “the greatest salesman in the world” US President Donald Trump has said he was concerned that billions of American dollars were being wasted…

Jordan’s King Warned US Against Assassinating Syria’s Sharaa Before Trump Meeting Via Middle East Eye  Jordan’s King Abdullah II warned the US against assassinating President Ahmed al-Sharaa before the new Syrian leader met with President Donald…

Federal Contract Activity Slows As DOGE’s Cost-Cutting Measures Take Effect President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) have exposed widespread federal waste and mismanagement that Congress long ignored. Despite…

How Legal Immigration Is Keeping Farms Afloat Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), LAKE VILLAGE, Ark.—On a breezy day, sun and shadow dance across Mencer farms, turning…

Biden-Hur Tape Drops, And Boy Is It Rough A segment of former President Joe Biden’s October 2023 interview with special counsel Robert Hur just dropped, and boy is it rough. Biden couldn’t…

Will Nuclear Fusion Soon Be The “Norm?” Authored by Duggan Flanakin via RealClearEnergy, The dream of humanity to imitate the forces that created their habitat has been alive for at least as…

Mississippi Has The Lowest Average Salaries In The US, D.C. The Highest While wages in the U.S. have grown in recent years, many families are still feeling the squeeze of high inflation. Pay levels…

The US president says he will impose new restrictions if Moscow fails to reach a peace deal with Kiev US President Donald Trump has stated that Washington will impose new sanctions on…

The Rise And Fall Of Synthetic Food Dyes Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), In 1856, 18-year-old chemist William Henry Perkin was experimenting with coal tar-derived compounds in…

America’s Next Top Migrant: White House Denies Noem Backing DHS Citizenship Game Show The White House has denied a report that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is backing a proposal for a reality…

Bees Are Behind Our Food And Natural Medicines – And They’re Disappearing Authored by Emma Suttie via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Bees are dying—and at an alarming rate. Between 2023 and…

Hapag-Lloyd Sees 50% Surge In Container Bookings From China To The US Bt Stuart Chirls of Freightwaves Hapag-Lloyd saw container bookings from China to the United States jump by 50% following the…

The offensive, dubbed Gideon’s Chariots, reportedly aims to ‘conquer’ the entire Palestinian enclave from Hamas The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have announced a new bombing campaign in the Gaza Strip aimed at…

Trump Fumes After Supreme Court Rules Venezuelan Illegals Can’t Be Deported (For Now) Update (1715ET): President Trump took to TruthSocial to issue his brief but terse statement: “THE SUPREME COURT WON’T ALLOW…

Moody’s Downgrades USA Credit Rating From Aaa Earlier this week, we noted that short-dated USA sovereign CDS were trading wider than China and Greece as trade policy uncertainty and the debt ceiling…

US Drug Overdose Deaths Fall Nearly 27 Percent To Lowest Level In 5 Years Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Drug overdose deaths in the United States dropped…

London has been behind all the West’s escalatory moves in the Ukraine conflict, the Russian UK Embassy says British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s ultimatums and sanctions threats just demonstrate that the UK…

New College Grads Not Working Out, Most Hiring Managers Say: Survey Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times, Inappropriate attire, excessive use of cell phones, poor quality of work, and foul…

Trump’s Trade War Lit A Fire Under YETI Coolers Our previous supply chain analysis revealed a list of major US brands that remained heavily exposed to China. The ongoing trade war has lit a…

“There Will Be Consequences” For Those Govt Officials Who Waged War Against The People Of This Land Authored by James Howard Kunstler, Cool? “I’m very concerned for [the president’s] life. And James…

Brussels is seeking a better agreement than London’s EU trade ministers have criticized the UK’s trade agreement with the US, warning that the bloc may consider retaliatory measures against Washington unless it…

The West’s interference in other nations’ affairs has already brought grave consequences to Europe, Vladimir Medinsky has warned The Ukraine conflict could have ended very quickly if Kiev had chosen to negotiate…

James Comey knew exactly what his recent cryptic social media post meant, the US president asserts US President Donald Trump has accused former FBI director James Comey of posting a since-deleted social…

A Fraction Of Proposed Data Centers Will Get Built: Utilities Are Wising Up By Brian Martucci of UtilityDive The U.S. grid is flooded with data center proposals that will never get built….

Democrats Are Digging Their Political Graves… And Trump Is Selling Them The Shovel Authored by Larry Kudlow via RealClearPolitics.com, While Democrats are busy defending criminal gang members and terrorists from Tren De Aragua and…

Nightmare New Jersey Transit Strike Cripples Rail Service New Jersey was hit by its first statewide transit strike in over 40 years early Friday morning, as 450 unionized locomotive engineers walked off…

Judge Dismisses Charges Against Illegal Immigrants Accused Of Crossing Into Military Zone Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, A federal judge in New Mexico has dismissed the charges against dozens…

RFK Jr. Defends His Comments On Vaccines: “I’m Going To Tell The Truth” Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his recent…

The Russian delegation reportedly laughed off a remark by a Kiev official that Moscow intends to invade Poland in 2030 A member of the Ukrainian delegation claimed during peace talks on Friday…

Karim Khan was seeking arrest warrants for Israeli leadership at the time the accusations surfaced, Alessandro Bruno told RT The timing of the sexual assault allegations brought against International Criminal Court (ICC)…

Washington will send out letters to some 150 countries instead of striking deals with each individually Washington will inform 150 countries of updated tariff rates with the US by post within the…

The sides have reached a mutual understanding to continue negotiations following discussions in Istanbul, Hakan Fidan has said Moscow and Kiev have agreed in principle to hold follow-up negotiations to resolve the…

Rickards To Bannon: Petrodollar 2.0 Is Coming Authored by Adam Sharp via DailyReckoning.com, Our friend and colleague Jim Rickards was on Steve Bannon’s War Room show Tuesday, and it may be the most…

You Get A Deal And YOU Get A Deal And YOU Get A Deal By Maartie Wiiffelaars, Senior Economist At Rabobank You get a deal and YOU get a deal and YOU…

Russia has handed 909 bodies to Ukraine in exchange for the remains of 34 of its own, a lawmaker has said Moscow and Kiev have exchanged the remains of fallen servicemen, Russian…

Washington reportedly plans to remove individuals with gender dysphoria from the US military via medical checks The White House is planning to instruct senior military officials to identify people who are transgender…

Boeing Set To Avoid Prosecution In Twin Fatal 737 Max Crashes Boeing has tentatively reached a nonprosecution agreement with the U.S. Justice Department to avoid a June 23 trial over allegations it…

Trump Torches GOP ‘Grandstanders’ As House Republicans Brawl Over ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ A fiery intra-party fight exploded on Capitol Hill Friday as House Republicans clashed over President Donald Trump’s mammoth “One…

Corporate Stock Buybacks – Do They Affect Markets? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Fisher Investments recently wrote an interesting article asking whether corporate stock buybacks affect markets. Here is their conclusion:…

Discussions will include combating cyber terrorism and protecting critical information infrastructure Representatives from more than 150 nations are expected to attend the 13th international security conference in Moscow later this month, the…

Russian and Ukrainian delegations have discussed ceasefire options, a prisoner exchange and a potential follow-up meeting, Moscow’s top negotiator Vladimir Medinsky has said Moscow is “satisfied” with the results of the Istanbul…

UMich Sentiment Collapses Near 45-Year (Record) Lows As Democrats’ Inflation Dissonance Hits ’11’ Having embarrassed themselves with their TDS-driven cognitive dissonance over the past few months, Democrat-voting UMich respondents in the preliminary…

US Futures Rise For Fifth Day In A Row As S&P 6000 Looms US stock futures are set for a fifth straight session in the green, as US equity funds benefited from…

Single-Family Home Permits Plunged In April, But ‘Renter Nation’ Returns A day after homeBUILDER sentiment finally cracked (though still dramatically more ‘confident’ than homeBUYERS)… Source: Bloomberg …and mortgage rates are rebounding higher,…

5 Takeaways From Supreme Court Hearing On Nationwide Injunctions, Birthright Citizenship Authored by Sam Dorman and Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, The Supreme Court on May 15 heard oral arguments in…

Charter-Cox $34.5 Billion Deal Leapfrogs Comcast As New Cable Giant Charter Communications has agreed to acquire Cox Communications in a blockbuster merger that will create the largest cable TV and broadband provider…

Gwyn Jenkins reportedly withheld evidence of extrajudicial SAS killings in Afghanistan instead of forwarding the matter to military police The British government has appointed General Gwyn Jenkins as First Sea Lord and…

France, Spain, and Greece are reportedly pushing for bloc-wide restrictions to protect children from harmful content France, Spain, and Greece are advocating for mandatory age verification on social media platforms such as…

Russia-Ukraine Talks Wrap Up In Under 2-Hours: ‘Nothing Meaningful To End War’ The Friday meeting between Ukrainian and Russian officials, the first direct engagement of its kind in some three years, has ended, according…

It is “difficult to talk” about détente with the bloc while it is essentially at war with Moscow, according to spokesman Dmitry Peskov Russia does not see any openings for resuming its…

Kiev is leveraging access to Elon Musk’s Starlink to make unmanned copters more capable The Russian Defense Ministry has published a video showcasing recent interceptions of Ukrainian rotorcraft bomber drones. These robotic…

Moscow’s delegation is satisfied with the outcome of the talks and is ready to continue contacts, Vladimir Medinsky has said Russia’s chief negotiator, Vladimir Medinsky, has delivered a statement following the first…

Russia’s foreign minister said attempts were being made to provoke a serious clash between the Asian giants The West is attempting to provoke tensions between India and China by pitting them against…

Novo Nordisk CEO To Step Down Following Brutal Bear Market Novo Nordisk announced a surprise leadership shake-up, with CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen stepping down by mutual agreement with the Board. The move…

Living On Meds, Vitamin C, & Ibogaine: American Precarity Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Favoring capital over wage earners is the long-established policy of both political parties. Cribbing a…

The negotiations in Türkiye lasted around two hours Talks between Russia and Ukraine have concluded in Istanbul, Türkiye, sources have told RT and Russian news agencies TASS and RIA Novosti.  Ukrainian and…

From saving lives in the trenches to capturing country’s tragedy in timeless novels — here’s how the chaos of revolution and civil war shaped Mikhail Bulgakov, one of Russia’s greatest writers On…

Ali Bongo and his family have left Gabon for Angola after being held for over a year following the August 2023 coup Ousted Gabonese President Ali Bongo and his family have been…

A group of Afrikaners have sought asylum in America, citing claims of racial persecution Deputy President Paul Mashatile has pleaded with farmers at the NAMPO Harvest Day 2025 not to leave South…

Jaw-Dropping Lawsuit Accuses ‘New Soros’ Of Proposing ‘Threesomes’, Other Sexual Harassment Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss—dubbed the “New Soros” by conservatives for his funding of leftwing causes—has been accused of sexual harassment in what…

Russia Readies Its First Underground Oil Storage Facility Russia’s first underground oil storage facility, built by a subsoil user in the Krasnoyarsk territory, is ready for trial operation, said Nina Erofeeva, head…

MAHA Chief Medical Advisor Demands mRNA COVID Jab Moratorium Authored by Jon Fleetwood via substack, British cardiologist and author Dr. Aseem Malhotra, the newly appointed Chief Medical Advisor to the Make America…

The scandal around Pfizer texts and Covid jabs is giving von der Leyen a taste of her own medicine Well, this is awkward. How many times has Ursula von der Leyen, European…

The Pakistani Foreign Ministry has called for a composite dialogue to resolve tensions with its neighbor Pakistan and India have agreed to extend their ceasefire until May 18, Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq…

The Russian foreign minister has said the group now represents half of the world’s population and 40% of global GDP The BRICS group has become a leading platform for aligning the interests…

Unreliable foreign contractors and rampant corruption and were behind the losses, the report claims Ukraine has wasted $770 million on attempts to buy weapons from dubious sources, the Financial Times reported on…

Representatives of Kiev and Moscow are holding their first direct negotiations since 2022 Delegations from Russia and Ukraine have started their first direct peace talks since April 2022. The meeting in Istanbul,…

The push has reportedly been inspired by US Senator Lindsey Graham, who proposed slapping 500% levies on Russian exports Ukraine’s European backers are considering imposing “punitive tariffs” on Russian exports as part…

A London-based think tank has assessed the time and funding required for preparing for a war without US backing European NATO members would face a $1 trillion bill over 25 years to…

Colonel Ali Al-Jabri of the Security Directorates Support Agency was targeted while engaging with protesters in the capital Libya’s Security Directorates Support Agency (DSA) says it has foiled an assassination attempt against…

Ukraine Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill Reportedly In Final Stages Authored by Zoltan Vardai via CoinTelegraph.com, Ukraine is reportedly moving closer to adopting Bitcoin as a national reserve asset, a move that could…

Moscow won’t be tricked into giving Kiev time to regroup, Rodion Miroshnik has said Any truce between Russia and Ukraine must support lasting peace and not simply be a ruse by Kiev…

The Nuclear Missile Launch Sites Buried Under Greenland’s Ice Revealed Camp Century, part of a secret Pentagon plan called Project Iceworm, was designed in the late 1950s as a hidden network of…

The US president has suggested that the world could become “much safer” in two to three weeks US President Donald Trump has confirmed he is ready to meet with his Russian counterpart…

Emphasizing the need for President Trump and President Putin to come together and cut the gordian knot, Secretary of State Marco Rubio holds a press conference from Turkey explaining the background situation. …

The talks between Ukraine and Russia on the neutral turf of Turkey turned into a geopolitical game of theatrics and narrative competition following the announcement that Vladimir Putin would not attend. NATO…

It is absolutely not accidental that President Trump delivers a speech at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the USA’s largest military base in the middle east, with a backdrop of an…

Former FBI Director James Comey is also trying to create attention for his new book, so factor that into the equation. Earlier today James Comey posted a popular threatening message against President…

The honors and grand receptions for U.S. President Donald J Trump continued today with an Arrival Ceremony at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.  The UAE is the third…

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…

Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, is pulling no punches in her view of the direct threat against President Donald Trump that has been made and promoted by former FBI Director James…

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…

A meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin brings with it the focus of the entire world.  For a myriad of geopolitical reasons both domestically and abroad, there are ‘trillion-dollar’…

Global Population Is Projected To Begin Declining In 2085 The global population is undergoing a major demographic shift. As fertility rates fall and life expectancy rises, average ages are climbing in nearly…

Foreign Minister Jaishankar has said negotiations for a trade deal with Washington are ongoing Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar has rejected claims made by US President Donald Trump that the countries were…

Kiev said “an emergency occurred” on board the US-designed jet The Ukrainian military has confirmed the loss of another US-designed F-16 fighter jet as it was repelling a Russian strike. This marks…

Why Is The Secret German Spy Report On The AfD Party Only Filled With Public Statements? Via Remix News, The German domestic spy service, the Office of the Protection of the Constitution…

It’s Time To End Federal Control Of Education And Restore Parental Authority Authored by Sam Sorbo via American Greatness, For decades, Americans have watched as federal involvement in education expanded, ballooning into…

Moscow has slammed President Emmanuel Macron’s push for more sanctions over Ukraine France has emerged as one of the leaders of the “hybrid war” against Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova…

Water Wars: One-Fifth Of Pakistan’s Electricity Comes From Hydro India has suspended the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, a major water-sharing agreement brokered by the World Bank. The move came on April…

New York To Send ‘Inflation Refund’ Checks To Eligible Residents Authored by Rachel Acenas via The Epoch Times, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday announced the state’s first-ever “inflation refund,” a…

How Widespread Are Food Intolerances? In a limited survey by Statista Consumer Insights, between 6 and 17 percent of respondents said they had a food intolerance confirmed by a health professional.  As…

The president’s critic has been accused of making a coded endorsement of violence The Secret Service is investigating former FBI director James Comey for making a threat against President Donald Trump, Secretary…

The DoD Audit Conundrum: Accountability Over Accounting Via RealClearPolitics, The Department of Defense (DoD) has failed every audit since 2018, costing taxpayers over $1 billion each year, marked by “disclaimers of opinion,”…