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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…

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…

Israeli officials claimed the British lawmakers had planned to spread hate speech during their visit Two pro-Palestinian British MPs were denied entry and subsequently deported from Israel after the authorities accused them…

NSW Criminalizes LGBT Conversion Practices Authored by Naziya Alvi Rahman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), From April 4, LGBT conversion practices are officially banned in New South Wales under the Conversion…

Obama-Appointed Judge Orders Trump Administration To Return Alleged MS-13 Gang Member Back To The US Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness (emphasis ours), A federal judge ruled Friday the U.S. government…

House Fiscal Conservatives Blast “Unserious And Disappointing” Senate GOP Budget Blueprint Hours after Senate Republicans approved their latest budget plan Saturday morning, at least three GOP deficit hawks in the House –…

The US-led alliance will not send peacekeepers to Ukraine, Mark Rutte has said NATO is not involved in the US-mediated ceasefire negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, Secretary General Mark Rutte has said….

Rick Santelli has been known to call the baby ugly when needed.  During an epic panel discussion around the motives and intentions of President Trump’s trade reset, Santelli gets passionate when describing…

White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller appears on Fox News to discuss the importance of the tariff policy and reestablishing American industry via the global trade reset. Miller…

US Peanut Allergy Epidemic Sprang From Experts’ Exactly-Wrong Guidance Via Brian McGlinchey at Stark Realities In the 1980s, peanut allergies were almost entirely unheard-of. Today, the United States has one of the highest…

The Ukrainian leader reportedly tried to identify who published the details about the draft minerals deal Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has made ministerial staffers take lie detector tests in an effort to…

Judge Leans Toward Contempt Proceedings For Trump Admin In Venezuelan Deportations Case Authored by Sam Dorman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. District Judge James Boasberg seemed inclined during a hearing…

Watch: Colbert Begs The Deep State To Stop Trump Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Late Show host Stephen Colbert called for the “deep state” to step in and stop President Trump…

Other Countries Seem To Like Tariffs… So Why Are People Opposed To Trump’s Tariffs? Via The Daily Signal, April 3, President Donald Trump announced it as “Liberation Day.” And by that he meant we…

Berlin has reportedly told officials to expel Russian and Belarusian delegates from Victory Day celebrations Germany is following in the footsteps of its Nazi predecessors by allegedly banning Russian and Belarusian delegates…

PLA Blasts US ‘Dangerous’ Actions Near China Which Can Lead To ‘Misjudgment’ A rare cooperative security meeting was held between the US and Chinese militaries this week. Called the China-US Military Maritime…

Brussels will have to return frozen assets to Moscow this summer if Budapest blocks a sanctions extension, Margus Tsahkna has said The EU needs to deprive Hungary of its voting rights within…

Ben Robert-Smith’s defamation appeal, with judgment reserved since the 16th of February 2024, is set down for another 2-day hearing after a recording was leaked of Nine journalist Nick McKenzie. In the…

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni supports the bloc’s plan to allocate up to €800 billion to the military Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Rome on Saturday to protest the…

Reports That Trump Will Pull Out Of NATO Are Pure ‘Hysteria’: Rubio One of the most interesting moments from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s trip to Brussels this week where he met with…

Follow The Science: Why Peter Marks Was Asked To Leave The FDA Authored by George F. Tidmarsh via RealClearPolicy, On Friday, Dr. Peter Marks announced his resignation from the U.S. Food and…

Sweeping tariffs on the majority of US trading partners will “likely push” the global economy into recession, according to the investment bank JPMorgan has raised the probability of a global recession to…

Waste Of The Day: Out Of Control Grants In Massachusetts Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Topline: Back in 2010, local officials in the City of Lynn, Massachusetts bragged to The Daily…

The French president could become contact man for the “coalition of the willing” supporting Kiev, the outlet has reported French President Emmanuel Macron may take the lead in engaging Russia on behalf…

The Ukrainian leader is not getting the best advice from his team, Scott Bessent has said Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky sank what should have been an easy deal when he had a public…

California Lawmakers Reject Bills To Ban Males From Female Sports Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, California state lawmakers have rejected a change to state policies that would have required…

Belgium Is Latest To Declare It Won’t Arrest Netanyahu, In Reversal Did Hungary’s Viktor Orban start a trend? He is hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a four-day trip to Budapest…

Mission Impossible: 2 Percent Inflation By Dhaval Joshi of BCA Research Mission Impossible: 2 Percent Inflation – The Sequel Executive Summary Hitting and sustaining a precise 2 percent inflation target is more…

The massive new levies are not primarily punitive in nature, but could be perilous if they fail to achieve their goal I am not a supporter of Donald Trump, but I can…

A video published in Ukrainian media appears to show recruitment officers trying to revive a man they sought to draft A Ukrainian man has allegedly died following an encounter with recruitment officers,…

“Oops”: Trump Shares Video Boasting Of Huge Deadly Strike In Yemen President Donald Trump on Friday evening spiked the football after over two weeks of Yemen bombings. He posted a video on…

Is The Stock Market Warning Of A Recession? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, A Wall Street axiom states that the stock markets lead the economy by about six months. While not…

The Internal Revenue Service will reportedly eliminate its civil rights office as part of the White House’s cost-cutting efforts The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) plans to eliminate around 20,000 jobs, The…

The sweeping tariffs on the majority of US trading partners will not be good for the country, the former president has warned Former US President Barack Obama has said that he is…

Moscow has stated that Kiev is breaking the terms of the ceasefire agreed upon with the US Russia’s stance regarding the potential peace settlement of the Ukraine conflict will be known in…

Catastrophe Looms Above: Space Junk Problem Grew ‘Significantly Worse’ In 2024 As if you didn’t have enough to worry about, the risk of space junk causing a catastrophic chain reaction that profoundly affects…

1 In 10 Say They Have Been Harmed By The NHS, Survey Finds Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), One in 10 people say they have been harmed…

Tesla’s 1950s-Style Diner In Hollywood Nears Completion New photos reveal that Tesla’s 1950s-inspired drive-in Supercharger station, currently under construction at 7001 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, is nearing completion. This station…

Afghanistan is interested in cooperating with Russia and other BRICS nations, Mohammad Suhail Shaheen has told RT Both Afghanistan and Russia will benefit once Moscow removes the Taliban from its list of…

New UK Internet Policing Law Targets US Online Forums Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times, Online forums based in the United States that rely on First Amendment protections are getting…

State money allocated to support athletics must be spent properly, the country’s president has declared Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has called for the exclusion of personal expenses from state funds earmarked for…

Tucker Carlson interviews the fulcrum between Wall Street and Main Street in the MAGAnomic policy world, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Secretary Bessent notes the goal of the tariff plan, and the accompanying…

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…

On March 27th, CTH shared the following: “Wealthy nations will attempt to maintain exports against President Trump tariffs by subsidizing their industries. Corporations have deeper pockets, and the politicians are used to…

Tariff Turmoil Delays Nintendo Switch 2 Pre-Orders; Will This Derail Goldman’s Bull Call On Mario Kart-Maker We suspect Goldman analysts Minami Munakata and Haruki Kubota will soon update clients on today’s report from…

Ukrainian Special Ops Using US Tactical Vehicles Undisclosed By The Pentagon Authored by Kyle Anzalone via The Libertarian Institute, A combat unit of NATO-trained Ukrainian soldiers was photographed using a Flyer 72-LD…

Since 2014, the New York Times has published more than 500 articles about RT, a review by Johns Hopkins University has claimed The New York Times published over 500 RT-related articles over…

The European members of NATO had no plan for military-industrial mobilization prior to the conflict, the study has found Russia has been able to significantly ramp up its production of military hardware…

Alexander Ovechkin has scored twice to match hockey legend Wayne Gretzky’s number of goals Russia’s Alexander Ovechkin reached another major National Hockey League milestone on Friday night when he scored his 894th…

The diplomatic mission will soon be established in Niger, Foreign Minister Bakari Yaou Sangare has announced Niger has confirmed its intention to host a Russian embassy for the first time in over…

Escobar: How Trump’s Tariff Tizzy Is Burning Down The House Authored by Pepe Escobar, Global Majority, rejoice! And step on the high-speed rail de-dollarization train. Circus ringmaster Trump’s Tariff Tizzy (TTT), christened…

We’re Giving Putin “Weeks, Not Months” To Decide On Ceasefire: Rubio United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio surprised NATO counterparts by telling them on Friday that it will become clear within…

Houthis Down Second MQ-9 Reaper Drone In 72 Hours Yemen’s Houthis have claimed another shootdown of a US MQ-9 Reaper drone. The Thursday announcement, if accurate, would mark the second such Reaper drone…

Witnesses Tell House Task Force To Reinvestigate JFK Assassination Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), WASHINGTON—A panel of expert witnesses that included renowned filmmaker Oliver Stone told the…

The drone footage depicts the bombing of a Houthi gathering, the president said US President Donald Trump shared footage on Friday of what he said was a strike on Houthi personnel in…

The US president has insisted that it is “a great time to get rich” US President Donald Trump has defended his controversial decision to impose sweeping tariffs on the majority of America’s…

Ukrainian and Western service members were killed in the attack on Friday, the Defense Ministry said Russia has said that it carried out a missile strike on military personnel in the eastern…

Sanders Leads Charge To Block Arms To Israel, Senate Votes Down Overwhelmingly On Thursday US senators voted overwhelmingly to reject two resolutions of disapproval on Washington’s massive arms transfers and other military assistance to…

Tolerance & Inclusivity? Leftist Mob On UC Davis Campus Destroys Conservative Group Display And Tent Authored by Jonathan Turley, A mob of roughly 30 masked protesters at UC Davis attacked a tent…

Creation Of Abundance Is A Corporation’s Purpose Authored by Terrence Keeley via RealClearPolitics, Does capitalism need to be fixed? Is it no longer fit for purpose in this modern era, given our…

Warsaw should control a wharf in Odessa, a top agriculture official has said Poland should acquire a section of Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odessa to transport grain, Polish Deputy Minister of…

Putin Envoy In D.C. Hails Trump’s Tariff Strategy: ‘Shift Toward Economic Sovereignty’ Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of Russia’s Direct Investment Fund and special Putin envoy who was sent this week to meet with…

Taibbi: How An Obama Executive Order Led To The Censorship Industrial Complex Authored by Ian Schwartz via RealClearPolitics, At Tuesday’s House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing, Matt Taibbi explained how an Obama executive…

Loomered: Head Of NSA Fired As ‘Disloyal’ Partisans Purged From Trump Admin The head of the NSA, Gen. Timothy Haugh, was fired on Thursday as part of a purge of ‘disloyal’ partisans…

Here’s Why Trump Will Win The Tariff Standoff Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made it clear in an interview with CNN that the era of trade imbalances…

Democrats Activate NGO Machine For Weekend Color Revolution Operation Against Trump The Democratic Party’s favorability among Americans has plunged to a record low. In an attempt to reverse this decline, the rudderless party…

Ottawa is ready to fill Washington’s “global economic leadership” role, Mark Carney has said Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has condemned US President Donald Trump’s new slate of tariffs, declaring that Ottawa…

The Russian capital has climbed past Hong Kong with 90 ultrawealthy residents, according to a Forbes report Moscow has jumped to second place among the world’s top cities for billionaires, after adding…

Have You Said “Thankyou” Once? By Benjamin Picton, senior macro strategist at rabobank US equities tanked yesterday in their most savage one-day selloff since the early days of Covid in 2020. The…

Trump Extends TikTok Deadline By 75 Days As Trade War With Beijing Erupts   In the hours before President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff blitz on Wednesday afternoon, several corporate media outlets reported that a TikTok…

‘Do You See The Pattern?’ Authored by James Howard Kunstler, You Wouldn’t Want to Be Him on That Dreadful Day “Perhaps history is teaching us that today’s popular leaders like Donald Trump…

Copper Posts Biggest Weekly Drop Since Covid Crash As Tariff War Hammers Commodities President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff blitz—centered on reciprocal tariffs—followed by China’s retaliatory bazooka has triggered a growth scare in…

During one of the 2016 Republican debates the Wall Street Journal’s Kimberly Stassel challenged Donald Trump on the projected revenue from his proposed tax plan. In essence Stassel claimed some economists doubted the…

Republicans May Override Senate’s Nonpartisan Referee To Pass Trump’s Agenda: What To Know Authored by Joseph Lord and Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times, Republicans have set the stage to potentially override…

The US vice president has criticized EU policies on migration, defense, and democratic norms US Vice President J.D. Vance has taken aim at the EU’s leadership, warning that the bloc faces its…

How three men in Yalta decided the fate of the planet – and why it still matters Discussions about building a new global order have become increasingly frequent and urgent. Many argue…

JPM’s Longtime Mega Tesla Bear Warns About Brand Damage JPMorgan analyst Ryan Brinkman has earned the crown as Tesla’s most stubborn bear. For nearly a decade, his coverage has been a broken…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is attending a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels.  The timing puts Secretary Rubio in Europe just as NATO allies and European countries are reviewing the…

By hitting Moscow with never-before-seen economic warfare, the West has helped it thrive Another Trump-Quake has been shaking the world. In his attempt to, in essence, make America great again by eliminating…

“Who’s The President Of Syria Right Now, Roy?” Horton Blasts Regime-Change Narrative In the Biden Administration’s dying breath, they managed to help overthrow one last country in the Middle East: Syria, another…

Princeton Says Trump Administration Has Suspended Dozens Of Research Grants Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Trump administration has suspended several dozen federally funded research grants to…

Russell Brand Charged With Rape, Sexual Assault British comedian Russell Brand has been charged with rape, indecent assault and sexual assault over claims made by four women spanning 1999 – 2005. The…

The country’s top court has upheld a parliamentary impeachment, paving the way for a new presidential election The Constitutional Court of South Korea on Friday formally ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol…

Kirill Dmitriev met with White House officials this week to discuss steps to restoring bilateral ties The Kremlin said on Friday that a visit to Washington by President Vladimir Putin’s investment envoy…

“It’s Un-American” – 19 Democratic State AGs Sue To Stop Trump Blocking Non-Citizen Voting Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, A group of 19 Democratic state attorneys general filed a…

Trump Admin Sued Over Chinese Import Tariffs Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration was sued by a nonprofit civil rights group on April 3, with the organization…

Zelensky Says NATO Membership Still In Ukraine’s Future, Contradicting Trump Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky continues to test President Trump, this time contradicting the US leader on the question of Ukraine’s future membership…

Stocks Reverse Plunge, Jump After Trump Says Open To Deal With Vietnam, Tells Powell To Cut Rates Exactly one month ago we reminded readers, and the new generation of traders who may…

Indian and Bangladeshi leaders have committed to cooperation in their first meeting since the change of government in Dhaka Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the chief adviser of the interim Bangladeshi…

The security agency has apprehended a Russian serviceman allegedly recruited by Kiev’s intelligence services to stage an attack The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has thwarted a Ukrainian bomb plot targeting military…

Karim Khan has denied the allegations and plans to cooperate with the investigation, his lawyers say UN investigators have expanded their inquiry into alleged sexual misconduct by International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief…

Watch Live: Fed Chair Powell Speaks As Emergency Rate-Cut Odds Rise; Trump Says “Stop Playing Politics!” With markets still in turmoil over tariffs, investors now turn their attention to what Fed Chair…

Over 100,000 police officers were victims of crimes in the country last year, according to official statistics More than 300 police officers in Germany become victims of criminals every day, Bild has…

The ‘KidFlix’ streaming service has been shut down in an international operation, according to a press release One of the world’s largest child sexual abuse platforms, with nearly two million users, has…

Petitioners are demanding that the US tech company set up a fund for Ethiopian victims of violence incited on its platform A Kenyan court has ruled that Facebook’s owner, Meta, can face…

Kiev used UAVs and artillery to hit Russian energy facilities, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said Ukraine has launched six new attacks on Russian energy infrastructure over the past 24 hours,…

Everything Is Crashing After China Retaliates With 34% Tariffs On US Goods For a few hours it seemed like we could even stabilize, if only a bit, ahead of today’s scheduled main…

South Korea’s Top Court Ousts Impeached President Yoon Over Martial Law Declaration In a tensely-awaited but ultimately unanimous decision, South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Friday finalized the ouster of President Yoon Suk…

US Payrolls Unexpectedly Soar To 228K, Above Highest Estimate After today’s shocking retaliation by China, which hiked tariffs on US goods by 34%, the jobs report was an afterthought. To be honest,…