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This situation was always different from other Eastern European states – NATO just didn’t listen It’s always easy to feel prescient in hindsight. I recall conversations from 15 or 20 years ago…

The president awarded honors to distinguished servicemen in a ceremony marking Defender of the Fatherland Day Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday praised the country’s military and its performance in the special…

President Donald Trump gives the keynote speech at the conclusion of CPAC 2025. . Posted in President Trump, Uncategorized The post President Trump Full CPAC Speech appeared first on The Last Refuge.

Zelensky Says ‘Ready’ To Resign For The Sake Of Peace, NATO Membership Speaking at the “Ukraine: The Year 2025” forum on Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told an audience of all heads of ministries,…

While I do not expect Mrs. Gabbard to be a heroine in defense of liberty, perhaps she will pause government weaponization and privacy destruction for a few years.   In this interview, Gabbard…

President Trump spoke to the National Governors Association Evening Dinner at the White House.  This is the 5th Governors Dinner hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump.   WATCH: .  …

Germany’s opposition conservatives have won a nationwide vote, with the right-wing AFD coming in second, exit polls show German Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat on Sunday, congratulating his conservative rival Friedrich Merz,…

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said talking may clear the way for peace negotiations Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said described the present dialogue between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US…

Each big topic last year soon turned into a meme, and each meme tells a story about modern Russians Russian memes are in a peculiar place right now. Most of them have…

House Speaker Johnson Responds To The Idea Of ‘DOGE Dividend’ Checks Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday appeared cool to the…

According to state broadcaster ARD, the right-wing party is predicted to secure 19.5% of the vote, with the Christian-Democrats coming out on top with 29% The right-wing Alternative for Germany party (AFD)…

Washington reportedly seeks 100% ownership of an intended $500 billion fund based on the Kiev’s natural resources The Trump administration has presented Ukraine with a revised draft agreement demanding full US ownership…

The Collapse Of The Zelensky Cult Authored by Jeff Carlson & Hans Mahncke via Truth Over News, At long last, someone has said it. Trump has finally called it like it is—Zelensky…

MSNBC Cancels Far-Left-Crazed Host Joy Reid As Woke Implosion Accelerates  A major shake-up is underway at MSNBC as the network’s new president has canceled far-left prime-time host Joy Reid’s show, “The ReidOut,”…

West Jerusalem has accused Hamas of parading the detainees in front of crowds for propaganda purposes Israel has postponed the release of more than 600 Palestinian prisoners, accusing Hamas of conducting ‘humiliating’…

Margin Balances Suggests Risks Are Building Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, New Coronavirus Discovery Shakes Markets Last week, we discussed that continued bullish exuberance and high levels of complacency can quickly turn…

Expect Gold To Shine In 2025 Authored by Michael Wilkerson via The Epoch Times, This year has started off with a golden hue. Gold and silver have been among the best-performing asset…

The Ukrainian leader has dismissed President Trump’s demand for $350 billion, insisting that Kiev received $100 billion as a grant Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has said his country will not repay the…

Authorities in Rivne celebrated the 120th birthday of Ulas Samchuk who called for the elimination of “Jewish chimpanzees” and Poles during WWII The Ukrainian city of Rivne has celebrated the 120th birthday…

Ukraine’s leader said that he is ready to step down if it means end of the conflict with Russia Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has stated that he is willing to step down for…

Americans wagered $1.4bn on the Super Bowl 2025 alone, but liberals cunningly whitewash such excesses. Part 2 of a series on U.S. gambling. According to an English proverb, the best throw of…

Kiev reportedly believes Washington’s figure is far too high Ukraine has pushed back on the proposed establishment of a $500 billion fund which would reimburse the US for its aid in exchange…

Junior Sergeant Andrey Grigoryev defeated a Ukrainian soldier in a brutal knife fight last autumn Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded Junior Sergeant Andrey Grigoryev a Gold Star medal after he prevailed…

Commercial Flights Diverted After CCP Warships Begin Surprise Live-Fire Exercise Near Australia Authored by Rex Widerstrom and Daniel Y. Teng via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Commercial flight paths between Australia and…

US Border Czar: “We’re Going To Wipe Drug Cartels Off The Face Of Earth” US Border Czar Tom Homan told Fox News’ Jesse Watters that President Donald Trump intends to dismantle the…

Trump Admin Goes To War With Zelensky & Europe In UN Resolution Showdown As the war of words between the Trump and Zelensky administrations has grown, so has a diplomatic war and…

The UK prime minister is mulling sending troops to Ukraine – but his ignored and alienated citizens won’t follow Following the Munich Security Conference last week, European Union leaders appeared shell-shocked by…

The study was led by an expert from the Wuhan Institute known as “batwoman” A Chinese research team has discovered a new bat coronavirus which uses the same receptor as Covid-19 to…

Trump Is Unlikely To Pull All US Troops Out Of Central Europe Or Abandon NATO’s Article 5 Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Germany’s Bild cited unnamed members of Western security services to sensationally…

Moscow has warned that the West could occupy the country after deploying troops Britain and France are drafting a plan to deploy up to 30,000 “peacekeepers” in Ukraine, depending on whether Moscow…

The former president has marked Defender of the Fatherland Day by honoring heroes and denouncing neo-Nazism in Ukraine February 23 isn’t just another day – it symbolizes our collective memory, glory, and pride,…

The US believes that Russia wants to sign an agreement to end the conflict, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has said US President Donald Trump is optimistic that a peace agreement to end…

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…

Bovard: Can Kennedy Save Kids From Psychiatric Ravage? Submitted by Jim Bovard President Trump issued an executive order last week creating a Make America Healthy Again Commission, to be chaired by Health and Human…

The news agency has been barred from attending certain events following the ‘Gulf of America’ dispute The Associated Press, one of the world’s oldest news agencies, has filed a lawsuit against three…

It All Comes Down To Accounting Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, There are two portals of money in every institution: money coming in and money going out. Keeping track…

How Many Federal Government Workers Has Trump Fired So Far? The first month of Donald Trump’s second term has been a hurricane of activity, with Elon Musk’s DOGE pursuing a scorched earth…

Efforts To Arrange Trump–Putin Meeting Underway, Moscow Says Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times, Moscow is working to arrange a face-to-face meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President…

Federal Judge Rules In Favor Of Trump Government Layoffs Authored by Eric Lendrum via American Greatness, On Thursday, a federal judge ruled that the Trump Administration can proceed with plans to carry…

The outgoing prime minister has ruined his country with “Marxist policies,” the US president claimed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is “a loser” who is ruining the country with radical left policies,…

“What Did You Do Last Week?”: Musk Says Federal Employees Have Until Midnight On Monday To Explain Work, Or They’re Fired Elon Musk is ‘running the Twitter playbook on the government,’ after…

Kiev should compensate Washington with rare-earth minerals and oil, the president said Ukraine must compensate the US for all the assistance provided to Kiev during its conflict with Moscow, President Donald Trump…

Trump & Russia: Is This Good Or Bad For Markets? Authored by Russell Clark via Capital Flows & Asset Markets blog, Trump has done exactly what he said he was going to…

Netanyahu Vows Revenge On Hamas for Returning Wrong Body: ‘Unspeakably Cynical’ One of the four deceased hostages handed over by Hamas on Thursday was the wrong body, according to an Israeli government…

Kash Patel Is Already Making Huge Changes At The FBI Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, Newly confirmed FBI Director Kash Patel is on fire.  After his swearing-in, he gave a not-so-subtle…

The bloc supposedly plans to extend pipelines from Germany to Poland and the Czech Republic for rapid jet fuel supply in a potential war with Russia NATO is supposedly set to extend…

The billionaire has denied the agency’s report on plans to cut Ukraine off Starlink to pressure it into the rare earths deal Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has accused Reuters of…

Berkshire Cash Hits All-Time High $334BN Even After Paying Record $27BN In Taxes: Shareholder Letter Highlights One of the longest running traditions in modern finance is that every year, one Saturday morning…

Aleksey Arestovich, should he become Ukraine’s president, has claimed he will jail his former boss, Vladimir Zelensky, and his “gang” Former aide to Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky Aleksey Arestovich has pledged to jail…

The Hungarian PM has said that instead of being admitted into NATO, Kiev will remain a partition between the bloc and Russia Ukraine will not be granted NATO membership, but rather will…

California’s High Speed Rail To Face Audit, US Transportation Chief Says Authored by Beige Luciano-Adams via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), LOS ANGELES—Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced he would direct the Federal…

Scott Morrison has started popping up again in the media over the last week or so which can only damage Peter Dutton’s chances of becoming Prime Minister at the federal election which…

The US president’s ‘America first’ policy means Kiev will have to pay its own bills As Washington’s push to secure Ukraine’s mineral wealth intensifies, the latest tensions between Donald Trump and Vladimir…

Crash Landing: The Democratic Spin On Trump Causing Plane Accidents Collides With Reality Authored by Jonathan Turley, For weeks, politicians and pundits have engaged in a ghoulish effort to blame every plane…

DOJ Moves To Dismiss Immigration Case Against SpaceX The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion Thursday indicating it wants to drop a lawsuit accusing SpaceX of hiring discrimination against refugees….

The US president has targeted diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in federal agencies US President Donald Trump has fired the Chairman of the joint Chiefs of Staff, General Charles Brown, the…

At least one person has been killed and two injured in the city of Mulhouse, according to TF1 At least one person has been killed and two others injured after an Algerian…

Combination Of These Supplements And Exercise May Slow Biological Aging Authored by Mary West via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Approximately one-fourth of people in the United States age 65 and older…

Mexico President Sheinbaum Warns Against US Military Strikes On Cartels In the wake of President Trump’s designation of several Latin American drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday…

Pentagon Purge: Trump Fires Chairman Of Joint Chiefs, Navy Chief And Other Top Brass Making good on a campaign pledge to shake up the senior military ranks to ensure a focus on…

The Answer To 1913 Is 2025: 3 Charts That Show Why The Income Tax, The IRS, & The Fed Should All Be Abolished Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, Most Americans don’t…

Washington is ready to continue working with Ottawa but “there has to be reciprocity” in trade, the US secretary of state has said US President Donald Trump’s offer to absorb Canada came…

Ukraine’s leader did not even understand why it was “bad” to “murder” Gonzalo Lira, Elon Musk says Billionaire Elon Musk, a close ally of US President Donald Trump, renewed his attack on…

US Flies B-52 Bombers Over Middle East In Show Of Force Amid Regional Tensions Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Air Force sent two B-52 bombers…

The Palestinian militant group had previously handed over the wrong remains to Israel The family of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas says it has identified the woman’s remains after Hamas initially handed over…

The US president has demanded access to Ukraine’s rare earths, although Vladimir Zelensky has reportedly refused to sign a deal Ukraine will face “a lot of problems” if it doesn’t agree to…

Peter Schiff: The Government Should Fear The Public Via SchiffGold.com, Last week Peter joined Aaron Hoddinott on the Pinnacle Digest YouTube channel for an interview on Peter’s career, why the Fed can’t get anything…

Russia Says It’s Retaken 64% Of Kursk Territory Lost After Ukraine Offensive Ukraine’s Zelensky has previously signaled he hopes to get territory in the Donbass back from Russia by swapping it in…

Florida has filed a lawsuit against Target, claiming the company misled investors by promoting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives The US state of Florida has sued supermarket giant Target, accusing it of…

Germany’s Baerbock Issues Warning To US Over Failure To Back “Liberal Democracies” After days of EU officials essentially begging Washington to give the bloc a seat at the table in talks with Russia…

European Military Chiefs Proposed Dubious Plan To Send 30,000 Troops To Ukraine Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The Times reported on Wednesday that European military chiefs have proposed a plan to deploy 30,000…

The British state broadcaster has violated foreign exchange regulations, the authorities have reportedly found British state broadcaster the BBC has been fined for foreign exchange violations by India’s financial crime fighting agency,…

Over 500 million people have taken a holy dip during the 45-day Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, northern India even as two stampede incidents killed dozens Krishna Saini sat in his car…

Europe should focus on providing more weapons instead, Mikhail Podoliak has said Peacekeeping forces or soldiers from other countries being deployed to Ukraine is not a realistic prospect, Mikhail Podoliak, the top…

Moments ago, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick took the oath of office in the Oval Office as delivered by Vice-President JD Vance. Secretary Lutnick is going to be a very key component in…

Moments ago, Attorney General Pam Bondi delivered the oath of office to FBI Director Kash Patel.  At the conclusion of the swearing-in ceremony, Director Patel delivered remarks to the assembled audience.  WATCH:…

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 president suggested that the billionaire will return to science after reforming the US government and encouraged cooperation with him Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russian companies should cooperate with…

The US President has once again suggested that America’s northern neighbor will “have to become the 51st state” US President Donald Trump has joked that Canada can keep its national anthem when…

Arctic Defense: The Growing Geopolitical Battle For The North Authored by Brian Giesbrecht via The Epoch Times, The Distant Early Warning Line (DEW Line) runs north of the Arctic Circle from Alaska…

First In-Orbit Image Released From Classified X-37 Spaceplane On Thursday evening, the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs published the first-ever in-orbit image captured by Boeing’s X-37 spaceplane, which was shared…

Mapping The Growth Of Government Submitted by OpenTheBooks As DOGE continues searching for and flagging waste, fraud and abuse across the federal government, American taxpayers are hearing about a lot of outrageous…

$21 million allotted for India election recently cited by Donald Trump was actually meant for Bangladesh, new report claims  The $21 million of American taxpayer money earmarked for “voter turnout in India,”…

These Are The Countries Who Depend On Remittances The Most Remittance inflows to low- and middle-income countries rose to $685 billion in 2024, up from $647 billion the previous year, according to estimates from…

Former CNBC Analyst To Admit Conning Investors Out Of Nearly $3 Million Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Former CNBC financial analyst James Arthur McDonald faces decades behind…

Here’s When Every Continent’s Population Will Peak This Century After 350 straight years of global population growth – including a 4x surge from 2 billion in the year 1920 – this trend…

Blockbuster Yale Study: Millions Of Long COVID Patients Might Actually Be Vaccine Injured Authored by Paul D. Thacker via The Disinformation Chronicle, Yale researchers released a study today that posits millions of…

Washington reportedly considers using the satellite technology as leverage when bargaining about mineral reserves US officials have warned that they could block Ukraine from using Elon Musk’s Starlink internet terminals if Kiev…

The track originally performed by two schoolgirls was branded “Russian propaganda” by Ukraine A Russian military choir has recorded its own version of the viral hit song ‘Sigma Boy’.  The video, which…

Nearly 2 Dozen Trinitarios Gang Members Arrested In Massachusetts Authored by Rachel Acenas via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Nearly two dozen members of a violent transnational gang were arrested and charged…

Voter Rolls Like They Oughta Be Authored by Doug Truax via RealClearPolitics, Why do we tolerate purposeful government incompetence? Especially when it comes to our voter registration rolls – the lists we…

Social Security Chief Says Millions Of Dead People On Record ‘Not Necessarily Receiving Benefits’ Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The new head of the Social Security Administration…

The assailant has been arrested after a manhunt that lasted several hours German police apprehended the suspect who stabbed a Spanish tourist at the site of Berlin’s iconic Holocaust memorial on Friday….

China’s Vice-Premier Spars With Bessent In Call Over Tariffs & ‘Economic Imbalances’ US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and China’s Vice-Premier He Lifeng held a video call on Friday, kicking off crucial diplomatic…

“The Ever-Expanding Matrix Of NGOs Created An Army Of Useful Idiots…” Authored by James Howard Kunstler, Funny Money “The revelations that are coming for America possess the potential to reshape our entire…

The US president has denied reports claiming that he would travel to Russia on May 9 US President Donald Trump has denied plans to attend the annual World War II victory parade…

Trump Admin Serious About Combatting Global Censorship Authored by Sean Nelson via RealClearPolitics, President Donald Trump is well known for his America First agenda. Some have interpreted this as an isolationist stance…

Earlier today President Trump confronted Maine Governor Janet Mills for undermining women and keeping men in women’s sports. Heated exchange between President Trump and Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) over executive order banning…