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Negotiating with Washington is “neither wise, intelligent, nor honorable,” the Iranian supreme leader has said Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has warned that Tehran will respond with tat-for-tat measures to any hostile…

January Jobs Growth Below Estimates Amid Massive Revisions Which Trim Unemployment, Reduce Historic Payrolls There were no strong convictions ahead of today’s jobs report – perhaps because everyone by now knows the…

Futures Flat Ahead Of Payrolls US equity futures are unchanged, with tech lagging and small caps leading as traders hunker down ahead of a payrolls report that is expected to show 175,000…

Cocoa Prices Go Bitter After Hershey CEO Spots “Demand Destruction” Cocoa futures declined in New York following comments from Hershey CEO Michele Buck, who indicated on an earnings call with investors that…

Goldman “Cautiously Optimistic” On China Tech As DeepSeek Fuels Bullish Bets Goldman’s Hailey He remains “cautiously optimistic” about Chinese stocks, noting that “AI enthusiasm sparked by Deepseek” has driven tech shares into…

New US Attorney General Pam Bondi has disbanded a task force targeting Russian elites and redirected its resources to fight drug cartels The US Justice Department under Attorney General Pam Bondi has…

NATO Troops To Defend Greenland? Report Says Europe Mulls Options To Deter Trump New reports say that European countries are actually discussing sending troops to Greenland in order to deter President Donald…

Richard Medhurst says officials told him he is suspected of being a member of Hamas – an allegation he strongly denies Independent British journalist Richard Medhurst, known for his pro-Palestinian stance, has…

The apparent decision comes after Elon Musk’s agency uncovered millions of taxpayer dollars spent on a Politico subscription US President Donald Trump’s White House has ordered the General Services Administration (GSA), a…

The sub-heading tells the story. It is essentially, a predictable outcome, a conversation we began here several months ago. …”At the Education Department, the [DOGE] team has turned to artificial intelligence to…

Moscow is appealing to American patriots, while Washington is seeking tips from disgruntled military researchers The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) is reaching out to CIA officers who want to jointly resolve…

Republican Nancy Mace has disclosed DEI programs she claims involved “painful and deadly experiments” Around $10 million in American taxpayer funds was spent last year on experiments using “transgender lab rats,” Republican…

The Reserve Bank of India has reduced the repo rate to 6.25%  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut its key interest rate for the first time in five years on Friday….

The former Ukrainian stronghold of Dzerzhinsk has been fully captured by Moscow’s forces after months of intense fighting The Russian Defense Ministry announced the liberation of the Donbass town of Dzerzhinsk on…

A direct conflict between the two world powers is unnecessary, but would benefit Kiev, Mikhail Podoliak believes A US-Russian war would be advantageous to Ukraine in the current conflict with Moscow, according…

NatGas Volatility Blows Out To Record For March Futures The March natural gas contract has been on a rollercoaster ride over the past month, driven by several factors, including polar vortex blasts across…

TikTok’s Actual Offense? Innovating While Not Being American Authored by John Tamny via RealClearMarkets, Ten days ago the shares of Nvidia corrected 17 percent. How could this have happened to such an…

Tokyo’s “unfriendly stance” towards Moscow makes discussions impossible, Nikolay Nozdrev has said Moscow cannot engage in talks with Tokyo on a formal peace treaty as long as the Japanese government follows the…

The country’s new defense minister has told the outlet that Moscow’s continued military presence is negotiable if it benefits Damascus Syria is open to allowing Russia maintain its air and naval bases…

Manufacturing was the main driver of the country’s economic growth, according to the prime minister Russia’s GDP reached a record high last year, according to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, who made the…

Cyril Ramaphosa’s remarks come as US President Donald Trump threatens to cut funding to Pretoria over a land ownership law South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said his country will “not be…

The nation faces the risk of major defeat in future conflicts without immediate reforms to outdated weapons programs, the tech billionaire has warned The US risks major defeat in the country’s next…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has urged New Delhi to engage in dialogue on Kashmir, a region claimed by both nations Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called on India to engage in…

Microplastics Found In Brain Weighs As Much As A Plastic Spoon: Study Authored by Cara Michelle Miller via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Microplastics are making their way into human brains at…

Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s goal in Kiev was to derail efforts to resolve the conflict, Aleksandr Dubinsky has claimed The purpose of UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s recent visit to Kiev was…

The US president intends to keep fewer than 300 employees out of more than 10,000 at the agency, sources have told Reuters The largest US government workers’ union and an association of…

A new contingent of 144 Kenyan officers has arrived in Port-au-Prince to support a UN-backed mission A group of 144 Kenyan police officers arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to reinforce the UN-backed Multinational…

Aleksandar Vulin’s socialist party first floated the draft legislation last year Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin has vowed to keep pushing for a law which would brand foreign-funded NGOs as ‘foreign…

Anton Kobyakov believes that cooperation within the “framework of business events” will boost relations between Moscow and the continent Russia is actively developing partnerships with African countries and this remains a top…

The president’s offensive against America’s ‘state within a state’ marks the end of an era Over the decades, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has evolved into a “state within…

Here’s What To Know About US Withdrawal From The WHO Authored by Savannah Hulsey Pointer via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), On the first day in office of his second term, President…

Decades-Long Chinese Influence In Panama Begins To Unravel Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), About 10 years ago, Louis Sola’s family maritime business was given a concession…

The NCAA has praised President Trump for issuing a national standard in an executive order this week The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), which oversees student athletics in the US, has revised…

Ukraine Launches New Offensive In Kursk, Marks 6 Months Of Holding Russian Territory Ukraine launched a fresh offensive on Russian territory in the Kursk region, Russia’s military confirmed Thursday, which marks six…

Earlier Azerbaijan also took similar steps against the cultural institution France has frozen the bank accounts of the Russian House cultural center in Paris, effectively blocking its operations, Russian Ambassador Aleksey Meshkov…

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 women are suspected of plotting terrorist attacks against high-ranking Russian officers and the country’s energy infrastructure, the agency has said Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has said that its operatives have…

The flagship event will run from February 20 to 21 and focus on “New Materials and Chemistry” Moscow is set to bring together top minds in science and business at its “unique” annual…

USAID Is A Premier Weapon Of US Hybrid Warfare In The Southern Hemisphere Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Here’s the full interview that I gave to Sputnik Brasil about USAID, excerpts…

US “De Minimis” Exemption (Was) One Of The Highest In The World As a part of the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration Saturday on Canada, Mexico and China, so-called “de minimis”…

FBI Turned Blind Eye While Its Informant Stole $190K From Jan. 6 Protestor: Court Filing Authored by Ken Silva via Headline USA, A bombshell court filing alleges that an FBI informant stole…

Rubio To Skip G20 In Protest Against South Africa’s DEI And Climate Policies Authored by Andrew Thornebrooke via The Epoch Times, Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend the G20 in…

Former UPenn Athletes Sue To Expunge Trans Swimmer Lia Thomas’ Records Three former swimmers for the University of Pennsylvania have sued the Ivy League college to expunge the records of transgender athlete…

Bovard: Forty Years Bashing The National Endowment For Democracy Authored by Jim Bovard via The Libertarian Institute, At the start of this week Elon Musk posted on X: Those who know, please reply to…

Tomorrow’s Jobs Report Will Finally Capture The Surge In Illegal Aliens, Lead To Another Big Negative Payrolls Revision Remember last August when the Biden admin finally admitted it had been rigging the…

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was designated as a target by CIA/USAID revolution efforts for his nationalist mindset and opposition to the global agenda of the European Commission.  Orban is also a…

Former USAID Administrator Samantha Power, the architect of the “Responsibility to Protect” doctrine (R2P) traveled to CBS HQ in New York for a late-night television appearance with Stephen Colbert.   The purpose of…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is following an excellent political strategy to position for 2028, and We The People are likely to benefit from it. Rubio, Vance and DeSantis will be the…

Earlier this morning, President Donald Trump delivered remarks at the annual National Prayer Breakfast.  Video Below: . President Trump hits on a variety of subjects during his speech, including the unfolding USAID…

Border Czar “Expects” Kinetic Warfare Between US Troops & Mexican Drug Cartels Trump administration Border Czar Tom Homan told ABC News in an exclusive interview that he anticipates a potential kinetic engagement…

U.S Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appears for an interview with Bloomberg, to set the record straight.  Bessent says Elon Musk and his DOGE government efficiency team are not “tinkering” with any federal…

CDC Confirms Webpages Removed To Comply With Trump’s DEI Executive Orders Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A spokesperson for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

DOJ Sues Chicago, The Entire State Of Illinois, And Local Officials Over ‘Sanctuary City’ Laws It’s no secret that Chicago has forsaken its own low-income residents to virtue signal as a so-called…

Is ATF Using AI-Powered Facial Recognition To ID Gun Owners? Submitted by Gun Owners of America, Several reports now indicate that ATF has access to and utilizes facial recognition technology to identify…

Self-Deportations And Plummeting Crossings – How New Border Policies Impact Arizona Authored by Allan Stein via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls said that border crossings near his city…

Trump Nukes All Govt-MSM Contracts After Politico Firestorm, Will Axe 97% Of USAID Staff In light of the firestorm over tens of millions of dollars going from the US government to various…

Washington is punishing the Hague-based court for its charges against Israeli political leaders US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) for investigating…

A proposed bill in Congress would prohibit the Chinese AI app on government devices over security concerns US lawmakers in the House of Representatives have introduced legislation on Thursday aiming to ban…

DoD-Contracted Spy Plane Crashes In Philippines The US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) announced on X that a spy plane contracted by the Department of Defense crashed in a rural area of Maguindanao del…

Why Mass Deportations Are Necessary And How To Keep Illegals From Coming Back Authored By Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us For months before and after Donald Trump’s election win there was an army…

VDH: Are Trump’s Tariffs Really Tariffs? Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Hysteria has erupted here and abroad over President Trump’s threats to level trade tariffs against particular countries. Both…

Amazon Earnings Preview: “The Cleanest Mag7 Name To Own” Unlike GOOGL and AAPL, Amazon is a name which according to UBS investors are more active in, particularly as fears around operating margin…

Moscow is seeking only a lasting solution to resolve the crisis for good, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said Russia will not accept a “temporary ceasefire” as a solution for…

Amazon Reverses 7% After Hours Plunge Despite Cloud Miss, Ugly Guidance Ahead of Amazon’s earnings, UBS said that the online retailer is the “cleanest Mag7 name to own”, although in retrospect it…

10 Days That Shook The World Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), In 1917, American journalist Jack Reed, a naive but talented communist ideologue with a blue-blood…

Tesla Sales Fell 59% In Germany In January, As EV Sales Across Europe Whipsawed Sales of Tesla fell in Europe to start the year, falling 59% in Germany in January, as reported…

Tehran’s nuclear ambitions remain a threat, according to the Israeli prime minister Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Iran “probably” could have made a nuclear weapon ten years ago if the…

An Israeli operation last September targeted hundreds of electronic devices used by Hezbollah, killing scores of militants as well as civilians An Israeli official has confirmed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented…

Shares Of Tungsten Miner Erupt After China Chokes Supply; CEO Says Customers In “State Of Disbelief” The Trump administration’s additional 10% tariffs on all Chinese imports took effect Tuesday, prompting Beijing to fire…

Help your allies destroy a place, then swoop in to rebuild, but first kick out all the locals and annex the land – that seems to be the idea What could Donald…

The president’s proposal to take over Gaza amounts to ethnic cleansing, according to Democratic Representative Al Green Democratic US Congressman Al Green has announced his intention to file articles of impeachment against…

The Ukrainian leader says Washington continues to send arms despite President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend foreign assistance Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has acknowledged that his country is unlikely to hold out…

The chances of Kiev getting nukes are “somewhere between slim and none,” Keith Kellogg has said US President Donald Trump’s envoy to Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, has brushed aside Kiev’s demand…

Trade Wars Bring Pain… And Opportunity Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, It’s game on for the trade wars. After months of threatening tariffs on U.S. trading partners during his 2024 presidential…

Civil rights groups have raised concerns about the potential impact on freedom of expression Australia enacted legislation on Thursday imposing mandatory sentences of at least one year in prison for individuals who…

Trump Media Files For ‘Truth․Fi Bitcoin Plus ETF’ Authored by Sam Bourgi via CoinTelegraph.com, Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) intends to launch exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and separately managed accounts (SMAs) tied…

Treasury Targets Iran’s Oil Network In New Sanctions As Trump Stuns By Talking Deal President Donald Trump has been notoriously hawkish on Iran, as have some of his top national security officials,…

Too Many Politico Subscriptions? There’s An App For That By Open The Books The federal government has spent $44.2 million on subscriptions to political news site POLITICO since 2017. That includes dozens…

Defeating Hamas is Israel’s responsibility, the country’s prime minister has insisted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed claims that US President Donald Trump suggested deploying American troops to Gaza. On Tuesday…

The White House has canceled government subscriptions to Politico amid state funding accusations Billions of dollars have been stolen at USAID and used to pay for positive media coverage of Democrats, US…

Speaking in parliament, Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar said New Dehi will make sure nationals who are being repatriated are not “mistreated” India’s Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has addressed reports of…

What should African countries expect from the new US administration? Looking at the over 200 executive orders US President Donald Trump signed on his first day back in office, you can see…

White House Softens Aspects Of Gaza ‘Takeover’ – Emphasizes No Boots On The Ground Israel announced Thursday it has begun preparations for the departure of large numbers of Palestinians from the Gaza…

Bessent-ing The Facts Of Life By Michael Every of Rabobank As the whirlwind of the US political, geopolitical, and geoeconomic (counter?) revolution plays out, it’s getting harder for even the most committed…

100,000 Eggs Stolen As Pennsylvania Police Try To Crack Case Pennsylvania State Police are investigating an egg heist in Greencastle, about 65 miles southwest of Harrisburg, over the weekend. The very thought…

Zelensky Demands NATO Give Ukraine Nukes Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, During an interview with Piers Morgan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested that NATO countries should supply his nation with nuclear weapons…

Initial Jobless Claims Tick Higher Off Multi-Decade Lows Initial jobless claims rose very marginally off near multi-decade lows last week (from 208k to 219k) and slightly higher than the 213k expected… Source:…

Futures Fluctuate Amid Disappointing Earnings As Dollar, Yields Rise US equity futures are slightly higher despite heavyweights such as including Ford and Qualcomm slumping in premarket trading after disappointing earnings while tech…

The detained suspect told Russian investigators he had killed a man by shooting him in the back A Ukrainian soldier has admitted to killing a civilian in Russia’s Kursk Region under orders…

Judge Blocks Trump’s Order To Transfer Men Who Identify As Women To Male Prisons Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, A judge this week temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive…

Roblox Shares Plunge On Active Users Miss As Growth Scare Emerges Roblox Corporation reported daily active user data that fell short of analyst estimates tracked by Bloomberg, raising concerns over the platform’s…

Pound Tumbles After Bank of England Cuts Rates While Warning Of Mounting Stagflation; Two Officials Vote For Bigger Cut While the Fed engages in navel-gazing how much Trump’s tariffs will raise inflation…

Defense Minister Israel Katz has suggested that countries critical of military action in Gaza should offer refuge to people leaving the enclave Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has instructed the Israel Defense…

Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal chief has accused Prime Minister Donald Tusk of attempting a coup d’état and has announced legal action Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has been charged with attempting a coup…

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has responded to remarks David Lammy made during a visit to Kiev on Wednesday Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has ridiculed British Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s…

The US secretary of state says he will not waste taxpayer money or “coddle anti-Americanism” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said he will not attend a meeting of the G20…

The US president has ordered to ensure that “males are not detained in women’s prisons” A US judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from transferring transgender inmates to men’s prisons and…

India’s PM is planning to meet the founder of Tesla and Starlink in an effort to attract additional investment  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to meet Elon Musk during his…

BlackRock To Launch Bitcoin ETP In Europe Authored by Alex O’Donnell via CoinTelegraph.com, BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is preparing to launch a Bitcoin exchange-traded product (ETP) in Europe, according to…