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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…

At Least 40,000 Fed Workers Accept ‘DOGE Buyout’ As Deadline Looms Tonight Thursday marked the final day for federal employees to accept the Trump administration’s offer of eight months of pay and benefits in…

Americans Are The Most-Scammed People In The World Several criminal groups, predominantly originating from China, have set up cyber centers focused on online gambling and fraud operations in Southeast Asia, according to the Council on Foreign…

No other legal tender can challenge the greenback’s reserve currency status, Scott Bessent has claimed The BRICS nations will not be able to find a replacement for the US dollar even if…

Madaraka Nyerere has highlighted the need for comprehensive peace efforts in the region The unilateral ceasefire declared by the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) opens a…

The West has caught the continent in a neocolonial trap – it needs new partners Africa’s tragic plight serves as a grim reminder of what happens when geography and history conspire against…

Kiev’s forces have mounted a new offensive in the area, deploying dozens of armored vehicles The Ukrainian military launched a major attack in Kursk Region on Tuesday, targeting Russian positions to the…

A Russian recon team destroyed the remotely-controlled craft, according to the Defense Ministry The Russian Defense Ministry has released footage purporting to show the successful interception of a Ukrainian naval kamikaze drone…

US President Donald Trump recently proposed the temporary eviction of Palestinians from the region The Israeli government has unveiled plans to persuade Palestinians to leave Gaza and force countries in Europe that…

What Is Really Destroying Europe? The EU… Authored by Drieu Godefridi via The Gatestone Institute, The founding idea of the European Union was to build, through shared prosperity, solidarity and a sense of shared…

Discrimination against Russian journalists triggered the retaliatory move, the Foreign Ministry has said Moscow’s decision to ban French journalist Benjamin Quenelle from entering the country was not personal, but a response to…

NFL To Remove “End Racism” End-Zone Message For Super Bowl The National Football League (NFL) announced on Feb. 4 that it will remove the message “End Racism” from its end zones for…

West Jerusalem’s claim it has quit the UN Human Rights Council is incorrect, as it is not a member, a UNHRC spokesman has clarified Israel is not currently a member of the…

More than 500 non-detained people from the US-sanctioned African country are said to be on the list of people awaiting expulsion Zimbabwe’s leader Emmerson Mnangagwa has backed American President Donald Trump’s decision to…

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 fact that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was a sub-silo for the CIA is not a new revelation.  In fact, this website and several others have been deep…

Earlier today President Trump held an event at the White House where he signed an executive order banning men from participating in Women’s sports. [Executive Order Here] Prior to the signing, President…

Moscow is open to dialogue on the Ukraine conflict but Washington should make the first step in restoring relations, Sergey Ryabkov has said Russia is ready to negotiate the settlement of the…

Yolande Makolo has said Kigali wants a political solution amid tensions with Kinshasa Rwanda remains steadfast in its pursuit of peace and a sustainable resolution to the ongoing conflict in the neighboring…

European officials pushed Kiev to attack and falsely claimed that Russia would collapse, Bulgaria’s Rumen Radev has said Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has accused EU leaders of pushing unrealistic policies related to…

The president has picked the former head of a satellite communications project to lead Roscosmos Russian President Vladimir Putin has replaced the head of the national space agency, Roscosmos. Two presidential decrees…

“I Have No Skills In Treating Men, Even If They’ve Shaved Their Beards” – French Gynecologist Suspended For Turning Trans-Patient Away Via Remix News, A French doctor in the city of Pau…

Russia Has (By Far) The World’s Largest Icebreaker Fleet Canada, the United States and Finland announced a new trilateral partnership called the “ICE Pact” (or Icebreaker Collaboration Effort) in July, 2024, stating…

President Donald Trump’s Tuesday proposal to take control of the strip envisioned its transformation into the “Riviera of the Middle East” US President Donald Trump will leverage Washington’s partners in the Middle…

FDA Dysfunction Rewards Chinese Black Marketeers At The Expense Of Kids Authored by Michael Chamberlain via RealClearHealth, If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS),…

Donald Trump’s Tuesday proposal to take over the enclave has sparked international scrutiny and criticism US President Donald Trump is a long way off from deploying American soldiers to Gaza, Defense Secretary…

The agreement came in response to a lawsuit accusing the agency of an “unlawful action” by giving private info to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency Lawyers with the US Justice Department…

New Delhi faces the task of managing volatility and maintaining strategic autonomy while Kiev’s quitting a key deal has sent LNG prices soaring The expiration of the Russia-Ukraine gas transit deal on…

The order impacts school and professional sports, enforcing funding cuts for institutions that do not comply with the new rule US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order barring trans women…

“This Is Where The Big Money Fraud Is Happening”: DOGE Dives Into Medicare Payment Malarkey Representatives of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) – who just obtained security clearances, have been…

How ‘Wars Of Choice’ Formed The Worldview Of Trump’s Top NatSec Picks Busy Cleaning Up The Swamp Authored by Kamal Alam via Al Majallah, While the wars in Ukraine and Gaza were…

Saudi Arabia Has Good Reason To Dillydally On Formally Joining BRICS Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Making an official decision either way could disrupt the Kingdom’s careful multi-alignment between the West…

‘Non-Negotiable’: Saudi Arabia Blasts Trump’s Gaza Takeover Plan The international reaction to President Trump’s Tuesday declaration that the US will “take over” the Gaza Strip and that Palestinians would “love to leave”…

OPM Says Federal Unions Are Misinforming Workers About Voluntary Resignation Contracts Authored by Mark Tapscott via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Federal employees considering the buy-out offer initiated by President Donald Trump…

Meet The Pro-Life Activists Set Free By Trump’s Pardons Authored by Sam Dorman & Samantha Flom via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Joan Bell had just finished saying her second group rosary…

The US Justice Department reportedly demanded the agency hand over the names of the “core team” that handled the investigations The FBI has complied with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) demand…

California Attorney General Issues Warning On Trump’s Buyout Offer Authored by Jane Yang via The Epoch Times, California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Feb. 3 warned federal employees in the state about…

SecDef Hegseth Declares Record Army Recruiting Under Trump After Years Of Decline “The US Army is back! Growing future lethal warriors prepared to fight and win our nations wars!”… that’s the latest…

Hypersonic Overhype Authored by Shawn Rostker via RealClearDefense, The United States has been exploring research and development of hypersonic weapons technologies for decades. Historically, such funding has been relatively modest, but in…

FCC’s Brendan Carr Launches Investigation Into Soros-Backed Radio Station That Outed Undercover ICE Agents Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr has launched an investigation into a radio station backed by left-wing…

Trump’s Energy Dominance Agenda Looks Like Texas Authored by Catherine Frazier via RealClearEnergy, As Trump’s energy agenda comes to focus, Texas is already leading the way. In his massive flurry of executive…

The move follows US withdrawal from the UNHRC Israel has pledged to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), hours after the departure of the United States. Israeli Foreign Minister…

Daniel Penny Hired By Andreessen Horowitz After Acquittal In Subway Case Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran acquitted of criminally negligent homicide last year after…

Ford Slides 5% On Tariff Concerns, Warning Profit Could Fall $2 Billion In 2025 In the fourth quarter of 2024, Ford posted a net income of $1.8 billion, or 45 cents per…

First Spy Plane, Now US Navy’s Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier Spotted Off Mexico’s Coast Days after a US Air Force RC-135V/W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft carried out a signals intelligence (SIGINT) operation over…

Trump Effect Is Real: Google Ditches DEI Hiring Targets About a month after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg nuked the social media company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, Google appears to have followed suit. As the…

She Had Sex With 1000 Men For Nothing… Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, An Only Fans thot who banged over 1000 men in the space of 12 hours in an attempt…

The US president has proposed taking control of Gaza and turning it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” US President Donald Trump is “acting as a messenger of God for the…

FCC Chairman Releases Full Transcript Of ‘Spliced’ Kamala Harris 60 Minutes Interview FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on Wednesday released the full transcript of former Vice President Kamala Harris’ interview with ’60 Minutes’…

Daniel Penny has been hired by Andreessen Horowitz as a deal partner on their American Dynamism team A prominent venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, has appointed Daniel Penny as a deal partner…

The following message is the only message on the landing site of USAID.Gov “On Friday, February 7, 2025, at 11:59 pm (EST) all USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative…

Almost a third of those responding to a survey on a dating platform favor the right-wing party, which is known for its harsh stance on immigration The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party…

The ABC and its lawyers have stooped to the low of playing the race card by telling the court on Wednesday (5/2/25) that Antoinette Lattouf has failed to produce any evidence to…

Today at 1:00pm EST, White House Press Secretary Karolina Leavitt will deliver remarks from the Brady Room and answer questions from the assembled press pool.  Livestream Links Below: . . . Posted…

On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump introduced recently confirmed Attorney General Pam Bondi for her swearing-in ceremony in the oval office.  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas administered the oath of office.  WATCH:…

Embraer Inks Largest-Ever Private Jet Order, Shares Soar To 1995 Highs Brazilian planemaker Embraer has signed its largest-ever deal with Flexjet, the second-largest operator of commercial private jets, to supply 182 aircraft…

Trump To Sign Order Barring Men From Women’s Sports Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday calling for the…

US Diplomats Warn Trump That Sending Gazans To Egypt Will Destabilize Sisi Regime Via Middle East Eye Egypt will not be swayed to take in Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, US officials in the region have…

Crypto Regulatory Pivot Accelerates: FDIC Releases 790 Pages Of Letters; SEC Dials Down Oversight, Reassigns Lawyers That’s quite a pivot… The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the regulatory body overseeing banks in…

Under the deal, Moscow would provide nuclear defense to Belarus in case of attack President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday submitted a security treaty with Belarus to the Russian parliament for ratification. The…

Scattered To The Winds: Entire CIA Gets Trump Buyout Offer, USAID Employees Placed On Leave Worldwide With the Trump administration in its third week of its blitzkrieg against the deep state –…

Goldman: DOGE Sparks “Cautious View” On Gov’t IT & Services And Defense Stocks Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) launched a precision strike against the “Deep State” by winding down USAID…