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Futures Jump On Trump AI Push, Netflix Earnings; China Slumps On Tariff Threat US equity futures are higher to start the third day of Trump’s presidency – and not too far from…

The Second Era Of Trump Begins Authored by Philip Wegmann via RealClearPolitics, Under the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Donald Trump was again inaugurated, this time as the 47th president of the…

Brussels and London have reportedly devised “an arsenal of weapons” to respond to the new US president’s policies on trade and Ukraine The European Union and the United Kingdom are well prepared…

You Can Believe The Math Or The Politicians, But Not Both By Mitchell Vexler, President Mockingbird Properties  Although it sounds tough, yet often stated by me, is that I don’t give a…

Jacob Zuma has praised the bloc as a tool for reshaping global systems and reducing dependence on the West Former South African President Jacob Zuma has expressed strong support for the expansion…

The chancellor has pushed back against critics who accuse him of blocking a €3 billion assistance package for Kiev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has accused his critics of deceiving voters about a…

Walmart Remains Discount Juggernaut In Price War Among Supermarkets Cash-strapped consumers are increasingly turning to Walmart for the best grocery deals. Even wealthier consumers are trading down from Whole Foods and other…

Russian news outlets have reported that a drunken argument about US politics led to vandalism in a capital eatery A US citizen was reportedly detained in Moscow on Monday following a heated…

Pedro Sanchez has accused tech elites of undermining democracy Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called for action against the growing influence of US-based tech billionaires who he described as a tech…

Slovakia’s Robert Fico has claimed his political rivals are preparing a Ukraine-style coup with help from abroad Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has accused the opposition of preparing a ‘Maidan’ in the…

Iran’s Energy Crisis Authored by Brenda Shaffer & Dalga Khatinoglu via RealClearEnergy, Iran is experiencing a systemic energy crisis. While many times in the past, Iran has had gas shortages or refined…

The World Has Passed ‘Peak Child’ In the 1970s, the concept of peak oil gained societal traction during years of skyrocketing gasoline costs and a pivotal energy crisis. The theory was simple yet captivating:…

The initiative will ensure US dominance in the sector and create 100,000 jobs, the president has claimed US President Donald Trump has announced the launch of a new initiative set to invest…

Traditional governance models in Africa are successfully incorporated into the modern sociopolitical life The African continent is made up of diverse cultures, traditions, and governance models. This is particularly evident in Nigeria,…

The Hungarian PM has welcomed the first decrees signed by the new US president reversing policies of the previous administration Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has endorsed the executive orders signed by…

Ocean Rates Could Fall As Houthis Say They Will End Red Sea Attacks By Stuart Chirls of FreightWaves Yemen’s Houthi rebels said they will cease attacks on Israel and on merchant shipping…

Vaccine-Injured Tell UK COVID Inquiry They Are “An Uncomfortable Truth” Authored by Rachel Roberts via The Epoch Times, Family members of those harmed by vaccines told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry they were…

The Russian president has reciprocated the move by inviting Xi Jinping to the celebrations in Moscow on May 9 Chinese President Xi Jinping has invited his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to celebrations…

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Vladimir Putin discussed the Israel-Hamas truce, Syria, and collaborations like El Dabaa nuclear plant Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has held discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin by…

Did Trump Just Drop Some Hints About His Peace Plan? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Trump said a few words about Russia shortly after his reinauguration while signing Executive Orders in…

Authorities are investigating after 17 people died in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir A remote village in the Rajouri district of India’s Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has been hit by…

Washington will also be looking into the possibility of sending additional weapons to Kiev, the US president has said US President Donald Trump has said that Washington could impose more sanctions on…

Will we see a new era of hegemony or the same old playbook? The idea of inflicting “strategic defeats” on Russia has been a cornerstone of US policy for a long time….

Chinese Population Keeps On Shrinking The National Statistics Bureau of China has released the latest population figures which show that the Chinese population has shrunk for the third time in a row after decades of growth….

UPDATE: video added According to leaked media reports [CBS HERE] President Trump is going to unveil a private sector launch of $500 billion to create data processing centers for a national Artificial…

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…

Do you remember those ridiculous media interviews with General Norman Schwarzkopf as U.S troops were preparing to liberate Kuwait from the invasion by Iraq? The media asking Schwarzkopf repeatedly, “where are our…

Fewer troops would amount to “nothing,” Kiev’s leader has reportedly said Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has reportedly urged European nations to deploy at least 200,000 troops in his country to enforce a…

Lindsay Mills has lived in the country for over a decade, since joining her NSA whistleblower husband, who fled the US Lindsay Mills, the wife of former US National Security Agency (NSA)…

Why More Americans Are Turning To Holistic Health Care Authored by Maggie Miller via RealClearWire, A significant shift is underway in American healthcare as more people embrace alternative therapies that focus on…

The US ‘Was’ The Largest Contributor To The WHO Four and a half years after Donald Trump’s first attempt of withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization, which was undone…

Direction Of Global Crises To Depend On Trump’s Next Steps, Russia’s Lavrov Says Authored by Adam Morrow via The Epoch Times, The outcome of several international crises will depend on decisions made…

ACLU Sues Trump Over Order Ending Birthright Citizenship Groups sued President Donald Trump and his administration on Jan. 20 over his order ending birthright citizenship for certain individuals born in the United…

2025: The Year The Global Order Unravels Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, World War 3 is already well underway, even though most don’t recognize it… Russia, China, and their allies want…

Doing away with cheap fossil fuel deliveries from Moscow has come at a price, Ursula von der Leyen has said Energy prices have skyrocketed across the EU due to the disruption of…

All Federal DEI Offices To Be Closed By Wednesday EOD, Workers Placed On Paid Leave: White House The Trump Administration’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has notified the heads of all federal…

As US Cattle Ranchers Go Out Of Business, One Family Found A Way To Survive Authored by Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), At a time when thousands of America’s…

Alinsky 101: NBC Runs Hegseth Hit Piece Despite Ex-Wife Debunking Accusation Just in time for Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, his brother’s ex-wife, Danielle Hegseth, came out with a wild, Kavanaugh-esque claim that…

The 47th US president wants to end the conflict quickly but not with Ukraine’s complete defeat, Dmitry Suslov told RT US President Donald Trump will try to make good on his promise…

US Racing Against Time To Reclaim Supply Chain From China: Former Commerce Official Authored by Terri Wu and Jan Jekielek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A former Department of Commerce official…

Major US Firms Demand Suppliers Embrace “China + 1” Factory Strategy The Covid pandemic sparked a wave of global trade uncertainty, prompting US companies to reevaluate their complex supply chains centered in…

The Sky Is Falling Authored by Jeff Thomas via InternationalMan.com, Governments are in the flimflam business. Pared down to the bare essentials, governments can be very useful in passing and enforcing a…

Elise Stefanik Will Deliver On President Trump’s America First Agenda At The UN Authored by Jim Banks via RealClearDefense, For four years, we have seen the consequences of weak leadership in the…

Was Biden China’s Manchurian Candidate The Entire Time? “Was Biden China’s Manchurian candidate the entire time?” David Asher, an expert on illicit financing who previously worked at the US Defense and State Departments,…

2025 SitRep: Cleaning Up Biden’s Mess Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, Yesterday Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States. This marks a major turning point…

Netflix Erupts To All Time High On Blowout Earnings, Record New Subs, Price Hike And New $15 Billion Buyback As we wrote in our preview note, it would take a lot to…

Copenhagen has dismissed the reports in Russian media as “misinformation” Denmark has denied a report in Russian media that its F-16 instructor was killed by a Russian missile strike in Ukraine.  Over…

Davos Shocker: Countries Around The World Eyeing Bitcoin Strategic Reserves Thanks To Trump In a development once deemed unimaginable, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong revealed on Tuesday that finance ministers attending the 2025…

Correcting Progressive Errors About Why Trump Won Authored by Peter Berkowitz via RealClearPolitics, Today, in defiance of mighty odds, Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, took the oath of…

Grand Theft Auto VI Priced At $100? This Gaming Analyst Believes So A gaming industry analyst penned a lengthy 200+ slide presentation about the state of the US video gaming industry for 2025.  Epyllion…

Kiev needs to stop being “aggressive and hostile,” Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has said Ukraine must show some “respect” to Hungary and Slovakia, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said, arguing that…

Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has raised concerns over US commitment to Europe and urged stronger EU defense efforts Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has said that the United States does not prioritize Europe as a…

Right-wing candidate Calin Georgescu has taken the lead in opinion polls ahead of new presidential elections in Romania Calin Georgescu, the right-wing frontrunner in November’s first round of Romania’s presidential election that…

Trump Will Unveil ‘Stargate’ AI Initiative With OpenAI, SoftBank, & Oracle, Targeting $500 Billion Investment Shares of US-based technology company Oracle surged as much as 6.5% in late-afternoon trading following a CBS…

The Russian and Chinese leaders talked about Moscow’s potential engagement with the US in light of Donald Trump’s second term Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday discussed…

The new US Secretary of State claimed both Russia and Ukraine will have to concede “something” for peace US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that US President Donald Trump will…

A 19-year-old in Wisconsin reportedly set fire to a strip mall housing congressman Glenn Grothman’s office during app’s brief ban A teenager in the US state of Wisconsin was arrested early on…

Will Trump Succeed In Overcoming ‘The Deep State’: Putin’s Senior Aide Patrushev Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The outcome of Trump’s continued struggle with the “deep state” will reverberate across the…

18,000 Unionized Costco Workers Prepare To Strike After Vote Passes In the past, the name Costco has been synonymous with high employee morale and quality of life. The company has been revered…

ZeroHedge To Host Top Wall Street Strategists In 1H Outlook Debate How are you positioned for 2025? Entering a new year and new era of ZeroHedge Debates, we’re hosting top strategists (institutional…

The unipolar world order is not being dismantled by what’s happening inside its center Asking a lot of other people about what they think may be interesting. But the real fun starts…

Are Return Expectations For 2025 Too High? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In a recent post, I discussed Wall Street’s return estimates for 2025 for the S&P 500 index. To wit: “We…

The new campaign comes just days after West Jerusalem reached a ceasefire agreement with the Hamas group in Gaza Israel has launched a new “large-scale and significant” military operation in the West…

Head Of IDF Resigns Over Oct. 7 Failures As Opposition Leaders Call On Netanyahu To Step Down The head of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi has resigned and…

“YOU’RE FIRED!”: Trump Boots 4 High-Profile Biden Appointees Including Mark Milley President Trump fired four high-profile presidential appointees just after midnight Tuesday, including Gen. Mark Milley, and Biden’s top envoy to Iran,…

Last week Florida Judge Aileen Cannon outlined her skepticism about the motive and timing of the Biden-Garland DOJ seeking approval to send congressional representatives a volume II report outlining the Jack Smith…

Moscow has not received any formal proposal from Washington for a chat between the two nations’ leaders, according to Yuri Ushakov Russia has not been contacted by the White House on the…

The Belarusian leader said the US President shouldn’t have spent half of his inauguration speech belittling his predecessor Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he was disappointed with one aspect of US President…

Four Lawsuits Targeting DOGE Already Filed While Musk Watched Inauguration Authored by Shawn Musgrave via TheIntercept.com, In less than 30 minutes on Monday, Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency…

Trump Suspends Foreign Assistance For 90 Days President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on Monday suspending all US foreign assistance programs for 90 days while his staff reviews whether they…

While President Trump was signing executive orders, the Senate voted 99-0 to confirm Marco Rubio as Secretary of State.  Not a single senator voted against Rubio. Today, Vice-President JD Vance conducted the…

The White House YouTube Video Channel is back in operation – SEE HERE Who’s Ready for Day Two? . Posted in 2025 – Term 2, President Trump, Press Secretary – Trump The…

The slew of executive orders is intended to stop the ongoing “invasion” of the US, according to the president Newly-inaugurated US President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders on Monday…

People have asked why we focus so much sunlight and attention toward the network silos that operate the Intelligence Community (IC) and as an outcome the national security focus of government.  The…

Donald Trump has reportedly returned the button to the redecorated room in the White House US President Donald Trump has returned a special Diet Coke button to his desk in the Oval…

The Eagle has landed. Harden up! . President Donald Trump has fired multiple damaging XO’s directly into the heart of the beast. Now the waves of administration officials begin the arduous task…

An Overview Of Trump’s Day One Executive Actions Authored by Nathan Worcester, Jacob Burg, John Haughey, Darlene McCormick Sanchez, Ryan Morgan, Savannah Hulsey Pointer, and Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, President…

Apple Slides After Jefferies Cuts Rating, China iPhones Sales Plunge In Holiday Quarter Apple shares traded lower in premarket trading in New York after Jefferies downgraded the world’s most valuable company from…

Druckenmiller Declares: U.S. Going From ‘The Most Anti-Business Administration In History To The Opposite’ Duquesne Family Office Chairman Stanley Druckenmiller stated Monday that “animal spirits” have returned to the market, fueled by…

The newly-inaugurated president is serious about bringing back the glory days and risks leaving Washington’s allies in the dust It’s shock and awe time for Uncle Sam’s allies in the clown car…

The Ukrainian leader failed to use their interview to signal a willingness to pursue peace talks, the podcaster has said Soviet-born computer scientist and podcaster Lex Fridman has rebuked Ukrainian leader Vladimir…

Such steps are only possible if Washington shows a desire to cooperate, Leonid Slutsky has said The Russian State Duma is ready to reboot ties with the US Congress and establish a…

The US president had initiated the exit during his first term, a move later reversed by Joe Biden President Donald Trump has announced that the US will exit the World Health Organization…

No White Men Allowed In Bally’s Chicago Casino Share Offering Promoted By City Officials By Mark Glennon of Wirepoints Bally’s, the big casino operator, is selling shares only to women and minorities in…

The tech tycoon says his detractors “need better dirty tricks” amid a furore over his gesture at Donald Trump’s inauguration Billionaire Elon Musk, a close ally of US President Donald Trump, has…

Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar, representing the prime minister, presented a letter to the US president, inviting him to India Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sent a letter to US President Donald…

Kash Patel has been nominated to the position of FBI Director.  Patel’s nomination is strongly opposed by a full spectrum of Senate UniParty members; however, many of those same senators are fearful…

Over 50 people have also been injured in the fire at a hotel in the country’s Bolu province A fire at a ski resort hotel in northwestern Turkey has killed at least…

Karoline Leavitt begins today as White House Press Secretary; however, as she noted this morning we will not be hearing from her today because President Trump will be speaking again directly to…

The executive order signed on Monday aims to ‘honor American greatness’ US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order renaming Mount Denali, the tallest mountain in the US, and the Gulf…

Ross Ulbricht Pardon Odds Soar On Polymarket After Musk’s Comments “Ross will be freed too.” Those five words, posted by Elon Musk to his X account, sent the odds of a pardon…

“A Fork In The Road Of Human Civilization” – Trump Caps Political Comeback, Fulfills Day One Promises President Donald Trump wrapped up the greatest political comeback in modern American history on Jan….

Orsted Shares Plunge Amid “Surprise” Impairment News & Trump’s Offshore Wind Lease Halt  Europe’s wind energy and renewable companies were pressured after President Trump signed an executive order on Monday to halt US offshore wind lease sales…

The US president has signed two executive orders reversing protections for transgender rights and diversity, equity, and inclusion programs The decades-long US promotion of the diversity and inclusion agenda should be investigated…

The official, who has in the past reportedly called war veterans a threat, allegedly profited illegally amid mobilization efforts The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has accused a senior military psychologist of…

The leftist media are calling this “revenge,” however, in reality it is more akin to modest accountability given the nature of the conduct and motive behind it. President Trump issued an executive…

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump attend the Commander in Chief Ball in Washington DC with phenomenal enthusiasm. After a short celebratory dance and introductions with the Vice President and…

Stone cold and deliberate.  President Trump deliberately and with great intent, signed a massive number of pre-planned, organized, legally structured and laser focused executive orders while holding a press availability in the…

Like many of you I am absorbing the shock and awe evident in the planning of President Trump’s first day after his swearing in.  Sometimes there is just so much news from…