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Waste Of The Day: Senate Furniture Is Missing Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Topline: Over the last decade, more than half the Senate office furniture purchased have some unanswered question attached…

Francois Bayrou is urging the public to accept his sweeping budget cut plan French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou is urging the public to back his drastic public spending cuts, warning that the…

With the US deploying intermediate-range systems in Europe and Asia, Russia says it’s done waiting – and begins reshaping its own arsenal On August 4, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Moscow…

Top US officials have been ordered to testify in an oversight probe involving late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein The US House panel investigating the Jeffrey Epstein case has subpoenaed former President…

How Moldova turned a regional mandate into a prison sentence – all in the name of ‘European values’ On August 5, 2025, the drawn-out political struggle between Moldova’s central authorities and the…

Changes in currency exchange rates have discouraged American and Chinese travelers from spending, the paper writes Luxury brands have reported declining sales in Europe and Japan as American and Chinese tourists, once…

The US President has claimed he rejected an offer of zero tariffs from the South Asian nation over its purchases of Russian oil US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he…

Clintons Subpoenaed By House Amid Probe Of Epstein’s ‘Horrific Crimes’ The House Oversight Committee has issued subpoenas for former President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Clinton as part of the probe’s investigation into…

The Fed Says It Is “Data-Driven”… But The Data Isn’t Any Good Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, It’s been a big week for “the data.” At Wednesday’s FOMC press…

Swiss President Rushes To Washington In Last Ditch Attempt To Appease Trump And Lower 39% Tariff Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter (yes, president Karin) and her economy minister Guy Parmelin scrambled to fly…

Rep. Ramirez Under Fire After Declaring “I’m A Proud Guatemalan Before I’m An American” Authored by Jonathan Turley, Democrat Rep. Delia Ramirez (D., Ill.) is locked into a fierce fight with the…

“Russia’s Economy Stinks”: Drop In Energy Prices Will Make Putin “Stop Killing People”, Trump Says “If energy goes down enough, Putin is going to stop killing people,” President Trump said in a…

Ugly, Tailing 3Y Auction Sees Worst Foreign Demand Since 2023 One week after the Treasury’s refunding announcement unveiled no major changes to the coupon auction schedule for the next few months, instead…

Evgenia Gutsul, the head of Gagauzia, has condemned her seven-year prison sentence as a politically motivated crackdown and a “blow to democracy” Jailed Moldovan regional opposition leader Evgenia Gutsul, the head of…

The New Governor By Rabobank The 10 year US treasury yield fell back yesterday afternoon, after a modest rebound earlier in the day after Friday’s plunge due to the downward revisions to…

The Aalborg Zoo has sparked backlash after inviting owners to donate their healthy animals for feed A zoo in northern Denmark has sparked public outrage by encouraging people to donate their unwanted…

After Initial Frenzy, American Eagle Store Traffic Drops Amid Sydney Sweeney Backlash American Eagle’s sexually charged ad campaign featuring “Sydney Sweeney has great jeans” has triggered outrage among liberals across the Western world, furious…

President Donald Trump called in to CNBC for a discussion of current events and factors impacting the economy. It is a lengthy interview and there’s a very interesting part at 23:07 when…

President Trump was reviewing the symmetry of architecture as the plans for the White House ballroom are being finalized.  Apparently, President Trump wants to make sure the details on both wings of…

Boom.  Tick Tock.  The walls are closing in. A very excited Sean Hannity opened his broadcast on Monday night leading off the news by announcing “justice is coming” to those who perpetrated…

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…

Former House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes appeared for an interview with Grant Stinchfield and walks through the timeline of the Russiagate hoax. Within the interview, Devin Nunes makes…

Moscow has slammed the sentencing of regional leader Evgenia Gutsul to seven years in prison on charges of illegally financing a Euroskeptic political party Tuesday’s sentencing of Moldovan regional leader Evgenia Gutsul…

Demands for sovereign states to halt economic ties with Moscow have no legal basis, Dmitry Peskov has said US threats to impose secondary sanctions on Russia’s trading partners are illegal and a…

US Services Surveys Plunge… And Soar In July As Prices Paid Spike Following the significant weakness exhibited by the Manufacturing surveys (and worsening ‘hard’ data), Services data  S&P Global US Services PMI…

Pretoria’s international relations minister says ambassadors are not responsible for trade negotiations South African International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola has said Pretoria’s current lack of an ambassador to the US has not…

Senate GOP Could Bring Down Adam Schiff And Letitia James With LETITIA Act Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, It looks like Senate Republicans aren’t just talking tough on corruption – they’re…

The statue has become the latest victim of Kiev’s drive to erase its Soviet and Russian heritage Ukrainian authorities have dismantled the country’s last statue of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, authorities and…

The move is part of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration, which many warn could hurt the economy The US is launching a pilot program that will require foreign nationals from…

Russia can deploy ground-based intermediate-range missiles wherever it deems necessary, the Kremlin spokesman has said Russia has the right to deploy ground-based intermediate-range missiles “when deemed necessary,” following the collapse of the 1987…

Futures Rise Again Because Why Not Risk is mostly higher again this morning, last Friday’s selloff long forgotten, with equity futures and macro credit opening stronger while the yield curve is bear…

US Trade Deficit Shrinks To 2-Year Lows The US trade deficit narrowed in June to the tightest since September 2023 as companies scaled back on imports after a massive tariff-front-running surge earlier…

UBS Reacts To Palantir Earnings: “No Cracks In The Story” “This is still only the beginning of something much larger and, we believe, even more significant,” Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp wrote…

The Defense Ministry is pushing for early paramilitary education amid struggles to maintain recruitment levels Ukraine is set to introduce a national program of military instruction targeting teenagers as young as 14,…

DOJ Ends 44-Year-Old Race-Based Hiring Decree Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Aug. 4 that it has ended a decree initiated more than…

Trump Administration To Fast-Track Lunar Nuclear Reactor With an eye on beating Russia and China to the punch, the Trump administration is about to announce plans to fast-track the building of a nuclear…

White House Order To Punish Banks That Discriminate Against Conservatives, Crypto Companies The White House is about to unveil a new executive order that would punish big banks who discriminate against conservatives and…

The suspect, who has been charged with high treason, also admitted to spying on army units and coordinating artillery strikes Russian agents have arrested a man accused of plotting to assassinate a…

The High Court immediately suspended the dismissal of Gali Baharav-Miara The Israeli government voted unanimously on Monday to fire Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, who is currently prosecuting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for…

The forum is expected to host over 7,000 international experts tackling various challenges of the modern day In Moscow, registration has begun for participants of the ‘Inventing the Future’ expert forum, which…

The country’s National Oil Corporation says a new deal will allow ExxonMobil to study four offshore blocks for potential hydrocarbon resources ExxonMobil has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Libya’s National…

Fighting has erupted in the town of Bariire as part of ongoing operations to retake territory from an Al-Qaeda-linked insurgent group The African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) has…

Home-Sellers Outnumber Home-Buyers By The Most In Over A Decade Lance Lambert, co-founder and editor of ResiClub, posted on X, highlighting an ongoing and record-breaking trend in the housing market: sellers now…

Mercenaries from over ten countries entered Kursk Region with Kiev’s forces, a senior investigator has said Foreign nationals from over ten countries took part in Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region, according…

New Delhi and Manila have agreed to boost their defense and security cooperation, in addition to focusing on trade India and Philippines announced the establishment of a strategic partnership, following talks between…

“Difficult Quarter”: HIMS Plunges On Weak GLP-1 Sales Hims & Hers Health (HIMS), the telehealth platform known for selling compounded GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, tumbled in premarket trading in New York after missing Wall Street’s revenue…

Donald Trump’s tariffs and immigration policy are pushing the American economy toward a downturn, teh agency’s chief analyst has warned US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and immigration policy are pushing the economy…

The Real Russiagate Scandal Blows Away Watergate For Crimes And Treason By US Establishment Via SCF, So the hoax is finally officially acknowledged. “Russiagate” – the mainstream narrative, that is – is…

Several high-ranking suspects pocketed up to 30% in kickbacks on drone and electronic warfare contracts, anti-corruption watchdogs claim Several senior Ukrainian officials have been detained on suspicion of receiving up to 30%…

It’s a partnership built on pragmatism and a sober understanding of the emerging geopolitical reality After the fall of the Assad regime on December 8, 2024, Syria underwent a sharp shift in…

Brussels is reportedly acting on a media report accusing China of aiding the Russian military, which Beijing has denied The EU is considering imposing sanctions on China over its alleged support for…

Critics have questioned the handling and timing of allegations against Karim Khan after he pursued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders The International Criminal Court’s handling of a sexual misconduct investigation into chief…

Deal Or Collapse: The EU-US Deal Is Positive & The Only Realistic Alternative Authored bv Daniel Lacalle, The agreements the United States has signed with its main trading partners are both positive…

Moscow has long argued that Western sanctions are illegal and counterproductive in resolving the Ukraine conflict Targeting Russia’s partners with sanctions and tariffs is the “obvious next step” in US efforts to…

A Rwandan official has said approved deportees will receive support to rebuild their lives and contribute to the country’s economy Rwanda has agreed to receive migrants deported from the US, Reuters reported…

A new NASA directive seeks to place a nuclear reactor on the Moon before possible attempts by Russia and China The US is accelerating plans to build a nuclear reactor on the…

The head of the autonomous region of Gagauzia, Yevgenia Gutsul, has been sentenced to seven years after being accused of illegally financing the banned Euroskeptic SOR party A Moldovan court has sentenced…

The West’s main goal is to ensure that the country remains independent, Czech leader Petr Pavel has said Ukraine does not have enough strength to retake its former territories in the near…

The Trump administration previously alleged a top-level conspiracy to smear the president as a Moscow stooge US Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered a grand jury to examine the origins of the…

The Secret Payments That Keep Global Ransomware Attacks Going Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Cyber attacks—usually involving ransomware—are making the news almost every day, and experts say artificial…

EU Court Rulings ‘Castrate’ Nations’ Asylum Control, Warns Top German Expert Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has carried out a “migration policy castration of…

Moscow is too focused on Ukraine to attack the US-led military bloc, Andreas Henne has said Russia is committed to the Ukraine conflict and is unlikely to pursue an attack against NATO,…

Russia Abandons Moratorium On Deploying Short & Medium-Range Missiles Russia on Monday made a formal declaration that it considers itself no longer bound by the terms of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF)…

The State Supreme Court has ruled that Jair Bolsonaro violated judicial restrictions in his ongoing coup case Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered the house arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is…

Sakhalin Region has been aiming to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions since 2022 The Russian Far East’s Sakhalin Region has achieved carbon neutrality, reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, Governor Valery Limarenko has…

The Whopping Lie Behind Huge, New Pension Liability Imposed By Springfield On Chicago By Mark Glennon of Wirepoints Which is worse, financial malfeasance or a flagrant lie to justify it?  Take your…

Australian Senate Gags Debate on Bill To Define A Man And Woman Authored by Monica O’Shea via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Labor and the Greens have blocked debate on legislation that…

Plunder Of Ghana’s Gold By Chinese Criminals Continues, Authorities Say Authored by Darren Taylor via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), JOHANNESBURG—Thousands of Chinese citizens remain in Ghana to mine gold illegally, despite…

DOJ To Present Russiagate Hoax To A Grand Jury For Criminal Charges Via Headline USA, Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed that the Justice Department move forward with a probe into the origins of the…

Bolsonaro Placed Under House Arrest By US-Sanctioned Brazilian Supreme Court Head Late Monday there’s been more escalation in the Trump-Brazil standoff over the legal fate of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. The country’s top…

Trump Says Americans Could Get Dividends From Tariff Revenues Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump suggested on Sunday that his administration could distribute dividends from…

Against The “Impossible” Authored by Josiah Lippincott via American Greatness, Earlier this year, I was talking with a prominent libertarian economist on matters of fiscal and monetary policy. I noted that, in…

Trump’s Base Fragments Further As He Demands States Support Israel Or Risk Disaster Relief Reuters reports that President Donald Trump has announced new restrictions barring federal disaster preparedness funds from going to…

Speaking soon after Fox News delivered the breaking story of Pam Bondi assigning a prosecutor to start delivering evidence to a grand jury, attorney Jonathan Turley appears with Will Cain to say…

Hey Canada, Your Failed Wildfire Management Is Poisoning America’s Skies Representative John James, a Republican from Michigan, penned a blistering letter to Canadian leaders, warning their out-of-control wildfires are “poisoning the air…

VDH: Trump’s Unknown Frontiers Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Donald Trump’s far-ranging counter-revolution, to quote the old Star Trek mission statement, seeks “To boldly go where no one has…

China’s Grip On Critical Minerals Disrupts U.S. Defense Supply Chain In 2023, Raytheon CEO Greg Hayes warned that Beijing effectively has the US military’s supply chain by the balls, thanks to America’s reliance…

Huge Drug And Weapons Haul In French Polynesia Echoes Kash Patel’s Warnings Authored by Rex Wilderstrom via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), While countering Beijing’s influence in the Pacific was chief among…

District Attorney’s Office Announces Largest Gun Trafficking Case In County History Authored by Oliver Mantyk via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), On Aug. 1, District Attorney David Hoovler gave a press conference…

Tyson Foods Confirms Protein Switching Underway Amid Record High Beef Prices  Mega meatpacker Tyson Foods surged 4% in early New York cash trading after posting a surprise quarterly profit and raising its full-year…

Dead? Or Just ‘Mostly’ Dead? Authored by Madelynn McLaughlin via RealClearPolitics, Until recently, anyone who believed there was anything fishy about the U.S. organ donation system was labeled a conspiracy theorist. Yet…

Eric And Donald Trump Jr. To Help Launch New U.S. Manufacturing SPAC Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump are spearheading New America Acquisition I Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) targeting…

On Sunday President Trump remarked that emissary Steve Witkoff was likely to travel to Russia this week, presumably at the request of Kremlin officials.  Earlier President Trump shortened the deadline for Russia to…

CIA Director John Ratcliffe appears on Fox News with Trey Gowdy to discuss the latest batch of declassified documents that underpin the “Russia Collusion Hoax.”  Director Ratcliffe notes what the Durham Annex…

As a sidenote, a few days ago it was reported that AG Pam Bondi was “blindsided” with the criminal referral from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.  The narrative was essentially that…

Interestingly, yesterday I posited some random thoughts about accountability on Teh Twitter, noting that a few dozen random accounts know more about Russiagate individually than any person who has ever sat in…

President Donald Trump is actually doing something almost all presidents’ have failed to do, reduce the size and scale of the federal government. The Washington Post is very concerned about the economic…

A third of the bombs used by West Jerusalem in Gaza are made in Europe, the former EU top diplomat has said The EU can be seen as complicit in the Israeli…

Suspicious Minds Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “It was a coup, and I’m using that term literally … One egregious felony after another.” – Stephen Miller America is tired of being driven…

Kiev’s agents use the messengers to spread misinformation and identify targets, RT has learned Ukrainian intelligence agencies are actively using messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram against Russia, RT has learned. Kiev’s…

Russian Nuclear Submarine Base Damaged By Tsunami, Satellite Images Reveal Last week’s widely reported underwater earthquake off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula (on July 30) resulted in a tsunami which appears…

The Israeli prime minister has reportedly told his cabinet he will fully occupy the enclave, despite concerns it may endanger hostages held by Hamas Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told ministers…

The US and the EU do far more business with Moscow, New Delhi has said India has hit back at US and EU criticism over its oil trade with Russia, saying Western…

Netanyahu Has Reportedly Opted For Permanent Military Occupation Of Gaza Israel’s Channel 12 broadcaster is reporting that the Israeli government has made the decision to occupy the Gaza Strip on a permanent…

Don’t Overlook Hillary Clinton Authored by Kenin Spivak via RealClearPolitics, Before Barack Obama’s CIA Director John Brennan and 50 other intelligence analysts deceived Americans in the run-up to the 2020 election by…

Tom Lee’s BitMine Holdings Top $3 Billion In Largest Global Ethereum Treasury Strategy Aside from Friday’s sudden net outflow, the month of Ethereum’s tenth anniversary was celebrated by an almost unstoppable wave…

EPA’s Lee Zeldin Defends Proposal To Repeal Climate Regulation Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin on Sunday defended plans to repeal…

Staff shortages and lower salary expectations have reportedly been reshaping hiring trends, according to official statistics For the first time in five years, women in Russia are finding jobs faster than men,…