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The Trump-Russia collusion story was always a targeted false smear intended to generate a special counsel and hamstring the surprising winner from the 2016 election, Donald Trump.  The Russia-Collusion narrative was always…

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 superhumans are coming – and so is the danger For the past 500 years, the West has reigned as the world’s dominant civilization. Though its grip has loosened in recent years,…

More than a third would either flee or rely on foreign mercenaries instead of fighting, a CENSIS survey shows Only 16% of Italians are willing to fight for their country in the…

US Revokes Visas For Brazilian Judge, His Allies Over Bolsonaro Prosecution U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced late Friday that he has revoked the visas of Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre…

The Czech president signed an amendment essentially equating communism with Nazism The Czech Republic has amended its criminal code to outlaw the promotion of communism, placing it on par with Nazi ideology….

America’s Armchair Revolutionaries: How The Left Is Rediscovering Marxism As The Ultimate Virtue Signal Authored by Jonathan Turley, During the Cold War, Soviet communists reportedly referred to American liberals as “useful idiots.”…

EPA Slashes 23 Percent Of Its Workforce, Eliminating Scientific Research Arm Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Friday that it will…

Closing Of Epstein Investigation Unpopular With Voters On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered his Attorney General Pam Bondi to release files related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, including Grand Jury testimony, for…

The sweeping electoral reform would benefit the ruling Labour Party, according to critics The British government is set to lower the voting age to 16, granting more than 1.5 million teenagers the…

What Is Your Marginal Tax Rate? Authored by Anne Johnson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The highest tax rate you’ll pay on your income is called the marginal tax rate. The…

Moscow believes the Ukrainian leader seeks to portray himself as legitimate Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has once again called for a personal meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, claiming that only such a…

Nearly 1,000 Killed In Clashes In Syria’s South, With 80,000 Displaced The death toll from a past week of spiraling violence in Syria’s Sweida province, a stronghold of the Druze minority – which…

Most Energy Predictions Are Wrong – Not This One Authored by Gary Abernathy via The Empowerment Alliance, ABC News, June 18, 2025: “U.S. oil prices hovered near a five-month high on Wednesday…

Ukrainian drones have increasingly targeted the Russian capital over the past week Ukraine has launched a major drone raid on Moscow and surrounding areas, with more than a dozen UAVs shot down…

Trump Strikes Back: Libel Lawsuit Filed Over Bogus Epstein Smear Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, This week, the legacy media’s obsession with dragging President Donald Trump into the orbit of Jeffrey…

An activist group CEO claims he was offered millions of dollars to recruit protesters for anti-Trump demonstrations It should come as no surprise, but the next time you see a protest popping…

Berlin is getting “dangerous again,” Kremlin spokesman recently said Russia has formally terminated its decades-old military-technical cooperation agreement with Germany, which has become one of Kiev’s main sponsors and weapons suppliers amid…

Stuntman Felix Baumgartner Dies in Paragliding Crash At 56 Authored by Elma Aksalic via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Daredevil athlete Felix Baumgartner, best known for his record-breaking 2012 skydive from space, has…

Why order, not freedom, is the true legacy of Russian Empire’s legendary ruler Russia’s Channel One is airing a new TV series, ‘The Sovereign’, about Peter the Great. It joins a long…

A state of emergency has been declared as remote Yakutia villages are inundated by rising waters Torrential rains have triggered severe flooding in Yakutia Republic, in the Russian Far East, leaving dozens…

Slovenia has accused Israel’s finance and national security ministers of promoting the “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians Slovenia barred entry to Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on…

DOJ Proposes Restoration Of 2nd Amendment Rights For Some Convicted Felons Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of Justice has proposed a rule to restore the…

Seven Reasons Why PBS And NPR Deserve To Be Defunded When was the last time you heard of federal dollars flowing into overtly conservative programming?  While there may be a tiny handful…

Will Gavin Newsom Ditch Woke And Move To The Center? Authored by Adair Teuton via RealClearPolitics, In an age when political authenticity is currency, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is making a risky…

Nine female lawyers from the “Lawyers for Israel” WhatsApp group have lost their application for the judge to order the registrar of the Federal Court of Australia to institute contempt proceedings against…

Kiev’s membership will not happen before the bloc’s current financial cycle ends in 2034, the German chancellor has said German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has downplayed the prospect of Ukraine joining the EU…

California Sues Trump Administration Over Termination Of High-Speed Rail Funding Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), California sued the Trump administration on July 17 over its decision to…

National Anti-Trump “Good Trouble” Protests Fizzle With Little Fanfare The establishment media has taken on a new role in recent months; rather than reporting on events that already happened progressive outlets are…

Red, White, And Bitcoin Authored by Logan Beirne via RealClearPolitics, Bitcoin may feel futuristic, but when you peel away its digital veneer, it is just the latest chapter in a 2,600-year story…

Moldova’s ‘Victory bloc’ is arguing that Chisinau’s decision was politically motivated, and has vowed to appeal Moldova’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) decided on Saturday that a Euroskeptic opposition party should be barred…

Curiosity Mounts Over Bannon’s 15 Hours Of Epstein Interviews With the Trump administration under fire from angry conservatives demanding the release of the federal government’s information about Jeffrey Epstein, increasing attention is…

Macron’s handpicked centrist prime minister has chosen to mess with the one thing that unites the French more than anything: their time off The day after French President Emmanuel Macron said that,…

Given the recent information provided by DNI Tulsi Gabbard, a person I respect, a lot of messages and emails flood in.  Here’s a quick reminder for those who use CTH as a…

The two sides have held two rounds of peace negotiations so far this year The secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), Rustem Umerov, has proposed holding a new round…

Virtual Power Plants Helped Save The Grid During Heat Dome By Brian Martucci of UtilityDive As the eastern half of the United States baked under record heat late last month and electricity…

The team shared second place in the unofficial ranking with students from the US Russian high schoolers have won five gold medals and one silver at the 66th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)….

Georgia’s Shalva Papuashvili has accused Brussels of meddling in the nation’s elections and adopting Soviet-style tactics Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili has accused the EU of interfering in his counry’s domestic affairs…

Mossad Chief Pushes For US Assistance In Removing Gazans To Outside Countries According to a new report by Axios, Mossad director David Barnea visited Washington this week to seek US support for…

The US network acted under political pressure following a $16 million Trump settlement, the union claims The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has called for an investigation into the abrupt cancellation of…

A suspect also scrawled “Knife to the Hungarians” on the house of worship, sparking a backlash from Budapest An arsonist has set fire to a church in Ukraine’s western Transcarpathia Region, while…

Russia Will Target Any ‘Coalition Of The Willing’ Forces In Ukraine Via The Libertarian Institute The Russian Foreign Ministry said any troops from third countries deployed to Ukraine will become targets. European…

The breach and the government’s response to it are projected to cost up to £7 billion The identities of more than 100 MI6 spies, British special forces operatives and other military personnel…

Several victims are in critical condition after the overnight crash near Hollywood, according to the local fire department At least 30 people were injured, seven of them critically, when an “unknown vehicle”…

The bloc’s curbs are just “fluctuations of air” for the Russian financial system, a high-ranking MP has said The EU’s 18th sanctions package against Russia over the Ukraine conflict, targeting Moscow’s energy…

Nearly Two Dozen Injured After Car Plows Into Crowd Outside Los Angeles Nightclub Chaos erupted outside an East Hollywood nightclub early Saturday morning after a vehicle plowed into a crowd, leaving at least…

EU Budget Showdown: A Choreographed Conflict? Submitted by Thomas Kolbe EU Budget Showdown: A Choreographed Conflict? One day after the European Commission unveiled its new multi-annual budget, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz cast…

Man With Metal Neck Chain Critically Injured After Being Sucked Into MRI On Long Island If you’ve ever thought all those “NO METAL” signs around MRI machines—on doors, walls, and even in…

Kurdish rebels are laying down arms after four decades of war. But Turkey’s long peace may be just getting started At the foot of a mountain in northern Iraq, thirty fighters from…

Total Cargo Theft Surges 13%, Metals Theft Surges 96%, In Q2 2025 Cargo theft is rising sharply across North America, with criminals increasingly targeting high-value commodities and employing complex fraud tactics, according…

Meta Won’t Sign EU’s Code Of Practice For Generative AI, Says Executive Authored by Evgenia Filimianova via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Meta’s chief global affairs officer, Joel Kaplan, said on Friday…

Tehran is contemplating several options in the event of a Western sanctions snapback, Ebrahim Rezaei has said Iran could withdraw from a landmark nuclear weapons treaty and increase efforts to enrich uranium…

UK To Lower Voting Age To 16, But Could Plans To Garner ‘Socialist Fodder’ End Up Backfiring? Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Britain’s left-wing Labour government has announced plans to…

A recruitment center and an airfield were also among the targets, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said The Russian military has carried out a series of strikes on Ukrainian defense industrial…

Russia has said the group is not a rival to the US, but attempts at intimidation won’t be tolerated President Donald Trump has claimed that BRICS is “fading out fast,” while warning…

Former General Valery Zaluzhny could step in amid declining support for the Ukrainian leader, according to the journalist The political future of Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky appears increasingly uncertain, according to officials in…

The US president is trying to test the bloc’s “pain threshold,” according to the news outlet US President Donald Trump has ramped up his demands in trade talk with the EU and…

The country’s foreign ministry said New Delhi “does not subscribe to any unilateral sanction measures” India has firmly distanced itself from the European Union’s latest round of sanctions targeting Russia and, indirectly,…

Moscow has rolled out new missiles, which are more maneuverable and capable of avoiding radars, the report claims US-made Patriot air defense systems, long hailed as a cornerstone of Western military aid…

A university in Moscow still bears the freedom fighter’s name, reflecting ongoing geopolitical ties, Juliana Lumumba has said Patrice Lumumba’s fight for justice and freedom went beyond Africa and had a global…

Sotheby’s has auctioned off an extraterrestrial rock which was discovered in Niger in the Sahara Desert The largest Martian meteorite ever sold fetched a record-breaking $5.3 million at an auction in the…

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…

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…

Ukraine Drone ‘Mega Deal’ Possible With US, Zelensky Says President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are negotiating what’s being widely dubbed a potential “mega deal” which allows for Ukraine to exchange…

Israeli leader has expressed “deep regret” over the “stray ammunition” that struck Gaza’s only Catholic church Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued an apology in a phone call with Pope Leo…

Artificial Intelligence Breeds Mindless Inhumanity Authored by Bruce Abramson via RealClearWire, I began studying AI in the mid-1980s. Unusually for a computer scientist of that era, my interest was entirely in information, not…

Trump Should Index The Capital Gains Tax For Inflation Authored by Stephen Moore via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump should follow up on his historic “big, beautiful” tax bill…

Pepsi Exec Floats Switch To Sugar After Trump Coca-Cola Announcement PepsiCo’s top executive indicated on July 17 that the company may switch Pepsi’s sweetener from high-fructose corn syrup to sugar, one day…

China Might Not Want Russia To Lose, But It Might Not Want Russia To Win Either Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, A Russian loss would be catastrophic for China’s security, while…

Moscow says it is unaware of any plans for a three-way summit in Beijing this September The Kremlin has nothing to say about a possible meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin, US…

The Protest-Industrial-Complex Isn’t Peaceful, It’s “Civil Terrorism” … Ilya Shapiro and Jesse Arm of the Manhattan Institute authored an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal on Thursday, unveiling a plan for the…

Avoid Hertz’s AI-Powered Rental Car Scanners Back in late 2023, Amazon unveiled an AI-powered scanner that drivers pass through at the end of each shift. The AI system detects even the most minor anomalies,…

Governmental Self-Preservation: Why We’ll Never See The Real Epstein List Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us If there’s one characteristic that defines Donald Trump it’s his habit of switching his positions on…

President Trump’s special envoy has urged all warring factions to build a new “united Syrian identity” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Syria’s interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa have allegedly agreed to a US-supported…

Chinese Consumer Brands Rapidly Expand In Southeast Asia It’s not just in autos where Chinese brands are expanding their global reach… Chinese consumer brands are quickly expanding in Southeast Asia, especially in…

China Pledges To Curb EV Price Wars Amid Deflation Worries China has vowed to rein in “irrational competition” in its electric vehicle (EV) sector as deflationary price wars threaten economic stability and…

Infamous Sports Memorabilia Dealer Found Dead After Shocking $350 Million Counterfeit Confession On Tuesday, Brett Lemieux, a seasoned sports memorabilia dealer, was found dead by authorities during the execution of a search…

VDH: The World Woke Up Authored by Victor Davis Hanson, In less than six months, the entire world has been turned upside down. There is no longer such a thing as conventional wisdom or…

China’s Economic Demise And Its Impact On The US Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Few are as candid and historically accurate as hedge fund manager Kyle Bass when identifying structural breaks…

Kiev has intensified attempted long-range attacks, with at least 13 UAVs intercepted on approach to the Russian capital early Friday Russia’s air defenses destroyed more than a dozen incoming Ukrainian drones approaching…

The Epstein Enigma Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “It would make [Epstein] a story with which we have to be persistent and steady in our demands; but also cautious, and methodical, and…

Congressional Cuts To PBS, NPR Could Unravel Leftist Propaganda Nodes Nationwide  The Republican-controlled House delivered the final blow with a 216-213 vote on Thursday night to eliminate $1.1 billion in funding for the…

“A Treasonous Conspiracy” – DNI Gabbard Exposes Obama At Center Of Trump ‘Russia Hoax’ Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, has declassified documents revealing “overwhelming evidence” showing how then-President Barack Obama and…

Can The Developed World Grow Its Way Out Of Stagnation Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, If we borrow all of tomorrow’s prosperity to spend today, there won’t be any…

“I Can’t Believe The New York Times Thought It Would Get Away With This…” Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, The irony is thick enough to choke on… The New York Times,…

The US president accuses Wall Street Journal of libel over Epstein letter report US President Donald Trump has filed a libel lawsuit against billionaire Rupert Murdoch and his media empire over a…

It Will Take More Than Low Interest Rates To Make Houses Affordable Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, On Tuesday, the yield on the 10-year Treasury surged nearly 10 basis…

Massive budget cuts planned by Paris could dent demand for the euro, according to global finance firm ING France’s efforts to tackle its growing deficit have reignited concerns about EU stability, with…

The Russian president is already set to meet his Chinese counterpart in Beijing for upcoming World War II commemorations US President Donald Trump could meet his Russian and Chinese counterparts, Vladimir Putin…

Brussels is depriving the bloc of stable energy supplies from Russia, presidential investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev has said EU sanctions on Russia are far more damaging to the bloc’s member states than…

Brazil’s Ex-President Bolsonaro Ordered To Wear Ankle Monitor: “Meant To Utterly Humiliate Me” For Trump Ties The man called among many “The Brazilian Donald Trump” or also the “Trump of the Tropics” is…

Nasdaq Files Application To Add Staking For BlackRock iShares ETH ETF Authored by Vince Quill via CoinTelegraph.com, The Nasdaq stock exchange filed an application with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)…

Pope Leo Under Fire For ‘Vague’ Statement On Israel’s Bombing Of Gaza Catholic Church Via Middle East Eye Pope Leo is facing growing criticism over his response to an Israeli air strike on the…

4 Oil Market Myths That Just Won’t Die Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Despite claims of energy independence, the U.S. remains a net crude oil importer, though it is a net…

The Obama administration’s top spies “manipulated” intelligence, laying the groundwork for a years-long scandal, new documents show A US intelligence report on Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election, commissioned by…

Capping Crypto Week: All You Need To Know About The Three Crypto Bills Passed By Congress On Thursday, July 17, capping off what was dubbed “Crypto Week” by Congress, the US House…

Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” Cancelled By CBS There is something inherently dishonest about comedians posing as political commentators.  The trend, launched by Jon Stewart in 1998 when he took over The Daily…

Transparency By Molly Schwartz, Cross-Asset Macro Strategist at Rabobank Yesterday, G-20 finance ministers congregated in South Africa, though several delegates were noticeably absent, like Scott Bessent from the US. Bessent, of course,…

Kremlin Blasts ‘Hostile’ US Talk Of NATO Quickly Seizing Kaliningrad Russia has blasted recent comments by a top US general who boasted about NATO’s claimed ability to swiftly capture the Russian Baltic…