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Iran ‘Rapidly’ Beefs Up Air Defenses With Chinese Help After Israel Ceasefire Via Middle East Eye Iran has taken possession of Chinese surface-to-air missile batteries as Tehran rapidly moves to rebuild defensives destroyed by Israel during their…

Oil Markets Are Tighter Than They Look Authored by Neil Crosby via OilPrice.com, Diesel spreads and refinery margins are no longer reliable on their own for gauging oil demand, as extreme weather…

Ugly, Tailing 3Y Auction Sees Record Directs As Foreign Demand Slides With bond long-ends blowing up across the globe, driven by among other things, justified fears of a looming surge in supply,…

Amazon Prime Day Kicks Off With Disappointing Early Sales U.S. consumer health remains a mixed picture. Goldman Sachs sees signs of cautious optimism, while UBS highlights a rebound in confidence among low-income…

BlackRock’s ETF Holdings Top 700,000 Bitcoin; Far Above Saylor’s ‘Strategy’ BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund has just crossed over 700,000 BTC in assets under management, far surpassing Michael Saylor’s stash at (Micro)Strategy……

US Moves To Ban Chinese Purchases Of US Farmland Over National Security Concerns Authored by Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced on July 8 that the…

Credit Card Debt Unexpectedly Plunges As Student Loans Soar: Consumer Credit Update One month after consumer credit unexpectedly jumped the most in 2025, when it spiked by $17.9 billion (since revised to…

Iran Bats Down Trump’s Claim It Asked For Relaunch Of Nuclear Talks Washington and Tehran continue their tit-for-tat he said/she said exchanges of statements and accusations, but at least they are not…

“Around Lia, I Wasn’t Going To Risk Anything”: UPenn Swimmer Breaks Silence Authored by Matt Lamb via The College Fix, A former teammate of William “Lia” Thomas praised the University of Pennsylvania…

The body of Olivier Marleix, a French conservative lawmaker, has been found at home in a suspected suicide A senior French lawmaker known for his staunch criticism of President Emmanuel Macron has…

The footage reportedly from Kharkov Region shows an elderly woman attempting to block a van before she collapses to the ground A woman has died shortly after a desperate attempt to save…

Kiev’s top commander has urged a renewed push into Kursk and Belgorod despite Russia’s full recapture of the area and ongoing peace talks Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, Aleksandr Syrsky, has called for the re-establishment…

Roman Starovoyt, who previously served as Kursk Region governor, reportedly ended his life hours after being dismissed from a ministerial post The Russian presidency has described the apparent suicide of recently fired…

Kiev has yet to respond with proposed dates for the next round of negotiations, according to Moscow Moscow is waiting for Kiev to confirm a date for the next round of direct…

In the post-American vacuum, Moscow doesn’t waste time When Russia recognized the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan last week, it didn’t just open a new embassy – it opened a new geopolitical front….

NY Fed Inflation Expectations Tumble To Pre-Tariff Levels, As Consumer Sentiment Blossoms So much for the Democrats’ panic that the US is about to be hit with hyperinflation (because Toyota is footing US tariff…

Unmasking Russia-China Kamikaze Drone Supply Chain In One Map  After Russia invaded Ukraine, the Russian firm Aero-HIT emerged as a top drone supplier for Moscow’s war effort, relying heavily on overseas partnerships with Chinese companies…

The levies will be imposed “pretty soon,” the US president has said US President Donald Trump has threatened levies on BRICS nations and those aligned with them, saying members of the economic…

Illiquid, Overvalued Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, As “dip buyers” get eviscerated, more dominos fall, and at a tipping point, the herd realizes the tide has reversed and it’s…

Copper Soars To Record High As Trump Unleashes 50% Tariff Is President Trump ‘weaponizing’ copper? Just over two months ago, we noted that drastic tightening of the Chinese copper markets and since…

The US president says he’s “unhappy” with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and may consider imposing more sanctions on Moscow US President Donald Trump has acknowledged that resolving the Ukraine conflict has…

DOJ Sues More States Over In-State Tuition For Illegal Aliens Authored by Cully Stimson & Hans von Spakovsky via The Epoch Times, Attention, all parents and college students worried about the ever-rising…

The Palestinians will not be allowed to leave the camp except for “voluntarily” emigrating to other countries, Israel Katz says Israel is preparing to establish a so-called “humanitarian city” on the ruins…

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Obama Judge Blocks Defunding Of Planned Parenthood In Trump’s ‘Big Bill’ Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, It’s almost impossible to overstate the sheer audacity of what’s just happened in Massachusetts. In…

“No Extensions” – Trump Strikes Back Against TACO Talk With Aug. 1 Tariff Deadline President Trump’s social media team fired off a barrage of trade warning letters on Monday, including ones sent…

The US president reportedly pledged to send the Patriot interceptors after the Pentagon halted munition shipments to Ukraine US President Donald Trump has promised to send more Patriot missiles to Ukraine, but…

Los Angeles Mayor Confronts Federal Immigration Officers At MacArthur Park Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, After weeks of decrying federal immigration enforcement operations in Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass…

Porsche’s global deliveries fell by 6% in the first half of the year, driven by a demand slump in China German luxury sports car maker Porsche has reported a global sales drop…

US Cancels 54 Contracts, Saves $804 Million In 2 Days: DOGE Federal government agencies terminated 54 contracts over two days that netted $804 million in savings, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)…

Fake News Tariffs? By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Equities and bonds sold off (a bit) yesterday, primarily on tariff headlines. Letters went out to a myriad of countries, with Japan and…

Officials have concluded there is no evidence to investigate others and claim no “client list” exists No further documents related to the sex trafficking case of late financier and registered sex offender…

Poor nations are paying more on interest to creditors than they invest in their people, the South African president has said South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for urgent and collective…

Cyril Ramaphosa says the latest measure misrepresents Pretoria-Washington trade data South Africa has pushed back against a “unilateral” 30% tariff imposed by US President Donald Trump, calling the move a “contested interpretation”…

The harbor in Rotterdam will host regular military drills and would have a dedicated quay for NATO supply ships, the newspaper has said The port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands is preparing…

The military orders follow a court decision ending exemptions for the community Israel’s military has announced plans to forcibly draft 54,000 ultra-Orthodox seminary students this month following a Supreme Court order nullifying…

The EU chief has labeled her critics “conspiracy theorists” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has dismissed efforts by members of the European Parliament to oust her, branding her critics “conspiracy…

Beware The ‘Omniwar’: Catherine Austin Fitts Fears ‘Weaponization Of Everything’ Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, Catherine Austin Fitts (CAF), publisher of “The Solari Report,” is back with a new cutting-edge publication called “Omniwar.”  Mankind is…

Will Japan’s Rice Price Shock Lead To Government Collapse And Spark A Global Bond Crisis A little over a month ago, we first (and the Economist about a month later), summarized the…

Futures Rebound As Markets Celebrate TACO Tuesday US equity futures rise as Trump leaves the door open for more discussions despite the 14 tariff letters sent yesterday and the extension of the…

Trump Confirms Arms For Ukraine U-Turn Days After Pentagon Halts Delivery Another drastic foreign policy U-turn by the Trump administration, after just a week ago some weapons shipments to Ukraine were halted…

Netanyahu Presents Trump With Nomination For Nobel Peace Prize As Both Downplay ‘Two-State Solution’ Among the more interesting highlights from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the White House on Monday was…

The country’s birth rate has dropped as the number of women of childbearing age hits a historic low, Tatyana Golikova has warned Russia faces a fertility crisis with the pool of women…

12 Key Questions That All Americans Should Ask About The Shameful Attempt To Cover Up The Truth About Jeffrey Epstein Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, I literally feel sick right now….

The recent military escalation against Tehran may have ended, but the efforts to remove it as an independent world power persist Following the launch of a new phase in Israel’s military campaign…

Ukrainian Oligarchs Have Become Incredibly Rich From The War Writes Swiss Newspaper Via Remix News, Ukraine was widely recognized as the most corrupt country even before the Ukraine war, but since war…

The country’s education ombudsman has urged teachers to use only Ukrainian with students Ukraine’s education ombudsman has advised schoolteachers to act as if they only understand Ukrainian when speaking with students. Kiev…

The verdicts have reportedly targeted politicians who supported Donbass independence Ukrainian courts have sentenced 12 Russian lawmakers, including former athletes, to 15 years in prison in absentia for actions that Kiev claims…

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…

Russia’s foreign minister has called for the reform of global financial institutions and the more equitable distribution of aid Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has criticized the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and…

These Are The World’s Most Common Passwords Most people are guilty of using a weak password at some point. But just how predictable can they be? This infographic, via Visual Capitalist’s Marcus…

The online project is designed to lure participants into criminal activity, the agency has warned Russian officials have sounded the alarm over what they claim is an intelligence-gathering scheme disguised as a…

The dominance of a single state on the world stage has ended, Luis Arce told RT Countries around the globe should give up on the US dollar and rely on national currencies…

Ukraine Says Talks To Join NATO Becoming ‘Very Toxic’ Ukraine’s talks with NATO over a path to future membership have become increasingly tense and unproductive, according to Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Georgy…

“It’s Not A Human Right To Live In Sweden” – New Integration Minister Calls For Migrant Values Survey Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Sweden’s new Minister for Education and Integration,…

Issues facing the Global South will get priority under India’s chairmanship of the grouping India intends to define BRICS “in a new form” next year and prioritize the main issues facing the…

Lights Out, Europe: The Cost Of Brussels’ Energy Fantasy Authored by Javier Villamor via europeanconservative.com, Spain’s leading energy companies – Iberdrola, Endesa, and EDP – remain stunned. After the nationwide blackout that cut power…

Australia’s Latest Temporary Military Deployment To Europe Is Connected To Containing China Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Australia agreed during last month’s NATO Summit to deploy an E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning and…

The prime minister has rejected a two-state solution as the war in Gaza enters its 21st month Militant groups would use a fully independent Palestinian state to undermine Israel’s security, Prime Minister…

How New Microschool Accreditation Pathways Are Opening Doors For Founders and Families Authored by Kerry McDonald via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), As a mother of nine in Tennessee, Sarah Fagerburg tried…

Tipping Point: When Populations Peak As July 11 marks World Population Day, celebrating the approximate day that the world’s population reached 5 billion on July 11, 1987, Statista’s Felix Richter takes a closer…

Purges Of Top Tech Officials Show Cracks In China’s Big Data Ambitions Authored by Michael Zhuang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), As U.S.-China tensions escalate over tech and national security, a…

Walmart, Amazon Truck Depots Display Multilingual Signs, Raising Alarms Over Migrant Drivers With No English Submitted by American Truckers United, In the shadow of record profits and centi-billion dollar valuations, the American…

China Could Push Russia To Attack NATO Member In Taiwan Distraction Ploy: Rutte In the scenario that China might one day invade Taiwan, Beijing will enlist Russia’s help to tie up NATO forces in…

The US suspended shipments last week, citing concerns over depleting stockpiles The United States will continue supplying weapons to Ukraine, President Donald Trump said on Monday, a week after the Pentagon halted…

Oil Closes At Session High As Houthi Rebels Hit Second Greek Vessel In Red Sea By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com A Greek-operated bulk carrier was attacked in the Red Sea on Monday…

How Much Revenue Do Tech Giants Earn Per Employee? Which tech companies are generating the most profit per employee? In this graphic, Visual Capitalist’s Marcus Lu visualized 22 major tech companies by…

“Troops Could Vanish Like Squid”: New Bio-Inspired Camo Lets US Soldiers Evade Sight And High-Tech Sensors Instantly Authored by Eirwen Williams via the Sustainability Times, The fusion of biology and technology continues…

China Smartphone Sales Plunge In May; Device Camera Counts Peak  The latest data from Goldman Sachs shows smartphone shipments in China plunged 21% year-over-year in May to 23 million units. While shipments…

The Brazilian leader has rebuffed Donald Trump’s new tariff threats The United States must stop acting like an empire and start respecting the sovereignty of other countries, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula…

US Insurers Are Refusing To Cover Climate-Change Risk-Zones Authored by Felicity Bradstock via OilPrice.com, U.S. insurers are rapidly pulling coverage from homes in high-risk climate zones, particularly in California, Florida, and North…

Cotati Man Gets DUI After 70 Empty Bud Light Cans Found In His Car We’re not really sure you can call it a “suspected” DUI at this point… But that’s how it…

Syria Wants Lebanon’s Tripoli In Swap For Israel-Held Golan Heights Amid ongoing talks with Israel, Syria’s new Islamist-led government is considering a scenario in which it would relinquish claims to most of…

Doctor Faces 35 Years In Prison For Issuing COVID-19 Cards To No-Vax Patients Via Died Suddenly on X, Vero Beach, Fla. – Utah plastic surgeon Dr. Kirk Moore is facing thirty five years…

“Runaway Spending”: Canada on Track for $92 Billion Deficit, Think Tank Projects The federal government is on pace to post a $92-billion deficit this fiscal year — nearly double what was projected…

Jane Street & The Regulatory “Risk” In Risk-Reversals Via SpotGamma Substack, Days ago India barred Jane Street (JSG) from its security market, citing manipulation of markets. TLDR: We think JSG knew options skews could…

Goods from South Korea and Japan will be subjected to “only” a 25% levy, the president said US President Donald Trump has announced new tariffs on several countries, including key Asian allies…

Viktor Strigunov is suspected of embezzling government funds and receiving bribes The first deputy chief of the Russian national guard (Rosgvardiya) between 2020 and 2023, Colonel General Viktor Strigunov, has been detained…

Mick Wallace told RT that Brussels backs Israel’s military campaign while ignoring civilian deaths and international law The EU has shown unwavering support for Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza while failing to uphold…

The Frightening Dream House Of Zoran Mamdani Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Zoran Mamdani built his dream on radical chic… but now that he’s winning, he’s scrambling to bury…

US Ends Foreign Terror Designation On Syria’s HTS, Nearly 2 Months AFTER Trump Met Its Leader The United States announced Monday that has formally revoked the foreign terrorist organization designation for Syria’s ruling Hay’at Tahrir…

Goldman Sachs Expects Another OPEC+ Superhike In September Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, The OPEC+ producers are expected in August to agree on another superhike in production for September that would…

‘Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste’: Press & Pundits Push False Story On Trump Cuts Causing Texas Tragedy Authored by Jonathan Turley, Democratic strategist and former Obama chief of staff Rahm…

President Donald Trump has begun posting the country specific tariff rate announcements on his Truth Social account. Beginning with Japan and South Korea, President Trump is sending letters to each nation not…

“Who Knows What To Believe These Days…” Authored by James Howard Kunstler, Cage Match! “…[W}e are closing in on more disclosures and fixing past wrongs to personnel. We’re making sure this is…

New legislation signed by the president mandates that the tech giant allow Russia’s RuStore app onto iOS devices Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Monday requiring smartphone makers to support…

Kiev has asked Berlin to provide hundreds of air-defense missiles, armored vehicles, and jammers worth billions of euros, Bild has reported Ukraine has submitted to Germany a “secret list” containing a broad…

Sanctions have accelerated the economic bloc’s push for financial independence, Anton Siluanov has told RT Settling trade in national currencies offers BRICS countries a reliable alternative to the Western financial institutions, which…

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about the DOJ/FBI investigative report citing that Jeffrey Epstein did not have a client list, did not use sex trafficking for blackmail and acted…

Apparently, according to multiple sources citing a TSA internal memo, U.S. airline travelers no longer need to remove their shoes when going through the security screening process. [There’s nothing on TSA website]…

Appearing on CNBC to explain the big picture economics, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent outlines how debt and deficit hawks are seemingly blind to the need for GDP growth to deal with federal…

White House Trade and Manufacturing Advisor Peter Navarro talks about how the Fed monetary position is lagging with the intent of Trump’s MAGAnomic policy.  In the short review, Chairman Jerome Powell is…

Yesterday, the DOJ and FBI released a memo concluding Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide, maintained no “client list,” and engaged in no blackmail – effectively debunking theories of his motives.  This DOJ/FBI memo…

Russian Transport Minister Dies By Gunshot Hours After Getting Fired By Putin Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit is reported to have died by suicide on Monday, a mere hours after being dismissed…

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a press briefing against the backdrop of multiple headline events.  Anticipated Start Time 1:00pm ET. Livestream Links Below. . .   . Posted in Press…

The military bloc’s push for higher defense spending encourages more wars, the Brazilian president has said NATO is fueling a global arms race by pushing for massive increases in military spending, Brazilian…

‘Hit Us, Please’ – America’s Left Issues A ‘Broken Arrow’ Signal To Europe Authored by Jonathan Turley, “Broken arrow” is arguably the most chilling and desperate order that an American military commander…

Cuts to federal aid have impacted millions of Americans, new data shows Food insecurity among American adults has nearly doubled since 2021, Axios reported on Sunday, citing data from Morning Consult. The…

Luxury Housing Market No Longer Out Of Reach For Some ‘Move-Up’ Buyers: Report Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Many people recall the Emmy Award–winning sitcom “The Jeffersons,”…