Saturday, February 21, 2026

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A Violent Gold and Silver Selloff Tests Conviction, Not the Bull Market

(Money Metals News Service) In this episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey returns with a single message for listeners watching the screen turn red. Perspective matters more than panic. He opens with a quick personal aside from Florida, where an outdoor hockey game in Tampa turned...

Washington Post Cuts a Third of Its Staff

(Headline USA) The Washington Post laid off one-third of its staff Wednesday, eliminating its sports section, several foreign bureaus and its books coverage.  The Post's executive editor, Matt Murray, called the move painful but necessary to put the outlet on stronger footing and to weather changes in technology and user...

Silver Price Meltdown Sparks Buying Frenzy And Supply Chain Breakdown

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) On Tuesday, February 3, host Chris Marcus brought Stefan Gleason back to Arcadia Economics after the prior Friday’s historic silver meltdown. Stefan Gleason is the President and CEO of Money Metals Exchange, one of the largest online precious-metals dealers in the United States. He...

Govt. Funding Bills Pass House on Razor-Thin Margins, Head to Trump’s Desk

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) ​​ The U.S. House passed a critical government funding package along bipartisan lines in a nail-biter Tuesday vote, sending it to the president’s desk. Once President Donald Trump signs the legislation into law, Congress will have knocked out 11 of the 12 appropriations bills for...

Investors in the East Line Up to Buy Gold on the Dip

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) When the price of gold plunged on Friday, Chinese investors lined up at the only Singapore bank selling gold products to retail customers to take advantage of the dip. The underscores a fundamental dynamic in this gold bull market – regular people want the...

Mainstream Still Generally Bullish on Gold and Silver Despite Recent Sell-Off

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Are you worried that the big sell-off in gold and silver is the end of the bull market? I’m not, for reasons I have already articulated. And many mainstream analysts don’t seem to be concerned either. Reuters recently published an article headlined, “Gold’s bull run seen intact...

Elon Musk Pours $10 Million Into Republican Midterm War Chest

(José Niño, Headline USA) Elon Musk sent $10 million flowing into Republican midterm fundraising efforts last month, marking his return as a major force in GOP politics after a prolonged and very public falling out with President Donald Trump. The Tesla and SpaceX chief split his contribution evenly, sending $5...

Medi-Cal Spends $608M Monthly on Cooking, Cleaning Home Services, Even for Illegal Immigrants

(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) ​​Medi-Cal is paying an estimated $608 million per month for cooking, shopping, cleaning, and laundry services for elderly and disabled low-income California residents – including illegal immigrants – at their homes and mostly paid to their relatives, state records show. These services are part of...

Trump Administration to Create a Strategic Reserve for Rare Earth Elements

(Headline USA) The Trump administration plans to deploy nearly $12 billion to create a strategic reserve of rare earth metals, a stockpile that could counter China's ability to use its dominance of these hard to process metals as leverage in trade talks. The White House confirmed on Monday the start...

Epstein Files Name Prominent Figures; Highlight Possible Redaction Errors

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) ​​Attorneys representing Jeffrey Epstein's victims are calling on the Department of Justice to take down its website with documents related to the convicted sex offender. President Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Elon Musk and many others have been named in the new release of documents. The...

US, Israel Hold Joint Naval Drills in the Red Sea Amid US Buildup in the Region

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US and Israel on Monday announced that their militaries held joint naval drills a day earlier, exercises that come amid a major US military buildup in the region to prepare for a potential attack on Iran. US Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet announced the drills and...

Central Bank Gold Buying Moderated in ’25 But Remained Well-Above Historical Levels

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Central bank gold buying moderated in 2025 but remained far above the recent historical average. Central banks stepped up purchases in the final quarter, adding 230 tonnes to global gold reserves, a 6 percent quarter-on-quarter increase. That drove the official net full-year buying to...
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