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Several African Central Banks Announce Plans to Expand Gold Reserves

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Central banks have been aggressively adding gold to their reserves over the last three years, and several African banks are poised to join the party. On net, central banks officially increased their gold holdings by 1,044.6 tonnes in 2024. It was the 15th consecutive...

From Enron to Big Brother: Accenture’s Secret Rise Exposed

(José Niño, Headline USA) Accenture, the world’s largest consulting firm, has quietly become a driving force behind the rise of global surveillance and algorithmic policing—growing from the 59th largest U.S. government contractor to the 8th largest in about two decades. A new investigation published last month by Reactionary International,...

Audit: Fraudsters Stole $79B COVID-19 Aid Using False Social Security Numbers

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) A federal committee tasked with tracking pandemic assistance fraud found that the Small Business Administration and the Department of Labor together disbursed nearly $80 billion to potential fraudsters. In total, the federal government spent over $4.6 trillion on all COVID-19 relief programs. The SBA received...

Trump Makes Fun of Elon’s Black Eye, Threatens to Cut His Subsidies

Update: After this story's publication, Musk said he'd begin decommissioning SpaceX projects in response to Trump's threats. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1930718684819112251 (Headline USA) Talk about adding insult to injury. President Donald Trump made fun of Elon Musk’s black eye Thursday while responding to the billionaire’s criticism of his “big beautiful bill.” Trump also threatened to cut Musk’s...

Rich Dad Kiyosaki Says Trade “Fake Money” for Silver

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Silver has cracked a key resistance level, and Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki called the white metal “the biggest bargain today.” Silver was up 5.3 percent on Monday, the biggest gain in eight months. And on Wednesday, the white metal surged above $36 an ounce in...

Gold: A Place to Hide

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Incentives matter. Policymakers ignore this axiom at their own risk. The U.S. government’s weaponization of the dollar has made many countries wary of holding greenbacks, and we’ve seen an accelerating de-dollarization over the last few years. Now the U.S. government has weaponized trade. Many countries have responded by...

Death of David Horowitz Leaves a Controversial Political Legacy

(José Niño, Headline USA)The recent passing of David Horowitz closes a chapter on decades of ideological warfare in America. His pro-Israel brand of conservatism is shared by many in the Trump administration.  David Horowitz, the influential conservative writer and activist died at his Colorado home toward the end of April...

Democrat Called in Favor to Have Husband Removed from TSA Watchlist

(José Niño, Headline USA)  When Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s, D-NH, husband, William Shaheen, was flagged by a government travel watchlist in 2023, a single phone call to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) swiftly removed him from additional scrutiny, CBS News reported on Tuesday. According to sources familiar with the situation, William...

Navy Ship No Longer to be Named after Dead Gay Politician

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the military to rename the USNS Harvey Milk—a ship named after the controversial late politician, veteran and gay rights activist.   An internal memo from the Pentagon showed the Office of the Secretary of the Navy has created a plan to change the ship’s...

Are We Near Peak Gold? Why Supply Struggles Could Drive Prices Higher

(Money Metals News Service) Mike Maharrey opened this week’s Money Metals Midweek Memo with an anecdote about metal detecting—a light segue into a serious look at gold scarcity. He recounted the 1979 discovery of the Golden Beauty, a nearly 10-pound gold nugget found in Western Australia, now up for auction with an opening...

Migrant Children Were Used to Sex-Traffic Other Migrant Children, Sen. Grassley Reveals

(José Niño, Headline USA)  More than 65,000 reports of concern, including over 7,300 allegations of migrant child sex-trafficking, were ignored or dismissed under the Biden-Harris administration, according to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-IA.  Grassley released a criminal referral he sent to the FBI and DHS late last month,...

Lawmakers to Take up Rescissions Package Codifying $9.4 Billion in DOGE Cuts

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Congress will soon vote on the White House’s rescissions package that would pull billions in taxpayer dollars from foreign aid and public broadcasting programs. The package, compiled by the Office of Management and Budget, requests the cancellation of $9.4 billion in already appropriated spending. This...
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