(Money Metals News Service) In a wide-ranging and candid interview on the Money Metals podcast, host Mike Maharrey sat down with Axel Merk—President and CIO of Merk Investments—to explore the deepening divide between government fiscal behavior and investor interests.
The conversation centered on growing sovereign debt, entitlement reform avoidance, shifting macroeconomic dynamics,...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Disney's controversial live-action remake of Snow White has become its worst-performing wide-release reboot in nearly a decade, marking yet another case of “go woke, go broke.”
The 2025 film reportedly cost $410 million to make and promote, but it barely grossed $200 million worldwide, resulting in an official...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) The U.S. dollar is undergoing a major technical breakdown—a highly bullish development for commodities, especially precious metals and their mining stocks.
For the past couple of months, I’ve been warning of a likely breakdown in the U.S. dollar—an event that historically signals a bullish...
(Stuart Englert, Money Metals News Service) Whenever the indebted United States nears its legal borrowing limit, the fiscal can kickers in Washington, D.C., and their misinformation-spewing mouthpieces spout an oft-repeated falsehood and make audacious predictions about the nation’s ability to finance its burgeoning debt forever.
“The U.S. has never defaulted...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Due to a combination of central bank gold buying and the surging price of gold, gold has overtaken the euro as the world’s number two reserve asset.
But it’s not so much that gold is replacing the euro. It is supplanting the dollar.
Based on data released by the...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Did you know the Seminole Indians refused to conduct trade using paper money?
True story. When doing business with white traders, the Seminoles insisted on barter or silver coinage.
Why?
Because they understood the unreliability of fiat currency and the government that "backs" it.
I learned this...
(Headline USA) Protesters outside a New Jersey federal immigration detention center locked arms and pushed against barricades as vehicles passed through gates, inmates inside relayed word that meals had been delayed, and Newark's mayor cited reports of a possible uprising and escape as disorder broke out at the facility.
Much is...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A senior Israeli official told the Jerusalem Post that Tel Aviv and Washington worked together to convince Tehran that diplomacy was still possible after Israel was ready to attack Iran. Just hours before Israel’s massive assault began, President Donald Trump maintained he was still committed to talks.
The...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Failed vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, the self-described “knucklehead” Minnesota governor, became speechless when Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., asked him to define a woman.
“What is a woman?” Mace asked on Thursday at a House Oversight Committee hearing on sanctuary jurisdictions.
Walz, seemingly taken aback by the...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A Florida sheriff on Thursday warned potential anti-ICE rioters that any attack on local law enforcement would be met with deadly force: “We will kill you, graveyard dead.”
Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey issued the blunt warning at a press conference on possible protests against President Donald...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The Republican-sponsored HALT Fentanyl Act, a bill cracking down on fentanyl and related substances, passed the House in a bipartisan 321-104 vote Thursday.
The bill, reintroduced in February by Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., permanently classifies fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs under the...
(Jason Ditz, Antiwar.com) Unusually far-right even in the generally far-right Israeli cabinet, Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu has sparked some new controversy today in a speech to an ultra-nationalist youth conference, where he called for Israel to have full control over both Syria and Lebanon, on top of annexing Gaza...