(Money Metals News Service) In this episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey delves into the topic of Franklin D. Roosevelt's gold confiscation during the Great Depression, framed within a broader discussion of government power and individual compliance.
Personal Anecdotes and Government Compliance
Maharrey begins by relating his...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Brandon Caserta was found not guilty of conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s governor in April 2022.
So it surprised him when heavily armed police surrounded his vehicle last August, their weapons drawn and ready to shoot—all over a minor domestic dispute, in which he’s charged with harming his ex-girlfriend “by...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Ex-Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn—who’s made numerous false statements about his role on Jan. 6, 2021, and who’s been the subject of domestic abuse allegations—was defeated Tuesday in his quest to become the next representative of Maryland’s third congressional district.
Dunn fell in Tuesday’s Democratic Primary to...
(Matthew Doarnberger, Headline USA) President Joe Biden has unveiled plans to significantly increase tariffs on several imported products from China, according to USA Today.
The items that the Biden administration has targeted for these tariffs include electric vehicles, batteries, semiconductors, steel, aluminum, critical minerals, solar cells, ship-to-shore cranes and medical...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The majority of U.S. banks are targeting clients based on their political and religious beliefs, a new report found.
Banks are doing so partially in response to Biden administration directives, a House Judiciary Committee investigation found through the efforts of its Select Subcommittee on the...
(Headline USA) There may still be more than two months to go until the Paris Olympics, but already the games are threatening to be an insufferably woke display of election-year virtue-signaling---and you can bet that if presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump remains the frontrunner in July, much of the...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Some three years ago, the Justice Department charged Kansas man William Pope with eight crimes in relation to his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill protest.
Since then, Pope has been representing himself in court—and, judging by recent filings, he’s giving the DOJ’s lawyers...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Last June, an anonymous whistleblower disclosed that the FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate threatened any agent who disagreed with how the bureau was conducting its investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill uprising.
According to the whistleblower, Abbate conveyed his threat to all FBI personnel in...
(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) A recent Oxford University debate went viral after former Mumford and Sons musician Winston Marshall rebuked former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., for being an out-of-touch elite, Fox News reported.
During the Oxford Union event, the British string band's erstwhile banjo player and lead guitarist---who...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Industrial and tech demand for gold rebounded in the first quarter, rising 10 percent year over year.
Industrial and technological applications consumed about 79 tons of gold in Q1, according to data compiled by the World Gold Council.
At the aggregate level, all four major...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Fed officials and people in the Biden administration insist "we" are making progress in tamping down price inflation. Many market analysts are optimistic enough to believe that the central bank will be able to cut interest rates this fall.
But the average American isn't...
(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) When confronted with the state of California's disastrous financial situation, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom cited climate change in a recent interview as the reason for the state's lack of funds.
"Can we explain to Californians how we move from a $100 million surplus to such a...