Wednesday, September 17, 2025

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Report: JP Morgan CEO Influencing Trump’s Agenda, Despite Previous Support for Democrats

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The CEO of JPMorgan Chase, which last year agreed to pay $290 million to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein for banking the sex trafficker’s criminal enterprise, has been secretly communicating with Donald Trump for months and is influencing his impending policy agenda—despite his previous staunch opposition to Trump. Citing four...

Thanksgiving, Economics, and Sound Money

(Money Metals News Service) In the latest episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey blends historical insights with economic commentary to explore Thanksgiving's roots, the current state of the gold and silver markets, and the enduring principles of sound money. The Pilgrims’ Experiment in Socialism: A Thanksgiving...

Why Do They Call It Black Friday?

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Do you know what I don't do on Black Friday Leave the house. That's my tradition, and I'm sticking to it. It's just too peopley out there. On top of my propensity to avoid hordes of grumpy shoppers, I like to sleep. Black Friday generally involves getting up early...

Black Friday Uptick May Provide Early Barometer for Trump-Era Optimism

(Headline USA) After weeks of pushing early deals, retailers in the United States and some other countries tried to seduce customers with promises of bigger discounts on Black Friday, the sales event that still reigns as the unofficial kickoff of the holiday shopping season even if it's lost some luster. Department...

No, Thanksgiving Is Not About Turkey, Indians, and Funny Hats…

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Did you know socialism almost wiped out the Pilgrims? They probably didn't teach you that little factoid in government school when they were talking about turkey, Indians, and funny hats, but it's true. Socialism sounds good on paper. But it never plays out well in the...

How to End the Fed

(Peter St. Onge, Money Metals News Service) How can we End the Fed... Without a government-licensed counterfeiter, would we be eating cat food? There's an entire industry dedicated to pumping out Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt of the post-apocalyptic dystopia that would descend upon the fair republic if we cancel the Fed's counterfeiting...

Walmart’s Rollback of Controversial DEI Practices Leaves Left-Wing Activists Reeling

(Headline USA) Walmart's sweeping rollback of its diversity policies is the strongest indication yet of a profound shift taking hold at U.S. companies that are re-evaluating the legal and political risks associated with discriminatory hiring and advancement practices based exclusively on identity politics. Walmart confirmed to the Associated Press that...

11 AGs Declare War on BlackRock, Vanguard for Coal Market and ESG Manipulation

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, joined by 10 other attorneys general, sued three of the world’s largest investment firms, alleging antitrust violations and attempts to manipulate the coal market.  The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in federal court, accuses BlackRock, State Street Corporation and Vanguard Group of pressuring coal producers...

Intel Reaches $8B Deal for CHIPS Money, If Bill Can Avoid Repeal

(J.D. Davidson, The Center Square) After delays and lobbying from business groups around the country, the U.S. Department of Commerce and Intel announced a deal Tuesday morning to release nearly $8 billion in direct CHIPS Act funding. The $7.86 billion directly impacts Intel’s commercial semiconductor manufacturing and advanced manufacturing projects...

Leaders from Mexico, Canada, China Warn of Retaliation to Trump’s Tariff Trade War

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) President-elect Donald Trump's vow to hit America's top trading partners with 25% tariffs on imported goods prompted a cool response from neighbors and China. Mexico's lower house leader Ricardo Monreal, a member of the ruling Morena party, said a trade war would hurt the entire...

Pentagon Fires Back after Musk Calls Its Most Expensive Project ‘Obsolete’

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Pentagon officials declined to comment on billionaire Elon Musk's critical assessment of its most expensive project, the F-35 stealth fighter. The Tesla CEO and SpaceX leader, now tasked with co-managing the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, called the Pentagon's stealth fighter "obsolete." "The F-35 design...

Chinese Central Bank Just Secretly Bought 60 Tonnes of Gold

(Jan Nieuwenhuijs, Money Metals News Service) The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) is covertly buying very large amounts of gold, adding upward pressure to a tense gold market. An explosive cocktail of Western institutional investors and central banks in the East buying gold this year is making the gold price...
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