August 2024
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Consumer Stress Levels Spiked in July Despite Rosy Economic Forecasts
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) For a brief moment after the July jobs data came out worse than expected, everybody suddenly worried that the U.S. economy was heading toward a recession. That lasted about two days. Now, the soft landing narrative is back in play, according to mainstream pundits and government officials. Normal, everyday…
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Is Bitcoin Really Digital Gold? Comparing and Contrasting the Two Assets
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Many investors put gold and Bitcoin in the same category. Some people even call Bitcoin “digital gold.” Is this a fair comparison? There are certainly similarities between the two assets, but there are some significant differences as well. Gold and Bitcoin have both provided solid returns this year. Gold…
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Over 28% of Americans Look for New Jobs, Highest Rate in Decades
(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) A new labor market survey shows Americans have rarely felt more in need of new job opportunities, indicating that over 28% are currently looking for a new job. The New York Federal Reserve’s latest consumer poll found that 28.4% of respondents were looking for a job—the highest reading since March 2014 and…
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Is Patriot Front an ‘Insurrectionist’ Group? DOJ Seems to Think So
(Stephen Horn, Headline USA) North Carolina paratrooper Kai Liam Nix has been identified as one of the Patriot Front members seen over the last several years marching in khakis, a blue polo and face mask. Apparently, the Justice Department may consider such activity to constitute as participation in an “insurrectionist” group. Nix was arrested last…
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Trump Shooting Task Force to Tour Butler Monday; Other Lawmakers Holding Separate Event
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The task force appointed by House Speaker Mike Johnson and ranking member Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, to investigate the Trump assassination attempt is set to meet at the scene of the crime on Monday. According to the Washington Examiner, task force leaders Reps. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., and Jason Crow, D-Co., will meet with local officials to…
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Job Creation Numbers Way Overstated; Corrupt Gold-Dealer Blows Up
(Mike Gleason, Money Metals News Service) As central bankers from around the world gather in Jackson Hole to foist their agendas into the media spotlight, investors are counting down the days until the Federal Reserve starts cutting rates. Minutes from the Fed’s last meeting showed several officials were sympathetic toward easing immediately. Although Fed Chairman…
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Even Dems Admit Walz Would Be a Manchurian Candidate
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) During an Asian American and Pacific Islander meeting at the Democratic National Convention, supporters of vice presidential candidate Tim Walz openly admitted this week that Walz would be “the first Chinese vice president” if he and Democrat nominee Kamala Harris were to win the November election. Riffing off the 1990s-era claim that…
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Whistleblower: Secret Service HQ Pressured Agents against Asking for More Trump Security
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and current acting boss Ronald Rowe have both told Congress that Donald Trump’s security team received all the resources it asked for ahead of the July 13 deadly rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. But according to Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Trump’s security detail was told ahead…
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As Fed Chair Confirms Interest Rate Cut, Mortgage Rates Hit Lowest Level in 15 Months
(Headline USA)The average rate on a 30-year mortgage eased this week to its lowest level in 15 months, welcome relief for home shoppers navigating a housing market that remains out of reach for many Americans. The rate fell to 6.46% from 6.49% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate…
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James O’Keefe Goes Undercover at DNC, Confronts Far-Left ActBlue
(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Independent journalist James O’Keefe confronted representatives of the Democratic fundraising company ActBlue at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago after capturing one of its employees on camera saying that recent scandals with the donation platform were a “disinformation campaign.” BREAKING: James O’Keefe Confronts ActBlue Staff at DNC Convention Over False…
