Markets
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Americans Back to Running Up Credit Card Debt in May
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) After paying down credit card debt in April, American consumers went back to running up the plastic in May. But borrowing for big-ticket items remained sluggish, indicating consumers are still struggling to make ends meet in this inflationary environment. Total consumer debt increased by another 11.3 billion in May,…
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GOP Sen. Dies after Questioning Climate Change: ‘Greatest Hoax Ever Perpetrated’
(Headline USA) Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., a conservative icon known for his strong support of defense spending and staunch climate-change skepticism, has died. He was 89. Inhofe, a powerful fixture in Oklahoma politics for over six decades, died Tuesday morning after he had a stroke over the July Fourth holiday, his family said in a…
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Sanders Says He’s Done Enough to Save Biden’s Campaign
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., the twice-failed Democratic presidential candidate and leftist darling, declared Sunday that he has done enough to save President Joe Biden’s sinking re-election bid. Sanders’s assertion came in response to CBS News anchor Robert Costa’s question on whether Biden can count on the senator to campaign during the summer.…
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Red State’s Capital City Considers Measure to Limit Tourists on Saturdays
(Headline USA) Each year, a crush of tourists arrives in Alaska’s capital city on cruise ships to see wonders like the fast-diminishing Mendenhall Glacier. Now, long-simmering tensions over Juneau’s tourism boom are coming to a head over a new voter initiative aimed at giving residents a respite from the influx. A measure that would ban…
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Vance Criticizes Left’s Overreaction to Trump’s Special Prosecutor Pledge
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, swiftly shut down a leftist reporter’s questioning regarding former President Donald Trump’s proposal to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate growing accusations of criminality within the Biden family. On Sunday, NBC News anchor Kristen Welker attempted (albeit unsuccessfully) to challenge Vance over Trump’s comments, which have sparked cynical…
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Host Fired Over White House-Prepped Biden Questions
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) WURD Radio has fired a host who disclosed receiving pre-drafted questions from the White House for a post-debate interview with Joe Biden, according to a company press release. Confirming the dismissal on Sunday, WURD stated that Andrea Lawful-Sanders is no longer associated with the station after publicly acknowledging on CNN that she…
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NYC Lux Hotels Pocket $1B to House Illegals at Taxpayers’ Expense
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Taxpayers are footing a hefty bill for New York City’s hotel industry, which has received over $1 billion to house illegal aliens in former luxury hotels, reported the New York Post on Saturday. A staggering $1.98 billion in tax dollars has been allocated toward housing, including hotels across the city’s five boroughs.…
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Gold-Silver Ratio Could Indicate the Early Stages of a Silver Breakout
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Two months ago, the gold-silver ratio broke an important support level, indicating the white metal could be in the early stages of closing its gap with gold. The gold-silver ratio indicates how many ounces of silver it takes to buy one ounce of gold given the spot price of…
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Precious Metals Outperforming Stocks Despite ‘Magnificent Seven’ Hype
(Clint Siegner, Money Metals News Service) If you ask average investors what the best-performing asset class is year-to-date, the vast majority of them would get it wrong. The correct answer isn’t stocks, but rather precious metals (led by silver). Most investors would have no idea that silver is up 32% year to date because they…
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S**thole NYC: Rotting Corpse Left at Curb for Trash Pick-Up
(Headline USA) Decomposing human remains have been found wrapped in a sleeping bag and left out on the sidewalk for trash collection in Manhattan, New York City police said Saturday. The grisly discovery happened around 5 p.m. on Friday. Police received reports of a suspicious package with a foul smell outside of a building in…
