Personal Finance
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Indian Gold Demand Rebounds During Important May Festival
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) After a tepid March and April, Indian gold demand surged during an important May festival. India ranks as the second-largest gold market in the world behind only China. Moderating prices helped drive a resurgence in gold demand ahead of and during the Akshaya Tritiya festival on May 10. According…
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SCOTUS Finds No Bias against Blacks in Charleston-Area Congressional District
(Headline USA) The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Republican-held South Carolina congressional district, rejecting a lower-court ruling that said the district discriminated against black voters. In a 6-3 decision, the court held that South Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature did nothing wrong during redistricting when it strengthened Rep. Nancy Mace’s hold on the coastal district by…
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Ex-British PM Tony Blair Favored to Replace Retiring Klaus Schwab at WEF
(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) With the recent announcement that Klaus Schwab will retire from his post as executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, some have speculated that former British prime minister Tony Blair might be Schwab’s successor, the European Conservative reported. Schwab, who founded the WEF in 1971, will step down and take on…
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RFK Jr. Wants to Give Black Farmers $5B in Reparations
(Headline USA) Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this week that he would support giving black farmers $5 billion in reparations if elected—once again confirming his leftist political views, despite having made early appeals to right-wing voters with skepticism over vaccine mandates and other government excesses. “When I’m in the White House … I’m…
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Several States Take Steps to Block a Central Bank Digital Currency
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Several states have taken action over the last two years in an effort to block the implementation of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the United States. Indiana was the first state to pass legislation relating to central bank digital currency. Enacted in 2023, the law explicitly excludes…
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Rep. Massie Gives Gun-Grabber David Hogg a Reading Lesson on the Federal Reserve
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The late Austrian economist Murray Rothbard once said, “It is no crime to be ignorant of economics … But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance.” Apparently, Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg never got Rothbard’s memo. The…
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80-Year-Old Vet Scammed out of $1.5 Million in Gold Bars
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) An 80-year-old veteran was reportedly defrauded out of $1.5 million of gold in a sophisticated scheme involving fake federal agents and phony sting operations. According to Fox 13 in Tampa, one woman, Swetaben Patel, 42, was arrested Thursday for her participation in the scheme. “Police say there appear to be numerous…
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WABC Radio Suspends Giuliani for Flouting Censorship of 2020 Vote Fraud
(Headline USA) Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was suspended Friday from WABC Radio and his daily show canceled over what the station called his repeated violation of a ban on discussing the stolen 2020 election. 2020 was the first election where the losing candidate won most of the bellwether counties yet lost the election. Totally…
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Trump Tax Cuts Becoming Important Election Year Issue
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) – The sweeping Trump-era tax cuts in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 are set to expire next year, setting up the tax debate as a potentially key political issue this election year. While illegal immigration and inflation top Americans’ list of concerns, both parties are increasingly talking…
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Commie Activists Use Pro-Palestine Protests to Foment ‘Real Revolution’
(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Communist organizations are using pro-Palestine protests in New York City to promote physical revolution and escalation of conflict in pamphlets. Multiple communist groups met on May 7, 2024, at Revolution Books in Harlem, Manhattan, and discussed “gathering forces for revolution,” the Epoch Times reported. “Nobody is an outsider when it…
