The recent indictment of James Comey has galvanized the usual suspects of the Washington establishment, who have reacted predictably to the criminal charges against one of their own. The New York Times editorialized with the headline, “The Comey Indictment Plunges the Country Into a Grave New Period,” declaring:

“As uncertainty deepens amid the U.S. government’s first shutdown in almost seven years, the gold frenzy continues to climb to new heights.”

In recent weeks, the Trump administration has deployed—or threatened to deploy—National Guard troops in at least five American cities, including Chicago, Portland, Los Angeles, and New Orleans. Many of Trump’s supporters have cheered this, claiming that it is the responsibility of the president to send federal troops wherever he determines they are needed. 

Scott Bessent pledged on September 22 to do “whatever it takes” to prop up the Trump administration’s most important ally in Latin America 

Ilana Mercer describes how, with the genocide of Gazans almost complete, the media has started reporting on it as a way of absolving the media of its complicity.

From Almost Daily Grant’s,

The Trump administration’s asset price-minded, E-Z money push has already ushered in a major adjustment in a certain yellow metal, with the price of gold logging more than 30 daily record highs so far this year on its way to a 40% gain. That heady move has roused the heretofore-sleepy mining complex to the tune of a 110% year-to-date rip for the NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index. 

The issue of central banking has been the source of significant controversy in the United States, from its founding in 1776 to today’s clashes over monetary power.