Gold is reliable. Gold is safe. These are probably obvious statements to the types of people who read our content, but the general population is a bit slower on the draw. You need only watch this video of Mark Dice asking Californians to choose between a few bucks and a 1 oz gold coin to see this in action.
It’s almost painful to watch a man’s face drop when, after choosing a $20 bill, Dice informs him that the gold coin is worth around $1,800. What’s worse is that it didn’t matter if he lowered the cash offer to $10 or even $5, people still chose the cash over the gold. One woman even happily remarked that she could buy a single beer with that cash.
But that’s California for you. The same state where a Board of Supervisors just voted against reopening what was once the largest gold-producing mine in the state and the second-largest in the country. Their reasoning being exactly what you’d expect from Californians.
Cross the mountains into the state of Nevada, however, and things are a bit different. Although it’s known as “The Silver State”, it’s not picky about which precious metal it uses to boost its economy and enrich its citizens. Working with state, local, and tribal governments, the Bureau of Land Management recently approved the construction of a new gold mine that’s expected to contribute to the economy for nearly a quarter century after it begins operation.
But while Nevadans may support the mining of gold, they’re still behind the likes of Florida when it comes to utilizing it. The state legislature’s recently-filed House Bill 697 and Senate Bill 750 have the potential to be a massive step in breaking the Federal Reserve’s monopoly on money by recognizing gold and silver as legal tender, potentially even for digital transactions. Florida is only the most recent state to be embracing gold and silver, however, as Utah led the charge back in 2011 and has since been joined either wholly or partially by several other states.
Many of those states also loosened or removed taxes on gold and silver, something I’m sure many Costco customers living in them were grateful for when they started buying the 1 oz gold bars the retail giant recently started selling. Despite the limit of two bars per member, Costco could barely keep them in stock due to the massive demand, selling more than $100 million worth in just their first fiscal quarter. The only complaints the customers seemed to have, aside from the two-per-member restriction, were state sales taxes on the purchases.
Although these are just baby steps, it’s encouraging to see corporations, governments, and the people as a whole are finally starting to understand what you and I have probably understood for years.
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Independent Journalism Is Dying
Ever since President Trump’s miraculous victory, we’ve heard an incessant drumbeat about how legacy media is dying. This is true. The people have awakened to the reality that they’re being lied to by the self-proclaimed “Arbiters of Truth” for the sake of political expediency, corporate self-protection, and globalist ambitions.
But even as independent journalism rises to fill the void left by legacy media, there is still a huge challenge. Those at the top of independent media like Joe Rogan, Dan Bongino, and Tucker Carlson are thriving and rightly so. They have earned their audience and the financial rewards that come from it. They’ve taken risks and worked hard to get to where they are.
For “the rest of us,” legacy media and their proxies are making it exceptionally difficult to survive, let alone thrive. They still have a stranglehold over the “fact checkers” who have a dramatic impact on readership and viewership. YouTube, Facebook, and Google still stifle us. The freer speech platforms like Rumble and 𝕏 can only reward so many of their popular content creators. For independent journalists on the outside looking in, our only recourse is to rely on affiliates and sponsors.
But even as it seems nearly impossible to make a living, there are blessings that should not be disregarded. By highlighting strong sponsors who share our America First worldview, we have been able to make lifelong connections and even a bit of revenue to help us along. This is why we enjoy symbiotic relationships with companies like MyPillow, Jase Medical, and Promised Grounds. We help them with our recommendations and they reward us with money when our audience buys from them.
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Even our faith-driven precious metals sponsor helps us tremendously while also helping Americans protect their life’s savings. We are blessed to work with them.
Independent media is the future. In many ways, that future is already here. While the phrase, “the more the merrier,” does not apply to this business because there are still some bad actors in the independent media field, there are many great ones that do not get nearly enough attention. We hope to change that one content creator at a time.
Thank you and God Bless,
JD Rucker
