Gold and silver retreated from record highs
and the dollar strengthened
on reports that Trump may appoint a more hawkish-than-expected Federal Reserve chair.
Trump said on Thursday that he intended to announce his pick to replace Jerome Powell on Friday,
with growing speculation that the role will go to the former Fed governor #Kevin
RE: https://journa.host/@mathewi/115985125373328108
I didn't know about the 2nd and the 4th, and the 2nd doesn't surprise me (I had speculated he'd go for a massive cash bribe, but benefit in kind makes sense too) but arresting Obama?!!? That would…
Tillis Vows To Block Confirmation Of Federal Reserve Nominee Unless DOJ Drops Probe Into Jerome Powell - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/01/tillis-vows-to-block-confirmation-of-federal-reserve-nominee-unless-doj-drops-probe-into-jerome-powell/
A Nostalgic Journey and a Guiding Star: Revisiting Hercules, Xena, and the Magi
https://ift.tt/N4gb0kY
By Princess O’Nika Auguste During the holiday season, the pull of childhood nostalgia often leads me…
via Input 4 RELCFP
In a Q&A, Bari Weiss says she doesn't plan to pull future 60 Minutes segments after they've been promoted and she wasn't pressured to hold the CECOT story (Jeremy Barr/@jeremymbarr)
https://x.com/jeremymbarr/status/2016204949458223303
Prolongement de la ligne bleue… sans les portes de protection
#montreal
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualit…
Dear friends,
Please forgive one more post related to this, but I’m excited to share my new album, 'Habitations', with you!
A friend listened to a few of my thoughts/the album and summarised it as "inhabited worlds - human sanctuaries and tragedies, insect colonies and their swarm intelligences, bird migrations across continents, the microcosms of mind and memory, the metal nests of decaying cities…tracing the often-surprising beauty of the perilous journey home - t…
housekeeping: i migrated my last dozen lists of year-end favorites to my site. less ranked best-ofs, more extended listening etc. journals so i don't forget. now tagged as "ginchy shit": https://jessejarnow.com/category/ginchy-shit/
“When I was in justice, my ultimate vision for that part of the criminal justice system was to achieve, by means of AI and technology, what Jeremy Bentham tried to do with his Panopticon. That is that the eyes of the state can be on you at all times.”
– Shabana Mahmood, Home Secretary of the UK
https://archive.ph/6fk8h
A profile of Daniel Suhr, a conservative lawyer and Brendan Carr ally who is behind many news distortion complaints against US TV networks under FCC review (Jeremy Barr/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/22/daniel-suhr-trump-fcc-media