The Against Crony Capitalism Friday Edition

Musical guest: The Beatles, Powell says there will be bank failures, Bitcoin and gold soar, Celebrating journalists who take risks to do the right thing

Powell: ‘There will be bank failures’ caused by commercial real estate losses

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Powell says Fed not "remotely close" to a central bank digital currency

Watch this spot like a hawk. Central Bank Digital Currencies are bad news for everyday people who like their dignity and hope for even a shred of autonomy in the economy.

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Here’s what consumers would do to get a coupon from an online store

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What Meta’s new AI video model could mean for commerce

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This is all AI generated video

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The CFPB puts a bull's eye on Elon Musk and cryptocurrencies

In our opinion the CFPB, housed within the Fed is funded in an unconstitutional manner anyway. Of course that means nothing practically speaking.

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Record highs for Bitcoin & gold as dollar suffers worst week in 3 months

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Cybersecurity YouTubers found a huge flaw with a convenient feature in Tesla cars

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Taibbi: America enters the Samizdat era

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New Samizdat Prize makes good journalism Real Clear

DesRosiers said the name “Samizdat” was chosen because that is what the remarkably viable underground press in the former Soviet Union was called.

“It translates as ‘We publish ourselves,’ that is, not the state, but we, the people,” he said.

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