* Guests: Bryan Rust, Kelly Finnegan, Over the past 50 years, Rust Coins has been working to educate customers about precious metals – RustCoinAndGift.com

* Honest Money Report: Gold – $2048.30 Silver – $22.98.

* Gold to hit new highs next year – Reuters – Will It Result In A “Gold Storm”?

* Sam Starts TV Show on BrightEON.tv!

* Independent presidential candidate RFK Jr. qualifies to seek access to the ballot in Utah.

* Trump received millions from foreign governments as president, report finds – NYT.

* Xerox to Lay Off 15% of Its Staff At the Top of ’24 – Santul Nerkar.

* US Auto Sales Expected To Slow After Strong 2023 – Neal E. Boudette.

The auto industry appears headed for slower growth this year as consumers struggle with elevated interest rates and high prices for new cars and light trucks.

* The Biden administration spent millions on diversity trainings for federal agencies in 2023 – DailyCaller.com

* Past government diversity trainings have instructed federal workers that asking an Asian colleague for help with a math problem could be racist, that men can become pregnant and that “social pain” can be the same as physical pain.

The Air Force, Navy, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), National Park Service, National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, Department of Education and Department of Veterans Affairs were among the government bodies shelling out millions for diversity trainings.

* Harvard University President Claudine Gay could likely still make nearly $900,000 yearly from the school due to her return as faculty staff, according to former salary records from The Harvard Crimson. Gay announced her resignation from the university’s presidential seat.

* Active Shooter at Iowa High School, Police Confirm.

* Was Barack Obama guilty of insurrection? – details January 2017 effort ‘to subvert the presidency of Donald Trump’ – Jack Cashill.