* Guest: Eldon Stahl – Field Coordinator – The John Birch Society – JBS.org – TheNewAmerican.com

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

* Honest Money Report: Gold – $2200.00 Silver – $25.23.

* Yesterday was The International Day of Happiness!

The UN has released the 2024 World Happiness Report. The United States has landed at number 23 dropping out of the top 20.

* Federal Reserve Keeps Rate As-Is Yet Again It holds for 5th straight time, with 3 cuts still expected in 2024 – Newser.com

* Insiders say Trump might let Letitia James seize Trump Tower! – Then would seek its return on victory in appeals court – WND.com

* Chick-fil-A adds 6 pizza items to menu at test kitchen restaurant.

* Biden to announce $8.5B in federal grants for Intel Corp., already one of Arizona’s largest employers, It stems from the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 – Russ Wiles, USAToday.com

The proposed $8.5 billion federal grant, along with Intel’s own funding plans, would mark one of the largest-ever semiconductor manufacturing investments.

* The DNC is forming a group of lawyers to monitor how third-party contenders seek ballot access as the party continues to worry that such candidates could potentially hinder President Joe Biden’s reelection chances – NYHT.

Candidates’ efforts will be watched to guarantee “to the degree that you are seeking status as a new political party, you are actually a political party — a large group of people who believe what you believe, not simply a single candidate wanting to circumvent existing rules,” Lenhard told the NYT.

Lenhard added that state policies that limit ballot access “ensure that the people who are on the ballot have legitimate bases of support, and it’s not simply a vanity project,”