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Elon Musk has boosted the incentive for registered voters in Pennsylvania to refer other registered voters to sign his Super PAC’s petition. “If you’re a registered Pennsylvania voter, you & whoever referred you will now get $100 for signing our petition in support of free speech & right to bear arms. Earn money for supporting something you already believe in! Offer valid until midnight on Monday,” Musk wrote. If you’re a registered Pennsylvania voter, you & whoever referred you will now get $100 for signing our petition in support of free speech & right to bear arms. Earn money for supporting something you already believe in! Offer valid until midnight on Monday. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 18, 2024 “Note, to minimize fraud, checks will be mailed to your voter address on file with the state of Pennsylvania,” Musk added. Note, to minimize fraud, checks will be mailed to your voter address on file with the state of Pennsylvania — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 18, 2024 Musk’s America PAC initially offered $47 for every registered voter in seven battleground states who referred other registered voters to sign the petition supporting the First and Second Amendments. Sign our petition in defense of YOUR Constitutional rights to Free Speech & Bear Arms! Goal is to get 1M voters in swing states to sign this petition. For each registered swing state voter you refer that signs the petition, you get $47!https://t.co/PgHAgrmrv8 — America (@america) October 6, 2024 “The First and Second Amendments guarantee freedom of speech and the right to bear arms. By signing below, I am pledging my support for the First and Second Amendments,” the petition reads. “In appreciation for your support, you will receive $47 for each registered voter you refer that signs this petition,” it continues. “Our goal is to get 1 million registered voters in swing states to sign in support of the Constitution, especially freedom of speech and the right to bear arms. This program is exclusively open to registered voters in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin and North Carolina. Expires October 21,” it adds. It now includes the special offer for Pennsylvania registered voters. “Sign this petition and get $100. Refer a petition signer and get $100,” it reads. “Offer valid from time of posting through 11:59 PM on 10/21. New signers only. $100 replaces standard $47 offer (not in addition to it) To be eligible, both the referrer and the petition signer must be registered voters of Pennsylvania,” it adds. Screenshot: Newsweek reports: While this requires a signed IRS form for payments of $600 or more, there appears to be no limit on the number of registered voters that can be referred. The stated goal of the petition is to register 1 million voters across swing states, only allowing registered voters in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin and North Carolina to sign and claim $100 before the offer expires on October 21 (the deadline for voter registration). Similarly, the America PAC homepage is recruiting people who “are interested in working on increasing voter registration and voter turnout” for $30 an hour and “bonuses for performance.” While federal law dictates that paying individuals to vote or accepting payment for voter registration or voting is an offense, compensating people for signing petitions or for convincing others to sign petitions is not against the law. Campaign-finance lawyer Brendan Fischer told The New York Times that “the fact that they are only paying the referrer rather than the signatory further insulates the PAC from any accusations that they are buying votes,” adding that America PAC is spending money to collect voter data, which is what standard PACs and campaigns routinely do. “Pennsylvania — Your last day to register to Vote is Monday, October 21st,” America PAC stated. Pennsylvania — Your last day to register to Vote is Monday, October 21st REGISTER NOW: https://t.co/jctwB6Z73a pic.twitter.com/VTjLmDc3sj — America (@america) October 18, 2024 Musk hit the campaign trail in Pennsylvania and is doing a “series of talks” before the presidential election. “Tomorrow night through Monday, I will be giving a series of talks throughout Pennsylvania. If you’d like to attend one of my talks, there’s no attendance fee. You just need to have signed our petition supporting free speech & right to bear arms & have voted in this election,” Musk said Wednesday. “To clarify, you need have voted in Pennsylvania,” he added. To clarify, you need have voted in Pennsylvania — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 16, 2024 WATCH: ELON MUSK: “I haven't been politically active before. I'm politically active now, because I think the future of America and future of civilization is at stake” pic.twitter.com/Tzi4v5yOqf — ALX (@alx) October 18, 2024 Per Daily Mail: Musk, who is worth more than $200 billion, has thrown himself into the race in recent weeks. He appeared alongside Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, this month and has set up a political action committee to funnel his money into the fight. This is the second time he has offered supporters money. His America PAC previously offered $47 (Trump would be the 47th president if he wins in November, as well as the 45th) for each swing state voter to sign the petition. Filings released this week show he gave $75 million to the group for the final stretch. And on Thursday night he kicked off a campaign swing in the state, speaking at a town hall for people who had signed up with his PAC. ‘I can’t emphasize enough that Pennsylvania is, I think, the linchpin in this election,’ he told a crowd in Folsom, before setting out why he had decided to wade into politics in 2024 ‘This election, I think, is going to decide the fate of America, and along with the fate of America, the fate of Western civilization.’  

Happy Friday everyone! Yes, it’s Friday and that means it’s time again for our weekly PRECIOUS METALS REPORT courtesy of my friend Ira Bershatsky. As always, my standard disclaimer: Not personalized financial advice, but this is the quality of insight and macro analysis that people pay big money for…and thanks to Ira, I’m pleased to be able to share it was all of you. I say it all the time….don’t listen to what they TELL you on the “Tell-a-Vision”, watch what they DO! And one of the biggest and best to watch is Warren Buffet. What’s Uncle Warren doing? SELLING STOCKS. Here’s a recent report we ran a few days ago: INSIDER’S SELLING (Part 6): Warren Buffett DUMPS Almost $1 BILLION of Stock, Stock Market Crash Incoming? My friend Ira Bershatsky picks up on that plus a few other big moves in this week's Precious Metals Update: On Thursday, retail sales for September were released and were up .4% from August which was .1% better than expected and unemployment claims were lower than expected indicating a resilient economy. This increased Treasury yields slightly. Gold and silver were not deterred by these numbers with both continuing their upward march after the numbers were released and into this morning. In an article in Business Insider on Thursday, David Einhorn, billionaire hedge fund investor who has had his fund, Greenlight Capital since 1996, says the stock market is overvalued and is the most expensive in decades. His two biggest winning holdings are a company that is a developer and land holder and gold. Yes, gold! He says that Warren Buffett has been selling stocks even though he says you can’t time the market yet he got out of stocks in the 1960s before the market peaked and sold stocks in 2007 before the market downturn. In an article in Bloomberg this past Wednesday, Stanley Druckenmiller, billionaire investor and former hedge fund manager, said the stock market is “very convinced” Trump will win. Buy metals on the dip or on the momentum. Until next time… So...what will YOU do? Listen to CNBC? Buy stocks at All-Time-Highs? Or follow Buffet and Einhorn? As for me and my house (that's all I can tell you, I can't give you personalized financial advice because everyone's situation is different), I'm getting prepared and getting my house in order BEFORE things turn nasty... I'm buying as much Gold, Silver and Crypto as I can get my hands on. Ira can help you if you want to do the same thing, he's earned my trust. I know many of you are already familiar with Ira Bershatsky, but for those who don't know him, you can find Ira and his company, Advisor Metals, over at WLT Precious Metals. I have personally sent family members to Ira for 5-figure purchases of Gold and Silver and he treated them like royalty.  They were very pleased. That's how much I trust Ira. No one has a crystal ball for the markets, but I trust Ira's ethics and morals and customer service implicitly.  I always hear glowing reviews! I didn't tell him I was sending them over either (and these particular family members have a different last name) so I did it as a bit of a "secret shopper" test and Ira passed with flying colors. Of course I knew he would. That's why I work with him and that's why I have confidence telling you about him. Ira can handle bulk purchases of bullion, coins, whatever you want. All custom ordered and shipped right to your door. A lot of people love Bullion because its the cheapest and most economical way to do it, to stretch your dollar into as much gold and silver as possible. The website is called WLT Precious Metals and when you see my logo in the top left-hand corner, you'll know you're in the right place. You'll get a personal phone call with Ira Bershatsky (or someone on his team) and they will work with you free of charge for as long as needed to answer any questions you have and get you taken care of. How about that! You don't see that much anymore, but Ira and his team pride themselves on good old-fashioned real customers service: No sales pitch, just real, actual help. And the best prices you will find. Here's the only disclaimer I will give you: because they do pride themselves on dedicated service, it might take a few days before you get a phone call back.  Just be patient. Good things come to those who wait! You can contact Ira and WLT Precious Metals here. Ira can also help you if you want to purchase Gold and Silver in your IRA. I mean, his name is Ira, after all, OF COURSE he can help you purchase in your IRA account. The thing I love about purchasing in your IRA account is you can do it with no money out of pocket.  You just take money already in the IRA account, perhaps in stocks or bonds or other investments, and you can shift it into Gold and Silver. Again, I'm not your personalized financial advisor, I'm just explaining how it works. And it's REALLY cool. So even if you're saying times are tough right now, I don't have a lot of spare money to shift into Gold and Silver, you might have a golden opportunity (pun intended!) already sitting there in an established retirement account. I'll be back next Friday with another Precious Metals Report update from Ira. Until then.... Noah out.

Cuba’s national electrical grid reportedly shut down on Friday, plunging the island nation into darkness. “Cuba’s electrical grid shut down after one of the island’s major power plants failed, plunging the entire country into a blackout, the ministry of energy and mines said,” Reuters noted. Cuba's electrical grid shut down after one of the island`s major power plants failed, plunging the entire country into a blackout, the ministry of energy and mines said https://t.co/0k8AkIMOpD — Reuters (@Reuters) October 18, 2024 Per CNN: In a statement on X, the ministry said “the failure” of the Antonio Guiteras Power Plant caused “the total disconnection of the National Electrical System” from 11 a.m. ET on Friday. In Havana, motorists on Friday tried to navigate the city where no street lights appeared to be working and only a handful of police were directing traffic. Generators are a luxury for most Cubans and only a few could be heard running in the city. This week, Cuba’s increasingly energy-strapped government called for draconian measures to save power, including telling many workers to stay home. Classes at schools were canceled from Friday through the weekend, nightclubs and recreation centers were ordered closed, and only “indispensable workers” should show up at their jobs, according to a list of energy-saving measures published by the state-run website Cubadebate earlier on Friday. Millions of people on the communist-run island have been left without power over the last several days as the aging Cuban electrical grid repeatedly collapsed. Cuba sees an island-wide blackout after "failure" of one of its major power plants, according to the country's energy ministry https://t.co/lWuuaBl0pk — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) October 18, 2024 Confirmed: Network data show a significant decline in internet traffic in Cuba; the incident is attributed a power outage due to the shutdown of Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant per the Ministry of Energy pic.twitter.com/E7dUqStW8t — NetBlocks (@netblocks) October 18, 2024 Reuters reports: The Communist-run government earlier in the day closed schools and non-essential industry and sent most state workers home in a last-ditch effort to keep the lights on for residents. But shortly before midday, the Antonio Guiteras power plant, the country’s largest and most efficient, went offline, prompting a total grid failure and leaving approximately 10 million people without power. “There will be no rest until (power) is restored,” Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on X. The crisis had already prompted officials to cancel all non-vital government services. Schools of all levels including universities, have been shuttered through Sunday. Recreational and cultural activities, including night clubs, were also ordered closed. The government said only essential employees of the state-run food and healthcare industries should report to work on Friday. Grid officials said they did not know how long it would take to re-establish service.

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