10 years: gold from ~$1,200 to ~$4,500/oz
Gold's price has roughly tripled-and-more over the past decade, rising from about $1,200 to around $4,500 per ounce, according to a sponsored segment.
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NPR's Embarrassing Excuse, Another Socialist Victory, and Smug Serena Williams, with Matt Taibbi and Rob Finnerty | Ep. 1351
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Jul 1, 2026
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Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Stays Out of Politics — and Gets Attacked for It
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Kelly plays a clip of Governor J.B. Pritzker calling Trump demented before pivoting to a lighter story: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson publicly declaring he wants to keep his politics out of his art, saying 'the main thing for me is creating.' Kelly and Finnerty both approve — they argue this is exactly what the right has been asking of Hollywood for years: just let us enjoy you without knowing whether you hate us. But the left will not allow it. George Takei and Wil Wheaton — the latter famous as a child actor in Stand By Me — have publicly attacked Johnson as a coward for the stance. Finnerty notes that The Rock has a live-action Moana coming out July 10th and that 'Republicans go to movies too,' suggesting the business logic is obvious. He then offers Johnny Carson's 30-year late-night dominance as the definitive proof that political neutrality is a winning long-term strategy — and contrasts it with the self-destructive partisan branding of today's hosts and actors like George Clooney and Ben Affleck.
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