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  "path": "/threads/psa-buying-us-mint-gold-might-support-drug-cartels-terrorism-whoopsie.2634541/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-01T17:40:31.000Z",
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    "U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’"
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  "textContent": "Apparently this has been a problem for decades—Trump 1’s administration may have actually exposed the problem for the first time.\n\n\n\n###  \n\t\t\t\t\t\tU.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\nAs prices for the precious metal soar, the industry’s guardrails have broken down.\n\nwww.nytimes.com\n\n\nBut now I have to ask why those zerohedge people keep insisting we invest in gold…",
  "title": "PSA: Buying US Mint gold *might* support drug cartels/terrorism (whoopsie!)"
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