More than half of homeowners say their insurance premiums went up in the last year, according to Consumer Reports. The biggest culprits? Inflation, construction costs, and extreme weather. In response, Consumer Reports has drawn up what it calls a "Homeowners Insurance Bill of Rights," which it hopes will be adopted by states around the country. Today, we'll hear more. But first, Elon Musk has released an artificial intelligence-powered rival to Wikipedia.
WSJ Tech News Briefing - TNB Tech Minute: Amazon to Lay Off Up to 30,000 Employees
Plus: AI inference startup Fireworks AI is valued at $4 billion in its latest funding round. And Peter Thiel-backed startup Substrate raises more than $100 million to manufacture chips in the U.S. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts.
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Audio Mises Wire - A Brief History of the Enduring American Embargo against Cuba
For more than 60 years, the US government has enforced a trade embargo against Cuba, ostensibly to force the communist government into collapse. The only thing that has collapsed, however, is the logic in the US policy.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/brief-history-enduring-american-embargo-against-cuba
The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Trump in Asia
Today we look at Donald Trump's trip to Asia and how he might approach Xi Jinping on trade. We also consider the public's perception of what tariffs are doing to prices and why Trump always needs to have a shadow hanging over his accomplishments. Give a listen.
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Audio Mises Wire - No, Tariffs Did Not Cause September’s Budget Surplus
September’s fiscal surplus was not thanks to tariff revenue. In truth, it was thanks to Americans paying more in income tax. Tariffs were only 5.7 percent of revenue.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/no-tariffs-did-not-cause-septembers-budget-surplus
CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE MINING POD: Has the Market Left MARA Behind?
MARA as once the darling of public bitcoin miners, but it’s fallen behind in 2025. We break down why and what MARA can do to get back in the limelight.
Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, we dive deep into MARA, the largest public Bitcoin miner by hash rate at 60.4 EH/s. Despite leading in hashrate, MARA has lagged behind peers like Riot and CleanSpark with just a 5.4% YoY return versus competitors seeing double or triple digit gains. We break down the ownership structure of MARA’s current bitcoin mining operations, the company’s 96% US concentration versus 50/50 US/international goals, vertical integration moves, and why the market values AI/HPC megawatts over Bitcoin mining capacity right now.
Notes:
• MARA operates 60.4 EH/s across 18 sites
• Only 5.4% YTD return vs peers at 62%+ gains
• 96% US footprint, targeting 50/50 international split
• ~50/50 split between owned and hosted capacity
• 1.174GW total operational capacity
• Q2 SG&A costs: $92-93 million
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
02:56 MARA snapshot
07:20 Sovereign systems
15:32 Financials
18:20 IREN, RIOT flip MARA
19:50 CTO let go
22:48 MARA in a crab market
23:16 Exaion France Power Authority
26:30 Share dilution
30:03 Auradine rigs
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Native America Calling - Tuesday, October 28, 2025 – News briefs: tribal government disputes, land protection, government shutdown emergency
A struggle over who is running the Northern Cheyenne tribal government has resulted in arrests of government officials, frozen bank accounts, and an emergency action by traditional tribal leaders to ban women from voting. The divide started after newly elected President Gene Small authorized a forensic financial audit. Another long-standing divide is coming to a head on the Navajo Nation, prompting President Buu Nygren to state he will not resign his position. We’ll talk with reporters covering these two internal government disputes and take a look at some other notable issues and events.
GUESTS
Krista Allen (Diné), editor of the Navajo Times
Thomas Tortez (Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians), former chairman of the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians
Brad Lopes (Aquinnah Wampanoag), Native American Teacher Retention Initiative program manager and former classroom teacher
Nora Mabie, Indigenous affairs reporter with Montana Free Press
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Cato Podcast - Trump v. The Fed?
Both Republicans and Democrats pressure the Fed toward different agendas, revealing deeper institutional problems. Norbert Michel and Jai Kedia argue that broad discretion and an inflated view of the Fed's influence enable mission creep and capture regardless of who holds power. The solution? Congressional legislation establishing clear rules.
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Audio Mises Wire - How to Recognize Critical Race Theory
Despite the change in the White House, critical race theory is still with us, dominating the academic sectors and being ingrained in progressive culture. We need to better recognize what it is and how it works in order to better refute it.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-recognize-critical-race-theory
Marketplace All-in-One - Does the central bank have enough data to go off of?
The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee starts a two-day meeting on interest rates today. Most of the government data the Fed usually considers when voting on rates isn’t available because of the shutdown. We did get a tardy consumer price index report last Friday, though, and the Fed also produces some data itself. But can that paint a clear enough economic picture? Also: why workplace insurance premiums are likely to climb.