Federal reserved, toy gunned and eyeball scanned + this day in history w/identity ecosystems and our song of the day by Armand Hammer on your #MorningMonarchy for January 13, 2026.
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“Everything’s Fine” and the #BestOf2025 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/best-of-2025/
#PumpUpThaVolume: Winter 2026 ♬ These are those new (and classic) songs you’ve heard on Media Monarchy this season ♬
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6yvrUIAtKyYnJK7UNBWs7M
U-Haul truck with ‘USA Don’t Repeat 1953’ slogan rams into anti-Iranian regime rally | Watch; A U-Haul truck was seen ramming into a crowd of anti-Iranian regime rally in Los Angeles on Sunday.
https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/us-news/los-angeles-u-haul-truck-with-usa-dont-repeat-1953-slogan-rams-into-anti-iranian-regime-rally-watch/4104283/
The Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China in Los Angeles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consulate-General_of_China,_Los_Angeles
Video: Jennifer Garner CIA Recruitment Video (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eESpdvcyTUw
Politics At The Golden Globes: In Chaos Of The Trump Era, Presenters & Winners Speak In General Terms About Need To Do “The Right Thing”
https://deadline.com/2026/01/golden-globes-politics-trump-1236679991/
Search: Judd Apatow Zionist
https://search.brave.com/search?q=judd+apatow+zionist
Trump tells Cuba to ‘make a deal, before it is too late’
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2kv2gn62vo
Video: YOU WOULDN’T FIND THIS IN THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA: Thousands of Orthodox Jews lined up in London to oppose Zionism while chanting “Israeli Government Shame On You!”
https://x.com/jewishvoicelive/status/2010582073723998262
Meet the US-born, Marxist, tech millionaire behind the anti-ICE protests. You won’t believe who he’s married to… and where they now live
https://archive.is/ZKeB0
Hilton Removes Hotel That Canceled DHS, ICE Reservations; The company’s decision comes after a video showing that the hotel still refused to take reservations from the agencies.
https://archive.is/97PFO
Trump admin reportedly considers paying each Greenland resident up to $100K amid US takeover talks; Proposal could cost up to $6B given island’s 57,000 residents
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-reportedly-considers-paying-each-greenland-resident-100k-us-takeover-talks
Mortgage rates just fell below 6% for the first time in years; The president’s latest affordability push sent 15- and 30-year mortgage rates tumbling. But experts say the long-term impact may be limited.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/real-estate/30-year-mortgage-rates-below-6-percent-rcna253218
Trump says he will seek to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-ban-institutional-investors-single-family-homes/
Trump Directs Purchase of $200 Billion in Mortgage Bonds; Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte said on X that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will execute the purchase.
https://archive.is/UmFTX
Gold and silver boooooming this morning!
https://goldprice.org/
Trump Provides Update on When $2,000 Tariff Payments Could Come; The president also says he doesn’t need Congress to pass enabling legislation.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-provides-update-on-when-2000-tariff-payments-could-come-5969632
US job growth stuck at stall speed in December; unemployment rate dips to 4.4%
https://www.reuters.com/business/us-job-growth-slows-december-unemployment-rate-eases-44-2026-01-09/
Image: I was a UCAP millionaire!
https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20260111_UCAP.png
Search: is ucap coin a scam?
https://search.brave.com/search?q=is+ucap+coin+a+scam%3F
Image: The new US quarters are wild. They put a bunch of women nobody has ever heard of on them.
https://fixupx.com/Howlingmutant0/status/2010568385923543254
BullionStar Announces Record Global Revenue of SGD 761.1M in FY 2025
https://www.bullionstar.com/blogs/bullionstar/bullionstar-announces-record-global-revenue-of-sgd-761-1m-in-fy-2025/
Video: BANK OF AMERICA SURRENDERS: BofA Just Issued a $309 Silver Alert – Physical Premiums Exploding (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBc8Z2gS5wM
Relative strength index
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_strength_index
Gen Z workers are ghosting jobs, ditching bosses and chasing side hustles, survey reveals
https://nypost.com/2026/01/10/lifestyle/gen-z-is-ghosting-their-jobs-and-ditching-bosses-survey-finds/
Looking for a job? Here are the best U.S. cities to find openings.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/best-cities-to-find-job-2026/
Fed Chair Powell says he’s under criminal investigation, won’t bow to Trump intimidation
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/12/fed-jerome-powell-criminal-probe-nyt.html
Video: Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell (Audio)
https://x.com/federalreserve/status/2010510130970849338
Cover Image: Jape Owl’s ‘Gimpcoin’
https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20260113_MorningMonarchy.jpg // https://sillylines.art/ // https://ko-fi.com/sillylines
Greenspan, Bernanke, Yellen and other past officials say Trump using ‘prosecutorial attacks’ to undermine Fed
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/12/greenspan-bernanke-yellen-trump-fed.html
Video: Allen Greenspan Admitting the FED is above the law, congress and president (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcvuBETuwn0
Alan Grayson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Grayson
Video: Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke lying through his teeth (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czQa1C2Tvqw
Ozzy Jones – “Hey, It’s Your Computer” (Audio)
‘Between You And Me’
Intercept – November 21, 2025
*Ozzy Jones – “Hey, It’s Your Computer” https://intercept.bandcamp.com/track/hey-its-your-computer // From ‘Between You And Me,’ the recently-released album by electronic music artist, Ozzy Jones. Available now via Intercept.*
Update: Trump to interview BlackRock’s Rieder for Fed chair role, Fox Business reports
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/trump-interview-blackrocks-rieder-fed-chair-role-fox-business-reports-2026-01-12/
Is Patreon still charing [sic] you monthly here for TLAV? If so, I have not gotten a dime from them since 2021.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/is-patreon-still-147495040
Entertech
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertech
Video: The Rise & Fall of Entertech (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYre2GWp9ks
This Bliss – “Anima Complex” (Audio)
Digital Single
AnalogueTrash – August 1, 2025
*This Bliss – “Anima Complex” https://thisbliss.bandcamp.com/album/anima-complex // “Based out of Boston, this is not another laptop band.” Here’s the new digital single by Boston-based husband and wife band This Bliss, aka Nick Zampiello and Jess Baggia, available now via AnalogueTrash.*
Spotify removes 75 million tracks from platform in crackdown on AI; They say they are taking a stand against music intended to “confuse or deceive listeners, push ‘slop’ into the ecosystem, and interfere with authentic artists working to build their careers”
https://www.nme.com/news/music/spotify-removes-75-million-tracks-from-platform-in-crackdown-on-ai-3895278
NYC Wegmans is storing biometric data on shoppers’ eyes, voices and faces
https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-wegmans-is-storing-biometric-data-on-shoppers-eyes-voices-and-faces
Video: Wegmans responds to questions about facial recognition in NYC stores (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpFHsxAntb4
J-Shin – “Treat U Better” (Inst. // Vinyl // Audio)
‘Treat U Better’
Slip-N-Slide Records/Atlantic – 1999
*J-Shin – “Treat U Better” (Inst. // Vinyl) ANOTHER MONARCHY EXCLUSIVE! // https://www.discogs.com/release/1223154-J-Shin-Treat-U-Better // https://mediamonarchy.com/20240820pumpupthavolume/ // We played the album version back in 2024 from this 12″ gifted by RBL!*
#ThisDayInHistory/#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode059 – White House Calls for ‘Identity Ecosystem’ to Protect Online Users (Jan. 13, 2011 // Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw059/
Armand Hammer – “Peshawar” (w/The Alchemist)
‘Mercy’
BackwoodzStudioz – November 7, 2025
*#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Armand Hammer & The Alchemist – “Peshawar” https://armandhammer.bandcamp.com/track/peshawar // NYC duo, Armand Hammer & The Alchemist, share their distress over machines created in the image of man and the emergence of AI-generated music. This track comes from their just-released album, ‘Mercy,’ available now via BackwoodzStudioz.*