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They’re even coming for the FDIC — yes, the one that protects everyone's bank deposits.

We need rules in place to protect regular investors in crypto and private equity – not a shadowy system that lines the pockets of crypto billionaires and giant private equity firms.

A downturn in these markets could put our whole economy at risk.

US Justice Department considers merging DEA, ATF in major shakeup, memo says The U.S. Justice Department is considering merging the lead agencies enforcing drug and gun laws in a major shakeup as it follows President Donald Trump's instructions to sharply streamline the government, according to a memo first reported by Reuters.

the only line in this story that matters is “would require congressional approval”

US falls out of top 10 most powerful passports The American passport is now in joint 12th place, falling from 10th in July, according to new rankings.

Another proof that the US soft power is degrading under Trump. The US passport is now the 12th strongest passport behind most democratic countries.

www.newsweek.com/us-falls-out...

Lol.

U.S. falls out of top 10 on list of the world’s most powerful passports

The U.S. is now in the 12th spot — it was first a decade ago.

- WaPo

tRump creates chaos and depends on it to confuse and distract us. We're not falling for it.
Nokings.org

And talk about rape being "epic". Please include this item as well from now on.

Can we *PLEASE* include that these guys talked about rape as "Epic".

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

Donald Trump pardoned the “Camp Auschwitz” guy, dined with Holocaust deniers, and said, “any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion.” This isn’t a coincidence. It’s a culture.

Not all that different from Trump and the gang's comments at the RNC rally at Madison Square Garden in Fall 2024.

Oh, that's right. Trump said the same thing. Domestic violence isn't real violence so can't be that "serious". WTF?!!!

Oh, that's right. Trump said the same thing. Domestic violence isn't *real* violence so it can't be that serious. WTF?!

Riiiiiiight

Trump’s approval rating underwater in every swing state for first time The declines extend to states set to hold upcoming key 2025 gubernatorial contests, including Virginia and New Jersey.

Trump’s approval rating underwater in every swing state for first time - Newsweek www.newsweek.com/trumps-appro...

Trump sinks underwater in every swing state in new polling President Donald Trump boasts about winning all seven swing states last year to claim a broad mandate, but new polling shows him underwater in each of them less than a year after the 2024 election.The president's net approval rating is above water in only 24 states, down one from the Morning Consult...

New polling shows the strongman drowning in swing states: net approval below zero in PA, MI, WI, AZ, GA, NV, NC. Virginia and New Jersey slide too. Nationwide approval 45 percent. History says presidents under 50 hemorrhage House seats.

🧵😡😡

“What has followed has been a Golden Age for the C-suite”

Busted: Trump official revealed rampant corruption before the president fired him - Alternet

You mean morning radio?

Let's have a serious conversation. When the youth wing of a major American political party is caught saying they "love Hitler" and want to send opponents to "gas chambers," what is the absolute minimum acceptable response from that party's leader?

Secret Service has spent nearly $100k at Trump properties - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington The Secret Service spent nearly $100,000 in taxpayer money at Trump properties in the first months of his second term.

So far this term, records document nearly $1 million spent protecting Trump and his family members at Trump properties and entertainment events and on vacation, with payments to Trump properties making up around 10% of that total.

If only there was an election that could have prevented a terroristic Insurrection from being denied and memory-holed in under five years.

For the non-Econ/Finance folks, this means that payroll growth could be a more reliable indicator of the economy than GDP. So......things aren't looking great.

Am I allowed to point out that the 80-year-old president can't keep his government up?

They also "described rape as “epic”

Young Republicans’ vile group chat praising Hitler, joking about rape exposed: ‘Fat stinky Jew’ Then-chair of NY’s Young Republicans said everyone who didn’t vote for him to become chair, would be “going to the gas chamber” according to the report.

Just, wow. "The leak exposed some 2,900 pages of chats among about a dozen Young Republican group leaders from early Jan. to mid-Aug. this year."
-“I love Hitler”
-“fat stinky Jew”
“inbred cow f–kers”
“I’d go to the zoo if I wanted to watch monkey play ball”@nypost.com nypost.com/2025/10/15/u...

Virtual #NoKings event!! Please spread the word!

Analysis: 'America First' has become 'Trump First'

Headline from CNN today.

The teacher speaking is Mr. McCant at Lovejoy High School in Clayton County, Georgia.

Is this what is being taught to students? It's no wonder people are feeling stressed, but it's the left indoctrinating people. 🙄

Would this be considered grooming?

#ProudBlue
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Big bank CEOs see an economy that's 'resilient' in the face of uncertainty JPMorgan, Citigroup and Wells Fargo all used "resilient" to describe U.S. consumers — even as they grapple with tariffs and a weakening job market.

Of course they say everything's fine with the economy!

They want Trump to follow through on abolishing or "reforming" the FDIC, which protects people's money in the event of bank failures.

Who needs the FDIC if everything's fine?