Liquidity Fairy Alert! Bank Term Funding Program usage rose this week ($102.927B vs $102.305B on 7/12), marking the 7th straight week over $100B. It’s looking more and more like there’s an over-reliance on Fed Funding. I believe this be a moral hazard.

by Dismal-Jellyfish Borrowing from the Bank Term Funding Program is on the increase again! What we are monitoring: Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP) Discount Window/Primary Credit “Other Credit Extensions” I hope to shed light on the recent uptick in borrowing …

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New York City voluntarily agrees to pay $13 million to criminals who looted the city. I wonder what message this sends to future criminals…

by EuphoricTrilby https://apnews.com/article/2020-class-action-settlement-george-floyd-protests-arrests-f005beed8b5666e6807f3775c0252a8a “We got to stay on the street. And we’ve got to get more active, we’ve got to get more confrontational. We’ve got to make sure that they know that we mean business.” — Maxine Waters pic.twitter.com/wQ98jn8eHC — …

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Taiwan semiconductor warned that Artificial Intelligence is not as good as it sounds; Elon Musk prioritizes market share over profits, resembling his previous high-profile purchase of Twitter, despite its unprofitability.

Taiwan semiconductor warned that Artificial Intelligence is not as good as it sounds.https://t.co/ENHumo5m4y"TSMC's second-quarter earnings call may go down as one of the more pessimistic calls in recent history" Just another rope-a-dope. pic.twitter.com/1YtEEDD7Xc — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) July 20, 2023 Bulls …

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RFK, Jr., Despite Democrat Objections, Gives Passionate, Unscripted Testimony Against Censorship…Democrats Attempt to CENSOR RFK Jr. From Further Testimony

“If federal censorship is not stood up to aggressively, it will expand to every corner of online discourse.” NEW: @Kat_Cammack Asks About Govt Censorship: Wait Till You Hear @RobertKennedyJr’s Response SAUER: “If federal censorship is not stood up to aggressively, …

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CDU – Counter Disinformation Unit

What is mis/disinformation? The UK government defines disinformation as the deliberate creation and spreading of false and/or manipulated information that is intended to deceive and mislead people, either for the purposes of causing harm, or for political, personal or financial …

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Federal Reserve Alert! Federal Reserve announces that its new system for instant payments, the FedNow® Service, is now live. What Is It, and What Does It Do?

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/other20230720a.htm The Federal Reserve on Thursday announced that its new system for instant payments, the FedNow® Service, is now live. Banks and credit unions of all sizes can sign up and use this tool to instantly transfer …

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Corruption at the highest level – The IRS, uncovered evidence that foreign nationals paid the Biden family over $17M

CORUPTION: The IRS, despite obstruction of its investigation by the DOJ, uncovered evidence that foreign nationals paid the Biden family over $17M. It is time to appoint a special prosecutor. https://t.co/c3ekpAc4Fk pic.twitter.com/1nZ43581LB — @amuse (@amuse) July 20, 2023 CORRUPTION at …

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Shot Through The Heart (Of The Economy)? US Debt UP By Same Amount In Last 4 Years Than It Did In First 221 Years (Minsky Moment When $192 TRILLION In Unfunded Liabilities Hits The Fan

by confoundedinterest17 Shot through the heart (of the economy), and they’re to blame. The Fed and Congress give government a bad name. When I see the faces of Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Janet Yellen and Jerome Powell, all I think of …

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ESCALATION: Russia Announces Full Sea Blockade of Ukraine. US & Turkey will Guarantee Safe Passage of All Ships

https://twitter.com/baronitaigas/status/1681685241692401665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw The Russian MoD has declared a full blockade of Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea. Ukraine is now land-locked, and will remain so in perpetuity — assuming it persists at all as a sovereign entity. UPDATE – TASS updated …

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The Real Reason for Climate Change

by DOORBERT The distance of where you are from the Sun is constantly changing because the Earth’s orbit around the Sun is VERY irregular. Start by learning the three Milankovitch Cycles, then look into Solar Inertial Motion. None of this …

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