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Gold just got promoted. As of July 1, 2025, physical gold is now officially classified as a Tier 1 asset under U.S. Basel III banking regulations. That means banks can count gold at 100% of its market value toward their core capital reserves. No haircut. No markdown. Same treatment as cash or Treasuries. This is …
The Trump administration wants to end automatic birthright citizenship as enshrined in the Constitution’s 14th Amendment. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday handed a major win to the Trump administration by allowing it to take steps to implement its proposal to end automatic birthright citizenship. In a 6-3 vote, the court granted a request …
2008 starts to look like a warm-up… The new synthetic mortgage back securities 2008 is going to look like a bull market. https://t.co/jZHvpWq6dQ — The Great Martis (@great_martis) June 25, 2025 .@pulte is easily the most ignorant bloated imbecile to head any federal housing bureaucracy and that's really saying something. Why would any self-respecting bank …
A federal appeals court has handed Trump a major victory, ruling that the United States can continue using tariffs to protect itself from foreign trade practices. The decision reverses a lower court ruling that had blocked Trump’s sweeping tariff policies, allowing his administration to maintain duties on imports from China, Canada, Mexico, and other nations. …
Watch live as the U.S. House Committee on Rules meets on “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill. Read more here: https://bit.ly/43mUz3R
Massie is a legend, after this the House changed the rules so he couldn’t do this again byu/AbolishtheDraft inAnarcho_Capitalism Legendary. True successor to Ron Paul.
Democrats in Colorado are preparing to permanently end farming in the state “This would be the end of farming and ranching and private (farm) land ownership in Colorado” “There’s something happening in Colorado which is not so good. The corridor of people that don’t understand the rural lifestyle that live in all the cities in …
A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged migrant gang members is lawful, but determined that the administration has provided insufficient notice before deporting migrants under the proclamation. U.S. District Court Judge Stephanie Haines’ ruling stands in contrast to two other federal judges …
The House Agriculture Committee’s reconciliation proposal would save up to $300 billion over the next decade largely through cuts to the nation’s largest anti-hunger program, according to long-awaited Congressional Budget Office estimates viewed by POLITICO. The savings from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program would be well over the committee’s instructed target of $230 billion in spending cuts, …
The Trump administration plans to rescind Biden-era AI chip curbs as part of a broader effort to revise semiconductor trade restrictions that have drawn strong opposition from major tech companies and foreign governments, according to people familiar with the matter. The repeal, which is not yet final, seeks to refashion a policy launched under President …
The Trump administration plans to impose a new testing requirement for new vaccines — a demand that could delay the availability of the next round of COVID-19 vaccines and complicate the approval of other vaccines. The administration will require all new vaccines to be tested against an inert substance known as a placebo before they …
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The current regulatory capital rules were designed for banks, making them complex and not tailored to investment firms’ business models. These changes would reduce the volume of legal text by 70%. This is part of the FCA’s work to make sure its rulebook works better for the UK market and to remove unnecessary burdens on …
via BossBlunts1: WHY THE CFTC NO-ACTION LETTER MATTERS It allows UBS to absorb toxic Credit Suisse swaps quietly — no clearing or margin requirements kick in. It shields these legacy exposures from public scrutiny. It suggests the risk is so large or complex, that the CFTC believes enforcing margin and clearing rules now could cause …
The UK Supreme Court has unanimously determined that within the scope of equalities law, the term “woman” is defined by biological sex. This resolution finalizes a lengthy legal confrontation, which holds potential implications for how sex-based rights are enforced throughout Scotland, England, and Wales.The decision favored the advocacy group ‘For Women Scotland,’ which contested the …
Last week, President Donald Trump’s administration turned its chainsaws on the Department of Energy (DOE), cutting, canceling, or pausing a handful of onerous regulations set to hobble household and commercial appliances. Anyone who’s coughed up a small fortune for a barely functional machine lately knows the stakes. My 30-year-old Bosch dishwasher was a marvel—efficient, precise—scouring …
The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon put on hold an order by a federal judge in Massachusetts that would have required the Department of Education to reinstate more than $65 million in grants that it terminated in February because they funded programs that included diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. In an unsigned three-page opinion, a …
A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency to resume their efforts to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development. The ruling from a three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a lower-court judge’s injunction that had temporarily blocked Musk and …
well when the member of the DTCC work for the same people they are suppose to regulate nothing will ever be fair @DOGE pic.twitter.com/B012ZMDlK4 — jacked4daMOASS (@AbelGuerrero28) March 16, 2025 The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has unveiled a new framework aimed at addressing what it defines as “market disruptions.” The shift gives the …
BREAKING: Leftist extremists have laid siege on the NY State Capitol. This is an insurrection and they all need to be locked up for 22 years. Thems the rules. pic.twitter.com/hjefQUrfFa — Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) March 12, 2025 https://twitter.com/Grizzardofpaws/status/1899895877701165141
by Ed Driscoll IT’S COME TO THIS: Embarrassing: New Orleans’ 65-Year-Old DEI Police Chief’s Shocking Admission on City’s Missing Preventative Sidewalk Barriers “I didn’t know about them” (Video). [New Orleans Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick] told reporters, “What you see behind us is what we call hardening the target. We have brought in heavy trucks. You …
How does someone come out with “you’re in my house now” to the ppl who literally pay her salary? 🤯 — Carlos America (@CarlosBtnoCigar) December 26, 2024
A federal judge on Monday struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing “harmful” materials to minors. U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks found that elements of the law are unconstitutional. “I respect the court’s ruling and will appeal,” Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin …
“Thousands of COVID-19 fines worth millions of dollars are going to be withdrawn and repaid. The fines were issued by NSW Police to members of the public who allegedly contravened health orders during the pandemic lockdowns in 2020 and 2021. It was argued by Maurice Blackburn Lawyers that the fines — which ranged from $1,000 …
https://twitter.com/newstart_2024/status/1853415582541996536 TL;DR Naval Ravikant expresses concern about unified governments and advocates for divided government He warns that unified governments threaten democracy through potential tyranny of the majority Changing electoral rules (e.g., mail-in ballots, voter ID laws, statehood for DC and Puerto Rico) is a primary concern Censorship and altering democratic processes can lead to a …
In addition to illegally boosting @KamalaHarris, NBC's Saturday Night Live last night did a skit *literally* aimed at boosting the name recognition of Sen @timkaine. Why? Perhaps because Kaine's challenger @HungCao_VA just closed the gap & could win. It's election interference. pic.twitter.com/dolUILMhMU — Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) November 3, 2024 THIS IS INSANE ELECTION INTERFERENCE by …
Nevada’s Supreme Court on Monday ruled mail-in ballots without postmarks can be counted three days after Election Day. The Democrats use mail-in ballots to cheat so the Trump campaign and Nevada GOP filed a lawsuit against the Nevada Secretary of State arguing against the state’s law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted after the election. …
Judge Tanya Chutkan on Thursday denied former President Donald Trump’s request to delay until after the election the unsealing of court records and exhibits in the 2020 election interference case and said the court would release evidence submitted by the government on Friday. In her five-page order, Chutkan said there was a presumption that there …
Organizations that manage, coordinate and monitor electricity service for 156 million Americans across 30 states are warning that the Biden-Harris administration’s power plant rule will be catastrophic for the nation’s grid. Four regional trade organizations (RTO), as they’re called, recently filed an amicus brief, also known as a friend of the court brief, in support …
