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Fed/SCOTUS thread.
Problem #1: Under SCOTUS precedent, flowing from McCulloch, the first successors to the Banks of the US were national banks (private corporations like JPMorgan), not the Fed.
Problem #2: The regional Federal Reserve banks are quasi-private, but the Fed *board* is not. It's a public agency... cont'd
Problem #2: The regional Federal Reserve banks are quasi-private, but the Fed *board* is not. It's a public agency... cont'd
May 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The grift will continue
INBOX: Bloomberg publishes an “atlas” to the Trump family’s “money-making machine”:
“.. In any other era, this scale of presidential moneymaking would threaten to be the story of the year, but political uproar has hogged most of the attention.”
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
“.. In any other era, this scale of presidential moneymaking would threaten to be the story of the year, but political uproar has hogged most of the attention.”
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
May 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The grift will continue
Glad we've solved all the other issues and we're that far down the list of problems
The acting U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., has sent letters to several leading medical journals asking for information about their editorial practices.
Medical journals hit with threatening letters from Justice Department
The acting U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., has sent letters to several leading medical journals asking for information about their editorial practices.
www.npr.org
May 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Glad we've solved all the other issues and we're that far down the list of problems
And yet I'm sure there are people sitting at a gas station paying $3/gallon and still believing this
May 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
And yet I'm sure there are people sitting at a gas station paying $3/gallon and still believing this
Well that can't be good, right?
Nothing to worry about here, either
The secretive Russian satellite in space that US officials believe is connected to a nuclear anti-satellite weapon program has appeared to be spinning uncontrollably, suggesting it may no longer be functioning, US analysts say reut.rs/4jrHIEr
April 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Well that can't be good, right?
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Can someone explain how this a federal case?
Can someone explain how this a federal case?
Mangione is set to appear in federal court on Friday for his arraignment in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Prosecutors have filed an intent to seek the death penalty.
Here's where Luigi Mangione's cases stand before his arraignment Friday
Mangione is set to appear in federal court on Friday for his arraignment in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Prosecutors have filed an intent to seek the death penalty.
www.npr.org
April 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Can someone explain how this a federal case?
Can someone explain how this a federal case?
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Always be grifting
Always be grifting
Hell of a story from @garrettshanley.bsky.social on FL surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo. The latest example of how well health misinformation pays for the handful of doctors willing to peddle it.
www.alligator.org/article/2025...
www.alligator.org/article/2025...
‘Ladapo’s a charlatan’: Florida surgeon general’s tenure at UF is lackluster, colleagues say - The Independent Florida Alligator
When Gov. Ron DeSantis hand-picked Joseph Ladapo as Florida’s surgeon general in September 2021, the role came with a second high-profile appointment: a tenured faculty position at UF. But Ladapo’s co...
www.alligator.org
April 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Always be grifting
Always be grifting
I am glad we've solved the egg price issue
The most fragile, sensitive snowflake in history.
March 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I am glad we've solved the egg price issue
November 28, 2024 at 2:40 PM
November 23, 2024 at 1:07 PM