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wilfordp.bsky.social
@wilfordp.bsky.social
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Retired engineer. Here for the politics and factual news. Fiscal conservatism. Social liberalism. 🚫 No Masks. Ouden Adelon. 🇺🇦🌻☮️💙🇺🇲🌊🔎🕯️👉💡Vote 💙 #BlueResisters #DemocracyFighters #BlueCrew #NoKings 🚫 DM
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helenkennedy.bsky.social
WV Sen Shelly Moore Capito
ND Sen Kevin Cramer
Missouri Sen Eric Schmidt
Fla Rep. Vern Buchanan
Tenn Sen Marsha Blackburn
Texas Sen Ted Cruz
Ohio Sen Bernie Moreno
Missouri Rep Sam Graves
Pa Rep Mike Kelly
Texas Rep Roger Williams
Ohio Rep Troy Bolderson
Michigan Rep. Lisa McClain
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December 3, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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maxkennerly.bsky.social
"Investment grade" isn't a holy writ. One cause of the subprime mortgage crisis was the improper rating of >$3 trillion in bad credit / undocumented income mortgages as "AAA," the highest level.

And let's not be naïve: the ratings agencies don't audit borrowers, they use what they're given.
Of the $40 trillion private credit market, roughly $38 trillion is debt rated as investment grade, about 95% of the market. This vast pool is split between bank balance sheets and investors and plays a critical role in financing the economy. Increasingly, long-dated private credit held by pension funds and insurers is financing the long-term needs of critical infrastructure — from energy transition to data and manufacturing — providing the patient, flexible funding that traditional markets cannot offer. Simply put, banks generally finance shorter durations while investors finance longer ones. Myth No. 1: Private credit is not rated. Investment-grade private credit is almost always rated, either internally by a bank or externally by ratings companies. The largest and best-known of these — Moody’s, S&P and Fitch — have the largest share of ratings in this market. Most private credit held by insurers and other financial institutions is rated investment grade. At Apollo’s Athene subsidiary, for example, roughly 97% of fixed-income assets are investment grade, and only 0.35% is levered loans that are below investment grade — typical for well-run insurance companies.
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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resistrebelrevolt.net
Nativity photo from Seattle.
A nativity scene with Mary, Joseph, and Jesus in separate ICE cages. A Threads user says "And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and seperated them from the babe lying in a manger. They threw them each in cages, because they were not native to Bethlehem and foreigners were not welcome there." -Luke 2:16 CNV (Christian Nationalist Version)
December 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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kashwitna.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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lolabrin.bsky.social
Vaught, Miller, and Vance are waiting for the right moment,to install Vance and continue implementing Project 2025 in full force. They figure everyone will be so happy Trump is gone and things are quiet,yet behind the scenes it continues hoping few notice.
We must remove the entire administration
December 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM