Democrat Senator Introduces “Ministry of Truth” Bill that Would Create a Federal Agency to Target Americans for “Misinformation

🚨 A new bill wants to empower a new federal agency to create a council that establishes "enforceable behavioral codes" on social media platforms and AI. The council will include "disinformation" experts. pic.twitter.com/m9MdSl9kda — Reclaim The Net (@ReclaimTheNetHQ) May 18, …

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FDIC Alert! $114 billion in face value Agency Mortgage Backed Securities, Collateralized Mortgage Obligations, and Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities about to be liquidated ‘gradual and orderly’ with the ‘aim to minimize the potential for any adverse impact on market functioning’ by BlackRock.

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.fdic.gov/news/press-releases/2023/pr23029.html The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver of the former Signature Bank, New York, NY, and Silicon Valley Bank, Santa Clara, CA, will undertake a marketing process to sell the securities portfolios retained from the two receiverships. …

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The collaboration between the White House and health and intelligence agency bureaucrats to silence criticism of presidential policies is an assault on the most fundamental foundation stone of American Democracy.

The collaboration between the White House and health and intelligence agency bureaucrats to silence criticism of presidential policies is an assault on the most fundamental foundation stone of American Democracy.https://t.co/NKIU977B25 — Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) March 28, 2023 Robert …

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FDIC Extends Bid Window For Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, N.A. Agency Will Continue to Operate the Bridge Bank while Exploring Strategic Options. Nobody wants these bags?

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.fdic.gov/news/press-releases/2023/pr23022.html   The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has extended the bidding process for Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, National Association, Santa Clara, California. There has been substantial interest from multiple parties, and the FDIC and the bidders need …

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Pension Fund Blues! Agency MBS Prices And Mortgage REITs Declining As Fed Withdraws Monetary Stimulypto (Duration Risk Increasing)

by confoundedinterest17 Pension funds have long been investing in “safe” agency mortgage-backed securities. But as The Fed does its “tighten up”, we are seeing agency MBS prices falling and duration risk rising. I remember showing my Fixed-income class at Chicago and …

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UK Government debt outlook is cut from ‘stable’ to ‘NEGATIVE’ by top US credit rating agency Fitch after Liz Truss’s mini-Budget debacle

by Boo_Randy The UK just pulled ahead of the US by a nose in our race to become a full-fledged banana republic. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11285371/UK-Government-debt-outlook-cut-stable-NEGATIVE.html A top US credit rating agency has lowered its outlook for British government debt from stable to negative after …

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NSCC ALERT! PROPOSED RULE CHANGE FILING – AMENDMENTS TO THE CLEARING AGENCY STRESS TESTING (MARKET RISK) FRAMEWORK AND CLEARING AGENCY LIQUIDITY RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK (SR-NSCC-2022-006)

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source (pdf) Others following suit: FICC – GOV (pdf): Submission of Rule Filing SR-FICC-2022-004 – Amendments to the Clearing Agency Liquidity Risk Management Framework, Clearing Agency Stress Testing (Market Risk) Framework and MBSD Rules FICC – MBS (pdf): Submission of Rule …

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The Environmental Protection Agency has cleared the release of 2.4 billion genetically-modified mosquitoes in California and Florida.

The Environmental Protection Agency has cleared the release of 2.4 billion genetically-modified mosquitoes in California and Florida. The mosquitoes, created by biotech firm Oxitec, will be non-biting Aedes aegypti males engineered to only produce viable male offspring, per the company. Oxitec says the plan …

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Anonymous has hacked Roskomnadzor, the Russian agency responsible for monitoring, controlling and censoring media. 360,000 files leaked

More details coming. Link to the leaked files here: #Anonymous has breached and leaked the database of Roskomnadzor, the Russian federal executive agency responsible for monitoring, controlling and censoring #Russian mass media, releasing to the public over 360K files. #OpRussiahttps://t.co/gzqdQy6U8k …

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