House passes updated version of the Senate budget, which includes $34.2 million in capital project earmarks for House Majority members “Amazing how fast the House majority abandoned the bigger dividend today. That issue seems to have just died. $35 million goes a long way!”

Amazing how fast the House majority abandoned the bigger dividend today. That issue seems to have just died. $35 million goes a long way! #akleg — The Alaska Landmine (@alaskalandmine) May 19, 2023 They didn’t fix the oil taxes, they …

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3 times now in the last 5 days hedge funds have been called out for receiving the vast majority of their repo financing in the non-centrally cleared market, where haircuts or initial margin requirements are not necessarily applied and that this might create greater risk in times of stress. Why?

by Dismal-Jellyfish Looks like the Nellie Liang description was cutoff–here it is in full: “Staff at FSOC member agencies have been working to improve monitoring systems to identify potential emerging financial stability risks posed by highly-leveraged hedge funds. Work in this regard …

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SEC Chair Gary Gensler: “Many hedge funds are receiving the vast majority of their repo financing in the non-centrally cleared market, where haircuts or initial margin requirements are not necessarily applied. This might create greater risk in times of stress”

by Dismal-Jellyfish The Next “Century of Progress”: Remarks before the International Swaps and Derivatives Association Annual Meeting https://www.sec.gov/news/speech/gensler-remarks-isda-051023 Highlights: “Broadly speaking, our proposal would require clearinghouses to ensure that their members bring in all of their repo transactions, both sides …

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It turns out that the “election denier fringe”…. Is the majority.

by Frog-Face11 The Jan 6 committee was about one message – “Question our election cheating and we will go after you” I guess they will be going after Hispanics soon. Edit – a few links https://www.redvoicemedia.com/2022/10/midterm-elections-55-believe-cheating-affected-2020-outcome-half-of-voters-expect-widespread-cheating-in-midterms-video/ https://www.newsmax.com/politics/rasmussen-survey-biden-election/2021/10/11/id/1040031/ https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/may_2022/election_integrity_most_voters_still_suspect_cheating

Leftwing media refuses to admit that the majority of Democratic candidates running for office in November have at one point or another denied the outcome of the 2016 election – most calling President Trump illegitimate to this day.

Fossil fuel giant Koch Industries has poured over $1m into backing – directly and indirectly – dozens of House and Senate candidates who voted against certifying Joe Biden’s win on 6 January 2021. Koch, which is controlled by multibillionaire Charles …

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