Biden’s corrupt Department of Education has proposed new rules which would deny federal funding to colleges which do not allow men to beat the shit out of girls in athletics.

The Department of Education’s proposed Title IX athletics rule that could strip federal funding from schools that don’t allow athletes to compete based on their gender identity received more than 156,000 statements during the 30-day public comment period. The proposed rule, which entered the public comment …

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Alert! FDIC is seeking PUBLIC comment on the proposed rule that would impose special assessments to recover the loss to the Deposit Insurance Fund arising from the protection of uninsured depositors in connection with SVB & Signature Bank–$15.8 billion.

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-10447.pdf The FDIC is seeking comment on a proposed rule that would impose special assessments to recover the loss to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF or Fund) arising from the protection of uninsured depositors in connection with …

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CFTC Commissioner Pham Announces Proposed Work Program for CFTC Global Markets Advisory Committee and Seeks PUBLIC Input by May 30. Topics include: derivatives market reform, recommendations on regulation of NFTs, recommendations to improve trade reporting for swaps market oversight.

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8703-23 Commissioner Caroline D. Pham announced today the 2023-2025 proposed work program for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Global Markets Advisory Committee (GMAC), including the Global Market Structure Subcommittee, the Digital Asset Markets Subcommittee, and the Technical Issues …

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Biden’s proposed budget proposes $4.7 trillion in new taxes and $6.9 trillion in reckless spending

https://twitter.com/TisMoreorLess/status/1639371602067349508 Pres. Biden’s budget is jam packed with $4.7 TRILLION in new or increased taxes. That’s going to hit Middle Americans like a sledgehammer. — John Kennedy (@SenJohnKennedy) March 20, 2023 President Biden's proposed budget would pour gasoline on the …

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FINRA Alert! Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change to Amend FINRA Rule 6730 to Enhance TRACE Reporting Obligations for U.S. Treasury Securities.

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source (pdf) Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change to Amend FINRA Rule 6730 to Enhance TRACE Reporting Obligations for U.S. Treasury SecuritiesComments due: 21 days after publication in the Federal RegisterAdditional Materials: Exhibit 2a, Exhibit 2b, Exhibit 2c, Exhibit 5 Submit Comments on …

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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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FICC Alert! Proposed rule to amend the Mortgage-Backed Securities Division Clearing Rules to move certain Deterministic Risk Component items (Mark-to-Market items, cash obligation items and accrued principal and interest) from the Required Fund Deposit calculation to Cash Settlement, and more.

by Dismal-Jellyfish This looks, to my non-lawyer brain, to be a way to reduce the member’s margin requirement. These mark-to-market items and others are moved from “Required Fund Deposit” so they won’t count against the margin requirement, as stated here: …

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SEC Alert! Under the proposed rules, any market participant that engages in activities as described in the rules would be a “dealer” or “government securities dealer” and become members of a self-regulatory organization (SRO), and comply with federal securities laws and regulatory obligations.

by Dismal-Jellyfish Specifically, today’s release proposes further defining a dealer and government securities dealer as one that engages “in a routine pattern of buying and selling securities that has the effect of providing liquidity to other market participants” by, for example: …

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Well That Escalated Quickly: Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang Proposed During His CNN Torn Hall to Create a New Federal News & Information Agency To Punish Those Seeking to Misinform the Public, Giving the Bird to The Bill of Rights.

by WeAreTheResistance Andrew Yang has revealed himself to be pretty authoritarian in his town hall with CNN. He actually proposes a new law enforcement agency to punish people or groups “who seek to misinform the American people”. He cites the danger …

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U.S. military agrees with Donald Trump, says that proposed barriers along Mexico border could increase security against any potential Threat

Air Force Gen. Terrence O’Shaughnessy, commander, U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, told a Senate committee that proposed barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border could increase security against any potential military threats coming from the south. But he said Russia’s …

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