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SVPete:
U.S. bank regulator says large banks engaged in ‘debanking’ of disfavored industries

https://srnnews.com/u-s-bank-regulator-says-large-banks-engaged-in-debanking-of-disfavored-industries/


--- Quote ---WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) – The U.S. banking regulator overseeing large national banks said the nation’s nine largest firms had in the past placed restrictions on providing financial services to some controversial industries in a practice commonly described as “debanking.”

... It said banks had restricted access to industries including oil and gas, coal mining, tobacco and e-cigarettes, and crypto products.

... the firms examined were JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, U.S. Bank, Capital One, PNC, TD Bank and BMO Bank.
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An investigation into the debanking of political and activist organizations is also warranted. It was done, https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/how-democrats-debanked-political-opponents-shocking-attack-american , and a similar Lib/Prog activist pattern would be found.

enslaved1:
Kamala Harris declares herself a 'historic' figure: 'There will be a marble bust of me'


--- Quote ---Former Vice President Kamala Harris declared herself to be a "historic figure" on Tuesday and touted that there will be a marble bust of her constructed in Congress.

Harris made the statement during an interview with The New York Times regarding her upcoming book, "107 Days," telling the newspaper that she no longer feels "burdened" by the need to achieve a place in history.

"I understand the focus on ’28 and all that," she told the Times. "But there will be a marble bust of me in Congress. I am a historic figure like any Vice President of the United States ever was."
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SVPete:
Kammie's relevance complex is pretty ludicrous. What interested me at the time, in 2021 shortly after LIEden was inaugurated, he gave Kammie on a silver platter an opportunity to make herself very significant in his Administration. He appointed her "Border Czar". Has she actually done something, anything, meaningful to secure US borders, she could have made herself LIEden's heir apparent. But Kammie has several defining characteristics, two of which are stupidity and laziness. She was to stupid to recognize the opportunity handed her (if even I recognized it but she did not, that's monumental stooooooopidity!), and to lazy to simply do something.

SVPete:
University Votes Down TPUSA Chapter on 'Comfort' Grounds

https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2025/12/10/university-votes-down-tpusa-chapter-on-comfort-grounds-n3809736


--- Quote ---California Lutheran University is located in Thousand Oaks, California. It has about 3,500 students. Back in 2021, the school briefly had a TPUSA chapter but it was quickly disbanded after it created controversy on campus with a series of posters opposing socialism and supporting gun rights.
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In the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, TPUSA approached the school about starting a new chapter. That effort was voted down after students decided they weren't convinced they would be comfortable with TPUSA on campus.


--- Quote ---In a 2-11-1 secret-ballot vote, Associated Students of California Lutheran University Senate failed to approve the reestablishment of a Turning Point USA chapter on Monday, Dec. 1. The meeting, attended by over 50 Cal Lutheran students, was standing room only.

“I wasn’t personally surprised by the outcome,” said Carlos Daniel Zaragosa, ASCLU Commuter senator. “At the end of the day, we do try to be fair, impartial and we want to see all clubs succeed. But we will notice when a club is trying to push a certain rhetoric, and the last thing we need is controversy here on this campus.”
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The thrust of the opposition was over whether or not TPUSA could adopt DEI or not and whether people who disagreed would feel "validated" and "safe."
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--- Quote ---Tristan Quezada, the TPUSA chapter’s prospective president, told Campus Reform that “the biggest flaw the senate had was that they couldn’t distinguish between students feeling uncomfortable because their ideologies don’t align, with students feeling unsafe, it is that simple.”...
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The article doesn't go into this, but Cal Lutheran is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) denomination, which is very Lib/Prog. When a current social trend contradicts Scripture, ELCA goes with the social trend. HOWEVER, while ELCA is the largest Lutheran denomination in the US, the two next largest are theologically very conservative.

SVPete:
Charlotte Sheriff Gripes That Iryna’s Law Is Likely to Overcrowd Jails

https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/10/charlotte-sheriff-gripes-stabbings-likely-to-overcrowd-jails-n4946892


--- Quote ---Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden complained that Iryna’s Law will overcrowd the jails. He said this days after another train stabbing. So it would seem he has no issue with criminals sticking knives into innocent victims, so long as they don’t fill up his jail. Talk about a sheriff unfit for duty. To make the situation even more shameful, the sheriff whined about how many people saw the video of Iryna getting stabbed and acted as if the judges that social media users criticized were more worthy of pity than Iryna.

Sheriff McFadden acted as if Iryna’s grisly death at the hands of serial criminal Decarlos Brown Jr. — simply because she was white — were somehow a plot to make his life difficult. “And we believe that the only reason that this caught national attention is because it was caught on video and it was displayed across the United States, and our local politicians at that time saw it was a political agenda, or they could highlight her as a refugee and not an immigrant,” he griped at a press conference. “This is why they created Iryna's Law.”

And boy, is he angry that criminals will be sent to jail instead of being allowed to roam free and commit crimes over and over and over. You see, Iryna’s Law imposes stricter penalties for violent offenders and repeat offenders before pre-trial release, in some cases preventing them from pre-trial release altogether.
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I see McFadden doen't - and probably won't - admit that catch-and-release of violent criminals engenders increased violent crime.

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