Fed proposes lowering SLR ratio, with Board members Barr and Kugler voicing opposition as markets assess potential regulatory impact.
#YonhapInfomax
#Fed #SLR #Regulation #Barr #Kugler
#Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=69352

I've been having a nice time implementing parts of the #MISRA #C and #Barr C guidelines in my hobby projects. I bought the books as I feel pretty confident with using the language features of C, but C is strange and has lots of edge cases and undefined/implementation-defined behavior that I would like to avoid. I also didn't really have any guidance on good style, which they give pointers on. I don't take them as gospel but I learn a lot reading about what to avoid, and importantly _why_.

BILL -FREAKING- #BARR (who whitewashed the Mueller Report) had *this* to say about the possibility of appointing #KashPatel *Deputy* #FBI Director during the first T**** Administration: 😵 #TeamOfSicophants #InsanelyUnqualified

Me thinking about the #ACT #election: the “it’s time factor” alone will probably swing the #Barr #Labor #government out of power, but it’s okay, our #Liberals are sensible centrists and at least we don’t have that #insane #extremist faction in our politics (like in the States) that attacks the #media

The Leader of the ACT #Liberal Party:

Flipping out: ACT Liberal leader apologises for giving journalist middle finger on eve of election

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/17/act-liberal-leader-elizabeth-lee-gives-middle-finger-to-journalist

#StaySane #VoteLabor #ACTPol #ACTElection #ACTVotes #Canberra #CBR #AusPol

"For #Barr, she felt there was a need to show that families with differing political opinions, as stark as they may be, can still get along."

First of all, #RoseanneBarr is a truly sick and deranged person. She embodies all of the worst, most extreme characteristics of the #MAGAcult.

Second, countless families have been literally destroyed by the #MAGAvirus. Nobody is getting along. So her entire premise, like the rest of her beliefs, is utter bullshit.

#ItsACult

https://www.theblaze.com/align/roseanne-barr-john-goodman-trump

Julian #Assange makes his first statement since his prison release.

I pled guilty to journalism.

#USPol #Obama #Trump #Barr #CIA

https://youtu.be/Ai34Uxnv_4s?si=jAP-FKKjK7q1xFzd

Father Arne set up another initiative called the #Leonine #Forum,
a program for top graduates designed to provide them with “intellectual and spiritual seriousness.”

It, too, brought in generous donations from wealthy Catholics keen to steep the leaders of tomorrow in Church teachings.

As ever, the Opus Dei name was kept out of any promotional material
— but, even so, such events deepened the organization’s presence among America’s most influential Catholics.

For Father Arne, the ultimate goal of this outreach was transforming the political sphere,
almost every aspect of which had grown more and more secular over the years.

He believed that policy simply couldn’t be made by people who weren’t versed in the universal truths of the Church.

His mission was to reverse this creeping secularism
— and put Opus Dei at the heart of a spiritual awakening.

Around the same time, #Luis #Tellez, a celibate member of Opus Dei at Princeton, organized a conference at the Vatican that was billed as
“an interreligious colloquium on the complementarity of man and woman.”

While the initiative was officially the idea of the Princeton academic #Robby #George, Tellez and his Opus Dei colleagues in Rome oversaw the organization of the conference.

The "Witherspoon Institute", an organization set up by Tellez and George, made a large donation to the Opus Dei university in Rome around the same time.

“Oftentimes, Robby will open the door, you know,” Tellez explained.
“I’m a nobody.”

The Humanum conference created some additional cachet for Opus Dei operatives in the United States,
who used this important gathering of religious leaders as an enticement to woo big-name Catholic conservatives.

Leonard Leo was one of those invited to participate.

The invitation dovetailed with a wider effort at the Catholic Information Center to entice Leo into the Opus Dei orbit.

At around the same time as the Humanum conference, Leo was invited onto the CIC board.

Their two worlds were already entwined.

Leo’s children went to the two Opus Dei schools
— The Heights for the boys and Oakcrest for the girls
— and he and his wife played an active part in school life,
donating thousands of dollars a year in addition to the many thousands they were paying in tuition for their various children.

The Leos were also regulars at a deeply conservative church in McLean,
not far from their home,
that was popular with many of the city’s Opus Dei members.

Both parties were also becoming ever more aggressive politically.

In 2011, Leo teamed up with Clarence Thomas’s wife #Ginni to co-found another nonprofit that successfully opposed an Islamic center being built near the site of the 9 ⁄11 attacks in New York,
denigrated as the “Ground Zero Mosque.”

A year later, he joined the board of the Catholic Association, another non-profit linked to the Corkerys, that funded campaigns to oppose same-sex marriage.

For its part, the Catholic Information Center
— despite in theory being apolitical
— had also joined a suit against the Obama administration,
challenging the requirement that employers provide and pay for contraception,
sterilization, and abortion-causing drugs as part of employee health insurance plans.

The appointment of Leo came despite misgivings among the Opus Dei national leadership,
and illustrated a transactional attitude toward this increasingly influential figure with deep connections to dark money.

“He’s a figure in Washington, and he may have had kids in the school down there,” explained Father Tom Bohlin,
who headed Opus Dei in the United States at the time
— and who met Leo at the Humanum conference in Rome.

“I’m not sure he even understands Opus Dei, but at a certain level, he likes what we do
— certain things
— and wants to support that.”

The appointment of Leo marked a shift in the CIC board.

For years, it had been run by Father Arne, another priest, and a smattering of volunteers drawn from the congregation.

The makeup of the board was decidedly unpolitical
— a mix of academics, lawyers, and volunteers who helped run the bookshop.

#Pat #Cipollone, a lawyer who had been an assistant to Attorney General Bill Barr in the early nineties
but who had since returned to the private sector,
was the only board member who was remotely connected to the Washington political scene.

But in 2014, all that changed.

Alongside Leo, #Bill #Barr, the former attorney general, was also appointed.

"In early 2019, as #Mueller was preparing to deliver his report on #Russian interference... his team obtained records from #Egyptian banking officials... a cash withdrawal of nearly $10 million — an amount almost identical to what the #intelligence indicated...

The case ground to a halt by the fall of 2019 as Trump’s then-attorney general, William P. #Barr, raised doubts about whether there was sufficient evidence to continue the probe."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/09/03/trump-egypt-investigation-menendez/

#Trump #Corruption #Crime #News

According to an August 2 report in The Washington Post,
the U.S. Department of Justice #previously #investigated whether
💥Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi had illegally donated $10 million to then-candidate Trump prior to his 2016 election. 💥

The probe was eventually ♦️shut down by Trump’s political appointees, ♦️who “rejected efforts to search for additional evidence investigators believed might provide answers.”

The criminal investigation had begun after intelligence indicated that ⭐️Sisi “sought to give Trump $10 million to boost his 2016 presidential campaign,”
and ramped up when federal investigators learned of ⭐️a $10 million withdrawal from a Cairo bank that occurred just days prior to Trump’s inauguration. ⭐️

Ultimately, according to The Post, the case was #shut #down by then-acting U.S. attorney #Michael #Sherwin (who had been appointed to the position by Trump Attorney General #William #Barr). 

👉Despite the seriousness of the allegations, ABC, NBC, and CBS all seemingly failed to cover the reporting on their evening, morning, and Sunday broadcast news shows.👈

Among five of the top U.S. newspapers, the probe into potential bribery was referenced in just 3 online articles and 3 print articles, for a total of 4 unique articles
(2 print articles were also published online).

Of the 5 papers we reviewed, it appears only The Washington Post and The New York Times published articles referencing the #potential #bribe.
The Post published 2 print articles and 2 online articles that mentioned the probe (3 unique articles in total), including the original reporting that brought the investigation to light,
while The Times published 1 print article and 1 online article (1 unique article in total).

The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal seemingly did not publish ANY articles referencing the probe into whether or not 🔥Trump illegally accepted money from Egypt.🔥

⚠️This lack of coverage from broadcast and print outlets is just the latest example of national news outlets failing to cover Trump's suspicious ties to foreign countries.⚠️

https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/broadcast-news-and-major-papers-failed-cover-report-possible-egyptian-bribery

' Do not let the matter of Trump, Egypt and the $10 million disappear. Although it’s tragic that the criminal statute of limitations expired, any alleged bribe can still be pursued as a civil case. More importantly, Congress ... needs to open a full-blown investigation, with efforts to subpoena Barr and other Justice Department higher-ups to explain in public why the case was dropped.'

#Trump #Barr #bribery #corruption #Egypt #USElections2016

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/trump-sisi-egypt-10-million-bribe-20240804.html

The Egyptian government may have given $10 million to Donald Trump in 2017,
♦️violating U.S. law
—but the investigation into the payment was
💥squashed by Attorney General William Barr.

The Washington Post reports, citing unnamed sources, that
an investigation began in 2017 that #Egyptian #President Abdel Fattah El Sisi ⭐️was seeking to give Trump $10 million to boost his 2016 election campaign.

Federal investigators discovered in 2019 that, only five days before Trump was sworn into office,
⭐️nearly $10 million in cash was withdrawn on behalf of an organization linked to Egyptian intelligence.

In the U.S., receiving funds from overseas is a federal crime. Federal investigators were trying to prove if any money actually moved from Egypt to Trump,
and 🔷if that had anything to do with Trump’s decision to boost his campaign in its final days with $10 million of his own money.

But the investigation was 🔥halted by Trump’s Justice Department,
which blocked FBI agents and prosecutors from accessing bank records that could provide the evidence.

In the fall of 2019, #Barr questioned whether there were sufficient grounds for the investigation to continue.

Barr directed the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney in D.C., Jessie #Liu, to examine the intelligence herself,
and instructed FBI Director Christopher #Wray to provide “adult supervision” on FBI agents Barr said were “hell-bent” on pursuing Trump’s records.

Whether Wray (also appointed by Trump) did anything in response isn’t known,
but in June 2020, the prosecutor Barr chose to oversee the investigation, Michael #Sherwin, closed it down, citing insufficient evidence.

👉 “Every American should be concerned about how this case ended,” said one of the Post’s sources.
“The Justice Department is supposed to follow evidence wherever it leads
—it does so all the time to determine if a crime occurred or not.”

https://newrepublic.com/post/184514/bill-barr-investigation-trump-egypt-sisi-millions

"In June 2020, the prosecutor #Barr appointed to take over the office leading the case closed the probe, citing “a lack of sufficient evidence to prove this case beyond a reasonable doubt.”

That conclusion belied the months of internal disagreements over whether investigators had been allowed to go far enough in seeking that evidence.

“Every American should be concerned about how this case ended,”"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/08/02/trump-campaign-egypt-investigation/

#Trump #Corruption #Crime #Egypt #Money #Politics #USPol #USA #News

In June of 2020, the prosecutor #Barr appointed to take over the office leading the case closed the probe, citing “a lack of sufficient evidence to prove this case beyond a reasonable doubt.”

That conclusion belied the months of internal disagreements over whether investigators had been allowed to go far enough in seeking that #evidence.

#Trump #criminal #law #corruption #bribery

#Barr directed #JessieLiu, the #Trump-appointed US attorney in DC, to personally examine the #classified intelligence to evaluate if further investigation was warranted. Barr later instructed #FBI Director #ChristopherWray to impose “adult supervision” on FBI agents Barr described as “hell-bent” on pursuing Trump’s records, acc/to people familiar w/the exchange. It is unclear what if any actions Wray, who was also appointed by Trump, took in response.

#criminal #law #corruption
#Harris2024

…Within months of learning of the withdrawal, #prosecutors & #FBI agents were blocked by top #DOJ officials from obtaining bank records they believed might hold critical evidence, according to interviews w/people familiar w/the case as well as documents & contemporaneous notes of the investigation. The case ground to a halt by the fall of 2019 as #Trump’s then-AG, William P. #Barr, raised doubts about whether there was sufficient evidence to continue the probe of Trump.

#criminal #law

I am shocked, I tell you SHOCKED to learn that Bill Fucking #Barr enabled massive #corruption in the #Trump regime

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/08/02/trump-campaign-egypt-investigation/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/07/25/william-barr-luzerne-ballots-trump-justice-inspector-general/

according to the report, Freed and top #DOJ officials knew early on that the suspect had mental health issues and appeared to have discarded the ballots by mistake.

In other words, the report says, Freed issued the statement with #Barr ’s encouragement knowing that the suspect would likely not be criminally charged.

#BillBarr

Donald Trump with the pedophile who got himself suicided - new information released
https://archive.ph/S8Jqz

#Epstein #Trump #friends #Florida #underage #slavery
#badcompany #creep #girls #statutory #sexual #Predator #Barr

@flyhigh

Sometimes the power behind the throne is infinitely worse! And as
@tomiahonen points out Barr appears to have the slimy scotus six in his thrall!

#barr

@tomiahonen

So Barr (ever the schemer) gets an “assist” for the scotus slimy six’ decision to immunize trump’s convos with DoJ (Barr) & exempt them from being evidence in any proceeding.
At this point I almost wish Barr would get his due more than already convicted felon trump. Barr has had his sticky fingers in Republican admins since Reagan tho on paper he skipped working for “W”. He probably learned his sneakiness working for CIA in the 1970s (OR CIA hired him for his duplicity).
I remember feeling sick at Barr’s cynical and smug assertion during a 2020 interview that “History is written by the winners.” I wondered what else he was scheming; here we are with scotus giving trump immunity.
#trump #barr #scotus