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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2330702/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2330702/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Argentina’s Central Bank and Treasury set plan in motion to absorb 6 trillion pesos <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CentralBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CentralBank</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CentralBanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CentralBanks</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/dollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dollar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inflation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LuisCaputo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LuisCaputo</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SantiagoBausili" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SantiagoBausili</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>treasury</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed teams affiliated with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> to gain <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/access" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>access</span></a> to potentially sensitive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> on millions of Americans, overruling a lower court that had blocked that access in Feb.</p><p>By a 2-1 vote, a 3-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthCircuit</span></a> granted the access to data stored at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Dept, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> Dept &amp; the Office of Personnel Management [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OPM</span></a>], citing the June <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> decision.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> fires <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> commissioner, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ScottBessent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottBessent</span></a> named acting head</p><p>Trump is removing Billy Long as the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Secretary Scott Bessent will temporarily serve as acting commissioner [good fucking luck🙄], a White House ofcl &amp; a source familiar w/the matter said Friday.</p><p>Long was sworn in as the 51st Commissioner of the IRS in June, with his term meant to run through Nov 2027.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgency</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Independence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-fires-irs-commissioner-bessent-named-acting-head-2025-08-08/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/trump-fir</span><span class="invisible">es-irs-commissioner-bessent-named-acting-head-2025-08-08/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In announcing those <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Dept invoked the Magnitsky Act, a law that allows the US govt to impose penalties on foreign nationals accused of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> violations. [was it Opposite Day?]<br>
In a statement, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> said that Moraes had committed “serious human rights abuse, including arbitrary detention involving flagrant denials of fair trial guarantees &amp; violations of the freedom of expression.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a></p>
Eric Maugendre<p>Taxpayers' money? 🧵</p><p>• State and local governments do not create sovereign money—they rely on income and borrowed funds. When you pay taxes to a (non-sovereign) state or to a eurozone country (such as Germany), they use them.</p><p>• Sovereign countries issue their own currency at will—they do not spend their incomes or bonds. When you pay taxes to a monetary-sovereign country, the Treasury destroys them on arrival.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/currency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>currency</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MMT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MMT</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/macroEconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macroEconomics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/rebates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rebates</span></a></p>
Eric Maugendre<p>Government "deficit spending" is the nation-state creating money (out of thin air) and exchanging it.</p><p>The payroll tax (FICA) does not fund Social Security or Medicare. Like all other federal agencies, those agencies are funded by dollars created on purpose by the government (using laws from Congress) and placed in their accounts by the Treasury.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/FederalDeficit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalDeficit</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fiatMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiatMoney</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/deficitSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deficitSpending</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/moneyIssuance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moneyIssuance</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/moneyCreation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moneyCreation</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/monetaryTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monetaryTheory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/deficit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deficit</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CentralBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CentralBank</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CentralBanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CentralBanks</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MMT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MMT</span></a></p>
Eric Maugendre<p>Trump does not exactly impose <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> on a foreign country: instead he makes US residents pay more taxes on buying goods.</p><p>The seller has their bank accounts substracted of these US dollars. The federal government is credited of these US dollars and cancels the entry in its financial records.</p><p>More dollars disappear! So tariffs exert a shrinking pressure on the economy: they support the push to a US <a href="https://mas.to/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/currency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>currency</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MMT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MMT</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/macroEconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macroEconomics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Presidencies of the US<p>Richard Rush passed away <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> in 1859. While not the most famous Cabinet member in the present day, his was a fascinating legal, political, and diplomatic career, as you can learn more about in his two-part Seat at the Table episode! <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> <a href="https://www.presidenciespodcast.com/satt-0271-richard-rush-part-one/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">presidenciespodcast.com/satt-0</span><span class="invisible">271-richard-rush-part-one/</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2286606/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2286606/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Charles Amos: Unused pension funds must be protected from Reeves’ desperate grasping <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Chancellor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chancellor</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/pensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pensions</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RachelReevesMp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RachelReevesMp</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/taxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>treasury</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>welfare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> has also become increasingly involved in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s pressure campaign on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> &amp; with the admin’s campaign around <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> more broadly.</p><p>Rubio has privately pressed for his counterparts at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Dept to open an investigation into whether Harvard violated federal sanctions by collaborating on a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HealthInsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthInsurance</span></a> conference in China that may have included officials blacklisted by the US govt.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> said US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalReserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalReserve</span></a> Chair <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeromePowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeromePowell</span></a> kept rates too high &amp; will be out in 8 months.</p><p>"I think he's done a bad job, but he's going to be out pretty soon anyway. In eight months, he'll be out."</p><p>Powell's term as chair will end in May 2026.<br>US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Secretary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ScottBessent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottBessent</span></a> said he has asked the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fed</span></a> for an internal investigation.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2264688/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2264688/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Hyper Bit Secures Loans Totalling $453,500 to Purchase Additional Crypto Miners and Add to Crypto Treasury <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/add" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>add</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/additional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>additional</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bit</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/hyper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hyper</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Loans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Loans</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/miners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>miners</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/purchase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purchase</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Secures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Secures</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>treasury</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin has been considering <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> against Moraes for weeks, according to 4 people familiar w/the situation…. Two said they had seen a copy of a proposed sanctions order against Moraes within the last month, but said it had initially met with pushback from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Department, an account corroborated by a senior <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Department official.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurrection</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bolsonaro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bolsonaro</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intimidation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intimidation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The move by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> represents an expansion of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PresidentialPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentialPower</span></a>, allowing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> to functionally eliminate a government department created by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>, without legislators’ input.</p><p>It comes after a decision by the justices last week that cleared the way for the Trump admin to move forward with cutting thousands of jobs across a number of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a>, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HUD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HUD</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/us/politics/supreme-court-education-department.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/14/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/supreme-court-education-department.html?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Alo Japan<p><a href="https://www.alojapan.com/1318720/treasury-secretary-to-lead-u-s-at-world-expo-2025-osaka-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alojapan.com/1318720/treasury-</span><span class="invisible">secretary-to-lead-u-s-at-world-expo-2025-osaka-2/</span></a> Treasury Secretary To Lead U.S. At World Expo 2025 Osaka <a href="https://channels.im/tags/ChristopherLandau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristopherLandau</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Osaka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Osaka</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/OsakaNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OsakaNews</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/PresidentialDelegation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentialDelegation</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/TechnologicalInnovations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechnologicalInnovations</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/TheWhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheWhiteHouse</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>treasury</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S.DepartmentOfState <a href="https://channels.im/tags/WorldExpo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldExpo</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/%E5%A4%A7%E9%98%AA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>大阪</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/%E5%A4%A7%E9%98%AA%E5%BA%9C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>大阪府</span></a> President Donald Trump has named Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to lead the U.S. delegation to the World Expo in Osaka, Japan, on July 19. The White House announced the presidential delegation on Wednesday,</p>
MissConstrue<p>So y'all...most of us don't think about <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> bills, because most of us are worried about real bills. U.S. Treasuries are debt securities issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to finance the federal government's spending when its revenues are insufficient to cover its expenses.</p><p>So, basically, T-bills are short-term U.S. government debt obligations with maturities of one year or less. You buy them at a discount of their face value, and at maturity are paid the face value. They have been considered one of the safest, albeit most conservative method of parking capital. </p><p>Most of the 29 Trillion dollar US debt is held by foreign governments and investment banks. The top three; <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a>, <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> and <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> hold near or over 1 Trillion (with a T) each of <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Tbills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tbills</span></a>. </p><p>Guess who Mango has been sending insane Weirdly capitalized Letters to on White House stationary? If you guessed the vast majority of our debt holders, you've been paying attention! </p><p>(1/ )</p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> Clears Way for Mass <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firings</span></a> at <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Federal</span></a> Agencies. The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration had asked the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/justices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justices</span></a> to block a lower <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>court</span></a>’s ruling that paused the largest phase of the president’s efforts to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/downsize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>downsize</span></a> the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a>. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/supreme-court-federal-workers-layoffs.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/supreme-court-federal-workers-layoffs.html</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/KetanjiBrownJackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KetanjiBrownJackson</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dissent</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>layoffs</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/RIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RIF</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/StateDepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateDepartment</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/executiveorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>executiveorder</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/federalworkforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federalworkforce</span></a> Executive Order <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/14/2025-02762/implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency-workforce-optimization-initiative" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">federalregister.gov/documents/</span><span class="invisible">2025/02/14/2025-02762/implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency-workforce-optimization-initiative</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The announcement, buried at the bottom of a routine bulletin published in April, provided no explanation for Ms. Rotenberg’s removal from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> list. It was an unusual deletion. Ms. Rotenberg, a US citizen, was among the first Russian nationals to face sanctions after the Russian invasion.</p><p>The Rotenbergs did not respond to requests for comment. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Dept declined to comment, &amp; instead referred questions to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Dept.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPuppet</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/complicit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>complicit</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>By contrast, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin has eased some restrictions on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>.</p><p>In April, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Dept, which is responsible for administering &amp; enforcing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a>, quietly lifted limits that had been placed on Karina Rotenberg, the wife of a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussianOligarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussianOligarch</span></a>. Ms. Rotenberg’s husband, Boris, made a fortune in construction &amp; energy, &amp; as a childhood friend of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>’s he has been a central figure in the Russian president’s inner circle for decades.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPuppet</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/complicit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>complicit</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In total, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> admin imposed &gt;6,200 blocks on individuals, companies, vessels &amp; aircraft linked to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>. In Biden’s final weeks in office, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> ramped up pressure even further, issuing nearly 3 times the monthly average, acc/to an analysis of data from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Dept.</p><p>The effects of that pressure are already beginning to erode.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPuppet</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/complicit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>complicit</span></a></p>