Report: Major Banks (Those Most Dependant on Government Goodwill) Shut Down MAGA, Pro-Life, Christian, and Other Conservative Accounts to Appeal to Biden's Authoritarian Enforcers

Major banks closed accounts and refused credit to MAGA merchants, pro-life causes, religious groups, conservative organizations and sectors disfavored by the Biden administration, such as firearms, oil and gas, and private prisons, a bombshell report from the federal banking regulator has found.
The Debanking Review by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) investigated 100,000 complaints and scrutinized 50,000 internal bank records to reveal how customers were "debanked" based purely on their political, social, or religious beliefs.
JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citibank, Wells Fargo, U.S. Bank, Capital One, PNC, TD Bank, and BMO Bank were found to have discriminated against American consumers, citing "reputation risk" as a reason to deny service between 2020 and 2025.
Negative press, protests, criticism from advocacy groups such as the Southern Poverty Law Center, and reprisals from regulators or politicians were cited as the reputation risks most feared by the banks.
The 47-page OCC report, "Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans," released Wednesday, found that the nation's largest banks targeted Christian organizations over abortion, LGBTQ issues, and traditional family values.
The banks also restricted financing for "disfavored" industries such as firearms makers and retailers, Arctic oil and gas, coal, detention facilities, tobacco and e-cigarettes.

Among the examples in the report is JPMorgan Chase's payment operation, WePay, closing the account of a merchant that sold merchandise promoting President Trump and the Make America Great Again (MAGA) brand, claiming it "promote[d] hate, violence, or racial intolerance."
The bank's internal screening system regularly flagged terms such as "MAGA," "Make America Great," and "America First" that appeared in merchants' customer profiles, websites, and transaction information. Several of the terms used to find "violations" were added after the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

So Trump is allowed to force banks to close the accounts of all liberals who make excuses for antifa and Hamas terrorists, right?

Because that's what I see right here.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:25 PM

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1 Of course they did.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 14, 2026 01:26 PM (l3cgK)

2 "Jawboning is fine. It's just the government expressing an opinion."
-David French

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 14, 2026 01:27 PM (jxbDg)

3 BOOOM!

Posted by: Max Power at October 14, 2026 01:27 PM (SwyyQ)

4 Sue them out of existence.

I'll get people.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 14, 2026 01:27 PM (Sco7b)

5 I heard this story on AM talk radio earlier this morning. It sucks and they were pretty open about why the were debanking people.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 14, 2026 01:27 PM (I43vL)

6 >>>"Jawboning is fine. It's just the government expressing an opinion."
-David French

good heavens you just made me so angry

Posted by: ace at October 14, 2026 01:28 PM (1wjle)

7 That sounds like the fascism I'm always hearing the left go on about. Surely, they will be outraged over this.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 14, 2026 01:28 PM (viF8m)

8 It's also the same reason so many Banks made home loans to poor-risk folks: the Gov't told them to either do that, or face extra "scrutiny"...this all leading to the the failure of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and the entire bundling of bad loans into securities that lead to the 2007 crash.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 14, 2026 01:29 PM (l3cgK)

9 4 Sue them out of existence.

I'll get people.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 14, 2026 01:27 PM (Sco7b)

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BoA just got a $1.5 billion fine yesterday for aiding and abetting criminal activity tied to the Chinese government.

I get a sense that Bessent is bringing the banks to heel.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 14, 2026 01:29 PM (jxbDg)

10 USAA did that to one of Trump's lawyers, too.

Posted by: Cray Cray at October 14, 2026 01:29 PM (offKY)

11
good heavens you just made me so angry

Posted by: ace at October 14, 2026 01:28 PM (1wjle)

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*considers mentioning Prometheus*

*thinks better of mentioning Prometheus and does not mention Prometheus*

*does own part to keep thread Prometheus free*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 14, 2026 01:30 PM (jxbDg)

12 I heard this story on AM talk radio earlier this morning. It sucks and they were pretty open about why the were debanking people.
Posted by: Mister Scot

"You should just go make your own banks."

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 14, 2026 01:30 PM (vJrRc)

13 12 I heard this story on AM talk radio earlier this morning. It sucks and they were pretty open about why the were debanking people.
Posted by: Mister Scot

"You should just go make your own banks."

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 14, 2026 01:30 PM (vJrRc)

========

"HAHAHAHA!"
-Elizabeth Warren

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 14, 2026 01:30 PM (jxbDg)

14 What are decent alternatives to these banks, because we have accounts with one of them and I'd like close them? That is just infuriating.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 14, 2026 01:30 PM (JrHfD)

15 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 14, 2026 01:30 PM (jxbDg)

Don't take Prometheus if you are allergic to Prometheus. Ask your Doctor if Prometheus is right for you.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 14, 2026 01:31 PM (l3cgK)

16 BoA just got a $1.5 billion fine yesterday for aiding and abetting criminal activity tied to the Chinese government.

I get a sense that Bessent is bringing the banks to heel.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 14, 2026 01:29 PM (jxbDg)

I saw that. And it has been encouraging.
But they need the Alex Jones treatment.

$1 trillion dollars!
Deal with it.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 14, 2026 01:31 PM (Sco7b)

17
I used to think corporations were cool because all they wanted to do was make money, politics be damned. Along with this naivete, I also thought CEOs were capitalist animals who would fight DEI and ESG like Orcs. Guess not!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 14, 2026 01:31 PM (mmrXZ)

18 "Jawboning is fine. It's just the government expressing an opinion." -David French

"Jawboning" is also what he calls it when his wife's boyfriend is eating her out.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 14, 2026 01:31 PM (2ocoG)

19 BAKE THE FUCKING CAKE, HATERS

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 14, 2026 01:31 PM (W2Pud)

20 19 BAKE THE FUCKING CAKE, HATERS

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 14, 2026 01:31 PM (W2Pud)

Perfect thing to say to gay and muslim bakeries.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 14, 2026 01:32 PM (l3cgK)

21 6 >>>"Jawboning is fine. It's just the government expressing an opinion."
-David French

good heavens you just made me so angry
Posted by: ace at October 14, 2026 01:28 PM (1wjle)

David French is an expert on boning though. He watches his wife get boned on the regular.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 14, 2026 01:32 PM (hG7ox)

22 One word: Credit Unions

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 14, 2026 01:32 PM (0U5gm)

23 between 2020 and 2025.

The vast majority of this was between 2020-2023. One of the many, many atrocities of the Covid/BLM era. And that was actual fascism, dumbass libs who don't understand the term.

Posted by: Delurker at October 14, 2026 01:32 PM (2Drhq)

24 14 What are decent alternatives to these banks, because we have accounts with one of them and I'd like close them? That is just infuriating.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 14, 2026 01:30 PM (JrHfD)

Local Credit Unions are good.. We bank there.. Used to belong to B of A and they screwed up something royal..

Posted by: It's me donna at October 14, 2026 01:33 PM (+gK6I)

25 But how will this impact bonuses?

Posted by: nckate at October 14, 2026 01:33 PM (enNUy)

26 Fucking pigs.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 14, 2026 01:33 PM (zcI95)

27 That sounds like the fascism I'm always hearing the left go on about. Surely, they will be outraged over this.

This is (d)ifferent

Posted by: The left at October 14, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)

28 22 One word: Credit Unions

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 14, 2026 01:32 PM (0U5gm)

The Gov't regulated them too. Just like Insurance companies...
Everything the Gov't touches with regulations is another thing the Gov't can manipulate using those same regulations.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 14, 2026 01:33 PM (l3cgK)

29 I'd spend the next two years bankrupting every leftist organization regardless of what they build, deliver, or whatever.

Start with the banks.

No money will certainly get a reaction quicker than anything else.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 14, 2026 01:34 PM (RORbl)

30 5 I heard this story on AM talk radio earlier this morning. It sucks and they were pretty open about why the were debanking people.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 14, 2026 01:27 PM (I43vL)

They knew the fix was in and democrats would be in power forever.

Except they exercised poor judgment in that particular issue. And now? Beware the Bessent.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 14, 2026 01:34 PM (LG5UK)

31 26 Fucking pigs.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 14, 2026 01:33 PM (zcI95)

"What is something lawyers would do that Muzzies won't?"

Posted by: Jeopardy! at October 14, 2026 01:34 PM (l3cgK)

32 And we gave China shit for their "social credit" nonsense....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 14, 2026 01:34 PM (aKiSo)

33 Blatant campaign interference.

And for the record... Paypal and such were the worst.
This has been going on for many years.

The guy who made my custom swords for Historic sword fighting competitions? a REAL artist? Paypal suddenly froze his account a few years ago because the suddenly realized he was... making swords?

It took him months to get the money from the Paypal account that they already had. He almost went bankrupt.

This is nothing new, it started with Obama... it's just that like any Cancer, it grew.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 14, 2026 01:35 PM (mP0Kj)

34 Sue them out of existence.

I'll get people.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 14, 2026 01:27 PM (Sco7b)

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BoA just got a $1.5 billion fine yesterday for aiding and abetting criminal activity tied to the Chinese government.

I get a sense that Bessent is bringing the banks to heel.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 14, 2026 01:29 PM (jxbDg)
_________

More than just activity tied to China. Also Russia and "south of the border" activity. Although they didn't say it, my take is this involved a lot of illegal alien activity and similar leftwing efforts.

Basically, BoA was looking the other way as massive amounts of money went back and forth with China, Russia, and almost certainly the Mexican cartels.

You can be fairly sure no MAGA operatives were involved in any of this.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 14, 2026 01:35 PM (iFTx/)

35 >>>16 BoA just got a $1.5 billion fine yesterday for aiding and abetting criminal activity tied to the Chinese government.

oh thank you, I had marked that for a post but completely forgot about it.

Posted by: ace at October 14, 2026 01:35 PM (1wjle)

36 You do realize that this "de-banking" push was part of the overall plan to MAKE OPPOSITION TO THE SOCIALIST AGENDA ILLEGAL, right?

You think it's an outlier that Germany is trying to ban from existence its most popular political party (the AfD), and that France has tried to ban its most popular political party (RN) as well, both for the "crime" of simply having political opinions that differ from the socialist super-government? They want to do the same thing here -- make being "conservative" impossible, illegal, a crime.

And the corporations will play right along, feeding the alligator until it is too late.

Posted by: zombie at October 14, 2026 01:35 PM (Av6i5)

37 32 And we gave China shit for their "social credit" nonsense....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 14, 2026 01:34 PM (aKiSo)

TBF, it's the same folks that did this that also looked to China's Social Credit Score as a template.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 14, 2026 01:36 PM (l3cgK)

38 Judgement Day started in 2011. Prometheus released 2012. God's Wrath is upon us.

Posted by: 2033 End Of The World at October 14, 2026 01:36 PM (EdP2u)

39 Restraint of trade? Civil rights violation? Discrimination based on race, creed, country of origin? Where is the FBI Civil rights division?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 14, 2026 01:36 PM (cBv1m)

40 Of course, we only fuck pigs if they can afford the retainer and per-hour.

Posted by: The Lawyers at October 14, 2026 01:36 PM (2Drhq)

41 The vast majority of this was between 2020-2023. One of the many, many atrocities of the Covid/BLM era. And that was actual fascism, dumbass libs who don't understand the term.

I've been seeing various people going on college campuses and asking the students if they like socialism. If they say they do the interviewer asks them to explain what socialism is. The answers usually start with something like "everyone gets what they need" and quickly when asked follow up questions of how this specifically works ends up with the student admitting they have no idea what socialism is.

Someone should try the same for fascism, here asking those that believe there are fascist pols in America, and I suspect you'd get a similiar result.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2026 01:36 PM (sKqQm)

42 The banks also went after Prometheus h8ters. True fact.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at October 14, 2026 01:36 PM (VyD10)

43 Cucking is just a drifter from Craigslist expressing an opinion on your wife's tits.

Posted by: David French at October 14, 2026 01:37 PM (1wjle)

44 35 >>>16 BoA just got a $1.5 billion fine yesterday for aiding and abetting criminal activity tied to the Chinese government.

oh thank you, I had marked that for a post but completely forgot about it.

Posted by: ace at October 14, 2026 01:35 PM (1wjle)

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My wife does fraud work for one of the major banks, and she's dealing with a large case that's growing every week with more and more ties to the CCP.

The news doesn't surprise me. I just hope it means management takes her team more seriously and pays her more.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 14, 2026 01:37 PM (jxbDg)

45 I used to think corporations were cool because all they wanted to do was make money, politics be damned. Along with this naivete, I also thought CEOs were capitalist animals who would fight DEI and ESG like Orcs. Guess not!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 14, 2026 01:31 PM (mmrXZ)

And I once thought that high level Military Officers had a clue about how to win a fight...

Yeah, I was naive.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 14, 2026 01:37 PM (mP0Kj)

46 I had multiple accounts with one of these. Was impossible to deal with on a rational basis even as a customer. They wanted to lock everything down and make me document my withdrawal requirements. I went in and closed them all.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 14, 2026 01:37 PM (0U5gm)

47 Biden was/is one of the most vicious evil men in all of America. May his name go down in Infamy.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 14, 2026 01:37 PM (XEWNi)

48 14 What are decent alternatives to these banks,

Cash. But that's inconvenient for most things and the government is doing its best to make it illegal. More practically I've had pretty good luck with credit unions. The more local the better.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 14, 2026 01:37 PM (rhFx4)

49
BOOOM!
Posted by: Max Power at October 14, 2026 01:27 PM (SwyyQ)

I've been getting yootoob videos of lionfish hunters in my feed lately. The guy calls out "BOOM!" every time he spears a lionfish through the brain with his trident. Oddly fascinating.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 14, 2026 01:38 PM (y9nCu)

50 Behold show prep for Ewoks. To your health!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 14, 2026 01:38 PM (cBv1m)

51 TBF, it's the same folks that did this that also looked to China's Social Credit Score as a template.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 14, 2026 01:36 PM (l3cgK)

It's the same picture with a different frame, basically

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 14, 2026 01:38 PM (aKiSo)

52 My wife does fraud work for one of the major banks, and she's dealing with a large case that's growing every week with more and more ties to the CCP.

The news doesn't surprise me. I just hope it means management takes her team more seriously and pays her more.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 14, 2026 01:37 PM (jxbDg)

Tell her to be very careful, legal, and document EVERYTHING...

She is going after a profit center... dangerous.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 14, 2026 01:38 PM (mP0Kj)

53 As Jackstraw said above, this is what actual fascism looks like.

And our vaunted media were all fine with it.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 14, 2026 01:38 PM (XEWNi)

54 nd our vaunted media were all fine with it.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 14, 2026 01:38 PM (XEWNi)

Because they were going after the "right" people...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 14, 2026 01:39 PM (+gK6I)

55 52 Tell her to be very careful, legal, and document EVERYTHING...

She is going after a profit center... dangerous.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 14, 2026 01:38 PM (mP0Kj)

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Her team is interacting directly with all the major banks through professional organizations and the FBI.

She's not exactly an island in an ocean on this.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 14, 2026 01:39 PM (jxbDg)

56 53 As Jackstraw said above, this is what actual fascism looks like.

And our vaunted media were all fine with it.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 14, 2026 01:38 PM (XEWNi)

They're propagandists.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 14, 2026 01:39 PM (l3cgK)

57 Someone should try the same for fascism, here asking those that believe there are fascist pols in America, and I suspect you'd get a similiar result.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2026 01:36 PM (sKqQm)

I find it hilarious when they call Trump fascist. If they think Trump is bad, imagine how they would fare under real fascism. What a bunch of ignorant tools.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 14, 2026 01:40 PM (LG5UK)

58 I used to think corporations were cool because all they wanted to do was make money, politics be damned. Along with this naivete, I also thought CEOs were capitalist animals who would fight DEI and ESG like Orcs. Guess not!

2024:
US GDP: $29T
Federal spending: $7T
State Spending: $3T

So the real problem is a third of the GDP is government dollars and any big businesses is going to try and get ahold of those...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)

59 Every day, we hear about criminals who launder yuuuuge, luxurious amounts of cash. From our own political leaders, down to some Minneapolis Omar running a few learing senters, to corner boys running dope.

Nobody has ever cared about where the criminals stored the cash. Whether they funneled it through Wells Fargo or USBank doesn't matter to anyone - not regulators, not their own executives, not their so-called "relationship managers," not their consumers, and nobody in the general news-reading public.

There is no reputation-management to be done. Nobody figured these people were honest in the first place.

The idea that an actual, tax-paying, licensed business would need to be debanked in order to preserve a bank's """reputation""" is risible.

We already know these banks will issue a home loan to Big Daddy Slim to use for a trap house, no questions asked.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 14, 2026 01:40 PM (BI5O2)

60 If major banks are willing to do this from the Left, what else are the willing to do?

I keep coming back to how a political party (Democrats) is able to gin up the narrative of "grassroots funding support" when the grassroots portion of their political constituency is made of basement dwelling, non-working, destitute debt holders....and yet they have money to sent to the Democrat party?

Then we see ActBlu thriving and breaking all their previous quarterly records. It's an open secret that these Leftist individuals aren't providing those funds. It's likely disassembled bulk payments from overseas. But, you're not going to get away with that, and have the documented required paperwork to back it up unless a bank is playing along.

Tip of the iceberg, this is.

Posted by: Orson at October 14, 2026 01:40 PM (dIske)

61 Is there an official snack for this thread?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at October 14, 2026 01:40 PM (VyD10)

62 14 What are decent alternatives to these banks, because we have accounts with one of them and I'd like close them? That is just infuriating.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

If you live in California or the West Coast, there's Mechanics Bank. They've been around since 1905 and are stable and reliable. No known political shenanigans.

Posted by: zombie at October 14, 2026 01:40 PM (Av6i5)

63 I've been getting yootoob videos of lionfish hunters in my feed lately. The guy calls out "BOOM!" every time he spears a lionfish through the brain with his trident. Oddly fascinating.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur

There is no season on wild pigs or lionfish. Kill every one you see.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 14, 2026 01:40 PM (0U5gm)

64 53 As Jackstraw said above, this is what actual fascism looks like.

And our vaunted media were all fine with it.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 14, 2026 01:38 PM (XEWNi)

Kaboom!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 14, 2026 01:40 PM (l3cgK)

65 61 Is there an official snack for this thread?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at October 14, 2026 01:40 PM (VyD10)

Kaboom!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 14, 2026 01:40 PM (l3cgK)

66 >>Restraint of trade? Civil rights violation? Discrimination based on race, creed, country of origin? Where is the FBI Civil rights division?

Been investigating the banks over this for some time. This information comes from a parallel investigation being done by the Treasury Dept.

Got a feeling this information wasn't released randomly.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 14, 2026 01:41 PM (viF8m)

67 39 Restraint of trade? Civil rights violation? Discrimination based on race, creed, country of origin? Where is the FBI Civil rights division?
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 14, 2026 01:36 PM (cBv1m)

They were busy going after the folks who did the Largest most heinous Insurrection in HISTORY!!!!!

You know... Jan 6?

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 14, 2026 01:41 PM (mP0Kj)

68 Betting markets have prop 1 in Idaho at 20% to pass. It was right Aron d 50% until recently. I guess some pols must have been released showing defeat and the market tanked.
---
The LDS church donated $1 million to stop it and had a letter read to all congregations that abortion is a moral issue, not a political issue.
The Catholics have also stepped up, with priests and bishops coming out against it.

Of course, the out-of-state donors who collectively dumped $1 million of their own in support of the measure are the saints of the media story.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 14, 2026 01:41 PM (3cUTc)

69 I find it hilarious when they call Trump fascist. If they think Trump is bad, imagine how they would fare under real fascism. What a bunch of ignorant tools.

Objectively the most fascist the US has been is either FDR during WWII or under Joe Biden

The left says both of those were examples of good government

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2026 01:41 PM (sKqQm)

70 Samson did some jawboning. Heaps upon heaps of creeps.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 14, 2026 01:41 PM (Cqx++)

71 "Daddy, why do they call the little chair in hotel rooms a French Chair?"

"Well you see, once there was this guy who liked to watch his.... uh.... um.... it's because that's how they furnish their hotels in France. Go to your room."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 14, 2026 01:41 PM (aKiSo)

72 67 39 Restraint of trade? Civil rights violation? Discrimination based on race, creed, country of origin? Where is the FBI Civil rights division?
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 14, 2026 01:36 PM (cBv1m)

They were busy going after the folks who did the Largest most heinous Insurrection in HISTORY!!!!!

You know... Jan 6?
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 14, 2026 01:41 PM (mP0Kj)

Oh, and going through Melania's Underwear drawer... you know... important stuff.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 14, 2026 01:41 PM (mP0Kj)

73 69 I find it hilarious when they call Trump fascist. If they think Trump is bad, imagine how they would fare under real fascism. What a bunch of ignorant tools.

Objectively the most fascist the US has been is either FDR during WWII or under Joe Biden

The left says both of those were examples of good government

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2026 01:41 PM (sKqQm)

Ahem.

Posted by: Wood-row Wilson at October 14, 2026 01:41 PM (l3cgK)

74 It's a crime syndicate.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 14, 2026 01:42 PM (zcI95)

75 What are decent alternatives to these banks, because we have accounts with one of them and I'd like close them? That is just infuriating.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

There is a bank set up by conservatives with principles the opposite of these majors called Old Glory Bank. It is 99% online, unless you happen to live in Oklahoma. I believe John Rich is on the board.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 14, 2026 01:43 PM (0U5gm)

76 Because they were going after the "right" people...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 14, 2026 01:39 PM (+gK6I)

Proving that they're all fascists as well. I love how NBC News and MSNOW are running all kinds of ads of how they're the ones to trust in reporting the news. Without a hint of contrition that they were the major contributors in people losing trust in the news. And stupid people will fall for the ads...and trust them again.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 14, 2026 01:43 PM (XEWNi)

77 Then we see ActBlu thriving and breaking all their previous quarterly records. I

Dig into their numbers and it makes no sense

Retired guys living in a modest houses donating tens of thousands a year.

Thousands of people donating oddball numbers like $5-15 at irregular intervals.

and on and on

Get ahold of their books and I'm sure you'd get a rational...very illegal...answer

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2026 01:43 PM (sKqQm)

78 And here comes the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to add to the pile on.

>>Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced the next step in its work to advance President Trump’s fight against the debanking of businesses and individuals on the basis of their constitutionally protected rights, including support of President Trump, MAGA, pro-life causes, and industries disfavored by the Left. The CFPB will address any consumer harm caused by the nation’s largest banks in response to the Report on debanking practices by Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).

https://tinyurl.com/jmpd7dzx

Posted by: JackStraw at October 14, 2026 01:44 PM (viF8m)

79 26 Fucking pigs.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

You start with goats, and it's a slippery slope from there.

Posted by: zombie at October 14, 2026 01:44 PM (Av6i5)

80 >>>There is no season on wild pigs or lionfish. Kill every one you see.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 14, 2026 01:40 PM (0U5gm)

I'm not sure about the second part...

Posted by: Max Power at October 14, 2026 01:44 PM (SwyyQ)

81 "Daddy, why do they call the little chair in hotel rooms a French Chair?"

"Well you see, once there was this guy who liked to watch his.... uh.... um.... it's because that's how they furnish their hotels in France. Go to your room."

Posted by: Warai-otoko

Now I have this idea for a scholarship program running through my head.

The David French chair in voyeurism.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 14, 2026 01:44 PM (0U5gm)

82 My money's in the Old Gloryhole Bank!

Posted by: James Talapedo at October 14, 2026 01:44 PM (zcI95)

83 Will Trump call Jamie Dimon on the carpet for this?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 14, 2026 01:45 PM (zEBE+)

84 Jawbone would make a good band name.

Posted by: dantesed at October 14, 2026 01:45 PM (Oy/m2)

85 Little known fact: So called French chairs are named after David French, because, well, you need to be comfy when you sit down to a long night of watching your wife get railed.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2026 01:45 PM (sKqQm)

86 70 Samson did some jawboning. Heaps upon heaps of creeps.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

"If I had my way with this wicked world, I'd tear this (bank) building down."

Posted by: zombie at October 14, 2026 01:45 PM (Av6i5)

87 I'm not sure about the second part...

Posted by: Max Power

I'm pretty sure it's true in both Florida and Texas.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 14, 2026 01:45 PM (0U5gm)

88 That's Kitchener Leslie's lady!

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 14, 2026 01:46 PM (BI5O2)

89
There is no season on wild pigs or lionfish. Kill every one you see.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 14, 2026 01:40 PM (0U5gm)

'zactly what I was thinking. But killing lionfish with a trident is just that much more awesome.

Of course, it has nothing to do with the subject of Teh Ewok's post. Nothing at all.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 14, 2026 01:46 PM (y9nCu)

90 You could have stopped with: "So Trump is allowed to force banks to close..."

Posted by: Joe Mama at October 14, 2026 01:46 PM (TezPK)

91 Exactly the same, but differ'nt

Posted by: meh at October 14, 2026 01:47 PM (bsDXW)

92 I'm shocked.

Posted by: Ordinary American at October 14, 2026 01:47 PM (BdmD3)

93 The news doesn't surprise me. I just hope it means management takes her team more seriously and pays her more.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse

Nothing like admitting publicly you are a "Kept Man".

Posted by: As The Whirled Turns at October 14, 2026 01:47 PM (EdP2u)

94 There is no season on wild pigs or lionfish. Kill every one
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I'm not sure about the second part...

This is where the distinction between "every one" and "everyone" becomes very important.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 14, 2026 01:47 PM (rhFx4)

95 >>Negative press, protests, criticism from advocacy groups such as the Southern Poverty Law Center, and reprisals from regulators or politicians were cited as the reputation risks most feared by the banks.

And who was funding the Southern Poverty Law Center? Why USAID, of course.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 14, 2026 01:48 PM (viF8m)

96 "Daddy, why do they call the little chair in hotel rooms a French Chair?"

"Well you see, once there was this guy who liked to watch his.... uh.... um.... it's because that's how they furnish their hotels in France. Go to your room."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 14, 2026 01:41 PM (aKiSo)
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I believe the origin of those chairs goes back to the days when romance and even sex was arranged and monitored.

Newlyweds were so young they literally did not know what to do.

If you look at the accounts of royal weddings, they will often include accounts of the "first night" between the newlyweds. There would be doctors and advisors sitting around the bed watching.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 14, 2026 01:48 PM (iFTx/)

97 93 The news doesn't surprise me. I just hope it means management takes her team more seriously and pays her more.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse

Nothing like admitting publicly you are a "Kept Man".

Posted by: As The Whirled Turns at October 14, 2026 01:47 PM (EdP2u)

=======

I'm employed, and you're fun at parties.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 14, 2026 01:48 PM (jxbDg)

98
So the real problem is a third of the GDP is government dollars and any big businesses is going to try and get ahold of those...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)

Why compete when you can just buy a politician? They're pretty cheap.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 14, 2026 01:49 PM (EROzA)

99 Samson turned his jawbone into an ass and slew the whole Army of the Philippines!

Posted by: Archie Bunker Bible Lesson at October 14, 2026 01:49 PM (EdP2u)

100
This is where the distinction between "every one" and "everyone" becomes very important.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 14, 2026 01:47 PM (rhFx4)

"Let's eat, Grandma!"

"Let's eat Grandma!"

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 14, 2026 01:50 PM (y9nCu)

101 85 Little known fact: So called French chairs are named after David French, because, well, you need to be comfy when you sit down to a long night of watching your wife get railed.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2026 01:45 PM (sKqQm)
_______________________

There used to be one of those bizarre Japanese gameshows that had some very innocent looking Japanese woman sit on an unremarkable chair for as long as she could hold out. Only, a dildo poked up incessantly from the seat of the chair. That's a David French chair.

Posted by: Orson at October 14, 2026 01:52 PM (dIske)

102 The administration has done a lousy job drawing attention to the depredations of the Left. And appointing another blonde babe to come out and cheerily parry with the lying, scumbag media rather than totally revamp the paradigm of media relations was another lost opportunity.

Posted by: Ordinary American at October 14, 2026 01:52 PM (BdmD3)

103 This is where the distinction between "every one" and "everyone" becomes very important.

Also, everyone vs. everybody. Discuss.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 14, 2026 01:53 PM (Riz8t)

104 Charlotte airport workers are on strike starting today. Not sure how you can tell.

Posted by: nckate at October 14, 2026 01:54 PM (enNUy)

105 The administration has done a lousy job drawing attention to the depredations of the Left. And appointing another blonde babe to come out and cheerily parry with the lying, scumbag media rather than totally revamp the paradigm of media relations was another lost opportunity.

What were you hoping for? Chairs that disappear into a fiery pit in the floor? Sharks?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 14, 2026 01:54 PM (Riz8t)

106 If you look at the accounts of royal weddings, they will often include accounts of the "first night" between the newlyweds. There would be doctors and advisors sitting around the bed watching.

Advisor 1: First you must rip off her bodice

Advisor 2: You are as wrong about that as you were about invading Italy, start by kissing her

Advisor 1: Ha that's how you got the Neapolitan disease if I recall now...let's see those rolling hills of Lombardy if you know what I mean!

Advisor 2: At least I got my gift from a female courtesan unlike, uh, some people. Now let's treat this like our invasion of the Netherlands...we are all getting wet but go for the bloomers!

etc...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2026 01:56 PM (sKqQm)

107 "Let's eat, Grandma!"

"Let's eat Grandma!"

Posted by: IllTemperedCur

At holidays, when everyone was gathering for the meal, an adult would say, "Time to eat, children". And I would repeat it to the younger set, leaving out the comma.

"Did you hear what they just said?"

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 14, 2026 01:56 PM (0U5gm)

108 Moar consequences for big banks pls

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 14, 2026 01:56 PM (s1VwS)

109 "Let's eat Grandma!"

Tastes like grandma pan broiled!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 14, 2026 01:56 PM (ftEfU)

110 The latest update found that Smith’s special counsel’s office and the DOJ “obtained spreadsheets containing Republican campaign donors, supporters, and detailed personal voter information in various formats, totaling over 639,000 individuals, at minimum,” Grassley said in the memo.

“Out of those, over 148,000 rows are identified in the spreadsheets as donors,” he continued. “The donors generally contributed small-dollar amounts.”

Posted by: SMOD at October 14, 2026 01:56 PM (AFudc)

111 > The administration has done a lousy job drawing attention to the depredations of the Left. And appointing another blonde babe to come out and cheerily parry with the lying, scumbag media rather than totally revamp the paradigm of media relations was another lost opportunity.
Posted by: Ordinary American
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With regards to the media relations... I would have liked the administration to have completely done away with the press pool and the press room activities. In this day and age there's zero reason for "in person" bullshit like this.

Put a daily missive out on the official White House website.

The press will bitch and moan about whatever's on it anyway... why let them do it "live."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 14, 2026 01:57 PM (RORbl)

112 Charlotte airport workers are on strike starting today. Not sure how you can tell.

Posted by: nckate

They are doing nothing outside of the airport, instead of inside.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 14, 2026 01:57 PM (0U5gm)

113 There used to be one of those bizarre Japanese gameshows that had some very innocent looking Japanese woman sit on an unremarkable chair for as long as she could hold out. Only, a dildo poked up incessantly from the seat of the chair. That's a David French chair.

I thought that one was fake, but I do remember the one where they had male contestants who had to sing karoke while a pretty woman in a nurse's outfit played their trombone behind a screen.

If you finished before the song ended you lost...well, in one sense of losing

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2026 01:57 PM (sKqQm)

114 Posted by: As The Whirled Turns at October 14, 2026 01:47 PM (EdP2u)

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I'm employed, and you're fun at parties.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse

No one invites me to parties, which is why I'm so cranky and snippy. You had to bring that up!

Posted by: Alone In My Anguish And Pain at October 14, 2026 01:59 PM (EdP2u)

115 Posted by: Archimedes at October 14, 2026 01:54 PM

Also, the blonde babe has had one appearance in her role and not much time to prepare while trying to move cross country . Who would the former poster suggest decimating the news agencies?. Elon Musk? I think he has other things to do

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 14, 2026 01:59 PM (JrHfD)

116 It's great hearing the banks say that it's not there policy to debank people based on their political views. Of course they just can't stop the people who work for them from doing it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 14, 2026 02:00 PM (V2IGM)

117 “Out of those, over 148,000 rows are identified in the spreadsheets as donors,” he continued. “The donors generally contributed small-dollar amounts.”
Posted by: SMOD at October 14, 2026 01:56 PM (AFudc)

Wanna bet those match the debanked.

Posted by: Reforger at October 14, 2026 02:02 PM (Ae6Br)

118 There used to be one of those bizarre Japanese gameshows that had some very innocent looking Japanese woman sit on an unremarkable chair for as long as she could hold out. Only, a dildo poked up incessantly from the seat of the chair. That's a David French chair.

I thought that one was fake, but I do remember the one where they had male contestants who had to sing karoke while a pretty woman in a nurse's outfit played their trombone behind a screen.

If you finished before the song ended you lost...well, in one sense of losing
Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2026 01:57 PM (sKqQm)
_______

"I would totally win that game!"

-- James Talacreepo

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 14, 2026 02:03 PM (iFTx/)

119 One of the problems with this administration is information overload. They are doing so much stuff in some many areas it can be overwhelming to track all of it.

I think they do a good job overall of communicating but if you are expecting the garbage media to report on it in a fair and impartial way then you are delusional.

How much play do think the media is going to give this story? If Trump had done this to leftists what do you suppose the media coverage would be like?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 14, 2026 02:03 PM (viF8m)

120 119 One of the problems with this administration is information overload. They are doing so much stuff in some many areas it can be overwhelming to track all of it.

I think they do a good job overall of communicating but if you are expecting the garbage media to report on it in a fair and impartial way then you are delusional.

How much play do think the media is going to give this story? If Trump had done this to leftists what do you suppose the media coverage would be like?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 14, 2026 02:03 PM (viF8m)

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All I know is that the NYT isn't talking about deportations, but immigration arrests, in particular for those without existing deportation orders, is at an all time high.

And because the NYT isn't talking about it, the right-wing sphere of the internet isn't talking about it because the right-wing sphere of the internet refuses to be anything other than reactionary to leftist editorial choices.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 14, 2026 02:05 PM (jxbDg)

121 This banking thing is what happens when you make "exceptions".

Now, if you don't rent your apartment to the sketchy looking black couple with bad teeth and a set of premium digital scales ? Racist.

But denying banking services, from a segment of industry that is government backed to the hilt ? Totally ok.

And it was OK when this shit rolled out under Obama. Because "sex workers and gamblers".

Posted by: Who Did Not See This Coming at October 14, 2026 02:05 PM (ltwWR)

122 14 What are decent alternatives to these banks, because we have accounts with one of them and I'd like close them? That is just infuriating.
Posted by: FenelonSpok

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bitcoin. You can even buy these cool "hardware wallets" so you don't need a password of anything and your assets are totally safe!

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 14, 2026 02:06 PM (0buIX)

123 116 It's great hearing the banks say that it's not there policy to debank people based on their political views. Of course they just can't stop the people who work for them from doing it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 14, 2026 02:00 PM (V2IGM)

Fortunately the banks have liability for what their employees do.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 14, 2026 02:06 PM (okun6)

124 Fun new game: Ask leftist female Muslims to comment on a terrible, rapey thing Epstein said, then reveal the quote was actually Muhammad.

http://tiny.cc/oe2c101

Posted by: bonhomme at October 14, 2026 02:07 PM (mkw2N)

125 MSNOW just had a breaking story from Fusion Ken Dilanian claiming that Kash Patel had just landed in Russia!

Meanwhile, Kash Patel is at an FBI conference in Virginia.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 14, 2026 02:08 PM (viF8m)

126 And that's why the japs need a third nuking.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 14, 2026 02:09 PM (ftEfU)

127 How many people have been deported since Trump took office?

I asked Duck AI and it told me 600K with about 1.9M self deportations

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2026 02:09 PM (sKqQm)

128 Re-adopting commodity-based money and outlawing fractional reserve banking are a couple of simple steps we could take today to restore stability and sanity to our economic system.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 14, 2026 02:11 PM (2ap+5)

129 What are decent alternatives to these banks, because we have accounts with one of them and I'd like close them? That is just infuriating.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Seriously ? Move Number One is to oppose the Federal Reserve proposal to eliminate Pay by Check. Its out there for public comment. Because its "inefficient".

Move Number Two ? Demand the acceptance of cash for any store-front ... public or private ... that is anything other than a private club. That accepts a single crum of legal protection. State or Federal.

Posted by: Who Did Not See This Coming at October 14, 2026 02:11 PM (ltwWR)

130 > bitcoin. You can even buy these cool "hardware wallets" so you don't need a password of anything and your assets are totally safe!

Ask James Zhong how that worked out for him.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 14, 2026 02:11 PM (mkw2N)

131 Oh, and since the season is fast approaching, Potter was right.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 14, 2026 02:11 PM (2ap+5)

132 What are decent alternatives to these banks, because we have accounts with one of them and I'd like close them? That is just infuriating.
Posted by: FenelonSpok

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bitcoin. You can even buy these cool "hardware wallets" so you don't need a password of anything and your assets are totally safe!
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 14, 2026 02:06 PM (0buIX)
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Tulips? You can try credit unions. Many CU have become as big and avaricious as the big banks, but some of the smaller ones still cater to normal people and are pretty good. You have to qualify for membership, though.

I closed a HE loan with Visions last weekend to replace the auto loan I took out in June. They were good to deal with, good rates and no closing costs (not a penny), but pretty slow in moving the loan forward and the endless bullshit they kept asking for. My financial situation is ... complicated ... though, so that could explain the delays.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 14, 2026 02:11 PM (iFTx/)

133 MSNOW just had a breaking story from Fusion Ken Dilanian claiming that Kash Patel had just landed in Russia!

That doesn't even make sense. Why would the FBI director be in Russia?

Posted by: Ian S. at October 14, 2026 02:12 PM (2ocoG)

134
I asked Duck AI and it told me 600K with about 1.9M self deportations
Posted by: 18-1

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I think my town has AI ducks down by the river. I see one bigger duck and 20 or 30 little ducks following it around. No natural mother could have so many babies, so they must be drones or something. I wonder if they are self replicating?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 14, 2026 02:12 PM (0buIX)

135 127 How many people have been deported since Trump took office?

I asked Duck AI and it told me 600K with about 1.9M self deportations

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2026 02:09 PM (sKqQm)

=======

Best resource I've found is an X account, @derzum_

https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2106768620944502884

3.3 million, is apparently the agreed upon number as of a few weeks ago.

https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2107511980089115078

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 14, 2026 02:12 PM (jxbDg)

136 Oh, and since the season is fast approaching, Potter was right.

Harry ? Just a made up kid. The Colonel ? Same thing.

Posted by: Who Did Not See This Coming at October 14, 2026 02:12 PM (ltwWR)

137 blogger.com/content-policy

Posted by: they're coming for your un-cool niece at October 14, 2026 02:13 PM (88C+u)

138 1. It Can't Happen Here
2. Never Again
3. Take It To the Bank

ALL LIES

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 14, 2026 02:13 PM (RIvkX)

139 That doesn't even make sense. Why would the FBI director be in Russia?
Posted by: Ian S. at October 14, 2026 02:12 PM (2ocoG)
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Getting debriefed by his handler? Or so the Left would assume...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 14, 2026 02:13 PM (FZ29D)

140 I had a Washington Mutual commercial account when Obummer jiggered with the banks. Chase absorbed WM and provided those accounts with no fee. The business credit card also had no fee.

After almost 20 years I still have the no fee Chase account and credit cards.

Posted by: DanMan at October 14, 2026 02:14 PM (8uzBS)

141 What are decent alternatives to these banks, because we have accounts with one of them and I'd like close them? That is just infuriating.

Dodd/Frank and the other post-2008 finance laws were passed for the purpose of locking in existing banks and making it near-impossible to start a new competitor. Similar to how Obamacare locked in the existing insurance companies. You can see why Anthropic and OpenAI think they can run the same play.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 14, 2026 02:14 PM (2ocoG)

142 1. It Can't Happen Here
2. Never Again
3. Take It To the Bank

Any real dude knows the three most told lies are ...

1 - I Love You
2 - The check's in the mail
3 - I won't do that thing in your mouth

Posted by: Who Did Not See This Coming at October 14, 2026 02:14 PM (ltwWR)

143 How many people have been deported since Trump took office?

I asked Duck AI and it told me 600K with about 1.9M self deportations
Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2026 02:09 PM (sKqQm)

That's about 10% of what we need if the country is to survive.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 14, 2026 02:15 PM (zjgNU)

144 >>That doesn't even make sense. Why would the FBI director be in Russia?

No, but it's a perfect example of how the garbage media lies about us instead of reporting facts.

The largest banks in the country debanking a former president, his family and supporters in an obviously partisan way would be an enormous story if it was about Obama or Biden and their supporters.

Watch and see how this story is covered. Or isn't covered.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 14, 2026 02:15 PM (viF8m)

145 I'm shocked.
Posted by: Ordinary American at October 14, 2026 01:47 PM (BdmD3)

SHOCKED!!

Posted by: Captain Renault at October 14, 2026 02:15 PM (hmYU4)

146 The little ducks are echos.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 14, 2026 02:15 PM (ftEfU)

147 I think my town has AI ducks down by the river. I see one bigger duck and 20 or 30 little ducks following it around. No natural mother could have so many babies, so they must be drones or something. I wonder if they are self replicating?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

QUACK

Posted by: Ducks for Trump at October 14, 2026 02:15 PM (UjdFS)

148 145 I'm shocked.
Posted by: Ordinary American at October 14, 2026 01:47 PM (BdmD3)

SHOCKED!!

Posted by: Captain Renault at October 14, 2026 02:15 PM (hmYU4)

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Your winnings, sir.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 14, 2026 02:15 PM (jxbDg)

149 140 I had a Washington Mutual commercial account when Obummer jiggered with the banks. Chase absorbed WM and provided those accounts with no fee. The business credit card also had no fee.

After almost 20 years I still have the no fee Chase account and credit cards.
Posted by: DanMan

Ditto. But 20 years ago I was getting 4.75% on my savings account.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 14, 2026 02:15 PM (W2Pud)

150 F*CK these people. Paging the DOJ. Paging the DOJ.
Throw these banks in jail.

Posted by: Case at October 14, 2026 02:15 PM (ROPCF)

151 So, during the last administration there were efforts to curtail the economic activity of disfavored groups, eh? And some people smirk at the idea of some sort of "mark" required in order to buy or sell.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at October 14, 2026 02:16 PM (FC7F4)

152 My working estimate is that there were about 40M illegals when Trump took office.

If the 3.3M figure is correct that's about 1/9th of the total.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2026 02:16 PM (sKqQm)

153 I had a Washington Mutual commercial account when Obummer jiggered with the banks. Chase absorbed WM and provided those accounts with no fee. The business credit card also had no fee.

After almost 20 years I still have the no fee Chase account and credit cards.
Posted by: DanMan at October 14, 2026 02:14 PM (8uzBS)
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I had a big lot of WAMU that became worthless.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 14, 2026 02:17 PM (RIvkX)

154 Dealing with JP Morgan was especially unpleasant when handling my Dad's trust after he died.

Among other things, after I liquidated his investments and distributed all of the cash, my older brother came back and claimed I didn't have to do so, that I could have distributed the (shitty) investments intact to him. This was not true and against my Dad's wishes, but the reps at JP Morgan were pissed at me and convinced my brother that he had lost out on investment returns.

After that I told my brother to read a fucking book about investing.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 14, 2026 02:17 PM (qwx/I)

155 152 My working estimate is that there were about 40M illegals when Trump took office.

If the 3.3M figure is correct that's about 1/9th of the total.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2026 02:16 PM (sKqQm)

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1/11, I think.

But it took 60 years to get that 40 million from the Kennedy immigration bill in the 1960s.

Nearly 10% of the problem fixed in 19 months is impressive.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 14, 2026 02:17 PM (jxbDg)

156 My wife got us out of Bank of America for just this reason. Switched us to Navy Federal.

Thank goodness.

Posted by: Bulg at October 14, 2026 02:18 PM (77rzZ)

157 Is she running for President? In Seoul as a guest of The Asia Institute........

Mossad Commentary
@MOSSADil
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8h
🤮 KAMALA HARRIS: BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SHOULD HAVE ACTED “SOONER AND MORE FORCEFULLY” AGAINST ISRAEL

Speaking in Seoul, former Vice President Kamala Harris criticized both the Trump administration and her own Biden-Harris administration over Israel’s war in Gaza.

“Most recently, the failure to use our leverage to curtail the Israeli government's horrific conduct in the war in Gaza, both under the current administration, which offers Netanyahu a blank check, and our administration before, where we should have acted sooner and more forcefully.”

Harris said the United States has a “moral obligation to human rights and international law” and should use its leverage over allies accordingly.

Posted by: beckster at October 14, 2026 02:18 PM (kX27y)

158 I am very happy with Schwab. I don't like keeping much money in cash, but Schwab allows you to choose CDs from an array of financial institutions at varying maturities which is very helpful. Their debit card is indispensable for overseas travel.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 14, 2026 02:19 PM (2ap+5)

159 We could've booted at least 3.3 million illegals out of NC

Posted by: nckate at October 14, 2026 02:19 PM (enNUy)

160 Ah, Washington Mutual, the commercials with the smart black man fighting the evil old white bankers. I was particularly delighted to see them go under.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 14, 2026 02:19 PM (qwx/I)

161 So, during the last administration there were efforts to curtail the economic activity of disfavored groups, eh? And some people smirk at the idea of some sort of "mark" required in order to buy or sell.

You'll never find a less religious person than me.

Yet, when I point out all the ways that civilizations - including this one - use government to curtail and coerce the public against their will ?

Most of the same folks that love religion really hate to see the warnings in person. Its not like the Bible doesn't point out every fucking way every government subjugates it's people.

Limiting the ability to buy or sell ? That's nothing new. That's as old as time.

Now lets talk about the "Blue Eagle" and so on and so forth.

Posted by: Who Did Not See This Coming at October 14, 2026 02:20 PM (ltwWR)

162 Harris said the United States has a “moral obligation to human rights and international law” and should use its leverage over allies accordingly.
Posted by: beckster at October 14, 2026 02:18 PM (kX27y)
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I'd prefer it if the United States used its considerable leverage against our ENEMIES (like Gaza, Iran, China, etc.) instead.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 14, 2026 02:20 PM (FZ29D)

163 Agree that Schwab is very good.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 14, 2026 02:21 PM (qwx/I)

164 Credit unions are great. Most are locally-focused. Accounts are FDIC insured.

Posted by: Ed Wells at October 14, 2026 02:22 PM (p8iTN)

165 government limitations on buying and selling is one big reason free markets don't work.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 14, 2026 02:22 PM (2ap+5)

166 Nood

Posted by: nckate at October 14, 2026 02:22 PM (enNUy)

167 Agree that Schwab is very good.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 14, 2026 02:21 PM (qwx/I)

My wife always goes there for her tires.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 14, 2026 02:22 PM (rbvCR)

168 Best resource I've found is an X account, @derzum_

https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2106768620944502884

3.3 million, is apparently the agreed upon number as of a few weeks ago.

https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2107511980089115078
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 14, 2026 02:12 PM (jxbDg)

There's some dispute in the thread because that number includes voluntary deportation (an agreement with USCIS and ICE) and self deportation, which is basically just leaving with no fuss.

I see no issue with including those, it is far better that people choose to make the process easy on themselves, and creating the climate where that becomes the norm is what is happening.

The claim about Obama deporting anyone is a massive fraud, and always has been. Under Obama, it was claimed that anyone who came to the border but was denied entry for any reason was a deportation, even though all falling under this category had never set food in this country. It was just a number game to give the media something to say and make them look like they were doing something.

when they absolutely were not.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 14, 2026 02:22 PM (NJOZc)

169 104 Charlotte airport workers are on strike starting today. Not sure how you can tell.
Posted by: nckate at October 14, 2026 01:54 PM (enNUy)

Can the Charlotte area get any worse?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 14, 2026 02:23 PM (N39Ws)

170 My wife does fraud work for one of the major banks, and she's dealing with a large case that's growing every week with more and more ties to the CCP.

The news doesn't surprise me. I just hope it means management takes her team more seriously and pays her more.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 14, 2026 01:37 PM (jxbDg)
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Wait, wut?
-BCBI

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 14, 2026 02:23 PM (RIvkX)

171 government limitations on buying and selling is one big reason free markets don't work.
Posted by: Oglebay at October 14, 2026 02:22 PM (2ap+5)

"Slavery is the reason people cannot be free" is not a valid argument against human rights

Posted by: Kindltot at October 14, 2026 02:23 PM (rbvCR)

172 My wife always goes there for her tires.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 14, 2026 02:22 PM (rbvCR)

They'll paint any car any color for only $99.95, no ups, no extras.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 14, 2026 02:23 PM (qwx/I)

173 The censored people on the net, debanked, lawfared, and committed and allowed fraud to happen on an epic scale.
But the Biden administration was wonderful

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 14, 2026 02:23 PM (V2IGM)

174 government limitations on buying and selling is one big reason free markets don't work.
Posted by: Oglebay at October 14, 2026 02:22 PM (2ap+5)

Milton Friedman writes very, very well about the potential of Free Markets.

I think we should try it, instead of this Government / Corporate Socialism we've had my entire life.

Posted by: Who Did Not See This Coming at October 14, 2026 02:24 PM (ltwWR)

175 NOOD -Trauma induced text phone msg - “idk”.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 14, 2026 02:25 PM (wbjP0)

176 105 The administration has done a lousy job drawing attention to the depredations of the Left. And appointing another blonde babe to come out and cheerily parry with the lying, scumbag media rather than totally revamp the paradigm of media relations was another lost opportunity.

What were you hoping for? Chairs that disappear into a fiery pit in the floor? Sharks?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 14, 2026 01:54 PM (Riz8t)

Go on...

Posted by: Polka will never die at October 14, 2026 02:26 PM (zuZpx)

177 Also with Schwab. I keep the cash in VBIL instead of CD's since interest from treasury-based ETFs are excluded from state taxation.

Posted by: Halfhand at October 14, 2026 02:26 PM (RhaPD)

178 156 My wife got us out of Bank of America for just this reason. Switched us to Navy Federal.

Thank goodness.
Posted by: Bulg

Very wise, same here. You may be a crappy driver, but you are savvy when it comes to banking.

Posted by: Still Got My First Dollar at October 14, 2026 02:27 PM (EdP2u)

179 Jane Doe. More like Jane Hoe.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 14, 2026 02:28 PM (hG7ox)

180 Yeah! Joni Mitchell can now vote as she became a citizen after 60 years of living in USA.

/s

Posted by: Glenn at October 14, 2026 02:34 PM (nvKZ7)

181 And we can not lose sight of the fact that this de-banking program was going to be rolled out against everyone.

China's Social Credit system would be mild.

Think about this:
If your bank closed your account and no bank would allow you to open an account, could you survive?

Sure, technically you could. But think about the time and expense--every single day--it will impose on you.
To grind you to heel.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 14, 2026 02:46 PM (3cUTc)

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