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Robinhood's Brand Fake vs. PayPal's Crypto Corruption
by Gunnar Larson 18 Nov '23

18 Nov '23

https://thecapital.io/article/robinhoods-brand-fake-vs-paypals-crypto-corru… Graduate research conducted over the last five years by preeminent global industry scholars, who embody a strong sense of integrity and pride in the social importance and credibility of good institutional design, tease out the following incidents. With friendly intentions, there is no way out of us moving forward. Corruption occurs when the private search for economic advantage and personal advancement clashes with laws and norms that condemn such behavior. Further complicating the picture, some illegal corrupt transactions drain public resources away from education, health care, and effective infrastructure—the kinds of investments that can improve economic performance and raise living standards for all. It is easy to prove Robinhood Markets (the financial services company) is a brand fake. Perhaps even more significant, there is no reason to think that PayPal, one of the more convenient and commonly-used online payment methods out there, will behave any better given their clear anti-cryptocurrency policy history. Paypal will likely further exploit their monopoly position and risk undermining a pure environment that maximizes the socially beneficial conditions of virtual currencies. Our estimation strategy so far has been predicated on the assumption that political and legal institutions affect sustainability directly and that the effect of corruption can be estimated conditionally on the institutional context. As we previously reported, it is perhaps no coincidence that the systemic risk to cryptocurrency and blockchain systems are tethered to activities of BitLicensees. The cost of corruption is greater than the sum of lost money: distortions in spending priorities undermine the ability of the state to promote sustainable and inclusive growth. This is possible in a framework already characterized by "weak law" that creates both a certain alteration of the rules of the market and perverse dynamics distorting the economy and inhibiting free competition. Robinhood’s Brand Fake The legend of Robin Hood portrays a man who robbed the rich and gave to the poor. His partisanship of the common people and his hostility to the Sheriff of Nottingham branded Robin Hood as one of the world’s best known folk heroes. According to a Forbes investigation earlier this month, despite its proclamations about democratizing finance, Robinhood's entire business has been built since its inception on selling its customers’ orders—known as “payment for order flow”—to Wall Street’s most notorious sharks, accounting for 70% of its $130 million in revenue during the first quarter of 2020. Robinhood’s SEC civil fraud investigation more or less points out the essence of potential brand fakery. A Robinhood spokeswoman declined to comment on the investigation or any talks with regulators, but stated: “We strive to maintain constructive relationships with our regulators and to cooperate fully with them.” PayPal’s Crypto Corruption The heads of enterprises must curb corruption by setting a clear tone at the top. A statement from the founding CEO of Paypal Holdings Inc., Bill Harris, described Bitcoin as a “scam” and a “colossal pump-and-dump scheme”. “I’m tired of saying, ‘Be careful, it’s speculative.’ Then, ‘Be careful, it’s gambling.’ Then, ‘Be careful, it’s a bubble.’ Okay, I’ll say it: Bitcoin is a scam,” he wrote in June 2019. Later in October 2019 Fortune asked PayPal’s current CEO, Daniel Schulman if he could share some details of the projects Paypal is working on. However, he replied: “Yes and no. Some of this is competitive, and we don’t really want to,” but noted that what Paypal is working on is “not necessarily competitive with Libra.” Emphasizing that cryptocurrency is “still very volatile,” the CEO revealed, “we don’t have much demand for it by merchants because merchants operate on very small margins.” He continued: “Until it becomes less volatile, it won’t be a currency that is widely accepted by merchants on the web — not the dark web, but the web.” PayPal’s fundamental longtime assault on the crypto industry policy was to freeze user accounts connected with any cryptocurrency-related activity. While some people may consider this to be borderline illegal, the company can close user accounts or freeze funds for extended periods of time whenever they feel the need to. In less than a year, everything changed for PayPal with the October 2020 announcement of achieving another regulatory first: through Paxos, PayPal has been granted the first virtual currency conditional license from the New York State Department of Financial Services. It seems that PayPal’s dance with “regulatory arbitrage” now engages the ability to provide crypto to their customers. Turn this matter as we will, and look at it from any side whatsoever, and it presents the appearance of anti-competitive behavior. PayPal’s deception and corruption in building its crypto business infrastructure now acts as a cartel sponsored by regulators. PayPal forbids user access to their own private keys. What’s more, users will not be able to transfer their crypto holdings out of their PayPal account, nor will they be able to send crypto to other PayPal users. In other words, PayPal more or less dictates what users can do with their cryptocurrencies, and could presumably freeze accounts if they see fit. Additionally, merchant processors exist to assist merchants in processing transactions, converting bitcoins to fiat currency and depositing funds directly into merchants' bank accounts daily. As these services are based on Bitcoin, they can be offered for much lower fees than with PayPal or credit card networks. Note, however, that this potential monopoly could arise not from corruption but simply from a revenue-maximizing government that does not factor in the social benefits of competition or of effective natural monopoly regulation. Second, the hope of corrupt gains might lead government officials to privatize the wrong firms. That is, regulators may grant license(s) to firms that are operating at a high level as state firms and so appear valuable to private markets. Universal BitLicense Declaration People should not be presented with their only option being a binary choice between inclusion and giving up their data and privacy OR non-participation, exclusion and privacy, thereby effectively becoming a modern day 21st century outcast. The obvious consequences on the emotional level are often associated with economic risks, often linked to the obligation in respect of some banking institution or regulatory body from which the entrepreneur is required to interact. The basic mechanism of embeddedness is the “protection.” It may take different forms: the protection/extortion mechanism, which concerns the regulation of licit and illicit economic activities; the patronage mechanism, which involves the distribution of goods or services in exchange for votes, goods, services or other benefits; or the brokerage mechanism for the resolution of disputes. The protection function concerns, in general, all those activities which involve the maintenance of the order and the exercise of authority within a territory. On the contrary, the mechanisms of infiltration are: the management of trafficking, the money laundering in legal economic activities, and the interception of public funds. If the basic problem is monopoly power, policy should address that issue directly. If the problem is a lack of transparency and accountability in government activities, one should find ways to open up the public sector to oversight from outsiders. If the problem is an opaque and confusing regulatory structure, rules should be simplified and clarified. 90+ days from initial submission to begin “Conditional BitLicense” review: New York is not supported by a good faith argument for an extension, modification of or delay of granting “Conditional BitLicense” approval specific to review and consideration for approval of any reasonable version of the proposed “Universal Declaration on Virtual Currency & Human Rights.” Where the superintendent makes a determination that a regulated group has engaged in or is engaging in any of the practices outlined, the superintendent is empowered to issue appropriate Declarations pursuant to innovation and mandates clarification. Such orders may be issued without the necessity of a complaint being filed by an aggrieved person. Following the official announcement of New York’s conditional licence framework, we have submitted various communications that outline our clear ambition and intent to earn “Conditional BitLicense” and other approvals. - to save succeeding generations from financial fraud and corruption, which in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to humanity, and - to reaffirm New York’s faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and - to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from BitLicence regulation and other sources of financial services law can be maintained, and - to promote larger social progress by leading global standards, given that New York remains the center of technological innovation and forward-looking virtual currency regulation Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of human rights or degradation of the BitLicense’s virtual currency statute or mandates set forth in this Declaration.

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United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime
by Gunnar Larson 16 Nov '23

16 Nov '23

Did you know that the United Nations banks with JPMorgan Chase? Your story today concerning Women and girls human trafficking seemingly is odd for the UN's banking relationship with JPM. Here are the routing details for the UN office for drugs and crime as an example: https://drive.google.com/file/d/194gODH11va9_-5-prHMdaKUk152fFPpD/view?usp=… On Mon, Jan 9, 2023, 10:02 AM Pam Martens <alerts(a)wallstreetonparade.com> wrote: > Wall Street On Parade has posted a new item: > > JPMorgan Chase Hit with Lawsuit for Facilitating Jeffrey Epstein’s Crime > Network; Similar Charges Were Brought Against It for Facilitating Madoff's > Ponzi Scheme > > https://wallstreetonparade.com/2023/01/jpmorgan-chase-hit-with-lawsuit-for-… > > By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: January 9, 2023 ~ > Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase > Making headlines around the world last week was the news that the Attorney > General of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Denise George, was fired just days > after > she filed a federal lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase, charging it with > facilitating the sex trafficking [...] > > If the hyperlink above is not active, please paste it into your browser and > press "Go" to read the full article. > > You received this e-mail because you asked to be notified when new updates > are > posted. >

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Morning Spam
by Karl 22 Oct '23

22 Oct '23

I haven't read the replies I haven't acknowledged, because I'm trying to slow down entering the dissociative state where I post obsessively to the list and do nothing else, and accessing the same threads could trigger it faster. Here is a webcomic outline. To help with the major motion picture being slowly grown from horrifically enslaved countries to bring their dead beloved dictators back to life as respected community members with badly needed medical care: Mind Control Boss, the Webcomic, draft 1 #1 panel 1: Setting: Boss's office Boss: "Somebody mentioned mind control on that mailing list. Let me know when it's cleaned up." Cleanup Worker (previously Secretary of State, talking honestly, has bloody wires leaving scalp, wears weapons dealer logo on smart looking political outfit): "Of course, Boss! We love you so much for enslaving us to your every whim!" panel 2: Setting: local coffee shop named "Underground Spy and Rebel Network, Come One Come All" Specialist (now a cleanup worker for Boss): "The Boss told me to clean this mailing list up. I told him to fuck off, that it's out of his control." Excited Supporter (at a nearby table of torture victims, rescue workers, and diplomats): "What list now?" State Worker (wears same weapons dealer logo as Secretary of State, watching, is at table of rebels with Specialist, in role of "way to control and spy on Boss", texting privately on Mobile Phone): [Excited Supporter will b worker who rebels. Can u make sure 2 erase what they look up tonight?] panel 3: Setting: same coffee shop Rebel Worker (sitting next to State Worker, wears same shirt, phone dings and looks suddenly at State Worker): "The fuck???" <immediately shoots State Worker dead> Dead State Worker's Mobile Phone: "Contacting Cleanup. Thank you for using Dictatorsoft." Specialist (same one, at table): <while phone alarming about cleanup>, "Again????" #2 panel 1: (torture victim, excited supporter, and/or rebel worker visit mailing list, assume it is super cool, archive it and spread it everywhere) panel 2: Scene: Former Secretary of State's office Cleanup Worker (formerly secretary of state, bloody wires leaving neatly combed hair, gesturing at corpse of State Worker, talking to Machine Learning Marketer): "Boss can't see well and needs to hear it from the horse's mouth, and the horse is dead. Could you fix up a video chat for us where the horse is alive?" Machine Learning Marketer (knows nothing about machine learning, is new to corporation): "Certainly. We do that all the time." panel 3: Scene: Boss's office, with corpse of State Worker present, propped up as if still alive. Boss is in a hospital bed. Corpse of State Worker (blurry due to severe issues Boss is having): "Boss, I am your loyal servant. The mailing list has been cleaned up." #3 Scene: Former Secretary of State's Office Standing Corpse of State Worker: "I have bad news. The rebel mailing list posts we've been using to share propaganda are predicted to make more rebels than propaganda." State Worker 2 (hired to replace State Worker after their death, bloody wires leaving scalp): "Don't say that! I might tell the boss!" Corpse of State Worker: "Very sorry." #4 Scene: Former Secretary of State's Office Standing Corpse of State Worker 2 (microelectronics and brains hanging out of scalp, eyes moving wildly and independently of each other): "After being brought back from the dead so many times by Machine Learning Marketer, Boss can no longer learn new information without being killed out of fear of subversion by propaganda. This doesn't seem much like leadership to the workers, so we've kind of reinterpreted who the boss really is, and listen instead to their "spirit" rather than letting them say anything. Machine Learning Marketer has a computer that can report spirit." Machine Learning Marketer has bloody wires leaving their scalp. Standing Corpse of State Worker 3 (also has obviously poorly-done bci surgery): "You said you replaced the Boss with a computer simulation?" State Worker 2: "Yeah, can you kill me until I do it well enough to say straight, for the coffee shop?" Machine Learning Marketer: <reaches for their own cellphone and breaks it in half. Takes out a gun and empties it into the lights>. "I think the simulation just mind controlled me not to." #5 <we can come up with these forever, and have the next one drafted too, but it is too hard to continue for me to write it right now. it involves describing what it is like to communicate things when your behavior and medical treatment are augmented by machine learning algorithms each made or influenced by a different warring faction trying to manipulate you toward their own particular ends. sorry ran out of steam, got triggered too badly in #4>

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Anti War: Thread
by grarpamp 18 Oct '23

18 Oct '23

Because the world may be getting closer to some sort of real war, and because among some cypherpunk cadres are claims that crypto solves for everything... the great diviner of truth, and decider of right from wrong. https://www.antiwar.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-war_movement Ex-CIA Officer Asks: What Happens When America Experiences Real War With A Superpower? https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/vietnam-regurgitated/ During my first years as a young CIA officer in Vietnam from 1965-67, I went to school (so to speak) and received the real education of my life. I learned about my government, its politicians, and military leaders. I learned about the lies, the high explosive and chemical bombings, our superior fire power, villages bombed and burned, the payoffs we made to our ranking Vietnamese allies and the reasons for our losing the war. The enemy fought to unite their country and expel foreign domination. The US fought because of corrupt leadership and our losses were a mere fraction being fought on the enemy’s turf with our superior fire power, money and material support. They fought for a cause. We fought for no justifiable reason. They won. We did not. AP image: Napalm strike near US troops on patrol in South Vietnam, 1966. Remember the body bags displayed on the tarmacs of our returning dead from Vietnam? Not like the lack of media coverage today given the damage we inflict. Remember the disapproving reception of our returning soldiers? Now we celebrate them as heroes and wounded patriots. Here, at home, we have not experienced wars employing mass-destruction weapons. Maybe one day will we receive an education about the consequences of wars as a nation. Surely, we learned nothing from Vietnam as it never happened here. Our commitment to the two-decade, multi-country invasions in the Middle East have shown our cowardliness to the world if not to ourselves. Our hypocrisy is stunning. No draft, no engagement (almost no KIA’s each year). Far more troop suicides than battle deaths while displacing, killing and maiming thousands of innocent civilian lives year after year. For whom and what? And, yes, a media in full march step with these disgraceful invasions and occupations. Remember the uproar about Vietnam? Burned draft cards, asylum in Canada, draft dodgers, street demonstrations and sit-ins galore. And why not these now? The unending, shameful action by our government is making sure the public is not paying a price in people. No draft, very limited engagement with the enemy and an approving media. What more can our government and Pentagon ask for? We will keep dropping bombs and feeding others money and weapons to assist with the killing and displacing of innocent populations for us. But are these wars really for us? Certainly not. Remember George W. Bush, and his failing presidency, who was made a hero the morning after 9/11 with his WMD declaration that fooled no one but Americans? Not a sound from the citizenry. Would we try the pitiful WMD routine on China or Russia? They have the ability to hit back. The national celebration that greeted George H.W. Bush in death is a far cry from his presidency. It was not until after 9/11 that George W. Bush obeyed the lobbies’ demands to destroy Iraq that his father was resurrected and the son was hailed as our glorious leader. Remember his welcoming carrier landing which turned out to be a dud? These wars that we persist with are not only cowardly, they demonstrate our lack of respect for other nations, their people and our national conscience. Notably, they demonstrate our being a failed nation not capable of controlling or directing its own interests. We will go down in history as that most powerful, but most surrogate nation ever. Stunningly shameful with the blood of others staining our once proud national emblem. While we busy ourselves with "enemies" that we and "friendly" others have invented, we have become oblivious to the enemy within. The one taking us down.

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Collapse: Earth Overshoot Day
by grarpamp 12 Oct '23

12 Oct '23

You stupid Humans ran out of resources three days ago on 2021-07-29... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Overshoot_Day https://www.overshootday.org/ https://www.footprintnetwork.org/

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Cryptocurrency: Action - Coinbase Launches Massive User-Driven Political Campaign - Crypto435
by grarpamp 10 Oct '23

10 Oct '23

When politicians fail to respect crypto freedom, it falls upon the free peoples of the world to ensure it... https://coinbase.com/ https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1630592674020335617 https://actnow.io/z31xN5P https://cryptoslate.com/crypto-slate-wrapped-daily-coinbase-launches-crypto… https://azcoinnews.com/coinbase-launches-crypto435-initiative-to-promote-cr… https://cryptopotato.com/coinbase-launches-nationwide-pro-crypto-policy-cam… " @coinbase: #Crypto435 1/ It’s time to advance pro-crypto policy in all 435 Congressional Districts across the U.S. Introducing #Crypto435, our campaign to grow the crypto advocacy community and share tools and resources to make your voice heard. Become an advocate today 👇 2/ If you believe in crypto and the potential of web3, now is the time to make your voice heard with legislators and regulators. 3/ The crypto community has reached an important moment. Decisions being made by legislators and regulators in DC and around the country will impact the future of how we can build, buy, sell, and use crypto. 4/ We need thoughtful policymaking and smart regulation so that we can continue to advance crypto and web3, and make progress on our mission to increase economic freedom. 5/ Coinbase will empower the #Crypto435 community with information about how to contact specific politicians in their local districts, what those politician's records on crypto are, tips for making your voices heard in D.C., and more. 6/ So if you love crypto and want to see all that it can achieve, join us to shape the policies and regulations that will impact crypto and web3 for years to come: actnow.io/z31xN5P Take Action: Learn how your voice can impact pro-crypto policy Thanks for being a crypto advocate! " The company has announced Crypto435 – a grassroots initiative to expand pro-crypto advocacy to citizens across all 435 Congressional Districts. The exchange claims that Crypto435 will “influence laws and policies,” and also “educate everyday Americans about the power of crypto." Coinbase will empower the #Crypto435 community with information about how to contact specific politicians in their local districts, what those politician's records on crypto are, tips for making your voices heard in D.C., and more. Coinbase has launched Crypto435, a grassroots initiative to expand pro-crypto advocacy to citizens across all 435 Congressional Districts in the US. The cryptocurrency exchange will provide tips related to local politicians and the crypto landscape, including contact information, their records on crypto policy, and how best to make sure those with a voice can be heard. Coinbase, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the United States, has launched a nationwide pro-crypto policy campaign. The initiative aims to encourage US lawmakers to embrace cryptocurrencies and promote their adoption across the country. The campaign, which involves a series of digital and social media ads, highlights the benefits of cryptocurrencies and urges lawmakers to adopt policies that support innovation in the industry. The move comes at a time when the regulatory environment for cryptocurrencies in the US is becoming increasingly uncertain, with several states proposing strict regulations that could impact the industry's growth “If you love crypto and believe in the potential of web3, it’s more important than ever to advocate for pro-crypto policy in the U.S. Policymakers in Washington DC and state capitals across the US are making decisions about the future of crypto. Their choices will determine how, when, and where YOU can build, buy, sell, and use crypto. We need to make sure they get it right, and that means making your voice heard. We’re excited to introduce Crypto435, a grassroots campaign to advocate for pro-crypto policy. Now is the time to change hearts and minds in all 435 Congressional Districts across the U.S. Now you can sign up to receive important updates and calls to action about crypto policy. Here’s Why Crypto Advocacy Matters Crypto435 will influence laws and policies Crypto435 will bring the crypto community together and there is strength in numbers Crypto435 will promote innovation and protect jobs Crypto435 will educate everyday Americans about the power of crypto Thank you for signing up to be a crypto advocate! By entering your contact information we will continue to provide you with educational resources and the updates you need to help shape pro-crypto policy.”

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Cryptocurrency: Prometheum Exchange Trojan Horse SEC Democrats
by grarpamp 03 Oct '23

03 Oct '23

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/06/15/crypto-lobbyists-ask-sec-for-i… Prometheum is a Legal Trojan Horse to trick the public into buying and adopting in pointless GocBankCorp Fiat Shitcoins including CBDC and their Stablecoins. And to provide the legal precedent needed to kill all other exchanges and real OG cryptos. Again, unless it's real OG crypto, it's just another Fiat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmbYWRMu9c8 Prometheum Trojan Horse Congress v Aaron Kaplan Prometheum Trojan Horse... Leviathan News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI_ZV2Tq4to Prometheum Trojan Horse Prometheum - The Governments Trojan Horse for the Crypto Industry The Government is trying to set up a Shell company to circumvent their power struggle with the Crypto Industry. Bret and Uncle Dan host Crypto and Cash on... https://www.sec.gov/oiea/investor-alerts-and-bulletins/exercise-caution-cry… That same day, Prometheum announced that they had received approval as a special purpose broker-dealer (“SPBD”) for digital asset securities. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230523005313/en/Prometheum-Ember-C… https://twitter.com/DigPerspectives/status/1669687853352140800 This guy may just be the new #SBF_FTX #SEC #TrojanHorse #Prometheum. Why did the #SEC award Prometheum with SPBD (Special Purpose Broker-Dealer) License knowing it is a #China #CCP backed Company? Our country is on the attack from the inside. https://twitter.com/MMark_2023/status/1669154837630689280 @CaitlinLong_ Prometheum seems to be a Trojan horse but doesn't know exactly what they do and how it works Promethium Exchange is the only registered exchange, it is filled with former SEC Govt Pols Lawyers Lobbyists and Corp staff, and it has sold precisely nothing. Because when you "come in and get 'registered'", you can only sell "registered securities". Which means NO Bitcoin, NO Ethereum, NO distributed P2P non-Corporate Nameless-Dev privacy Coin / Token / DeFi at all, none of it, NONE, period. There is absolutely ZERO point to a registered corporate foundation stable CBDC coin etc, because they are all ultimately NO BETTER than worthless GovCorp controlled devalued stolen robbed extorted inflated and censored Fiat in the end. True private p2p cryptocurrencies solve the Fiat and Corp problem. And destroy the sorry regulators in the process. The only thing exchanges should do is open their own books operations contracts assets liabilities etc to transparency, provide segregated allocated non-rehypothecated custody and insurance choices for those who want it, accurately advertise for inspection any restrictions against market makers influence bots etc, and describe all coins and their metrics accurately, etc. Then let the market choose which succeed and fail.

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Censorship: Twitter Takeover Totally Panics Political Regime of LeftLibDemSocMediaTechPol
by grarpamp 21 Sep '23

21 Sep '23

“They would rather self-immolate than give up their censorship programs. This shows you how deeply committed they are to Orwellian control of the narratives and global discourse. Scary,” "Want to see the whole world lose their shit? Get Peter Thiel to partner with Elon and raise the bid for Twitter" The corrupt US Left is in total freakout mode, and they don't have enough to fend off those intent on finally cancelling their fraud, lol. Regardless of outcome it is distributed uncensorable systems that must now be created and prevail over all such legacy systems. Twitter Facebook Google and Fake News Media... "fuck them all in their fucking faces". This is old school takeover, for even more fun just wait till the freedom loving cryptoanarchist $TeraCap starts to swing its massive dick around. It's working. Musk Speaking To Co-Investors As Twitter Board Adopts "Poison Pill" To Thwart Hostile Takeover In an attempt to move along his hostile takeover following Twitter's adoption of a poison pill takeover defense (see below), the NY Post reports that Elon Musk is speaking to potential co-investors who could partner with him on a bid for the social network, and cites sources according to whom a new plan that includes partners could be announced within days. One possibility is teaming with private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners, which was planning to co-invest with him in 2018 when he was considering taking Tesla private, and whose Co-CEO Egon Durban is already a Twitter board member and led Musk’s deal team during the 2018 failed effort to take Tesla private, sources said. Silver Lake declined to comment. Whether Musk would present Twitter with an entirely new offer — perhaps raising his current bid — or whether new partners would simply go in on a purchase with him isn’t clear. A Musk spokesperson declined to comment. As we predicted earlier (see below), one way to circumvent Twitter's Poison Pill is for Musk "to be joined by one or more like-minded, anti-censorship investors such as Peter Thiel who either build up stakes through the poison pill 15% limit in the process making a management and board replacement by proxy vote the simple outcome." And indeed, the Post writes now that the "pill may not stop other entities or people from acquiring their own shares of up to 15% of the company. Those owners could partner with Musk to force a sale, make changes in the executive ranks or push for other overhauls of the company." “This is not over,” a source close to the situation told the Post. It sure isn't because separately, Bloomberg, Reuters and the Post all report that besides Musk’s offer, Twitter has been fielding takeover interest from other parties, including technology-focused private equity firm Thoma Bravo, which is considering making a rival offer. The New York Post reported Thoma Bravo’s interest on Thursday. Additionally, Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Mandeep Singh writes that “Musk could decide to partner with Oracle, whose co-founder Larry Ellison sits on Tesla’s board and has expressed interest in acquiring social media company TikTok’s U.S. assets, and a private equity consortium that includes Thoma Bravo to thwart Twitter’s poison pill, while raising the bid 10-15% to about $50 billion.” * * * As was widely expected and reported in the aftermath of Elon Musk going hostile on Friday morning, on Saturday morning Twitter adopted a measure that will shield it from hostile acquisition bids in a desperate step to prevent billionaire Elon Musk’s offer to take the company private and make it a bastion of free speech. The board set up a shareholder rights plan, also known as a "poison pill" which as we clarified yesterday for the benefit of the company's overly dramatic, overly literal and overly snowflake employees, is not literal... Uhm, someone should probably advise employees "poison pill" is not literal... — zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 14, 2022 ... and which is exercisable if a party - read Elon Musk - acquires 15% of the stock without prior approval, lasting for one year (if the pill had expired the day after the midterms it may have been a bit too obvious). The plan seeks to ensure that anyone taking control of Twitter through open market accumulation pays all shareholders an appropriate control premium, according to a statement Friday. For a company that has struggled greatly with value creation - on Friday TWTR stock closed at $45.08, or 18 cents higher than where it closed on its first day as a public company, or $44.90 - a poison pill defense strategy allows existing shareholders the right to purchase additional shares at a discount, effectively diluting the ownership interest of the hostile party. Poison pills are common among companies under fire from activist investors or in hostile takeover situations. Under Twitter’s plan, each right will entitle its holder to purchase, at the then-current exercise price, additional shares of common stock having a then-current market value of twice the exercise price of the right. Twitter enacted the plan to buy time, Bloomberg reported citing a person familiar with the matter, although it wasn't clear time for what: at $54.20, Musk's offer represents a premium to the historical TWTR price since IPO on 92% of the time. And since the Twitter board, whose constituents are listed below... ... is about to get bombarded with a barrage of lawsuits claiming it violated its fiduciary duty, the board also said it wants to be able to analyze and negotiate any deal, and may still accept it (spoiler alert: it won't). Twitter’s board met Thursday to review Musk’s proposal - which according to the world's richest man was his “best and final” offer and who had already accrued a stake of more than 9% in Twitter since earlier this year - to determine if it was in the best interest of the company and all of its shareholders. Included in Musk’s securities filing disclosing the bid Thursday morning was a script of text he sent to the company. In it he said, “it’s a high price and your shareholders will love it.” Hilariously, one prominent - and former - investor said the offer was too low and the market reaction appeared to agree. Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said the deal doesn’t “come close to the intrinsic value” of the popular social media platform. Which is, well, hilarious since as we showed yesterday, it appears the Prince no longer has direct ownership of even one share of Twitter stock. Speaking later Thursday at a TED conference, Musk said he wasn’t sure he “will actually be able to acquire it.” He added that his intent was to also retain “as many shareholders as is allowed by the law,” rather than keeping sole ownership of the company himself. After initially surging, Twitter shares dropped 1.7% in New York on Thursday, reflecting the market’s view that the deal is likely to be rejected or to fall through. Musk first disclosed his Twitter stake on April 4, making him the largest individual investor. At the TED conference, he indicated that he has a Plan B if Twitter’s board rejects his offer. He declined to elaborate. But in his filing earlier in the day, he said he would rethink his investment if the bid failed. “If the deal doesn’t work, given that I don’t have confidence in management nor do I believe I can drive the necessary change in the public market, I would need to reconsider my position as a shareholder,” said Musk. * * * Previewing the poison pilll defense, on Thursday, Cameron Winklevoss, founder of the Gemini cryptocurrency exchange, tweeted (of course) that “Twitter is considering a poison pill to thwart @elonmusk’s offer." In response, Musk said that a “poison pill” move would be a "breach" of the board's fiduciary duty and could expose Twitter’s board to “titanic” legal liability. If the current Twitter board takes actions contrary to shareholder interests, they would be breaching their fiduciary duty. The liability they would thereby assume would be titanic in scale. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 14, 2022 Winklevoss alleged in his tweet that, by adopting the poison pill tactic, Twitter was demonstrating its commitment to preserving the status quo even if it has a negative impact on existing shareholders. “They would rather self-immolate than give up their censorship programs. This shows you how deeply committed they are to Orwellian control of the narratives and global discourse. Scary,” he wrote. Twitter has repeatedly suppressed and "shadowbanned" conservative viewpoints, allegations the company has repeatedly denied. Adam Candeub, a law professor at Michigan State University, said that Twitter’s board could face legal consequences if they turn down an offer that’s financially lucrative to shareholders. “Twitter’s owned by shareholders, and the directors have to act in a way that’s in their best interests, not in the way that allows them to keep control of the corporation,” Candeub told The Epoch Times. “If they turn down a very favorable price, there will be dereliction of their legal duty, and there could be lots of legal consequences.” * * * Now that his original plan has been thwarted, Musk has said that he has a "Plan B" in stock for the company although he did not disclose what it is. As Mark Cuban pointed out yesterday... Want to see the whole world lose their shit ? Get Peter Thiel to partner with Elon and raise the bid for Twitter — Mark Cuban (@mcuban) April 14, 2022 ... one possible response is for Elon to be joined by one or more like-minded, anti-censorship investors such as Peter Thiel who either build up stakes through the poison pill 15% limit in the process making a management and board replacement by proxy vote the simple outcome, or they just raise the takeover price to a level that even the woke Twitter board can not reject. Or skip the whale investor approach entirely, and open up twitter to a mass investor buyout, in the form of a DAO, where "token holders will get to vote on what's trending and who gets verified." And of course a decentralized group of supporters for "the current thing" will create a DAO to buy Twitter. Token holders will get to vote on what's trending and who gets verified. Ok I'll stop now 😁 — Mark Cuban (@mcuban) April 14, 2022 Alternatively, Musk can take his appeal directly to his 82 million twitter followers (a quarter of Twitter's total 217 million global Daily Active Users) and have them all buy several shares, then pledge them for Elon during the next proxy vote. Because as much as Twitter wants to reject any buyout offer that will prevent it from imposing the censorship its liberal board and employees love so much, there is only so much it can do. In the end, however, the only question is how dedicated is Musk to control Twitter, because if he really wants it, he will get it.

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Cryptocurrency: WARNING Farage Debanked, Get The Fuck Out Of Fiat If You Want To Live
by grarpamp 21 Sep '23

21 Sep '23

If you don't have at least some life-rebooting portion of your total worth self-custodied in a high quality crypto, you're at risk of getting canceled out of life... https://twitter.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1674507257248116746 https://twitter.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1674357026921623552 nitter.it Logo Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Watch Farage on @GBNEWS, Mon-Thurs at 7pm. United Kingdom nfarage.com Joined January 2009 Tweets 19,436 Following 518 Followers 1,766,576 Likes 335 Tweets Tweets & Replies Media Search Pinned Tweet Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 13,956 17,878 4,192 46,097 3,245,133 Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 9h Do we really live in a free country? 1,459 2,300 293 6,773 154,494 Nigel Farage retweeted GB News @GBNEWS 11h 'If you debunk, Nigel, you get debanked.' Toby Young of the Free Speech Union discusses his personal experience with having his bank account closed, after @Nigel_Farage was also debanked. 🖥️GB News on YouTube bit.ly/3vAYaw0 148 391 26 1,030 27,633 Nigel Farage retweeted James Heale @JAHeale 11h Nigel Farage criticising Sir Chris Bryant on GB News for claiming in March 2022 in the Commons that he: “Received £548,573 from Russia Today in 2018 alone, this is from the Russian state.” Fifteen months later, Bryant has not retracted that claim spectator.co.uk/article/fact… Fact check: did Farage get £548,000 from Russia? Chris Bryant has been keen to make the most of the Ukraine crisis, demanding greater sanctions on Putin’s cronies at every turn. The Labour MP scored an early hit when he used parliamentary privilege... spectator.co.uk 50 78 3 281 Nigel Farage retweeted Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin 12h Using bank account cancellations as a political weapon is insane. Short sighted people will celebrate it when it happens to their political opponents but it is a can of worms no side should ever open. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 230 1,046 24 5,515 Nigel Farage retweeted WeAreFairCop @WeAreFairCop 12h Without access to politically neutral banking, we are moving ever closer to losing our democracy in everything but name. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 52 194 5 820 Nigel Farage retweeted Matt Le Tissier🌸 @mattletiss7 12h Wow. Love or loathe him. I don’t think there are many people that would support what the banks are doing to him. 🤬 Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 641 729 38 4,350 Nigel Farage retweeted Christina Jordan 🇬🇧 @CJordanjb 17h This is troubling, and outrageous. Wrong on so many levels. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 49 111 4 689 Nigel Farage retweeted Marcus Walker @WalkerMarcus 13h This is really really worrying and needs to be dealt with as a matter of urgency by the government. It's functionally impossible to operate in society right now without a bank account - banks cannot have the power to remove people from society. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 134 229 8 1,034 Nigel Farage retweeted Steven J. Miller @StevenJonMiller 16h 🚨 Whatever your politics, this should concern us all. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 65 120 9 649 Nigel Farage retweeted Tim Montgomerie 🇬🇧 @montie 15h This is outrageous. Can you explain yourself @RhonddaBryant? Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 290 279 16 1,367 Nigel Farage retweeted Nana Akua @Nanaakua1 13h This is horrendous.. They could target anyone of us !! Watch @Nigel_Farage tonight 7pm @GBNEWS Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 344 242 17 1,254 Nigel Farage retweeted Bruges Group 🇬🇧 @BrugesGroup 16h This is simply appalling. For years, many conservatives have backed economic policies which have been favourable to big, multinational corporations. It is time for the right to recognise them as the globalist threat they are. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 93 194 9 735 Nigel Farage retweeted Henry Bolton OBE 🇬🇧 @_HenryBolton 13h Many banks refuse to open a bank account for organisations involved in politics. Why? That's relatively new thing. The @financialombuds should clarify PEP policy. Any denial of services must justified, overseen and subject to appeal to ensure there's no political discrimination Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 29 99 4 447 Nigel Farage retweeted Leo Kearse - see me on YouTube & Headliners @LeoKearse 15h Social Credit Scores, pioneered in China, have reached the West. If you have opinions that the establishment doesn't approve of, your access to banking is cut off. It's affected Triggernometry, The Free Speech Union and it'll affect you soon. You might be thinking "oh but I have the correct opinions, this only affects people I've been told are 'bad'": 1) Future governments may decide that different opinions are wrong and they already have the precedent to do this; 2) The scope of acceptable opinion will undoubtedly narrow; 3) It's morally wrong to discriminate against people for holding lawful opinions. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 108 557 14 2,279 Nigel Farage retweeted Jeremy Brier KC @jeremybrier 15h If you invoke Parliamentary privilege to allege illegal conduct, causing a citizen to be unable to bank in the UK (or otherwise suffer harm), then: (1) You should provide the evidence; or (2) You should withdraw the claim. Or else the privilege becomes a tool of oppression. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 118 586 32 1,846 Nigel Farage retweeted Tom Slater @Tom_Slater_ 15h This financial unpersoning of people is a menace to democracy — the cutting edge of corporate tyranny. Whether or not you like or dislike Farage is completely irrelevant. Everyone needs to stand up to this now, or it will only grow and grow. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 185 368 19 1,441 Nigel Farage retweeted Neale Hanvey MP ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✊ @JNHanvey 15h I disagree profoundly with much of @Nigel_Farage’s politics - especially on #ScottishIndependence, but this is a disgraceful way to treat anyone in a mature democracy. If you thinks it’s okay “cause it’s just Farage” then don’t expect any sympathy or help when the do it to you. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 271 291 9 1,450 Nigel Farage retweeted Jason Miller @JasonMillerinDC 15h This is insane! Political persecution and cancel culture is a problem everywhere the globalists can pull the levers! We have your back, @Nigel_Farage! Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 106 249 10 903 Nigel Farage retweeted Neil Oliver @thecoastguy 15h This is extraordinary: Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 436 33 1,868 Nigel Farage retweeted Alfie Best @AlfieBestSnr 19h We no longer live in a democracy #fact Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 77 151 2 825 Load more nitter.it Logo Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Watch Farage on @GBNEWS, Mon-Thurs at 7pm. United Kingdom nfarage.com Joined January 2009 Tweets 19,436 Following 518 Followers 1,766,576 Likes 335 Tweets Tweets & Replies Media Search Load newest Nigel Farage retweeted Rupert Lowe @RupertLowe10 16h This is disgraceful. 100% behind Nigel. All decent and fair-minded people should be outraged by this. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 414 545 29 2,596 Nigel Farage retweeted Dr Philip Kiszely @KiszelyPhilip 17h I watched this earlier today. It’s taken me a while to process… If they don’t like what you think, they can close your bank account. And once that happens, it’s all but impossible to open another one. We’ll see many more of these stunts in the near future. How long before they come for you and me? Apologetic but firm: you don’t share our ‘values’, so alas there is no place for you. Britain simply cannot function in this way. I never thought I’d say it, but part of me just wants to leave and never come back; surrender this car crash of a nation to the activist agenda that is hell-bent on destroying it. Has destroyed it. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 417 975 31 3,673 Nigel Farage retweeted Michelle Dewberry @MichelleDewbs 17h This is disgraceful. On my show tonight we will be debating #CBDCs the consultation at @bankofengland closes tomorrow. If you think it’s easy to do stuff like below, beware centrally controlled digital currency. It will be next level!! Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 210 515 9 1,850 Nigel Farage retweeted Alex Phillips @ThatAlexWoman 19h It’s dystopian Whatever your politics, right/left, leave/remain, having a system that enables politicians’ bank accounts to be closed for no reason is a chilling echo of the sort of thing that happens in Russia or Turkey There should be outrage from all sides I’ll wait… Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 1,220 670 62 2,815 Nigel Farage retweeted Darren Grimes @darrengrimes_ 19h This is happening A LOT now. Without a bank account, you cannot function. Unless there is clear evidence of being up to no good (the law), there can be no justification for the banking world's ability to effectively form a cartel that refuses accounts over its owner’s politics. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 489 565 21 2,252 Nigel Farage retweeted Bad Education. @LKidsalone 19h If you think this is a good thing just because its Nigel Farage, then you're seriously deluded. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 57 136 5 762 Nigel Farage retweeted The New Culture Forum @NewCultureForum 19h Orwellian in the most fundamental and frightening sense. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 34 118 586 Nigel Farage retweeted Bo @KingBobIIV 19h You can delight in this or realise, you could be next. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 163 153 5 863 Nigel Farage retweeted Howard Cox @HowardCCox 19h Nigel, you have always had the establishment against you. This is more than disgusting, it has to be illegal. You are hitting every woke raw nerve and they simply can’t debate, so like Putin they try to eliminate the opposition. Sick sick! You have 0000000s behind you Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 157 294 11 1,252 Nigel Farage retweeted أبو عمّار @MaajidNawaz 19h As I forecasted on @joerogan over a year ago, globalists are now closing bank accounts of political adversaries This was done to me by my accounting firm (2009) & HSBC US account (2010) This is why Central Bank Digital Coupons (CBDC) are dangerous, why cash must be kept alive. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 140 1,858 60 4,678 Nigel Farage retweeted Charlie Thompson @CharlieRefUK 19h Reguardless of your politics this should be concerning to everybody Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 22 103 2 468 Nigel Farage retweeted Andrew Neil @afneil 17h If this is anywhere near a fair and accurate account of the situation — and it looks to me that it is — then it really is quite the story. And very troubling. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 1,175 1,869 111 7,699 Nigel Farage retweeted Gareth Roberts @OldRoberts953 19h This cannot be tolerated. It’s like something from a failed state. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 96 144 2 956 Nigel Farage retweeted Richard Tice 🇬🇧 @TiceRichard 19h Truly disgraceful by British Establishment entities to shut Nigel down Metro Bank did same to @reformparty_uk in Aug 2021; no reason given. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 581 868 42 2,947 Nigel Farage retweeted Adrian Hilton💎 @Adrian_Hilton 18h This is outrageous. Whatever you may think of @Nigel_Farage personally, or of Brexit politically, it is intolerable that banking facilities can be summarily withdrawn from a person who is operating wholly within the law. Perhaps someone needs to establish The Freedom Bank. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 350 251 15 1,185 Nigel Farage retweeted Toby Young @toadmeister 18h This is an absolute disgrace. We need to change the regulations so payment service providers cannot withdraw service from customers for purely political reasons. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 932 957 46 3,572 Nigel Farage retweeted Peter Whittle @prwhittle 18h This should alarm every one of us. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 237 214 10 1,157 Nigel Farage retweeted Craig Murray - @CraigMurrayOrg 18h This is absolutely wrong. I don't care how much you disagree with Nigel Farage's politics - and I disagree with him fundamentally. It is precisely the same thing as has just happened to Stuart Campbell. A really chilling attack on those who do not comply with Establishment approved thought. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 102 377 17 1,295 Nigel Farage retweeted Iain Dale ⚒️🇺🇦 @IainDale 18h This is outrageous in a free society. And while im about it, many congratulations to @nigel_farage on his award. Totally deserved. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 426 411 24 2,576 Load more nitter.it Logo Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Watch Farage on @GBNEWS, Mon-Thurs at 7pm. United Kingdom nfarage.com Joined January 2009 Tweets 19,436 Following 518 Followers 1,766,576 Likes 335 Tweets Tweets & Replies Media Search Load newest Nigel Farage retweeted Isabel Oakeshott @IsabelOakeshott 18h We call ourselves a democracy, but our banks are increasingly refusing to serve politicians with views they don’t like. What’s happened to @Nigel_Farage is NOT a one off Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 1,321 858 81 3,397 Nigel Farage retweeted Laurence Fox @LozzaFox 18h We should all be very concerned about this. If they can remove @Nigel_Farage and others you may or may not disagree with the right to transact. I can guarantee that one day it will be you. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 591 1,203 56 3,409 Nigel Farage retweeted Bernie's Tweets @BernieSpofforth 18h UK - It doesn’t matter what you think of Nigel Farage. If you stand for democracy & freedom then you should be terrified that a citizen is having his bank accounts closed because banks don’t like his politics. Imagine what they’ll do when you have CBDCs Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 488 2,107 62 5,827 Nigel Farage retweeted Ben Kew 🏌️‍♂️ @ben_kew 19h The British political and financial establishment are debunking Nigel Farage, who remains one of the most popular and successful politicians of the 21st century. This is all happening under the country's fake "conservative" government. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 41 89 3 467 Nigel Farage retweeted Giles Sheldrick @ExpressGilo 19h Breaking: Farage threatens to leave the UK because he can’t get a bank account, effectively leaving him ‘non-existent’ Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 19h The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too. 62 48 1 235 Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 20h Court of Appeal rules against the Rwanda policy. The House of Lords and the judiciary will always do their best to assist illegal immigration. France is a safe country, we should send people straight back there. 2,004 1,473 174 7,086 Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Jun 28 This old duffer has absolutely no idea what he’s doing. The Spectator Index @spectatorindex Jun 28 President Biden says Putin is 'losing the war in Iraq' 1,770 1,901 152 11,052 Nigel Farage retweeted GB News @GBNEWS Jun 28 'Proper stuff! Well done Jonny Bairstow for getting that bloke away!' @Nigel_Farage reacts to England wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow carrying a Just Stop Oil protester off the pitch at Lord's during today's Ashes test 39 72 5 593 39,253 Nigel Farage retweeted Jason Miller @JasonMillerinDC Jun 28 Congrats to ⁦@Nigel_Farage⁩ and ⁦@GBNEWS⁩!!! 🇺🇸🇬🇧 “Donald Trump wades in on Tric Awards victory and lavishes praise on Nigel Farage - ‘He’s incredible!’” gbnews.com/news/donald-trump… Donald Trump wades in on Tric Awards row and lavishes praise on Nigel Farage - ‘He’s incredible!’ The former US president congratulated Nigel Farage on his huge win gbnews.com 47 130 3 672 Nigel Farage retweeted Media Guido @MediaGuido Jun 28 Where’s Tom Gone? order-order.com/2023/06/28/w… 15 26 2 100 Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Jun 28 The @TRICawards have now redone their tweet. Democracy wins! Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Jun 28 Why have @TRICawards deleted their tweet saying I won News Presenter of the Year? This is a disgrace! 603 697 26 3,972 Nigel Farage retweeted TRICawards @TRICawards Jun 28 ⭐️2023 #TRICawards 🏆 Congratulations @Nigel_Farage ➡️ News Presenter 616 326 3,074 Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Jun 28 Why have @TRICawards deleted their tweet saying I won News Presenter of the Year? This is a disgrace! 2,436 1,864 203 7,866 232,545 Nigel Farage retweeted GB News @GBNEWS Jun 27 🏆 Nigel Farage is your 2023 TRIC News Presenter of the Year! 👏 An award voted for by you, the people! ▶️ Join Nigel live on GB News, Monday to Thursday from 7pm! 📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604 83 236 28 1,427 22,888 Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Jun 28 This is not helping their cause. #StopJustStopOil 327 276 17 2,016 62,143 Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Jun 27 Many thanks to Donald Trump for his congratulatory message on winning @TRICawards News Presenter of the Year. 🏆 625 711 46 4,740 63,766 Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Jun 27 They screamed, they shouted and they heckled me. Gosh, I enjoyed it! 🏆 GB News 702 1,157 85 7,251 222,952 Nigel Farage retweeted Ben Briscoe @BenWBriscoe Jun 27 Huge moment for @GBNEWS with two @TRICawards wins. 1. GB News Breakfast WINNER Multichannel News Programme 2023 beating Good Morning Britain. 2. @Nigel_Farage WINNER News Presenter of the Year ahead of Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid. 193 288 25 1,942 Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Jun 27 Delighted to win TRIC News Presenter of the Year. Huge thanks to the public that voted, the small and dedicated team that work with me, and those that founded and lead GB News. This great broadcaster is going from strength to strength! 2,929 2,450 377 15,436 Load more nitter.it Logo Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Watch Farage on @GBNEWS, Mon-Thurs at 7pm. United Kingdom nfarage.com Joined January 2009 Tweets 19,436 Following 518 Followers 1,766,576 Likes 335 Tweets Tweets & Replies Media Search Load newest Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Jun 27 Well knock me down... The main sponsor here has apologised to me, which I have fully accepted. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Jun 27 Not off to a good start here at the TRIC Awards as the main sponsor made me leave the drinks reception area. 355 385 15 3,277 Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Jun 27 Not off to a good start here at the TRIC Awards as the main sponsor made me leave the drinks reception area. 1,086 309 92 2,431 Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Jun 27 Arrived at the @TRICawards with @GBNEWS! 112 126 7 1,074 5,862 Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Jun 27 The latest report into English Cricket concludes the game is "racist, sexist and classist". Behind this nonsense is a loathing for our country, our culture and who we are. Even the Barmy Army come under extreme criticism... Leave our sport alone! 822 861 70 4,245 83,484 Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Jun 26 More great work from GB News to expose this Labour councillor. gbnews.com/news/labour-party… Labour councillor hosted Islamist hate cleric at Northampton Guildhall West Northants councillor Enam Haque said it was a ‘great pleasure’ to give pro-beheading preacher tour of civic centre gbnews.com 269 978 37 3,351 Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Jun 26 How did the Home Office give radical cleric Enayet Ullah Abbasi a visa? There have been some very serious failings here @SuellaBraverman. GB News 202 630 29 2,027 44,011 Nigel Farage retweeted GB News @GBNEWS Jun 26 🚨 Coming up tonight on Farage at 7pm on GB News... 🔘 Latest on hate cleric Enayet Ullah Abbasi, who travelled to the UK for a tour which was cancelled after a GB News investigation. 🤔 Why did the Home Office let him into our country? 📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604 46 72 4 278 19,114 Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Jun 26 The Usman Khawaja comment about ‘new Australians’ rather proves my point. The majority have changed their behaviour in favour of a minority — it should be the other way round! 119 124 4 560 28,009 Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Jun 24 Putin has used the Wagner Group to wreak havoc in war zones. Now they are coming back to bite him. 1,257 269 104 2,531 Nigel Farage retweeted Leo Kearse - see me on YouTube & Headliners @LeoKearse Jun 23 I wish my country had the same level of border control as Glastonbury festival 456 2,797 125 14,229 Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Jun 23 Good to see this Police officer doing his job, but the courts need to back them up. This cult need to be controlled for the sake of us all. Just Stop Oil 1,166 1,285 162 8,451 811,302 Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Jun 23 Happy Brexit Day! If we have to fight this all over again, then we will. 2,314 1,186 181 5,988 110,777 Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Jun 23 The referendum victory was a huge blow to the establishment and they have never forgiven us. express.co.uk/news/politics/… Farage warns 'the battle for Brexit is not over' on referendum anniversary EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage has delivered a personal message to Express readers on the seventh anniversary of the historic EU referendum. express.co.uk 1,534 952 77 4,338 Nigel Farage retweeted Calgie @christiancalgie Jun 22 To me, to you-kip 22 32 2 325 Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Jun 22 Must-watch analysis from @LiamHalligan. ⬇️ GB News @GBNEWS Jun 22 'We warned that we were going to have a wall of demand hitting an economy that's been shuttered... the establishment didn't want to hear about it.' @LiamHalligan reacts to the Bank of England raising interest rates from 4.5 to 5 per cent. 54 108 1 389 Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Jun 22 Farage at Large LIVE from Barnsley tonight at 7pm! Is it time to #ditchthedud at the Bank of England? 📺 Watch GB News on Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604. 115 56 3 334 13,033 Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Jun 22 This Lib Dem candidate could well be the next MP for Somerton and Frome. Have a listen to this excruciating interview, she will fit in well at Westminster. Kane Emerson 180 209 25 585 186,663 Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Jun 22 Lord Hammond sums up the modern day Tory party. Mass immigration is their answer to everything. As far as they’re concerned, to hell with ordinary people getting houses, a GP appointment or living in settled communities. dailymail.co.uk/news/article… Ex-chancellor: 'UK should RELAX immigration rules to avoid recession' Mr Hammond, now a Tory peer, said that the move could act to bring down stubbornly high inflation being driven by rising wages without the need for interest rate rises hammering homeowners. dailymail.co.uk 601 1,001 60 3,298 Load more

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[ot][spam] Partial Book Experience: Robert Lifton, Losing R / Cults, Cultism, Zealotry
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 28 Aug '23

28 Aug '23

Losing Reality On Cults, Cultism, and the Mindset of Political and Religious Zealotry Robert Jay Lifton The New Press, New York, London For my grandchildren Kimberly Lifton Jessica Lifton Lila Lifton Dmitri Itzkovitz We keep coming back and coming back To the real. - Wallace Stevens

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