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A silver spell cast over the ocean Okinawa [沖縄], Japan [日本]

Aleksandra Alba   IG: tanzdreamer 🜍 ⟡ ⟢ 

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This is not the bill you think it is, it is not to protect sex workers and explicit art, it's to protect conservatives and industries like NRA and oil corporations, and crypto

Barr Announces Introduction of Bill to Codify President Trump’s Debanking Executive Order

August 8, 2025

Washington, D.C.— U.S. Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY) will introduce legislation to make permanent President’s Trump Executive Order guaranteeing free and fair access to banking for all Americans, regardless of their political beliefs. The Executive Order, signed by President Trump on Thursday, takes aim the discriminatory practice of politicized debanking—where financial institutions deny or restrict services based on constitutionally protected viewpoints. The order echoes legislation Barr has introduced for multiple Congresses: the Fair Access to Banking Act. It also aligns with the FIRM Act, legislation authored by Barr and Senator Tim Scott, which would prohibit regulators from using so-called “reputational risk” to pressure banks into denying service to disfavored industries.

“From Operation Chokepoint under the Obama-Biden administration to recent examples of religious groups, firearms manufacturers, and even energy companies being debanked, the American people have had enough of woke discrimination from Wall Street and weaponized regulators,” said Congressman Barr. “President Trump’s bold executive action is a major step forward—and now we’re going to make sure it becomes law.”

“President Trump’s Executive Order holds banks accountable for discriminating against conservatives and crypto through fines and other consequences for lenders that deny service to conservatives or customers due to their political affiliations or protected beliefs. This political discrimination – such as we saw with the Obama Administration’s ‘Operation Chokepoint’ – is unlawful, dishonest, and decreases trust in our banking institutions. The Executive Order also improves the supervisory process by stopping unelected regulators from using ‘reputational risk’ as a component of financial supervision and as a tool to target those who don’t align with their political agenda,” said Majority Leader Steve Scalise. “Banks should be assessing legitimate financial risk – not the political views of hardworking and lawful individuals or businesses. I’m grateful to Congressman Andy Barr for leading the effort to codify the President’s Executive Order in the House and fighting to ensure every American gets a fair shake at the bank regardless of their political views.”

“The NRA applauds President Trump for his efforts to rein in both financial regulators and institutions who have refused services to constitutionally-protected industries for too long. All lawful industries have a right to access federally-secured financial services, but time and again we have seen anti-gun radicals weaponize this industry against Second Amendment Advocates and related businesses,” said John Commerford, Executive Director of NRA-ILA. “We also thank Representative Andy Barr for his longstanding leadership on this issue through bills like the “Fair Access to Banking Act’ which would prohibit financial institutions from discriminating against constitutionally protected industries, and the ‘FIRM Act,’ which would prohibit regulators from using ‘reputational risk’ to pressure the financial services industry into refusing service based on political or social factors.”

Just to clarify, there's a bill that would STOP credit card companies from controlling who's allowed to spend money on porn or "risque" (read: queer) content. If you don't think big business should be able to tell you what to spend your own damn money on, call your senators and reps to let them know! It's the Fair Access to Banking Act, H.R.987 in the House, S.410 in the Senate.

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Autumn in the Scottish Highlands

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feel it creeping in 🎃🐈‍⬛🍂🍁

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Pebble and sea glass paintings!

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"Sorry I can't, I'm busy"

Me being busy:

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little pumpkin thief

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remember when you’re writing a gross and terrible power dynamic that you should be asking yourself constantly how you could make it worse and sexier

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“Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves — slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.”

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Thich Nat Hahn 

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turtle sketches :)

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I took a pic of the summer triangle, and asterism made up of three bright stars in three different constellations. It can easily be seen in the eastern sky after sunset during the summer months. During Autumn, it's in the western sky instead. ✨️🌌

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Peepaw needs his porch time