Month: March 2023

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The Gist - Donald The Mafia Don

Whale Watch! Brendan Fraser's acceptance speech for his Best Actor Oscar in The Whale was larded with whale references, and today's Spiel is given over to examining Unusual Mortality Events among whales. Plus, an analysis of netting Mafia bosses ... and possibly Donald Trump. Elie Honig, CNN analyst and author of Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away With It, discusses prosecuting figures at the top of opaque organizations who know how to insulate themselves from culpability.


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Consider This from NPR - How Silicon Valley Bank Failed, And What Comes Next

The Biden administration took extraordinary measures to protect the accounts of customers at two banks that failed over the past few days: Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.

Federal regulators said Sunday that they were taking the emergency measures to prevent contagion at other small and regional banks in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank's implosion.

NPR's David Gura reports that, despite those measures, many bank stocks plunged on Monday.

And former Congressman Barney Frank, a Democrat who sponsored new banking regulations in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, explains what he thinks went wrong at the banks. Frank more recently also served on the board of Signature Bank.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE HASH: Bitcoin Surges Above $24K as Silicon Valley Bank Customers Will Have Access to Their Money

The most valuable crypto stories for Monday, March 13, 2023. 

Bitcoin (BTC) is climbing above $24,000, as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said depositors of Silicon Valley Bank will have full access to their money beginning Monday morning, after confirming a successful transfer of deposits to a new bridge bank. This comes as crypto exchange Binance said it will convert $1 billion worth of Binance USD (BUSD) to bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), BNB coin (BNB) and other tokens to support the market.

See also:

Binance Will Convert $1B Worth of BUSD Stablecoin to Bitcoin, Ether, BNB and Other Tokens

USDC Stablecoin Regains Dollar Peg After Silicon Valley Bank-Induced Chaos

Circle Scrambles to Right USDC After Signature Bank Failure

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - How To Vote In Chicago’s April 4 Mayoral Runoff

It’s a quick turnaround between the Feb. 28 municipal election and the April 4 runoff, but the Chicago Board of Elections is ready. Reset checks in with Max Bever from the Chicago Board of Elections about everything Chicago voters need to know as they prepare to pick a mayor and vote in key aldermanic races that have also gone to a runoff.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - How Vallas And Johnson Would Handle Taxes And City Finances

Crime has overshadowed the economy in the Chicago mayor’s race, but it’s important to understand how a Vallas or a Johnson administration will approach budgeting, property taxes, pension payments and the city’s finances. WBEZ city politics reporter Mariah Woelfel explains.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Even Barney Frank Thinks Signature Was Shut Down to Send an Anti-Crypto Message

Signature Bank was shut down by the NYDFS citing “systemic risk.”

On Sunday, as government authorities announced that Silicon Valley Bank depositors would be protected, they added that the New York Department of Financial Services would be shuttering Signature Bank. Little explanation was given but some, including Signature board member and bank regulation architect Barney Frank, think it was a calculated move to send an anti-crypto message.

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The Daily Signal - TOP NEWS | Biden Tries to Ease American’s Fears After Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Reporter Assaulted by Antifa, Leaders of China and Ukraine May Meet | March 13

On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:


  • After the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, President Joe Biden says Americans should still feel confident in the U.S. banking system.
  • A group of about 1,000 illegal aliens rush to cross the border from Mexico into Texas. 
  • Antifa assaults a reporter at a detransitioner rally in California. 
  • In just one week, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine’s forces “managed to eliminate more than 1,100 enemy soldiers.” 


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Motley Fool Money - Big Banks Sure Are Quiet These Days

Regulators seized another bank over the weekend, as the federal government came up with a plan to use money from a fund paid into by U.S. banks to make SVB's depositors whole again.

(0:21) Jason Moser discusses: - Signature Bank failing and shares of First Republic Bank falling 60%. - Why "bailout" is probably not the right word to describe what's happening - How big banks like JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America are gaining strength simply by going about their business

(11:20) We're celebrating our own version of "March Madness" by having analysts face off, bracket-style, as they go head-to-head over which stock is a better buy. Jim Gillies and Jim Mueller kick off the week with a biotech software company and a well-known real estate broker.

Companies discussed: SIVB, SBNY, FRC, SCHW, BAC, JPM, SDGR, RMAX

Host: Chris Hill Guests: Jason Moser, Jim Gillies, Jim Mueller Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd, Kyle Carruthers

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Federalist Radio Hour - ‘The Great Parent Revolt’

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Lance Izumi, senior director of the Center for Education at the Pacific Research Institute, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss the growing number of people who are leading the charge against ideological indoctrination in schools.

You can find Izumi's book "The Great Parent Revolt: How Parents and Grassroots Leaders Are Fighting Critical Race Theory in America's Schools" here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-great-parent-revolt-lance-izumi/1142911660