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15 Jun 21 7:37 am
I recall some other websites years ago where members actually CARED enough to actively-post Interesting and Sincerely-Intelligent Topics daily, and *ENGAGE* en masse in those threads.
Well nowadays; years later (see FB, VF, and GW...unfortunately, I actually SENSE that eventually GW will crap-out and all those insufferably-horrid Malicious Little Right Wing Bonebrain Trolls will then Migrate here to GG. But fortunately, not all GothWirelings are Painfully-Stupid Idiots. though, blessedly) people everywhere seem more interested in (if they even post/comment anything at all; aside from Endless Selfies) MALEVOLENT FLAMING and TROLLING, and further, the enabling, groupthinking "lesser trolls" seem to only to stroke and feed the malicious "alpha trolls" into keeping their tsunamis of mindless anarchic chaos (Right-Wing Political Disinformation Campaigns included therein) going ad nauseum on the daily.
Not even Classic Grammar itself is any longer given The Proper Respect it deserves, these days.
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Some people are certainly Their Own Worst Critics, so maybe they actually Try Harder To Excel in so many of their own actions (which, To Smarter And Wiser Individuals, is often clear), and maybe The More Burningly-Envious Lazy Types in-turn then but simply Troll.
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"There Will Always Be Some People Who Will Always Work Harder Than Others."
-proverb
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+ These Businesses and Institutions Are Cutting Ties With Trump
Several large banks and the P.G.A. are among those that have disassociated themselves from the president and his allies since his supporters stormed the Capitol.
Other companies and organizations have begun to cut ties to Trump-related entities since the Capitol rampage.
By The New York Times
Published Jan. 11, 2021
Updated Jan. 27, 2021
A growing number of companies and institutions have taken actions against former President Donald Trump and his associates since the deadly rampage at the Capitol on Jan. 6 by the president’s supporters.
Social media companies barred Mr. Trump from their platforms, universities stripped him of honorary degrees, major banks paused political contributions, and the P.G.A. of America said it would no longer hold the 2022 P.G.A. Championship at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J.
Here is a list of entities that have severed ties with Mr. Trump or distanced themselves from the president — and in some cases, Republican politicians who supported his efforts to overturn the election. Many were identified by the newsletter Popular Information.
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15 Jun 21 6:41 am
+ Latest News: Facebook to hold politicians accountable for disinformation, suspends Donald Trump's account for two years
Economic Times | Jun 05, 2021 12.27 AM
Latest News: Facebook to hold politicians accountable for disinformation, suspends Donald Trump's account for two years
Facebook said it will suspend former President Donald Trump's accounts for two years following its finding that he stoked violence ahead of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection.
Facebook also plans to end a contentious policy championed by CEO Mark Zuckerberg that automatically exempted politicians from rules that banned hate speech and abuse. The company has said it has never applied this policy to Trump.
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15 Jun 21 6:28 am
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+ January 21, 2021 - 02:47 PM EST
Florida bank says it has closed Trump's accounts
BY JOSEPH CHOI
A Florida bank announced Thursday that it has closed down former President Trump's account, joining a growing list of entities that have cut ties with the former president following the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
In his financial disclosures, Trump had stated he had two money-market accounts with Banks United, The Washington Post reports. The accounts held somewhere between $5.1 million and $25.2 million.
"We no longer have any depository relationship with him," said Banks United, without giving reasons for its decision to shutter the accounts.
Another Florida bank, Professional Bank, last week announced that it would be cutting ties with Trump, saying it would no longer conduct business with the former president or his organizations.
Signature Bank in New York and Deutsche Bank have also said they will no longer be conducting future business with Trump. Signature Bank notably took a strong stance against Trump and his allies in Congress, calling for him to resign and saying it would not conduct business with lawmakers who had objected to certifying the presidential election.
Deutsche Bank is seeking to resolve more than $300 million in loans, reportedly looking to offload the loans onto another lender due to the negative press their dealings with Trump has caused. Deutsche Bank's relationship with the Trump Organization is under a civil investigation by New York attorney general Letitia James.
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+ More of Trump’s Banks Cut Ties as Backlash Grows Over Violence
By Shahien Nasiripour
January 12, 2021, 2:45 PM CST
Deutsche Bank and at least two U.S. lenders retreat over riot
Others such as JPMorgan, Capital One haven’t signaled decision
Donald Trump’s tumultuous relationship with the financial industry is once again under pressure after his top creditor, his hometown bank and even his mortgage lender spurned him in the wake of riots at the U.S. Capitol.
The question is whether his other banks and financial backers -- including giants Capital One Financial Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. -- plan to keep him as a client.
Fresh strains in Trump’s relationship with the industry began emerging late Monday. Deutsche Bank AG decided not to conduct more business with Trump or his family company while waiting for him to pay off roughly $300 million in loans in years ahead, a person with knowledge of the situation said. Manhattan-based Signature Bank, a mere 10-minute walk down Fifth Avenue from Trump Tower, announced it’s closing Trump accounts holding about $5.3 million.
Then on Tuesday, Professional Bank, which once gave him an $11 million mortgage, said it won’t do more deals with the Trump Organization and “will be winding down the relationship effective immediately.”
Eric Trump, one of the president’s sons running the family business while his father is in the White House, didn’t respond to a request for comment.
With New York City joining an onslaught of companies and entities looking to pull back from doing business with Trump after he encouraged a mob of supporters to storm the Capitol, here’s a look at the firms that provide him with credit or hold his money, and what they have said about those ties:
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+ The Odds Of Donald Trump’s CFO Flipping and Helping Send Him to Prison Just Shot Up
BESS LEVIN
MAY 20, 2021 4:14 PM
One of the key figures in prosecutors’ quest to actually put Donald Trump behind bars is Allen Weisselberg, the longtime Trump Organization chief financial officer. With the company for decades, Weisselberg has described himself as Trump’s “eyes and ears” at the firm and presumably, in the event that any laws had ever been broken, would know about them. In fact, as his ex-daughter-in-law, Jennifer Weisselberg, put it to Air Mail earlier this year, “Allen knows every bad thing [Trump] ever did.” That kind of witness would obviously prove invaluable to the government officials trying to make their case, which is why, unsurprisingly, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. has been working for months to “flip” Weisselberg and get him to cooperate against the ex-president. And while it’s not clear where Vance’s office is in its efforts, it appears the Trump Organization CFO may soon be under intense pressure to cooperate with the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James, which just happens to be collaborating with the D.A.
The New York Times reports that Weisselberg is officially under criminal investigation by James’s office, which is examining if taxes were paid on “fringe benefits” Trump gave him, including cars and thousands of dollars in private school tuition for at least one of Weisselberg’s grandchilden.
Per the Times:
The focus on perks and Mr. Weisselberg overlaps with the Manhattan district attorney’s long-running criminal fraud investigation of Mr. Trump and his family business. The district attorney’s office has been investigating the extent to which Mr. Trump handed out fringe benefits to some of his executives, including Mr. Weisselberg, and whether taxes were paid on those perks…In general, fringe benefits—which can include cars, flights, and club memberships—are taxable, though there are some exceptions. Companies are typically responsible for withholding such taxes from an employee’s paycheck.
Rather than risk bumping into each other, the two investigative offices recently began collaborating, another person with knowledge of the matter said. Two assistant attorneys general from Ms. James’s office have joined the district attorney’s team, which has been seeking to turn Mr. Weisselberg into a cooperating witness against Mr. Trump and the Trump Organization, people with knowledge of that effort said…. In addition to the fringe benefits, Ms. James and the district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., have examined whether Mr. Trump’s company inflated the value of his properties to obtain favorable loans and lowered the values to reduce taxes.
For months, Mr. Vance’s office has pursued Mr. Weisselberg as a potential cooperating witness, people with knowledge of that effort have said. Mr. Vance’s prosecutors, who have paid particular attention to Mr. Weisselberg’s fringe benefits, subpoenaed records from Mr. Weisselberg’s bank and the private school in Manhattan that his grandchildren have attended, The Times has reported. Mr. Weisselberg’s former daughter-in-law, Jennifer Weisselberg, has said that prosecutors had asked her about the tuition payments as well as gifts her ex-husband, Barry Weisselberg, received from Mr. Trump, including an apartment on Central Park South and several leased cars.
