2026-10-27T16:50:44Z https://nostr.now Aston Crown https://nostr.now/npub1yuvsc69fafgty0eycpd357s4hjkdd3g806ek00enhryd77dksf7qvyxrj9 https://files.mstdn.party/accounts/avatars/114/200/892/967/231/852/original/2c24d3e8d8141ec2.png https://files.mstdn.party/accounts/avatars/114/200/892/967/231/852/original/2c24d3e8d8141ec2.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9ypyg2v2pcapea5agsksjvkeyktgfntdl5dlu6du2axkqp7h2vtczyqn3jrrg4849pv3lynq9kxn6zk72e4k9qaltxealxwuv3hmek6p8cpd75dw In a release that seems to have escaped mainstream notice, the Trump OCC is now saying that banks not providing financing for various ventures including &#34;drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic&#34; is an example of &#34;debanking&#34;:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/news-releases/2025/nr-occ-2025-123.html">https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/news-releases/2025/nr-occ-2025-123.html</a><br/><br/>I&#39;m very much against &#34;debanking&#34; in the sense of closing or denying basic banking like checking and transactional accounts -- but are Trumpists sure they want to force banks to finance (i.e. invest in) ANY legal business?<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub153lsl0t8k7ug7aksd42ykr04h0rqpjfcya9s4d49nahpn6xfj4lq7zcaex" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Steve Randy Waldman</span> (<span class="italic">npub153l…caex</span>)</a></span> 2025-12-11T18:05:12Z