Operation Choke Point

Streetgang said:

Could you imagine the uproar if they said you can't use their product to buy or sell porn or R-rated movies or violent video games because they promote violence?

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It's about more than just guns, porn is one of things Operation Choke Point is about...

outrider58 said:

I've attributed the loss of Romney to Limbaugh with his luke warm endorsement which eventually came late in the race.

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I attribute his loss to the fact that he was selected to be the candidate before the primary with the intention that he would in fact lose. He sure as hell didn't want to win. He never fought at all. Never hit below the belt, or even above it for that matter. Never called out his opponent's ideology in all its disgusting details. A candidate that wanted to win, that was worthy to win would have beaten Castro Jr. 90-10 by absolutely destroying him.

But he didn't want to, and those backing him didn't want him to either or they would have demanded a whole hell of a lot more for their money. I don't even have that kind of money to spend on myself let alone donate it to politics, but holy cow how does someone earn that kind of money with that kind of slack standard for winning and motivation at anything?

N3YMY said:

It's about more than just guns, porn is one of things Operation Choke Point is about...

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Probably what it was named after...

bama47 said:

BINGO! FU*KING BINGO!

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boundlessdyad said:

The big bankers already run this country via the Federal Reserve.

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I will note for the record that the "Federal Reserve" is not even a part of our government.

It is a private entity:

http://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/about_14986.htm

It's back.

Biden Administration Prepares Way For Banks To Refuse Service To Democrats’ Enemies

The Trump administration did its best to end this blatantly unconstitutional program that sought to discriminate against legal industries. In 2017, the Justice Department declared the program “formally over.” At the end of Trump’s term, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency established the Fair Access rule to solidify its culmination.

But on Jan. 28, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency under President Biden announced it would pause the Trump-era rule intended to prevent another Operation Choke Point from happening again.

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Signs of Operation Choke Point’s formal resurrection are symbolic of the larger attempt by government actors to choke politically disfavored industries and individuals from the mainstream. While cancel culture has led to a politicized economy, the federal government’s arbitrarily targeting of individuals, groups, and entire companies will increase the politicization of the country, where the only acceptable views are from those in power.

Operating in the dark corners of the federal bureaucracy, Operation Choke Point bypasses public input and the legislative process, leaving politically unpopular individuals and businesses to fend for themselves. If the Biden administration’s rule reversal is any sign, the next four years won’t be about unifying the country to “Build Back Better.”

After being choked from essential services in the economy, conservatives and right-of-center businesses will have no choice but to Build Your Own — if that’s even still tolerated or allowed. Build your own banks, build your own credit card processing companies, build your own web hosting platforms, build your own social media platforms, build your own companies, build your own media, build your own schools, and build your own country — because you’re choked from “ours.”

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https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/1...banks-to-refuse-service-to-democrats-enemies/

Well, sh*t.

I always thought executive orders were used only in crisis and had to be supported by the constitution . I can’t imagine any of the recent orders had time to go through Congress. They were kind of busy with that little impeachment mess.

Edwonbass said:

I always thought executive orders were used only in crisis and had to be supported by the constitution.

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That's not the reality of the vast majority of EOs. Most EOs deal with the mundane minutiae of running a large enterprise. Policies, roles and responsibilities, delegation of authorities, all the mind-numbing detail that makes most peoples' eyes glaze over when they try to read them. It's the Executive telling his subordinates how he wants the organization managed.