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“Debanking” seems like something out of paranoid dystopian fiction, but this horrific abuse of government power is already all too real. We’re almost glad the Biden crew deployed it against then-former-President Donald Trump in 2021: That not only ensures he’s aware of this outrage; it points to how even the powerful are vulnerable. It’s as simple as it is scary: Government regulators give a quiet nod to financial institutions that certain people or industries are to be “unpersoned,” and pretty soon they get the same treatment as North Korean tyrants, terrorists or drug kingpins: locked out of the financial system,...

Citigroup announced Tuesday that it’s ending its policy restricting banking services to businesses selling firearms, citing “regulatory developments, recent executive orders and federal legislation.” The policy, which required retailers to limit gun sales to people over 21, was originally implemented in 2018 after a 19-year-old shot and killed 17 students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. However, in a statement released Tuesday, the bank indicated it will “no longer have a specific policy regarding firearms.” “The policy was intended to promote the adoption of best sales practices as prudent risk management and didn’t address the manufacturing of...

Farmers not sufficiently 'woke' can have accounts shut down without notice.. Farmers are under attack in multiple food-producing nations now... empty stores in France, where a climate agenda threatened the production processes for farmers, and they more or less staged a strike. ... And just recently, in Germany, farmers blocked highways in protest over costly and unnecessary agriculture policies. Now, however, there's a new campaign against farmers, in which the United Nations works with banks to debank the food producers, closing their accounts and not allowing them to operate their businesses. ... officials from 12 U.S. states have sounded an...