Jesse Van Tol ([email protected])

Advocate & organizer for race & class fairness in banking, housing, business. Memphis to Madison to DC. Co-owner of the Green Bay Packers. Views my own.

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

Over 5 million low-income Americans — including at least 1.5 million children — have lost access to food assistance due to Trump's SNAP cuts last year.

Most of the hardest hit states are traditionally Republican, resulting in growing hunger crises in states like Arizona.

[Jesse Van Tol ([email protected]) @jessevantol]

@MarcWatkinsEsq a hangover

[Jesse Van Tol ([email protected]) @jessevantol]

@DietCoke_Esq They probably are…

[Jesse Van Tol ([email protected]) @jessevantol]

15% seems about right. I hope a lot of crypto companies “hedged” its passage. That’s how these prediction markets work right? (Judging by their reaction online, nobody hedged) https://t.co/WAm9xm1u6M

[Jesse Van Tol ([email protected]) @jessevantol]

40% seems high. Give it a couple of days

[Jesse Van Tol ([email protected]) @jessevantol]

First of all what?

Second of all, this should be paid for by an annual strip from relevant crypto companies

[Brendan Pedersen @BrendanPedersen]

I dipped my toe into the appropriations process to try to answer the question: Is the $600 million authorized by the Clarity Act to help train law enforcement on crypto … real?

Key Democrats say no. The toplines of law enforcement funding are just too tight for that figure.

[Jesse Van Tol ([email protected]) @jessevantol]

It ought to be called the CLARITY for What Act because maybe we just don’t need more financial gimmicks that promote a deeply unequal economy like crypto in our lives?

[Burgess Everett @burgessev]

The CLARITY Act has become a misnomer because it's really unclear what the hell is going on with it

[Jesse Van Tol ([email protected]) @jessevantol]

If it had “broad” bipartisan support then it would already have been passed. It does not. And a growing number of Republican Senators have been expressing concerns.

[Brian Armstrong @brian_armstrong]

The Senate has had CLARITY for a year.
Since then, lawmakers have negotiated hundreds of pages of changes, reached agreement on SEC and CFTC nominations, and secured unprecedented ethics commitments. The crypto and banking industry have compromised as well.

That’s how legislation is supposed to work. No one gets everything. Everyone gets most of what they need.

At this point, the only thing left isn’t negotiation—it's whether some group will try to stall or block legislation that already has broad bipartisan support.

Millions of Americans own crypto and are watching. It’s time to call the vote.

[Jeff Stein @jstein_notus]

NEW - Top tax writer Senator Ron Wyden is proposing a new single-digit excise tax on data centers today, aiming for a path for Ds short of a moratorium or federal control of the AI companies

https://t.co/p8vetOcR1d

[Jesse Van Tol ([email protected]) @jessevantol]

The only difference between crypto and most other corporate interests is that the cryptos do their bullying and temper tantrums online, in full view of the public. “Give us what we want or we’ll punish you with our money”

[Jesse Van Tol ([email protected]) @jessevantol]

It’s almost like they want to call attention to it, as a lot more people have now read the story as a result.

[Spencer Jakab @Spencerjakab]

When a smart journalist is called a "stenographer" by one of the most powerful people in the world then he or she is usually on to something. Don't miss the analysis from the great @NickTimiraos on the odd yen intervention (link in comment).

[Jesse Van Tol ([email protected]) @jessevantol]

@RogueCfpb Biden had lost - badly, worse than Bernie, every Dem primary never getting much more than 1% - until he won. Spent decades in Congress.

[Jesse Van Tol ([email protected]) @jessevantol]

It’s going to be hard for Democratic leaders to align with AIPAC if this happens. https://t.co/eeE1IkyLOC

[Jesse Van Tol ([email protected]) @jessevantol]

@RogueCfpb We agree the Democratic party is messed up, for different reasons. But the idea that the solution is more party control over who gets nominated to make sure they’re electable instead of, you know, letting people vote for it, is the wrong path I think.

[Jesse Van Tol ([email protected]) @jessevantol]

@RogueCfpb Like I said, I don’t know. And I can tell by how strongly you hold your opinions, and the certainty with which you believe you can’t be wrong, that you really don’t know.

[Jesse Van Tol ([email protected]) @jessevantol]

@RogueCfpb If I’ve learned one thing in politics it’s that We Don’t Know. People prognosticate about who can win and who can’t. Trump couldn’t win, Obama either. My guess is Bernie could have won, as he shows every sign of being the most popular politician in America today. But I don’t know

[Jesse Van Tol ([email protected]) @jessevantol]

@RogueCfpb Is this John Fetterman’s burner account? I can tell you’re a single issue voter. Good luck to you

[Jesse Van Tol ([email protected]) @jessevantol]

@RogueCfpb I don’t know anyone who defends Iran. Like not a single person.

[Jesse Van Tol ([email protected]) @jessevantol]

@RogueCfpb Every one of the people I know is a Dem. Many of them involved in Democratic politics.

[Jesse Van Tol ([email protected]) @jessevantol]

@RogueCfpb You’re right, except also NOBODY basically talks about the Sudan. Or has a strong opinion about it. Or the Uyghurs. Doesn’t matter your political opinion. Rs don’t talk about those conflicts either.

[Jesse Van Tol ([email protected]) @jessevantol]

@RogueCfpb I think it’s relevant to that conversation that it’s not just that people bring up Israel out of the blue. The Middle East is treated as the most newsworthy conflict in the world by virtually everyone, regardless of which side you’re on.