Andrew Couse

President and CEO at First Bank in Clewiston FL

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

Pharaoh Relents After Moses Unleashes Plague Of Political Fundraising Texts https://t.co/310kbx6x18

[Josh Pate @JoshPateCFB]

I’ll call it the Chattahoochee River Shootout before I call it this

[Not the Bee @Not_the_Bee]

I don't care who you are, this is funny

[Florida Gators Football @GatorsFB]

We punched back 🐊

[Jon Sumrall @CoachJonSumrall]

🐊

[Gerrish Smith Tuck @GST_Memphis]

Latest Musings discusses SECURE 2.0 Act Amendments, M&A strategy session, corporate talent, regulatory red tape, shareholder corporate proposals & more - https://t.co/wxEywTlSlZ

[John Spencer @SpencerGuard]

This should be pushed far and wide. Watched in every college class in the U.S. Thank you @billmaher The moral confusion is gross. "It is not a genocide, it is a counterattack in a war...Gaza equals genocide is a lie, an easily provable lie (as I have argued from first hand observations in Gaza). The fact that so many democrats go along with it is to me the party's worse moment since they undid reconstruction after the civil war...words have meaning...genocide, kill or try to kill an entire people, you can't just change the definition of genocide to mean counterattack in a war where people including civilians die, that's every war..."

[Brad Bolton @BradMBolton]

Never forget moments like this as exhibit A on the #TBTF (Cartel -credit @John_R_Ramage ) operating in a manner that would put any community bank out of business and its executives in jail.
For TBTJ @BankofAmerica
however, It’s just a cost of doing business…..pay the fine and back to business as usual.

I’ve lost count how much BOA has been fined by regulators so I asked Chatgtp how much and it says 88 billion in the last 20 years alone 😤😡

#Violate #Rinse #Repeat

How would you like to be a co member of an association with a bank like this?

#TBTF #TBTJ
@ICBA
@robblackwellAB
@BankPres @RobertMFisher @Alice_P_Frazier @romerorainey

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[SEC Shorts @SECShorts]

No one is safe in the SEC Top 10 meeting.

presented by: @renasant

[Independent Community Bankers of America @ICBA]

Recent polling reveals widespread backing for stronger transparency—most Americans believe federal credit unions should file 990 forms like other nonprofits. Explore the full findings: https://t.co/RFh7bCqqTe

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The upside of extremism

[Brivael Le Pogam @brivael]

I gave Opus 5.5 one of my french theory analysis that got 80 million views and simply asked it to turn it into a video.

This is what it came up with. 🤯🤯🤯

A lot of new stuff to illustrate, this is amazing.

[Mike's Weather Page @tropicalupdate]

Happy first day of Fall. This is how we roll here in Florida. The only fall colors we see is on the ground from fallen palm fronds.

[Zeducation Memes @ZeducationYT]

Straight in the trash

[Not the Bee @Not_the_Bee]

Catholic priest to men dating supporters of Lindsay Clancy: “Cut bait and run for your life”
https://t.co/ME3nG6lCmj

[Independent Community Bankers of America @ICBA]

The Fed’s Michelle Bowman raises important concerns with the CECL accounting standard. As we have said in meetings with FASB and the banking agencies since 2011, this approach to loan-loss provisioning does not fit the community bank lending model. https://t.co/LPXXeml8eX

[Jill Castilla @JillCastilla]

Vice Chair of Supervision just dropped a @WSJ op-ed on CECL & it’s 🔥! VCS Bowman demonstrates every day why adding a community banker to @federalreserve BOG was a win for our country. Her brilliant practicality ensures small banks are globally understood. https://t.co/0f3qFNtZVm

[Independent Community Bankers of America @ICBA]

Congratulations to the 2026 National Community Bank Service Awards recipients! The awards recognize the innovative and exceptional efforts of the nation’s community banks to support and uplift local communities. See this year's winners: https://t.co/co3NWXY9S5

[Rothmus 🏴 @Rothmus]

A world with zero discrimination would still produce wildly unequal group outcomes.

Thomas Sowell demonstrated how firstborn sons score higher on IQ tests and land more prestigious careers than their younger brothers, but nobody blames discrimination for that gap.

Canadian junior hockey shows that players born January through March dominate the leagues because the January 1 cutoff makes them the oldest and strongest kids in every age group.

Overseas Chinese communities run retail across Southeast Asia, Lebanese merchants dominate trade in West Africa, and German immigrants once owned the American brewing industry.
Same specialization repeats under completely different majorities and legal systems.

Treating every disparity as automatic proof of discrimination starts with the wrong diagnosis, and the wrong diagnosis never delivers the right cure.

But the fantasy that some planner can just rearrange people like chess pieces and force equal results remains one of the most stubborn fallacies in economics.

[Maxfield on Banks @MaxfieldOnBanks]

Over the past two years, I’ve pointed cameras and flown and crashed drones in dozens of towns and cities across the country.

The first year was on my own, as I self-financed my education in videography, crashing a dozen drones, worth upwards of $20k, and buying every sort of camera you can imagine. Over the past year, my efforts were in collaboration with S.P. “Wije” Wijegoonartna, CEO of @aftanalytics, which provides an ai-powered loan origination platform.

The journey started in Alaska, at @northrimbank, who allowed an unusual guy, dressed in black with a five-foot selfie stick tailed by a young, tatted up videographer from Denver, to experiment with pointing cameras at employees and executives across its footprint, which has since expanded, fittingly, to my current home state of Oregon. I’ve since changed videographers, bringing on @samramtv, a now-dear friend based in Dallas, who has been welcomed with me into the inner-most sanctum of American banking.

Since embarking on this journey, I’ve filmed bankers in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, Alabama, Mississippi, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.

All in, me and Wije’s company have spent over $400k to capture the footage on the hard drive in this picture, split equally down the middle between their and my (and my wife’s) checking accounts. People have called me crazy. But I am someone who puts their money and passion to make a difference where their mouth is. And I am proud of that. It is what rightfully entitles me to act the way I do and pursue my own authentic life.

Once one sees the importance of community banks to giving children and entrepreneurs particularly in the heart of America the chance to build the lives they want to lead, it cannot be unseen. Indeed, I believe it would be crazy for someone like me to not help promote and protect such a critical piece of the incredible American economic experience. To whom much is given, much is expected.

We all want to do work that is significant and appreciated. In this chapter of my life, pointing cameras at bankers and flying and crashing drones over banks and cities, is how I have chosen to do so. Whether my critics are right or wrong on my sanity is not dictated by the daily ledger of my life, but instead by the final, ultimate ledger. The ledger of legacy. And I believe fervently that that ledger will vindicate the humanity and righteousness of my pursuit.

Thank you again — Sam and Wije (and all the folks at Aliya, including Rob Citrone) — for your companionship and support. We are indeed doing significant work. We have learned and grown together and fostered relationship that can last a lifetime. And while our work in this chapter will not go on forever, it is not yet done.

We march onward, friends.

Confidence is king.

John