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AIPAC bought ads on Facebook complaining of Paul's hold on the funds while CUFI, Christians United for Israel, a Christian-Zionist organization, launched an email campaign to pressure the senator to back away from is position. Paul says he wants time limits on assistance to Israel and cuts in aid to countries that are hostile to the US.

Ohio's Treasurer, Josh Mandel, says he will accept tax payments from businesses in digital currency. Mandel says he is empowered to make this decision decide “without approval from the legislature or governor,” because he is an elected official.

Ron Paul says that the lost trillions have nothing to do with defense, as the money is instead used to prop up the high lifestyles of the military industrial complex. The real problem is not waste and fraud, but the belief that the US must maintain a global military empire.

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Venezuela's new system will be based on the Chinese model that tracks, rates and punishes citizens' behavior. Venezuelans have needed a card for access to subsidized food, healthcare, and gasoline since 2014, and the new cards will monitor users' behavior.

The California state utility regulator has indicated that PG&E will be able pass its losses onto its customers. High rates could chase away business. Critics oppose a bail out for PG&E, which has a tarnished safety record.

DNC chief Seema Nanda was asked how she would pay $3 trillion per year for the single-payer socialized medicine program, and would she double and triple taxes on Americans?

The tax would nearly double the $380 million the city currently spends on the homeless. It is unclear if it requires a two-thirds majority vote to be implemented. San Francisco risks chasing away its wealth-producing businesses and has failed to consider other options.

The Bank of England's denial of Maduro's request to return Venezuela's property shows that if you don't hold it, you don't own it. Over 30 nations have gold holdings in BOE vaults.

John Edmonds of JP Morgan recently plead guilty to commodities fraud, conspiracy, price manipulation and spoofing and faces up to 30 years in prison.  He said that he learned this practice from more senior traders and that his supervisors at the firm knew of his actions.