U.S. banks have mostly shrugged off the animal advocates and shareholders trying to get them to set animal welfare policies. But a few banks, including Morgan Stanley, offer cruelty-free investing or transition finance that lets factory farm operators shift to humane lines of work. lnkd.in/ekxf4wiB

The New York Times published an op-ed by Michael Grunwald entitled, "We're Going to Have to Learn to Love Factory Farms." (A few days later, the headline was changed to, "Sorry, but This Is the Future of Food.") I posted my reaction here: www.linkedin.com/posts/pennyc...

The Wall Street Journal published an article about Smithfield Foods' CEO's plan to get Americans to eat more bacon. I posted some of the reasons we should eat less, not more animal products here: www.linkedin.com/posts/pennyc...

Giving Elon Musk's DOGE staff access to Treasury payment systems brings many risks, including the potential for cybersecurity and privacy violations, blocking of legitimate payments and insider trading www.americanbanker.com/news/musks-t...