Support the Creation of a Washington State Public Bank! open.substack.com/pub/waforpub...

In her recent interview with Jacobin, the @mayorofseattle.bsky.social gives a shout out to Washingtonians for Public Banking and the idea of creating a public bank for Seattle. The future of public financing is here. jacobin.com/2026/01/mayo...

Washington State is considering creating a public bank. A hearing is scheduled for SB5754--a bill to create a public bank in Washington--for January 15th at 4:00 pm. Contact the Senate Ways and Means Committee today and let them know you support SB5754. app.leg.wa.gov/BillSummary/...

"World Liberty Financial, the crypto firm affiliated with President Donald Trump’s family, announced Wednesday that it has applied for a banking charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency." www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

“Deep behind the scenes, wholesale financial institutions quietly shape the country’s banking and housing markets. With Mamdani in the New York City mayor’s office, is it time for policymakers to revisit the idea?” nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Read the latest Substack from Washingtonians for Public Banking. open.substack.com/pub/waforpub...

Visit Washingtonians for Public Banking's website and find a list of public financing and financial reform bills being considered this legislative session. www.waforpublicbanking.org/advocacy

“America's biggest banks are ending 2025 with their stock prices at record highs, more assets on their balance sheet, and a level of regulatory freedom they haven't seen in 15 years.” finance.yahoo.com/news/america...

WPB organizes, educates, and advocates for the establishment of public banking in Washington State. We prioritize economic equity, sustainability, and an affordable green economy for Washingtonians over the profits of private financial institutions. www.waforpublicbanking.org

Washingtonians for Public Banking cannot survive without your support. Please consider donating to the organization. Any amount is appreciated. givebutter.com/52D60Q

SB 5754, a bill to establish a public bank in Washington state, is alive in the Senate Ways and Means Committee. Click on the link to send a letter today to the Senate Ways and Means Committee telling them that you support the passage of SB 5754. bit.ly/SB5754

"In 1975, Wall Street declared war on New York, sending the city into a fiscal crisis. A forgotten public banking proposal in the state assembly could have stopped it — and put both the city and the country on the path to socialized finance." jacobin.com/2025/12/nyc-...

On this giving Tuesday, decide to give to Washingtonians for Public Banking. Your funds will support the public banking movement in Washington State and beyond. waforpublicbanking.substack.com/p/this-holid...

Check out WPB's latest substack post: "From Coast to Coast, the Public Banking Movement Grows." "From coast to coast, 2025 witnessed a blossoming of support for public banking, especially on the local level." waforpublicbanking.substack.com/p/from-coast...

“The Federal Reserve is poised to frustrate President Donald Trump. Again. Central bank policymakers are increasingly split over whether they should lower interest rates in December…” www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Watch WPB's most recent Virtual Town Hall featuring Prof. Chris Peterson titled "The Past, Present, and Future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau" on our YouTube Channel: youtu.be/ZxGqy0fxyYI

Congratulations to Tiffani McCoy, president of Washingtonians for Public Banking and co-executive director for House Our Neighbors, for being picked to join mayor-elect Katie Wilson’s transition team. komonews.com/news/local/s...

"Raising taxes on the wealthy is not Mamdani’s only funding proposal. His vision for economic justice and municipal ownership also includes a public bank. In his June 2025 primary speech, he pledged to create a city-owned bank..." scheerpost.com/2025/11/17/e...

"Analysis finds that exposure to recent trade shocks was concentrated in large banks, including the six largest U.S. banks with strong ties to the global financial system." www.frbsf.org/research-and...

“Since 2016, banks have provided $15 billion in direct financing for oil and gas extraction in the Amazon, according to a Stand.earth analysis of transactions from 330 banks.” news.mongabay.com/2025/11/thes...

"In a unanimous vote, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors took a major step toward creating the nation’s first municipal public bank." davisvanguard.org/2025/11/san-...

In this episode of Pacific Time, host Greg Amrofell talks with Marco Rossi, a public banking advocate and legislative strategist with Washingtonians for Public Banking. Together, they explore how public banks could equip us to address our own challenges. www.pacifictimepodcast.com/35

“The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points, but Chair Jerome Powell hinted that the central bank might pause before further lowering borrowing costs.” www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/fed...

In the first half of this year, the Trump Organization’s income soared 17-fold to $864 million from $51 million a year earlier… (largely based on) crypto trade information and other sources.” www.reuters.com/investigatio...

"President Trump has pardoned Changpeng Zhao, better known as CZ, the founder of crypto exchange Binance, according to a statement from the White House." www.axios.com/2025/10/23/t...

Check out WPB's latest Substack Post: "The government shutdown continues, with no apparent end in sight. But the Bank of North Dakota as an answer for the nation." open.substack.com/pub/waforpub...

“San Francisco is laying the groundwork to become the first city in the country to have a municipal bank, with supporters exploring their next steps.” www.kqed.org/news/1205885...

“Bankification today accounts for the highest profit margins in the US economy, crippling productive capacity and setting the stage for the next crash.” jacobin.com/2025/10/bank...

“Global financial messaging network SWIFT and more than 30 global banks announced on Monday they were now working "at pace" on making cross-border payments instantaneous and on a system capable of handling the various new forms of digital money.” finance.yahoo.com/news/swift-t...

Read the latest Substack article from Washingtonians for Public Banking: "The Federal Reserve System Should be a System of Public Banks" open.substack.com/pub/waforpub...

“Stablecoin giant Tether Holdings is hoping to raise up to $20 billion in a private placement that could give the company a monetary value of up to $500 billion, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing two unnamed sources.” finance.yahoo.com/news/stablec...

“If the president takes over the Federal Reserve, he will have extraordinary power to reward his friends and destroy his enemies.” www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...

Check out WPB's most recent Virtual Town Hall featuring Prof. Ronnie Phillips. youtu.be/rTwO9ysSFSU

“The Federal Reserve on Wednesday lowered its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points — its first cut since December — as the U.S. grapples with a stalling labor market and slower economic growth.” www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/fed...

Tonight!!!

"... Donald Trump cannot remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors for now, a federal appeals court said in an emergency ruling Monday, just hours before the central bank’s two-day monetary policy meeting was set to kick off." www.cnn.com/2025/09/15/b...

“Ten Democratic senators called on the Senate Banking Committee to hold hearings into the role that financial institutions may have played in enabling Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...

“The U.S. Federal Reserve is an outlier among central banks in developed markets, as it looks set to resume rate cuts just as many of its peers are reaching the end of their easing cycles.” www.reuters.com/business/fin...

“Until JPMorgan dropped him as a client in 2013, America’s leading bank financially enabled the century’s most notorious sexual predator.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/w...

“U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders blasted the nation's top six lenders for easing regulations to enrich shareholders instead of boosting lending to businesses and households.” finance.yahoo.com/news/us-sena...

Join the American Monetary Institute online for its Annual Conference, September 19–28, 2025. The conference is a global gathering of scholars and citizens who want a money system that serves people and planet, instead of private interests. Register here: monreform.org/ami-conferen...

“…President Trump's family earned some $5 billion — at least on paper — as their latest cryptocurrency venture launched. Now a "token" from World Liberty Financial, the crypto business co-founded last year by Trump and his sons, is trading publicly.” www.npr.org/2025/09/03/n...

“While Donald Trump’s attacks on the Fed are deeply authoritarian, the institution itself is far from blameless. From the 2008 crash to the pandemic, its primary aim has been to protect the interests of the wealthy.” jacobin.com/2025/09/fede...