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The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency

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Re: The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency

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Why bother reporting this - it's obviously happening and it's obvious that nothing is going to happen about it.

Nothing will happen until the mid terms or 2028. This administration highlights why the pardon provisions of the constitution need amendment.

In such a scenario, people shouldn't acquiesce. Be creative and find ways of bringing hurt to those in this administration who feel they can dodge consequences. If no example is made of them, it will happen again.

Re: The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency

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How about we start with congress and see how that goes? Been a point of discussion for a long, long time and politicians do not seem to be interested in regulating themselves at all.

Yeah. Lots of problems. If I could only get three wishes I’d choose implementation of score voting for presidential election and congress, introduction of recall votes and introduction of national ballot questions. Those should fix most of the problems with time.

Until money and politics are commingled there will be no solution

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Yeah. Lots of problems. If I could only get three wishes I’d choose implementation of score voting for presidential election and congress, introduction of recall votes and introduction of national ballot questions. Those should fix most of the problems with time.

Until money and politics are commingled there will be no solution

I think you may mean disentangled?

Re: The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency

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I suspect in the aftermath of this administration, the power of the President as a whole is going to be massively stripped back.

That seems highly questionable given how little pushback Trump got in congress, and it was almost entirely along party lines. What makes you think they'll suddenly grow a spine in 3 years?

The issue is people are afraid of him. There was plenty of Republican opposition to Trump but people either fell in line or got pushed out. (The main problem is that people didn't have the courage to oppose him all at once, he can easily handle one threat at a time.)

I suspect even of Republicans voting in the lines today, they don't like him or his behavior but are too self-interested to do anything about it. When a new administration comes in, between Republicans happy to avoid a Democrat or one of their own have that power again, and Democrats ready to ensure another Trump can never happen again, we'll have bipartisan support for crippling presidential power.

Re: The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency

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Yeah. Lots of problems. If I could only get three wishes I’d choose implementation of score voting for presidential election and congress, introduction of recall votes and introduction of national ballot questions. Those should fix most of the problems with time.

Until money and politics are commingled there will be no solution

Personally I think they’re inherently linked. How exactly would it look like for money and politics not to be linked? Money is political. There are some low hanging fruit though like corporate personhood and super pacs.

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Political insider trading example par excellence.

Pelosi got a free Presidential jet and scooped the inside trades on Iran? Trump set a stratosphereic high bar for examples par excellence, I doubt all of Pelosi's husband trades add up to a signifigant fraction of Trump's crypto gains alone.

You can actually buy an iOS app that mimicks Nancy Pelosi stock picks! Top that!

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What were the consequences after 2008 financial crisis?

Nothing Stock market at all time highs Miami houses selling north of $150,000,000.00 No one cares about that crisis anymore The markets keep ripping no matter what Just some hiccups along the way

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