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

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Post by rcbdev » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 4:57 AM UTC

jmyeet wrote: post #80

Here are the lessons: 1. The Supreme Court is not some neutral arbiter of a hallowed intractable document. They are political actors. Just like history books now write about the disastrous Court of the 1850s that went completely off the rails (Reconstruction wasn't much better), history will likewise write about the Roberts court as (IMHO) the worst in American history, particularly Citizens United and Trump v. Unite…

The U.S. Americans really give Hassan Piker this much importance? Wow. I thought he was just a washed up Twitch streamer.

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

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Post by jmyeet » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 5:00 AM UTC

andsoitis wrote: post #99

gcanyon wrote: post #92

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> For example, Hakeem Jeffries saying Congress should've authorized the Iran War. Did he say, "Congress should have authorized the Iran War," or did he say "Congress should have to authorize the Iran War." Those are two very different statements. More to the point, did he say he would personally vote to authorize the Iran War? Did he say Democrats should vote to authorize the Iran War?

> More to the point, did he say he would personally vote to authorize the Iran War? Did he say Democrats should vote to authorize the Iran War? Jeffries does not support the war with Iran; he has strongly criticized it as a "reckless war of choice". He is actively leading efforts to pass a War Powers Resolution to force the immediate cessation of hostilities.

Jeffries is about as pro-Israel as any politician gets [1][2]. He absolutely supports the war. It is a war of choice, a war of Israel's choice. And no I don't care about any huffing and puffing about the War Powers Resolution. He knows it's not passing. When a bill isn't going to pass, you're free to propose anything you want.

[1]: https://www.uscpraction.org/scorecard

[2]: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/67243caa6cdc511f81910...

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

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Post by defrost » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 5:06 AM UTC

rcbdev wrote: post #101

jmyeet wrote: post #80

Here are the lessons: 1. The Supreme Court is not some neutral arbiter of a hallowed intractable document. They are political actors. Just like history books now write about the disastrous Court of the 1850s that went completely off the rails (Reconstruction wasn't much better), history will likewise write about the Roberts court as (IMHO) the worst in American history, particularly Citizens United and Trump v. Unite…

The U.S. Americans really give Hassan Piker this much importance? Wow. I thought he was just a washed up Twitch streamer.

Respect where due, please, he's #30 on Twitch's all time list of most subscribed washed up streamers!

To the point, I'd never heard of him before this and he's clearly being used as a low bar of zero importance .. being used as such to indicate just how little effort opposition politicians and mainstream US media have devoted to Trump's biggest grifts and unforced errors.

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

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Post by stingraycharles » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 5:07 AM UTC

Avicebron wrote: post #44

KumaBear wrote: post #42

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Until money and politics are commingled there will be no solution

I think you may mean disentangled?

Which is almost the same as saying "until money and power become disentangled", which is very unlikely to happen in our lifetimes (if at all).

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

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Post by waynecochran » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 5:11 AM UTC

defrost wrote: post #97

waynecochran wrote: post #94

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Yet it has produced the most fruitful country the world has ever seen. The genius of the document is that it assumes the corruption of a centralized power and provides the proper counter measures to return the power to the people.

The country that didn't even make the top 20 of the Happiest Countries in the World 2026 list? > provides the proper counter measures to return the power to the people. Wake me up when that happens.

Happiest country.. there is an objective measure

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

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Post by defrost » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 5:16 AM UTC

waynecochran wrote: post #105

defrost wrote: post #97

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The country that didn't even make the top 20 of the Happiest Countries in the World 2026 list? > provides the proper counter measures to return the power to the people. Wake me up when that happens.

Happiest country.. there is an objective measure

Happiest, Fruitful .. on par for objectivity really.

Glad you noticed.

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

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 5:16 AM UTC

zx8080 wrote: post #20

e2le wrote: post #5

Despite the apathy of Americans, I continue to have hope that there will be consequences for all recent and past actions. It's unfortunate that recent events are only the tip of the iceberg, too many to even remember.

What were the consequences after 2008 financial crisis?

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

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Post by renewiltord » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 5:21 AM UTC

gdhkgdhkvff wrote: post #35

renewiltord wrote: post #8

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Why does making this rule matter? The pardon makes it all irrelevant.

Why do any rules matter for government officials? Should we just make all laws not apply to them because of the pardon?

I think adding any new rules on them is going to have no effect if we expect the laws to constrain exactly those people who are likely to be pardoned, yes.

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

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Post by renewiltord » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 5:24 AM UTC

waynecochran wrote: post #105

defrost wrote: post #97

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The country that didn't even make the top 20 of the Happiest Countries in the World 2026 list? > provides the proper counter measures to return the power to the people. Wake me up when that happens.

Happiest country.. there is an objective measure

And you won’t believe it but the US didn’t make J D Power Best Places To Work either. In fact, I’m told that the Barclays Certified Happy Places To Live Brought To You By Standard Chartered doesn’t list a single American city.

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

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Post by SpicyLemonZest » Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 5:25 AM UTC

chollida1 wrote: post #76

uncivilized wrote: post #59

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You seem to think you’ve found some sort of gotcha. There were plenty of crimes committed in the MBS world. See GS, Credit Suisse, and others. However very few were prosecuted at the individual level.

I wasn't looking for a gotcha at all. I was wondering what specific individuals are you referring to and what crimes you think they committed.

It's a fair question that I used to ask, but it's a very answerable one. To pick one example (https://www.sec.gov/news/press/2010/2010-59.htm), the SEC believes that one Fabrice Tourre was primarily responsible for the mortgage fraud committed at Goldman Sachs. But either they never referred him to the DOJ for prosecution or the DOJ declined to prosecute him.