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popsdenver

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18. People seem to forget one day in Trump's first term
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 12:04 PM
Apr 19

when select number of Republican Senators got some insider information about just how bad Covid was going to be, and literally ran to their phones that afternoon and bought and sold Corporation's stocks based on information, that afternoon. The next day Trump announced that he had just learned how bad it was going to be and how hard it was going to hit the U.S.
By that time, the select Republican Senators had already notified their friends, family and Uber Rich donors the afternoon they had first learned it. The SEC broadcast that they had been seeing a fortune in stocks traded by individuals, and stated there were a huge amount traded by one particular U.S. Senator......from Louisiana? (I can't remember her name, but she was married to the head of the New York Stock Exchange) They noted that during that first afternoon, she had made 20?Million in trades, and they were still adding to it. They said it appeared that she was selling stocks her and her husband owned in Corporations that might suffer a collapse during covid, and buying corporate stocks in companies that would do well during covid......

That story appeared the day after the secret meeting of Senators had occurred, then nothing appeared after that, obviously Trump's CABAL had come down on the SEC like a ton of bricks for publicly stating that info......Sadly we could have learned about alot if they had investigated her trades, and all the other massive trades by people that afternoon......Other Republican Politicians, their friends, families and mega donors

After that, Stocks and other investments were the Republican Politicians playground for massive individual wealth building, with all the "Insider" information they were privy to, along with their friends, families, and mega wealthy Republican Donors.
With all the ups and downs in the stock market, caused by Trump's daily announcements, you all and I can only imagine the amount of money, corruptly obtained during the first administration and this administration in this way........

AND, we wil never learn about any of this....due to the SEC being run by a Trumphumper, and because all of the mainstream media is owned by the Uber wealthy, Republican Owned and Operated Media, here in America, who have an interest in also keeping their mouth's shut about it, and continually taking part in this black hole of corrupt insider trading........just like the Republican Politicians and Trump's CABAL.....

And people wonder how the top 1% has made an unfathomable increase in their net worth these past ten years.......

The perfect title for a book about the last 46+ years, and particularly the last ten years would be
WHILE THE NATION SLEPT...............especially the 70+Million Trump humping voters who can's see or comprehend anything literally....beyond the end of their noses.........

I stopped behind a most expensive Porsche in traffic a few months ago......... It had a bumper sticker on it....(Wondering what Porsche owner would put a bumper sticker on their car????????) It read, in large bold print: GOT MINE....FUCK YOU........it epitomized all that is going on in the U.S. today, by Republicans......

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It's all on the record... no such thing as secret trades. WarGamer Apr 18 #1
So who was it? dpibel Apr 18 #11
the SEC has that access... there is no secret trading WarGamer Apr 18 #13
Help me out, for I am so slow dpibel Apr 18 #16
No one else read it that way. Stryst Apr 19 #20
The "OP" Is The Video Of Ossoff. Did You Mean Response #1?..... ColoringFool Apr 19 #22
Obviously I meant the upper post, and not the origonal post. Stryst Apr 20 #30
Well, DUH. It's the "WHO" Pronoun That Is Used By Ossoff. ColoringFool Apr 19 #21
No Street Name Trades? DallasNE Apr 18 #14
Yup. Good to see Ossoff making this threat against the MAGA/Republican cabal. Of course, they probably had some KPN Apr 19 #23
TY Kick for Sen Jon Ossoff... Cha Apr 18 #2
Someone bet $750 million the price of oil will drop, 20 minutes before Trump announced a ceasefire. Swede Apr 18 #4
This has happened more than once during this fiasco. flying rabbit Apr 18 #5
People seem to forget one day in Trump's first term popsdenver Apr 19 #18
Mahalo, Swede... Good Follow up with Cha Apr 18 #7
A trDUMP admin. governmental agency do oversight and an investigation,... REALLY ? magicarpet Apr 18 #3
They were all FIRED shortly after the repub gangster's 2nd term Justice matters. Apr 18 #8
I wonder if that's net of the $1 billon the Trump boys blew on a bad crypto bet recently. paleotn Apr 19 #28
Yeah, so that would bring the curve down to the $5 line. Justice matters. Apr 19 #29
Empty threats Tasmanian Devil Apr 18 #6
They can be enforced at some point given a stutute of limitations doesn't expire. Provided we haven't already become KPN Apr 19 #24
K'n'R! justaprogressive Apr 18 #9
Didn't Trump defund much of the SEC? They couldn't even catch Bernie Madoff and his "firm" never filed a 10-K or 10-Q ChicagoTeamster Apr 18 #10
Yeah, this is just another in a Loooooooong line of grift. progressoid Apr 18 #12
Hmmmmm. As an aside, not fooled Apr 18 #15
We have a very deep bench. paleotn Apr 19 #27
oh please. the SEC has been grossly underfunded and under staffed forever Javaman Apr 19 #17
This! There's not enough SEC staff left to investigate anything even if they were willing. paleotn Apr 19 #26
Yeah, Trump going after White Collar crime Johonny Apr 19 #19
Ossoff is thinking positively ... and using the power of threat in that vein. If we all think negatively, of course KPN Apr 19 #25
too bad they dont work for regular folk RANDYWILDMAN Apr 20 #31
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