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Most competent people at the DOJ have either been fired or left. And the current administration seems to love insider trading, so long as they can be the inside

Most competent people at the DOJ have either been fired or left. And the current administration seems to love insider trading, so long as they can be the insiders doing the trading.

toomuchtodo 29d ago
It lasts for now, it won’t survive when the political pendulum swings back. “Make hay grifting while the grifters shine.” is the current MO. “Temporary economic strip mining operation.”
- infinite_spin 29d ago
  "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may" comes to mind
  - donkey_brains 29d ago
    Grift while the grifting’s good.
abirch 29d ago
I'll leave this here, Donald Trump Jr got a free stake in Kalshi. https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/options/articles/donald-trump-jr-got-kalshi-220055638.html https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/options/articles/donald-tr...
- superxpro12 29d ago
  also known as a bribe
- jameshart 29d ago
  Same old story, on a whole new scale. Donny Junior has a piece the numbers game on the east side, so the family makes sure the cops don’t come round asking too many questions…
- throwaway287391 29d ago
  > Donald Trump Jr. Got A Kalshi Stake For Free— Now It Could Be Worth Billions As Prediction Market Platform Eyes $40 Billion Valuation > Kalshi handed him equity worth roughly $300,000 when he joined as a strategic adviser in early 2025. ... Kalshi granted him the stake when the company was valued at under $2 billion — less than a tenth of its $22 billion valuation in a funding round last month ... Um, how does a $300K stake at an "under $2 billion" valuation become "worth billions" with a 10-50x valuation increase? (Disclaimer: I'm not defending the Trump family in any way, the administration has been absurdly and blatantly corrupt.)
  - Gud 28d ago
    The same way young Barron has $150m to his name? Through sheer corruption?
- what 29d ago
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  - Gud 28d ago
    Bidens nepotism was small scale. Donald Trump is burning down the country for his and his family’s wealth. You don’t have to support either
  - thrance 28d ago
    Still beating the same dead horse, huh? The Trump family's corruption is on a whole new level, pretending otherwise is extremely disingenuous and bad faith. But what else would you expect from MAGA?

Most competent people at the DOJ have either been fired or left. And the current administration seems to love insider trading, so long as they can be the insiders doing the trading.

toomuchtodo 29d ago

It lasts for now, it won’t survive when the political pendulum swings back. “Make hay grifting while the grifters shine.” is the current MO. “Temporary economic strip mining operation.”

infinite_spin 29d ago
"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may" comes to mind
- donkey_brains 29d ago
  Grift while the grifting’s good.

abirch 29d ago

I'll leave this here, Donald Trump Jr got a free stake in Kalshi. https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/options/articles/donald-trump-jr-got-kalshi-220055638.html https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/options/articles/donald-tr...

superxpro12 29d ago
also known as a bribe
jameshart 29d ago
Same old story, on a whole new scale. Donny Junior has a piece the numbers game on the east side, so the family makes sure the cops don’t come round asking too many questions…
throwaway287391 29d ago
> Donald Trump Jr. Got A Kalshi Stake For Free— Now It Could Be Worth Billions As Prediction Market Platform Eyes $40 Billion Valuation > Kalshi handed him equity worth roughly $300,000 when he joined as a strategic adviser in early 2025. ... Kalshi granted him the stake when the company was valued at under $2 billion — less than a tenth of its $22 billion valuation in a funding round last month ... Um, how does a $300K stake at an "under $2 billion" valuation become "worth billions" with a 10-50x valuation increase? (Disclaimer: I'm not defending the Trump family in any way, the administration has been absurdly and blatantly corrupt.)
- Gud 28d ago
  The same way young Barron has $150m to his name? Through sheer corruption?
what 29d ago
[flagged]
- Gud 28d ago
  Bidens nepotism was small scale. Donald Trump is burning down the country for his and his family’s wealth. You don’t have to support either
- thrance 28d ago
  Still beating the same dead horse, huh? The Trump family's corruption is on a whole new level, pretending otherwise is extremely disingenuous and bad faith. But what else would you expect from MAGA?