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LuckyCharms

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6. It's someone who actually has the cash or margin to...

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 08:19 AM

22 hrs ago

trade $1.5 Billion in futures.

So, probably a friend of Trump's, or family member.

And you know that bullshit that became news a few days ago about Trump providing national security information to donators? That's all part of this crooked bullshit.

Trump moves markets with his words, and he sells access to information. And his family likely trades on that information.

Right in front of everyone's noses. And the SEC won't do a fucking thing about this.

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Senator Chris Murphy: $1.5 BILLION. Let me say it again - a $1.5 BILLION BET. [View all] Passages 22 hrs ago OP

They will happily destroy everything for money UpInArms 22 hrs ago #1

Then, remove the value of money. OldBaldy1701E 11 hrs ago #40

Does ANYONE expect anything but CORRUPTION??? NoMoreRepugs 22 hrs ago #2

And again: THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ALLOWS ALL OF IT! Chasstev365 22 hrs ago #3

this is the key Hieronymus Phact 19 hrs ago #22

Wasn't there somebody, Martha..... Martha.... somebody and sumpin about insider trading? 3Hotdogs 22 hrs ago #4

Wow, they crucified her popsdenver 20 hrs ago #18

What will/can be done brakester 16 hrs ago #35

We'll see, but HighFired49 15 hrs ago #36

Endless cycle of filling the coffer for future bribes and election buying Auggie 22 hrs ago #5

Yes securing control of elections. $$$$$ Passages 22 hrs ago #8

+1 ... Once fascists seize power, it's difficult to remove them Auggie 21 hrs ago #11

It's someone who actually has the cash or margin to... LuckyCharms 22 hrs ago #6

Wonder where Peter Thiel was...🤔 rubbersole 20 hrs ago #12

Donald Trump Jr. is heavily involved in the rapidly expanding online prediction market industry, sop 18 hrs ago #27

OFGSakes! brakester 13 hrs ago #38

Nobody is coming to save us superpatriotman 22 hrs ago #7

This is America at 250 31st Street Bridge 21 hrs ago #9

We need to send Roto-Rooter to clean out Washington, D.C., seriously. democrank 20 hrs ago #16

The system is calcified; change has become impossible 31st Street Bridge 19 hrs ago #23

"that our country's corrupt...." Prof. Toru Tanaka 20 hrs ago #19

... the corruption and blight enigmania 19 hrs ago #20

Likely traceable bucolic_frolic 21 hrs ago #10

Dine and Dash. Baitball Blogger 20 hrs ago #13

This isn't hard to trace, but no one will. Scrivener7 20 hrs ago #14

The billionaire overlords told him WHAT to say, and WHEN to say it FakeNoose 20 hrs ago #15

+1 Auggie 20 hrs ago #17

DURec leftstreet 19 hrs ago #21

We're gonna have to wait until at least January 2027 before this is even investigated. Wednesdays 19 hrs ago #24

Dems (if by any luck...) win the House in 2026, they will investigate, but... Justice matters. 16 hrs ago #34

Most corrupt presidency in history. Takes war profiteering to an entirely new level. Martin68 18 hrs ago #25

I follow Unusual Whales. Great way to "follow the money" ... littlemissmartypants 18 hrs ago #26

Thank you for the tip. Anything is possible with Trump, anything. Passages 18 hrs ago #28

My pleasure. You're absolutely right about that! ❤️ littlemissmartypants 18 hrs ago #30

Absolutely. mr715 11 hrs ago #41

Volume in stock and oil futures surged minutes before Trump's market-turning post LetMyPeopleVote 18 hrs ago #29

We're talking MINUTES earlier NCDem47 18 hrs ago #31

There was some insider trading here LetMyPeopleVote 17 hrs ago #32

Insider trading at its worst Picaro 16 hrs ago #33

No worries, this will be investigated immediately... returnee 15 hrs ago #37

Meidas said today tnat he's manipulating the markets BigmanPigman 11 hrs ago #39

wake me up when something is DONE about it Skittles 10 hrs ago #42

I just hope Steven Miller can go to jail for his role in this. eppur_se_muova 10 hrs ago #43

Let me guess Don Jr., Eric, Kushner, and some Saudis made a ton of money on futures and shorts Botany 9 hrs ago #44

Nothing shocks us any longer. Trump$$$ is the Al Capone of US presidencies. Passages 9 hrs ago #46

Al Capone didn't kill anywhere near as many people as Trump has done. Botany 8 hrs ago #47

I believe it! Passages 8 hrs ago #50

Money ALWAYS LilElf70 9 hrs ago #45

When is someone going to do something? Martha Stewart was sent to prison ecstatic 8 hrs ago #48

Yes. The rule law is meaningless otherwise. Confidence in government will rebound, and we become Passages 8 hrs ago #49

Crisis investors abusing a system originally set up to keep commodity prices level. It's a crime and immoral. marble falls 6 hrs ago #51