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applegrove

(133,843 posts) Thu Jun 25, 2026, 06:19 PM Thursday

Play the markets or serve the people: great idea [View all]

Last edited Thu Jun 25, 2026, 07:07 PM - Edit history (1)

I really like this idea. Play the markets or serve the people. It's a hard challenge but look what happens when senators are too weak and venal to resist corruption?
— kim (@web.kim) 2026-06-25T19:23:58.694Z

Sen. Ossoff tried to ban Senators from trading stocks and crypto. Republicans blocked him.
— Ossoff's Office (@ossoff.senate.gov) 2026-06-25T18:30:42.940Z

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Play the markets or serve the people: great idea [View all] applegrove Thursday OP

You can certainly do both without any harm. efhmc Thursday #1

It seems not. applegrove Thursday #2

I have done it for many years. Just by reading and listening to many radio and tv reports. Bloomsburg was always one of efhmc Thursday #4

If you do it without any inside info and just use your own intellect to choose what to do and many people who are not efhmc Thursday #3