PieFedTrump’s DOJ will no longer prosecute cryptocurrency fraud
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Just in time for him to take the tariff surplus and give it to his buddies through the new “Crypto Reserve” scam.
I mean, it would be unfair if they did. They're not going to punish any fraud, so singling out one industry would be wrong.
Wow, I'm so shocked that an administration of thieves and grifters are helping other thieves and grifters.
I’m more surprised they didn’t try to corner the thieving and grifting market for their own.
So you're assuming that no one in Trump's circle made any trades in advance of yesterday's tariff pause cancellation? Do you know the exponential return you could get on a short-term option when the underlying investment moves 20% in a day?
naeapThey do
But as it needs to go into their private pocket, they manipulate the market and already spare regulations, so they have a free go and cash in
Wouldn't help them, when the nation gets the many due to sane profit taxing and fraud investigations
CosmicTurtle0To a certain extent, honor among thieves typically only exists within their own group.
The administration is setting things up so their grifters won't get charged.
If someone grifted them, the FBI would absolutely investigate them.
DasnapWell, we can't have them investigating themselves now, can we?
SeeMarkFlyThis action is BECAUSE they investigated themselves. Just plugging all the leaks now.
Tomorrow is a better day...for them.
There are a lot of us working to make sure they don't get better and better days. And the pressure is growing from all sides. They can't operate with impunity forever, and they have awoken a sleeping giant with all these service cuts that their base actually depends on (even though they were too stupid to know it).
If I recall correctly the Trump family has just gotten involved with a crypto exchange so.... Yeah. Incoming Trump crime family fraud
You mean after scamming people with their own coin the Trump clan decides it won't be prosecuted? Who would have seen this coming?
at some point rule of law will break down completely
We've got a ways to go yet but it's certainly been set in motion.
The 5 million people protesting last week (including me) gives me hope. And I have had one friend tell me he wants to join me next time, and he's the last person I would ever think would protest.
There's momentum growing on the good side, too. Don't give up hope yet.
What's a hypothetical situation you can describe that may occur? That stops or limits this
Medicare/Medicaid/SS cuts will have people rioting. They are playing with fire there.
Aside from that type of drastic event, I see discontent growing daily. People are fed up with the general unease and sense of unfairness in our system. It takes time for that anger to build but you don't get 5 million people in the streets in every single state in the country when everyone is just sitting around taking their crap. I am hopeful that this growing movement will begin direct action such as general strikes, but that's a ways off. For now we just need to keep showing up, and show everyone else that there are a LOT of us and we are PISSED and we're not taking this laying down.
How's the public going to stop that though?
You'll have to be more specific. What's "that" you are referring to?
Stop it from being passed, stop it from being cut, or etc. I've recently also learned a lot from Medicard by Johnny Haris's youtube channel video about the subject and how its privatized a lot.
there is no going back to the old because it was the old system that allowed this to happen. I hope you manage to take back your country and rebuild it, but first the rot has to be razed completely or same thing will happen again later even worse.
kingthrillgoreSo the legislative, executive, and the judicial is in cahoots. The Constitution is dead, and there's no longer any moral or legal basis for the states to remain in the union
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BlackoutAt least I have a feasible backup for when I lose my legitimate job
Right?? My first thought was "well maybe I'll do some crypto scamming then!" I've got mouths to feed, why not milk suckers for money if the Feds don't care
Because it's wrong and evil to take advantage of other people?
One can't both engage in a crime and prosecute it...
I get it, but they definitely can. Trump's team is protected but not bound by the law, and they are going to stress test both parts of that statement.
Mmm... yes, you're likely right.
I used to quote Lily Tomlin's 'No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up" as a sort of scoffing, exaggerated-for-effect take on things.
Even as cynical as I am, I never really expected it to become a literally accurate representation of day-to-day reality.
they've already been 'engaging' is my guess.
Holy shit. I can't even.
Time to start pumping and dumping meme tokens
$trump and $melania compel you.
For real
Sailor Sega Saturn will no longer buy US based stocks! What a coincidence.