There are growing suspicion (set out here some weeks ago & now gaining traction in the mainstream media) that people close to the Tangerine Tyrant are using insider knowledge to place bets on political actions/developments....

[chrismayla6@zirk.us]

There are growing suspicion (set out here some weeks ago & now gaining traction in the mainstream media) that people close to the Tangerine Tyrant are using insider knowledge to place bets on political actions/developments....

Are are we surprised?.... of course not; the Court of the Tangerine Tyrant is only out for itself & is seeking to maximise the financial returns of the Tyrant's remaining time in the White House.

#politics #betting #corruption

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/18/iran-war-bets-ethics-concerns

[numodular@c.im]

@ChrisMayLA6 Indeed, a #DemocraticSocialist #Revolution requires #ConflictOfInterest laws, enforced by justly supported courts.

This is becoming too far of a leap for Capitalism to manage.

[lazarou@mastodon.social]

@ChrisMayLA6 I see the United States' 'checks and balances' are just a polite suggestion then (like ours!)

[alex_p_roe@mastodon.world]

@Lazarou @ChrisMayLA6 The checks checked out when Trump got to be president. As for the balances, they are as unbalanced as the Tangerine Tyrant

[cauzation@mastodon.social]

@numodular @ChrisMayLA6 #GenZ is right there with you.

#resist

[chrismayla6@zirk.us]

@numodular

In the UK, such betting would at the very least being scrutinised & possibly subject to prosecution (I think I'm right in saying), as has been the case in the past with sports betting

[numodular@c.im]

@ChrisMayLA6 Unfortunately, where 'softer' money like crypto is going viral, tethering correlate 'harder' assets to bolster grounding stability for the masses, lends itself more to the wealthiest 1% - hence the rise in crypto family wealth like the US administration has brewing. Factor in wealthy fossil fuels countries like the Arabs have, along with younger leadership that's more easily swayed by such grifts, leaves more nations that historically support more conservative value ranges to more destabilization.

And when #TechBros and politicians who write policy for said legislation, control more and more of root infrastructure assets; further disenfranchisement goes even more viral (see: K-economies burgeoning from these new techno-crimes).

We should at the very least, have backup plans in #EmergingEconomies in #DevelopingCountries, that can leave such implosions to those that deserve it the most. An interesting option is 'offshoots' of China's Belt and Road Initiative, in the #GlobalSouth. Even the recent Mersosur deal points in that direction for long-term sustainability, along with BRICS.

[tallsimon@mstdn.ca]

@ChrisMayLA6 I've been saying this privately since 2019 when we saw really odd futures activity before (usually) weekend surprise economic policy announcements.

I'll link Charlie Angus' piece from Friday. It's crooks all the way down. This might be easier to see from just over the Niagara River.

“[Trump]s like trying to negotiate with Al Capone in his syphilitic period as he tries to do a shakedown,”

https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/a-two-bit-godfather-with-the-nuclear