• finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Well let me enlighten you, the anti-pelosi posts and comments sound 100% exactly like those fucks at Fox News.

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      19 hours ago

      As we all know, she’s perfect and never did anything wrong.

      And I don’t even have cable, let alone a subscription to the fascist drivel of Fox News. The bastard who invented it should be hanged.

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        19 hours ago

        Every election she runs against one of those fascists and I hope with every fiber of my being that she and every other democrat wins. If you can support her primary opponents then great, do so, I will support you, but if your only contribution is to convince people the party is a bunch of crooks, with zero evidence to support it, then I will argue with you.

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          19 hours ago

          The entire party? No.

          Her? Yes. Inside trading is illegal, and all of Congress gets away with it

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            19 hours ago

            What insider trade did she make? Because of legislation she helped pass, all of her husband’s trades are public, go find one.

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                    14 hours ago

                    Let’s look at it, then!

                    Pelosi’s stock trading controversy first entered the spotlight in 2011. That year, a 60 Minutes investigative report exposed how members of Congress (including Pelosi) might be profiting from insider knowledge

                    One example was a March 2008 stock purchase by the Pelosis. They got a special allocation of 5,000 shares of Visa at its IPO price of $44, at the very same time Congress was considering legislation that would have hit credit card companies’ profits.

                    Just two days later, Visa’s stock price jumped to $64, netting a quick gain, and notably, the credit card regulation bill never made it to a vote in the House. This revelation, that powerful lawmakers could access hot stock deals while overseeing related legislation, didn’t sit well with the public.

                    Except it did make it to vote, and Pelosi voted to pass the new regulations.

                    The Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights in September 2008 passed both chambers in 2009 and was signed by President Obama. Pelosi voted to pass it.

                    Also of note is that VISA met directly with Paul Pelosi at his brokerage and never with Nancy.

                    Do you need me to present that in article form? I’m sure seeing me think for myself must seem entirely foreign to you.