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- Why is this not being stopped by us jurisdiction? Or at least why does the rest of the world does not decouple from those markets?by micw
- we've reached the "yes, we're cheating, do something about it" stage of corruption
- I think most of us who have lived through many presidents understood that there was a decency required of the holder of the office that acted as the only true limit on their corruption. It's confounding that so many people in the US can't see it for what it is.
- Official "insider-knowledge-as-a-service". No surprise who the first clients are.by kubafu
- Curious: are there any republicans left on HN? I have no concept of how you can defend thisby koe123
- When I first heard saw headlines about this I thought it was so outlandish that it couldn’t possibly be real. Yet here we are.
It’s amazing how much corruption is occurring for so little money. A million dollars a month is peanuts for such clear graft.
by Aurornis - If a rival political party takes power in 2029 and they decide to do nothing about this, are they complicit?
If the cops drive past a mugging, observe, and then drive on past allowing the law to go unenforced, are they not just as corrupt as the robbers?
by Lendal - Insider trading as a service. No one is going to take the US seriously for the next 50 years.by Toutouxc