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[Sloanes Teddy]

Trump beat all of Congress by 3X. His folks must be so proud.

[adesigar]

1 hour ago, Sloanes Teddy said:

Trump beat all of Congress by 3X. His folks must be so proud.

 

3x more than 535 members of congress sounds a little low. You also need to add in all the family deals around the world and the crypto scams and the pay for pardon deals etc. Probably multiple times more than all of the congress corruption over the last couple of decades.

Edited 5 hours ago by adesigar

[Maverick47]

1 hour ago, Sloanes Teddy said:

Trump beat all of Congress by 3X. His folks must be so proud.

I think you’re comparing Trump’s $2.2 billion of income in 2025 to the volume of trades made by all the traders in Congress, totalling $665 million?

Probably not apples to apples.  Highly unlikely that the congressional trades resulted in the same volume of profit on those trades.  If they made 20% profit on their trades, that would be $130 million.  Trump’s grift alone is more than 15 times that.

 

 

 

[Sloanes Teddy]

i was being conservative. do not want anyone to accuse me of exaggerating the president's graft:)

[cubsfan]

3 hours ago, adesigar said:

 

3x more than 535 members of congress sounds a little low. You also need to add in all the family deals around the world and the crypto scams and the pay for pardon deals etc. Probably multiple times more than all of the congress corruption over the last couple of decades.

 

LOL -- Congress sets the rules!

 

[cubsfan]

On 7/5/2026 at 9:17 AM, Spekulatius said:

Since we discussed authoritarism here is a specific issue, since Antifa was brought up. Antifa literally Means Anti fascist which to my knowledge not illegal. It’s not an “organization” either. There is no Antifa leadership. It’s a loose term for left organization and typically small groups that have little if any coordination that range from those who do throw Molotov cocktails to college student groups who demonstrate on the college grounds. How this is designated a terrorist organizations shows how far we have drifted off to authoritarian side here. Declaring an organization a terrorist organization based on nebulous associations is done by intent to scare people and now creates the perception of an enemy within - a very old autocratic scare tactic.

 

Say what you will about free speech in Europe, but I don’t think this would be possible. 

 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/designating-antifa-as-a-domestic-terrorist-organization/

 

Antifa is not real. Must be my imagination.  ROFL

 

https://www.ngocomment.com/p/562-years-in-prison-all-members-of

 

562 Years in Prison: All Members of North Texas Antifa Terror Cell Now Sentenced

The 16 members of a North Texas Antifa terror cell have been sentenced to over 562 years in prison in the first federal Antifa terror case in U.S. history.