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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 20 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.

 

 

[Spekulatius]

6 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.

Trump drained the swap in DC by replacing it with the Everglades. He also made sure he is the biggest crocodile in it.

[Spekulatius]

1 hour ago, cubsfan said:

 

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.

 

 

Highly questionable judgement and most of the sentence was because they were accused of being member of a terrorist organization which furthers my is why Antifa was designated as such with. The explosive mentioned were no more than fireworks. There was one shooter in this group who got 100 years for attempted murder.

 

By the same token, you could easily designate all the products boys and similar groups as terrorist and jail them for 50 years each doing doing riots. 

Edited 14 hours ago by Spekulatius

[adesigar]

Actually I remember something called the Jan 6th insurrection.

 

https://www.reuters.com/pictures/harrowing-scenes-jan-6-us-capitol-attack-four-years-ago-2025-01-06/54EOIAWCWBMJTANZY54FA33FKU/

 

1200 years in prison and that’s not even the final tally.

[cubsfan]

46 minutes ago, Spekulatius said:

Highly questionable judgement and most of the sentence was because they were accused of being member of a terrorist organization which furthers my is why Antifa was designated as such with. The explosive mentioned were no more than fireworks. There was one shooter in this group who got 100 years for attempted murder.

 

By the same token, you could easily designate all the products boys and similar groups as terrorist and jail them for 50 years each doing doing riots. 

 

They shot an ICE officer in the neck, he's lucky to be alive.  

 

All those onsite were armed.

 

They brought 11 guns with them. They were wearing body armor. They shot an ICE officer, and when he returned fire - and disabled the shooter's automatic weapon, they fled.

 

I guess they thought that their Signal chats would protect them. They turned on each other like rats and disclosed the whole Antifa conspiracy.

 

I just love how you make excuses for them.

 

[Parsad]

5 hours ago, Sloanes Teddy said:

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

 

LOL!  Hilarious.  The MAGA faithful won't care...$1M, $1B...as long as he's implementing his/their agenda, they don't give two shits.  It's additional zeroes for heroes! 

 

And John McCain...war hero, honest man, no graft, tried to do what was right regardless of party...LOSER, got caught, LOSER!  Very sad when you think about what is celebrated and what isn't any more. 

 

Cheers!

[Spekulatius]

5 minutes ago, cubsfan said:

 

They shot an ICE officer in the neck, he's lucky to be alive.  

 

All those onsite were armed.

 

They brought 11 guns with them. They were wearing body armor. They shot an ICE officer, and when he returned fire - and disabled the shooter's automatic weapon, they fled.

 

I guess they thought that their Signal chats would protect them. They turned on each other like rats and disclosed the whole Antifa conspiracy.

 

I just love how you make excuses for them.

 

There was only one shooter.

The accused and convicted brought body armor, but did not wear it. Owning body armor is not illegal.

I do not defend the shooter and he deserves a deft prison sentence but let face it, if those were right radicals, they would not been been accused of aiding terrorists which is why most for 50 years.

[Parsad]

2 hours ago, cubsfan said:

 

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.

 

 

 

Hey, these were peaceful protestors just like the Insurre...I mean protestors peacefully visiting the Capitol!  The President should pardon all of them too.  Cheers!

[Parsad]

13 minutes ago, cubsfan said:

 

They shot an ICE officer in the neck, he's lucky to be alive.  

 

All those onsite were armed.

 

They brought 11 guns with them. They were wearing body armor. They shot an ICE officer, and when he returned fire - and disabled the shooter's automatic weapon, they fled.

 

I guess they thought that their Signal chats would protect them. They turned on each other like rats and disclosed the whole Antifa conspiracy.

 

I just love how you make excuses for them.

 

 

2 minutes ago, Spekulatius said:

There was only one shooter.

The accused and convicted brought body armor, but did not wear it. Owning body armor is not illegal.

I do not defend the shooter and he deserves a deft prison sentence but let face it, if those were right radicals, they would not been been accused of aiding terrorists which is why most for 50 years.

 

Truth is, those guys and the Insurrectionists should all have been sentenced to prison.  None of them were peaceful protestors and this whole thing is just one big partisan fuck up by an extremely partial President.  If Trump had an honest bone in his body and really wanted to do what was right for Americans, the sentenced insurrectionists would never have been pardoned!  And same with the Antifa shitheads as well.  Cheers!

[DooDiligence]

10 minutes ago, Parsad said:

 

LOL!  Hilarious.  The MAGA faithful won't care...$1M, $1B...as long as he's implementing his/their agenda, they don't give two shits.  It's additional zeroes for heroes! 

 

And John McCain...war hero, honest man, no graft, tried to do what was right regardless of party...LOSER, got caught, LOSER!  Very sad when you think about what is celebrated and what isn't any more. 

 

Cheers!

 

While this was going on, trump was enjoying his student draft deferment and cheating on exams at Wharton.

I can't imagine that cowardly POS stepping up like McCain.

Edited 12 hours ago by DooDiligence

[cubsfan]

23 minutes ago, Spekulatius said:

There was only one shooter.

The accused and convicted brought body armor, but did not wear it. Owning body armor is not illegal.

I do not defend the shooter and he deserves a deft prison sentence but let face it, if those were right radicals, they would not been been accused of aiding terrorists which is why most for 50 years.

 

Why did the group bring 11 guns and body armor to an ICE facility?

 

Oh, yeah, they never intended to use them...sure Spek.   

 

Too bad they couldn't erase their Signal chat logs. 

Oh well.

[John Hjorth]

9 hours ago, Spekulatius said:

Trump drained the swap in DC by replacing it with the Everglades. He also made sure he is the biggest crocodile in it.

 

HaHa!  - I have grown a soft spot for your humor, @Spekulatius! 

[dealraker]

2 hours ago, John Hjorth said:

 

HaHa!  - I have grown a soft spot for your humor, @Spekulatius! 

The issue is perfectly clear to me, that Trump is going to be able to do anything he wants as long as the economy and bull market sustain.  We all know that both above are independent of politics, yet the popularity of politicians is dependent on such.

 

If we had a declining market and economy I'm not so sure we wouldn't have our supreme leader hanging upside down by his tied up swollen legs by now.  Wiser more stable true conservatives probably are sitting back thinking Trump is a relatively small time swindler that it is best to let him take-in a few billion doing scams; that this keeps out the liberals, it is a cost of doing business.

[73 Reds]

5 minutes ago, dealraker said:

The issue is perfectly clear to me, that Trump is going to be able to do anything he wants as long as the economy and bull market sustain.  We all know that both above are independent of politics, yet the popularity of politicians is dependent on such.

 

If we had a declining market and economy I'm not so sure we wouldn't have our supreme leader hanging upside down by his tied up swollen legs by now.  Wiser more stable true conservatives probably are sitting back thinking Trump is a relatively small time swindler that it is best to let him take-in a few billion doing scams; that this keeps out the liberals, it is a cost of doing business.

Maybe.  Do you attribute any of the economy/stock market heights to Trump?  Like you, the issue is perfectly clear to me:  Trump is an optimist.  His opponents are not.  I prefer an optimist.

[dealraker]

35 minutes ago, 73 Reds said:

Maybe.  Do you attribute any of the economy/stock market heights to Trump?  Like you, the issue is perfectly clear to me:  Trump is an optimist.  His opponents are not.  I prefer an optimist.

Reds...my view and yes 100% my filter and it may be completely inaccurate:

 

When I read your posts over the years I read "this poster is consistently intellectually dishonest."   There's nothing wrong with going full bonkers far right with Gregmal, it isn't something I enjoy reading but it is a guy being honest with himself and others.  Again, my bias and filter, but it is what it is.  

 

I give Trump no credit for the market or economy.  Generally he significantly harms the entities he's involved with AS IT/THEY relate to others involved - while making good for himself.  For the US?  Yes, I think he does the same.

[rogermunibond]

@dealraker +1

 

[73 Reds]

10 minutes ago, dealraker said:

Reds...my view and yes 100% my filter and it may be completely inaccurate:

 

When I read your posts over the years I read "this poster is consistently intellectually dishonest."   There's nothing wrong with going full bonkers far right with Gregmal, it isn't something I enjoy reading but it is a guy being honest with himself and others.  Again, my bias and filter, but it is what it is.  

 

I give Trump no credit for the market or economy.  Generally he significantly harms the entities he's involved with AS IT/THEY relate to others involved - while making good for himself.  For the US?  Yes, I think he does the same.

We all share opinions.  Ours differ by miles.  The way I see it, one of us is here on this thread complaining to no end while the other is an optimist about pretty much everything.  If that is intellectually dishonest, consider me guilty as charged.

[John Hjorth]

4 hours ago, John Hjorth said:

HaHa!  - I have grown a soft spot for your humor, @Spekulatius! 

 

I'm sorry to see how this not well thought out comment of mine, with no real value, has triggered this exchange, despite both gents Charlie [ @dealraker ] and @73 Reds are handling it well.

 

A token of the basic and severe division inside the American society, I speculate.

 

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I think it's about 1½ years ago, I did put on a 'personal silencer' in this topic on myself related to domestic US politics [not US foreign politics] and US general conditions, but it unfortunately still happens regularly, that a quip unintentionally escapes between my rips.

Edited 25 minutes ago by John Hjorth

[Gregmal]

Man I havent even really been posting here that much, not deliberately, just cuz things are quite boring politically of late, and outside having to briefly come back to curb stomp some turd covered gnat(whom detests my political commentary yet then begs for it when Im no longer giving it) and still, the sirens songs of COBF keep trying to pull me back in!

Edited 47 minutes ago by Gregmal

[dealraker]

26 minutes ago, 73 Reds said:

We all share opinions.  Ours differ by miles.  The way I see it, one of us is here on this thread complaining to no end while the other is an optimist about pretty much everything.  If that is intellectually dishonest, consider me guilty as charged.

When you start posting that Bill Clinton was responsible for both the late 1990's market and the budget surplus then I'll better understand where you are coming from.