This is my problem with the prisoner swap: it was a PR stunt.
We traded a very bad guy for a WNBA player who’s been there for less than a year, while leaving a Marine who has been there for 4.
Why did we work so hard and give up so much for one but not the other?
Two days ago the NYT posted an investigation into politicians trading stocks
They found that 81 Democrats & 101 Republicans filed up to 3,700 trades and $100M in possible volume
Many had 100% winners, with some perfectly timed
Here’s examples of just how good they were