I know a lot of people have already posted about it. But it's really just... I don't know. The president is selling 6-figure access to his social media feed so Wall Street algorithms can beat you to the punch and fleece you before news even hits your phone. He's making millions on a system designed to give a massive advantage to major corporate traders who can afford a feed that gives them information first. It's the single most corrupt thing I've ever seen a politician do with their office. Literally.
It's one of the biggest scams over the past 2 years.
Companies charged US consumers higher prices to cover tariff costs.
The tariffs were struck down & the companies got the refunds.
Amazon got $640m. Apple got $2.2B.
Daylight robbery.
it’s like we’ve totally memory-holed that one of the main arguments for trump when he was first running was that he was too rich to care about monetizing the presidency
The most egregious act of corruption yet.
If you can afford to pay $100k/mo, you can get early access to Trump's posts before anyone else does, allowing you to front-run market moves and profit millions, while the plebs play in the sandbox.
People must go to prison for this.
"It's insane," said one Wall Street executive, who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation from the Trump administration.
“I can say for myself and 200 of my friends in finance, we're not getting anywhere near this. In another administration, this would be considered criminal."—NPR
Pirates have the 2nd most expensive “get-in” price in all of MLB today behind only the Dodgers.
Not saying something fishy is going on, but something fishy seems to be going on in regard to Pirates ticket prices.
It gets worse! The Pirates charge MORE for Student Tickets in some cases than the going rate without the student discount! These are the same seat for the same game, one without the student discount code and one with
Once again, a weekday day game and the Pirates are the 2nd highest "get-in" price behind only the Dodgers.
In fact, they are over 100% more expensive than eight of the 14 other games being played throughout MLB today.
Pittsburghers are being price gouged. Plain and simple.
There was 15,412 people at pnc park tonight in one of the biggest games of the season
The get in price during the work day on seatgeek is $41
This is batshit crazy
Donald Trump has earned more money in his first and second year, in his second term as president, than in the previous 60 years of his life, per Bloomberg.
Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Air Missile Defense Command, who was killed in an Iranian strike on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, seen during a ceremony at an unspecified date. May she rest in peace.
Another day …another bizarre weapon found in the Allegheny County Jail.
Inmates broke apart taxpayer funded computer tablets and made them into crude knives (shunts).
Corrections officers say the inmates broke up just about every taxpayer funded computer they could get their hands on.
Corrections officers say the inmates use em to stab each other and sometimes they attack corrections officers.