On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:20:27 +0200 (CEST), "Die Nancy Pelosi"
<just.die.painfully.and.slow.nancy.pelosi.take.a.year@dont-email.me> wrote:

>Paul Pelosi has made yet another brilliant stock trade, selling
>shares of Visa valued at between $500,000 and $1 million less
>than three months before the feds hit the credit card company
>with antitrust charges.

And, um, what did he pay for that stock and how long had he held it?

>Guess being married to one of the most plugged-in politicians in
>America has its perks: Does anyone believe Pelosi is making
>these “lucky” calls entirely on his own?
>
>Look at the history.
>
>From 2007 to 2020, Paul raked in as much as $30.4 million from
>trades in Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft — even
>as rumors flew that Nancy was slow-walking efforts to regulate
>these firms.

Since when do Republicans complain about slow walking regulation?

>In 2020 alone, the Pelosis’ investments beat the S&P by nearly
>15%.

Got any proof of corruption? 'Cause, you know, there are a lot of folks who've
made a bundle in the stock market. That's what it's for.

>Meanwhile, the then-speaker stalled all efforts to toughen rules
>around members of Congress and dearest making stock trades,
>outright quashing a March 2020 bill on the issue.

Again, why is a Republican complaining about this? I recall several instances
when 'Cons fought tooth and nail to block campaign finance reform, for example.
And wasn't it Republicans who wrote the legislation repealing the Glass-Steagall
Act which resulted in the Great Recession of 2008? And what ever happened to the
Democrats' efforts to reign in corruption on the Supreme Court?

By the way, why do you guys only whine about corruption when the other party
does it? Is it like the reason you whine about debt but only when Democrats
are in power? Why have you not mentioned your own party's sins? Consider the
legendary fortune building of Dennis Hastert, for example, who was also noted
for molesting teenage boys.

>Her goldbricking

I think your ignorant author doesn't know the definition of the word
"goldbricking".

>even drew ire from fellow Democrats who —
>rightly — see the insider-trading issue as a stain on the entire
>House.
>
>And Pelosi is far from the only member of Congress who seems to
>enjoy bizarrely high levels of good luck in the market, though
>her (and Paul’s) prowess is so legendary it inspired a feed on X
>and apps meant to match the couple’s tradies.

By chance, are any of them Republicans?

>At this point, the burden on proof is on Pelosi to prove she and
>Paul are clean.

No, that's not how it works and you know this. Anybody can make up allegations,
and gods know Republicans are prolific at it, but it's up to the accuser (you)
to prove them.

>But even if this is a case of smoke without fire, it still
>stinks; the appearance of major further erodes the trust of
>Americans not married to a member of Congress.

As Trump was going to the White House in 2016, he had to settle fraud claims
over his bogus university, he had to pay a 25m judgment over his fake charity.
His business has been criminally convicted as a fraud, his CFO just got out of
Rikers, his campaign chairman served time in federal prison for fraud, his
campaign manager is being tried for fraud. Since then he's racked up nearly
half a BILLION dollars in judgments against him, has been convicted on 34 felony
counts and faces another 60+ counts on charges, some of which come perilously
close to treason.

And your complaint is that *Paul Pelosi* is corrupt?

>It’s another actual threat to democracy, in other words.

Like, terminating the Constitution?
Like, being a dictator on day one?
Like, sending fake electors to Washington to overthrow a free and fair election?
Like, instigating a riot with which to cow Congress into declaring him
President?
Like, selling national secrets including defense plans and nuclear technology to
foreign powers?

>Bill after bill has come forth trying to clean up this mess,
>with bipartisan backing.

Really? Name some that weren't shot down by Republicans.

>It’s time for Pelosi and everyone fighting against reform to let
>the sunlight in.

How about if you figured out a way to get Republicans on board with this?

<snip irrelevant ranting of Trump bootlickers>

><https://nypost.com/2024/09/25/opinion/paul-pelosi-scores-again-with-visa-trade-ban-congress-stock-schemes-now-nancy/>

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