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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Politicians doing insider trading is not limited to Pelosi, and somehow not illegal. At least Congress has more ethics standards than courts, but it’s an extremely low bar and unreasonable to be held to such lower standard than the rest of us

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

The "somehow" isn't a big leap... The people who would have to outlaw it are the exact ones benefitting from the broken status quo, same as it ever was.