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Javaman

(65,871 posts)
17. oh please. the SEC has been grossly underfunded and under staffed forever
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 08:27 AM
8 hrs ago

and now it virtually exists only on paper.

calling for an investigation by the SEC is ridiculous in the very least.

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It's all on the record... no such thing as secret trades. WarGamer Yesterday #1
So who was it? dpibel 23 hrs ago #11
the SEC has that access... there is no secret trading WarGamer 23 hrs ago #13
Help me out, for I am so slow dpibel 20 hrs ago #16
No one else read it that way. Stryst 4 hrs ago #20
The "OP" Is The Video Of Ossoff. Did You Mean Response #1?..... ColoringFool 4 hrs ago #22
Well, DUH. It's the "WHO" Pronoun That Is Used By Ossoff. ColoringFool 4 hrs ago #21
No Street Name Trades? DallasNE 22 hrs ago #14
Yup. Good to see Ossoff making this threat against the MAGA/Republican cabal. Of course, they probably had some KPN 4 hrs ago #23
TY Kick for Sen Jon Ossoff... Cha Yesterday #2
Someone bet $750 million the price of oil will drop, 20 minutes before Trump announced a ceasefire. Swede Yesterday #4
This has happened more than once during this fiasco. flying rabbit Yesterday #5
People seem to forget one day in Trump's first term popsdenver 5 hrs ago #18
Mahalo, Swede... Good Follow up with Cha 23 hrs ago #7
A trDUMP admin. governmental agency do oversight and an investigation,... REALLY ? magicarpet Yesterday #3
They were all FIRED shortly after the repub gangster's 2nd term Justice matters. 23 hrs ago #8
I wonder if that's net of the $1 billon the Trump boys blew on a bad crypto bet recently. paleotn 3 hrs ago #28
Yeah, so that would bring the curve down to the $5 line. Justice matters. 1 hr ago #29
Empty threats Tasmanian Devil 23 hrs ago #6
They can be enforced at some point given a stutute of limitations doesn't expire. Provided we haven't already become KPN 3 hrs ago #24
K'n'R! justaprogressive 23 hrs ago #9
Didn't Trump defund much of the SEC? They couldn't even catch Bernie Madoff and his "firm" never filed a 10-K or 10-Q ChicagoTeamster 23 hrs ago #10
Yeah, this is just another in a Loooooooong line of grift. progressoid 23 hrs ago #12
Hmmmmm. As an aside, not fooled 22 hrs ago #15
We have a very deep bench. paleotn 3 hrs ago #27
oh please. the SEC has been grossly underfunded and under staffed forever Javaman 8 hrs ago #17
This! There's not enough SEC staff left to investigate anything even if they were willing. paleotn 3 hrs ago #26
Yeah, Trump going after White Collar crime Johonny 5 hrs ago #19
Ossoff is thinking positively ... and using the power of threat in that vein. If we all think negatively, of course KPN 3 hrs ago #25
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