PELOSI Act to Ban Insider Trading? Should Trump Also Be Restricted?
It's rumored that Senator Josh Hawley reintroduces "Pelosi Act" bill to ban Congress from trading stocks.
PELOSI = Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments Act
Despite an annual salary between $174,000 and $223,000, Pelosi's estimated net worth is approximately $240 million — a disparity that has fueled longstanding suspicions of possible insider trading.
Should politicians be banned to trade?
Some people say: "You'll never get 7 Democrat votes. They all engage in insider trading!"
But many more users on X commented: "Best name ever."
If Pelosi were to be banned from trading, shouldn't the Trump family face the same, or even stricter, restrictions?
Trump family becomes the latest focus in insider trading debate
Yesterday, $Colombier Acquisition Corp II(CLBR)$, suddenly surged by 10% during trading hours. It turns out to be a company in which Donald Trump Jr., son of former President Trump, holds shares.
He posted on his social media, calling CLBR "an exciting company!" Shortly after, CLBR's stock price jumped 15%.
If you're trading US stocks, you need to closely monitor Trump's activity.
On April 9, just about four hours before a major policy announcement, Trump posted on his self-founded platform Truth Social, writing:"This is a great time to buy!!! DJT."
By the end of the day, $Trump Media & Technology(DJT)$ surged by 22.67%, about twice the gain of the broader market. Trump owns 53% of this company, meaning his wealth ballooned by $415 million that day alone.
Questions for Discussion
Do you think politicians and their family members should be banned from trading individual stocks?
Is it fair to compare Nancy Pelosi’s trades with those of the Trump family?
Should there be more transparency or stricter rules around politicians’ financial activities?
Does PELOSI Act stand a chance of passing?
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I’m done pretending the system works for us. It doesn’t.
It’s a machine built to funnel wealth to the powerful, and the PELOSI Act, Senator Josh Hawley’s April 2025 attempt to ban Congress from trading stocks, is a bandage on a shattered leg.
It’s a start, but it’s nowhere near enough.
The real kicker? 🎺 Donald Trump’s cheering it on while his own empire sits untouched in the fine print.
This isn’t reform. It’s political theatre unless we demand more.
Let’s tear it apart properly.
The PELOSI Act: Bold Move or Political Misdirection?
The Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments Act sounds aggressive.
Here’s what it actually does:
• Bans lawmakers and their spouses from trading individual stocks while in office
• Allows investment only in diversified mutual funds, ETFs, and Treasury bonds
• Gives 180 days to divest or shift into compliant investments
• Penalties include profit forfeiture and fines set by House and Senate ethics committees
This builds on the broken 2012 STOCK Act, which required trade disclosures within 45 days but enforced violations with laughable $200 fines.
The PELOSI Act tries to remove temptation altogether, but leaves critical blind spots wide open.
Between 2019 and 2021, 97 lawmakers or their families traded stocks in sectors they directly regulated, according to a 2023 New York Times investigation.
Paul Pelosi’s 2024 Nvidia trades returned 70.9%, while the S&P 500 returned just 24.9%.
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s tech buys, timed to Trump’s 2025 tariff reversals, raised SEC attention.
Senators Richard Burr and Kelly Loeffler quietly dumped millions after private COVID briefings.
Public fury’s white-hot. 87% of Americans now support a full congressional trading ban, according to a 2025 Morning Consult poll.
Trust in government? A record low 16%, per Gallup’s 2025 report.
The people know the game’s rigged.
Why This Is About Much More Than Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi’s $240 million net worth isn’t the disease.
It’s a symptom of a structure that feeds those at the top with privileged information, closed-door briefings, regulatory drafts, whispered CEO meetings and lets them profit off it.
It’s not about one name.
It’s about senators owning Boeing stock while voting for defence budgets, or House members holding Moderna shares while dragging their feet on drug pricing reforms.
A 2024 University of Chicago study found congressional portfolios routinely outperform the S&P 500 in sectors tied to their committee work.
That’s not luck, that’s leverage.
When politicians profit while your 401(k) limps, it’s not just unfair, it’s a gut punch.
This system isn’t broken, it’s built this way!
The Case Against Politicians Trading Stocks
The arguments for a ban are simple but devastating:
• Information asymmetry: Lawmakers aren’t just reading the news. They’re writing it
• Conflicts of interest: Every trade, whether illegal or not, casts doubt on legislative motives
• Public trust collapse: Trust in Washington’s now at its lowest since tracking began
The appearance of corruption’s enough to poison democracy.
When 87% of the public agree on something, ignoring it’s political malpractice.
The Pushback: Freedom, Complexity, and Excuses
Some argue trading bans infringe personal freedom.
Politicians, they say, should be able to invest like any citizen.
Technically true, but freedom’s got limits when you wield the power to move markets.
Other critics point to logistical chaos. Forcing wealthy lawmakers like Mitt Romney or Mark Warner to unwind complex portfolios could trigger tax nightmares.
Younger representatives scraping by on a $174,000 salary in Washington D.C. might lose financial mobility.
Blind trusts, often pitched as the solution, aren’t bulletproof either.
Lawmakers can still send “hints” to trustees.
And stocks are just one avenue.
Lawmakers can still cash out through real estate, private businesses, and the infamous lobbying revolving door.
Without full reform, a trading ban alone’s just a speed bump on a broken highway.
Trump’s Convenient Endorsement: Why It Smells Rotten
Donald Trump’s April 2025 vow to sign the PELOSI Act is pure political theatre.
He gets to posture as the swamp-drainer while escaping scrutiny himself.
Because here’s the real scandal. The PELOSI Act doesn’t apply to the Executive Branch.
Trump’s empire, estimated at $4–$10 billion according to Bloomberg 2025, remains a conflict magnet:
• Saudi officials booking entire floors at Trump hotels
• 2025 tariff reversals pumping sectors tied to allies like Marjorie Taylor Greene
• $12 million in foreign contracts secured by Trump businesses during his 2025 campaign, per ProPublica
His “blind trust”?
A family-run fiction.
His sons controlled operations while he signed executive orders moving markets.
Presidents wield more power to move markets than any senator.
If insider trading’s wrong for Congress, it’s catastrophic when practised from the Oval Office.
The fact the PELOSI Act lets Trump, or any future president, operate untouched exposes it for what it is.
Half a solution, designed to placate, not to purge.
How the World Does It Better 🌏🌎🌍
Other democracies have already acted while America dithers:
• 🇨🇦 Canada requires blind trusts for ministers, enforced by independent ethics commissioners
• 🇬🇧 The United Kingdom mandates real-time disclosures and sector bans for MPs
• 🇦🇺 Australia enforces mandatory public asset registers for politicians
🇺🇸 Meanwhile, Washington still debates whether $200 fines are too harsh.
It’s beyond embarrassing.
It’s deliberate.
What Real Reform Looks Like
The PELOSI Act’s a starting pistol, not the finish line.
Here’s the real blueprint:
1. Ban stock trading across all branches: Congress, President, Cabinet, Judiciary
2. Real-time disclosure: 24-hour maximum, posted to public databases searchable by platforms like Capitol Trades
3. Severe penalties: Fines at 15% of trade value or $100,000, whichever’s greater. Expulsion for repeat offenders
4. True blind trusts: Independently managed, no contact allowed
5. Family accountability: Include spouses, children, parents, siblings, in-laws
6. Close private loopholes: Ban ownership of private businesses linked to policymaking influence
7. Revolving door lockout: Seven-year ban on lobbying or consulting after public office
8. Citizen whistleblower portals: Public reporting mechanisms with protection for tipsters
9. Audit past trades: Retroactive review of 2019 to 2025 trading activity, with SEC-led prosecution if needed
Public service shouldn’t come with stock options attached.
My Take: Ban It All, or Nothing Changes
I’m all in for banning politicians and their families from trading stocks.
But without hitting the Executive Branch, without real-time transparency, and without brutal enforcement, we’re just rearranging the furniture on a sinking ship.
Trump’s support isn’t the solution.
It’s a warning.
The swamp doesn’t get drained by slogans.
It gets drained by cutting off the pipes feeding it from every side.
The PELOSI Act could be a start, but only if we force it into something much bigger than what Hawley, Pelosi, or Trump are comfortable with.
📢 Don’t miss the truth! Like, Repost, and Follow for exclusive insights, raw breakdowns, and cutting-edge trends 🚀📈 I’m dedicated to exposing the hidden plays that shape markets and power. Let’s trade smarter, fight harder, and build real wealth together 🍀
Trade like a boss! Happy trading ahead, Cheers, BC 📈🚀🍀🍀🍀
The goal is to ensure that policymakers focus solely on public service without the distraction or temptation of personal financial gain enabled by access to material nonpublic information.
Insider Trading laws apply to all market participants regardless of political affiliation. This means that if anyone, President Trump included, were to trade based on nonpublic info, they would be subject to existing legal penalties enforced by the SEC.
I believe that the President of the USA should be held accountable for insider trading and should not be above the law. However to enforce this will be difficult as Trump holds massive power and the SEC Chairman is also appointed by him.
@Tiger_comments @Tiger_SG @TigerStars @CaptainTiger @TigerClub
Under the PELOSI Act, members of Congress and their spouses must abstain from buying, selling, or holding individual stock throughout their legislative term. The PELOSI Act permits officeholders and their spouses to invest their money in mutual funds that contain various stocks, ETFs, and U.S. Treasury bonds.
If passed, current lawmakers would have 180 days to comply with the legislation. Likewise, newly elected members of Congress would be required to comply within 180 days of taking office.
Members who refuse to comply with the PELOSI Act must forfeit any stock profits to the U.S. Department of the Treasury and face monetary penalties imposed by the House and Senate ethics committees.
Comparing Pelosi’s trades to the Trump family’s is fair, but the Trumps’ impact is larger. Trump’s April 9 Truth Social post spiked Trump Media & Technology by 22.67 percent, earning him 415 million dollars. As a U.S. stock trader, I see the need for transparency to stop market manipulation by those in power.
The PELOSI Act may pass with bipartisan support, despite doubts about votes. It allows mutual funds and a 6-month grace period, making it practical. Stricter rules are vital for public service over personal gain, and I will join the discussion to advocate for accountability.
@Tiger_comments @TigerStars
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I’m done pretending the system works for us. It doesn’t.
It’s a machine built to funnel wealth to the powerful, and the PELOSI Act, Senator Josh Hawley’s April 2025 attempt to ban Congress from trading stocks, is a bandage on a shattered leg.
It’s a start, but it’s nowhere near enough.
The real kicker? 🎺 Donald Trump’s cheering it on while his own empire sits untouched in the fine print.
This isn’t reform. It’s political theatre unless we demand more.
Let’s tear it apart properly.
The PELOSI Act: Bold Move or Political Misdirection?
The Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments Act sounds aggressive.
Here’s what it actually does:
• Bans lawmakers and their spouses from trading individual stocks while in office
• Allows investment only in diversified mutual funds, ETFs, and Treasury bonds
• Gives 180 days to divest or shift into compliant investments
• Penalties include profit forfeiture and fines set by House and Senate ethics committees
This builds on the broken 2012 STOCK Act, which required trade disclosures within 45 days but enforced violations with laughable $200 fines.
The PELOSI Act tries to remove temptation altogether, but leaves critical blind spots wide open.
Between 2019 and 2021, 97 lawmakers or their families traded stocks in sectors they directly regulated, according to a 2023 New York Times investigation.
Paul Pelosi’s 2024 Nvidia trades returned 70.9%, while the S&P 500 returned just 24.9%.
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s tech buys, timed to Trump’s 2025 tariff reversals, raised SEC attention.
Senators Richard Burr and Kelly Loeffler quietly dumped millions after private COVID briefings.
Public fury’s white-hot. 87% of Americans now support a full congressional trading ban, according to a 2025 Morning Consult poll.
Trust in government? A record low 16%, per Gallup’s 2025 report.
The people know the game’s rigged.
Why This Is About Much More Than Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi’s $240 million net worth isn’t the disease.
It’s a symptom of a structure that feeds those at the top with privileged information, closed-door briefings, regulatory drafts, whispered CEO meetings and lets them profit off it.
It’s not about one name.
It’s about senators owning Boeing stock while voting for defence budgets, or House members holding Moderna shares while dragging their feet on drug pricing reforms.
A 2024 University of Chicago study found congressional portfolios routinely outperform the S&P 500 in sectors tied to their committee work.
That’s not luck, that’s leverage.
When politicians profit while your 401(k) limps, it’s not just unfair, it’s a gut punch.
This system isn’t broken, it’s built this way!
The Case Against Politicians Trading Stocks
The arguments for a ban are simple but devastating:
• Information asymmetry: Lawmakers aren’t just reading the news. They’re writing it
• Conflicts of interest: Every trade, whether illegal or not, casts doubt on legislative motives
• Public trust collapse: Trust in Washington’s now at its lowest since tracking began
The appearance of corruption’s enough to poison democracy.
When 87% of the public agree on something, ignoring it’s political malpractice.
The Pushback: Freedom, Complexity, and Excuses
Some argue trading bans infringe personal freedom.
Politicians, they say, should be able to invest like any citizen.
Technically true, but freedom’s got limits when you wield the power to move markets.
Other critics point to logistical chaos. Forcing wealthy lawmakers like Mitt Romney or Mark Warner to unwind complex portfolios could trigger tax nightmares.
Younger representatives scraping by on a $174,000 salary in Washington D.C. might lose financial mobility.
Blind trusts, often pitched as the solution, aren’t bulletproof either.
Lawmakers can still send “hints” to trustees.
And stocks are just one avenue.
Lawmakers can still cash out through real estate, private businesses, and the infamous lobbying revolving door.
Without full reform, a trading ban alone’s just a speed bump on a broken highway.
Trump’s Convenient Endorsement: Why It Smells Rotten
Donald Trump’s April 2025 vow to sign the PELOSI Act is pure political theatre.
He gets to posture as the swamp-drainer while escaping scrutiny himself.
Because here’s the real scandal. The PELOSI Act doesn’t apply to the Executive Branch.
Trump’s empire, estimated at $4–$10 billion according to Bloomberg 2025, remains a conflict magnet:
• Saudi officials booking entire floors at Trump hotels
• 2025 tariff reversals pumping sectors tied to allies like Marjorie Taylor Greene
• $12 million in foreign contracts secured by Trump businesses during his 2025 campaign, per ProPublica
His “blind trust”?
A family-run fiction.
His sons controlled operations while he signed executive orders moving markets.
Presidents wield more power to move markets than any senator.
If insider trading’s wrong for Congress, it’s catastrophic when practised from the Oval Office.
The fact the PELOSI Act lets Trump, or any future president, operate untouched exposes it for what it is.
Half a solution, designed to placate, not to purge.
How the World Does It Better 🌏🌎🌍
Other democracies have already acted while America dithers:
• 🇨🇦 Canada requires blind trusts for ministers, enforced by independent ethics commissioners
• 🇬🇧 The United Kingdom mandates real-time disclosures and sector bans for MPs
• 🇦🇺 Australia enforces mandatory public asset registers for politicians
🇺🇸 Meanwhile, Washington still debates whether $200 fines are too harsh.
It’s beyond embarrassing.
It’s deliberate.
What Real Reform Looks Like
The PELOSI Act’s a starting pistol, not the finish line.
Here’s the real blueprint:
1. Ban stock trading across all branches: Congress, President, Cabinet, Judiciary
2. Real-time disclosure: 24-hour maximum, posted to public databases searchable by platforms like Capitol Trades
3. Severe penalties: Fines at 15% of trade value or $100,000, whichever’s greater. Expulsion for repeat offenders
4. True blind trusts: Independently managed, no contact allowed
5. Family accountability: Include spouses, children, parents, siblings, in-laws
6. Close private loopholes: Ban ownership of private businesses linked to policymaking influence
7. Revolving door lockout: Seven-year ban on lobbying or consulting after public office
8. Citizen whistleblower portals: Public reporting mechanisms with protection for tipsters
9. Audit past trades: Retroactive review of 2019 to 2025 trading activity, with SEC-led prosecution if needed
Public service shouldn’t come with stock options attached.
My Take: Ban It All, or Nothing Changes
I’m all in for banning politicians and their families from trading stocks.
But without hitting the Executive Branch, without real-time transparency, and without brutal enforcement, we’re just rearranging the furniture on a sinking ship.
Trump’s support isn’t the solution.
It’s a warning.
The swamp doesn’t get drained by slogans.
It gets drained by cutting off the pipes feeding it from every side.
The PELOSI Act could be a start, but only if we force it into something much bigger than what Hawley, Pelosi, or Trump are comfortable with.
📢 Don’t miss the truth! Like, Repost, and Follow for exclusive insights, raw breakdowns, and cutting-edge trends 🚀📈 I’m dedicated to exposing the hidden plays that shape markets and power. Let’s trade smarter, fight harder, and build real wealth together 🍀
Trade like a boss! Happy trading ahead, Cheers, BC 📈🚀🍀🍀🍀
Trump family becomes the latest focus in insider trading debate
Yesterday, $Colombier Acquisition Corp II(CLBR)$, suddenly surged by 10% during trading hours. It turns out to be a company in which Donald Trump Jr., son of former President Trump, holds shares.
He posted on his social media, calling CLBR "an exciting company!" Shortly after, CLBR's stock price jumped 15%.
Do you think politicians and their family members should be banned from trading individual stocks?
Is it fair to compare Nancy Pelosi’s trades with those of the Trump family?
Should there be more transparency or stricter rules around politicians’ financial activities?
Does PELOSI Act stand a chance of passing?
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I’m done pretending the system works for us. It doesn’t.
It’s a machine built to funnel wealth to the powerful, and the PELOSI Act, Senator Josh Hawley’s April 2025 attempt to ban Congress from trading stocks, is a bandage on a shattered leg.
It’s a start, but it’s nowhere near enough.
The real kicker? 🎺 Donald Trump’s cheering it on while his own empire sits untouched in the fine print.
This isn’t reform. It’s political theatre unless we demand more.
Let’s tear it apart properly.
The PELOSI Act: Bold Move or Political Misdirection?
The Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments Act sounds aggressive.
Here’s what it actually does:
• Bans lawmakers and their spouses from trading individual stocks while in office
• Allows investment only in diversified mutual funds, ETFs, and Treasury bonds
• Gives 180 days to divest or shift into compliant investments
• Penalties include profit forfeiture and fines set by House and Senate ethics committees
This builds on the broken 2012 STOCK Act, which required trade disclosures within 45 days but enforced violations with laughable $200 fines.
The PELOSI Act tries to remove temptation altogether, but leaves critical blind spots wide open.
Between 2019 and 2021, 97 lawmakers or their families traded stocks in sectors they directly regulated, according to a 2023 New York Times investigation.
Paul Pelosi’s 2024 Nvidia trades returned 70.9%, while the S&P 500 returned just 24.9%.
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s tech buys, timed to Trump’s 2025 tariff reversals, raised SEC attention.
Senators Richard Burr and Kelly Loeffler quietly dumped millions after private COVID briefings.
Public fury’s white-hot. 87% of Americans now support a full congressional trading ban, according to a 2025 Morning Consult poll.
Trust in government? A record low 16%, per Gallup’s 2025 report.
The people know the game’s rigged.
Why This Is About Much More Than Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi’s $240 million net worth isn’t the disease.
It’s a symptom of a structure that feeds those at the top with privileged information, closed-door briefings, regulatory drafts, whispered CEO meetings and lets them profit off it.
It’s not about one name.
It’s about senators owning Boeing stock while voting for defence budgets, or House members holding Moderna shares while dragging their feet on drug pricing reforms.
A 2024 University of Chicago study found congressional portfolios routinely outperform the S&P 500 in sectors tied to their committee work.
That’s not luck, that’s leverage.
When politicians profit while your 401(k) limps, it’s not just unfair, it’s a gut punch.
This system isn’t broken, it’s built this way!
The Case Against Politicians Trading Stocks
The arguments for a ban are simple but devastating:
• Information asymmetry: Lawmakers aren’t just reading the news. They’re writing it
• Conflicts of interest: Every trade, whether illegal or not, casts doubt on legislative motives
• Public trust collapse: Trust in Washington’s now at its lowest since tracking began
The appearance of corruption’s enough to poison democracy.
When 87% of the public agree on something, ignoring it’s political malpractice.
The Pushback: Freedom, Complexity, and Excuses
Some argue trading bans infringe personal freedom.
Politicians, they say, should be able to invest like any citizen.
Technically true, but freedom’s got limits when you wield the power to move markets.
Other critics point to logistical chaos. Forcing wealthy lawmakers like Mitt Romney or Mark Warner to unwind complex portfolios could trigger tax nightmares.
Younger representatives scraping by on a $174,000 salary in Washington D.C. might lose financial mobility.
Blind trusts, often pitched as the solution, aren’t bulletproof either.
Lawmakers can still send “hints” to trustees.
And stocks are just one avenue.
Lawmakers can still cash out through real estate, private businesses, and the infamous lobbying revolving door.
Without full reform, a trading ban alone’s just a speed bump on a broken highway.
Trump’s Convenient Endorsement: Why It Smells Rotten
Donald Trump’s April 2025 vow to sign the PELOSI Act is pure political theatre.
He gets to posture as the swamp-drainer while escaping scrutiny himself.
Because here’s the real scandal. The PELOSI Act doesn’t apply to the Executive Branch.
Trump’s empire, estimated at $4–$10 billion according to Bloomberg 2025, remains a conflict magnet:
• Saudi officials booking entire floors at Trump hotels
• 2025 tariff reversals pumping sectors tied to allies like Marjorie Taylor Greene
• $12 million in foreign contracts secured by Trump businesses during his 2025 campaign, per ProPublica
His “blind trust”?
A family-run fiction.
His sons controlled operations while he signed executive orders moving markets.
Presidents wield more power to move markets than any senator.
If insider trading’s wrong for Congress, it’s catastrophic when practised from the Oval Office.
The fact the PELOSI Act lets Trump, or any future president, operate untouched exposes it for what it is.
Half a solution, designed to placate, not to purge.
How the World Does It Better 🌏🌎🌍
Other democracies have already acted while America dithers:
• 🇨🇦 Canada requires blind trusts for ministers, enforced by independent ethics commissioners
• 🇬🇧 The United Kingdom mandates real-time disclosures and sector bans for MPs
• 🇦🇺 Australia enforces mandatory public asset registers for politicians
🇺🇸 Meanwhile, Washington still debates whether $200 fines are too harsh.
It’s beyond embarrassing.
It’s deliberate.
What Real Reform Looks Like
The PELOSI Act’s a starting pistol, not the finish line.
Here’s the real blueprint:
1. Ban stock trading across all branches: Congress, President, Cabinet, Judiciary
2. Real-time disclosure: 24-hour maximum, posted to public databases searchable by platforms like Capitol Trades
3. Severe penalties: Fines at 15% of trade value or $100,000, whichever’s greater. Expulsion for repeat offenders
4. True blind trusts: Independently managed, no contact allowed
5. Family accountability: Include spouses, children, parents, siblings, in-laws
6. Close private loopholes: Ban ownership of private businesses linked to policymaking influence
7. Revolving door lockout: Seven-year ban on lobbying or consulting after public office
8. Citizen whistleblower portals: Public reporting mechanisms with protection for tipsters
9. Audit past trades: Retroactive review of 2019 to 2025 trading activity, with SEC-led prosecution if needed
Public service shouldn’t come with stock options attached.
My Take: Ban It All, or Nothing Changes
I’m all in for banning politicians and their families from trading stocks.
But without hitting the Executive Branch, without real-time transparency, and without brutal enforcement, we’re just rearranging the furniture on a sinking ship.
Trump’s support isn’t the solution.
It’s a warning.
The swamp doesn’t get drained by slogans.
It gets drained by cutting off the pipes feeding it from every side.
The PELOSI Act could be a start, but only if we force it into something much bigger than what Hawley, Pelosi, or Trump are comfortable with.
📢 Don’t miss the truth! Like, Repost, and Follow for exclusive insights, raw breakdowns, and cutting-edge trends 🚀📈 I’m dedicated to exposing the hidden plays that shape markets and power. Let’s trade smarter, fight harder, and build real wealth together 🍀
Trade like a boss! Happy trading ahead, Cheers, BC 📈🚀🍀🍀🍀
$AdvisorShares Insiders Advantage ETF(SURE)$ $Tweedy Browne Insider Value ETF(COPY)$ 📜🔥🚨📜🔥🚨📜🔥The System’s Stacked: Why the PELOSI Act Is a Half-Measure, and Why Trump’s Cheering Because It Lets Him Off the Hook 🪝📜🔥🚨📜🔥🚨📜🔥
I’m done pretending the system works for us. It doesn’t.
It’s a machine built to funnel wealth to the powerful, and the PELOSI Act, Senator Josh Hawley’s April 2025 attempt to ban Congress from trading stocks, is a bandage on a shattered leg.
It’s a start, but it’s nowhere near enough.
The real kicker? 🎺 Donald Trump’s cheering it on while his own empire sits untouched in the fine print.
This isn’t reform. It’s political theatre unless we demand more.
Let’s tear it apart properly.
The PELOSI Act: Bold Move or Political Misdirection?
The Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments Act sounds aggressive.
Here’s what it actually does:
• Bans lawmakers and their spouses from trading individual stocks while in office
• Allows investment only in diversified mutual funds, ETFs, and Treasury bonds
• Gives 180 days to divest or shift into compliant investments
• Penalties include profit forfeiture and fines set by House and Senate ethics committees
This builds on the broken 2012 STOCK Act, which required trade disclosures within 45 days but enforced violations with laughable $200 fines.
The PELOSI Act tries to remove temptation altogether, but leaves critical blind spots wide open.
Between 2019 and 2021, 97 lawmakers or their families traded stocks in sectors they directly regulated, according to a 2023 New York Times investigation.
Paul Pelosi’s 2024 Nvidia trades returned 70.9%, while the S&P 500 returned just 24.9%.
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s tech buys, timed to Trump’s 2025 tariff reversals, raised SEC attention.
Senators Richard Burr and Kelly Loeffler quietly dumped millions after private COVID briefings.
Public fury’s white-hot. 87% of Americans now support a full congressional trading ban, according to a 2025 Morning Consult poll.
Trust in government? A record low 16%, per Gallup’s 2025 report.
The people know the game’s rigged.
Why This Is About Much More Than Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi’s $240 million net worth isn’t the disease.
It’s a symptom of a structure that feeds those at the top with privileged information, closed-door briefings, regulatory drafts, whispered CEO meetings and lets them profit off it.
It’s not about one name.
It’s about senators owning Boeing stock while voting for defence budgets, or House members holding Moderna shares while dragging their feet on drug pricing reforms.
A 2024 University of Chicago study found congressional portfolios routinely outperform the S&P 500 in sectors tied to their committee work.
That’s not luck, that’s leverage.
When politicians profit while your 401(k) limps, it’s not just unfair, it’s a gut punch.
This system isn’t broken, it’s built this way!
The Case Against Politicians Trading Stocks
The arguments for a ban are simple but devastating:
• Information asymmetry: Lawmakers aren’t just reading the news. They’re writing it
• Conflicts of interest: Every trade, whether illegal or not, casts doubt on legislative motives
• Public trust collapse: Trust in Washington’s now at its lowest since tracking began
The appearance of corruption’s enough to poison democracy.
When 87% of the public agree on something, ignoring it’s political malpractice.
The Pushback: Freedom, Complexity, and Excuses
Some argue trading bans infringe personal freedom.
Politicians, they say, should be able to invest like any citizen.
Technically true, but freedom’s got limits when you wield the power to move markets.
Other critics point to logistical chaos. Forcing wealthy lawmakers like Mitt Romney or Mark Warner to unwind complex portfolios could trigger tax nightmares.
Younger representatives scraping by on a $174,000 salary in Washington D.C. might lose financial mobility.
Blind trusts, often pitched as the solution, aren’t bulletproof either.
Lawmakers can still send “hints” to trustees.
And stocks are just one avenue.
Lawmakers can still cash out through real estate, private businesses, and the infamous lobbying revolving door.
Without full reform, a trading ban alone’s just a speed bump on a broken highway.
Trump’s Convenient Endorsement: Why It Smells Rotten
Donald Trump’s April 2025 vow to sign the PELOSI Act is pure political theatre.
He gets to posture as the swamp-drainer while escaping scrutiny himself.
Because here’s the real scandal. The PELOSI Act doesn’t apply to the Executive Branch.
Trump’s empire, estimated at $4–$10 billion according to Bloomberg 2025, remains a conflict magnet:
• Saudi officials booking entire floors at Trump hotels
• 2025 tariff reversals pumping sectors tied to allies like Marjorie Taylor Greene
• $12 million in foreign contracts secured by Trump businesses during his 2025 campaign, per ProPublica
His “blind trust”?
A family-run fiction.
His sons controlled operations while he signed executive orders moving markets.
Presidents wield more power to move markets than any senator.
If insider trading’s wrong for Congress, it’s catastrophic when practised from the Oval Office.
The fact the PELOSI Act lets Trump, or any future president, operate untouched exposes it for what it is.
Half a solution, designed to placate, not to purge.
How the World Does It Better 🌏🌎🌍
Other democracies have already acted while America dithers:
• 🇨🇦 Canada requires blind trusts for ministers, enforced by independent ethics commissioners
• 🇬🇧 The United Kingdom mandates real-time disclosures and sector bans for MPs
• 🇦🇺 Australia enforces mandatory public asset registers for politicians
🇺🇸 Meanwhile, Washington still debates whether $200 fines are too harsh.
It’s beyond embarrassing.
It’s deliberate.
What Real Reform Looks Like
The PELOSI Act’s a starting pistol, not the finish line.
Here’s the real blueprint:
1. Ban stock trading across all branches: Congress, President, Cabinet, Judiciary
2. Real-time disclosure: 24-hour maximum, posted to public databases searchable by platforms like Capitol Trades
3. Severe penalties: Fines at 15% of trade value or $100,000, whichever’s greater. Expulsion for repeat offenders
4. True blind trusts: Independently managed, no contact allowed
5. Family accountability: Include spouses, children, parents, siblings, in-laws
6. Close private loopholes: Ban ownership of private businesses linked to policymaking influence
7. Revolving door lockout: Seven-year ban on lobbying or consulting after public office
8. Citizen whistleblower portals: Public reporting mechanisms with protection for tipsters
9. Audit past trades: Retroactive review of 2019 to 2025 trading activity, with SEC-led prosecution if needed
Public service shouldn’t come with stock options attached.
My Take: Ban It All, or Nothing Changes
I’m all in for banning politicians and their families from trading stocks.
But without hitting the Executive Branch, without real-time transparency, and without brutal enforcement, we’re just rearranging the furniture on a sinking ship.
Trump’s support isn’t the solution.
It’s a warning.
The swamp doesn’t get drained by slogans.
It gets drained by cutting off the pipes feeding it from every side.
The PELOSI Act could be a start, but only if we force it into something much bigger than what Hawley, Pelosi, or Trump are comfortable with.
📢 Don’t miss the truth! Like, Repost, and Follow for exclusive insights, raw breakdowns, and cutting-edge trends 🚀📈 I’m dedicated to exposing the hidden plays that shape markets and power. Let’s trade smarter, fight harder, and build real wealth together 🍀
Trade like a boss! Happy trading ahead, Cheers, BC 📈🚀🍀🍀🍀
$AdvisorShares Insiders Advantage ETF(SURE)$ $Tweedy Browne Insider Value ETF(COPY)$ 📜🔥🚨📜🔥🚨📜🔥The System’s Stacked: Why the PELOSI Act Is a Half-Measure, and Why Trump’s Cheering Because It Lets Him Off the Hook 🪝📜🔥🚨📜🔥🚨📜🔥
I’m done pretending the system works for us. It doesn’t.
It’s a machine built to funnel wealth to the powerful, and the PELOSI Act, Senator Josh Hawley’s April 2025 attempt to ban Congress from trading stocks, is a bandage on a shattered leg.
It’s a start, but it’s nowhere near enough.
The real kicker? 🎺 Donald Trump’s cheering it on while his own empire sits untouched in the fine print.
This isn’t reform. It’s political theatre unless we demand more.
Let’s tear it apart properly.
The PELOSI Act: Bold Move or Political Misdirection?
The Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments Act sounds aggressive.
Here’s what it actually does:
• Bans lawmakers and their spouses from trading individual stocks while in office
• Allows investment only in diversified mutual funds, ETFs, and Treasury bonds
• Gives 180 days to divest or shift into compliant investments
• Penalties include profit forfeiture and fines set by House and Senate ethics committees
This builds on the broken 2012 STOCK Act, which required trade disclosures within 45 days but enforced violations with laughable $200 fines.
The PELOSI Act tries to remove temptation altogether, but leaves critical blind spots wide open.
Between 2019 and 2021, 97 lawmakers or their families traded stocks in sectors they directly regulated, according to a 2023 New York Times investigation.
Paul Pelosi’s 2024 Nvidia trades returned 70.9%, while the S&P 500 returned just 24.9%.
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s tech buys, timed to Trump’s 2025 tariff reversals, raised SEC attention.
Senators Richard Burr and Kelly Loeffler quietly dumped millions after private COVID briefings.
Public fury’s white-hot. 87% of Americans now support a full congressional trading ban, according to a 2025 Morning Consult poll.
Trust in government? A record low 16%, per Gallup’s 2025 report.
The people know the game’s rigged.
Why This Is About Much More Than Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi’s $240 million net worth isn’t the disease.
It’s a symptom of a structure that feeds those at the top with privileged information, closed-door briefings, regulatory drafts, whispered CEO meetings and lets them profit off it.
It’s not about one name.
It’s about senators owning Boeing stock while voting for defence budgets, or House members holding Moderna shares while dragging their feet on drug pricing reforms.
A 2024 University of Chicago study found congressional portfolios routinely outperform the S&P 500 in sectors tied to their committee work.
That’s not luck, that’s leverage.
When politicians profit while your 401(k) limps, it’s not just unfair, it’s a gut punch.
This system isn’t broken, it’s built this way!
The Case Against Politicians Trading Stocks
The arguments for a ban are simple but devastating:
• Information asymmetry: Lawmakers aren’t just reading the news. They’re writing it
• Conflicts of interest: Every trade, whether illegal or not, casts doubt on legislative motives
• Public trust collapse: Trust in Washington’s now at its lowest since tracking began
The appearance of corruption’s enough to poison democracy.
When 87% of the public agree on something, ignoring it’s political malpractice.
The Pushback: Freedom, Complexity, and Excuses
Some argue trading bans infringe personal freedom.
Politicians, they say, should be able to invest like any citizen.
Technically true, but freedom’s got limits when you wield the power to move markets.
Other critics point to logistical chaos. Forcing wealthy lawmakers like Mitt Romney or Mark Warner to unwind complex portfolios could trigger tax nightmares.
Younger representatives scraping by on a $174,000 salary in Washington D.C. might lose financial mobility.
Blind trusts, often pitched as the solution, aren’t bulletproof either.
Lawmakers can still send “hints” to trustees.
And stocks are just one avenue.
Lawmakers can still cash out through real estate, private businesses, and the infamous lobbying revolving door.
Without full reform, a trading ban alone’s just a speed bump on a broken highway.
Trump’s Convenient Endorsement: Why It Smells Rotten
Donald Trump’s April 2025 vow to sign the PELOSI Act is pure political theatre.
He gets to posture as the swamp-drainer while escaping scrutiny himself.
Because here’s the real scandal. The PELOSI Act doesn’t apply to the Executive Branch.
Trump’s empire, estimated at $4–$10 billion according to Bloomberg 2025, remains a conflict magnet:
• Saudi officials booking entire floors at Trump hotels
• 2025 tariff reversals pumping sectors tied to allies like Marjorie Taylor Greene
• $12 million in foreign contracts secured by Trump businesses during his 2025 campaign, per ProPublica
His “blind trust”?
A family-run fiction.
His sons controlled operations while he signed executive orders moving markets.
Presidents wield more power to move markets than any senator.
If insider trading’s wrong for Congress, it’s catastrophic when practised from the Oval Office.
The fact the PELOSI Act lets Trump, or any future president, operate untouched exposes it for what it is.
Half a solution, designed to placate, not to purge.
How the World Does It Better 🌏🌎🌍
Other democracies have already acted while America dithers:
• 🇨🇦 Canada requires blind trusts for ministers, enforced by independent ethics commissioners
• 🇬🇧 The United Kingdom mandates real-time disclosures and sector bans for MPs
• 🇦🇺 Australia enforces mandatory public asset registers for politicians
🇺🇸 Meanwhile, Washington still debates whether $200 fines are too harsh.
It’s beyond embarrassing.
It’s deliberate.
What Real Reform Looks Like
The PELOSI Act’s a starting pistol, not the finish line.
Here’s the real blueprint:
1. Ban stock trading across all branches: Congress, President, Cabinet, Judiciary
2. Real-time disclosure: 24-hour maximum, posted to public databases searchable by platforms like Capitol Trades
3. Severe penalties: Fines at 15% of trade value or $100,000, whichever’s greater. Expulsion for repeat offenders
4. True blind trusts: Independently managed, no contact allowed
5. Family accountability: Include spouses, children, parents, siblings, in-laws
6. Close private loopholes: Ban ownership of private businesses linked to policymaking influence
7. Revolving door lockout: Seven-year ban on lobbying or consulting after public office
8. Citizen whistleblower portals: Public reporting mechanisms with protection for tipsters
9. Audit past trades: Retroactive review of 2019 to 2025 trading activity, with SEC-led prosecution if needed
Public service shouldn’t come with stock options attached.
My Take: Ban It All, or Nothing Changes
I’m all in for banning politicians and their families from trading stocks.
But without hitting the Executive Branch, without real-time transparency, and without brutal enforcement, we’re just rearranging the furniture on a sinking ship.
Trump’s support isn’t the solution.
It’s a warning.
The swamp doesn’t get drained by slogans.
It gets drained by cutting off the pipes feeding it from every side.
The PELOSI Act could be a start, but only if we force it into something much bigger than what Hawley, Pelosi, or Trump are comfortable with.
📢 Don’t miss the truth! Like, Repost, and Follow for exclusive insights, raw breakdowns, and cutting-edge trends 🚀📈 I’m dedicated to exposing the hidden plays that shape markets and power. Let’s trade smarter, fight harder, and build real wealth together 🍀
Trade like a boss! Happy trading ahead, Cheers, BC 📈🚀🍀🍀🍀
$AdvisorShares Insiders Advantage ETF(SURE)$ $Tweedy Browne Insider Value ETF(COPY)$ 📜🔥🚨📜🔥🚨📜🔥The System’s Stacked: Why the PELOSI Act Is a Half-Measure, and Why Trump’s Cheering Because It Lets Him Off the Hook 🪝📜🔥🚨📜🔥🚨📜🔥
I’m done pretending the system works for us. It doesn’t.
It’s a machine built to funnel wealth to the powerful, and the PELOSI Act, Senator Josh Hawley’s April 2025 attempt to ban Congress from trading stocks, is a bandage on a shattered leg.
It’s a start, but it’s nowhere near enough.
The real kicker? 🎺 Donald Trump’s cheering it on while his own empire sits untouched in the fine print.
This isn’t reform. It’s political theatre unless we demand more.
Let’s tear it apart properly.
The PELOSI Act: Bold Move or Political Misdirection?
The Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments Act sounds aggressive.
Here’s what it actually does:
• Bans lawmakers and their spouses from trading individual stocks while in office
• Allows investment only in diversified mutual funds, ETFs, and Treasury bonds
• Gives 180 days to divest or shift into compliant investments
• Penalties include profit forfeiture and fines set by House and Senate ethics committees
This builds on the broken 2012 STOCK Act, which required trade disclosures within 45 days but enforced violations with laughable $200 fines.
The PELOSI Act tries to remove temptation altogether, but leaves critical blind spots wide open.
Between 2019 and 2021, 97 lawmakers or their families traded stocks in sectors they directly regulated, according to a 2023 New York Times investigation.
Paul Pelosi’s 2024 Nvidia trades returned 70.9%, while the S&P 500 returned just 24.9%.
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s tech buys, timed to Trump’s 2025 tariff reversals, raised SEC attention.
Senators Richard Burr and Kelly Loeffler quietly dumped millions after private COVID briefings.
Public fury’s white-hot. 87% of Americans now support a full congressional trading ban, according to a 2025 Morning Consult poll.
Trust in government? A record low 16%, per Gallup’s 2025 report.
The people know the game’s rigged.
Why This Is About Much More Than Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi’s $240 million net worth isn’t the disease.
It’s a symptom of a structure that feeds those at the top with privileged information, closed-door briefings, regulatory drafts, whispered CEO meetings and lets them profit off it.
It’s not about one name.
It’s about senators owning Boeing stock while voting for defence budgets, or House members holding Moderna shares while dragging their feet on drug pricing reforms.
A 2024 University of Chicago study found congressional portfolios routinely outperform the S&P 500 in sectors tied to their committee work.
That’s not luck, that’s leverage.
When politicians profit while your 401(k) limps, it’s not just unfair, it’s a gut punch.
This system isn’t broken, it’s built this way!
The Case Against Politicians Trading Stocks
The arguments for a ban are simple but devastating:
• Information asymmetry: Lawmakers aren’t just reading the news. They’re writing it
• Conflicts of interest: Every trade, whether illegal or not, casts doubt on legislative motives
• Public trust collapse: Trust in Washington’s now at its lowest since tracking began
The appearance of corruption’s enough to poison democracy.
When 87% of the public agree on something, ignoring it’s political malpractice.
The Pushback: Freedom, Complexity, and Excuses
Some argue trading bans infringe personal freedom.
Politicians, they say, should be able to invest like any citizen.
Technically true, but freedom’s got limits when you wield the power to move markets.
Other critics point to logistical chaos. Forcing wealthy lawmakers like Mitt Romney or Mark Warner to unwind complex portfolios could trigger tax nightmares.
Younger representatives scraping by on a $174,000 salary in Washington D.C. might lose financial mobility.
Blind trusts, often pitched as the solution, aren’t bulletproof either.
Lawmakers can still send “hints” to trustees.
And stocks are just one avenue.
Lawmakers can still cash out through real estate, private businesses, and the infamous lobbying revolving door.
Without full reform, a trading ban alone’s just a speed bump on a broken highway.
Trump’s Convenient Endorsement: Why It Smells Rotten
Donald Trump’s April 2025 vow to sign the PELOSI Act is pure political theatre.
He gets to posture as the swamp-drainer while escaping scrutiny himself.
Because here’s the real scandal. The PELOSI Act doesn’t apply to the Executive Branch.
Trump’s empire, estimated at $4–$10 billion according to Bloomberg 2025, remains a conflict magnet:
• Saudi officials booking entire floors at Trump hotels
• 2025 tariff reversals pumping sectors tied to allies like Marjorie Taylor Greene
• $12 million in foreign contracts secured by Trump businesses during his 2025 campaign, per ProPublica
His “blind trust”?
A family-run fiction.
His sons controlled operations while he signed executive orders moving markets.
Presidents wield more power to move markets than any senator.
If insider trading’s wrong for Congress, it’s catastrophic when practised from the Oval Office.
The fact the PELOSI Act lets Trump, or any future president, operate untouched exposes it for what it is.
Half a solution, designed to placate, not to purge.
How the World Does It Better 🌏🌎🌍
Other democracies have already acted while America dithers:
• 🇨🇦 Canada requires blind trusts for ministers, enforced by independent ethics commissioners
• 🇬🇧 The United Kingdom mandates real-time disclosures and sector bans for MPs
• 🇦🇺 Australia enforces mandatory public asset registers for politicians
🇺🇸 Meanwhile, Washington still debates whether $200 fines are too harsh.
It’s beyond embarrassing.
It’s deliberate.
What Real Reform Looks Like
The PELOSI Act’s a starting pistol, not the finish line.
Here’s the real blueprint:
1. Ban stock trading across all branches: Congress, President, Cabinet, Judiciary
2. Real-time disclosure: 24-hour maximum, posted to public databases searchable by platforms like Capitol Trades
3. Severe penalties: Fines at 15% of trade value or $100,000, whichever’s greater. Expulsion for repeat offenders
4. True blind trusts: Independently managed, no contact allowed
5. Family accountability: Include spouses, children, parents, siblings, in-laws
6. Close private loopholes: Ban ownership of private businesses linked to policymaking influence
7. Revolving door lockout: Seven-year ban on lobbying or consulting after public office
8. Citizen whistleblower portals: Public reporting mechanisms with protection for tipsters
9. Audit past trades: Retroactive review of 2019 to 2025 trading activity, with SEC-led prosecution if needed
Public service shouldn’t come with stock options attached.
My Take: Ban It All, or Nothing Changes
I’m all in for banning politicians and their families from trading stocks.
But without hitting the Executive Branch, without real-time transparency, and without brutal enforcement, we’re just rearranging the furniture on a sinking ship.
Trump’s support isn’t the solution.
It’s a warning.
The swamp doesn’t get drained by slogans.
It gets drained by cutting off the pipes feeding it from every side.
The PELOSI Act could be a start, but only if we force it into something much bigger than what Hawley, Pelosi, or Trump are comfortable with.
📢 Don’t miss the truth! Like, Repost, and Follow for exclusive insights, raw breakdowns, and cutting-edge trends 🚀📈 I’m dedicated to exposing the hidden plays that shape markets and power. Let’s trade smarter, fight harder, and build real wealth together 🍀
Trade like a boss! Happy trading ahead, Cheers, BC 📈🚀🍀🍀🍀
The US lawmakers in the Congress are allowed to own and trade in stocks and other securities, under law. Currently, the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK Act) mandates that Congress members file financial disclosures of their stock trades within 30 days and imposes new penalties for insider trading.
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