But politicians can buy stocks legally with the information they have access to? Okay.
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MadRoboticistApr 25, 2026
+93
Well I think technically it is illegal, there's just conveniently no punishment or enforcement mechanism built into the law.
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Grizzwold37Apr 25, 2026
+40
It is not technically illegal. There is no legal prohibition on it, because it isn’t technically insider trading.
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MadRoboticistApr 25, 2026
+22
It absolutely is illegal. Congress passed a law that says lawmakers and their staff are not exempt from insider trading laws.
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suspicious_hyperlinkApr 25, 2026
+9
We need a congress 2 to enforce the laws on congress
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FallouttgrrlApr 25, 2026
+4
"who congresses the Congress"
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Grizzwold37Apr 25, 2026
+14
And those laws are respective of *company* information, not government information.
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MadRoboticistApr 25, 2026
+3
No it isn't. It encompasses any non-public information which includes government activities.
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idkwthtotypehereApr 25, 2026
+9
How is it not insider trading? They are acting on confirmed information that is not public… that’s insider trading.
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Grizzwold37Apr 25, 2026
+1
I think Google is a friend here. Insider trading is about having inside knowledge of corporate facts. Proprietary, private, commercial. Not about lawmakers having insider knowledge of laws or upcoming decisions or public policy.
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idkwthtotypehereApr 25, 2026
+15
That’s such a bullshit side step. Quite often they will purchase stock right before a government contract is announced, which is in fact insider trading.
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Grizzwold37Apr 25, 2026
+4
It is not. The government isn’t a business, and the SEC doesn’t govern government contracts. If the knowledge had come from special knowledge of a company’s finances or business intentions, etc, then it would be.
Yes, it’s a bullshit sidestep. Which is why it’s such a blatant problem. A bunch of f****** lawyers who vote on laws somehow have a way around the law that’s perfectly legal, and have zero intention of closing that loophole. Color me shocked.
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jeffscienceApr 25, 2026
+6
If you’re a customer of a company and you trade on your unaccounted contracts with them, that’s insider training. Same for partners and even competitors.
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Deep_Stick8786Apr 25, 2026
-2
Its bullshit because its not fair, but its distinct activity from insider trading
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Impressive-Weird-908Apr 25, 2026
+1
They are still prohibited from doing this by a different law called the STOCK act. But it has funny things like a $200 fee for not disclosing trades on time. If you adjust the median net worth of a senator to the average American, it’s a fine of around $9, or less than the cost of a Big Mac combo meal.
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Grizzwold37Apr 25, 2026
+1
Maybe I’m lacking sufficient background on this STOCK act, but the example you gave doesn’t have any bearing on legality of trading, but rather only addresses how quickly they must disclose their trades.
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Impressive-Weird-908Apr 25, 2026
+1
It also bans them from using information gained from their position to make stock trades.
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FallouttgrrlApr 25, 2026
+2
"we just made up a new term for inside trader gambling, so it's okay"
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VegasRoomEscapeApr 25, 2026
+1
It's not illegal at all. There is no specific statute against it and the Supreme Court went for a fairly narrow definition of existing insider trading statutes that doesn't include legislators trading on pre-decisional government information.
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SideburnSundaysApr 25, 2026
+12
And America can kidnap foreign presidents. But poors placing bets on that kidnapping? ILLEGAL!
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CaymonkiApr 25, 2026
+4
While on the clock too, not everyone can make money while they make money and vacation.
Crazy right? They don’t think so!
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EddieCheddar88Apr 25, 2026
+108
Super cool to know we have the ability to instantly track this kind of thing down. Especially when we’ve seen astronomical trades on oil futures the last few weeks that make this trades’ earnings seem like dog food.
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Least-Worth-8634Apr 25, 2026
+23
Right, kalshi is made for insider trading, we just can't have some commoner profiting off it
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IPissExcellentThrowsApr 25, 2026
+1
Oil futures happen on actual exchanges that we've been tracking for decades. Even easier haha.
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BrandonLangApr 25, 2026
+126
This is literally just to show us that we have no and cant get no power. We're not in their club, even elite soldiers are not welcome... its a warning for us to stay in our place and remember who owns us.
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Hadrian23Apr 25, 2026
+27
Bold strategy to tell that to the guys that hold the guns, lol.
Joking aside, you're not wrong.
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drinkduffdryApr 25, 2026
+98
Ok, now do Trump's kids
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O_PLUTO_OApr 25, 2026
+44
Trump already did
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powerlesshero111Apr 25, 2026
+25
Just Ivanka
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jazzhandlerApr 25, 2026
-14
[citation needed]
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gilm_7771Apr 25, 2026
-4
Ok, now do Pelosi and her husband.
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bigtallbiscuitApr 25, 2026
+11
Do all of them. Who gives a shit which political party they’re from.
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Bruins8763Apr 25, 2026
+2
Lmao see this is the dumb republicans problem. You turn into a bunch of ‘Panicans’ and attack Dem politicians in response to Donny your God even being questioned. Difference is, we want BOTH sides held accountable, and face their punishment regardless of party affiliation, or who they know.
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BabypintoJuniorLubeApr 25, 2026
+1
As a liberal I would cheer so hard to see Bill Clinton in prison, and Pelosi and Schumer out on their ass. I would also have the wherewithal to recognize the legitimately impressive things Pelosi did throughout her career while understanding she is now very much a part of problem and needed to be gone over a decade ago.
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Ok_Breakfast7588Apr 25, 2026
+29
If you can't offer a secure line then don't. It's absurd that people get punished in order to protect bets that do not need to be offered.
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prologApr 25, 2026
-9
How is everyone is this thread too dumb to understand that betting on secret military operations is leaking classified information? You realize that if your trading activity is so obviously based on inside information that polymarket noticed and ratted you out to the DoJ then hostile actors can also make the same observation right?
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generationhexApr 25, 2026
+12
they hold no leverage over a soldier but they have potential blackmail if they catch any high level politicians doing this. don't forget that don jr sits on the board of these scams. zero chance he doesn't use that while making an example of these street level soldiers and state level candidates that are doing the same thing.
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EddieCheddar88Apr 25, 2026
+3
He’s digging his own grave with precedence
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kstargate-425Apr 25, 2026
+11
Absolutely insane they go after this guy and just shows Trump is jealous of and hates soldiers considering his sons or someone close to him has been making BILLIONS off of manipulating the market and insider trading 5-20mins before his foreign policy tweets.
Just the past 30 days saw BILLIONS being made by 1-3 people with the first being March 23rd when 5mins before Trumps tweet announced halts on striking Iran someone placed a $1.5 BILLION bet on stocks going up and dumped $192 million in oil.
Then last Friday the 18th, an investor sold a combined 7,990 lots of Brent crude futures, a $760 million bet that oil would go down only 20 minutes before Trump said the Strait of Hormuz was open again.
I guess they didnt give the big man his vig for the market manipulations like the others did...
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prologApr 25, 2026
-11
The issue is leaking classified information through your unusual betting activity, not insider trading you idiot.
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kstargate-425Apr 25, 2026
+4
I see no "leaked classified info" you "idiot"
>The case marks the first time that the Justice Department has filed insider trading charges involving a prediction market platform, and comes as such platforms are attracting increased scrutiny from lawmakers
🤔
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DataCassetteApr 25, 2026
+20
Trump does market manipulation with his idiot friends and family on every day that ends in 'Y' but some random soldier is charged for a single Kalshi bet? F*** that.
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Healthylife55Apr 25, 2026
+19
dude literally tried to bet on his own mission, what the f***
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snydamaanApr 25, 2026
+9
The only comment with any condemnation. Can we all agree it’s wrong no matter who does it?
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Desblade101Apr 25, 2026
+2
I thought it was okay to bet on your own mission as long as you think it will succeed.
If in playing basketball and I bet that I'll win that seems fine, but if I bet that I'll lose then I can just throw the game and make my money.
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dah-dit-dahApr 25, 2026
+1
Since when is betting on yourself to succeed morally dubious?
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FlokithedogApr 25, 2026
+2
I'd much rather this guy, who did an actual raid for his money get to keep it, than the rats in congress who do this every single month and become multi millionaires on a 200k salary.
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MorganrowApr 25, 2026
+7
You're telling me that our soldiers have issues? Do you think maybe it's because they spend every waking moment of their day wondering why they sacrifice everything and kill for this American government?
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AlwayssunnyinarizonaApr 25, 2026
+15
Might be because they see their higher ups getting away with all sorts of shit.
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Safe_Procedure999Apr 25, 2026
+13
i do not believe that the dude using classified info to insider trade on polymarket and kalshi was doing this out of some noble internal conflict with the military
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Public-Position7711Apr 25, 2026
You were never a soldier, were you?
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MorganrowApr 25, 2026
+2
Do you need to steal from someone to know that theft is bad?
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DrRussleJimmiesApr 25, 2026
-5
Probably not. If they were capable of that level of thinking they wouldn't be in the military to begin with.
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Grizzwold37Apr 25, 2026
+12
Shittiest take.
A society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools.
It’s far more likely that there are plenty of intelligent people in the military, fully capable of introspection, who equally recognize that the pursuits of their entire adult lives would go up in smoke the second they raise a finger in protest.
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MorganrowApr 25, 2026
+5
Agreed. Disloyalty to the administration might as well be a cardinal sin
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DrRussleJimmiesApr 25, 2026
+2
You're talking as if that's not already reality. Guess all of humanity forever has had their thinking done by cowards and their fighting done by fools.
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MorganrowApr 25, 2026
+5
We've already seen politicians and military officers threatened with court marshal for simply telling troops to not follow illegal orders. Orders that go against the fiber of their existence as Americans
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Grizzwold37Apr 25, 2026
+2
You must not spend much time around people in the military, I suppose. Anybody can sit around and assume they’re all dumbasses, so you’re not special by any stretch
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hollow_runner13Apr 25, 2026
+3
So a random soldier’s tiny prediction bets get policed, but Congress can legally day-trade defense stocks. Cool system. At minimum, ban trading individual stocks for elected officials and top staff.
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steathrazorApr 25, 2026
+2
How dare some poor inside trade and make some money that's our thing /cries in US government /s
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Glad-Assist-6230Apr 25, 2026
Railing against the wrong thing bro. Corruption is the problem
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steathrazorApr 25, 2026
+3
Sarcasm was not strong enough for you I guess
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oneonusApr 25, 2026
+1
Yet those in the white house and their friends do the same and nothing happens to them.
Just like the poor and middle class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the very rich pay lawyers – and the ultra-rich pay politicians.
The more money billionaires accumulate, the greater their control of the political system – which means they pay less tax, which means they accumulate more, which means their control intensifies and they get away with everything.
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Burius81Apr 25, 2026
+1
Politicians can gamble on world events but not the poors.
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gurjitskApr 25, 2026
+1
They’re going to throw the book at this guy. He’s going to jail for a long time. Just to show us we’re not allowed, but the elites can do it freely. Bs
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