Senator Chris Murphy: $1.5 BILLION. Let me say it again - a $1.5 BILLION BET.

[Passages]

Bigger than any futures purchases made at the time.

5 minutes before Trump's post.

Who was it? Trump? A family member? A White House staffer?

This is corruption. Mind blowing corruption.

Link to tweet

[UpInArms]

1. They will happily destroy everything for money

Grifters, thieves, con artists, pedophiles

[OldBaldy1701E]

40. Then, remove the value of money.

Then, they have nothing.

[NoMoreRepugs]

2. Does ANYONE expect anything but CORRUPTION???

[Chasstev365]

3. And again: THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ALLOWS ALL OF IT!

[Hieronymus Phact]

22. this is the key

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if this malfeasance and corruption can't be hung around the neck of the GOP now,
then they will all skate on it when trump is gone. This is the current failure of the opposition.

[3Hotdogs]

4. Wasn't there somebody, Martha..... Martha.... somebody and sumpin about insider trading?

[popsdenver]

18. Wow, they crucified her

being a WOMAN and venturing into the good ol' boys territory.....

And she only made 50K, minuscule to what is going on now.......(and never having anyone, especially Uber Wealthy and Politicians prosecuted...

Along with every other Regulatory agency, the Republicans have made the SEC into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Republican Party and their Republican Politicians........

[brakester]

35. What will/can be done

about this???
(I am not a member of X so I can't read the comments on there.)
Anyone here have any idea?

We cannot let this slip by....

[HighFired49]

36. We'll see, but

probably not much can be done when the crooks own the investigators and courts. Never the less, keep pushing for justice through your reps.

[Auggie]

5. Endless cycle of filling the coffer for future bribes and election buying

[Passages]

8. Yes securing control of elections. $$$$$

I have to wonder if Justice Kennedy has any conscience at all. We know Roberts does not.

Justice Kennedy, Author of Citizens United, Shrugs Off Question About His Deeply Flawed Premise
Kennedy said the divergence between the crux of his decision and reality is something for others, "the bar and the lower bench to figure out."
Lee Fang
September 20 2016

https://theintercept.com/2016/09/20/justice-kennedy-citizens-united/

[Auggie]

11. +1 ... Once fascists seize power, it's difficult to remove them

[LuckyCharms]

6. It's someone who actually has the cash or margin to...

trade $1.5 Billion in futures.

So, probably a friend of Trump's, or family member.

And you know that bullshit that became news a few days ago about Trump providing national security information to donators? That's all part of this crooked bullshit.

Trump moves markets with his words, and he sells access to information. And his family likely trades on that information.

Right in front of everyone's noses. And the SEC won't do a fucking thing about this.

[rubbersole]

12. Wonder where Peter Thiel was...🤔

[sop]

27. Donald Trump Jr. is heavily involved in the rapidly expanding online prediction market industry,

acting as an advisor to both Polymarket and Kalshi, and investing in Polymarket through his own firm. These prediction platforms allow users to bet on political and economic developments. Don Sr.'s Truth Social is also launching a betting platform called Truth Predict. The Trump grift continues unabated.

[brakester]

38. OFGSakes!

N/M

[superpatriotman]

7. Nobody is coming to save us

Nobody will investigate. Nobody will be charged. This manipulation makes previous market crimes pale in comparison.

[31st Street Bridge]

9. This is America at 250

A rotten, kleptocratic failed state run by criminals and gangsters, managed by Russia and Israel, and owned by its billionaire masters.
With dead, complicit media and a populace growing more ignorant and hateful by the hour.
"O, say can you see ... "

[democrank]

16. We need to send Roto-Rooter to clean out Washington, D.C., seriously.

I believe with all my heart that we have millions of good people in our country, but the degree of depravity and cruelty behind all Trump policies is difficult to overcome.

[31st Street Bridge]

23. The system is calcified; change has become impossible

Entrenched minority rule has a headlock on the system. And SCOTUS keeps it locked.
Our system worked when honorable people ran it. Now, the honorable people are gone, priced out of the system.
The media are dead and gone except late-night comedians, who provide the only actual TV news left.
Legislators work for their billionaire constituents, tossing crumbs to the masses.
And signs and marches won't destroy this fascism. Only real revolution or a catastrophic catharsis can.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

19. "that our country's corrupt...."

[enigmania]

20. ... the corruption and blight

[bucolic_frolic]

10. Likely traceable

to a Cayman Islands Post Office Box. End of story.

[Baitball Blogger]

13. Dine and Dash.

[Scrivener7]

14. This isn't hard to trace, but no one will.

[FakeNoose]

15. The billionaire overlords told him WHAT to say, and WHEN to say it

That's how they got the jump on the market ....

That's how it's done folks, and they are doing it right out in the open almost every day.

[Auggie]

17. +1

[leftstreet]

21. DURec

[Wednesdays]

24. We're gonna have to wait until at least January 2027 before this is even investigated.

We're certain The Felon won't investigate it, nor the Repug-controlled congress, nor the Repug-controlled Justice Department, nor the Repug-controlled FBI.

[Justice matters.]

34. Dems (if by any luck...) win the House in 2026, they will investigate, but...

I fear nothing will result in real convictions in the end.

The game is rigged by the Guardians Of Pedophiles.

[Martin68]

25. Most corrupt presidency in history. Takes war profiteering to an entirely new level.

[littlemissmartypants]

26. I follow Unusual Whales. Great way to "follow the money" ...

I bet Saudi Arabia/Bonesaw made some of those trades and $$$ is why he wants DJ to continue to manipulate the war. Wouldn't surprise me at all.

Thanks for the discussion, Passages. ❤️ 👋

[Passages]

28. Thank you for the tip. Anything is possible with Trump, anything.

[littlemissmartypants]

30. My pleasure. You're absolutely right about that! ❤️

[mr715]

41. Absolutely.

Saudi Arabia and proxies all the way.

Were the trades through London or NYC?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

29. Volume in stock and oil futures surged minutes before Trump's market-turning post

There may be some significant insider trading taking place. trump may have tipped someone who is going to make some significant money on this information.

Link to tweet

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/23/volume-in-stock-and-oil-futures-surged-minutes-before-trumps-market-turning-post.html

S&P 500 futures and oil futures flashed an unusual burst of activity early Monday minutes before a market-moving social media post from President Donald Trump.

At around 6:50 a.m. in New York, S&P 500 e-Mini futures trading on the CME recorded a sharp and isolated jump in volume, breaking from an otherwise subdued premarket backdrop. With thin liquidity typical of early trading hours, the sudden burst stood out as one of the largest volume moments of the session up to that point.

A similar pattern was observed in oil markets. West Texas Intermediate May futures also saw a noticeable pickup in trading activity at roughly the same time, with a distinct volume spike interrupting otherwise quiet conditions.

Roughly 15 minutes later, at 7:05 a.m., Trump said on Truth Social that the U.S. and Iran had held talks and that he was halting planned strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure. That announcement prompted an instant rally in risk assets, with S&P 500 futures soaring more than 2.5% before the opening bell. West Texas Intermediate futures dropped nearly 6% following the announcement......

The timing of the earlier volume spikes across both equities and crude caught the attention of traders, particularly given the absence of an obvious catalyst at the moment they occurred.

Early-morning futures markets are typically less liquid, which can make short bursts of buying and selling more noticeable than during regular trading hours. Still, the trades raised some eyebrows because whoever purchased a large amount of stock futures and sold or shorted crude futures at that moment made a lot of money just minutes later.

[NCDem47]

31. We're talking MINUTES earlier

Not hours, days, weeks or months...MINUTES

[LetMyPeopleVote]

32. There was some insider trading here

[Picaro]

33. Insider trading at its worst

[returnee]

37. No worries, this will be investigated immediately...

…and punished appropriately.

Oh, wait…

Nah.

[BigmanPigman]

39. Meidas said today tnat he's manipulating the markets

God, I hate that muther!! !!!,

[Skittles]

42. wake me up when something is DONE about it

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[eppur_se_muova]

43. I just hope Steven Miller can go to jail for his role in this.

I don't know if he was actually involved, but I'm not picky.

[Botany]

44. Let me guess Don Jr., Eric, Kushner, and some Saudis made a ton of money on futures and shorts

They are so fucking corrupt but then Dick Cheney became a billionaire off of starting the
war in Iraq. BTW Trump and his billionaire buddy Singer stand to make billions off of
Venezuelan Oil. Singer got the party started by buying CITGO and owning three Gulf Coast
oil refineries that were made to handle Venezuelan crude.

[Passages]

46. Nothing shocks us any longer. Trump$$$ is the Al Capone of US presidencies.

[Botany]

47. Al Capone didn't kill anywhere near as many people as Trump has done.

The corruption is huge. I know an electrician who lives in Columbus, OH and did some work in
the N.Y.C. and New Jersey area for a very famous mafia family and they told him never to do any-
thing for Trump because he was a crook.

[Passages]

50. I believe it!

[LilElf70]

45. Money ALWAYS

has a name attached to it. It's prosecution time.

[ecstatic]

48. When is someone going to do something? Martha Stewart was sent to prison

for far less!

But now we have mofos making BILLIONS of dollars from insider trading and nothing is fucking being done. I want all these motherfuckers locked up in 2029!

My vote will go to the person who's willing to hold these traitors accountable. I don't give a fuck about the optics.

We would not be dealing with this shit had they been held accountable the first fucking time. No more games!

[Passages]

49. Yes. The rule of law is meaningless otherwise. Confidence in government will rebound, and we become

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less vulnerable to future demagogues. There is a great deal of corruption in every corner of our government; it is overwhelming.

[marble falls]

51. Crisis investors abusing a system originally set up to keep commodity prices level. It's a crime and immoral.

[Passages]

52. Completely in agreement.