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A Sarcastic Prophet's avatar

O for f&ck’s sake, gambling is gambling. The predictions market, swaps, futures trading, the stock market, gaming, etc by any other name, it’s all gambling and it all should be regulated. It is well documented how gambling destroys lives and encourages corruption. Yes, people will always gamble on the future with their hunches, the myth of probabilities and insider knowledge, and the best we can do is to put up the guardrails so they don’t do too much damage.

NubbyShober's avatar

This.

Virtually every state governor in the country--GOP & Dem--wants Prediction gambling to behave like every other form of gambling: for revenue purposes, paying state taxes like every other kind of betting parlor. Keeping minors out is also a feature; at least if the recent South Park episodes are to be believed.

But if you put enough money in Trump's pocket, you can be like Crypto.com and dodge those pesky state taxes completely! Ka-ching!

Katy Bolger's avatar

Did any governor bring this issue up to Pwesident Twump at their breakfast this week?

NubbyShober's avatar

Dunno. But would Trump pay them any heed? Let states tax Betting like any other form of gambling, and it will cut into his profits.

Katy Bolger's avatar

No doubt BUT did any governor bring this issue up to Twump when they had proximity to his rotting corpse of a body? Did they stand up and say, we have these problems and you can help? Fuck their manners, sometimes the time is not right but the opportunity is.

Katy Bolger's avatar

This is how the corruption of the Twump criminal enterprise seeps into and stains our country, like Twump's sheets when he shits and pees on them at night. This is how the stench of Twump lingers long after he's in the ground. His legacy will be this corruption destroying American families and continuing to unravel the lives of America's young men. When and where is the fucking line? Are we all just greedy m***f***ers, hands out for our crumbs; hoping we don't get swept away by the tsunami of Twump's organized crime spree aka presidential term? While we have seen a tiny glimpse of evidence of a backbone and fealty to their oath, all of these spineless Republican congressmen and women MUST GO.

Karon's avatar

The slimy six on the Supreme Court ruled it was ok for anyone to accept a bribe. In their words they called it a gratuity.

Katy Bolger's avatar

I believe Slimy Six is capitalized as a proper noun.

Ken's avatar

Article 2, Section 4 of Constitution

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

The only Presidents who could take domestic emoluments are those who had businesses before the Constitution was ratified. They were protected by ex post facto clause of Constitution.

Example of why ex post facto clause is important.

You are a jaywalker and have been caught doing this many times. A law gets passed and then you get punished for the past jaywalking. You are now going to get hit with $100,000 fine and 5 years in prison for jaywalking in the past.

George Washington should have gone to prison for taking foreign emoluments without first obtaining permission from Congress.

Almost everything in the Constitution is in it to reduce tyranny, bribery, corruption. People get taught about checks and balances in junior high school. How many get taught that the most important check on tyranny was US Senators chosen by State Legislatures?

USA is a Federal Republic which is supposed to have Republican Form of Government - power of the people. Gerrymandering and poll taxes deny people Republican Form of Government.

Bill of Rights

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights-transcript

"Amendment IX

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

Members of Congress, Presidents, judges on US Supreme Court, state judges, etc. take oath to Constitution and many have chosen to be enemies of the oath they took.

State legislatures may regulate gambling, banks, investment companies, etc. more than the federal government does.

Amendments 9 and Amendments 10 do not matter much at all now because State Legislatures are not able to choose US Senators who will do what is best for their States. I think US Senators chosen by the people are more likely to be corrupt than US Senators chosen by State legislatures when State legislatures have the power to fire US Senators and pick the replacements.

Amendment 9 and Amendment 10 might matter again if State legislatures again have the power to choose US Senators. The US Supreme Court is an enemy of the Bill of Rights and much of the Constitution.

Beef grown in NH and entirely used in NH is regulated by State legislature. Our founders would have never been okay with US Supreme Court or Congress telling NH legislature how to regulate beef grown in NH and entirely used in NH. Our food banks in NH and other states have a hard time feeding people because US Supreme Court gave Congress a power that is supposed to belong just to State legislatures - regulation of commerce taking place entirely in a State.

Amendment to Constitution - each State gets 3 US Senators - 2 chosen by the people and 1 by State legislature. State Legislatures should be allowed to fire US Senators they choose whenever they want and pick replacement to reduce corruption. State legislatures would again have a say on Declaring War, value of our money, national debt, Military Draft, Tariffs, regulating banks and investment companies.

These US Senators would be working for the State legislatures.

State legislatures would be better able to stop tyranny of Presidents.

State legislatures would again have the power to fire judges on US Supreme Court.

State legislatures would again have a say on choosing judges on US Supreme Court, Secretaries of Federal Departments, Ambassadors.

State legislatures would again have a say on federal laws and federal regulations that impact them.

State legislatures would likely gain again the ability to control commerce that takes place entirely within a State.

State legislatures would likely be able to end the ability of the President to have power to tariff.

State legislatures would likely be able to end the ability of the President to choose members of the Federal Reserve.

If the Amendment is going to be successful, State legislatures need to be able to fire the US Senators they choose whenever they want and pick replacements. I have no problem with US Senators who work for State legislatures constantly being changed. I think that would be a very good thing.

Democratic Party wrecked the Constitution when Woodrow Wilson was President to cause harm to black people.

Woodrow Wilson: This So-Called Progressive was a Dedicated Racist

https://fee.org/articles/woodrow-wilson-progressive-and-dedicated-racist/

I am trying to fix the system of checks and balances the Democratic Party destroyed.

The Democratic Party said the President was above the law - Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton should have gone to prison for perjury not dealing with national security. Do you think US Senators chosen by State legislatures would have allowed Bill Clinton to stay President? I think most would have pushed to fire him.

People committed suicide dealing with Great Depression. Bankers went to prison dealing with Savings and Loans Crisis. Bankers knew the crimes they committed dealing with financial crisis of 2008 might lead to suicides and they did not care. Democrats and Obama chose to allow bankers to get away with depraved indifference first degree murder. I think if US Senators had been chosen by State legislatures many bankers would have gone to prison.

If State legislatures do not again have the power to choose US Senators, we will have many more Fascist Democrats and Fascist Fake Republicans elected President. Never forget the foundation of the Nazi Party of Germany was the Democratic Party of the USA. Our founders did not want slavery expanded. Democrats expanded slavery. Democrats caused the Civil War. Democrats gave us Jim Crow and Techniques of Direct Disenfranchisement. Democrats gave us Woodrow Wilson.

Democrats caused the Great Depression - created the Federal Reserve, took away from State legislatures the power to regulate banks, investment companies and have a say on tariffs.

If State legislatures had not lost the ability to choose US Senators, I doubt the national debt would be over $38 trillion now. National debt was under $1 trillion when Reagan became President and took us over 180 years to get. Democrats controlled US House of Representatives for over 20 years before Reagan became President. Need over $900 to buy what $250 could buy in January 1981.

If people want to know why our Founders wanted US Senators chosen by State legislatures, I recommend they read The Federalist Papers.

Full Text of the Federalist Papers

https://guides.loc.gov/federalist-papers/full-text

If State legislatures do not gain ability to choose US Senators again, I expect we will have economic collapse and violent revolutions.

Would like Amendment to Constitution that fixes Electoral College. Winner of a state gets 2 electoral college votes and winner of Congressional districts gets 1. Current electoral college system and popular vote for President both provide huge benefits for violence at polling places, ballot stuffing, voter suppression. Popular vote for President would decease odds Presidents would care about states low in population like NH.

Would like Amendment to Constitution that says when a Treaty conflicts with Bill of Rights or other parts of Constitution that part of Treaty is not constitutional.

Would like Amendment to Constitution that gives US House of Representatives Advice and Consent on Treaties.

Would like Amendment to Constitution that gives State legislatures the power to nullify, federal laws, federal regulations, Treaties.

Would like Amendment to Constitution that gives the people the power to nullify, federal laws, federal regulations, Treaties.

Would like Amendment to Constitution that gives State legislatures power to pardon federal crimes.

Would like Amendment to Constitution that gives States legislatures power to pardon state crimes.

Would like Amendment to Constitution that gives US Senate power to pardon federal crimes and state crimes.

Would like Amendment to Constitution that gives US House of Representatives the power to pardon federal crimes and state crimes.

Would like Amendment to Constitution that gives people the power to pardon federal crimes and state crimes. Innocent people have received death penalty.

Would like Amendment to Constitution that gives State legislatures the power to fire President, Vice President, Speaker of US House of Representatives, Secretary of State of USA, Judges on US Supreme Court, Secretaries of Federal Departments, Director of FBI, Director of CIA.

Would like Amendment to Constitution that gives the people the power to fire President, Vice President, Speaker of US House of Representatives, Secretary of State of USA, Judges on US Supreme Court, Secretaries of Federal Departments, Director of FBI, Director of CIA.

Would like Amendment to Constitution that gives the people the power to fire their US Senators, their Representatives to US House of Representatives, Governors, Mayors, Aldermen, members of School Boards, members of State legislatures. When the people fire US Senator chosen by State legislature, State legislature chooses the replacement. The people pick the replacements for US Senators and others they elected via elections.

Would like Amendment to Constitution that gives State legislatures the power to fire US Senators and Representatives to US House of Representatives the people pick. The people would pick the replacements via elections.

Sincerely,

Ken Stremsky

187 Poplar Street

Manchester, NH 03104

603-647-5898

Katy Bolger's avatar

How about we start with the Equal Rights Amendment?

Ken's avatar

If you want to reduce tyranny and corruption, you need to increase the power of the people and State legislatures via Amendments to the Constitution.

I am a Real Republican Progressive Capitalist. A Real Republican supports our Federal Republic and would never support gerrymandering and poll taxes because they deny people Republican Form of Government.

The Equal Rights Amendment is the law of the land. The Constitution itself does not give a time limit for how long it may take for an Amendment to become law. It could take 200 years to get the required number of States to support.

The required number of States have supported the Amendment. Judges have chosen to betray their oath of office to the Constitution by not enforcing it.

Abortion rights, end of life care, doctors assisted suicide when have terminal cancer all depend on Amendment One - free exercise of religion dealing with health care.

It is not constitutional to make it harder for married females to vote than single males.

An Amendment to the Constitution was passed to ban poll taxes. It is constitutional to require a photo ID to vote and birth certificate to vote if provide for free and make it easy to get. Not constitutional to require photo ID to vote and make people pay for it. Not constitutional to require birth certificate to vote and make people pay for it. Not constitutional to make people pay court fees, court fines, taxes before they vote.

AMENDMENT XXIV

Passed by Congress August 27, 1962. Ratified January 23, 1964.

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/amendments-11-27

Section 1.

The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.

Section 2.

The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

2016 Washington Post

Getting a photo ID so you can vote is easy. Unless you're poor, black, Latino or elderly.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/getting-a-photo-id-so-you-can-vote-is-easy-unless-youre-poor-black-latino-or-elderly/2016/05/23/8d5474ec-20f0-11e6-8690-f14ca9de2972_story.html

Disenfranchisement and Suppression of Black Voters in the United States

https://ballardbrief.byu.edu/issue-briefs/disenfranchisement-and-suppression-of-black-voters-in-the-united-states

People of Color Are Being Deterred from Voting

A new study shows growing racial voter turnout gap. It's compelling evidence that voter suppression laws are devastatingly effective.

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/people-color-are-being-deterred-voting

Black Women and Voter Suppression

https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/wlufac/760/

New SAVE Act Bills Would Still Block Millions of Americans From Voting

The “show your papers” requirement is an attack on the freedom to vote.

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/new-save-act-bills-would-still-block-millions-americans-voting

Tell Congress to oppose the SAVE Act Suite of bills

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS

https://www.lwv.org/save-act

BLACK WOMEN'S HEALTH IMPERATIVE

The SAVE Act and What Women Need to Know About the New Fight Over Voting Access

https://bwhi.org/2026/02/13/the-save-act-and-what-women-need-to-know-about-the-new-fight-over-voting-access/

Sincerely,

Ken Stremsky

187 Poplar Street

Manchester, NH 03104

603-647-5898

GingerLee's avatar

it feels like we are all in a very bizarre movie.... the theme of which for all the awful characters involved is "how much money can they steal"...please someone stop this madness

JerryBier's avatar

For lack of a better word, why isn't this defined as gambling, and why is Crypto still considered money? I see they have connected the gambling stage with Trump's Truth (LIE) Social. Is that just another way to fleece more money from the idiots who still can't see the forest because a big, fat baby-man is blocking their view (and common sense), or is it Trump showing once again that he is unfit to have anything to do with the USA?

Steve Lauer, PhD's avatar

Gonna be crazy when this leads to the stock market being classified as a casino (not entirely wrong)

Joseph Mangano's avatar

You know it's a bad sign when other conservative Republicans are mocking your position. L take from Mr. Selig here.

Jean E Hayes's avatar

...And another good reason to overturn Citizens United and get these super packs of unlimited amounts of money out of political campaign donations for good!

Mark's avatar

Just another grift by the “Grifter-In-Chief” King Donald.

Jim Carmichael's avatar

As always, Judd, thank you for unpicking the strands of this byzantine financial transaction!

E-Dub's avatar

“Prior to its support for MAGA Inc….”

Let’s reflect on this being the actual name of a PAC, not a joke. These clowns really can’t help but announce their intentions.

Jodi Koszarek's avatar

There is just so much corruption! Wow!

Joelle Bradley's avatar

Just learned about the blue butterfly section at Dilley Detention Center where they are holding adolescent girls. Can you shed light on this? Thank you.

Frank Lee's avatar

Unlike the Big Guy Joe Biden getting 10% from Hunter's CCP and Ukraine connections, Trump has no monetary gain connected to any of this. MAGA. Inc. Trump does not manage nor direct the non-profit. Trump is not running for office. Trump has supported progressive policies for crypto since his second term. The flip flop hypocrisy meter pegged to 100% for Democrats on just about every political topic and Democrats just claim that they evolved and changed their mind. Yet any change in the Trump Administration support or opposition is a grand conspiracy. Got it.

Jodi Koszarek's avatar

You’re hilarious! If you can’t see the most OBVIOUS $5MILLION pay to play scheme here, there is absolutely no help for the washed MAGA brain. You really believe tRUMP does not benefit from bribes paid to his super PAC? Seriously? Your dear leader is corrupt to the core and totally compromised. He appears more times in the Epstein files than Jesus of Nazareth in the New Testament! Everyone knows this but you, I guess.

Carol Gamm's avatar

Now libjng in a third world country.