A recent deal between an Emirati investment firm and a cryptocurrency company tied to the Trumps could endanger national security, Warren said.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is urging a federal watchdog to investigate a recently announced deal between a Trump-backed cryptocurrency company and an investment firm tied to the government of the United Arab Emirates.

Warren and Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon sent a letter to Jamieson Greer, acting director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, on Monday outlining their concerns.

The deal in question concerns the Emirati investment firm MGX, the crypto exchange Binance, and World Liberty Financial, a crypto company that lists President Trump and his sons as members of its team.

  • explodicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Now that crypto is a thing, every politician needs to be regularly audited by the IRS. If it’s coming from some shady unknown in cypherspace, then we ought to assume bribery.

  • Wilco@lemm.eeEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Whaaaaaaat? Trump is taking bribes from foreign countries using crypto currency? Really? Who could have known?!?! Except every fucking person with common sense. Trump is a traitor. He needs impeached, tried, and then either imprisoned for life or executed.

  • voxthefox@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 days ago

    Fucking epic coming from Warren considering her investment history in congress, but I guess even a broken clock is right sometimes

    EDIT: Apologies it was early and confused Senator Warren and Pelosi with the questionable trading.

  • oppy1984@lemm.eeEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Alternative headline: Senator Warren requests government funded relocation to Venezuela. El Salvador.

      • oppy1984@lemm.eeEnglish
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        5 days ago

        This is what I get for commenting near the end of my 8 hour shift at the end of my last 10 minute break after only getting a few hours of sleep the day before.

        El Salvador… To quote Forest Gump, I’m not a smart man.

    • JohnnyFlapHoleSeed@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      Start combing through open secrets for Trump donors who gave $5000 or more, cross reference their names with property records and put together a list of as many people/locations as you can. Stock up on supplies, get ready

      • Septimaeus@infosec.pub
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        5 days ago

        Uh, 5k? Your biggest hitlist demographic is senile old widows, the trifecta of Trump’s favorite target donor groups.

        Killing them would not only be evil, it would only serve Trump. The top donors use super PACs and give way more than 5k, but the list of elites backing Trump and toppling democracies globally requires no doxxing, because they own public companies.

        Do not kill working class Republican voters.

        • JohnnyFlapHoleSeed@lemmy.world
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          4 days ago

          You start from the top down until you get the changes you want. I mean, why eat the snake tail first?

          and also, I just want to stress that NO FUCKING WORKING CLASS PERSON IS GIVING $5000 TO ANY POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.

          Those old widows aren’t working, and probably never did. Now they just sit around taking up space, driving up house prices, and selling out their children’s future to the next dipshit conman that comes along.

          People who have 5k to piss away on a political donation every few years aren’t fucking working for that money.

          • Septimaeus@infosec.pub
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            4 days ago

            NO FUCKING WORKING CLASS PERSON IS GIVING $5000 TO ANY POLITICAL CAMPAIGN

            Dude 5k is absolutely within reach of many working class retirees, especially widows. They do give that much and more. But that’s not the point.

            Those old widows aren’t working, and probably never did.

            Working class has never meant currently working, or even formerly working. But that’s not the point.

            Now they just sit around taking up space, driving up house prices

            Is this a “useless eater” argument? A person’s ability is not what gives them the right to not be murdered. But even that is not the point.

            Selling out their children’s future to the next dipshit conman that comes along.

            Is this defending generational wealth inheritance? Because that’s part of how we got here. At least be consistent. But that is not the point.

            People who have 5k to piss away aren’t working for that money

            Again many working class retirees have some combination of retirement savings, pension, SSI, SSDI, insurance and LTC vehicles, etc, that can put 5k of liquid assets within reach, even if it costs them dearly. But that’s not the point.

            You start from the top down until you get the changes you want.

            Only for the true global elite would top-down be a sound strategy, and again the elites won’t be on your list because they give differently. And it’s only sound because it associates wealth itself with risk, directly counteracting their incentive for further oppression/profit. But that’s not the point.

            The point: if you murder people for the way they vote, or even threaten to do so, you become a fascist yourself.

            This isn’t how we win. Get your ass into therapy before hate consumes you.

            • JohnnyFlapHoleSeed@lemmy.world
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              4 days ago

              We can argue more about whose approach is correct when we meet in the concentration camps.

              To call someone who worked 30 years and retired in their 50’s with a full pension, 401k, and full government benefits all the while supporting a partner and family, ‘working class’ is incredibly disingenuous. That’s called upper middle class now, to have one adult work, and afford a home and raise children.

              Just because they used to be ‘working class’ doesn’t mean they are now

              Some white privilege gamgam that got knocked up 60 years ago and has been riding that accomplishment ever since, giving money her dead husband earned to a fucking traitor is something that should not go unpunished.

              2016, fine your of the hook. 2020? You’re fucking organic waste, but fine, you get a pass. But if you gave that money, in 2024, after all he had already said and done, then you’re gonna fucking pay for your choice. If anything, your kids know how you voted, and ultimately we’ll be the ones that determine how you spend your last days on this earth, when you get water, pain meds, how long you sit in your own filth, and when the plug is pulled.

              The elderly shouldn’t be in the practice of building houses that they’ll never live in. They’ve had their time, it was a complete fucking catastrophe. If they had bowed out gracefully there wouldn’t be a need for them to bow down before the beheading.