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The Sec of the Treasury is not supposed to give certain investors more information than others. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has regulations, like Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg FD), that aim to ensure all investors have equal access to material information. The market is up..so far

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INSIDE INFO? Why is the govt.(Treas. Sec. Bessent) having closed door meetings with wealthy investors about the U S. tariff war w/ China? Per NYT, THE PRESS WAS EXCLUDED from this JPM spons investor summit. It sure appears that wealthy investors are getting foreknowledge of upcoming govt. actions.

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CONT'D: The power to regulate the large maj. of elections lies with the states and Congress per the Elections Clause, U.S. Constitution. If followed, Trump's EO would consolidate a great deal of power over elections w/in the Ex branch, diminishing the legal role of "C" & the states in election adm.

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CONT'D: In the entire history of the bipartisan FEC, no president has ever removed a member from the opposing party w/o naming a successor recommended by that party’s congressional leadership. 5) Trump’s 3/25/25 executive order on Amer elections is an unprecedented expansion of executive power.

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CONT'D: The bipartisan "FEC" is normally composed of 3 Republicans & 3 Democrats but Trump has not replaced Weintraub. The FTC is charged w/upholding the integrity of federal campaigns, reducing political corruption and providing transparency about who is spending money on federal elections.

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CONT'D 2)Ended about $10 mil. in annual funding to the nonprofit "Center for Internet Sec" 3) disbanded FBI task force focused on investigating foreign influence ops, incl those that target U.S. elections.4) Trump "illegally" removed the Democratic member on the independent Fed Election Commission.

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STEPS TRUMP HAS TAKEN TO UNDERMINE FREE & FAIR ELECTIONS: 1) Defunded & stopped the election activities of the "Election Infrastructure Info Sharing and Analysis Center" that helps state/local officials monitor/analyze & respond to cyber attacks targeting the nation’s election hardware/software.

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The light projection on the Old North Church in Boston, MA "Let the Warning ride forth Once More: Tyranny is at Our Door".

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TRUMP WILL CHEAT BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT REPUBLICANS CAN'T WIN in 2026 ON THE ISSUES! Ensure your state's election security. Trump is deeply unpopular (econ, gutting govt. etc.),so he knows he has to cheat. He knows that he must keep Rep. majorities since he's vulnerable to impeachment & conviction.

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Per Democracy Docket, Trump also commanded the Election Assistance Commission "EAC" to decertify all voting equip, like vote tabulators or ballot markers currently in use, though it’s unclear if EAC is moving forward with that directive. If the EAC does, it could paralyze elections in some states.

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TRUMP WILL TRY TO RIG 2026 MIDTERMS, AND IF HE CAN'T, HE WILL TRY TO CANCEL THE ELECTION. Trump will do ANYTHING to stay in power & keep Republican majorities in place. He has already defunded the "Election Infrastructure Info Sharing & Analysis Center that helps states with election security.

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The federal Election Assistance Commission is asking states how it could enact Trump's proof of citizenship requirement for voter registration as lawsuits over the executive order continue. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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"It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the scientific community, and civil servants and beyond to form one coordinated mass movement. Trump is about power" From David Brooks www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...

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CONT'D. The 5/25 Atlantic Mag article by Univ of Chicago Law Profess. A. Huq, describes "How autocrats create spheres of lawlessness". Trump is creating a dual state: he cleaves off a portion of the State that is lawless & corrupt while continuing normal capitalism & courts that don't apply 2Trump

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Don't miss the May, 2025 issue of The Atlantic Magazine: "It's Later Than You Think." Journalist/historian & Pulitzer prize winner, A. Applebaum's article is illuminating: "The Hungarian Model..MAGA conservatives love Victor Orban. But he's left his country corrupt, stagnant, & impoverished."

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TRUMP HATES THAT FED CHAIR POWELL HAD THE GUTS TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER EVEN MORE THAN POWELL'S REFUSAL TO LOWER RATES! When asked if he would resign early in light of Trump's comment about "Powell's termination as Fed chair "cannot come fast enough", Powell said "No". Powell won't be intimidated.

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Trump says Fed Chair Powell's termination cannot come fast enough" b/cause Powell said that "Trump's tariffs would likely raise inflation and slow the economy, which could make it harder for the Fed to cut rates anytime soon." Trump wants to see how the market reacts. If none, he will fire Powell

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CORP. LEADERS NEED TO JOIN THE FIGHT & SPEAK OUT AGAINST TRUMP'S DESIGNS ON DICTATORSHIP! Trump trashed the econ & market, wrongfully attacked law firms and at least 60 universities in an effort to exert fed. control over academia (your schools!) We are your customers, workers & stockholders. LEAD!

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JUST IN: The National Labor Relations Board told employees Wednesday that DOGE staffers would be assigned to the agency, one day after a whistleblower alleged DOGE may have removed sensitive NLRB data.

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Whistleblower details how DOGE may have taken sensitive NLRB data www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

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Apart from tariffs, Trump is following much of Hungarian Dictator V. Orban's playbook. Orban purged his party of critical minds, appointed loyalists, curtailed the press, hollowed out the judiciary & rewrote its constitution. He also appointed loyalists to the supervisory boards of 11 universities

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White House to Ask Congress to Claw Back Funding From NPR and PBS www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/b...

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Columbia Univ.: What Trump's Adm. really wants: total govt. oversight over elite private universities because they are the bastions of liberal, democratic thought & protests against injustice & fascism. Despite acceding to many of Trump's initial demands, Col. still hasn't rec'd its fed. funding.

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SWAP ABREGO GARCIA FOR TRUMP? In their Oval Office meeting the other day, Trump NEVER EVEN ASKED the President of El Salvador if he would release Mr. A. Garcia. Trump dreams about sending U.S. criminals to El Salvador. Let's do a swap. We send Trump to El Salvador in exchange for Mr. Abrego Garcia.

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More Than 20,000 I.R.S. Employees Offer to Resign www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...

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