Shocked To Know That The Whole GOP & Over A Dozen Senate Dems Are In The Crypto-Cartel's Pockets?

The crypto-cartel got its bill, Tennessee Republican Bill Hagerty’s GENIUS Act, passed by the Senate Tuesday, 68-30. There were 18 Democrats crossing the aisle to vote with all the Republicans except Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Rand Paul (R-KY), who opposed the bill. The Democrats who supported it can be roughly broken down into 4 camps

• those who the cartel has already purchased, like, for example, Elissa Slotkin, Ruben Gallego and Adam Schiff (at $10 million a piece)

• those who want the cartel to buy them, like Cory Booker, Hassan and John Fetterman

• those, like Padilla and Ossoff, who are afraid the cartel will spend big on their campaign and destroy them the way they did to Sherrod Brown and Jon Tester

• those who believe in the kind of financial corruption the cartel is offering

All of these Democrats voted against the bill the first time it came up, whining about Trump being able to profit from the corruption. Nothing changed in that regard by the all voted for it on Tuesday anyway:

• Angela Alsobrooks (MD)

• Cory Booker (NJ)

• Catherine Cortez-Masto (NV)

• John Fetterman (PA)

• Ruben Gallego (AZ)

• Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)

• Maggie Hassan (NH)

• Martin Heinrich (NM)

• John Hickenlooper (CO)

• Andy Kim (NJ)

• Ben Ray Lujan (NM)

• Jon Ossoff (GA)

• Alex Padilla (CA)

• Jacky Rosen (NV)

• Adam Schiff (CA)

• Elissa Slotkin (MI)

• Mark Warner (VA)

• Raphael Warnock (GA)

The bill is the beginning of the cartel’s push towards the kind of mainstream legitimacy it needs to pull off the ultimate heist it has long envisioned. Caveat emptor, as they say— a short version of Caveat emptor, quia ignorare non debuit quod jus alienum emit (“Let a purchaser beware, for he ought not to be ignorant of the nature of the property which he is buying from another party”).

Robert Jamison reported that “Senate passage came over the fierce objections of many Democrats, who warned that the measure lacked strict-enough regulations or oversight to prevent abuses, including anti-corruption rules that would bar President Trump and his family from continuing to profit from cryptocurrency.” The cartel told its Senate pawns not to make the changes demanded by Elizabeth Warren,Jeff Merkley and the other reformers. Next stop: the GOP-controlled House and then Señor Trumpanzyy’s desk.

This isn’t just about policy; it’s about something just as important: character. When we decide who to support, who to contribute to, who to knock on doors for, we need to look beyond platforms and party labels. We need to ask, who has a spine? Who can take a punch without selling out? Who’s not for sale— at any price? And even if there are virtually no Republicans in that category, plenty of Democrats aren’t either.

The 18 Democrats who slipped across the aisle on the crypto-cartel’s bill didn’t suddenly become true believers in deregulated corruption. They knew exactly what this bill was when they opposed it the first time. They knew it would grease the rails for Trump, his cronies and a handful of billionaire grifters to profit even more freely. But they voted for it anyway. Why? Ambition. Cowardice. Opportunism. Pick your poison— none of which reflects well on anyone’s character. And that’s the point. Character is what matters most. When the pressure's on, when the money’s flowing, when the stakes are real— that’s when you find out who these people are. And too many of them keep failing the test. If we want a government that works for ordinary people instead of billionaire scammers, we have to stop rewarding politicians who fold the minute they’re offered a check or threatened with one. We have to support candidates who act with courage, not calculation.