Crosscheck

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Topic: insider-trading

Fact-check

3,711 Trades: A Fact-Check of Trump's Presidential Stock Portfolio

Trump filed 3,711 stock trades worth $220M-$750M in Q1 2026 — including unsolicited purchases in companies he praised the same day, contradicting blind-trust claims and exploiting a legal exemption…

Analysis

From Spice Ships to Slot Machines: How the Stock Market Lost Its Way

The stock market was invented to crowdfund dangerous ocean voyages — now it is a casino where Congress trades on inside information and algorithms front-run your orders in microseconds.

Analysis

Both Sides Do It: A Category-by-Category Comparison of Political Hypocrisy

Nine categories of political accusation examined with evidence from both parties — who accuses whom, and what the record actually shows for each side.

Analysis

The Insider Trading Pattern: Who's Making Billions Before Trump's Announcements?

The DOJ is investigating $2.6 billion in suspicious oil futures trades placed minutes before Trump's Iran announcements, cabinet officials dumped stocks days before tariff crashes, and the agencies…

Analysis

The Pelosi Portfolio: Luck, Skill, or Inside Information?

Paul Pelosi's trades beat the S&P 500 by 581% over four decades — with suspicious timing on Visa, Nvidia, Tesla, Microsoft, and Google that no investigation has ever explained.