At 9.50pm AEDT yesterday, there was a sudden spike in trading on the oil and S&P 500 futures market.

6.50am New York time is an unusual time for a rush on trades on West Texas Intermediate May futures.

But it showed that all of a sudden, a substantial sum of money was bet on oil prices dropping and the stock market rising.

  • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    14 hours ago

    so far

    Yup. Pandora’s Box is open now. Going forward every conservative grifter is going to acknowledge what Trump got away with and attempt to get away with as much and more. Why wouldn’t they? They’ll want their turn at the grift so they can create their own dynasty using America’s wealth.

    We’re cooked. Our system is weak.

    • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      12 hours ago

      Dems are going to do the same thing. Again, why wouldn’t they? Trump just lowered the bar for all future administrations. He showcased the failures of our checks and balances and proved that you can do whatever the fuck you want, laws and judges be damned, and no one will do a fucking thing about it.