A lot is being made about @AndrewYang's joke about knowing a bunch of doctors because he is Asian - but what about the fact that the moderators tried to cut him off just 34 seconds into the 1 minute he was supposed to be given just like every other candidate? #YangGang#DemDebate
@AndrewYang Heading into the #DemDebates, @AndrewYang was polling about evenly with Booker, Klobuchar, O'Rourke, and Booker and ahead of Castro - and yet, he spoke the least out of everyone by a wide margin #YangGang
@AndrewYang It may not be a popular decision among the mainstream outlets to provide @AndrewYang with proper coverage, but to rectify this wrong I hereby pledge to shoutout the #YangGang each time we now talk 2020 on our show 🇺🇸
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It’s *usually* illegal for anyone in government to profit from their office, but Trump is capitalizing on a new way to sell influence
If you follow the money, the $TRUMP memecoin looks like a head fake
THIS is the real Trump honeypot you can get in on (but probably shouldn’t)🧵
First, the obvious: As Rob Blagojevich learned, directly auctioning off an office will land you in prison
But what if you were less obvious about it?
Here's my theory on how President Trump is doing it with crypto (which he confirmed by re-tweeting) ⤵️
Trump, Eric, Don Jr., and even Barron are currently overseeing the build out of one of the largest projects in crypto
The DeFi platform, @worldlibertyfi has already raised close to half a billion dollars via a token sale and outside investors — including foreign nationals
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce was just tapped to run the crypto task force at the SEC and that's so insanely bullish
When I interviewed her last month, she predicted three things would happen under a pro-crypto SEC
This was the first, the others are even better for crypto🧵
First off, the SEC has been regulating by enforcement with lawsuits based on the fact nobody knows the rules / how to be compliant
Today's announcement to set up a task force to finally establish clear rules confirms the "day one" changes she predicted
Commissioner Peirce is known as "crypto mom" because she understands the benefits of the tech
Her other hope was that she could work with builders to free the industry of fears the SEC would hit them with enforcement actions so they could build freely
There is a very important reason why the Trumps are launching $TRUMP and now $MELANIA so fast before the inauguration
And whether you love Trump or hate Trump, the fact is that waiting another day could've opened him up to Constitutional violations & impeachment (again) 🧵
As laid out in the Constitution, no President is allowed to abuse his office to enrich himself
Specifically, the Emoluments Clause prevents the president from receiving profits/gains from foreign governments