What an absolute bitch

The guy who wrote Trump’s crypto law was on the payroll of the company it regulates. When the law passed, they made him CEO. Bo Hines is 29. He ran for Congress twice and lost both times. He’d never worked in government or crypto. In January 2025, Trump made him executive director of the White House crypto council. His first priority was writing the GENIUS Act, the first real crypto law in American history. Billions of dollars depended on the details. The Wall Street Journal just revealed that Hines owned a third of a consulting company while at the White House. His dad owned another third. Weeks after Hines started, the company signed a deal with Tether, the biggest crypto company in the world. Tether paid them $415,000 a month while Hines was writing the bill that would regulate it. Trump signed the bill in July 2025. At the ceremony, he asked, “Where’s Bo Hines?” Hines stood up and took a bow. A month after Hines left the White House, Tether made him CEO of its U.S. division. He bought a bigger house. His dad bought a private jet. This is how the place runs now. Trump set the example and everyone underneath him is keeping up. I break it all down and much more in today’s show (link in reply).

The White House is hiding a report about your taxes until after you vote. Every year the IRS publishes data showing what people at every income level deducted and what they owed. This year’s version is the first real look at the big Republican tax law from 2025. It was supposed to come out in July. Then September. It’s now the middle of October. The official line is they want the numbers to be accurate. What a convenient time to suddenly care about that. Full story at the link in the comments ⬇️