[eclipticplane]

And a few decades ago, Carter put his family peanut farm into a blind trust to avoid the mere suspicion of a conflict of interest.

[shimman]

Great onion article about this if you haven't read it:

https://theonion.com/you-people-made-me-give-up-my-peanut-fa...

[jfengel]

That article was written in January 2017. I think that even the article writer would be shocked by how bad the reality of it actually is.

[AmericanOP]

"Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It's the only thing that can stop me." - Donald Trump, Jan 2026

[mlrtime]

And yet the Congress refuses to pass any insider trading laws for themselves.