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Legalized Insider Trading: How Congress Gets Rich While America Suffers — and Why Black America Must Invest Like Our Future Depends On It


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WELCOME TO THE RIGGED CASINO

Let’s start this Ghetto Philosopher-style, because that’s where the truth flows without the filters:


America is a casino. Congress are the dealers. And the stock market? That’s their side hustle.


When regular people trade stocks using private information, we call it insider trading. When Congress does something that looks, smells, and acts like insider trading?


We call it “disclosure.” We give them 45 days to file paperwork. We slap them with a $200 fine if they file late — a fine so light you could pay it with the points from a Spirit Airlines flight.

Then they keep it moving.


Meanwhile:

  • Inflation is draining families.

  • Rent is suffocating workers.

  • Healthcare premiums are ballooning.

  • The wealthy are vacuuming up assets during downturns.

  • Wages ain’t moving enough to matter.


And through all that, the political class — Democrats, Republicans, Independents, and even Supreme Court justices — are quietly compounding wealth in sectors they oversee, regulate, and sometimes secretly sabotage.


This isn’t conspiracy talk.This isn’t vibes and suspicions.This is documented. Filed. Disclosed. Tracked. Analyzed. And in many cases, punished only with a slap on the wrist so small that it's visible only though a microscope.


Black America: we need to talk. Because while we’re arguing about candidates and culture wars, they’re arguing about which defense stock to buy before the next vote.


It’s time to stop complaining about the game and start learning how the dealers move.


This ain’t just an article. It’s a blueprint for survival — and ownership.


WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING IS NOT NORMAL — IT IS LEGALIZED INSIDER PLAY

Politicians love to say:

“We don’t trade on insider information. We follow the law.”

Translation:

“We wrote the law in a way that makes insider trading almost impossible to prove.”

Let’s break down how the hustle works.

1. They Write the Rules.

They Trade the Game. They Control the Timing.**


Members of Congress sit on committees that oversee:

  • Defense

  • Big Tech

  • Healthcare

  • Energy

  • Banking

  • Artificial intelligence

  • Cryptocurrencies

  • Homeland Security

  • Agriculture

  • Transportation

  • Pharmaceuticals

  • Infrastructure


They get:

  • Classified briefings

  • Closed-door hearings

  • Lobbyist memos

  • Advance warnings of regulatory changes

  • Forecasts of government contracts

  • Insider updates on crises, threats, disasters, and corporate vulnerabilities


And then?


They trade stocks.


This is not speculation. This is not projection. This is not Twitter gossip. This is reported data straight from:


This is the real, raw story:


Congress is the only group in America allowed to profit from information they get BECAUSE they’re in power.


For everyone else, that’s a felony.


The STOCK Act Has More Loopholes Than Fishnet Panythose

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The STOCK Act (2012) was supposed to prevent insider trading by lawmakers. Instead, it created the illusion of accountability.


The law requires:

  • Members of Congress

  • Their spouses

  • Their dependent children


…to report trades over $1,000 within 45 days.


That delay is the game.


Forty-five days is a lifetime in the markets. A lifetime.


They can:

  • Buy stocks before a key bill

  • Sell stocks before a scandal

  • Load up before new funding

  • Ditch stocks before regulations

  • Front-run the public


And by the time you see the disclosure?


It’s old news. The move is done. The profit (or avoided loss) is locked in.


And if they file late? The “penalty” is $200.


That’s not enforcement — that’s theatre.


The Evidence: They Beat the Market Too Often to Be Luck

Now here’s the part that should piss everybody off:


Year after year, certain politicians consistently outperform the market.


Not all of them. Not every party. Not every trade.


But enough that the pattern is undeniable.


Take these hard receipts:

  • Unusual Whales' 2023 & 2024 Congress Trading Reports show several lawmakers beating the S&P 500 repeatedly.

  • QuiverQuant tracks “excess returns” — how a stock performs AFTER the politician buys it — exposing patterns that no retail investor could replicate by chance.

  • Capitol Trades has logged 35,000+ trades from 215 politicians totaling over $2.2 billion in volume.

  • Some trades timed political events almost perfectly, the way only insiders or algorithmic traders could dream about.


If a Wall Street trader did this repeatedly?


The SEC would raid their home at 6 a.m.


But when Congress does it?


It’s called "governance".


NAME NAMES: WHO’S BEEN PLAYING GAMES WITH THE MARKET

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You asked for nuclear. Time to drop names.


This isn’t partisan mudslinging — this is equal opportunity accountability.


Democrats Who Got Caught (or Look Like They Did)


Nancy Pelosi & Paul Pelosi (D-CA)

The Pelosi household has executed:

  • Immense option trades

  • Well-timed tech positions

  • Moves that coincidentally align with committee work, hearings, and regulatory chatter


When asked, Pelosi famously said: “We are a free market economy.”

Translation:“ Leave our trades alone.”


John Yarmuth (D-KY)

Long record of healthcare and biotech trades while serving on committees tied to health legislation.


Tom Carper (D-DE)

Criticized for trades involving energy companies while working on environment policy.


Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY)

Series of defense and healthcare trades raising conflict allegations.

Not illegal — but suspicious as hell.


Republicans Who Got Caught (or Look Like They Did)


Richard Burr (R-NC)

Dumped up to $1.7 million in stocks after receiving classified COVID-19 briefings. Sold travel & hospitality stocks right before the crash. Under FBI investigation, but no charges.


Kelly Loeffler (R-GA)

Her household made dozens of trades after a closed COVID briefing:

  • Sold retail & travel

  • Bought remote work companies

  • Bought healthcare stocks


She claimed she didn’t control the trades. America rolled its eyes.


Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)

Repeated late STOCK Act filings, trades in dozens of companies, including defense contractors despite serving on Armed Services.


Dan Crenshaw (R-TX)

High-volume trader with eyebrow-raising timing, especially in energy and tech.

Again — not illegal. But not normal.


Supreme Court Shenanigans


Justice Clarence Thomas

This isn’t stock trading — but it’s even more blatant:

  • Private jet flights

  • Yacht vacations

  • Real estate deals

  • Tuition payments for relatives


From billionaire Harlan Crow.


If a corporate employee accepted this?


They’d be fired before lunch.


The Supreme Court writes the rules of the country — and some Justices live like the SEC doesn’t exist.


The Bipartisan Conclusion

Both parties: Dirty. Both parties:Trading. Both parties:Profiting.


Republicans do it. Democrats do it. Committees do it. Families do it. Spouses do it. And the courts look the other way.


This ain’t left vs. right.


This is rulers vs. the ruled.


HOW THESE TRADES SHAPE LAWS THAT SHAPE YOUR LIFE

Let me make this plain:


A politician’s portfolio can dilute your democracy.


If they own:

Big Pharma

Expect no real drug price reform.


Oil & Gas

Expect slow-walked climate legislation.


Defense Contractors

Expect a war budget that grows even when schools shrink.


Tech Giants

Expect weak privacy laws and friendly AI regulation.


Private Prisons

Expect harsher sentencing and anti-reform stances.


Real Estate Trusts

Expect tax breaks favoring landlords over tenants.


Healthcare Insurance Stocks

Expect high premiums and limited public options.


This is not theoretical. This is how power works in America:


People protect what they’re invested in.


And Congress is invested in damn near everything.


Meanwhile, Black America — the descendants of people who BUILT this nation’s wealth —

disproportionately:

  • Rent instead of own

  • Work instead of invest

  • Consume instead of compound

  • Save cash instead of build equity

  • React to policy instead of profit from it


That is not a moral failing. It is the result of generations of exclusion:

  • No GI Bill benefits in practice

  • Redlining

  • Segregated schools

  • Predatory lending

  • Wage theft

  • Employment discrimination

  • Mass incarceration

  • The War on Drugs

  • The racial wealth gap engineered by policy


They locked us out. We inherited that lockout.


But today, the receipts are visible. The data is public. The trades are tracked.


We can finally see how the game is played.


Now we must play smarter.


THE TOOLS: HOW TO LEGALLY SPY ON WHAT CONGRESS IS BUYING

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These platforms exist for a reason.


Tracks every Congressman’s and Senator’s trade:

  • Ticker

  • Trade type

  • Date

  • Amount

  • Party

  • Committee

  • Industry


This is the raw tape of political greed.


This is where the magic happens:

  • Shows how the stock performed after the politician’s trade

  • Tracks bills, committees, and industries

  • Runs backtests so you can simulate “trading like Congress”

  • Breaks down which lawmakers are outperforming

It’s like following athletes, but for portfolios.


The GOAT of political finance tracking:

  • Annual reports on Congress’s returns

  • Legislative tracking tied to stock moves

  • Supreme Court financial analysis

  • ETFs built from their data

This is the Wall Street version of a whistleblower.


Offer deep education on:

  • Congress-tracking ETFs (NANC, GOP)

  • Ethical investing

  • Market fundamentals

  • Portfolio construction


Breaks down:

  • “Best traders in Congress”

  • Tools for retail investors

  • Sector opportunities


In other words:


The game is visible now. No excuses. Only decisions.


If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em!

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Shutdown dates: funding lapsed Sept. 30, 2025; shutdown ran from Oct. 1 to Nov. 12


Compiled off Quiver Quant’s “Congress Buys” updates for late 2025 (right in the shutdown window), these tickers are the core names Congress was already loaded into and kept leaning on as the shutdown drama played out.


1. NVIDIA (NVDA) – NASDAQ

  • What it does: NVIDIA designs GPUs and chips that power AI, data centers, gaming, and autonomous systems.

  • Policy leverage: Congress is writing checks for AI, chips, and defense — CHIPS Act follow-ons, Pentagon AI contracts, cloud build-outs. Every time they talk “national security” + “AI race with China,” that’s free marketing for NVIDIA and its whole sector. When the same people funding AI supremacy are holding NVDA in their portfolios, it looks less like policy and more like self-dealing in silicon.


2. Meta Platforms (META) – NASDAQ

  • What it does: Parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and the Reality Labs VR/AR segment.

  • Policy leverage: Congress drags tech CEOs in for “tough” hearings, talks big about antitrust and kids’ safety… then quietly does nothing structural. Meanwhile, ad-driven social media thrives off loose data rules and weak privacy laws. That’s the same status quo that props up META’s cash flow — and shows up in congressional buy lists. If they really feared META regulation, they wouldn’t be loading up on META stock.


3. Alphabet (GOOG) – NASDAQ

  • What it does: Google Search, YouTube, Android, cloud computing, and a portfolio of AI and “Other Bets.”

  • Policy leverage: Alphabet sits at the intersection of antitrust, AI rules, digital ads, and Section 230 speech fights. Congress has the power to kneecap Google’s ad empire or cloud ambitions — but enforcement always seems to stall while members happily hold GOOG in their portfolios. Shutdown or not, they’re not about to wreck a company they’re personally invested in.


4. Microsoft (MSFT) – NASDAQ

  • What it does: Office, Windows, Azure cloud, AI via OpenAI partnership, plus a massive government/DoD contracting arm.

  • Policy leverage: MSFT feeds at the federal contract trough: cloud deals, cyber, AI, and defense tech. Congress funds the budgets that buy Microsoft’s services, then individual members or their families turn around and buy MSFT shares and even call options. That’s “I vote the budget, I eat the budget” energy. Shutdown theatrics threaten short-term volatility, but the long-term game is bigger government tech spend — and they know it.


5. Amazon (AMZN) – NASDAQ

  • What it does: E-commerce giant, AWS cloud provider, logistics network, and a growing defense/government contractor.

  • Policy leverage: Every time Congress debates USPS, labor rules, antitrust, or federal cloud — AMZN is on the table. Yet Quiver shows Amazon as one of the most purchased stocks by Congress over the last year. They shut the government, then rush to reopen it before the holidays so consumers can “spend, spend, spend” at places like Amazon — while holding AMZN in their own accounts. That’s the shutdown hustle in one ticker.


6. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSM) – NYSE

  • What it does: World’s dominant contract chip manufacturer, making advanced semiconductors for Apple, NVIDIA, and others.

  • Policy leverage: Congress uses China tensions and “chip independence” to justify billions in subsidies and security guarantees tied to TSM’s ecosystem. The more they hype “chip wars,” the stronger TSM’s geopolitical importance — and investors know it. When lawmakers buy TSM while talking war-gaming and supply-chain risk, they’re basically trading the risk they’re supposed to be managing.


7. Palantir Technologies (PLTR) – NYSE

  • What it does: Big-data and AI analytics for defense, intelligence agencies, law enforcement, and enterprises.

  • Policy leverage: Palantir is a direct beneficiary of surveillance and national security spending — think DHS, DoD, and three-letter agencies. Congress can dial that business up or down with a committee markup. Quiver shows PLTR as a recurring Congress buy. When they vote for bigger surveillance budgets while holding PLTR, that’s like voting to increase your own side hustle.


8. Intuit (INTU) – NASDAQ

  • What it does: Maker of TurboTax, QuickBooks, Credit Karma, Mailchimp — tax prep and small-business software staple.

  • Policy leverage: Congress could simplify the tax code and expand truly free, government-run e-file, which would hurt Intuit directly. Instead, they keep the tax maze complicated while they own stock in the company profiting from the confusion. Quiver shows heavy INTU purchase activity by legislators over the past year.


9. Apple (AAPL) – NASDAQ

  • What it does: iPhones, Macs, iPads, services ecosystem, and a massive global supply chain.

  • Policy leverage: Congress loves hearings on App Store fees, privacy, China dependency, and right-to-repair, but most of that noise never matures into serious structural reform. Meanwhile, multiple members — including Gottheimer — have been buying Apple in 2025. Apple is a safe mega-cap harbor when politicians know they’re about to throw the market into shutdown chaos. They break the government, but keep their money parked in Cupertino.


10. Palo Alto Networks (PANW) – NASDAQ

  • What it does: Enterprise and government cybersecurity — firewalls, cloud security, threat detection.

  • Policy leverage: Every cyber incident becomes a funding opportunity. Congress freaks out in hearings, then writes larger cyber budgets — and names like PANW ride the wave with bigger federal and Fortune 500 contracts. Quiver’s strategy has PANW as a notable line item. So when the same people who underfund basic cyber hygiene are betting on PANW, they’re trading the fires they keep letting burn.


11. Broadcom (AVGO) – NASDAQ

  • What it does: High-end chips for networking, data centers, and smartphones, plus a growing enterprise software stack.

  • Policy leverage: AVGO sits right in the middle of AI, networking, and cloud build-out — all themes turbo-charged by federal spending, defense modernization, and Trump-era industrial policy. Congress has been piling into AVGO according to Quiver’s earlier 2025 allocations. Shutdown or not, they know the next appropriations bill will still throw billions at the digital infrastructure that Broadcom feeds.


12. Liberty Broadband (LBRDK) – NASDAQ

  • What it does: Holding company with stakes in cable/broadband operators (like Charter), essentially a play on U.S. broadband and media infrastructure.

  • Policy leverage: Congress has direct influence over broadband subsidies, rural build-outs, and telecom regulation. LBRDK showing up in the “Congress Buys” allocations tells you exactly who they think will actually cash in on those infrastructure and connectivity dollars. When they talk “bridging the digital divide,” they’re also quietly bridging their own net worth gap.


13. IBM (IBM) – NYSE

  • What it does: Legacy enterprise tech giant pivoting hard into hybrid cloud and AI, with deep ties to government and defense.

  • Policy leverage: IBM has been a government contractor since before many of these members were born. AI, mainframe, cyber, cloud for agencies — it’s baked into federal IT. Quiver shows IBM as a core Congress-held name in 2025. Lawmakers know that even during shutdown, agencies still need IBM to keep the lights on, which makes it a steady “I know the bureaucracy will survive” play.


14. iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (USIG) – NYSE Arca

  • What it does: ETF holding a broad basket of U.S. investment-grade corporate bonds.

  • Policy leverage: This is the macro bet: if Congress keeps servicing the debt, stabilizes the system after shutdown, and Wall Street stays confident, investment-grade credit grinds higher. When members buy USIG, they’re basically betting “we’ll bail ourselves out eventually.” They might let regular workers sweat during a shutdown, but they will not let the bond market burn.


15. Valero Energy (VLO) – NYSE

  • What it does: One of the largest independent oil refiners — gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and related products.

  • Policy leverage: Shutdown or no shutdown, Congress plays a huge role in energy policy, refining regulations, export rules, and strategic reserve moves. VLO shows up in Congress’ buy basket — a classic play on “we’ll keep the fossil fuel game going even while we talk climate on TV.”


16. Chevron (CVX) – NYSE

  • What it does: Integrated oil & gas major with upstream, downstream, and growing LNG operations.

  • Policy leverage: Sanctions, drilling leases, export policy, tax credits — all that gets negotiated by people who, per Quiver, are buying CVX. When Congress helps shape Trump-era tariffs and energy policy that move oil prices and capital flows, holding CVX is like having a cheat code on the fossil-fuel future while the public argues about gas prices.


17. Goldman Sachs (GS) – NYSE

  • What it does: Global investment bank running trading, investment management, and advisory on deals, IPOs, and government debt.

  • Policy leverage: Rep. Josh Gottheimer — who sits on Ways and Means, the tax-writing powerhouse — has been buying Goldman early in 2025, right as Trump-era deregulation themes return. Congress controls the rules of the casino (capital requirements, deregulation, tax treatment)… and some members then buy stock in the casino. That’s playing house and player at the same time.


18. Walmart (WMT) – NYSE

  • What it does: The country’s largest retailer and employer, heavy on groceries and essentials.

  • Policy leverage: Shutdowns squeeze workers, but as soon as back pay hits and the holidays approach, that money runs straight through stores like Walmart. Gottheimer buying WMT as part of a consumer-staples inflation hedge tells you they understand that dynamic perfectly. Congress reopens the government so America can reopen its wallets— and WMT is where a huge chunk of that paycheck stimulus lands.


19. Tempus AI (TEM) – NASDAQ

  • What it does: AI-driven precision medicine and health-data platform, building tools for diagnostics, oncology, and personalized care.

  • Policy leverage: Healthcare data, FDA approvals, Medicare reimbursement codes — all shaped by federal policy. Nancy Pelosi bought call options on Tempus AI in January 2025, just as AI-in-medicine became one of the hottest stories in health tech. That’s not just “I like innovation”; that’s betting on where federal health dollars and AI regulation are heading— from a seat in the room where it happens.


20. Vistra Corp. (VST) – NYSE

  • What it does: Power producer and retailer with growing nuclear and clean-energy-adjacent exposure.

  • Policy leverage: Congress steers energy transition subsidies, nuclear incentives, and grid-reliability rules.Pelosi also bought call options on Vistra in early 2025, making a leveraged bet on that policy-driven energy story. So while everyday people are stressing about keeping the lights on during a shutdown, some lawmakers are quietly leveraging the long-term electrification and nuclear pivot in their own accounts.


Top 20 Congressional Stock Traders

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Here’s a blended “power ranking” of the top 20 Congressional stock traders in 2024–2025, using the same combo approach as before:


  • Trade count & dollar volume (Quiver, Capitol Trades, Nasdaq/Money)

  • Defense/sector-specific trading (Responsible Statecraft, tariff-period reporting)

  • Portfolio performance / “top gainers” (Unusual Whales, Investopedia, other roundups).


This isn’t a perfect 1–20 by a single metric; it’s the 20 names that consistently show up as heavy, high-impact, or highly profitable traders in 2024–2025 data.


1. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D–NJ)

Widely flagged as one of Congress’s most active and highest-volume traders, with over 500 trades and more than $90 million in reported volume in 2024–25, plus tens of millions in defense stocks alone. He sits on powerful finance and national security committees while cycling in and out of tech and Pentagon contractors — he’s basically the poster child for “Congress as hedge fund.”


2. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D–CA)

Pelosi doesn’t trade often, but when she or her husband moves, it’s huge size: about $37.8 million in volume on just 17 trades, and she reportedly netted ~$38.6 million in profit in 2024 alone. She’s also the second-most active defense stock trader, with well-timed Microsoft trades drawing constant scrutiny. Her portfolio is basically a “policy anticipation” fund wrapped in a speakership legacy.


3. Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R–PA)

New guy, Wall Street energy: over 530 trades since taking office in 2025, making him one of the single busiest traders in Congress. His book is loaded with big tech and energy names, and he campaigned on banning congressional trading. That’s the “do as I say, not as I trade” starter pack.


4. Rep. Michael McCaul (R–TX)

In the last 90 days, McCaul topped a Capitol Trades/Kiplinger list with about $26.7 million in trading activity, buying names like Oracle and Broadcom and selling Alphabet and Meta. As chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, he’s deeply tied into tech, national security, and geopolitics — exactly the sectors his portfolio leans on.


5. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R–AL)

Tuberville regularly pops up as a hyperactive trader, with around 200+ trades and millions in volume over 2024–25. He sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee while trading defense names like Lockheed and other Pentagon contractors, and has openly called limits on lawmaker trading “ridiculous.” He’s basically running a personal defense ETF from the Senate floor.


6. Rep. Scott Franklin (R–FL)

Franklin shows up in the 2025 “most active traders” lists with dozens of trades and nearly $6 million in volume. He’s not as famous as Pelosi or Tuberville, but his pattern is the same: heavy activity across the same big-cap names that sit right under the policy spigot.


7. Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R–OK)

Mullin clocks in with 70+ trades and over $4 million in reported volume in recent tallies. As a senator with a business background, he leans into energy, industrials, and defense — which line up almost perfectly with committee conversations about spending and regulation.


8. Rep. Ro Khanna (D–CA)

During Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff drama, Khanna (through family trusts) logged more than 300 trades in a short window, leading the House in activity. At the same time, he publicly pushes for trading bans. He’s one of those “I support the ban, but until it passes, I’m gonna hoop” players — trading heavily in the same tech and growth spaces he legislates around.


9. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R–GA)

MTG has been identified as one of the most active traders and was caught buying oil and defense stocks while publicly blasting “war profiteers.” She also moved in and out of Treasuries around market moves. The brand is “anti-swamp populist,” but the portfolio moves like classic “I know where the money’s going” insider adjacency.


10. Rep. Julie Johnson (D–TX)

A newly elected member in the 119th Congress, Johnson already stands out: Capitol Trades shows ~49 trades early on, and reporting notes dozens of stock sales right before a market rebound around the tariff chaos. She’s a good example of rookie class arriving with active-trader instincts baked in.


11. Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D–FL)

Moskowitz made 20+ purchases during the tariff slump, placing him on lists of most active tariff-period traders. Publicly, he’s also been supportive of stricter trading rules, but his own activity shows that even the “good government” crowd isn’t shy about buying the dip with inside context.


12. Rep. David McCormick (R–PA)

Another new lawmaker, McCormick logged around 30 trades early in the term, according to Capitol Trades’ breakout of new-member activity. With a deep Wall Street resume and a book tilted toward tech and industrials, he’s basically brought the hedge fund mindset straight to the House cloakroom.


13. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D–CT)

Blumenthal surfaces in recent 90-day “most active” rundowns, with substantial activity across blue-chip names tracked by Capitol Trades. As a senior senator involved in consumer protection and tech-oversight conversations, the fact that he’s regularly trading the same mega-caps under his jurisdiction keeps him firmly in the conflict-of-interest conversation.


14. Rep. Cleo Fields (D–LA)

Fields appears prominently in the same short-term activity tables, reflecting frequent and sizable trades over the past several months. His portfolio leans into the same big tech and dividend payers that Congress loves generally, proving that both parties drink from the same Wall Street well.


15. Rep. Lisa McClain (R–MI)

McClain is another name high on the “last 90 days” trading activity list, with steady turnover in widely held stocks like Apple and Amazon. She embodies the rank-and-file version of the game — not a household name, but clearly comfortable treating the markets like a side hustle while legislating.


16. Rep. David Rouzer (R–NC)

Rouzer isn’t just active; he’s one of the top portfolio gainers, with an estimated 149% gain in 2024 according to one performance analysis. That’s hedge-fund-level outperformance. When a lawmaker is beating the market by that margin, you have to ask: is he just that good, or is the rulebook tilted?


17. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D–FL)

DWS clocked an estimated 142% portfolio gain in 2024, putting her right behind Rouzer among top performers. She’s not usually in the headlines for trading, but those numbers place her firmly in the “Congress quietly crushing the S&P” conversation.


18. Sen. Ron Wyden (D–OR)

Wyden, a key player on tax and finance policy, reportedly posted ~123% gains in 2024. When the same senator helping design the tax and trade landscape is also doubling his portfolio, it reinforces the public suspicion that the information edge is real, even if it’s technically “public.”


19. Rep. Roger Williams (R–TX)

Williams appears alongside Rouzer, DWS, and Wyden as one of the top congressional portfolio gainers, with performance far ahead of the major indices. A business-owner background plus legislative influence has turned into a quietly lethal combo in the markets.


20. Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R–NJ)

Kean ranks in the top tier of defense-stock traders, moving over $100k–$300k of Pentagon-contractor names while sitting on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. His activity isn’t just about volume; it’s about trading the same defense ecosystem he helps oversee, which is the textbook definition of a conflict-of-interest red flag.



FOR BLACK AMERICA: WHY THIS IS A MATTER OF SURVIVAL

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Let’s code-switch into clarity:


We can’t afford not to invest. Not in 2025. Not in this economy.


Every generation of wealth in America is built on:

  • Ownership

  • Assets

  • Equity

  • Compounding

  • Leverage

  • Networks

  • Inside information

  • Early positioning


Black people were shut out of the first six. We never stood a chance at the seventh. And we were always late on the eighth.


But now?


We finally have the inside information — because Congress is stupid enough to file their trades in public databases.


We have:

  • The tools

  • The data

  • The history

  • The examples

  • The patterns

  • The proof


And we have $1.7 trillion in annual buying power.


But buying power is not wealth. Ownership is wealth.


HOW BLACK AMERICA CAN “BUY WHAT THEY BUY” (WITHOUT LOSING OUR MINDS)

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This is the practical blueprint.


Step 1: Build Your Boring Foundation First

Before you mimic Congress:

  1. Emergency fund (3–6 months)

  2. Low-cost index fund (S&P 500 ETF like VOO)

  3. Dollar-cost averaging (set monthly investments)


Make this your financial oxygen mask.


Step 2: Set Up Your Brokerage Account

Choose:

  • Fidelity

  • Schwab

  • Vanguard

  • E*TRADE

  • M1 Finance

  • CashApp Investing (for beginners)


Make sure you can buy ETFs and stocks.


Step 3: Your “Congress Allocation” (5–15%)

This is your spy budget.


Two lanes:

A. The Lazy Route — Buy the ETFs

  • NANC (Democratic trades)

  • GOP (Republican trades)

You’re not joining a party. You’re joining the profit flow.


Both ETFs publicly list what Congress is buying.


B. The Hands-On Route — Build Your Own Basket

Use:

  • CapitolTrades

  • QuiverQuant

  • Unusual Whales


Find:

  • Top repeated tickers

  • Top performing trades

  • Stocks aligned with future bills

  • Stocks connected to committee assignments


Build a basket of:

  • Tech

  • Defense

  • Energy

  • Healthcare

  • Finance

  • Infrastructure


These are the sectors Congress loves. And the sectors Congress loves tend to win.


Step 4: Build a Collective — Not Just Individual Wealth

Black America wins best when we invest together:

  • Start investment circles

  • Do “Follow the Politician” nights

  • Churches host financial literacy Sundays

  • Fraternities/sororities do investment challenges

  • HBCUs teach Congress-tracking workshops

  • Group chats analyze trades monthly


We turn politics into economic literacy. We turn data into discipline. We turn information into leverage.



WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DO NOTHING?

If we sit this out:

  • The wealth gap grows

  • Homeownership declines

  • Black Gen Z starts adulthood under economic siege

  • Retirement becomes a fantasy

  • Landlords and corporations own everything

  • Congress keeps trading while we keep surviving

  • Our political power shrinks

  • Our economic vulnerability grows

  • Our future becomes reactive, not proactive


Doing nothing is no longer neutral. Doing nothing is now surrender.


CONCLUSION:

**STOP WATCHING THE GAME. START OWNING THE FIELD.**


Congress is not just passing laws —they’re placing bets.

They’re not just governing —they’re investing.

They’re not just debating —they’re positioning.

They turned your government into a portfolio.

And here’s the uncomfortable truth:

They are getting rich using information your tax dollars paid for.


We can keep waiting for fairness. Or we can:

  • Study their trades

  • Learn the sectors

  • Build the habits

  • Play the long game

  • Teach our children

  • Organize our circles

  • Invest collectively

  • Use the information they rely on

  • Build Black economic power on purpose


This isn’t get-rich-quick.This is get-free-slow.

This is generational.

This is strategic.

This is survival.


This is economic self-defense in a system where the political class is playing Monopoly with real money and real consequences.


The casino is rigged. The dealers are crooked. The rules are suspect.

But the cards are now face-up.


So here’s the militant call to action:

Stop sitting outside praying for fairness. Start investing inside the system they profit from. Build wealth. Build leverage. Build independence. Buy what they buy. And let’s make the next generation impossible to economically ignore.

This isn’t about copying Congress. It’s about making sure our people never again get left behind while America’s political class keeps cashing in.


We didn’t create the game. But we will no longer play blind.


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