We are all sleeping through Trump’s monetization of the White House
Democrats, Republicans, lobbyists, and congressional spouses with supernatural stock-picking abilities — I did my best to roast them all. But I have to confess that the book now feels quaint. I devoted an entire chapter to the topic, which heavily featured Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her husband Paul’s suspiciously well-timed stock trades.
- ▪Democrats, Republicans, lobbyists, and congressional spouses with supernatural stock-picking abilities — I did my best to roast them all.
- ▪But I have to confess that the book now feels quaint.
- ▪I devoted an entire chapter to the topic, which heavily featured Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her husband Paul’s suspiciously well-timed stock trades.
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Opinion>Opinions - White House The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill We are all sleeping through Trump’s monetization of the White House Comments: by Matt Lewis, opinion contributor - 05/22/26 9:30 AM ET Comments: Link copied by Matt Lewis, opinion contributor - 05/22/26 9:30 AM ET Comments: Link copied AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta Back in 2023, I wrote the wildly underrated (or so I believe) book “Filthy Rich Politicians.” It was a field guide detailing how the rich get elected and how the elected get rich. It was a bipartisan hit job. Democrats, Republicans, lobbyists, and congressional spouses with supernatural stock-picking abilities — I did my best to roast them all. But I have to confess that the book now feels quaint.
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