[HN Gopher] Tim Cook called Pelosi to warn her against disruptin...
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       Tim Cook called Pelosi to warn her against disrupting the iPhone
       with antitrust
        
       Author : crazygringo
       Score  : 51 points
       Date   : 2021-06-23 17:43 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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       | coolspot wrote:
       | Russian, Ukrainian and Chinese wiki have an article about "Power
       | of a phone call" (Law by a phone call), which is when in a
       | corrupted state you can solve any problem by calling someone
       | powerful you're connected to.
       | 
       | https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%84...
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       | https://ru-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%...
        
         | hulitu wrote:
         | You mean US is corrupted ? No way!
        
       | fny wrote:
       | Pelosi also owns somewhere between $5M-$25M of Apple stock.
       | 
       | You'd think some notion of recusal would exist in the legislative
       | process...
       | 
       | https://www.opensecrets.org/personal-finances/nancy-pelosi/a...
        
         | kats wrote:
         | I mean, she has 33 yoe in congress and only gets paid 225k
         | salary, she better have stocks.
        
           | exabrial wrote:
           | Yeah right. https://unusualwhales.com/
        
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           | unicornporn wrote:
           | Are you being sarcastic?
        
         | 1-6 wrote:
         | Yup, came here to say the same.
         | https://www.barrons.com/articles/nancy-pelosi-husband-bought...
        
         | alisonkisk wrote:
         | "Warren re-ups bill to ban stock trading by lawmakers"
         | 
         | https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/12/18/elizabeth-warre...
         | 
         | Ultimately the voters of her district have to care.
        
           | rkk3 wrote:
           | Barring lawmakers from investing in equities seems like it
           | would be another barrier for non-wealthy people to be
           | politicians.
        
           | d33lio wrote:
           | Initially mis-read this (thanks dyslexia) as "warren _rips
           | up_ bill to ban stock trading by lawmakers " haha (clearly I
           | was thinking of Pelosi)
        
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