The PEOLOSI Act: A Fracture In The Fortress

The illusion of order is weakening

Something has shifted. You can feel it — not in the headlines, but in the tension behind them. For years, Americans have suspected that those who govern us do not play by the same rules. That suspicion is no longer fringe. It’s now common knowledge that the game is rigged.

This week, that instinct was given a name: the PELOSI Act — a bill proposed by Senator Josh Hawley to prohibit members of Congress and their families from trading individual stocks. It’s the right headline. But headlines aren’t laws. And laws in D.C. are rarely what they seem.

The bill serves a purpose — not because it will pass, but because it confirms what many already know: the system is engineered to enrich those inside it, and to distract everyone else. The public isn’t angry because politicians are rich.

The public is angry because politicians are rich from information they’re not allowed to have — information obtained illegally, behind closed doors.

Lucrative leaks from financial elites, corporate boardrooms, and regulatory agencies. The kind of tips that would send a private citizen to prison — but for Congress, it’s just Tuesday.