The US tried to stop cartel money-laundering; devastated mom-and-pop businesses

Re:The US tried to stop cartel money-laundering; devastated ... by bix6 on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @11:12AM (#49259660)

Ah yes let’s ruin someone’s life over $200 but nobody look at Trumps accounts. He definitely was debanked for political reasons and not because he was laundering money.

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Re:The US tried to stop cartel money-laundering; devastated ... by ratelimitsteve on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @11:56AM (#49260272)

the problem with Poe's Law is that when someone else violates it by misreading your sarcasm you're the one who has to pay the fine in fake internet points.

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Re:The US tried to stop cartel money-laundering; devastated ... by pRusya on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @12:12PM (#49260509)

Internet points are real and carry weight. Online friends are real, too.

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Re:The US tried to stop cartel money-laundering; devastated ... by bix6 on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @12:56PM (#49261129)

I live for downvotes tbh

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Re:The US tried to stop cartel money-laundering; devastated ... by throwaway894345 on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @11:35AM (#49259966)

> He definitely was debanked for political reasons and not because he was laundering money.

What proof do you have? On what planet would major banks piss off the most capricious and unrestrained president in modern US history? What possible upside could there be for them? Trump (34 time fraud felon known for scamming everyone he can and using his position in government to massively enrich himself) was almost certainly "debanked" because he is doing more of the same shady shit that he's known for and the banks are obligated by the law to treat him like anyone else.

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Re:The US tried to stop cartel money-laundering; devastated ... by bix6 on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @11:44AM (#49260106)

My post was sarcastic. July 12th Capital One said they closed accounts due to AML concerns.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/capital-one-close-trump-ac...

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Re:The US tried to stop cartel money-laundering; devastated ... by throwaway894345 on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @01:06PM (#49261263)

My bad. I hear stuff like this all the time, not expressed sarcastically.

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Re:The US tried to stop cartel money-laundering; devastated ... by alistairSH on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @11:43AM (#49260089)

I think the parent post was sarcasm.

Capital One closed hundreds of Trump's accounts in 2021. Trump is suing them, claiming it's a political debanking. CapOne fighting back because they feel their AML team was correct to close those accounts.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/capital-one-says-it...

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Re:The US tried to stop cartel money-laundering; devastated ... by throwaway894345 on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @01:07PM (#49261279)

Thanks, I misread the parents sarcasm for garden variety MAGA comment.

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Re:The US tried to stop cartel money-laundering; devastated ... by exe34 on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @11:58AM (#49260294)

Congratulations on your humour bypass! I hear it's a difficult surgery. You must have had a good surgeon.

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Re:The US tried to stop cartel money-laundering; devastated ... by mdp2021 on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @12:25PM (#49260669)

And to think I have censored my "Welcome to the Internet, where you will find post-flatearthers that believe in the shape of a 2.5d Moebius bottle".

Given the type of things vocal people believe, no, posters must know we cannot assume people be joking.

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Re:The US tried to stop cartel money-laundering; devastated ... by exe34 on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @03:16PM (#49263088)

> He definitely was debanked for political reasons and not because he was laundering money.

No, if this was serious, it would read "he was definitely debanked for political reasons. He was not laundering money". Or even better, it would have deflected and claimed something unrelated about Hunter Biden or Hillary Clinton.

Although I have to grudgingly accept that not everybody is fluent in sarcasm.

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