Issue No. 7 - Tuesday, May 26, 2026
New financial disclosure forms show President Trump made between $220 million and $750 million in securities trades during the first three months of 2026 — including a purchase of up to a million dollars in Nvidia stock roughly one week before the Commerce Department officially approved the sale of certain Nvidia chips to China. The Trump Organization says the trades are managed entirely by third-party financial institutions and that neither Trump nor his family has any role in investment decisions.
We want to be very fair here. It is entirely possible that a financial institution, with zero input from the President, independently decided to buy Nvidia stock the week before a major Nvidia-related government decision that the President’s administration controls. Coincidences happen. People also win the lottery. Some people win the lottery several times in the same year, and when that happens, regulators usually have some questions.
Elsewhere this week, the Senate delayed a vote on ICE funding amid a GOP revolt over a separate $1.8 billion “slush fund,” and thousands gathered on the National Mall for a taxpayer-funded Christian gathering attended by U.S. government officials. Just a normal week of normal things happening normally.
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LOCAL MAN’S “CAN’T-MISS” FANTASY FOOTBALL TRADE FROM AUGUST RESURFACES, IS MISSED
A trade proposed by Reno resident Dave Krenshaw in August 2025 — in which he offered a “sure thing” running back for what he called “basically a throw-in” wide receiver — has resurfaced this week after the receiver in question had what league commissioner Pete Albano described as “frankly an insulting season for Dave.”
Krenshaw, who rejected a counter-offer at the time because he “knew what he had,” reportedly went 4-9 and finished last in his division. The original trade proposal screenshot has been pinned to the league group chat “as a public service.”
“I stand by the process,” Krenshaw said. “The process was sound. The outcome was, admittedly, not great. But the process — listen, you don’t bench a guy because of one bad year.”
Krenshaw has been removed from trade-veto power for the 2026 season by unanimous vote.
