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US politicians are exploiting their own supporters with meme coin scams (www.geopoliticaleconomy.report)
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[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don't think its that much of a reach, sure he's never been elected to public office, but he spent almost a decade as a lobbyist(and in the US lobbyists can often have more influence on government policy than the politicians they lobby, and certainly provably more than the general public) in DC https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/09/hunter-biden-comprehensive-timeline/ so at the minimum he's 'In Politics'