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BlackWax

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Oilfield, Firefighter-EMT, Retail Investor.

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BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal government's approval of a rail project intended to haul crude oil out of Utah's Uinta Basin. law360.com/articles/22842…

BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal government's approval of a rail project intended to haul crude oil out of Utah's Uinta Basin. law360.com/articles/22842…
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BREAKING!!!! MMTLP ex-CEO .John Brda will be on "What's Bugging Me," out later today on Ricochet Apple Podcasts Spotify et al. On the proposed executive order to ban naked short sales of stock that doesn't really exist. Wait for it... kristen shaughnessy George Palikaras Kurtis

BREAKING!!!! MMTLP ex-CEO .<a href="/johnbrda/">John Brda</a> will be on "What's Bugging Me," out later today on <a href="/Ricochet/">Ricochet</a> <a href="/ApplePodcasts/">Apple Podcasts</a> <a href="/Spotify/">Spotify</a> et al. 
On the proposed executive order to ban naked short sales of stock that doesn't really exist. Wait for it... 
 <a href="/kshaughnessy2/">kristen shaughnessy</a> <a href="/palikaras/">George Palikaras</a> <a href="/bleedblue18/">Kurtis</a>
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$MMTLP: Yesterday, during a town hall, Congressman Pete Sessions was asked directly by an MMTLP shareholder about FINRA’s conduct and the broken promise of a share audit. Sessions responded by agreeing that the rug was pulled from under us... which we appreciate... but then

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🚨A MUST LISTEN 🚨 Real Talk Radio Network Real Talk Radio Network with Robb Carter interviews former TRCH CEO John Brda on 6/19/25 regarding the #MMTLPfiasco Great job John! 🇺🇸🫡 $MMTLP #MMTLP #NBH

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1/ I’ve been holding onto the title “The American Dream Is Delisted” for a while. Today, I finally finished my opinion article. What pushed me over the edge? First, Tucker Carlson’s incredible interview with Trevor Milton (Trevor Milton). No matter what you think you know,

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2/ The American Dream Is Delisted: How U.S. Public Markets Became Hostile to Innovation By George Palikaras This paper outlines the current challenges facing the U.S. market structure, highlights examples of reduced transparency and access, and offers constructive reform paths

2/ The American Dream Is Delisted: How U.S. Public Markets Became Hostile to Innovation

By George Palikaras

This paper outlines the current challenges facing the U.S. market structure, highlights examples of reduced transparency and access, and offers constructive reform paths
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3/ The "Club": Power, Opaque Markets, and Regulatory Dysfunction Key Entities Benefiting from Market Centralization A. Market Makers: Five firms, all BUT synonymous with the term “gatekeeper”, control nearly 90% of retail equity and options order flow: - Citadel Securities

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4/ Where the Sun Don’t Shine: Dark Pools & OTC/FINRA Failings The U.S. market’s defining feature is no longer openness, but opacity. Dark pools and OTC Markets Group OTC venues, overseen by FINRA, are the black boxes of finance, deliberately designed to obscure. I have shared my

4/ Where the Sun Don’t Shine: Dark Pools &amp; OTC/FINRA Failings

The U.S. market’s defining feature is no longer openness, but opacity. Dark pools and <a href="/OTCMarkets/">OTC Markets Group</a>  OTC venues, overseen by <a href="/FINRA/">FINRA</a>, are the black boxes of finance, deliberately designed to obscure.

I have shared my
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5/ A Market in Retreat IPO activity in the U.S. has declined dramatically over the last 25 years. In 1996, the market saw 676 IPOs. That number fell to just 71 in 2022, before a modest rebound to 128 in 2023. This is a staggering collapse of a key mechanism for public capital

5/ A Market in Retreat

IPO activity in the U.S. has declined dramatically over the last 25 years. In 1996, the market saw 676 IPOs. That number fell to just 71 in 2022, before a modest rebound to 128 in 2023. This is a staggering collapse of a key mechanism for public capital
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6/ A Hostile Terrain for Builders, Tech Founders and Emerging Issuers Taking a company public in the U.S. today often means: - Navigating extensive compliance demands and regulatory risk. - Preparing for adversarial short campaigns designed to distort market perception. -

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7/ The Tesla Outlier Tesla, (thanks to Elon Musk), is often cited as a counterpoint... the proof that innovative companies can still thrive under the current system... But Tesla’s journey has NOT been typical. It has faced and continues to face SEC investigations, sustained

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8/ The Fallout: America’s Innovation Exodus A Vivid Portrait of Decline Imagine a near future in which the promise of the U.S. public market has eroded so profoundly that bold entrepreneurs, world-class engineers, and the next generation of job-creating startups look overseas

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9/ Radical Solutions: Market Regulation, Reimagined? Piecemeal regulatory tweaks are insufficient to stop this exodus. What’s needed is a structural, even revolutionary, response... a market "overhaul" of sorts, against entrenched interests and regulatory inertia. My 5 cents

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10/ The Dream Is Not Dead, But It Demands Courage Thank you for making it this far. The American dream of innovation and public markets isn’t dead. It’s just been delisted. As someone who’s built companies from scratch, I’ve learned something important: real ambition doesn’t