True Patriot

Absolute disaster. Silver down -9.4%. Gold down 4.4%. Personally I will need to sell several $ million of HL at a loss in order not to get a margin call. I'll be lucky if I'm down to only $5 million in equity today. I started this venture December 2024 with $1.2 million equity so it isn't catastrophic even though it feels that way right now. For those who started following me especially after my posted tweet, this is an excellent lesson where greed has blown apart a good idea. All great investors develop a plan and stick to it. My deviation was to go above my margin limit. Then when things went south I let the margin stay too high thinking the silver price would rebound. I should have sold HL shares at a loss and rebalanced. Instead I will be selling the shares at a much larger loss today. I'm not going to be ending my journaling on X. I will continue to post my progress despite the pain. The heavy use of margin was not the problem, it was my misapplication of my own strategy.

Last year, we announced the Department of Health is processing all requests to change gender designation on birth certificates within 3 business days, down from as much as a 10 month wait. This week, I signed a bill ensuring Washingtonians can change the sex designation on their state IDs and birth certificates without fear of violating their privacy. Washington state is committed to protecting the rights of transgender and gender diverse people. That includes their legal right to reflect their gender on these documents. Thanks to prime sponsor Sen. Pedersen.

Last year, we announced the Department of Health is processing all requests to change gender designation on birth certificates within 3 business days, down from as much as a 10 month wait. This week, I signed a bill ensuring Washingtonians can change the sex designation on their state IDs and birth certificates without fear of violating their privacy. Washington state is committed to protecting the rights of transgender and gender diverse people. That includes their legal right to reflect their gender on these documents. Thanks to prime sponsor Sen. Pedersen.

Day 2 of no work because the energy companies in Washington don’t manage vegetation around their power-lines and the state doesn’t manage dead trees. 2 inches of snow has completely decimated our power grid. Where does all that money I pay for energy go?

The Millionaires' Tax is about making life more affordable. We delivered on sending a significant portion of revenues back to Washingtonians, including the largest tax break in state history for small business owners.

🚨 JANE STREET IS DUMPING $1.5 BILLION WORTH OF SILVER RIGHT NOW They’re the largest holder of paper silver in the world. Jane Street controls 20M shares - over 3.5% of the total supply. So if you think silver’s price action is organic… I’ve got some really bad news for you: Let’s break it down. Jane Street isn’t some slow, long-term investor parking cash and forgetting about it. It’s one of the fastest and most aggressive trading machines on the planet. They’re built to hunt order flow, weaponize volatility, and exploit human behavior. And now they hold the biggest visible position in the largest silver ETF. Meanwhile, silver is already one of the most emotional and unstable markets out there. That’s not passive ownership. That’s control of the ETF wrapper - the exact place retail investors go to get silver exposure. Silver already trades like a rigged market: → Paper and physical don’t line up → Liquidity disappears without warning → Moves get violent → Prices get slammed or squeezed out of nowhere Now add this: The biggest holder isn’t an investor. It’s a firm built to push, trigger, and amplify market moves. That’s not bullish. That’s not bearish. That’s manipulation. Jane Street has already been accused by regulators of using linked instruments and aggressive expiry-day tactics. The playbook already exists. And now the position is huge. That’s why this matters. A $1.5B+ position from a speed-driven trading firm doesn’t exactly allow for “natural” price discovery. Trends get pushed… Then amplified. Retail usually only understands what happened after the damage is done. Stop overtrading. Stop reacting emotionally. Stop letting volatility scare you out. Gold and silver still have massive long-term upside. But first, this market will probably try to shake you out. Stay calm. Size your positions properly. Let the trend do the work. This is a warning. Not because silver is bullish. But because the market structure suggests the next big move may be engineered, not discovered. I’ve spent 10 years studying markets, and I’ve called most major tops and bottoms along the way. And I’ll call it again in 2026. Follow me and turn notifications on before it’s too late. Don’t become exit liquidity.