Since The Weeknd is performing at the Super Bowl Halftime show, I thought it’d be nice to post a little guide to his discography for anyone interested in looking to do a deep dive into his work. I would’ve posted this the day of the event, but I assume that some people would probably like to go through it over the weekend.
This shares a direct overview of his released material, talking about his career and the background of the music, the videos, the meanings and all. I’ve written this from a pop perspective, keeping in mind that his history might be fairly new for general pop fans.
I also go into the storyline of the red suit character, if your interested in catching up on that narrative before the Halftime show (which will continue the story), I’ve listed the chronological order below followed by an explanation of that narrative.
I wanna be clear that the interpretations/theories are not conclusive. Abel rarely shares the metaphors or meanings behind his music. This is based on widely based on fan discussion/mutual interpretation. Fans can feel free to expand on anything in the comments.
It is important to know about Abel's backstory to get a certain perspective of where he’s coming from, especially when discussing the songs that deal with substance abuse. These recent articles cover his early years really well and share an up-to-date point of view of his success.
Variety 2020
Billboard 2021 - Also a good source for getting to know his team.
So, an essential TL;DR is this: Abel Tesfaye came from a broken home, he was born to Ethiopian immigrant parents who split up when Tesfaye was less than seven. He then lived with his mother and grandmother, only rarely seeing his father but having a nice impression of him. His drug addiction started as soon as he was a high schooler, he turned to shoplifting to pay for this need of various substances. Soon he dropped out of high school, leaving his home the same weekend, which would later inspire his stage name, The Weeknd. The name is reference/homage to the weekend his life changed.
Quick side note, I didn’t think this post would nearly reach the character limit. So I’ve cut out excess detail and lists of producers (with the exception of After Hours since we’re in that era).
Table of contents

1. XO.
2. House of Balloons.
3. Thursday.
4. Echoes of Silence.
5. Trilogy.
6. Kiss Land.
7. King of the Fall.
8. Beauty Behind The Madness.
9. Starboy.
10. My Dear Melancholy.
11. After Hours.

XO.

XO is the record label that The Weeknd and co. created in order to publish the first mixtape (House of Balloons) and the ones that would follow afterwards. XO has a lot of meanings that have to do with what went into the music and what still goes into it. XO is what the fans call themselves, popularly with the phrase XO Till We OD (shortened to XOTWOD); another way of saying “we’re ride or die for The Weeknd and his team.”
While some argue that it could mean anything since there isn’t clear meaning to it, fans continue to associate the abbreviation with ecstasy (X) and oxycontin (O). That definition stems from XOTWOD, fans assume it’s true because of the team’s history of drug usage. While others take it as it’s classical definition “hugs and kisses” because of the consistent lyrical nature of The Weeknd’s songs.
Overtime the definition of XO is simply known as: the fans, the crew, and the label. The Weeknd is more than just one person, he comes with XO. For the sake of clarity in this writeup, I’m going to refer to his crew as XO and the fans as “the fans.”
XO still serves as a record label, the current roster is The Weeknd, Belly, Nav, and Black Atlass. It remains The Weeknd’s record label and was his first label before becoming a subsidiary of Republic Records.
Throughout his career, The Weeknd has worked with Illangelo, a Canadian producer who’s work the fans adore. Carlo “Illangelo” Montagnese was one of main the producers on The Weeknd’s Trilogy, he’s credited on each track. The fan base claims his work to be some of the most notable artistry in The Weeknd’s discography. Their work together continued with Beauty Behind The Madness, Illangelo worked on seven tracks for that album. He then returned for After Hours working on another seven tracks.
DaHeala, another Canadian producer, is another significant factor in The Weeknd’s music. Jason “DaHeala” Quenneville worked as lead producer on Kiss Land. He returned to work on six tracks for The Weeknd’s Beauty Behind The Madness, including the hit Earned It. DaHeala returned as a writer for six of the songs on Starboy. Then DaHeala worked on nine After Hours tracks, and worked as the only producewriter alongside The Weeknd for bonus tracks Missed You and Final Lullaby.

House of Balloons.

Didn't wanna make this NSFW, so here's the super clean edited cover

This is a happy house. We’re happy here. (House of Balloons/Glass Table Girls)

One of the most iconic title tracks of all time. House of Balloons is about a lifestyle of drugs, sex, and partying; all in effort to drown out self-doubt. It comes from a place of wanting to make it big while doing what you can to survive, all while pretending everything’s alright. The mixtape describes various sorts of women, how they’ve had impacted the life of someone who’s already down on his luck.
Fans often refer to House of Balloons as The Weeknd’s best work. The mixtape was the first introduction the world got of XO, and it was one hell of a way to make an impression. It’s personal for the fans and Abel because it’s the only piece of work known to be based on his life. At the end of the day he’s a songwriter, with many of his albums he creates scenarios and world that he likes to explore through the music. But House of Balloons is known to be based entirely on his life. It remains The Weeknd’s most critically acclaimed work.
House of Balloons was crafted through the influences of Hip-Hip/Indie-Rock with the main focus on R&B. Through the genius of Ilangelo, the record was—and is—mesmerizing capturing the essence of a lifestyle that The Weeknd described as “anti-everything.”
House of Balloons assisted The Weeknd in gaining the attention of Republic Records, which would then host The Weeknd’s own label XO. Though hesitant at first, XO decided to partner with Republic after the co-founding brothers Monte and Avery Lipman kept coming back to Toronto solely for The Weeknd.
House of Balloons received three videos, The Knowing, Wicked Games and Twenty Eight. The Knowing was the very first video The Weeknd made, so of course it’d be something other-worldly; it essentially reflects the song itself but in a sci-fi setting. Twenty Eight represents Abel’s life after fame but also his remorse of letting captivating women into his life.
Fun fact— House of Balloons is an actual place in Toronto, it was where him and his crew lived after he dropped out of high school. They’d host parties, call girls, do drugs, and to make it less depressing they’d fill it with balloons.

Thursday.

Valerie on the cover

Welcome to the other side. (Life of the Party)

Thursday consists of the same themes as HoB; sex and drugs. But there’s a twist, he’s in a semi-relationship with this girl Valerie. She’s the only one on his mind, even though they meet only one day of the week, any guesses on what day that could be? Through The Weeknd’s phenomenal voice and the insane production, we’re also presented with this story of a toxic relationship where Valerie used to have the upper hand but she no longer does when she falls for The Weeknd.
While Thursday isn’t entirely about the relationship of The Weeknd and Valerie, it consists of reflections to Abel’s life after the release of House of Balloons. The song Rolling Stone notably has a double meaning, in which Abel asks his fans if they’ll stick with him when he gets mainstream appeal and decides to change his sound.
The track Valerie wasn’t on the original release of Thursday, it added when Trilogy was released. Ending the mixtape with Heaven or Las Vegas meant that The Weeknd’s actions with and without Valerie were a result of his fatherless childhood, making him push anyone away. That meaning behind Thursday doesn’t change when Valerie is added to the track list, it just means that both want the toxic relationship back.
The Zone (feat. Drake) was the first feature The Weeknd had on any of his work, the video for it was released in November of 2012. Rolling Stone had also received a video in October of 2012. Both were directed by The Weeknd and reflect the two different aspects of Thursday. The Zone has Valerie living it up in the House of Balloons. And Rolling Stone has The Weeknd doing a photoshoot for Trilogy, reflective of the song itself.
Fun Fact— the female voice heard in Lonely Star is The Weeknd’s, he pitched his voice to make it sound like a woman’s.

Echoes of Silence.

Diana on the cover

Laisse tomber les filles. Un jour c'est toi qu'on laissera. [Leave the girls alone. One day it’ll be you they will leave.] (Montreal)

Out of a dark introductory into the early life of The Weeknd, Echoes of Silence is the darkest work of his Trilogy. Let’s be honest the story here isn’t entirely ethical at times but makes for one hell of a mixtape.
Similar to Thursday, Echoes of Silence follows a storyline. After accumulating success, The Weeknd gains the attention of various women. There was this one woman (D.D.) who he liked but she initially rejected him (Montreal). The woman came back to him for his fame status and evidently fell in love with him (Outside), but now that he’s got the upper hand he treats him like a groupie (XO/The Host) and lets... bad things happen to her; she’s gotta pass a test before she can get with him. This test is either drugs or his crew (Initiation). He ultimately tells this woman that he’s not exactly longterm-relationship material, perhaps because her love is temporary (Same Old Song), because he’s Next. With the end of Echoes of Silence (originally ending on the title track) the listener is left to wonder why The Weeknd left her if he’d simply want her to stay.
As a side note— Initiation should not be condoned. It remains true that The Weeknd is a songwriter and the progression of time has changed perspectives. But a song that makes such suggestions as Initiation should not be ethically/morally claimed or celebrated.
The mixtape follows The Weeknd’s lifestyle after he’s gained all this success, he’s still the same person but now he’s gotten everything he wanted. Some tracks such as The Fall continue to emphasize his journey into stardom and his acceptance of fame being temporary. With the added Till Dawn (Here Comes The Sun), The Weeknd acknowledges the changes in his life, realizing that the old lifestyle is no longer there for him or his past lovers.
Echoes of Silence is known as an underrated gem of The Weeknd’s discography, it’s well received by fans and critically acclaimed but often brushed under the rug in discussion of his work. A lot of fans and casual listeners play the mixtapes through Trilogy rather than their respective albums. This often leads to people not playing EoS either at all or only the first few tracks, this is predominantly due to the nature of the compilation being nearly three hours long.
Fun fact— D.D. is a cover of Michael Jackson’s iconic Dirty Diana. Fans have named the woman in Echoes of Silence Diana because of this track. Various theories argue that the mixtape itself is based on the Dirty Diana itself with exaggerations of the truth, or whether or not it’s a story The Weeknd crafted based on the song.

Trilogy.

Rolling Stone video doubled as a shoot

You don’t know what’s in store. (High For This.)

Trilogy is a compilation of The Weeknd’s mixtapes, House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence. These three mixtapes were released 3-4 months apart from one another for free digital download in 2011, they gained quite a lot of attention from various industry executives.
Prior to the release of Trilogy, The Weeknd featured on Drake’s Take Care with Crew Love. The song was Abel’s first exposure to a Rap crowd/Rap fans, more people began listening to his music after the release of Take Care. The Weeknd then featured on Wiz Khalifa’s Remember You, which served as the second single off Wiz Khalifa’s O.N.I.F.C. Following those two releases, The Weeknd released Wicked Games as the first single off Trilogy.
Trilogy was formed after The Weeknd came under Republic Records’ management. The compilation album reached a debut/peak position of 4 on the Billboard 200 while reaching number one on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It’s a well received album with the highlight said to be House of Balloons, which arguably went on to influence various sorts of R&B music of the 2010s.
Videos for Trilogy

Kiss Land.

Iconic

I went from starin' at the same four walls for 21 years. To seein' the whole world in just 12 months. (Kiss Land)

Kiss Land is based on The Weeknd’s tour life. Visiting unfamiliar places gave Abel horror movie vibes. A guy who used to own the city (Toronto) he lived in is now a small fish in the ocean of the entire world. The Weeknd’s first studio album was a great introduction into the sound he would soon get well acquainted with.
While continuing the R&B sound with the essence of Dark Wave, the album explores emptiness and regret throughout the lyrics—or what pop fans could categorize as dark pop—. The Japanese aesthetic used for various videos and the single covers/booklet reflects the themes of feeling overwhelmed by such a loud world that there’s no point in being if you don’t belong.
The album explores the real-world and the women in it as well as regrets regarding past actions, namely letting go of women who could’ve been the one in Adaptation. The Weeknd attempts to find that satisfaction in other women and past lovers, but accidentally falls for a sex worker in Belong To The World. With Wanderlust he accepts and expresses that love in the modern world isn’t entirely possible. While continuing to tour the world he enjoys these new experiences with XO (Live For feat. Drake), as well as the new women in his life (Kiss Land). And when he’s back home, he accepts the loss of the relationship he cherished.
Kiss Land debuted and peaked at number two on the Billboard 200. It was fairly acclaimed but gained a massive cult following. There were four videos for made for the album, the title track, Belong To the World, Live For (feat. Drake), and Pretty. Those four songs received interesting visuals that kept up with their respective themes while Belong To the World/Kiss Land got visuals that matched the aesthetic of the album. To this day fans ask Abel for a part two to the horror-movie-inspired album after he said it’s the only album he would have a sequel for.
Videos for Kiss Land
Fun Fact— The video for Kiss Land on YouTube is an extremely edited version of the actual video shot for the song. The directors cut further explores the erotic-horror themes if the album.

King of the Fall.

King of the Fall 2020 cover (even though I talk about three other songs here)

Driving by the streets we used to walk through like a triumph. (King of the Fall)

These next few song were released between the Kiss Land and Beauty Behind the Madness era. Some fans would classify them as part of the Beauty Behind the Madness era—I’d say the same tbh—but they stand apart on the basis of success and acclaim. It’s a transition between The Weeknd being an underrated R&B musician to being a mainstream artist with massive recognition and appreciation.
The first of these four songs is King of the Fall. A fan favourite and a standout in The Weeknd’s discography. This is one of The Weeknd’s few Rap tracks, it gained a lot of attention within the Rap sphere. It was the way in which XO would announce that they’ve made it, little did they know that this was just the start.
Prior to the release of Beauty Behind the Madness (BBTM), The Weeknd gained mainstream attention. The Weeknd’s exposure to mainstream music was uphill, it wasn’t overnight. The first taste of BBTM came from Often, a song that reflected the themes of sex that Abel was known for. The track was released more than a year before BBTM’s release and had made it onto the trackless unlike King of the Fall. Slowly but surely The Weeknd gained exposure, his main sources of exposure were through a collaboration and a soundtrack.
Most pop fans heard about The Weeknd through his hit collaboration with Ariana Grande, Love Me Harder. The collab was made through Republic when The Weeknd said he wanted more than what he had gotten through Kiss Land. Ariana and Abel had formed a real bond cough The Hills cough, their bond assisted the song in becoming a memorable hit for both artists. Love Me Harder was a top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
Later that year, The Weeknd was featured on the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack with Earned It, as well as Where You Belong. Earned It became a massive hit peaking at 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and receiving an Oscar nomination for The Weeknd; a massive milestone for XO. Earned It kept up with Abel’s signature lyrics but the production differed heavily from the sort of R&B he was known for.
Videos from that era

Beauty Behind the Madness.

I can hear this image

I'm that ***** with the hair singin' 'bout poppin' pills, fuckin' bitches, livin' life so trill. (Tell Your Friends)

Following the success of Love Me Harder and Earned It, the Beauty Behind the Madness era began with The Hills. This was The Weeknd’s first number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Along with the video, The Hills became an addictive classic. The production and lyrics mirror a mature version of the sound that was originally found on Trilogy. It was truly in keeping with The Weeknd’s character, the only difference was his haircut.
Next came Can’t Feel My Face, a Max Martin production that differed greatly from anything The Weeknd put out in the past. In past songs, Abel had expressed his fear of losing his following if he went mainstream simultaneously asking his fans if they’d stay. He repeats that sentiment in the Can’t Feel My Face video. The sound has changed, the lyrics stay the same but now he’s a pop-star. The song became a hit as it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. With this massive bop previous fans still stayed, The Weeknd becoming a pop singer didn’t at all alter his image or sound; he mastered it.
In The Night and Acquainted were released as singles on the same day, the were the only singles to come after the release of Beauty Behind The Madness. The former received a music video treatment that followed the theme of the song itself while also starring Abel’s girlfriend at the time, Bella Hadid. Acquainted was robbed of a video even though Abel had shown off the fact that a video was in development; the song kept in the tone of The Weeknd’s work prior to BBTM.
Beauty Behind the Madness captures a Hollywood-based reality that The Weeknd came to understand: the dark aspects of your life will continue to follow you wherever you are. Real Life, Losers (feat. Labrinth), Tell Your Friends, Dark Times (feat. Ed Sheeran), and Prisoner (feat. Lana Del Rey) all capture a nihilistic view of a dream achieved.
Most of the videos of Beauty Behind The Madness have a mysterious white man. He’s featured in The Hills, Can’t Feel My Face, and Tell Your Friends. That man represents the devil. Throughout his journey in those videos, (The Hills) Abel runs into the devil after his car crash, (Can’t Feel My Face) he’s at the club then lights him on fire. The significance behind the fire could be selling his soul to the devil, BBTM is about Hollywood and a popular Hollywood myth is that celebrities sell their souls to the devil in exchange for fame. So in the Can’t Feel My Face video, Abel changes his sound to Pop (from R&B) thus leaving his signature sound in order to become famous, everyone starts enjoying his music once he’s sold his soul.
Then we see The Weeknd burying himself in Tell Your Friends, perhaps leaving the old Abel behind after the deal with the devil. However, instead of thanking the devil, Abel takes his revenge and shoots him. But wait, there’s more! The album trailer for BBTM features the devil burning a billboard with The Weeknd’s face on it, revealing Beauty Behind The Madness. HOWEVER, the final cut for the video features the devil being arrested while The Weeknd watches. This is a more realistic form of karma that the devil gets.
Videos for BBTM

Starboy.

Filled with bops

If I could, I'd trade it all, trade it for a halo. And she said that she'll pray for me, I said, "It's too late for me.” (Ordinary Life)

After the massive success of Beauty Behind the Madness, there was a lot of hype around what The Weeknd would do next; evidently he decided to explore Pop. The fandom he had gained wasn’t entirely based in the Pop sphere, his fans consisted of general Rap fans, but Starboy attracted the Pop audience.
Initially, most of his older fans couldn’t get behind Starboy, it differed greatly from the previous sound. It was crazy to think that the guy who made Trilogy managed to make such a Pop-centric album. But this was Abel expressing his versatility.
Since this is where most pop fans found out about Abel’s work and became fans I won’t talk too much about the singles, rather more about the album itself. His work with Daft Punk cemented this album in an efficient mix between Pop and R&B, where Beauty Behind the Madness was more R&B with Pop, Starboy was considered Pop with R&B.
Beyond the genres, Starboy explores two evident themes. One being his life with fame and recognition. The next being his love life in Hollywood, this aspect of the album came from his relationship with Bella Hadid which ended after the release of the album.
The cross became the symbol for that era and appeared in the album’s photoshoot as well as the videos. There was never any conclusive word on the use of the cross but there are various theories about it, something to note is that Abel was raised Christian, it could perhaps be a reflection of his past.
The cross he uses to destroy his accolades (Starboy video) is assisting him rather than something that’s holding him back. Abel’s upbringing was rough but now he’s celebrating it rather than feeling bad for himself. The cross continues to come up in the Party Monster video, this time it’s in the party house he’s making his way through. Then it shows up in the video for Reminder, this time in the form of his merch, the people wearing it are perhaps representative of his fans. Then we see it in the False Alarm video, both Abel and the girl are wearing it; the notable thing being that Abel holds his cross up before dying. Then in the brilliant video for Secrets, after giving up on the girl he’s with he leaves the building to find a giant cross. And finally in the I Feel It Coming video, The Weeknd sports a shiny cross necklace, and Daft Punk find it years and years after Abel froze.
The videos tell us that the cross is an evident piece of his story. This could mean that his past will always be with him, no matter what sort of fame he’s experiencing he’ll always be who he once was.
Also, I’m gonna take this moment to once again the genius that is the Secrets (both the song and the video). Yes it’s my favourite song/video off of Starboy but it’s so underrated.
Videos for Starboy, Secrets video bottom right
Fun Fact— Most demos of the tracks on Starboy weren’t as pop as they became, they started off R&B but became pop after production.

My Dear Melancholy.

Note the comma

They said our love is just a game, I don't care what they say. But I'ma drink the pain away, I'll be back to my old ways. (Privilege)

Oof (but in a good way, this whole thing is a bop). For this one I’m gonna talk extensively about The Weeknd’s relationships, which personally feels really invasive but it’s but it’s essential when talking about these sad boy anthems. Beyond that I’d just like to state that though they are part of the narrative both Bella Hadid and Selena Gomez deserve respect/privacy.
So when it comes to Pop music fans I think it’s safe to say that we all know a lot about this one. My Dear Melancholy (MDM) came after the very public relationship of The Weeknd and Selena Gomez. However it’s not just about Selena, some songs reflect his relationship with Bella Hadid (whom he got back with a month after MDM’s release).
My Dear Melancholy consists with The Weeknd’s exploration/mastery of merging Pop and R&B together. The EP was praised by fans for its lyrics and production, many went on to theorize that it was his most personal project since House of Balloons. The EP was the shortest album to reach number one on the Billboard 200.
My Dear Melancholy and fan conspiracies; name a better duo. The first theory being that the EP is entirely about Selena Gomez which wasn’t too much of a mystery since the lyric “I almost cut a piece of myself for your life” exists. Not only did MDM come after Abel’s relationship with Selena Gomez but also after his relationship with Bella Hadid. As far as fans were aware those two relationships were the most important relationships Abel had ever been in.
In theory, the songs about Bella and Selena can be categorized. Call Out My Name, Try Me, and Privilege are likely about Selena. Wasted Times, and Hurt You are likely about Bella. Leaving I Was Never There to act as an introspective look into The Weeknd’s life, basically making him hop back on his vices for comfort.
Another popular theory was that My Dear Melancholy was the first of another trilogy. This rumour was widely believed due to the comma at the end of the title on the album cover. But the fans soon gained a real reason to believe this theory, since the CEO of XO (the record label), Sal had liked an Instagram post that featured the cover and alleged date. Since Trilogy is a fan favourite this conspiracy spread like wild fire, so much so that fake titles and covers were made. The name of this trilogy would be: (1)My Dear Melancholy, (2)We’re Alone Together, (3)Abel.
Only one song served as a single for the EP. Call Out My Name was released nearly two months prior to the actual release of the album, it debuted/peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100. The mysterious video captures The Weeknd in various atmospheric places that reflect the tone of the EP, a haunting yet unexplained reality that the listener is to reflect on.
From the cover, to the music, to the video, to lyrics, My Dear Melancholy is an introspective reflection of heartbreak.
Call out my name video

After Hours.

Talented, Brilliant, Incredible, etc.

My darkest hours. (After Hours)

After Hours comes after success but references two lows in The Weeknd’s life. The album welcomes darkness and leads the listener towards a dead-end. The Weeknd’s past two albums (Beauty Behind The Madness and Starboy) ended on hopeful notes, they left the listener with a sense of hope but all hope his lost with After Hours.
Fans compare After Hours to House of Balloons—a rare occurrence considering House of Balloons’ acclaim—arguing that both albums are on the same level. Debate continues on whether or not both albums are on the same caliber. The belief that After Hours stems from reality does a lot to help its side of the argument.
The era began with Mercedes-Benz commercial that featured Blinding Lights, that was our first taste of the everlasting bop. Heartless was premiered on an episode of Memento Mori hours before its release on the 27 of November (2019), Blinding Lights was released two days later. Both videos were as brain melting as promised and the served as the tip of the iceberg.
After Hours was released nine days after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, there was a massive risk in releasing an album that would not have a lot of promotion after it’s release (other than magazine coverage). There was no telling whether or not people would pay attention to the album during the height of the fear surrounding the pandemic, but it was a massive success. After Hours debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, with singles Heartless and Blinding Lights topping the Billboard Hot 100.
The album is layered with haunting productions that remains predominantly R&B but dives deep into Pop with some of the tracks. Max Martin produced the massive hit Blinding Lights as well as In Your Eyes, Save Your Tears, Hardest to Love, and Scared to Live which samples Elton John’s Your Song. Other notable producers include Metro Boomin who worked on the hit Heartless as well as Escape from LA, Faith, and Until I Bleed Out. With Kevin Parker on the interlude Repeat After Me.
Beyond the production are the narrative driven lyrics. In theory the album references two significant events in Abel’s life, his second breakup with Bella Hadid and his arrest in Las Vegas. The latter was due to his misbehaviour; in January 2015 he punched a cop in Vegas, lmao. Which means that After Hours is a recollection of The Weeknd’s first few years in LA. He merges the concept of his breakup with the idea of being an upcoming star, feeling free in the city of lights all while diving deep into the meaninglessness of those lights.
While After Hours starts with loneliness and a second chance it leads up to Abel returning to his vices of lust. In Alone Again his loneliness caught up to him and he’s asking for a second chance. He acknowledges his mistakes and situation in Too Late/Hardest to Love, in Scared to Live his ex then returns to him for a second time. He remembers his past ways in Snowchild and the way in which it lead to better days, but where do you go after such highs? In Escape From LA he faces the superficial reality of Hollywood, glad that he got that he got back with his ex, while continuing to question if it’s worth it. But he fucks up the second chance when she pulls up to the studio.
Who is she? Much like the other mysteries surrounding The Weeknd’s music, we may never know. Is it all more of The Weeknd’s songwriting ability or is it driven by reality? Fans found a merge between the two to be more accurate, After Hours is about heartbreak and a return to the vices that held The Weeknd back.
Heartless is when The Weeknd is once again back to his ways, he may have been in a serious relationship but after throwing that away he spirals back to the way he once was. It’s sad but it’s one hell of a song. Speaking of brilliant songs, Faith is when Abel admits that he’s back on his vices, he states that he needs his ex back with him till the end; he’s back to self-loathing.
So when he says he’s blinded by the lights, there’s two meanings to it. The Faith outro tells us that he’s in a car with flashing lights, a cop car (as confirmed by Abel) to be exact. Then Blinding Lights tells us that while he’s watching the bright lights of Vegas pass him by he calls out for the girl that he regrets losing. That is the peak of the After Hours narrative. He’s behaving badly over the loss of the girl he loved and is now at the worst position trying to find her and gain her trust for a third time.
Following Blinding Lights is In Your Eyes, this is where The Weeknd vows not to judge her; he can see right through her but will never do anything to make her upset. Does this mean their back together? Not exactly. Save Your Tears details a sort of moving-on that The Weeknd isn’t ready for but tries to help her move on, blind to his own inability to move on. Does it work? Not really. Repeat After Me (Interlude) shows that he’s still trying to convince himself that he’s unfazed by the loss of a meaningful relationship.
Then you hear a true masterpiece. The title track is a spiral into true regret and an apology for his actions, he admits that his ex girlfriend is the only reason he lives. In a dark lonely city she’s the only one keeping him sane. But his pleas fail, Until I Bleed Out is when The Weeknd no longer wants her in his life so much so that he wants to erase his memory of anything related to her. The bonus tracks then echo the final sentiment.
It’s one sad ass album, ain’t it. But here’s where the Red Suit Character comes in.
Shoutout to the makeup department
The album isn’t the only narrative to follow with After Hours. The videos for the album follow their own sort of narrative. The story follows an unnamed guy that goes by “red suit character” according to The Weeknd.
There’s a lot of confusion and endless theories surrounding this character’s story, after The Weeknd confirmed that it’s about a decent into Hollywood culture it makes more sense… kind of. I’m gonna discuss the storyline without talking about the movies that have influenced it, this way the focus remains on the character.
The order of these videos is Heartless / Blinding Lights / Blinding Lights (Live on Kimmel)* / After Hours short film / In Your Eyes / Until I Bleed Out / Snowchild / Too Late / Live at AMAs* / Save Your Tears
*Though all live performances could count as part of the narrative, these one relate directly with the videos that follow.
He’s is first seen in Vegas with Metro Boomin (Heartless), intoxicated on various substances. He dives deeper into his high until he licks a frog, after that he faces the true effects of this high. He’s frightened by the result and runs far away from Vegas. (Blinding Lights) He’s then found in LA, where he’s dancing in the street, hypnotized by the singer, beat up by guards, and races past all those bright lights in his Benz. Ultimately realizing the shallowness of the Los Angeles fantasy.
(Blinding Lights Live on Kimmel) We then find him performing Blinding Lights live, while he attempts to find more reason in within the madness city; he couldn’t find it on the streets so he goes to the stage. (After Hours short film) Even then there’s no meaning to anything in the city, he mindlessly wanders into the depth of the subway where he’s dragged by the reality of it all and ends up possessed. (In Your Eyes) After being possessed he chases the woman whose boyfriend he just murdered, she runs into a club falls deeper into the After Hours fantasy, in a successful attempt to defend herself she beheads the red suit character and dances all over LA with his head, iconic behaviour.
(Until I Bleed Out) Then in an ethereal dreamscape, red suit character finds himself in a House of Balloons. He’s trying to escape, but the people there keep pulling him in; he’s getting higher while observing Glass Table Girls. He spirals into the antarctic, the other side of the world. From Heatless to this point in his story, his vices lead him back to the lowest point in Abel’s life. Is it Hell, Heaven or Las Vegas? (Snowchild) He relives his career up until the point where his story began. Considering he’s dead, his life basically flashed before his eyes.
(Too Late) LA girls find the red suit character’s head and live their best life. They wanna have sex with him so they find the best boy parts by calling up a stripper who could be the body. The stitch the head up with the body and do what they want. But now he’s brought back to life. (Live at AMAs) He’s had work done… He went in to get his nose fixed and the doctor said “you sure that’s all you want?” The red suit character’s face is healing while he tries to celebrate his life on top of a bridge.
(Save Your Tears) Surrounded by a masked cult he debut’s his new face. Do they like it? Are they impressed? Not instantly, their masks translate no expression so how’s he to know? Is any of this worth it? Nope red suit character continues to die inside. He finds a maskless girl in the crowd, she’s lively unlike the rest; but even then, nothing on the inside nothing on the outside. He wants death again, somehow a second chance with this city is still pointless. He tries to kill himself via the girl and himself but it’s all a facade; theatrics.
His story continues but that’s all we know so far.
The videos make a lot of film references. This post by explain these references very well, as well as past album references here (part one) and here (part two).
After Hours is inspired by a lot of movies, since Abel is in fact a cinephile. The main movies that inspired the aesthetic and storytelling are believed to be Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), Casino (1995), Joker (2019), Uncut Gems (2020), and After Hours (1985). The album tells two sad narratives but remains one of The Weeknd’s best works yet. He’s expanded his videography and enhanced the interest of people who casually enjoy his music and of course his fans.
But the era isn’t over, by the time this is posted his Super Bowl Halftime show is yet to happen. And it’ll continue the red suit character’s story.
Videos for After Hours (so far)
Fun Fact—The Heartless video features a reference to Thursday. When he’s trying to run from Vegas, a sign behind him flashes “Heartless / Heaven or Las Vegas.” This could be a reference to Abel running from his past, after all Heartless is about him returning to his vices.

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Thank you for reading this, again, I didn’t realize it would end up being this long. But I hope this this served as a nice refresher for any fans who wanted to revisit Abel’s work before the Super Bowl.
And I really hope that anyone interested in getting into his music finds this helpful. Once again, the theories/interpretations mentioned aren’t conclusive, they’re widely based on fan discussion/mutual interpretation.
Due to the character limit I couldn’t add too links to the albums, so here are some artist links.
Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube | The Weeknd’s Shop | Tidal | Genius

TLDR: GameStop’s Congress hearing is on Feb 18th, they need to investigate the Prime Brokers and DTCC for their complicity in enabling naked shorting within GME and by extension, potential collusion to shut down trading on Jan 28th, the day the short squeeze was going to kick off. (stick to the end for an analysis of some illegal tactics short side hedge funds have been using)
Thesis: On the day the retail market for GME shut down on 1/28 (the day the short squeeze would’ve happened had there been no market intervention), DTCC (clearing house monopoly) shut down retail buying in order to protect itself and Prime Brokers (which privately own the DTCC) from being exposed to the consequences of being party to illegal activity. I believe Prime Brokers and DTCC need to be called to the GameStop hearing on February 18th to be questioned for their complicity in enabling illegal naked shorting of the GME stock, as well as potential collusion to shut out retail buyers on 1/28.
In my previous post (which I recommend reading for some context) I explored the subject of rampant illegal naked shorting in GME, and how Prime Brokers (consisting of banks like Goldman, Morgan, etc) and DTCC would be complicit in the naked shorting. This in turn raises the thought experiment that they would be incentivized to do anything possible to prevent the short squeeze from happening on 1/28 because had the short squeeze happened, the shorts would go bankrupt and their Prime Brokers who lent them their naked shorted shares would need to cover the shares. This would not only represent a humongous capital expense for Prime Brokers, the culpability of Prime Brokers (and that of the DTCC) in this situation would also have likely been exposed as well.
A quick primer on what a Prime Broker is: Prime Brokers are essentially the service side of the short- selling business. They lend out securities and cash, you can think of them as the “house” in a casino: They provide a gambler with markers to play and to manage his winnings. According to Matt Taibi, “Under the original concept, if a hedge fund that wanted to short a stock they would first need to “locate” the stock with his Prime Broker but as time passed, Prime Brokers increasingly allowed their hedge-fund customers to use automated systems and “locate” the stock themselves, and what this does is enable short-sellers to sell stock without delivering and thereby perform naked shorts with counterfeit shares. (source: https://web.archive.org/web/20210213125246/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/wall-streets-naked-swindle-194908/). (I highly recommend you read Matt Taibi’s article on naked shorting and how it was used to take down Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. There are so many parallels with GME it’s hard to miss. It’s amazing to consider that 12 years after this article was published and brought to public awareness, the problem of naked shorting still exists as a systemic issue.)
Prime Brokers have a long history of being associated with naked shorting. To highlight a few examples, Prime Brokers like Merill Lynch and Goldman have long been implicated for naked shorting Overstock.com (https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/accidentally-released-and-incredibly-embarrassing-documents-show-how-goldman-et-al-engaged-in-naked-short-selling-244035/, https://www.forbes.com/2007/02/02/naked-short-suit-overstock-biz-cx_lm_0202naked.html?sh=271400d1763f). Another example is when Goldman’s Prime Brokerage was implicated by the SEC in 2016 and got away with a small fine of 16 million (Source: https://www.sec.gov/news/pressrelease/2016-9.html). An example that very recently came in the news is a story where CIBC, BOA, UBS and TD Bank Prime Brokerages are accused of facilitating naked short selling and using counterfeit stock to attack and bring the stock price of a company from $34.77 to $1.83 (Source: https://www.securitiesfinancetimes.com/securitieslendingnews/industryarticle.php?article_id=224548).
The DTCC also has a very long history of being associated with naked shorting. The Wall Street Journal noted that 1% of the DTCC’s volume end in failure to deliver which “have put DTCC in the middle of a long-running fight over whether unscrupulous investors are driving down hundreds of small companies' share prices… DTCC has turned a blind eye to the naked-shorting problem. ” (Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118359867562957720). The DTCC has also had numerous complaints submitted to the SEC for enabling naked shorting (source: https://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/s72303/decosta122203.htm) and have been sued tens or hundreds of times for assisting naked shorts (source: https://smithonstocks.com/part-3-in-series-on-illegal-naked-shortings-role-in-stock-manipulation-prime-brokers-and-the-dtcc-have-a-troubling-monopoly-on-clearing-and-settling-stock-trades/ and http://counterfeitingstock.com/CS2.0/CounterfeitingStock.html and https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118359867562957720)
On 1/28 Robinhood received a letter from the DTCC at 4 am requiring them to halt trading or come up with 3 billion dollars, which Robinhood did not have, and therefore with one swoop of the pen the DTCC shut down buy side momentum but strangely allowed selling. Retail investors were shut out of the market and as any student of microeconomics would know, by shutting buy but only allowing sell, the price is bound to fall. Meanwhile while hedge funds were able to keep trading not only in the market but also crosstrade in the dark pools (“private” stock markets that retail is shut out of, more on this later), and use this crucial lifeline given to them by the DTCC to prevent the squeeze from happening that day.
With retail abruptly being shut out from buy (even cash accounts were shut out, which didn’t make sense) and only allowed to sell, almost everyone could smell manipulation was afoot (which triggered the Congress hearing) and the most of the blame was pointed at Robinhood. Personally and in hindsight, I believe Robinhood was just a willing scapegoat. When we think about who had the most to lose if a short squeeze occurred, I’ll narrow it down to three entities, Shorts and their stakeholders (ie Citadel), Prime Brokers and the DTCC.
It’s important to remember that the actual impetus that triggered the shutdown of the market for retail investors came from the DTCC. Working backwards, if you consider that GME was rampantly naked shorted and DTCC and Prime Brokers would have to be complicit in it, I believe the DTCC, Primer Brokers and possibly Citadel (who provides 40% of Robinhood’s revenue) brazenly manipulated the market on 1/28 by shutting down purchasing for retail buyers to prevent the squeeze from being squoze on that day as doing so would be catastrophic for all aforementioned parties involved. I believe that on the upcoming Gamestop Congress hearings the Financial Services Committee needs to call on decision makers of DTCC and Prime Brokers explore their role and complicity in the shut out of retail buyers that day as well as being enablers of naked shorting in GME.
An interesting thought experiment: On 1/28 when the price was 450+ and shorts were likely under 100, if we assume prime brokers allowed naked shorting in GME, then when the squeeze was about to happen (or happening), if Prime Brokers had margin had called the shorts, they would presumably also also gone down because shorts would not be able to pay in that event and the brokers would be holding the bag. By that logic, they have every incentive in this case to NOT to margin call and instead the most logical option would probably would have been to make a backroom deal, which is what I personally think most likely happened.
If you’ve read up to this point, you might be thinking what can I do about this? I am aware that there a lot of cynicism that we can’t do anything, that there will be no justice for retail investors who were harmed this situation, and that institutions and people in power will prevent anything from being done. I feel this sometimes too, but remember:
A single voice can be drowned out, but if we all speak together then we will make our voice heard. Ape Strong Together.
With the hearing coming up on February 18th, I highly recommend you email and tweet the representatives involved in the hearing, as well as your own district representatives, and urge them to read into the factors presented in this post and call the DTCC and Prime Brokers to the hearingl. They need to be questioned on why GME has so many counterfeit shares, failed to deliver, their complicity in naked shorting, and investigated for their role in the retail shut down of 1/28. Below are 4 members of congress I recommend both tweeting and emailing
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez https://twitter.com/AOC, email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
Al Green https://twitter.com/repalgreen, email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
Maxine Waters https://twitter.com/maxinewaters, email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
Nancy Pelosi Email: https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).
And you can find other members of Financial Services Committee here to reach out to: https://financialservices.house.gov/about/committee-membership.htm
What follows should probably be a separate post, but I will take the opportunity to summarize some of the illegal tactics that shorts have been identified to be using in their war with retail investors. Note that this may not be an exhaustive list and there may be newer tactics deployed in the future. Retail investors might not have the same tricks, resources and willingness to break the law for profit as hedgies do, but my hope and belief is that if we pool our knowledge and analysis, we will figure out their game and effectively adapt.
Feel free to forward the list below to any representatives and lawmakers if you concur that these tactics were used:
Rampant Naked Shorting - With the extremely high number of Fail to Delivers (FTID) , short interest being as high as 226% recently, and institutions alone holding a staggering 177% of the total float (likely due in large part to counterfeit shares), signs strongly point to GME being rampant with naked shorts and counterfeit shares. I believe the original goal of shorts was to drive GME to bankruptcy with these naked shorts, using the laddering of naked shorts (aka short ladder attack), executed with the help of counterfeit stock which is a classic and reliable method of driving down the stock price. I believe the GME stock has seen relentlessly aggressive short attacks, especially on the week of Monday February 1st, which drove the stock price down and triggered panic selling.
Ladder Attacks with the help of Dark Pools - Another identified method of ladder attacks was identified to come from crosstrading with darkpools (the stock market has its own private stock exchange where institutions can trade…). Essentially darkpools are private stock markets retail investors do not have access to, where short side funds can purchase securities “off market” and then sell “on-market”, with the effect of creating a lot more downward pressure on the market without the upward pressure from buying.
Illegally masking shorts with synthetic longs. Another tactic shorts are suspected of using in GME is the use of illegally using options to evade short positions in violation of Reg SHO which SEC describes in this risk alert and which I elaborate in this post. Essentially it’s the use of using options to create synthetic longs to illegally and artificially cover and prolong short positions and at same time obscuring the true short interest %. If you consider that it would be far more profitable for shorts to not cover at high prices but instead ladder attack the price and wait for retail investors to lose interest and close their shorts at as low of a price as possible, then you can see why this strategy would be very effective.
Using way out-of-money call options to obscure true short interest. You may have heard about the 43 million worth of 800 dollar calls purchased when the price was 100 and found it odd. Later it was identified as a tactic to cheaply purchase synthetic call options (since at 800 its way out of money) to obscure their short positions (with the added benefit of hedging at 800 if a squeeze does happen)
One thing I want to note, particularly to legislators at the GameStop hearing: Retail investors were not incited to pump GME. Retail investors spotted a unique Short Squeeze opportunity created by the greed of short side hedge funds, whereby GameStop was being abusively naked shorted with the goal of bringing it to bankruptcy, and hedge funds were so greedy about it that they shorted the company with a short interest of 226% of float, meaning A LOT of counterfeit shares were being used to short the company. Retail investors saw this as an opportunity to short squeeze the hedge fund shorters, which is a legal and legitimate investment strategy. The short squeeze would have happened had everyone played fair, but instead, financial institutions who were culpable to the naked shorting intervened and shut down retail buying, hurting the retail investors and successfully manipulating the market. The investment itself was in my opinion a sound decision based on the short squeeze, but in hindsight retail investors did not seriously consider the risk of the market would be blatantly and publicly manipulated and that the market would be rigged against them.
If this post was useful (and I hope it was! Gave up my Friday night to write this for you Apes), please upvote for visibility and share it far and wide. The GameStop hearings could be a first step and hope towards legislative change, and it’s extremely important that the right story is told at those hearings (and by the right story I mean the real truth of what happened.) I hope the truly culpable parties are investigated and brought to justice. Again, I know many of us feel cynical that anything meaning will be done towards finding justice against the lawbreakers in this case, but if you feel even an ounce of injustice or empathy at how retail investors were unfairly harmed in the course of investing in GME, I strongly urge you to contact a legislator associated with the GameStop hearings and bring this to their attention so they can review this case with more complete information. In addition I recommend you to contact the SEC and any journalist you know or via journalist tip lines. It’s not going to be easy but the more awareness we raise the higher the likelihood our voices will be heard and positive change will be made.
As we navigate the rocky waters ahead, I’ll gift you with a favorite quote of mine:
The only difference between a nightmare and a dream is how big your balls are.
🚀🚀🚀
Disclaimer: I am not an investment advisor, I just like the stock.
Ps. If you’ve read to the end, I’ll leave you with a few more thoughts and reminders:
- If I were to distill life into one thing, it would be to never lose hope.
- Remember that if you’ve lost money in any way shape or form, don’t be depressed, money can always be made back and the important thing is to maintain a good attitude.
- Only invest what you can afford to lose.
- Perhaps the most important factor in good investing is patience.
If you’d like to read more about counterfeiting stocks this is a good place to start http://counterfeitingstock.com/CS2.0/CounterfeitingStock.html

Yes, a lot of the first world off loads its garbage onto the third world and these developing countries, in turn, generate just as much of their own garbage. Garbage that usually ends up in toxic/illegal landfills, into various waterways, or floating out into the ocean only to become a part of the humongous island garbage patches dotted around the globe.
In my case, nothing served as a more startling example of the waste we collectively generate than the local city dump. Occasionally, to get rid of old furniture and other random stuff, we've made trips to such a place as this, which allows you to drop off old junk in a giant dumping ground for a small fee. Even for the modest town I live in, this local dump, which is privately ran and is only one out of a couple for this area, has always had a literal mountain of garbage tens of feet high, by tens of feet long. It's sheltered in a very large half-open warehouse and there's always so much garbage there that it's practically touching the ceiling high above. And yet this is a normal amount of garbage collection for them. One that replicates itself week after week without fail. And they're not even the official dump for the city, which means that massive amount of garbage I've seen constitutes only a fraction of that actually generated by this city. And then, when you try to broaden the picture, every city, large or small, generates its own sizable amount of trash. Think how much trash a place like New York must create on a daily basis. Enough to fill hundreds, if not thousands, of warehouses like the kind I described above. Go bigger and think of the trash generated by entire countries, or entire continents. All the oceans of garbage and waste flowing out from our daily activity. And this happens every single moment, every single week, every single month, every single year. It's truly mind boggling. How we're not somehow buried in it up to our necks by now is astonishing.
I'm reminded of a joke by Bill Burr, when he remarks on the highly accurate, but not often thought about fact, that everything we've ever used is somewhere. Think about your entire life and everything you've ever donated or thrown away. All that stuff is somewhere out there. Crushed beneath a landfill, or floating out in the ocean, or, just maybe, is being used by someone else. It's crazy to think about, isn't it? The history of people's trash. Those both alive and dead have all left their mark in this way.
I can't help, but notice how in every single house, down every single street, and in every obscure little corner of human habitation; people are using things, throwing things away, buying new things, gobbling up electricity to heat their homes in the winter or cool them in the summer, ordering take-out, driving their cars, making plans for international trips which involve air travel, or other things they'd like to do which requires enormous fossil fuel energy. In every major city, at every single moment of the day, people go to stores, they shop, they dine out, they go to the movies, they mingle at nightclubs, they go to amusements parks and take in all the lurid sights they can. And all this happens. Every. Single. Day. Year upon year. I mean, just think of how this already has happened for decades now. From Chicago, to Tokyo, to Melbourne, to Toronto. Every single day. Every single night. How in the hell has it managed to go on for this long? With that much energy and resources being used by so many people, in so many places. By rights, it should have all collapsed within a week, yet it's been chugging along for decades now without stopping. Quite the opposite, it's only grown and grown. It makes me realize just how much there is in nature. How much energy to be exploited, how many animals there are to be slaughtered, how many other resources there are to be extracted. And that, as of now, we've squeezed and consumed every last drop out of it. Resources that could have lasted centuries, if not millennia, assuming they were properly managed, with far less people around to need them in the first place (at least less than a billion). Instead, we've taken all of it and stuffed into every belching furnace we could, simply to keep the infernal engine running. Hotels, restaurants, high price getaway resorts, luxury cruises, casinos, and whatever other bullshit you can think of. All so as to keep the lights on and the music booming in every single city across the world, and doubly so for the major ones. Like I said, it's just staggering to me that it's all lasted this long.
For better or worse, the world is unknown to me. In my case, I've been a hermit for nearly 15 years. I've never partied, or traveled, or done anything at all except sit quietly in my room. A tidy and well kept dungeon of near perpetual darkness, with garbage bags and thick cardboard taped over every window, leaving me lost behind my own wall of near perfect isolation. All I can do is sit with myself, stewing in morbid self-attention or mulling over any number of other equally dreary topics. Too much time spent thinking about all the things I'd rather not think about. One such common thought would be whether or not anything else will ever make itself known to me, or if all that I've come to realize is all there will ever be. Perhaps hedonism is really all there is. Perhaps matters of pleasure, for whatever form that might take for each individual, really are the only point to life. Sometimes I wonder that, if the world is going to die anyway, you might as well get drunk and party like there's no tomorrow and experience as much as you can before it's gone. If this is true, as I sometimes think to myself, then I suppose I've truly failed in my life. I haven't enjoyed myself and I have nothing, even on the most base level, that could warrant my time spent rotting on this planet. No good memories, no traveling anywhere, no having unique experiences. I've been as good as dead from the day I was born. Everything I've seen outside my window or through my computer screen, might as well be like pictures in a book. A faint two dimensional shadow of something that can never be anything more than what it is. Resting in my imagination only, but not even passing as a figment of the real thing. I'm a pale imitation of life. One that wishes I could have at least gotten something out of all this, as bad as it is, despite knowing in my heart that I never will.
ADDITIONAL EDIT BELOW:
Thanks for all the info. I hadn't considered some of what was mentioned here and it's given me more to think about. The world is, indeed, a large place and thus affords a copious amount of room for our trash. I'll admit that I wasn't aware of how efficiently garbage can, sometimes, be disposed of. Then again, in a world where a large amount of the air, food, water, and earth is poisoned, I suppose it doesn't much matter in the end how much or how little garbage it is that we actually generate. Well, like I said, it's still staggering to me how long this has gone on for. Consumerism, starting from 1945 and onwards, has been around for a little over 75 years now and, with it, most of our modern conveniences. That's nothing when compared against the rest of human history, let alone the deep time of the natural world, but I don't know. Like I said, it's dubiously amazing to me that it all even lasted a month. The fact that our current arrangements can last longer than a week at most, is even more dubiously amazing.
As for myself, I've accepted my lot in life. For what little that amounts to, I suppose. Not everyone has a taste for life, or is cut out for actually living as one would ordinarily expect. It's a sad thing, but as long as humans have been around for, there have been people like me who have puttered about in their dreary existences. Those who've just sort of trudged through life carried by their own prior inertia and fear of death. Tens of millions have come and gone who have found themselves in this predicament and, to this day, there are still those condemned to do the same. I'm just another regrettable example of it. It's not fine, but I accept it. I am what I am and, for better or worse, no one should deny who it is they truly are. Even if who they are only brings them pain and puts them apart from nearly every living thing on the planet. That's how it is, but I guess it doesn't stop me from complaining about it, as I've unfortunately done here, so apologies for that.
If there are self-made purgatories, then we all have to live in them. Mine can be no worse than someone else's.
Also, for what it's worth, I'm actually a pretty healthy individual. I engage in at-home exercises, have an extremely clean diet, and take Vitamin D and pro-biotic supplements. I do the laundry, I keep my room exceptionally clean, and, along with my mother, I keep our home well kept and decent. Believe it or not, but these are all things I've done for many years now. And you know what? I still feel the way it is I feel. Garbage bags over the windows and everything. Last year, as a matter of fact, I did enough work around this house to have kept at least 3 separate contractors busy for weeks, but, at the end of the day, I was still left with what I otherwise was. I operated a jackhammer and single-handedly cleared away tonnes and tonnes of old concrete that had been blighting our property for years, only to then do the back breaking work of disposing of it as well. I painted our entire fence, I painted and re-sanded our old deck, and I cleaned up the basement, the garage and the shed from top to bottom. It's partly thanks to what I did that we have a brand new driveway now, since I got the ball rolling on it and significantly reduced the cost through my efforts. But, in the end, I didn't do these things because I was ever asked to do them, but to silence the madness in my mind and to briefly make an escape from my isolation.
I didn't have to do these things, but I needed to all the same. Anything to make the pain inside my heart/mind stop, if only for a little while. Like modern media before I was stricken with anhedonia, these tasks were essentially a form of escapism for me. An escapism used to briefly evade experiencing my own empty existence. I don't know what's wrong with me, but, whatever it is, it's been with me all my life. Aside from my mother, and occasionally my older brother when he comes to visit, I speak with no one. I have no friends and, frankly, I have no idea how to make them. This is as true for the digital world, as it is for the flesh and blood one. I don't know what to do about whatever it is I am, but, as hard as it's been, I've tried to accept that this might just be who I was always destined to be. Plus, it's been so many years now. So many years of this. You fall down a hole long enough and, sooner or later, you can't imagine any other way to be. Well, again, it'd just been nice to get something out of all this, this whole civilization thing, besides just being a hermit. I guess in the age of COVID, that's what everyone's encouraged to be anyway. It's like Junji Ito's Army of One made manifest. Who'd have ever thought.

TLDR: GameStop’s Congress hearing is on Feb 18th, they need to investigate the Prime Brokers and DTCC for their complicity in enabling naked shorting within GME and by extension, potential collusion to shut down trading on Jan 28th, the day the short squeeze was going to kick off. (stick to the end for an analysis of some illegal tactics short side hedge funds have been using)
Thesis: On the day the retail market for GME shut down on 1/28 (the day the short squeeze would’ve happened had there been no market intervention), DTCC (clearing house monopoly) shut down retail buying in order to protect itself and Prime Brokers (which privately own the DTCC) from being exposed to the consequences of being party to illegal activity. I believe Prime Brokers and DTCC need to be called to the GameStop hearing on February 18th to be questioned for their complicity in enabling illegal naked shorting of the GME stock, as well as potential collusion to shut out retail buyers on 1/28.
In my previous post (which I recommend reading for some context) I explored the subject of rampant illegal naked shorting in GME, and how Prime Brokers (consisting of banks like Goldman, Morgan, etc) and DTCC would be complicit in the naked shorting. This in turn raises the thought experiment that they would be incentivized to do anything possible to prevent the short squeeze from happening on 1/28 because had the short squeeze happened, the shorts would go bankrupt and their Prime Brokers who lent them their naked shorted shares would need to cover the shares. This would not only represent a humongous capital expense for Prime Brokers, the culpability of Prime Brokers (and that of the DTCC) in this situation would also have likely been exposed as well.
A quick primer on what a Prime Broker is: Prime Brokers are essentially the service side of the short- selling business. They lend out securities and cash, you can think of them as the “house” in a casino: They provide a gambler with markers to play and to manage his winnings. According to Matt Taibi, “Under the original concept, if a hedge fund that wanted to short a stock they would first need to “locate” the stock with his Prime Broker but as time passed, Prime Brokers increasingly allowed their hedge-fund customers to use automated systems and “locate” the stock themselves, and what this does is enable short-sellers to sell stock without delivering and thereby perform naked shorts with counterfeit shares. (source: https://web.archive.org/web/20210213125246/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/wall-streets-naked-swindle-194908/). (I highly recommend you read Matt Taibi’s article on naked shorting and how it was used to take down Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. There are so many parallels with GME it’s hard to miss. It’s amazing to consider that 12 years after this article was published and brought to public awareness, the problem of naked shorting still exists as a systemic issue.)
Prime Brokers have a long history of being associated with naked shorting. To highlight a few examples, Prime Brokers like Merill Lynch and Goldman have long been implicated for naked shorting Overstock.com (https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/accidentally-released-and-incredibly-embarrassing-documents-show-how-goldman-et-al-engaged-in-naked-short-selling-244035/, https://www.forbes.com/2007/02/02/naked-short-suit-overstock-biz-cx_lm_0202naked.html?sh=271400d1763f). Another example is when Goldman’s Prime Brokerage was implicated by the SEC in 2016 and got away with a small fine of 16 million (Source: https://www.sec.gov/news/pressrelease/2016-9.html). An example that very recently came in the news is a story where CIBC, BOA, UBS and TD Bank Prime Brokerages are accused of facilitating naked short selling and using counterfeit stock to attack and bring the stock price of a company from $34.77 to $1.83 (Source: https://www.securitiesfinancetimes.com/securitieslendingnews/industryarticle.php?article_id=224548).
The DTCC also has a very long history of being associated with naked shorting. The Wall Street Journal noted that 1% of the DTCC’s volume end in failure to deliver which “have put DTCC in the middle of a long-running fight over whether unscrupulous investors are driving down hundreds of small companies' share prices… DTCC has turned a blind eye to the naked-shorting problem. ” (Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118359867562957720). The DTCC has also had numerous complaints submitted to the SEC for enabling naked shorting (source: https://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/s72303/decosta122203.htm) and have been sued tens or hundreds of times for assisting naked shorts (source: https://smithonstocks.com/part-3-in-series-on-illegal-naked-shortings-role-in-stock-manipulation-prime-brokers-and-the-dtcc-have-a-troubling-monopoly-on-clearing-and-settling-stock-trades/ and http://counterfeitingstock.com/CS2.0/CounterfeitingStock.html and https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118359867562957720)
On 1/28 Robinhood received a letter from the DTCC at 4 am requiring them to halt trading or come up with 3 billion dollars, which Robinhood did not have, and therefore with one swoop of the pen the DTCC shut down buy side momentum but strangely allowed selling. Retail investors were shut out of the market and as any student of microeconomics would know, by shutting buy but only allowing sell, the price is bound to fall. Meanwhile while hedge funds were able to keep trading not only in the market but also crosstrade in the dark pools (“private” stock markets that retail is shut out of, more on this later), and use this crucial lifeline given to them by the DTCC to prevent the squeeze from happening that day.
With retail abruptly being shut out from buy (even cash accounts were shut out, which didn’t make sense) and only allowed to sell, almost everyone could smell manipulation was afoot (which triggered the Congress hearing) and the most of the blame was pointed at Robinhood. Personally and in hindsight, I believe Robinhood was just a willing scapegoat. When we think about who had the most to lose if a short squeeze occurred, I’ll narrow it down to three entities, Shorts and their stakeholders (ie Citadel), Prime Brokers and the DTCC.
It’s important to remember that the actual impetus that triggered the shutdown of the market for retail investors came from the DTCC. Working backwards, if you consider that GME was rampantly naked shorted and DTCC and Prime Brokers would have to be complicit in it, I believe the DTCC, Primer Brokers and possibly Citadel (who provides 40% of Robinhood’s revenue) brazenly manipulated the market on 1/28 by shutting down purchasing for retail buyers to prevent the squeeze from being squoze on that day as doing so would be catastrophic for all aforementioned parties involved. I believe that on the upcoming Gamestop Congress hearings the Financial Services Committee needs to call on decision makers of DTCC and Prime Brokers explore their role and complicity in the shut out of retail buyers that day as well as being enablers of naked shorting in GME.
An interesting thought experiment: On 1/28 when the price was 450+ and shorts were likely under 100, if we assume prime brokers allowed naked shorting in GME, then when the squeeze was about to happen (or happening), if Prime Brokers had margin had called the shorts, they would presumably also also gone down because shorts would not be able to pay in that event and the brokers would be holding the bag. By that logic, they have every incentive in this case to NOT to margin call and instead the most logical option would probably would have been to make a backroom deal, which is what I personally think most likely happened.
If you’ve read up to this point, you might be thinking what can I do about this? I am aware that there a lot of cynicism that we can’t do anything, that there will be no justice for retail investors who were harmed this situation, and that institutions and people in power will prevent anything from being done. I feel this sometimes too, but remember:
A single voice can be drowned out, but if we all speak together then we will make our voice heard. Ape Strong Together.
With the hearing coming up on February 18th, I highly recommend you email and tweet the representatives involved in the hearing, as well as your own district representatives, and urge them to read into the factors presented in this post and call the DTCC and Prime Brokers to the hearingl. They need to be questioned on why GME has so many counterfeit shares, failed to deliver, their complicity in naked shorting, and investigated for their role in the retail shut down of 1/28. Below are 4 members of congress I recommend both tweeting and emailing
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez https://twitter.com/AOC, email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
Al Green https://twitter.com/repalgreen, email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
Maxine Waters https://twitter.com/maxinewaters, email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
Nancy Pelosi Email: https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).
And you can find other members of Financial Services Committee here to reach out to: https://financialservices.house.gov/about/committee-membership.htm
If there's one thing I took away from this its that we can't wait for other people to do the right thing, we each need to individually step up to ensure it happens
What follows should probably be a separate post, but I will take the opportunity to summarize some of the illegal tactics that shorts have been identified to be using in their war with retail investors. Note that this may not be an exhaustive list and there may be newer tactics deployed in the future. Retail investors might not have the same tricks, resources and willingness to break the law for profit as hedgies do, but my hope and belief is that if we pool our knowledge and analysis, we will figure out their game and effectively adapt.
Feel free to forward the list below to any representatives and lawmakers if you concur that these tactics were used:
Rampant Naked Shorting - With the extremely high number of Fail to Delivers (FTID) , short interest being as high as 226% recently, and institutions alone holding a staggering 177% of the total float (likely due in large part to counterfeit shares), signs strongly point to GME being rampant with naked shorts and counterfeit shares. I believe the original goal of shorts was to drive GME to bankruptcy with these naked shorts, using the laddering of naked shorts (aka short ladder attack), executed with the help of counterfeit stock which is a classic and reliable method of driving down the stock price. I believe the GME stock has seen relentlessly aggressive short attacks, especially on the week of Monday February 1st, which drove the stock price down and triggered panic selling.
Ladder Attacks with the help of Dark Pools - Another identified method of ladder attacks was identified to come from crosstrading with darkpools (the stock market has its own private stock exchange where institutions can trade…). Essentially darkpools are private stock markets retail investors do not have access to, where short side funds can purchase securities “off market” and then sell “on-market”, with the effect of creating a lot more downward pressure on the market without the upward pressure from buying.
Illegally masking shorts with synthetic longs. Another tactic shorts are suspected of using in GME is the use of illegally using options to evade short positions in violation of Reg SHO which SEC describes in this risk alert and which I elaborate in this post. Essentially it’s the use of using options to create synthetic longs to illegally and artificially cover and prolong short positions and at same time obscuring the true short interest %. If you consider that it would be far more profitable for shorts to not cover at high prices but instead ladder attack the price and wait for retail investors to lose interest and close their shorts at as low of a price as possible, then you can see why this strategy would be very effective.
Using way out-of-money call options to obscure true short interest. You may have heard about the 43 million worth of 800 dollar calls purchased when the price was 100 and found it odd. Later it was identified as a tactic to cheaply purchase synthetic call options (since at 800 its way out of money) to obscure their short positions (with the added benefit of hedging at 800 if a squeeze does happen)
One thing I want to note, particularly to legislators at the GameStop hearing: Retail investors were not incited to pump GME. Retail investors spotted a unique Short Squeeze opportunity created by the greed of short side hedge funds, whereby GameStop was being abusively naked shorted with the goal of bringing it to bankruptcy, and hedge funds were so greedy about it that they shorted the company with a short interest of 226% of float, meaning A LOT of counterfeit shares were being used to short the company. Retail investors saw this as an opportunity to short squeeze the hedge fund shorters, which is a legal and legitimate investment strategy. The short squeeze would have happened had everyone played fair, but instead, financial institutions who were culpable to the naked shorting intervened and shut down retail buying, hurting the retail investors and successfully manipulating the market. The investment itself was in my opinion a sound decision based on the short squeeze, but in hindsight retail investors did not seriously consider the risk of the market would be blatantly and publicly manipulated and that the market would be rigged against them.
If this post was useful (and I hope it was! Gave up my Friday night to write this for you Apes), please upvote for visibility and share it far and wide. The GameStop hearings could be a first step and hope towards legislative change, and it’s extremely important that the right story is told at those hearings (and by the right story I mean the real truth of what happened.) I hope the truly culpable parties are investigated and brought to justice. Again, I know many of us feel cynical that anything meaning will be done towards finding justice against the lawbreakers in this case, but if you feel even an ounce of injustice or empathy at how retail investors were unfairly harmed in the course of investing in GME, I strongly urge you to contact a legislator associated with the GameStop hearings and bring this to their attention so they can review this case with more complete information. In addition I recommend you to contact the SEC and any journalist you know or via journalist tip lines. It’s not going to be easy but the more awareness we raise the higher the likelihood our voices will be heard and positive change will be made.
As we navigate the rocky waters ahead, I’ll gift you with a favorite quote of mine:
The only difference between a nightmare and a dream is how big your balls are.
🚀🚀🚀
Disclaimer: I am not an investment advisor, I just like the stock.
Ps. If you’ve read to the end, I’ll leave you with a few more thoughts and reminders:
- If I were to distill life into one thing, it would be to never lose hope.
- Remember that if you’ve lost money in any way shape or form, don’t be depressed, money can always be made back and the important thing is to maintain a good attitude.
- Only invest what you can afford to lose.
- Perhaps the most important factor in good investing is patience.
If you’d like to read more about counterfeiting stocks this is a good place to start http://counterfeitingstock.com/CS2.0/CounterfeitingStock.html

Hi everyone. Just a disclaimer, I'm not posting this to gain some pity. I simply want to lay out my story before I break down. It's your prerogative to judge whether you will believe if any of this is true.
My story started about more than a year ago. I was an OFW and flew back to the Philippines for a quick Christmas and New Year's break (2019 - before covid). It was a surprise visit for my parents which I haven't seen in almost 2 years. Please take note that I've never been back to the Philippines for more than 10 years. I usually go on a trip with my folks every 2-3 years outside the Phils.
Being it as a surprise, I didn't went back to my hometown for a few days as I wanted to surprise them on Christmas eve. I booked a hotel in Manila near the casino and MOA for a few days.
Knowing that I'll probably spend some days by myself, boredom got to me and I tried out Tinder - just for fun (I was single then, fyi). Got a few good matches - weeding out some catfish, fakes, and "service providers" - and tried out meeting with some of them.
Then, I got matched with this one girl. We decided to meet just for a drink. When we met, she brought her own car to drive us around. Since I'm not really familiar about the watering holes in Manila, I let her decide where to go. I told her to "surprise" me. We actually had a great night. We bonded, laughed, got a few drinks, and ended up back to my hotel. Needless to say, I had a great time and for someone who I just met on a dating to turn out to be such a catch - and so I thought.
We kept in touch after that. Went out for dinner a couple of times after that and everything was great. Got to know her a bit more. She's a recruitment manager at one of the top call centres here in the Philippines. That info alone got me really excited. She has already achieved so much, independent, and acted very sophisticated around that time. I thought, on a very rare case, that I found the one by sheer luck - on a dating app of all places. Call me naive now. I'm thinking the same, too.
Christmas eve came. The time had come for me to check out and surprise my family. We both decided to meet again after NYE. I was over the moon during the holidays. After spending NYE in Boracay with my folks, I checked in to a hotel in Manila a few days before my flight. We met a couple of times during that time. I'm aware that LDR does not work - at all. Still, on my last night, we decided to give it a go.
Back abroad (I will not provide the actual country. Since she or her family might recognize that this is me), we kept in touch and everything was going well. I actually planned to surprise her by going back to the Philippines after a few months. Really looked forward to it. Then, covid happened. So, plans changed and I have to wait for a flight to be available back to the Phils. As I waited, I kept hope alive. I already have an apartment in Eastwood waiting for us. I've been working at home pre-covid and doing well for myself so I thought giving us a chance back in the Phils should be just fine. Besides, of she's actually the one then the gamble will pay off. I was ecstatic.
July 2020. Finally got a flight back home. Can't even sleep on my way back. Got quarantined for a few days. Once that's all done, I was counting the minutes while in a cab to meet her again. Our reunion was great and exceeded all of my expectations. We spent being on lockdown in our new place. Everything was perfect. When they eased the lockdown, I met some of her relatives. I immediately felt that I belonged. We shared drinks, got invited to their family gatherings, and even hosted their Christmas party last year. I really thought back then that everything was going as great as they can be. I wish I could've known what will happen next.
A few months after that, we found a better place in our neighborhood. It was amazing. We immediately got it and moved in. So, the usual routine. Weekdays, we work at home and got our dinner outside. Weekends, we meet her parents or some of their relatives for a casual drink. Everything went like this until a few days ago..
Don't get me wrong, we've been in a few fights during this. Nothing really serious but I should've seen some signs and ran away as fast as I can. There was an instance where the fight got really bad and she threatened me that she'll hurt herself if I will not stay. I tried stopping her and got my finger clipped by a kitchen scissor in the process. She was in shock (due to the blood all over our floor) and got back to her senses immediately. She apologized and I thought it was just ok as long as she understands that this type of accident wouldn't happen if she'll act more rationally.
I initially thought that her emotional blackmails would stop. They didn't. Only got worse. I tried calming her every single time. The end of our fights is usually the same: We fight, she'll blackmail me, hurt me physically in the process, then we'd make up. I know, I'm an idiot.
This went on. Then just a few days ago, the worst thing happened. We were in her parents house to grab a couple of drinks and chat. They have some guests which I've already met a couple of times before. Out of nowhere, she went to a corner. I asked everyone where she was and I approached her. Asked her what was the problem then she suddenly started a fight. Asking me why I haven't introduced her to my parents yet. So, I answered that we're still new and I want to make sure that we're both sure before that happens. I cared so much about my mum and would like to introduce her only if we're sure where we are going with this. She immediately yelled: "Well, fuck your mum!". I whispered and gave her a chance to revert whatever she just said. She might have seen how furious I was and then she yelled: "Dad, he's gonna hurt me!". I was stunned. It felt like being wrongly accused of rape. I'm not perfect but I've never hit a girl before. She knew that. How? Because I told her that I'd rather break up with a girl than get violent. I meant that no matter how much they would hit me. I have no qualms with you if you think that this is BS. I'd doubt myself, too. Considering the things I just told you.
Her dad immediately went to us. He asked what's wrong and she said that I was planning to hurt her. Being confused, stunned, and probably in shock - I kept quiet and just lowered my head. Clenching my hands, I was thinking nothing else. I just want to go. I just want to leave her. Then they ganged up on me, her dad, mum, and her. They actually made me feel that I was the bad guy. I can't even remember what they were telling me. I thought I got deaf for a while. All I can hear is white noise and my heartbeat. A few minutes after that, she insisted we go home. Her dad said that she should stay. When I heard that, I got a glimpse of hope to escape. I was thinking of packing my stuff immediately once I get back to our place and go somewhere else. Then, she shouted at her dad that she'd rather drive me home and get back. For some reason, they let her. I'm just done by then.
On our drive back, she kept talking to me but I never understood or heard anything. I was in a daze. All I remembered was that we were already in the underground parking lot. I told her that I want to break up - I'm done. I even begged her if we can deal with this as adults. She went ballistic. Not thinking, I ran out of the car. She got back in the car and chased me in the parking lot. I hid behind some of the parked cars. She kept on shouting like an unhinged person.
A few minutes later, the security guy came out of the elevator. Must have seen us in the cameras. As I don't want to create a scandal, I approached him and told him that she was just drunk. He radioed in that the person with her is there. I got confused. Was I the one they were after? A few seconds later, her dad got out of the elevator with another security guy. I just slumped there realizing what the actual fuck happened. They thought I was gonna hurt her. Her dad even came to her rescue and told me not to hurt her. I can only take so much for a night.
Helpless, I complied to get back to our condo. Her dad left. I never talked. I never moved once we got back. I know that I'm fucked. When they left, she immediately shouted at me. Forcing me to get back with her. Threatening me that she'll kill herself if I don't. A few slaps here and there. More crying. I guess I don't even know what's going on anymore.
At that point, I knew I was done. I gave up. But I'm not giving myself up to her whims. She told me again to watch her hang herself. I replied: "I don't care anymore. Go. My life is over anyway. Nobody would believe me.". She pretended to do it but didn't go ahead with it. After I saw that, I told myself that whatever happens next that I wouldn't care anymore.
She's still here at my place. I refuse to talk to her. I can't leave. Even if there's a small indication that I'm about to leave, she panics. Believe it or not, she actually slept in our door last night just to make sure that I can't leave.
I haven't eaten or taken a shower for a few days now. This is my form of protest. Not sure how long I'll last. Don't pity me, I beg you. I took a gamble. I held unto hope that things will get better. I thought that I can be with someone that I will grow to be with. I have no regrets either way
Despite this, I would like to thank you for reading my long post. I'm not asking you for anything. Reading this is more than enough.

TLDR: GameStop’s Congress hearing is on Feb 18th, they need to investigate the Prime Brokers and DTCC for their complicity in enabling naked shorting within GME and by extension, potential collusion to shut down trading on Jan 28th, the day the short squeeze was going to kick off. (stick to the end for an analysis of some illegal tactics short side hedge funds have been using)
Thesis: On the day the retail market for GME shut down on 1/28 (the day the short squeeze would’ve happened had there been no market intervention), DTCC (clearing house monopoly) shut down retail buying in order to protect itself and Prime Brokers (which privately own the DTCC) from being exposed to the consequences of being party to illegal activity. I believe Prime Brokers and DTCC need to be called to the GameStop hearing on February 18th to be questioned for their complicity in enabling illegal naked shorting of the GME stock, as well as potential collusion to shut out retail buyers on 1/28.
In my previous post (which I recommend reading for some context) I explored the subject of rampant illegal naked shorting in GME, and how Prime Brokers (consisting of banks like Goldman, Morgan, etc) and DTCC would be complicit in the naked shorting. This in turn raises the thought experiment that they would be incentivized to do anything possible to prevent the short squeeze from happening on 1/28 because had the short squeeze happened, the shorts would go bankrupt and their Prime Brokers who lent them their naked shorted shares would need to cover the shares. This would not only represent a humongous capital expense for Prime Brokers, the culpability of Prime Brokers (and that of the DTCC) in this situation would also have likely been exposed as well.
A quick primer on what a Prime Broker is: Prime Brokers are essentially the service side of the short- selling business. They lend out securities and cash, you can think of them as the “house” in a casino: They provide a gambler with markers to play and to manage his winnings. According to Matt Taibi, “Under the original concept, if a hedge fund that wanted to short a stock they would first need to “locate” the stock with his Prime Broker but as time passed, Prime Brokers increasingly allowed their hedge-fund customers to use automated systems and “locate” the stock themselves, and what this does is enable short-sellers to sell stock without delivering and thereby perform naked shorts with counterfeit shares. (source: https://web.archive.org/web/20210213125246/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/wall-streets-naked-swindle-194908/). (I highly recommend you read Matt Taibi’s article on naked shorting and how it was used to take down Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. There are so many parallels with GME it’s hard to miss. It’s amazing to consider that 12 years after this article was published and brought to public awareness, the problem of naked shorting still exists as a systemic issue.)
Prime Brokers have a long history of being associated with naked shorting. To highlight a few examples, Prime Brokers like Merill Lynch and Goldman have long been implicated for naked shorting Overstock.com (https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/accidentally-released-and-incredibly-embarrassing-documents-show-how-goldman-et-al-engaged-in-naked-short-selling-244035/, https://www.forbes.com/2007/02/02/naked-short-suit-overstock-biz-cx_lm_0202naked.html?sh=271400d1763f). Another example is when Goldman’s Prime Brokerage was implicated by the SEC in 2016 and got away with a small fine of 16 million (Source: https://www.sec.gov/news/pressrelease/2016-9.html). An example that very recently came in the news is a story where CIBC, BOA, UBS and TD Bank Prime Brokerages are accused of facilitating naked short selling and using counterfeit stock to attack and bring the stock price of a company from $34.77 to $1.83 (Source: https://www.securitiesfinancetimes.com/securitieslendingnews/industryarticle.php?article_id=224548).
The DTCC also has a very long history of being associated with naked shorting. The Wall Street Journal noted that 1% of the DTCC’s volume end in failure to deliver which “have put DTCC in the middle of a long-running fight over whether unscrupulous investors are driving down hundreds of small companies' share prices… DTCC has turned a blind eye to the naked-shorting problem. ” (Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118359867562957720). The DTCC has also had numerous complaints submitted to the SEC for enabling naked shorting (source: https://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/s72303/decosta122203.htm) and have been sued tens or hundreds of times for assisting naked shorts (source: https://smithonstocks.com/part-3-in-series-on-illegal-naked-shortings-role-in-stock-manipulation-prime-brokers-and-the-dtcc-have-a-troubling-monopoly-on-clearing-and-settling-stock-trades/ and http://counterfeitingstock.com/CS2.0/CounterfeitingStock.html and https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118359867562957720)
On 1/28 Robinhood received a letter from the DTCC at 4 am requiring them to halt trading or come up with 3 billion dollars, which Robinhood did not have, and therefore with one swoop of the pen the DTCC shut down buy side momentum but strangely allowed selling. Retail investors were shut out of the market and as any student of microeconomics would know, by shutting buy but only allowing sell, the price is bound to fall. Meanwhile while hedge funds were able to keep trading not only in the market but also crosstrade in the dark pools (“private” stock markets that retail is shut out of, more on this later), and use this crucial lifeline given to them by the DTCC to prevent the squeeze from happening that day.
With retail abruptly being shut out from buy (even cash accounts were shut out, which didn’t make sense) and only allowed to sell, almost everyone could smell manipulation was afoot (which triggered the Congress hearing) and the most of the blame was pointed at Robinhood. Personally and in hindsight, I believe Robinhood was just a willing scapegoat. When we think about who had the most to lose if a short squeeze occurred, I’ll narrow it down to three entities, Shorts and their stakeholders (ie Citadel), Prime Brokers and the DTCC.
It’s important to remember that the actual impetus that triggered the shutdown of the market for retail investors came from the DTCC. Working backwards, if you consider that GME was rampantly naked shorted and DTCC and Prime Brokers would have to be complicit in it, I believe the DTCC, Primer Brokers and possibly Citadel (who provides 40% of Robinhood’s revenue) brazenly manipulated the market on 1/28 by shutting down purchasing for retail buyers to prevent the squeeze from being squoze on that day as doing so would be catastrophic for all aforementioned parties involved. I believe that on the upcoming Gamestop Congress hearings the Financial Services Committee needs to call on decision makers of DTCC and Prime Brokers explore their role and complicity in the shut out of retail buyers that day as well as being enablers of naked shorting in GME.
An interesting thought experiment: On 1/28 when the price was 450+ and shorts were likely under 100, if we assume prime brokers allowed naked shorting in GME, then when the squeeze was about to happen (or happening), if Prime Brokers had margin had called the shorts, they would presumably also also gone down because shorts would not be able to pay in that event and the brokers would be holding the bag. By that logic, they have every incentive in this case to NOT to margin call and instead the most logical option would probably would have been to make a backroom deal, which is what I personally think most likely happened.
If you’ve read up to this point, you might be thinking what can I do about this? I am aware that there a lot of cynicism that we can’t do anything, that there will be no justice for retail investors who were harmed this situation, and that institutions and people in power will prevent anything from being done. I feel this sometimes too, but remember:
A single voice can be drowned out, but if we all speak together then we will make our voice heard. Ape Strong Together.
With the hearing coming up on February 18th, I highly recommend you email and tweet the representatives involved in the hearing, as well as your own district representatives, and urge them to read into the factors presented in this post and call the DTCC and Prime Brokers to the hearingl. They need to be questioned on why GME has so many counterfeit shares, failed to deliver, their complicity in naked shorting, and investigated for their role in the retail shut down of 1/28. Below are 4 members of congress I recommend both tweeting and emailing
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez https://twitter.com/AOC, email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
Al Green https://twitter.com/repalgreen, email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
Maxine Waters https://twitter.com/maxinewaters, email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
Nancy Pelosi Email: https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).
And you can find other members of Financial Services Committee here to reach out to: https://financialservices.house.gov/about/committee-membership.htm
What follows should probably be a separate post, but I will take the opportunity to summarize some of the illegal tactics that shorts have been identified to be using in their war with retail investors. Note that this may not be an exhaustive list and there may be newer tactics deployed in the future. Retail investors might not have the same tricks, resources and willingness to break the law for profit as hedgies do, but my hope and belief is that if we pool our knowledge and analysis, we will figure out their game and effectively adapt.
Feel free to forward the list below to any representatives and lawmakers if you concur that these tactics were used:
Rampant Naked Shorting - With the extremely high number of Fail to Delivers (FTID) , short interest being as high as 226% recently, and institutions alone holding a staggering 177% of the total float (likely due in large part to counterfeit shares), signs strongly point to GME being rampant with naked shorts and counterfeit shares. I believe the original goal of shorts was to drive GME to bankruptcy with these naked shorts, using the laddering of naked shorts (aka short ladder attack), executed with the help of counterfeit stock which is a classic and reliable method of driving down the stock price. I believe the GME stock has seen relentlessly aggressive short attacks, especially on the week of Monday February 1st, which drove the stock price down and triggered panic selling.
Ladder Attacks with the help of Dark Pools - Another identified method of ladder attacks was identified to come from crosstrading with darkpools (the stock market has its own private stock exchange where institutions can trade…). Essentially darkpools are private stock markets retail investors do not have access to, where short side funds can purchase securities “off market” and then sell “on-market”, with the effect of creating a lot more downward pressure on the market without the upward pressure from buying.
Illegally masking shorts with synthetic longs. Another tactic shorts are suspected of using in GME is the use of illegally using options to evade short positions in violation of Reg SHO which SEC describes in this risk alert and which I elaborate in this post. Essentially it’s the use of using options to create synthetic longs to illegally and artificially cover and prolong short positions and at same time obscuring the true short interest %. If you consider that it would be far more profitable for shorts to not cover at high prices but instead ladder attack the price and wait for retail investors to lose interest and close their shorts at as low of a price as possible, then you can see why this strategy would be very effective.
Using way out-of-money call options to obscure true short interest. You may have heard about the 43 million worth of 800 dollar calls purchased when the price was 100 and found it odd. Later it was identified as a tactic to cheaply purchase synthetic call options (since at 800 its way out of money) to obscure their short positions (with the added benefit of hedging at 800 if a squeeze does happen)
One thing I want to note, particularly to legislators at the GameStop hearing: Retail investors were not incited to pump GME. Retail investors spotted a unique Short Squeeze opportunity created by the greed of short side hedge funds, whereby GameStop was being abusively naked shorted with the goal of bringing it to bankruptcy, and hedge funds were so greedy about it that they shorted the company with a short interest of 226% of float, meaning A LOT of counterfeit shares were being used to short the company. Retail investors saw this as an opportunity to short squeeze the hedge fund shorters, which is a legal and legitimate investment strategy. The short squeeze would have happened had everyone played fair, but instead, financial institutions who were culpable to the naked shorting intervened and shut down retail buying, hurting the retail investors and successfully manipulating the market. The investment itself was in my opinion a sound decision based on the short squeeze, but in hindsight retail investors did not seriously consider the risk of the market would be blatantly and publicly manipulated and that the market would be rigged against them.
If this post was useful (and I hope it was! Gave up my Friday night to write this for you Apes), please upvote for visibility and share it far and wide. The GameStop hearings could be a first step and hope towards legislative change, and it’s extremely important that the right story is told at those hearings (and by the right story I mean the real truth of what happened.) I hope the truly culpable parties are investigated and brought to justice. Again, I know many of us feel cynical that anything meaning will be done towards finding justice against the lawbreakers in this case, but if you feel even an ounce of injustice or empathy at how retail investors were unfairly harmed in the course of investing in GME, I strongly urge you to contact a legislator associated with the GameStop hearings and bring this to their attention so they can review this case with more complete information. In addition I recommend you to contact the SEC and any journalist you know or via journalist tip lines. It’s not going to be easy but the more awareness we raise the higher the likelihood our voices will be heard and positive change will be made.
As we navigate the rocky waters ahead, I’ll gift you with a favorite quote of mine:
The only difference between a nightmare and a dream is how big your balls are.
🚀🚀🚀
Disclaimer: I am not an investment advisor, I just like the stock.
Ps. If you’ve read to the end, I’ll leave you with a few more thoughts and reminders:
- If I were to distill life into one thing, it would be to never lose hope.
- Remember that if you’ve lost money in any way shape or form, don’t be depressed, money can always be made back and the important thing is to maintain a good attitude.
- Only invest what you can afford to lose.
- Perhaps the most important factor in good investing is patience.
If you’d like to read more about counterfeiting stocks this is a good place to start http://counterfeitingstock.com/CS2.0/CounterfeitingStock.html

While my car is getting worked on, I started to make a BCKY ETF and wanted to share it with you all. I welcome any additions or feedback!

TECH

AAPL - Apple Inc. - Becky never leaves her iPhone behind
BMBL - Bumble - shhh don’t tell Becky’s husband 🤫
FB - Facebook - they own Instagram, Becky’s most-used app
MTCH - Match - Tinder for the casual fling ☺️
NFLX - Netflix - for those nights in 💜
PINS - Pinterest - inspiration central
PYPL - PayPal - makes online shopping soooo easy once you figure it out! 🙌🏻
ROKU - Roku - Bridgerton is on Netflix, but The Bachelor is on Hulu! Having a Roku built into the TV makes it easy to navigate
SHOP - Shopify - online shopping 🛍
SNAP - Snap - Becky prefers IG but loves Snap for the selfies and group messaging (and the secret disappearing messages 🤫)
SPOT - Spotify - music fuels the soul 🎶
SQ - Square - CashApp makes splitting the bill sooooooo easy
Z and ZG - Zillow - for daydreaming and snooping on the neighbors
ZM - Zoom - in these trying times Becky has used Zoom to stay connected with her parents 💕

Entertainment

ABNB - AirBNB - For the little getaways, staycations and girls weekends
AMC - AMC Entertainment - Becky went to second base for the first time in the back of an AMC theater (didn’t even watch any of Along Came Paulie)
BALY - Bally’s - Becky likes a night out at the casino
DIS - Disney - for the kids 💕
LVS - Las Vegas Sands - bachelorette party, anyone?
MGM - MGM Resorts - can’t wait to get back to the clubs to do some DANCING 💃
MSGE - Madison Square Garden Entertainment - nightlife, dining, girls night???
MSGS - Madison Square Garden - Becky dated a basketball player after college (don’t tell dad! 🤫)
MTN - Vail Resorts - Becky’s favorite winter destinations
WYNN- Wynn Resorts - classy casino and hotel - Becky wouldn’t be caught dead anywhere else

Food/Beverage

ABT - Abbott - Baby formula was so helpful when Kai wouldn’t breastfeed. Pedialyte for when you have one too many proseccos 😜
APRN - Blue Apron - Soooo helpful to make Becky’s once-a-week meal or when Carla the “help” is sick.
BUD - Anheuser Busch InBev - those Bud Light seltzers are NECESSARY
CAKE - Cheesecake Factory - who doesn’t love Cheesecake? 😍
DASH - DoorDash - for those quarantine takeout meals with Greg 😍
GRUB - GrubHub - tapas delivered for girls night 😻
SBUX - Starbucks - there’s 4 seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer, and PSL
SFM - Sprouts Farmers Markets - organic only 🍃
SHAK - Shake Shack - for the cheat meals 🤫
STZ - Constellation Brands - wine 🍷 anyone?

Lifestyle/Shopping

AXP - American Express - Becky’s black card never stops 🤪
BMWYY - BMW - for the Beckies with an X5
BURBY - Burberry - 💁‍♀️👜
CHWY - Chewy - Becky’s frenchie needs food, duh
COTY - COTY - Becky secretly (or not so secretly 🤪) loves Kylie, Dolce & Gabana and Chloé
DFS - Discover Financial - Becky likes getting cash back 😍
DMLRY - Daimler - For the Benz loving Becky
DOGZ - Dogness - luxury goods for the Frenchie
EL - Estée Lauder - cosmetics company founded by a fellow woman 🙋‍♀️
ELF - e.l.f. Beauty - makeup 💄 what else needs to be said?
ETSY - Etsy - omg so many cute things to buy
FLWS - 1-800-Flowers - I mean who doesn’t love flowers 🌸
FTCH - Farfetch - designer clothing ONLY
GOOS - Canada Goose - Much needed during winter when walking around Manhattan and taking selfie’s at Rockefeller Center. A little trendy but still loving it.
HOME - At Home - cute stuff for the house and cheap enough to throw away after getting that perfect pic for IG
HTHIY - Hitachi - the magic wand is Becky’s little secret
JWM - Nordstrom - designer brands ONLY
KNL - Knoll - luxury designer furniture that is so cute and so comfy. IYKYK
KSS - Kohl’s - Kohl’s Rewards are practically a currency right? 💵
LULU - Lululemon - quintessential Becky. The leggings don’t just make her butt look good, but they’re comfy and perfect for the IG flex
LVMUY - LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton - this just speaks for itself
M - Macy’s - ugh kinda for the poor people but they have good deals so Becky will shop online
MA - MasterCard - when the farmer’s market won’t accept American Express
MLHR - Herman Miller - super expensive furniture for the home and sooo comfy
PFE - Pfizer - why is this in the lifestyle category? Because Becky would have a breakdown without her Xanax
TEVA - Teva Pharmaceutical - Becky runs on adderall that is prescribed to her son
PTON - Peloton Interactive - the ultimate Becky item - if you didn’t post your workout on your IG story did you even spin?!
REAL - The RealReal - Cartier, Chanel, Christian Louboutin, LV, Gucci, Hermès, Prada, Tiffany’s and more!
REV - Revlon - some of Becky’s fav actresses promote their products
RH - Restoration Hardware - only the best for Becky’s home
SFIX - Stitch Fix - Becky took the styling quiz and gets emails from them all the time, but still hasn’t placed an order (but she really wants to to support a company headed by a woman CEO 👩🏼‍💼)
(S)TIC - Northern Star - Becky’s frenchie gets soooo excited for her monthly Bark Box
TCS - The Container Store - Becky just CAN NOT walk by without going in
TGT - Target - 🎯 this one is self explanatory- Becky doesn’t leave until it’s dark out
TSLA - Tesla - for the more environmentally conscious Becky that still needs to flex
TUP - Tupperware- perfect for packed lunch boxes and leftover tapas 🥰
ULTA - Ulta Beauty - looks are everything and Ulta sells everything Becky needs
V - Visa - Becky recognizes that name from the front of some of her credit cards
WSM - Williams-Sonoma - Becky buys a lot of her home goods at Pottery Barn and West Elm

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Election shenanigans

I put the latest info on Trump's phone call to Raffensperger in this comment.

According to experts, Trump’s conduct has potential criminal exposure:

A federal statute makes it a crime when one “knowingly and willfully … attempts to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process, by … the procurement, casting, or tabulation of ballots that are known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent under the laws of the State in which the election is held.”
A Georgia statute similarly provides that a “person commits the offense of criminal solicitation to commit election fraud in the first degree when, with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a felony under this article, he or she solicits, requests, commands, importunes, or otherwise attempts to cause the other person to engage in such conduct.”
…The hard part for prosecutors would be proving Trump’s state of mind, because the statutes require proof of knowledge and intent. Prosecutors would have to show that Trump knew that Biden fairly won the election, and Trump was asking for Georgia officials to commit election fraud. And it’s not clear prosecutors could make that case.

At least 12 Republican senators plan to challenge Biden’s Electoral College win on Jan. 6, when Congress is set to officially count the votes. The effort is being led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) and includes Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), as well as new Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.). Separately, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) is pursuing a similar plan.

"Congress should immediately appoint an Electoral Commission, with full investigatory and fact-finding authority, to conduct an emergency 10-day audit of the election returns in the disputed states. Once completed, individual states would evaluate the Commission’s findings and could convene a special legislative session to certify a change in their vote, if needed," the senators said in a joint statement. “Accordingly, we intend to vote on Jan. 6 to reject the electors from disputed states as not ‘regularly given’ and ‘lawfully certified’ (the statutory requisite), unless and until that emergency 10-day audit is completed."

Their plan is not going to succeed in preventing Biden from taking office, as majorities in both the House and the Senate would need to support a challenge against a state’s electoral votes. For an objection to be made, at least one member of both the House and Senate would need to submit it in writing. Then, the House and Senate separately convene to consider the issue. Debate is limited to two hours for each objection. After debate concludes, the House and Senate vote to uphold the objection and throw out the state’s votes. If the majority of the House AND the majority of the Senate does not uphold the objection, the state’s electoral votes are counted as cast.

• Vice President Mike Pence’s role is simply to preside over the joint session, opening and presenting the certifications from each state. In his absence, the Senate pro-tempore Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will lead the session. At the end of the process, the presiding officer announces who has won the majority of votes for president and vice president.

The most immediate danger from Trump and Cruz’s doomed election gambit is rightwing terrorism and general violence: Trump, in particular, is inciting his supporters to swarm D.C. on Jan. 6. “JANUARY SIXTH, SEE YOU IN DC!” Trump tweeted last week. Four rightwing rallies are scheduled, including one headlined by George Papadopoulos and Roger Stone.
The Proud Boys and other extremists are planning to attend the rallies and may set up an “armed encampment” on the National Mall, according to the Washington Post. On social media platform Parler, the leader of the Proud Boys said that members will be there “incognito” and may “dress in all black” to impersonate leftwing protestors.

Enrique Tarrio: "The ProudBoys will turn out in record numbers on Jan 6th but this time with a twist...We will not be wearing our traditional Black and Yellow. We will be incognito and we will spread across downtown DC in smaller teams."

Rep. Louie Gohmert has more explicitly tried to incite violence, saying the failure of his legal challenge to the election means “you gotta go the streets and be as violent as Antifa and BLM.” (clip)

• At the same time, pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood suggested that Pence could “face execution by firing squad” for “treason” if he doesn’t go along with the attempt to subvert the election.

Obstructing the transition

Biden’s transition director has accused the Office of Management and Budget of stonewalling the incoming administration’s team. OMB Director Russ Vought is not allowing key staff to meet with the transition team to help prepare the president-elect’s first annual spending plan, a move that could delay major proposals. Vought pushed back on the charges, saying that his agency needs to focus on finalizing the Trump administration’s regulations before the president leaves office.

“OMB leadership’s refusal to fully cooperate impairs our ability to identify opportunities to maximize the relief going out to Americans during the pandemic, and it leaves us in the dark as it relates to Covid-related expenditures and critical gaps,” [Biden transition Exec. Dir. Yohannes] Abraham said.

Earlier last week, Biden himself said Trump officials are not cooperating with his team, singling out the Defense Department for obstructing information on crucial national security issues. “Right now, we just aren’t getting all the information that we need from the outgoing administration in key national security areas. It’s nothing short, in my view, of irresponsibility,” Biden said. The Defense Dept. finally scheduled meetings with the incoming team this week, after not briefing the transition for weeks.

• The timing of the resumption in meetings is notable because it comes after the one year anniversary of the U.S. assassination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Jan. 3. NATO officials are reportedly worried about the lack of coordination from the Trump administration: "We need the incoming Biden administration to be fully briefed and ready to deal with these very dangerous issues facing NATO's security."

Sabotaging the Biden Administration

U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack is taking steps to keep control of Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia during the Biden administration. As chairman of the boards of Radio Free Europe and Asia, Pack and his fellow members have added binding contractual agreements that will make it impossible to remove him or other pro-Trump allies from the board in the next two years.

In other words, although President-elect Joe Biden has already signaled he intends to replace Pack as CEO of the parent agency soon after taking office in January, Pack would maintain a significant degree of control over the networks.

The State Department is likely to designate Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism “as an 11th hour effort to create hurdles for the incoming Biden administration.” The label, which requires the approval of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, would undo a major accomplishment of the Obama administration. To take Cuba back off the list, the Biden team would need to conduct a formal review, a process that might take several months.

Such a designation would impose restrictions on US foreign assistance, a ban on defense exports and sales, certain controls over exports and various financial restrictions. It would also result in penalization against any persons and countries engaging in certain trade activities with Cuba.

The Trump administration has been rushing to finalize a myriad of rules before Biden’s inauguration. Since Election Day, the Trump administration has issued about three to four times as many new regulations as it did during other periods of Trump’s presidency. Rules that haven’t been finalized or taken effect can be suspended by an incoming president, which Biden has said he intends to do. By contrast, rules that are finalized can take months, or even years, to undo.

“As a general rule, it takes at least as much process to undo or modify a rule as it does to put the rule in place,” said Jonathan H. Adler, a professor and an administrative law expert at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. “The Trump administration is magnifying that challenge for the Biden administration.”

Trump loyalists are urging the president to stymie Biden’s efforts to rejoin the Paris climate agreement and the Iran nuclear deal. Sens. Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham are working to get the agreements submitted to the Senate for ratification, requiring a two-thirds vote, with the goal of failure. While such an outcome wouldn’t prevent Biden from rejoining the accords, Cruz and Graham hope it would make their resurrection more problematic.

A vote against them would signal GOP opposition to the world and, they hope, undermine any unilateral action by Biden to rejoin the agreements. One senior congressional aide told RCP that sending them to die in the Senate “would be the final nail in the coffin.”

Further reading: “Biden To Be Saddled With Trump’s Payroll Tax Deferral Mess,” Forbes.
Further reading: Biden will inherit a backlog of tens of thousands of visa requests from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — and a bureaucratic tangle that refugee advocates say President Trump ignored or made worse.

Trump money and properties

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance is employing forensic accounting specialists to examine Trump’s finances and business operations. Vance is looking “for anomalies among a variety of property deals” and trying to determine “whether the president’s company manipulated the value of certain assets to obtain favorable interest rates and tax breaks”.

The analysts hired by Vance probably have already reviewed various bank and mortgage records obtained from Trump’s company as part of the ongoing grand jury investigation, and they could be called on to testify about their findings should the district attorney eventually bring criminal charges

In yet another shady business deal connected to Trump, the United States sold the ambassador’s residence in Israel for more than $67 million. The person who bought the residence is none other than Trump mega-donor Sheldon Adelson. The property only became available due to Trump's controversial decision to relocate the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to contested Jerusalem. Furthermore, State Dept. representatives reportedly lied to Congress about the sale, perhaps to hide that Adelson purposefully overbid.

For now, there is no alternative residence for the ambassador, David Friedman, Trump’s former lawyer, who currently uses a suite at Jerusalem’s King David Hotel or rooms at the former Jerusalem Consulate General when he spends nights in Jerusalem… As a result, the United States appears likely to end up leasing the residence it has owned since 1964 from the GOP-affiliated casino mogul.
“It is very strange that we are now paying Sheldon Adelson,” a congressional aide told The Daily Beast. “It is not above board. We have a number of questions. Did they get two independent appraisals? Was it a sweetheart deal? Was Adelson the highest donor? Was there a reason to sell it now?”

Trump’s businesses have taken in $10.5 million of donor money over the course of his presidency. $8.5 million came from the Trump campaign and related entities that Trump controls directly; $2 million came from other Republican candidates and committees. The biggest beneficiary was Trump’s NYC hotel, taking in $3,039,979 over the four years of his presidency, with $891,003 of that in just the final four months of the campaign.
Trump’s DC hotel is ramping up room prices and requiring a two-night minimum stay for two key events this month, as the president tries to squeeze more profit out of his office. On Jan. 6, when Congress is set to formally count the votes cast by the Electoral College, room rates are listed at over eight times the price of surrounding dates. Trump is encouraging his supporters to attend a protest of Biden’s win on the 6th. A room during the inauguration costs five times the normal rate, at $2,225 per night.
Trump’s Turnberry Resort in Scotland posted a £2.3 million ($3.1 million) loss in 2019, marking the sixth year in a row it has failed to turn a profit under his ownership. Since Trump took over the historic property in 2014, its losses now total nearly £45 million ($61.5 million).

The fact Turnberry remains in the red comes in spite of significant tranches of payments it has received from the US government during Mr Trump’s single term in office… the US Secret Service spent nearly £25,000 to accommodate its agents at the resort during business trips by Mr Trump’s son, Eric, an executive vice-president of the family firm. Since Mr Trump’s election, the property has received close to £300,000 from the Secret Service, US State Department, and US Defence Department

A Florida state lawmaker is calling for Mar-a-Lago to be penalized - and possibly shut down - for flouting coronavirus restrictions during a New Years Eve party. While Trump and the first lady did not attend, son Don Jr., attorney Rudy Giuliani, Rep. Matt Gaetz, and Fox News personality Jeanine Piro were captured on video among the maskless crowd. Guests paid as much as $1,000 for access to the ballroom to be entertained by Vanilla Ice.

State Rep. Omari Hardy: “My constituents are not snowbirds like @DonaldJTrumpJr & @kimguilfoyle. My constituents live here. This is their home, and they're going to have to deal w/ the consequences of a potential super-spreader party at Mar-a-Lago long after Junior & wife leave here on their private jet.”

Are you ready for a Donald J. Trump Airport? According to the Daily Beast, Trump has been asking aides about the process of naming airports after former U.S. presidents.
Further reading: “Jared Kushner’s family real estate business wants to raise at least $100 million in capital through Israel’s bond market… Kushner has helped spearhead a series of moves that have been applauded by the conservative pro-Israel community, including moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv and recognizing Israeli sovereignty in disputed areas such as the Golan Heights. Kushner also has close ties to Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.”

Miscellaneous

The Census Bureau missed it’s end-of-year deadline to produce numbers that determine representation in Congress and the Electoral College for the next decade. The agency is working toward Jan. 9 as an internal target date for completing the current stage of processing records. "If we miss Jan. 9, it's hard to envision that we would get apportionment done before inauguration," a Census employee told NPR.

The final timing of the 2020 census results' release could undermine President Trump's efforts to make an unprecedented change to who is counted in key census numbers before leaving office… If the first census results are not ready until after Trump's term ends on Jan. 20, it would be President-elect Joe Biden, not Trump, who would get control of the numbers, which are ultimately handed off to Congress for certification.

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JUSTICE LEAGUE | 4K UHD/MA | $8
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK: APOKOLIPS WAR | 4K UHD/MA | $7.50
KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE | ITUNES 4K → MA 4K | $6.50
KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE | ITUNES 4K → MA 4K | $6.50
KNIVES OUT | 4K UHD VUDU | $8.50 [NOT MA]
LA LA LAND | ITUNES 4K | $5.50 [NOT MA]
THE LEGO MOVIE | 4K UHD/MA | $6
LOTR & HOBBIT TRILOGY | 4K UHD/MA | $70 [EXTENDED & THEATRICAL]
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD | 4K UHD/MA | $7
MAN ON A LEDGE | 4K UHD [FANDANGO] | $8
THE MAZE RUNNER | ITUNES 4K → MA 4K | $6.50
MIB: INTERNATIONAL | 4K UHD/MA | $8
MIDWAY | 4K UHD VUDU OR ITUNES 4K | $8 [NOT MA]
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT | 4K UHD VUDU | $7 [NOT MA]
MORTAL ENGINES | 4K UHD/MA | $7.50
THE NUN | 4K UHD/MA | $7.50
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD | 4K UHD/MA | $7.50
OVERLORD | ITUNES 4K | $5 [NOT MA]
PARASITE | 4K UHD/MA | $7.50
PATRIOT’S DAY | 4K UHD VUDU | $6.50 [NOT MA]
PEANUTS HOLIDAY COLLECTION | 4K UHD VUDU | $25
PETER RABBIT | 4K UHD/MA | $8
PET SEMATARY [2019] | ITUNES 4K | $5 [NOT MA]
PET SEMATARY | 4K UHD VUDU | $7.50 [NOT MA]
THE PREDATOR COLLECTION | 4K UHD/MA | $22.50
PRIDE & PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES | 4K UHD/MA | $8.50
RAMBO | 4K UHD VUDU | $6 [NOT MA]
RAMBO: LAST BLOOD | 4K UHD VUDU OR ITUNES 4K | $6
RAMBO 5 FILM COLLECTION | 4K UHD VUDU | $23
ROBIN HOOD 2010 | 4K UHD/MA | $7.50
ROBIN HOOD 2018 | 4K UHD VUDU | $7.50
THE RHYTHM SECTION | VUDU HD OR ITUNES 4K | $7
SCARFACE | 4K UHD/MA | $7
SCHINDLER'S LIST | 4K UHD/MA | $7.50
SCOOB! | 4K UHD/MA | $9.50
A SIMPLE FAVOR | ITUNES 4K | $7.50 [NOT MA]
SING | 4K UHD VUDU | $7
SONIC: THE HEDGEHOG | 4K UHD VUDU OR ITUNES 4K | $7.50
SPARTACUS: 1960 | 4K UHD/MA | $8.50
SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING | 4K UHD/MA | $7
STARSHIP TROOPERS | 4K UHD/MA | $8.50
SUPERMAN: MAN OF TOMORROW | 4K UHD/MA | $8
TENET | 4K UHD/MA | $12.50
TERMINATOR: DARK FATE | 4K UHD VUDU | $9 [NOT MA]
TERMINATOR: DARK FATE | ITUNES 4k | $6 [NOT MA]
TOTAL RECALL | 4K UHD VUDU OR ITUNES | $7.50 [NOT MA]
TOP GUN | 4K UHD VUDU OR ITUNES | $8 [NOT MA]
TRANSFORMERS: COLLECTION | ITUNES 4K | $15 [NOT MA] 5 FILMS
TROLLS WORLD TOUR | 4K UHD/MA | $9.50
VENOM | 4K UHD/MA | $7.50
WAR OF THE WORLDS | 4K UHD VUDU OR ITUNES | $9 [NOT MA]
WHIPLASH | 4K UHD/MA | $8.50
WONDER WOMAN | 4K UHD/MA | $8
X-MEN: APOCALYPSE | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $6.50
ZOMBIELAND | 4K UHD/MA | $8

MOVIES:

THE 5TH WAVE | MA/SD | $3
THE 15:17 TO PARIS | MA/UVHD | $6.50
ACTION POINT | UVHD | $5.50 [NOT MA]
ALEX CROSS | UVSD & ITUNES | $4.50 [FULL CODE]
ALEX & ME | MA/HD | $5.50
ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL | MA/HD | $6
ALL IS LOST | UVSD | $3 [NOT MA]
ALMOST CHRISTMAS | UVHD | $5.00
ALOHA | MA/SD | $3
ALONE | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $7.50
ALPHA | MA/HD | $4.50
ALPHA AND OMEGA 2 | VUDU SD | $3 [NOT MA]
AMERICAN GIRL: LEA TO THE RESCUE | VUDU | $4
AMERICAN GIRL: LEA TO THE RESCUE | ITUNES | $3.50
AMERICAN RENEGADES | VUDU | $7
AMERICAN ULTRA | VUDU SD | $3.50 [NOT MA]
ANNABELLE | MA/HD | $6
ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES | UHVD | $4.50
ANGRY BIRDS 2 | MA/SD | $3.50
ANNIHILATION | UVHD | $4.50
AQUAMAN | MA/HD | $6
ARCTIC DOGS | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $7 [NOT MA]
ATOMIC BLONDE | UVHD | $4.50 [NOT MA]
BAD BOYS TRILOGY | MA/HD | $10
BAD BOYS FOR LIFE | MA/HD | $7
A BAD MOM CHRISTMAS | ITUNES | $5 [NOT MA]
BAD GRANDPA | UVHD | $4 [NOT MA]
BAD GRANDPA | iTunes | $3 [NOT MA]
BARBIE & HER SISTERS IN A PUPPY CHASE | VUDU | $4
BARBIE & HER SISTERS IN A PUPPY CHASE | ITUNES | $3.50
BARBIE STAR LIGHT ADVENTURE | ITUNES | $3.50
BARBIE VIDEO GAME HERO | VUDU | $4
BARBIE VIDEO GAME HERO | ITUNES | $3.50
BATMAN BEGINS | MA/HD | $4
BEETLEJUICE | MA/HD | $6.50
THE BIG WEDDING | UVHD | $4.50 [NOT MA]
BILL & TED EXCELLENT ADVENTURE TRILOGY | VUDU HD | $12
BILL & TED: FACE THE MUSIC | VUDU HD | $7.50 [NOT MA]
BILL & TED: FACE THE MUSIC | VUDU SD | $3.50 [NOT MA]
THE BIRTH OF A NATION | MA/HD | $4.50
BLACK NATIVITY | MA/HD | $3
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT | MA/HD | $9
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT | MA/SD | $6
BLOODSHOT | MA/SD | $3
BLOODSHOT | MA/HD | $6
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY | MA/HD | $5.50
BOOK OF LIFE | MA/HD | $6
THE BOSS: UNRATED | ITUNES | $3.50
THE BOUNCE BACK | MA/HD | $4.50
THE BOURNE COLLECTION | VUDU HD | $15
THE BOURNE LEGACY | UVHD | $4
BOYHOOD | VUDU HD | $4 [NOT MA]
BOYHOOD | ITUNES | $4 [NOT MA]
BRIAN BANKS | MA/HD | $8
THE BROKEN HEARTS GALLERY | MA/HD | $8.50
BULLET TO THE HEAD | MA/UVHD | $4.50
BUMBLEBEE | VUDU HD | $4.50 [NOT MA]
BUMBLEBEE | ITUNES | $5 [NOT MA]
BUTTONS A CHRISTMAS TALE | VUDU HD | $5.50 [NOT MA]
BUTTONS A CHRISTMAS TALE | ITUNES | $5 [NOT MA]
THE BYE BYE MAN [UNRATED] | UVHD | $5.00
THE CALL [2013] | MA/HD | $5
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS | MA/HD | $5
CAPTIVE [2015] | UVHD | $4
CAPTIVE STATE | MA/HD | $9.50
CATS | MA/HD | $7.50
CATS & DOGS 3: PAWS UNITE | MA/HD | $6
CHAIN OF COMMAND | VUDU SD | $3 [NOT MA]
CHARLIE’S ANGELS | MA/HD | $9
CHI-RAQ | VUDU SD | $3 [NOT MA]
A CHRISTMAS STORY 2 | MA/HD | $6.50
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 | MA/SD | $3.50
COLD PURSUIT | VUDU HD OR ITUNES 4K | $7
COME TO DADDY | VUDU HD | $7.50 [NOT MA]
THE CONJURING | MA/HD | $5.50
CONSTANTINE: CITY OF DEMONS | MA/HD | $6.50
COUNTDOWN | ITUNES 4k | $7.50 [NOT MA]
CRAWL | ITUNES 4K | $6.50 [NOT MA]
CULT OF CHUCKY | VUDU HD | $3.50
CYMBELINE | VUDU SD | $3 [NOT MA]
THE DARKNESS [2016] | VUDU HD | $4.50
THE DARKNESS [2016] | ITUNES | $4
THE DARK TOWER | MA/HD | $4.50
THE DARKEST MINDS | MA/HD | $6.50
DARK PLACES | VUDU SD | $3.50 [NOT MA]
DEAD AGAIN IN TOMBSTONE | VUDU HD | $4.50
DEAD AGAIN IN TOMBSTONE | iTunes | $4
DEEP BLUE SEA 3 | MA/HD | $6.50
DEEPWATER HORIZON | ITUNES 4K | $4 [NOT MA]
DEN OF THIEVES | ITUNES HD | $5.50 [NOT MA]
DEVIL’S DUE | MA/HD | $4
THE DIVERGENT COMPLETE SERIES | VUDU HD | $12
THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT | UVHD | $4 [NOT MA]
THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT | VUDU SD | $3.50 [NOT MA]
DJANGO UNCHAINED | VUDU HD | $5.50 [NOT MA]
DOCTOR SLEEP | MA/HD | $6
A DOG’S WAY HOME | MA/SD | $4
DOLITTLE | MA/HD | $5.50
DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD | VUDU HD | $5.50 [NOT MA]
DRACULA [1931] | ITUNES | 4
DRACULA UNTOLD | UVHD | $3
DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $7
DRAGONHEART: VENGEANCE | MA/HD | $5.50
DREAMWORKS: 10 MOVIE COLLECTION | MA/HD | $25
DR. SEUSS' THE GRINCH 2018 | MA/HD | $6
EMMA | MA/HD | $7.50
E.T | MA/HD | $5
EVERYBODY KNOWS | MA/HD | $7.50
THE EQUALIZER 2 | MA/SD | $3
THE EQUALIZER 2 | MA/HD | $5
THE EXPENDABLES 3 | UVHD | $4 [NOT MA]
THE EXPENDABLES 3 | ITUNES | $3 [NOT MA]
EXPOSED | VUDU SD | $3.50 [NOT MA]
FANTASY ISLAND | MA/HD | $9
FATMAN | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $8.50 [NOT MA]
FERDINAND | MA/UVHD | $6
FIFTY SHADES COLLECTION | MA/HD | $10
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY UNRATED | MA/HD | $4.50
FIFTY SHADES DARKER UNRATED | MA/HD | $4.50
FIFTY SHADES OF BLACK | iTunes | $5 [MA]
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY | iTunes 4K | $4.50
FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY | iTunes HD | $6 [NOT MA]
FIVE FEET APART | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $6 [NOT MA]
FOCUS PICTURES 10 MOVIE SPOTLIGHT COLLECTION | MA/HD | $40
FORCE OF NATURE | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $6 [NOT MA]
FORD V FERRARI | MA/HD | $6
THE FOREST | ITUNES | $4.50
THE FORGER | UVHD | $4.50 [NOT MA]
FROM DUSK TILL DAWN | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $8 [NOT MA]
GAMBIT | MA/SD | $2.50
THE GAMBLER [2015] | ITUNES | $4.50 [NOT MA]
THE GALLOWS | MA/HD | $5.50
THE GALLOWS ACT II | VUDU HD | $7.50 [NOT MA]
GIFTED | MA/HD | $5
GODFATHER CODA | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $8
GODZILLA [2014] | MA/HD | $4.50
GODZILLA 2000 | MA/HD | $6.50
GODZILLA: KING OF MONSTERS | MA/HD | $6.50
THE GOLDFINCH | MA/HD | $7
THE GOLDFINCH | MA/SD | $3.50
A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD | UVHD | $4.50
THE GOOD LIAR | MA/SD | $3.50
THE GOOD LIAR | MA/HD | $7
GOOSEBUMPS | MA/SD | $3
THE GREATEST SHOWMAN ON EARTH | MA/HD | $5.50
GRETEL & HANSEL | VUDU HD | $7.50 [NOT MA]
GRETEL & HANSEL | VUDU SD | $4 [NOT MA]
GUEST HOUSE | VUDU HD OR ITUNES 4K | $7 [NOT MA]
GUNS AKIMBO | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $8 [NOT MA]
HACKSAW RIDGE | UVHD | $3.50 [NOT MA]
HACKSAW RIDGE | ITUNES | $3.50 [NOT MA]
HALLOWEEN [2018] | MA/HD | $6.50
HAPPY DEATH DAY | MA/HD | $6
HAPPY FEET 1 & 2 | MA/HD | $9
HARRIET | MA/HD | $7
THE HATE U GIVE | MA/HD | $6
THE HATEFUL EIGHT | VUDU HD | $5.50
HELL FEST | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $5.50 [NOT MA]
HEREDITARY | VUDU HD | $7.50 [NOT MA]
THE HIGH NOTE | MA/HD | $7.50
HOLMES & WATSON | MA/SD | $4
HOME ALONE 2 | MA/HD | $5.50
HONEST THIEF | MA/HD | $9
THE HOMESMAN | VUDU HD | $5.50 [NOT MA]
HORRIBLE BOSSES | MA/HD | $5
HOT TUB TIME MACHINE 2 | ITUNES | $3 [NOT MA]
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS [2000] | ITUNES | $4.50
HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES | UVHD | $6.50
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON TRILOGY | MA/HD | $12
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 | MA/HD | $5
THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE | VUDU HD | $4 [NOT MA]
THE HUNT | MA/HD | $7
THE HUSTLE | ITUNES 4K | $7
I AM VENGEANCE: RETALIATION | VUDU HD | $6 [NOT MA]
ICE AGE | MA/HD | $4
ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS | MA/HD | $5.50
ICE AGE: A MAMMOTH CHRISTMAS | MA/HD | $5.50
I FEEL PRETTY | ITUNES HD | $5.50 [NOT MA]
INSTANT FAMILY | iTunes 4k | $5.50
THE INTRUDED | MA/HD | $7.50
ISN’T IT ROMANTIC | MA/HD | $7.50
I STILL BELIEVE | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $7
IT 2 FILMS | MA/HD | $9.50
IT'S A VERY MERRY MUPPET CHRISTMAS | VUDU HD | $6
IT'S A VERY MERRY MUPPET CHRISTMAS | iTunes | $5
JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT | UVHD | $3.50 [NOT MA]
JASON BOURNE [2016] | VUDU HD | $4
JAY AND SILENT BOB REBOOT | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $6
JO JO RABBIT | MA/HD | $7.50
JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL | MA/HD | $4.50
JURASSIC PARK COLLECTION | VUDU HD | $18 [4 FILMS]
JURASSIC WORLD COLLECTION | MA/HD | $12.50 [5 FILMS]
JUST MERCY | MA/HD | $7
JUST MERCY | MA/SD | $3.50
THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING | MA/HD | $7
KILL BILL VOL.1 | VUDU HD | $6 [NOT MA]
THE KILL TEAM | VUDU HD | $8.50
THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND | MA/HD | $7
THE KITCHEN | MA/SD | $3.50
THE KITCHEN | MA/HD | $6
KNOCK KNOCK | VUDU SD | $3.50 [NOT MA]
LAST CHRISTMAS | MA/HD | $8
THE LAST FULL MEASURE | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $7
THE LAST WITCH HUNTER | VUDU SD | $3
THE LEGEND OF TARZAN | MA/HD | $4.50
LEPRECHAUN RETURNS | VUDU HD | $6
LIGHTS OUT | MA/HD | $5.50
LIGHTHOUSE | VUDU HD | $8
LINE OF DUTY | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $7.50 [NOT MA]
LONDON HAS FALLEN | VUDU HD | $4.50
THE LONGEST RIDE | UVHD OR ITUNES 4K | $4.50
LOOPER | MA/HD | $6
LOVE AND MONSTERS | VUDU HD OR ITUNES 4K | $8.50
LOVE, SIMON | MA/HD | $6
LOVE THE COOPERS | VUDU SD | $3
MA | MA/HD | $5.50
MERCURY PLAINS | VUDU SD | $4 [NOT MA]
MIB: INTERNATIONAL | MA/HD | $9.50
MIDDLE SCHOOL: THE WORST YEARS OF MY LIFE | UVHD | $3.50 [NOT MA]
MIDDLE SCHOOL: THE WORST YEARS OF MY LIFE | ITUNES | $3 [NOT MA]
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE | VUDU SD | $3 [NOT MA]
MIDSOMMAR | VUDU HD | $8 [NOT MA]
MINIONS | VUDU HD | $4
MINIONS | ITUNES 4K | $4
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT | VUDU HD | $4.50 [NOT MA]
MISS YOU ALREADY | VUDU SD | $3.50 [NOT MA]
MONSTER HIGH: WELCOME TO MONSTER HIGH | ITUNES | $3
MORTAL [2020] | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $8 [NOT MA]
MORTAL KOMBAT LEGENDS: SCORPION'S REVENGE | MA/HD | $7
MORTDECAI | UVHD | $4.50 [NOT MA]
MOTHER | VUDU HD | $4 [NOT MA]
MOTHER | ITUNES | $4 [NOT MA]
MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN | MA/SD | $4.50
MY HERO ACADEMIA: MOVIE | FUNIMATION | $7
NINJA TURTLES [2014] | VUDU HD | $4.50 [NOT MA]
NINJA TURTLES [2016] | VUDU HD | $4.50 [NOT MA]
NOBODY’S FOOL | iTunes | $5 [NOT MA]
NO GOOD DEED | MA/HD | $4.50
NON-STOP | ITUNES | $3
OBVIOUS CHILD | UVHD | $5.50 [NOT MA]
OUIJA | UVHD | $3
OUIJA | ITUNES | $3
OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL | ITUNES | $4
OUR BRAND IS CRISIS | MA/HD | $5
OFFICIAL SECRETS | VUDU HD | $5.50 [NOT MA]
ONCE UPON A DEADPOOL | MA/HD | $9.50
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD | MA/SD | $3.50
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD | MA/HD | $6
OVERDRIVE | VUDU HD | $4 [NOT MA]
OVERDRIVE | ITUNES 4K | $4 [NOT MA]
PARASITE | MA/HD | $6
PAVAROTTI | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $8.50 [NOT MA]
PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS | MA/HD | $5.50
PET SEMATARY [2019] | ITUNES 4K | $6 [NOT MA]
POKEMON: DETECTIVE PIKACHU | MA/HD | $5.50
POPEYE | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $7.50 [NOT MA]
PSYCHO | MA/HD | $6
PLAYING WITH FIRE | ITUNES | $5.50
POMS | ITUNES HD | $5.50 [NOT MA]
THE POSSESSION OF HANNAH GRACE | MA/HD | $8
THE PRODIGY | VUDU HD | $7.50 [NOT MA]
POWER RANGERS DINO CHARGE HERO | VUDU SD | $3
POWER RANGERS SUPER MEGAFORCE: SKY STRIKE | VUDU SD | $3
PREDATOR COLLECTION | MA/HD | $18
PRICELESS | ITUNES | $4
THE PURGE COLLECTION | MA/HD | $12 [4 FILMS]
QUEEN & SLIM | MA/HD | $7
A QUIET PLACE | ITUNES 4K | $6
RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD | VUDU HD OR ITUNES 4K | $6 [NOT MA]
RAMPAGE | MA/HD | $5
READY PLAYER ONE | MA/HD | $5.50
REPLICAS | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $6.50 [NOT MA]
RESIDENT EVIL: DAMNATION | MA/HD | $5.50
RETALIATION | VUDU HD | $8 [NOT MA]
ROBIN HOOD | VUDU HD OR ITUNES 4K | $6.50 [NOT MA]
ROCKETMAN | VUDU HD | $4.50 [NOT MA]
ROCKETMAN | ITUNES 4K | $5 [NOT MA]
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW | MA/HD | $6
ROGUE 2020 | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $7.50
ROUGH NIGHT | MA/HD | $5
SAW | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $6.50 [NOT MA]
SCHOOL DANCE | VUDU SD | $3.50 [NOT MA]
SCOOB! | MA/HD | $5.50
THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL | MA/HD | $6.50
THE SECRET: DARE TO DREAM | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $6.50
THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2 | MA/HD | $6
SERENITY [2019] | MA/HD | $6
SGT. STUBBY: AN AMERICAN HERO | VUDU HD | $6 [NOT MA]
SGT. STUBBY: AN AMERICAN HERO | iTunes | $5 [NOT MA]
SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE | VUDU SD | $3 [NOT MA]
SHAFT | MA/HD | $7
SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADO | MA/HD | $6
THE SILENCING | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $8
SHIVERS | VUDU HD | $7 [NOT MA]
SMILEY FACE KILLERS | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $7.50 [NOT MA]
SNATCHED | ITUNES 4K ⇒ MA | $5.50
SOME KIND OF BEAUTIFUL | VUDU SD | $3.50
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG | VUDU HD OR ITUNES 4K | $6.50 [NOT MA]
SPACE JAM | MA/HD | $6.50
SPELL | VUDU HD OR ITUNES 4K | $8.50
SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING & FAR FROM HOME | MA/HD | $8
SPIDERMAN: HOMECOMING | MA/HD | $5
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE | MA/SD | $2.50
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE | MA/HD | $5
STAR TREK: BEYOND | iTunes 4K | $4 [NOT MA]
STAR TREK COLLECTION | ITUNES 4K | $15 [NOT MA]
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE: BERRY BAKE SHOP | MA/HD | $4
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE: BERRY TALES | MA/HD | $4
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE: CAMPBERRY STORIES | MA/HD | $4
SULLY | MA/HD | $5
SUPER TROOPERS 2 | MA/HD | $5.50
SURVIVE THE NIGHT | VUDU HD OR ITUNES 4K | $6.50 [NOT MA]
THE SWING OF THINGS | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $7.50 [NOT MA]
TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES | MA/HD | $6.50
TENET | MA/HD | $8
TERMINATOR: DARK FATE | ITUNES 4K | $6 [NOT MA]
TITANIC | ITUNES | $6.50 [NOT MA]
TOLKIEN | MA/HD | $8
TOMB RAIDER | VUDU HD | $6.50
TRANSFORMERS COLLECTION + BUMBLEBEE | VUDU HD | $20
TRANSFORMERS COLLECTION + BUMBLEBEE | itunes 4K | $20
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION | UVHD | $3.50 [NOT MA]
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION | ITUNES 4K | $4.50 [NOT MA]
TREMORS: SHRIEKER ISLAND | MA/HD | $7.50
TROLLS/TROLLS 2 | MA/HD | $10
TROLLS: WORLD TOUR | MA/HD | $6
THE TURNING | MA/HD | $8
TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN 1 | iTunes | $4
TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN 2 | VUDU HD | $4
TYLER PERRY’S A MADEA FAMILY FUNERAL | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $6 [NOT MA]
TYLER PERRY’S BOO 2! A MADEA HALLOWEEN | VUDU HD | $5.50 [NOT MA]
TYLER PERRY’S HELL HATH NO FURY LIKE A WOMAN SCORNED | VUDU SD | $3
UNBROKEN | ITUNES | $3.50
UNCLE DREW | UVHD OR ITUNES 4K | $6.25 [NOT MA]
UNFORGETTABLE | MA/HD | $5.50
UNHINGED | VUDU HD | $7.50 [NOT MA]
THE UPSIDE | iTunes HD | $5.50 [NOT MA]
US | MA/HD | $5
USS INDIANAPOLIS: MEN OF COURAGE | VUDU HD | $5.00 [NOT MA]
VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS | VUDU HD | $4.50
THE VANISHING | VUDU HD | $7.50
VENOM | MA/HD | $6
VICE | MA/HD | $8
VIVARIUM | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $9
WARCRAFT | VUDU HD | $4.50
THE WAR WITH GRANDPA | MA/HD | $8.50
THE WAY BACK | MA/HD | $7.50
WE SUMMON THE DARKNESS | VUDU HD OR ITUNES | $8.50
WHAT MEN WANT | VUDU HD | $5.50 [NOT MA]
WHAT MEN WANT | ITUNES 4K | $4 [NOT MA]
WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAY | VUDU SD | $3.50 [NOT MA]
WHILE WE’RE YOUNG | VUDU SD | $3 [NOT MA]
WIDOWS | MA/HD | $5.50
THE WILD LIFE | ITUNES | $4
WONDER PARK | ITUNES | $6 [NOT MA]
WORLD WAR Z | VUDU HD | $4.50 [NOT MA]
XXX: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE | ITUNES 4K | $4 [NOT MA]
Z FOR ZACHARIAH | VUDU SD | $3.50 [NOT MA]

TV SHOWS:

BALLERS: S2 | iTunes | $5
BALLERS: S3 | UVHD | $7.50
BALLERS: S3 | iTunes | $5
BAND OF BROTHERS | ITUNES | $8
BAND OF BROTHERS | GP | $7
BATMAN: THE COMPLETE ANIMATED SERIES | VUDU HD | $25
BATMAN BEYOND: TV SHOW | VUDU HD | $25
BIG BANG THEORY: S8 | VUDU HD | $8
THE BIG BANG THEORY: COMPLETE COLLECTION | VUDU HD | $75
BLACK SAILS: THE COMPLETE SERIES | VUDU HD | $18
BLACKLIST: S2 | VUDU HD | $8
CHERNOBYL: S1 | VUDU HD | $8
GOT: S1-S8 | GP | $24
GOT: S4 | VUDU HD | $8
GOT: S4 | ITUNES | $7
GOT: S4 | GP | $7
GOT: S5 | VUDU HD | $8
GOT: S5 | ITUNES | $7
GOT: S5 | GP | $7
GOT: S7 | ITUNES | $7
GOT: S7 | GP | $7
GOT: S8 | ITUNES | $7
GOT: S8 | GP | $5
GOTHAM: S1 | VUDU HD | $8
HANNIBAL: S3 | VUDU SD | $5 [NOT MA]
THE LAST SHIP: S5 | VUDU HD | $9.50
MY DINNER WITH HERVE | VUDU HD | $4.50
MY DINNER WITH HERVE | ITUNES | $3.50
MY DINNER WITH HERVE | GP | $2
THE OUTSIDER | VUDU HD | $12
RICK & MORTY: S2 | VUDU HD | $7
RICK & MORTY: S3 | VUDU HD | $7
RICK & MORTY: S4 | VUDU HD | $12
SHARP OBJECTS | iTunes | $6
SHARP OBJECTS | GP | $4
THE SOPRANOS | VUDU HD | $35
SUPERGIRL: S5 | VUDU HD | $9
SWAMP THING: COMPLETE SERIES | VUDU HD | $10
TITANS: S2 | VUDU HD | $9
TRUE DETECTIVE: S3 | VUDU HD | $10
VEEP: THE FINAL SEASON | VUDU HD | $8
THE WALKING DEAD: S9 | VUDU HD | $10
WATCHMEN: S1 | VUDU HD | $8.50
WESTWORLD: S2 | VUDU HD | $9.50
WESTWORLD: S3 | VUDU HD | $12
THE WIRE | VUDU HD | $35
THE WIRE | GP | $25

DISNEY ANIMATED & LIVE

101 DALMATIANS | MA | $7
101 DALMATIANS | GP | $6
ALADDIN 2019 | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7.50
ALADDIN 2019 | GP | $6
ALADDIN [ANIMATED] | GP | $5
ALADDIN: THE RETURN OF JAFAR | GP | $7
ALADDIN & THE KING OF THIEVES | GP | $7
ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY | MA | $7
ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY | GP | $6
BAMBI 1 | MA | $7
BAMBI 1 | GP | $6
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST [ANIMATED] | GP | $6
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST [LIVE] | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $6.50
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST [LIVE] | GP | $4.50
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: THE ENCHANTED XMAS | GP | $7
BIG HERO 6 | 4K UHD/MA | $8.50
BIG HERO 6 | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7.50
BIG HERO 6 | GP | $6
BOLT | MA/HD | $8
THE CALL OF THE WILD | 4K UHD/MA | $7.50
THE CALL OF THE WILD | MA/HD | $7
THE CALL OF THE WILD | GP | $6
CHRISTOPHER ROBIN | MA | $7
CHRISTOPHER ROBIN | GP | $6
CINDERELLA [LIVE] | GP | $6
CINDERELLA 1 [ANIMATED] | MA | $7
CINDERELLA 1 [ANIMATED] | GP | $6
DISNEYNATURE: BORN IN CHINA | MA | $7
DUMBO [LIVE] | 4K UHD/MA | $8
DUMBO [LIVE] | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7.50
DUMBO [LIVE] | GP | $6
FOX AND THE HOUND 1 | MA | $7
FOX AND THE HOUND 1 | GP | $6
FOX AND THE HOUND 2 | MA | $7
FOX AND THE HOUND 2 | GP | $6
FROZEN 1| 4K UHD/MA | $8
FROZEN 1| GP | $6
FROZEN 2 | 4K UHD/MA | $9
FROZEN 2 | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $8
FROZEN 2 | GP | $7.50
HERCULES | MA | $7.50
HOCUS POCUS | 4K UHD/MA | $7.50
HOCUS POCUS | GP | $6
THE JUNGLE BOOK [LIVE] | 4K UHD/MA | $9
THE JUNGLE BOOK [LIVE] | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7.50
THE JUNGLE BOOK [LIVE] | GP | $6
THE JUNGLE BOOK 2 [ANIMATED] | MA | $7
LADY AND THE TRAMP | GP | $6.50
LILO & STITCH 2 | MA | $7
LILO & STITCH 2 | GP | $6
LION KING [LIVE] | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7.50
LION KING [LIVE] | GP | $6
LION KING [ANIMATED] | 4K UHD/MA | $9
LION KING [ANIMATED] | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7.50
LION KING [ANIMATED] | GP | $6
LION KING 1.5 | MA | $7.50
LION KING 1.5 | GP | $6.50
LION KING 2 | MA | $7.50
LION KING 2 | GP | $6.50
THE LITTLE MERMAID | 4K UHD/MA | $9
THE LITTLE MERMAID II: RETURN TO THE SEAS | MA | $6.50
THE LITTLE MERMAID II: RETURN TO THE SEA | GP | $5.50
THE LITTLE MERMAID III: ARIEL’S BEGINNING | MA | $6
THE LITTLE MERMAID III: ARIEL’S BEGINNING | GP | $5.50
THE LONE RANGER | MA | $7
THE LONE RANGER | GP | $6
MALEFICENT | 4K UHD/MA | $9
MALEFICENT | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7.50
MALEFICENT | GP | $6
MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL | 4K UHD/MA | $9
MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7.50
MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL | GP | $6
MARY POPPINS RETURNS | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7.50
MARY POPPINS RETURNS | GP | $6
MARY POPPINS [1964] | GP | $6.50
MOANA | 4K UHD/MA | $8
MOANA | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7
MOANA | GP | $6
MULAN 2020 | MA | $6
MULAN 2020 | GP | $4.50
MULAN 1 | 4K UHD/MA | $7
MULAN 1 | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $6
MULAN 1 | GP | $5
MULAN 2 | MA | $7
MULAN 2 | GP | $6
THE MUPPET MOVIE [1979] | GP | $7
MUPPETS MOST WANTED | MA | $8
MUPPETS MOST WANTED | GP | $7
THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS | 4K UHD/MA | $9
THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7.50
THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS | GP | $6
OLAF’S FROZEN ADVENTURE | MA | $7
OLAF’S FROZEN ADVENTURE | GP | $6
OZ: THE GREAT AND POWERFUL | MA | $7
OZ: THE GREAT AND POWERFUL | GP | $6
PETE’S DRAGON | GP | $6
PIRATES 5 | 4K UHD/MA | $7.50
PIRATES 5 | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7
PIRATES 5 | GP | $6
PLANES | GP | $6
PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE | GP | $6
POCAHONTAS 1 | MA | $7
POCAHONTAS 2 | MA | $7
POCAHONTAS 2 | GP | $6
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG | 4K UHD/MA | $8
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7.50
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG | GP | $6
QUEEN OF KATWE | MA | $7
QUEEN OF KATWE | GP | $6
ROBIN HOOD [ANIMATED] | MA | $7.50
ROBIN HOOD [ANIMATED] | GP | $6
SANTA CLAUSE 1 | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7.50
SANTA CLAUSE 3 | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7.50
SANTA CLAUSE TRILOGY | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $17
SANTA CLAUSE TRILOGY | GP | $14
WD: SHORT FILM COLLECTION | MA | $7
WD: SHORT FILM COLLECTION | GP | $6
SLEEPING BEAUTY | MA | $7
SLEEPING BEAUTY | GP | $6
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS | MA | $7
SPIES IN DISGUISE | MA | $7.50
SPIES IN DISGUISE | GP | $6
TANGLED | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $8
TANGLED | GP | $6
THE SWORD IN THE STONE | MA | $7
TOMORROWLAND | GP | $6.50
A WRINKLE IN TIME | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $8
A WRINKLE IN TIME | GP | $6
ZOOTOPIA | 4K UHD/MA | $9
ZOOTOPIA | GP | $6

PIXAR

BRAVE | 4K UHD/MA | $9
BRAVE | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $8
BRAVE | GP | $6
A BUG’S LIFE | 4K UHD/MA | $7.50
A BUG’S LIFE | ITUNES 4K → MA 4K | $7
A BUG’S LIFE | GP | $6.50
CARS 1 | 4K UHD/MA | $8.50
CARS 1 | GP | $6
CARS 3 | GP | $5
COCO | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $8
COCO | GP | $6
FINDING DORY | 4K UHD/MA | $8
FINDING DORY | ITunes 4K → MA 4K | $6
FINDING DORY | GP | $4.50
FINDING NEMO | 4K UHD/MA | $8
FINDING NEMO | GP | $6
THE GOOD DINOSAUR | 4K UHD/MA | $8
THE GOOD DINOSAUR | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7
THE GOOD DINOSAUR | GP | $6
THE INCREDIBLES 2 | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7
THE INCREDIBLES 2 | GP | $6
INSIDE OUT | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7
INSIDE OUT | GP | $6
MONSTERS, INC | 4K UHD/MA | $8.50
MONSTERS, INC | GP | $6
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY | 4K UHD/MA | $8
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY | GP | $6
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS | MA | $7
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS | GP | $6
ONWARD | 4K UHD/MA | $8
ONWARD | MA/HD | $6
ONWARD | GP | $5
RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET | 4K UHD/MA | $6.50
RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $6
RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET | GP | $5
TOY STORY OF TERROR | GP | $7
TOY STORY 1-3 | 4K UHD/MA | $20
TOY STORY 1-3 | GP | $12.50
TOY STORY 1 | GP | $6
TOY STORY 3 | 4K UHD/MA | $9
TOY STORY 3 | GP | $6
TOY STORY 4 | ITUNES 4K → MA 4K | $6.50
TOY STORY 4 | GP | $3.50
UP | GP | $7
WALL-E | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7.50
WALL-E | GP | $7
WRECK IT RALPH | 4K UHD/MA | $10

DC COLLECTION

AQUAMAN | MA/HD | $5

BATMAN: HUSH | MA/HD | $6
BATMAN V. SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE | MA/HD | $6
BIRDS OF PREY | MA/HD | $9.50
DCU: BATMAN & HARLEY QUINN | MA/HD | $6.50
DCU: JUSTICE LEAGUE: WAR | MA/HD | $6.50
THE DEATH AND RETURN OF SUPERMAN | MA/HD | $8.50
DEATHSTROKE: KNIGHTS & DRAGONS | MA/HD | $7
JUSTICE LEAGUE | MA/HD | $5.50
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK: APOKOLIPS WAR | MA/HD | $9.50
JUSTICE LEAGUE THRONE OF ATLANTIS | MA/HD | 6.50
LEGO BATMAN: DC SUPER HEROES UNITE | MA/HD | $6
REIGN OF THE SUPERMAN | MA/HD | $6
SHAZAM! & WONDER WOMAN | MA/HD | $10
SUPERMAN: MAN OF TOMORROW | MA/HD | $6.50
SUPERMAN: RED SON | MA/HD | $6.50
WONDER WOMAN: BLOODLINES | MA/HD | $6.50

MARVEL

ANT-MAN | GP | $6
ANT-MAN & THE WAS | GP | $6
AVENGERS 1 | GP | $6
AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON | 4K UHD/MA | $8
AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7
AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON | GP | $5.50
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7.50
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR | MA | $7
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR | GP | $6
AVENGERS: ENDGAME | 4K UHD/MA | $7
AVENGERS: ENDGAME | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $6
AVENGERS: ENDGAME | GP | $5
BLACK PANTHER | 4K UHD/MA | $9
BLACK PANTHER | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7.50
BLACK PANTHER | GP | $6
CA: THE FIRST AVENGER | GP | $6
CA: THE WINTER SOLDIER | ITUNES 4K → MA 4K | $8
CA: THE WINTER SOLDIER | GP | $6
CA: CIVIL WAR | GP | $6
CAPTAIN MARVEL | 4K UHD/MA | $8
CAPTAIN MARVEL | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7.50
CAPTAIN MARVEL | GP | $6
DR. STRANGE | 4K UHD/MA | $8.50
DR. STRANGE | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7.50
DR. STRANGE | GP | $6
GUARDIANS VOL. 1 | GP | $4.50
GUARDIANS VOL. 2 | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7.50
GUARDIANS VOL. 2 | GP | $4.50
THE INCREDIBLE HULK | 4K UHD/MA | $7.50
IRON MAN 1 | GP | $5
IRON MAN 2 | 4K UHD/MA | $8
IRON MAN 2 | GP | $6
IRON MAN 3 | 4K UHD/MA | $8
IRON MAN 3 | GP | $6
THE NEW MUTANTS | MA | $7
THE NEW MUTANTS | GP | $7
THOR 1 | GP | $5
THOR: THE DARK WORLD | 4K UHD/MA | $9
THOR: THE DARK WORLD | GP | $5.50
THOR: RAGNAROK | 4K UHD/MA | $8
THOR: RAGNAROK | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7
THOR: RAGNAROK | GP | $5.50
X-MEN: BEGINNINGS TRILOGY | MA/HD | $16

STAR WARS

ROGUE ONE: A STORY | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7.50
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY | GP | $5
SKYWALKER SAGA | 4K UHD/MA | $70
SKYWALKER SAGA | GP | $35 [9 FILMS]
STAR WARS 4-6 | 4K UHD/MA | $22.50
STAR WARS 1 | GP | $6.50
STAR WARS 4 | GP | $5.50
STAR WARS 5 | GP | $5.50
STAR WARS 6 | GP | $5.50
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS | 4K UHD/MA | $8
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $7
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS | GP | $5
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $6.50
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI | GP | $4
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER | 4K UHD/MA | $9
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER | iTunes 4K → MA 4K | $8
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER | GP | $7