prediction markets are creating revolutionary new vectors for corruption
#Kalshi #Polymarket #predictionMarkets #KarolineLeavitt #uspol #corruption
prediction markets are creating revolutionary new vectors for corruption
#Kalshi #Polymarket #predictionMarkets #KarolineLeavitt #uspol #corruption
" #Republicans effectively rewrote the 2021 #infrastructure bill (they voted against) to ensure that billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded broadband grants (intended to be spent on affordable, next-generation fiber) was stolen from local communities, and instead given to #ElonMusk & #JeffBezos...
It’s a coordinated hijacking of taxpayer money that will actually undermine affordable #internet access."
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/30/the-wall-street-journal-applauds-republicans-corrupt-illegal-theft-of-billions-in-taxpayer-dollars/
#GOP #Corruption #Politics #Tech #Technology #News #US #UnitedStates
" #Republicans effectively rewrote the 2021 #infrastructure bill (they voted against) to ensure that billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded broadband grants (intended to be spent on affordable, next-generation fiber) was stolen from local communities, and instead given to #ElonMusk & #JeffBezos...
It’s a coordinated hijacking of taxpayer money that will actually undermine affordable #internet access."
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/30/the-wall-street-journal-applauds-republicans-corrupt-illegal-theft-of-billions-in-taxpayer-dollars/
#GOP #Corruption #Politics #Tech #Technology #News #US #UnitedStates
"Trump accused a group of Democratic lawmakers of sedition in an outburst on #SocialMedia Thursday morning and said their behavior was “punishable by death.”
Their crime? Recording a #video that reminded members of the #military that they are not supposed to obey illegal orders."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/us/politics/trump-democrats-sedition-death-punishment.html
#DonaldTrump #Trump #GOP #Fascism #Corruption #Republicans #USPol #Politics #Democrats #Law #News #Press #US #USA #UnitedStates #America
"Trump accused a group of Democratic lawmakers of sedition in an outburst on #SocialMedia Thursday morning and said their behavior was “punishable by death.”
Their crime? Recording a #video that reminded members of the #military that they are not supposed to obey illegal orders."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/us/politics/trump-democrats-sedition-death-punishment.html
#DonaldTrump #Trump #GOP #Fascism #Corruption #Republicans #USPol #Politics #Democrats #Law #News #Press #US #USA #UnitedStates #America
DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefitted from the deal.
https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #KristiNoem #DHS #Government #USPolitics #Law #TV #Advertising #Media
@ProPublica I'm shocked, shocked! #US #corruption #POTUS
Prosecutors to #Ukraine court: #Zelensky ex-business partner #TymurMindich "exerted undue influence" over Energy and Defense Ministers Herman Halushchenko and Rustem Umerov amid kickbacks of up to $100 million in energy sector
Prosecutors to #Ukraine court: #Zelensky ex-business partner #TymurMindich "exerted undue influence" over Energy and Defense Ministers Herman Halushchenko and Rustem Umerov amid kickbacks of up to $100 million in energy sector
So, whaddya think? Is this their concept-of-a-plan for health care - know the right people and beg - or is this Scott Adams spelunking for the conspiracy theorist cure-all "MedBed"?
[ETA poll in reply]
#uspol #politics #uspolitics #pathetic #MedBed #fascism #nepotism #corruption
Journalism tip: If someone says drop the story, that’s a sign to keep reporting.
Read our full investigation ➜ https://www.propublica.org/article/paul-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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#Journalism #Nonprofit #News #Media #NorthCarolina #Law #USPolitics
From @ProPublica
"North Carolina’s Supreme Court... had outlawed partisan #gerrymandering in the swing state. Over Newby’s vehement dissent...
In January — once two newly elected #Republican justices were sworn in, giving the party a 5-2 majority — #GOP lawmakers quickly filed a petition...
Newby then wrote a majority opinion declaring that #partisan gerrymandering was legal"
https://www.propublica.org/article/paul-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
recent price chart for the #TRUMP #memecoin shows a massive crash in price on the left (when Trump announced new tariffs on #china) and a massive pump just now (when Trump TACOed and announced there would be a trade deal with china) coincidentally back to exactly the same price it was before the first announcement.
99.9% of TRUMP trading happens on offshore #crypto exchanges that are controlled by chinese nationals and banned from operating within the US.
every $1 the price moves up the trump family gets a billion dollars and every $1 the price goes down the trump family loses a billion dollars.
put it all together and it means the chinese can pump or dump the trump family's net worth by billions any time they want to. the response will be predictably pavlovian.
#uspol #prc #Uspolitics #corruption #cryptocurrency #memecoins #TACO #tariffs #tariff #tradewar
recent price chart for the #TRUMP #memecoin shows a massive crash in price on the left (when Trump announced new tariffs on #china) and a massive pump just now (when Trump TACOed and announced there would be a trade deal with china) coincidentally back to exactly the same price it was before the first announcement.
99.9% of TRUMP trading happens on offshore #crypto exchanges that are controlled by chinese nationals and banned from operating within the US.
every $1 the price moves up the trump family gets a billion dollars and every $1 the price goes down the trump family loses a billion dollars.
put it all together and it means the chinese can pump or dump the trump family's net worth by billions any time they want to. the response will be predictably pavlovian.
#uspol #prc #Uspolitics #corruption #cryptocurrency #memecoins #TACO #tariffs #tariff #tradewar
"For the rest of the world to escape dictators' demands, they will have to accelerate their independence from #American tech – not just #Russian gas. A post-American internet starts with abandoning the laws that give US companies – and therefore Trump – a veto over how your technology works."
- @pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/20/post-american-internet/#huawei-with-american-characteristics
#Tech #Technology #Privacy #Economy #Dictator #Trump #Corruption #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Politics #Law #World #USA #UnitedStates #America #US
"For the rest of the world to escape dictators' demands, they will have to accelerate their independence from #American tech – not just #Russian gas. A post-American internet starts with abandoning the laws that give US companies – and therefore Trump – a veto over how your technology works."
- @pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/20/post-american-internet/#huawei-with-american-characteristics
#Tech #Technology #Privacy #Economy #Dictator #Trump #Corruption #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Politics #Law #World #USA #UnitedStates #America #US
2/ Santos is actually the 10th #GOP congressmember pardoned by King Donald
#GeorgeSantos #uspol #uspolitics #pardon #pardons #corruption
trump just pardoned george santos
#nypol #georgesantos #uspol #uspolitics #pardon #pardons #trump #truthSocial #republicans #republican #MAGA
2/ Santos is actually the 10th #GOP congressmember pardoned by King Donald
#GeorgeSantos #uspol #uspolitics #pardon #pardons #corruption
https://www.withoutprecedent.info/ Lisa Graves, author of Without Precedent details how #Chief #Justice #JohnRoberts helped build a #SupremeCourt that shields #corruption, empowers #Trump dismantles the #Constitution. From #Bush v. #Gore to #Trump v. #UnitedStates Graves exposes #rightwing #network & #billionaires behind America’s #judicial takeover. #NoKings #constitution Roberts orchestrated decision that pardoned #trump #clarencethomas #law #politics #immunity #insurrection #history #criminal #courts
https://www.withoutprecedent.info/ Lisa Graves, author of Without Precedent details how #Chief #Justice #JohnRoberts helped build a #SupremeCourt that shields #corruption, empowers #Trump dismantles the #Constitution. From #Bush v. #Gore to #Trump v. #UnitedStates Graves exposes #rightwing #network & #billionaires behind America’s #judicial takeover. #NoKings #constitution Roberts orchestrated decision that pardoned #trump #clarencethomas #law #politics #immunity #insurrection #history #criminal #courts
“The court’s 6-3 conservative majority voted to just let #Trump & ICE continue [warrantless raids] for now as the case works its way up...
They gave no reasoning or explanation for their decision...
Welcome to the era of what critics call the #KavanaughStop. Carte blanche for #ICE to continue violent warrantless raids and stops all over the country. To undocumented immigrants, lawful residents, and #American citizens alike.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXOWAhFz0A
"Blackhawk helicopters. Flash bangs. A chainsaw to cut through fencing. Doors blown off hinges. Holes in walls. An entire building’s worth of American citizens treated as enemy combatants in a war zone.
This happened. In Chicago. In America. This week.
And we’ve already moved on to the next story."
https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-sufferable-evil
#ICE #Chicago #USA #UnitedStates #US #America #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Trump #GOP #SCOTUS #DueProcess #News #Press
“The court’s 6-3 conservative majority voted to just let #Trump & ICE continue [warrantless raids] for now as the case works its way up...
They gave no reasoning or explanation for their decision...
Welcome to the era of what critics call the #KavanaughStop. Carte blanche for #ICE to continue violent warrantless raids and stops all over the country. To undocumented immigrants, lawful residents, and #American citizens alike.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXOWAhFz0A