Chris

@ me in your stupid liberal tweets and I will block you, I said what the fuck I said go cry harder

What Tom Nichols is implying here is that the 51% of Americans who voted for Trump don’t care about American democracy, which is an odd thing to say considering that casting a ballot for your preferred candidate is the biggest democratic act a citizen can engage in. But ok.

Q: Will you and Trump try to repeal the CHIPS and Science Act, which brings thousands of manufacturing jobs back to America? Mike Johnson: I suspect that we probably will

Kamala Harris just took an 8% lead in Michigan's odds. What does the market know?

CNN: New footage has just emerged of Mike Johnson saying he and Trump will try to repeal the Affordable Care Act if he wins, which would rip away health care from millions

Given the latest New York Times article on Polymarket, this seems like a good time to make clear: • Polymarket is strictly non-partisan. We get told we're Dem operatives and MAGA, depending on the day. Unfortunately the story is much less juicy, we're just market nerds who think prediction markets provide the public with a much needed alternative data source. It's naturally a fit in a world where there are infinite opinions being served to you algorithmically based on what you already think, designed only to keep you engaged and push you further into an echo chamber. If just one thing, Polymarket is a reality check. • Polymarket is not about politics. The vision never was to be a political website, and it still isn't. From launch day, the goal has been to, "harness the power of free markets to demystify the real world events that matter most to you." This US election cycle, we've been pulled onto center stage, as people are fed up with having to make sense of 'For You' feeds, pundits, and incongruent polls - we take that responsibility seriously. Polymarket's rise in popularity correlates with correctly forecasting Biden dropping out - it was the one source that called it. Hopefully politics is the first step to get the masses to realize the value of market-based forecasts. • It's crazy I have to say this, but it's time to put the "Thiel-controlled" narrative to rest. He has no direct contact or control with the company. Founders Fund, one of the most active VC funds (Airbnb, Stripe, etc.), and one of our 50+ investors, has a minority stake in the company with no board seat/control - and the partner who did the Polymarket deal isn't even Thiel. His politics have no bearing on how Polymarket works, operates, or what the prices are - end of story. The beauty of Polymarket is it's all peer-to-peer and transparent. Even more transparent than traditional finance, where all the data is obfuscated and only visible to the operator. That's why everyone is able to audit all the usage - which is a good thing for free markets. A feature, not a bug. The market sets the price, not the operator. There is no "house" setting the odds. It's the invisible hand, not the thumb on the scale. The idea is if people disagree with the market price, they have the opportunity to capitalize by buying the side they think is priced too low. As these markets get more popular, liquid, and accessible, we foresee a world where markets guide decision making, and opinions are backed by capital. The downstream effect is an information landscape with less sensationalism and more truth. Onwards

BREAKING: I have been told that Trump groped a minor at one of his donor dinners — and that there's video.

Vice President Harris: “Trump said he wanted generals like Adolf Hitler had. He wants a military that is not loyal to the Constitution, but loyal to him... This is a window into who Donald Trump really is from the people who know him best”