The Crypto Betting Platform on X Predicting a Trump Win. Polymarket has seen a recent surge in pro-Trump election bets. Is it the movement of a rational market or a concerted campaign? #Election2024 🧵 Polymarket’s user base, which leans libertarian & crypto-savvy, may skew toward Trump owing to dissatisfaction with the current admin’s stance on digital assets. It’s backers include Peter Thiel, who donated to Trump’s 2016 campaign. fortune.com/2024/10/22/tru…

What’s in it for buying an election for a racist fascist psychopath? Look what $100M will buy:
✅ Tax breaks
✅ Oversight over regulations on his own companies
✅ Hall pass to breakFEC laws that prohibit fed contractors from donating for political purposes
nytimes.com/2024/10/20/us/… Former Republican lawmakers and Justice Department officials have called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate tech billionaire Elon Musk for awarding cash prizes to voters in swing states if they sign his political organization’s petition. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Central to #Project2025’s sweeping goals is the desire to shift the balance of power towards the presidency by placing the entire fed bureaucracy, including independent agencies such as FBI & DOJ, under direct executive control. 🧵 theconversation.com/project-2025-w… 1/ Such a move would enable the next president to direct these agencies at his bidding, to be able to “impound” monies voted by Congress and redirect them for its own purposes and to SIDELINE the legislative branch of government. forbes.com/sites/alisondu…

Republicans campaign of lies and blowback on drug pricing reform is literally fueled by BIG Pharma contributions. In the 2020 election cycle, Rep. Elise Stefanik received $67,956 from the pharmaceutical/health products industry. She’s received an additional $6,043 for 2022. 🧵

https://twitter.com/speakerjohnson/status/1824147238081401186

1/Steve Scalise BIG pharma contributions $142,798 for 2024 campaign committee opensecrets.org/members-of-con…

ICYMI: Sen. Elizabeth Warren asks Tesla’s board $TSLA to probe Elon Musk’s potential conflicts of interest via Fortune 🧵 fortune.com/2024/08/09/tes… In a 10-page letter sent to Tesla $TSLA Chair Robyn Denholm, the Democratic senator said Musk’s activities — like diverting computer chips from the carmaker to his social media company X Corp. — may be inappropriate. warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…

Elon Musk America PAC being investigated by Michigan secretary of state for potential violations. 🧵 cnbc.com/2024/08/04/elo… 1/Top Organizations Disclosing Donations to America PAC (Texas), 2024 include Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, Alliance Resource Partners, Londsdale Enterprises, Valor Equity Partners and Winklevoss Capital Management. opensecrets.org/outside-spendi…

The moral bankruptcy of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. Two of Silicon Valley’s famous venture capitalists make the case for backing Trump: that their ability to make money is the only value that matters. 🧵 theverge.com/2024/7/24/2420… 1/Andreessen Horowitz collectively has given $45M to the largest SuperPAC in America - Fairshake. This obscure crypto super PAC has raised more money for the 2024 elections than any other -including MAGA Inc. morningstar.com/news/marketwat…

X/Twitter has distinct demos that are not indicative of the larger U.S. population. According to data from Aug. 2023, users are split almost exactly at a 2:1 ratio among males (66.72%) & females (33.28%). The proportion of X users has grown by almost 4% since January 2023. 🧵 1/ As of April 2024, the US has the largest proportion of X users with 22.92%. Combined, the US & Japan have around 39% of all X users.
While US, Japan, the UK, Brazil, Spain make up almost half (51.85%) of X’s user base.

ICYMI: Charles Schwab Donor-advised fund fuels Leonard Leo’s Network via Bloomberg - Schwab Charity Funnels $250 Million to Right-Wing Causes.
Money flows 85 Fund which backs groups against trans rights, diversity programs. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… 1/ The 85 Fund Has Funneled Large Sums of Money to Conservative Causes and Has Spread Disinformation About Voter Fraud Through Its Honest Elections Project. monitoringinfluence.org/org/the-85-fun…

ICYMI: "White House for sale": Report reveals Trump made over $6M from China and Saudi Arabia in office.
Trump guilty of the same conduct Republicans are trying to dig up on Joe Biden, Democratic report says. 🧵
salon.com/2024/01/04/whi… Don’t take my word for it, read the overseas transactions outlined in a 156-page report called "White House For Sale" produced by House Oversight Committee Democrats. The report provides hard evidence. static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/d…

Rumble is a sponsor of the RNC event in Milwaukee. A company started by J.D. Vance and Peter Thiel. let that sink in. 🧵

https://twitter.com/whodat35/status/1762121421172465884

1/ RNC sponsor Rumble, Backed by J.D. Vance Gives Platform for Russian Propaganda.

nytimes.com/2022/10/31/us/…

Today’s WhoDat moment.

So, who stands to benefit from exploiting what happened with a horrific and senseless violent assassination attempt on Donald Trump yesterday? 🧵 1/ You can clearly see who stands to benefit by & from destabilizing the U.S. by studying Kremlin television & what they’re putting out. They’re currently taking advantage of last night’s terrorist act, placing blame & pitting one American party against another by spewing …

Yes, our democracy is under siege + now, the entire Democratic Party. Recognize a PsyOps when you see it. It’s happening on our soil. A rogue EU & NATO member who has acted illegally (Orbán) on our soil meeting w/rogue convicted felon working for Putin to undermine democracy. 🧵

https://twitter.com/acyn/status/1811556708898210201

1/ Why Orbán is rogue and doesn’t represent the EU? She has broken treaties with his recent visit to Moscow to meet Putin. “PM Orbán has not received any mandate from the EU Council to visit Moscow,” Borrell said. apnews.com/article/hungar…

Not at all concerned. 🧵

A review of their database by the Brennan center reveals the Heritage Foundation’s flawed methodology in reporting and the falsity of this statement.

brennancenter.org/media/30/downl…

https://twitter.com/heritage/status/1810355583972946006

1/Claims of evidence alleging a stolen 2020 election have been exhaustively investigated & litigated. Judges heard claims of illegal voting & found they were without merit. Heritage Foundation is a dark money-funded anti-American creator of #Project2025. campaignlegal.org/results-lawsui…

DeSantis’ new PAC, Florida Freedom FUND launched in May. Official chair is James Uthmeier, gov’s chief of staff who also worked as prez campaign mgr. He used a personal phone to conduct govt biz during migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard and… 🧵 tampabay.com/news/florida-p… 2/ A former top law enforcement official is suing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, saying he was forced to resign after defying illegal orders. politico.com/newsletters/fl…

Now, using free and low-cost generative artificial intelligence services from companies like Google and OpenAI, anyone can create high-quality “deepfakes” with just a simple text prompt. 🧵 apnews.com/article/artifi…

https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1802397485857374250

1/ In the U.S., the FCC outlawed AI-generated robocalls aimed to discourage voters. apnews.com/article/fcc-el…

GOP needs a fact check on its #crime rate fear-mongering platform and disinformation campaign for #election2024. Contrary to claims that large cities don’t report their data anymore, follow along… 🧵 1/ Los Angeles: Citywide Violent Crimes showed a 3.2% decrease in 2023 compared to 2022; however, Citywide Part 1 Crimes showed a 1.9% increase from 2022. Citywide, there was a decrease of 10% (-127) in victims shot in 2023 compared to 2022. mayor.lacity.gov/news/lapd-rele…

Neither of these financial institutions are “derelict” and to defame them is suspect. Consider the source: Dark money funded red state group with an anti-ESG agenda funded by billionaire boy’s club hedge funds + fossil fuel states desperate to capitalize on state pension funds.

https://twitter.com/sfof_states/status/1762473211025834295

1/ Although SFOF is registered as a nonpartisan nonprofit and claims “it is not involved in issue advocacy on behalf of elected officials,” the “team” is composed of all Republican financial officers, most of whom serve in elected positions. web.archive.org/web/2022090100…

Speaker Johnson has ties w/ Trump’s shadow government. Vought, a Christian nationalist, heads the right-wing Center for Renewing America, a think tank closely aligned w/former President Trump & staffed with several officials from his administration.🧵politico.com/news/2024/02/2… 1/In addition to Vought, who served as head of the Office of Management and Budget, CRA’s staff also includes coup plotter Jeffrey Clark, former Pentagon official Kash Patel, and former Department of Homeland Security official Ken Cuccinelli.

Pro-Putin pundit propagandist Greenwald exaggerates again.
Sanctions do work diplomatically. The U.S. and it’s partners have targeted Russia’s primary revenue drivers & access to defense materials, asymmetrically inflicting harm while minimizing unintended spillovers.

https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1761459292333330559

While Russia has resources to maintain its war short-term, its leaders face painful tradeoffs that will sacrifice long-term prospects. The econ is reorienting away from private consumption/towards 40% increase in defense spend. Russians face long-term decline in living standards.

Where Is the Oversight for Republican State Attorneys General? prospect.org/power/2024-02-… Which begs the question why the “America First Legal Foundation” brags about being able to tap into any RAGA right wing MAGA Attorney General to sue on command? America First Legal Foundation Rakes in Millions to Push Radical Agenda. accountable.us/america-first-…