Ballard Partners just opened an office in Caracas.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 12h ago

Trump on Venezuela: "We're taking out hundreds of billions of dollars"

Additionally, betting on a life is, by definition, an assassination market. Polymarket and Kalshi should be shut down.

Gonna keep beating this like a drum: prediction markets are the most dangerous, societally detrimental financial instrument ever introduced and if we don’t do something about them right now it’s going to cause far more destruction than you can imagine.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 11h ago

These betting markets sites are so socially corrosive. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Ballard Partners just opened an office in Caracas.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 12h ago

Trump on Venezuela: "We're taking out hundreds of billions of dollars"

game recognize game.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11h ago

Q: Any comment on Rep. Max Miller? TRUMP: I hope he's able to work it out. I feel badly for him.

Things not looking great for Judge Jeanine. (Also, statistically speaking, the top factor in predicting whether Trump will fire someone in this administration is their gender. He really likes firing women.)

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 11h ago

Trump on Jeanine Pirro: "Well I just think she was totally wrong...I told her I was not happy." Q: "Is she safe? Are you going to keep her in the position?" Trump: "I haven't made a determination."

These betting markets sites are so socially corrosive. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My son has cancer. Kalshi wants you to be able to bet on his medical future | Joshua Pederson

The predictions market is planning to allow betting on clinical trial results and regulatory decisions as our family fights for his survival

theguardian.com

spacex tried to hush investors' worries about their ballooning capital expenditures on AI data centers, models and more. wall street wasn't buying it tonight. we'll see how it's trading tomorrow... www.cnbc.com/2026/08/04/s...

SpaceX's AI spending unnerves Wall Street despite promises of quick payoff

In addressing Wall Street for the first time since SpaceX's IPO, executives tried to make the case that hefty AI investments are paying off within a year.

cnbc.com

The sponsors are not out $100 million. They got whatever they wanted in return. And it wasn't to see Duffy's family vacation movies.

a scandal that it was being made in the first place and now a scandal that it's not being made lol. grifters all the way down.

Zach Everson@zacheverson.com · 21h ago

“‘Summer is nearly over and the American people haven’t seen a single episode of this reality TV show—so what did the corporate sponsors who helped fund this road trip actually pay for?‘ Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., told Forbes in an email.” Good scoop here from @srkelleher.bsky.social !

“‘Summer is nearly over and the American people haven’t seen a single episode of this reality TV show—so what did the corporate sponsors who helped fund this road trip actually pay for?‘ Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., told Forbes in an email.” Good scoop here from @srkelleher.bsky.social !

Forbes@forbes.com · 23h ago

Summer’s almost over and Sean Duffy’s controversial road trip reality series has yet to launch, leaving corporate sponsors out millions of dollars and critics asking what the money was really for.

Wasn't the whole point of the show was to make people excited to see America during the 250 celebration? This is like running the Superbowl pregame show in July.

“‘Summer is nearly over and the American people haven’t seen a single episode of this reality TV show—so what did the corporate sponsors who helped fund this road trip actually pay for?‘ Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., told Forbes in an email.” Good scoop here from @srkelleher.bsky.social !

Forbes@forbes.com · 23h ago

Summer’s almost over and Sean Duffy’s controversial road trip reality series has yet to launch, leaving corporate sponsors out millions of dollars and critics asking what the money was really for.

“…Representative Edwards engaged in persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct towards two young female staffers.” And the recommendation is a censure. Just amazing how sexual assault and/or harassment is minimized when people in power are the subject. 🤦

Once again... AIPAC has shelled out over $100 million on elections. The deluge of PAC contributions is very much bipartisan as it wins cooperation policies in the House NDAA. The super PAC spending is almost all in Democratic primaries. How it all breaks down:

AIPAC Tops $100 Million in Election Spending for Second Straight Cycle

The pro-Israel group's PAC and super PAC have poured $104.3 million into the midterms, including more than $30.6 million in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, the most it has ever spent on a single...

readsludge.com

ICE has killed another person.

El Salvadoran Man Held by ICE at Delaney Hall Dies, Family Says

The detainee had an extensive medical history, including epilepsy, according to a lawsuit. He had complained about his face and hand going numb just before his death, his mother said.

thecityreporter.nyc

im sure bari's outpost of journalistic integrity will update this story

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d ago

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan reports first 2 US deaths of people who had been sickened in outbreak of cyclospora.

We've gotten to the sci-fi fascism future where government charges you with a major felony if you give them a code to your phone that auto-wipes the device's data. Privacy or bust? More like Big Brother or bust. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...

A U.S. Citizen Deleted His Phone’s Data. Now He Faces a Felony Charge.

Federal prosecutors charged a man returning to the United States with obstruction because he gave them a passcode that erased his smartphone during a customs search.

nytimes.com

best free kick i've seen in YEARS

andré@andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 2d ago

MARINE DAFEUR WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

hearing there's a run on franzia at doj-area liquor stores

Just in: "CREW sues Treasury Department for concealing January 6th settlement details"

CREW sues Treasury Department for concealing January 6th settlement details  - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

The Treasury Department is illegally concealing who is receiving settlement money from its Judgment Fund, obscuring whether January 6th insurrectionists are receiving payouts.

citizensforethics.org

There's a Hello Kitty for everything 😺

This doesn't seem like a person with the sort of respect for the law that you'd want appointing the attorney general. edition.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...

Furious Trump is considering removing Pirro over Reflecting Pool filing, sources say | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump is considering removing Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, over a Justice Department filing on the Reflecting Pool, two people familiar with his thinki...

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Just in: Bipartisan House Ethics panel recommends the whole chamber censure Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-NC, for "failing to adhere to the spirit of rules prohibiting sexual harassment of and unwanted advances to House staffers." ethics.house.gov/committee-re...

Lining. Up. Now. #woso #nwsl #thatsthespirit washspirit.com/hello-kitty-...

Every vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general is a vote to continue the coverup of the Epstein Files.

The Don Jr. and Eric Trump-backed American Bitcoin lost $57 million lost quarter, per SEC filing Monday morning. The company's bitcoin and other digital assets are down $188 million. www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...

👀 AI Financial—essentially a treasury company for a Trump crypto venture—moved $100M worth of $WLFI to another wallet over the weekend. arkm.com/explorer/ent...

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Matthew Gertz@mattgertz.bsky.social · 2d ago

You’d have to be a fool and/or desperate to get to yes to accept this, so it’ll probably be enough to get him confirmed. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...

👀 AI Financial—essentially a treasury company for a Trump crypto venture—moved $100M worth of $WLFI to another wallet over the weekend. arkm.com/explorer/ent...