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The lines are long at airports cos the president doesn't want ICE agents to have to wear body cams or take off their masks

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David P 6h ago

“An unidentified user bet tens of thousands of dollars on various predictions that Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro would be imminently “out” or that the US forces would show up “in Venezuela by” a specified date during the runup to the incursion.

“The account “existed for only one week and quickly became the biggest ‘yes’ holder in the Maduro out market.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/compelling-evidence-someone-connected-trump-191728398.html

There’s Compelling Evidence That Someone Connected to the Trump Administration Profited Off the Invasion of Venezuela by Placing Large Bets on Polymarket

"Pete Hegseth making some beer money on the side?"

Yahoo News

David P 6h ago

We don't know if talks with Iran are real. The president saying these talks we never heard of are productive doesn't mean anything.

Except...

We do know that the administration is friendly to prediction markets/corrupt influence betting. And we know that they know how their words affects these things. And we have some pretty good evidence that people in his admin are cashing in with insider knowledge.

#GiftArticle #GiftLink

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/upshot/prediction-markets-iran-strikes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VVA.l4Bd.M3qD4OjJSbUE&smid=url-share

How Anonymous Bettors Cashed In on the Iran Strike, Just Hours Before It Happened

Polymarket users placed hundreds of bets of at least $1,000 predicting an imminent American strike, raising concerns about insider trading.

The New York Times

David P 1d ago

dr_a 1d ago

I feel the need to make some of these signs. I have some colleagues who try to excuse their shitty positions by claiming they're just playing devil's advocate.