Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency
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President Trump personally instructed his budget director to use taxpayer money for TV ads praising him and his presidency, setting in motion a $20 million contract that used funds from the Department of Homeland Security, according to people familiar with the matter.Contents‘Love Me’‘This Is My Money’ The ads have run across cable and network television […]
    • Ex Nummis@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I treat every bit of “news” from those sources (Kalshi, Polymarket) as outright manipulation. They have a vested interest in presenting either one of two sides, depending on how the odds fall that day. But they have zero duty to truth.

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Why are we pretending that Kalshi matters? Unless there are insiders betting, which has its own separate problems

  • WilliamTruderung@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 month ago

    1. I would laugh my ass off if Mark Carney actually won the Nobel Peace Prize.

    2. The downside would be that Trump would certainly throw the mother of all temper tantrums, and possibly order a military invasion of Canada.

    3. Mark Carney really has not done anything yet deserving of a Nobel Peace Prize (although that might change if he is as successful in founding a newer world order as he hopes, including robust climate change measures).