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The large betting prediction markets do not allow for election bets from Americans, but this has not stopped some poll aggregators from including the numbers as if they were quasi-polls. They're not. Simply fever dreams of crypto bros online for what they want to happen, not necessarily what will happen based on people who actually matter, the voters.

Former Republican Rick Wilson explains how Kamala Harris broke Trump's brain on is latest podcast. Wilson says that Republicans marching Trump out on stage is "elder abuse" at this point. Watch the pod video but here are a few highlights from Wilson:

“Kamala Harris said Saturday that Republican former President Donald Trump was ‘cruel’ for how he talked about the grieving family of a Georgia mother who died after waiting 20 hours for a hospital to treat her complications from an abortion pill, as she put combating restrictions on reproductive care at the center of her pitch to voters,” NPR reports.

“A majority of voters are less likely to support a candidate who promotes universal tariffs, according to NBC News polling released Sunday, marring a cornerstone economic proposal of former President Donald Trump’s campaign,” NBC News reports.

“The poll found that 44% of respondents said they would be less inclined to vote for a candidate supporting a tariff as high as 20% on imports across the board.”

“When the history of the 2024 election is written, one of the iconic images illustrating it will surely be the mug shot taken of Donald Trump after one of his four indictments, staring into the camera with his signature glare. It is an image not of shame but of defiance, the image of a man who would be a convicted felon before Election Day and yet possibly president of the United States again afterward,” the New York Times reports.

New York Times: “Given Mr. Musk’s immense business footprint, he will be a major player no matter who wins the election.”

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) questioned the legality of Elon Musk promising $1 million giveaways to voters who sign his super PAC’s petition “in favor of free speech and the right to bear arms,” NBC News reports.

Dan Balz “drove 1,000 miles talking to voters in the most critical battleground state and found worries about Harris, fears about Trump and uncertainty all over.”

“Donald Trump’s campaign may be failing to reach thousands of voters they hope to turn out in Arizona and Nevada, with roughly a quarter of door-knocks done by America PAC flagged by its canvassing app as potentially fraudulent,“ The Guardian reports.

New York Times: “Drop boxes, which had been used for years in Wisconsin until they were mostly banned after Republicans mounted legal challenges, are back. They have become the subject of bitter debate.”