Six months ago the US Attorney General, Pam Bondi, got in front of the cameras and said that the Epstein Client List was "sitting on her desk" and she was ready to release it. Today she says there is no Epstein Client List. Some would say that is odd.

Just so we're all clear here, Epstein was arrested while Trump was in office. Those files were compiled by his DOJ during his first term.

Pro Tip: Instead of asking your wife how much your child's first birthday party cost, just tell her it was worth every penny.

gm my “boys” and in some cases, “gals”

8 months ago, on election night, we were on top of the world after Polymarket called the election. 8 days later, the FBI broke down my door at 6am and took all my computers and phones, looking for anything that could imply foul play. While traumatic, it etched the story of

This guy seem innocent.....

I remember at the start of Covid when Tucker was saying everyone should mask up. Like Feb 2020, AOC was saying go out to eat at your local Chinese restaurant instead. Then the two sides switched 100%. Would not guess Epstein Files would have been next.

News: Polymarket is buying QCX, a CFTC-regulated exchange (just authorized July 9) for $112M. The purchase will allow the crypto betting platform to legally re-enter the US market. W/ Sridhar Natarajan & Nicola M. White bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Polymarket has acquired QCEX, a CFTC-regulated exchange and clearinghouse, for $112 million. This paves the way for us to welcome American traders again. I've waited a long time to say this: Polymarket is coming home 🇺🇸🦅

XAI, after becoming the official partner of both Kalshi and Polymarket.

We could save so many African lives if people cared about and contributed the same attention and money being directed at Gaza and no one is going to do it. Gaza is a horrible ethnic cleansing with 2 extremist governments preventing solutions. African aid cuts are solvable.

I notice this seems like a strange time and place for people to choose to die on the hill of 'it was so stupid to require that people in charge of things have industry experience.' Given, you know, the outcome.

I'm grateful to Jeremy Lewin for appearing on Ross Douthat's podcast to talk about how he sees the future of foreign aid, and I am glad to hear that he doesn't approve of the wholesale destruction of PEPFAR. But he makes a bunch of false claims I want to address:

Well, Ezra Klein interviewing Yoram Hazony made me much more sympathetic to the national conservative movement than I would have thought. Worth a listen.

Bet the next jobs report is a good one!

The Republic in the U.S. continues to Bananify as the U.K. increasingly seems to think 1984 was an instruction manual for how to run a country. Well, Western Civilization had a good run.

Here is the executive summary of our weekly global risks roundup🧵

Betting markets are useful because they show that Jon Ossoff is given roughly the same odds as Republicans in the Ohio Senate race, when the conventional wisdom by some is that GA is close to a tossup while OH is likely Republican:

Polymarket being referenced as a good source for intelligence analyst on the Statecraft podcast, give it a listen!