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The Groypers versus Vivek Ramaswamy

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France Stabilizes Around Prime Minister Lecornu

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How Long Will Starmer Remain Prime Minister?

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Why India and Pakistan Won't Use Nuclear Weapons

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Will India Strike Pakistan?

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Virginia Attorney General Election: A Bright Spot for Republicans

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Chile Presidential Election

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Kalshi Sports Contracts: Implications for Political Betting

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Prediction Market Regulation in the Trump Era

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Cuomo's Comeback

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Growing Prediction Markets: Lessons from the Gaming Community

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The Trader Who Guessed Every Swing State Correctly—Twice

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The Model that Forecasted Trump's Victory

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The MAGA Civil War over H-1B Visas

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Kash Patel's Confirmation, Vivek Ramaswamy's Gaffe

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Problems with Nate Silver's Model

17

The Bear Case on Pete Hegseth's Confirmation Odds

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Trump's Appointees

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The Best and Worst of Political Gambling in 2023

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Tucker Carlson After Fox News

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Kalshi v. CFTC: Update and Legal Issues

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Reporting on Election 2024 from the County Level

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How to Organize a Forecasting Meetup

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Building the Forecasting Community: Lessons from the Sports Betting World

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District Judge Rules Against CFTC

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Who Will Win the Trump-Harris Debate?

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Kalshi's Case Against the CFTC

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Crypto Bros at the Republican National Convention

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How to Comment on the CFTC's Event Contracts Proposal

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Obstacles to Rescheduling Marijuana

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UK Elections: The Nigel Farage Factor

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Trump Probably Won't Pick J.D. Vance for VP

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Labour Is Headed for a Landslide Victory

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Trump's VP Pick: Qualifications versus Politics

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How Trump Will Select His VP

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CFTC Cracks Down on Election Contracts

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Rishi Sunak's Political Future

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Best and Worst of Political Gambling in 2023

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When Will Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Get Engaged?

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Stalemate in Ukraine

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The Emerging Forecasting Community

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The Women Who Might Be Trump's VP

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How Bad Is Trump's Health?

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Haley and DeSantis Battle for Second in Iowa

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AI Can't Beat the Math Nerds (Yet)

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Why Joe Biden's Health Concerns Are Overstated

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Can DeSantis Make a Comeback?

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A Mitch McConnell Health Cover-up?

49

Final Predictions on Argentina's Presidential Elections

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Why Azerbaijan Might Actually Invade Armenia

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Final Predictions on the Kentucky Governor's Race

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A Democratic Frontrunner in the Kentucky Governor's Race

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Inside the Review that Led to Kalshi's Rejection at the CFTC

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Richard Hanania Takes on Cancel Culture in the Political Betting Community

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Dispatches from the Iowa Caucuses

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Should Richard Hanania Be Canceled from the Political Forecasting Community?

57

How a Government Shutdown Will Likely Be Averted

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Will Trump Show Up to Any Debate This Year?

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Will a Fragmented Republican Field Save Trump?

60

The Bull Case for Ron DeSantis

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PredictIt's Big Win at the Fifth Circuit

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CFTC as "Election Cop"; Side bets on DeSantis county wins; Kalshi's role in "killing" PredictIt/Polymarket; mailbag on Kalshi's debt ceiling market

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How Bad Will It Get for Ron DeSantis?

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Does Political Betting Threaten Democracy? Lessons from the UK

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Another CFTC Review of Kalshi's Election Markets

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Trump Nicknames for DeSantis

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Will Trump Show Up to the First Debate? + New Markets on PredictIt and the Future of the European Union

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Odds of Trump Leaving the Race + Spain Prime Minister Elections

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DeSantis's Weirdness and Why He Is Overpriced

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Bet Against Senator Feinstein Resigning

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Odds of Russia Nuking Ukraine

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The Right's Problems with Educated Voters

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Fox News After Tucker Carlson

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Biden's Cognitive Decline: What Computer Vision Is Telling Us

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The Case Against Asa Hutchinson Lottos + Jeremy Corbyn's Potential Comeback

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Argentina's Upcoming Presidential Elections

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2024 Republican Longshots for President + Debt Ceiling Negotiations

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How to Bet on the Trump Indictment Fallout + Julie Su's confirmation problems

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The Bull Case for Vivek Ramaswamy

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How to Crack Foreign Elections: Traders weigh in on elections in Nigeria, Turkey, and Greece

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CFTC Makes Its Case Against PredictIt

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John Fetterman's Health Cover-Up

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Is DeSantis Really Running for President?: Degens Debate

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Don't Bet Against Erdogan + Which State Will Be the First Democratic Primary in 2024?

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When Will Biden Announce His Re-Election Bid?

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Did Kalshi Kill PredictIt and Polymarket? + Harvard affirmative action case

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Why Biden is Underpriced + Golden Modelos for Best and Worst Trades of 2022

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CFTC Meltdown at the Fifth Circuit and Chicago Mayoral Election

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Debt Ceiling and George Santos

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PredictIt Survives for Now and Brian Golden's Perfect Midterm Picks

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A New Way to Bet on Politics Legally

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Golden Modelos + Why Keendawg is Leaving

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Team USA Triumphs & Herschel Walker Stumbles - World Cup Special

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The 4 Horsemen of the GOP Apocalypse Ride to Where?

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Election Season Finale + Everything That Comes After

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It's Ride or Die Time: Final Predictions from the Pros

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5 Signals to Watch for Before Election Day

98

A Glimmer of Hope for Democrats & Political Bettors

99

The Red Wave Hits Democratic Governors + Behind the Scenes at the CFTC

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5 Election Indicators to Watch + Why Georgia May Be Headed to Run-Off