Sid.

God, Alli, and Tennis. In that order

[Whitney Webb @_whitneywebb]

We've been quiet recently because Mark Goodwin and I have been working to write the most comprehensive investigation into Polymarket's origins and ambitions to date.

We found that Polymarket's "official" origin story, that Shayne Coplan founded the company alone in 2020 and then built "the company in his bathroom", is a lie. Polymarket really started years earlier as another company called TokenBnk that was deeply tied to Israeli interests, specifically a crypto company founded by Benjamin Netanyahu's niece and nephew. Coplan has actively tried to obfuscate this company from his story and it's not the only thing either.

In Part 1 of this two-part series, we unravel the real history of Polymarket, directly connecting the company to Peter Thiel's efforts to resurrect controversial DARPA programs from its now defunct Information Awareness Office. Polymarket appears to have been chosen by Thiel and his associates to succeed in resurrecting DARPA's Policy Analysis Market where another Thiel-linked company, Augur, had previously failed.

Stay tuned for Part 2, where we explore the current influence of prediction markets and Polymarket, including how an insidious effort to have prediction markets replace representative democracy as a governance model is already being slowly implemented by the White House.

Read Part 1 here: https://t.co/xTmU5RzoZz

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Israel was plotting to kill Iran's chief negotiator Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Araghchi to undermine peace talks this spring, with Israeli fighter jets entering Iranian airspace to directly attack Ghalibaf's plane returning from Islamabad talks with Vance, forcing an immediate emergency landing in Mashhad, per US officials speaking to NYT.

Shortly before, the US had gone as far as warning Iran through other countries in the region that Israel would target the two officials, which led to the emergency landing and other safety measures.

An Israeli security official responded to the NYT report telling i24 News, "If and when Israel wants to eliminate anyone, it does so."

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

Nearly 9m people will now hear this:

[Nicholas J. Fuentes @NickJFuentes]

IRAN WON, ISRAEL LOST 🇮🇷 > 🇮🇱

TOTAL GOYIM VICTORY 🫵😂

[Sean Strickland @SStricklandMMA]

Going to the white house was promised to me 3000 years ago.

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

Pretty much all of the prominent voices who supported the Iran War assured us it would be over by now. None of them will admit they were wrong. Even less will they admit that their initial assurances were based on nothing but their own wishcasting. This whole shitshow has been an enormous waste of time and resources and our country has not benefited from it at all. Its advocates have moved the goal posts repeatedly and have even to this day refused to clearly articulate what constitutes a victory and how we’ll know that it’s been achieved.

[Liam McCollum @MLiamMcCollum]

If Thomas Massie runs for President in 2028, he could win

Dave Smith joined us to discuss:

[TONY @TonyMichaelX]

Literally.

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

When I am president I will ban “kindergarten graduations” and impose steep retroactive fines on every school that has had one over the past 20 years

[Dan Pfeiffer @danpfeiffer]

The kind of quote that used to end political careers

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

China Visit Off To Rough Start After Trump Demands To Negotiate Directly With General Tso https://t.co/pt4KYffc5a

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Reporter: “To what extent are Americans’ financial situations motivating you to make a deal? [with Iran]”

Trump: “Not even a little bit…. I don't think about Americans’ financial situation”

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

TODAY is the day. The DOJ must charge Fauci for lying under oath or lose the chance forever. This man oversaw gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab, lied to Congress about it repeatedly, and watched as you were called crazy for asking questions. The statute of limitations expires tomorrow. The American people have waited long enough for accountability.

[Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 @mtgreenee]

The most transparent administration in history still hasn’t released all the Epstein files or arrested anyone, but rolled out some UFO files today so you would get so excited that you forgot you are paying over $4.50/gallon because they are fighting another foreign war they said they would no longer fight.

Happy Friday everyone!

[⚡︎ @_sorrengailll]

Dear @apple,
I don’t know what is going on with your damn keyboard, but I have NEVER in the 19 years of owning iPhones, had to backspace, retype, start over, correct words as much as I am now! And what happened to autocorrect!? Is that not a thing anymore? Please fix this!

[Ginny Robinson @ImGinnyRobinson]

We will never stop talking about the Epstein files, @realDonaldTrump.

[JP Sears @AwakenWithJP]

This is a good reminder that not a single Epstein files arrest has been made.

[Fox News Politics @foxnewspolitics]

PRICE TAG FLIP: Trump's ballroom was touted as 'completely privately funded' — now Republicans are slipping $1 billion in taxpayer money into an ICE funding bill to pay for it https://t.co/kxC4vHZHSS

[Alex Jones Network @AJNlive]

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