You can bet on just about anything these days, (well, other than sports in Georgia, much to the chagrin of gambling proponents) but there’s one subject that experts say could be damaging to national security. That’s gambling on elections results, which the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission is seeking to ban, arguing that it results in gamblers trying to manipulate the market, further damaging the faith that U.S. voters have in election security. Companies like Kalshi and other offshore books currently allow election betting markets, but pushback from the feds has its future SINKING…
Dems find mess in CD-11
Georgia Democrats had a mess on their hands in the 11th Congressional District outside Atlanta after the party nominated Katy Stamper, later finding out she wasn’t a Democrat at all and had far-right political leanings. So they launched a write-in campaign promoting Tracey Verhoeven as the ‘real’ Dem in the race. It didn’t matter in the end as U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk cruised to re-election, but Stamper still got 32% of the vote to just 3% for Verhoeven. A failed write-in campaign and a messy election in CD-11 has Democrats there SINKING…
