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  Elissa was featured in a recent article for the New York Times. It talks about the recent phenomenon of "prediction markets" and political insiders profiting off non-public information. We've included the article below. Thank you for taking a few minutes to read up on this issue and what Elissa is doing about it. NYT: Trump Says He Dislikes Prediction Markets. His Family Invests in Them. When a U.S. soldier was indicted on Thursday on charges of using classified information to place prediction market bets, it seemed to confirm President Trump’s lament just hours before that “the whole world unfortunately has become somewhat of a casino.” “I was never much in favor of it,” Mr. Trump said from the Oval Office, when asked about concerns that federal employees might be leveraging insider information on the prediction markets. “I don’t like it conceptually. It is what it is. I’m not happy with any of that stuff.” Yet Mr. Trump and his family stand to profit from the very sa...

    Watch now   Major Morning Update: FBI Raids the Home of a Journalist as Trump Issues Significant Threat Ahead of Meeting with Greenland Aaron Parnas Jan 14   Good morning. We have major developments to report today. This update is coming later than usual because I waited for the United States Supreme Court to finish issuing its rulings. There is no decision on tariffs yet, but the news this morning is still critical. The President has issued a serious threat involving Greenland ahead of a high-stakes meeting between leaders from Denmark and Greenland and Secretary of State Marco Rubio . At the same time, we learned that the FBI searched the home of a Washington Post reporter, a deeply alarming action that raises grave concerns about press freedom in the United States. This moment is serious and cannot be ignored. Attempts to intimidate or silence journalists strike at the core of a free society. No matter how aggressive those efforts become, this work will not st...