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Polymarket’s ‘Situation Room’: News for the online generation or an infotainment scam?

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Subscribe to the Magazine Forward this email View this as website          BY ROB CRILLY Welcome to Monday's Washington Secrets , after a busy weekend for the capital's political elite. We try to explain the point of Polymarket's "Situation Room," laugh with (not at) Sarah Huckabee Sanders's "perfect smoky eyes," and reveal how the British prime minister is sticking with the same playbook on how to manage Donald Trump … Jacob Shamberger looks like a man who hasn't slept. The night before, he was scurrying around a bar in Washington , trying to restart dozens of monitors and revive Polymarket's "Sit...

Coveting China's cheap EVs

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Affordable, loaded, and off-limits in the US. Get full access to Reuters.com for just $1/week. Subscribe now.   One Essential Read One Essential Read Recommended by Kate Turton, Newsletter Editor Some US car buyers envy what they cannot have - affordable Chinese EVs   Sooren Moosavy wants to buy an affordable electric car in the US, motivated by environmental concerns and a preference for the EV's smoother ride. But his search has brought him to a trio of vehicles that are essentially unavailable - because they're from Chinese automakers. As the  average price of a new car in the US approaches $50,000, more of the car-buying public is open to buying cheaper Chinese cars, despite resistance from the industry and both major US political parties. While Chinese autos hit the highways of Europe, Latin America and even Canada, the US government has effectiv...

How the salmon industry threatens Chile's Indigenous peoples

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If someone forwarded you this email you can subscribe . View in web browser. Hi Diogenes, The Kawésqar people survived the arrival of European settlers in the 19th century, which wiped out many of Chile's Indigenous communities. Today, less than a thousand Kawésqar are left. And now, the multi-billion-dollar salmon industry – backed by Chile's new president – threatens the Kawésqar peoples' right to the sea. Read more below. - openDemocracy   EDITOR...