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Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance has dug in on his claim Haitians in an Ohio community are abducting and eating pets, even as the state’s GOP governor and other officials insist there is no evidence of such behavior.

But the salacious claim was easily debunked.

“The Vance campaign provided the Wall Street Journal with a police report to prove their claims about cat-eating Haitians in Springfield. The WSJ spoke to the woman who filed it, who said she later found her cat alive and well in her basement. She also apologized to her Haitian neighbors.” Justin Baragona posted to X with a link to a story in The Wall Street Journal.


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[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Do you have a source on Silver working for Thiel?

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Interesting.

Tl;Dr: Nate Silver is an "advisor" to Polymarket, a gambling platform based on real world events. Peter Thiel is an investor for Polymarket.

It seems like a stretch to say that "Nate Silver works for Thiel," but it's pretty sad to see Nate Silver working for a likely illegal crypto scam.

[–] nomous@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It seems like a stretch to say that "Nate Silver works for Thiel."

Nate Silver is a paid advisor to a company that Peter Thiel runs, it's not a stretch at all, wake up.

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I do that for a lot of Thiel types. Believe me, I don't work for them, and I'm vocal about my opposite values from them

[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The Wikipedia link above mentions nothing about that. Do you have a different source?

[–] nomous@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nah, just pointing out a possible conflict of interest.

[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

So "Peter Thiel runs Polymarket" is a fact that you made up?

[–] nomous@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Nah you're right it's just a billionaire funding a company that just coincidentally hired Nate. Nothing to see here, billionaires can be trusted.