House Rules: No Betting on Our Performance
Seth Moulton bans his staff from prediction markets—because if anyone’s going to gamble on elections with inside info, it better stay on Capitol Hill, not on-chain.

‘We’re not *that* kind of casino,’ says the guy whose entire career is literally priced into a market every two years.
Source headline
US Rep. Seth Moulton Issues Staff Market Trading Ban — The U.S. Senate candidate said staff will not be allowed to participate in "prediction market" platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi.
Around the Shallot
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Tech
‘Don’t Regulate Us,’ Beg AI Founders Currently Selling Regulation-As-a-Service
Silicon Valley hails Trump’s plan to let AI companies write their own rules, promises to sell those rules back to everyone else by Q4.
Oct 11

Forecast
Through December 10, Houthis Won’t Damage Pakistan or Turkey Infrastructure
The Mecca Defense Pact just put two more flags on the Saudi firing chart. The consensus panic says this widens the war within weeks. The signal says the Houthis will talk big, hit Saudi and the sea, and leave Pakistan and Turkey’s hard targets alone for this 60 day window.
Oct 11

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