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.


🗳️ Register to vote: https://vote.gov/

      • @OlinOfTheHillPeople
        link
        6
        edit-2
        2 months ago

        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
          link
          -12 months ago

          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.

          • @OlinOfTheHillPeople
            link
            22 months ago

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

            • @nomous
              link
              02 months ago

              Nah, just pointing out a possible conflict of interest.

              • @OlinOfTheHillPeople
                link
                1
                edit-2
                2 months ago

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

                • @nomous
                  link
                  02 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.

          • @blazeknave
            link
            22 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