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15Nov2019

Longshot 2020 GOP Candidate Mark Sanford Drops Out As Trump Impeachment Consumes Media

Despite having longshot odds of becoming the Republican nominee, this week saw one of the few legitimate GOP challengers to Donald Trump bow out of the 2020 race. After launching his 2020 presidential campaign in September—receiving +3300 odds to beat Trump, 2.94% chance—former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford

12Nov2019

Trump Favored To Keep With Tradition, Pardon White House’s Thanksgiving Turkey

The pardoning of the White House turkey may have started as far back as 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln spared the life of a holiday dinner turkey to appease his son’s wishes. But the history of pardoning turkeys is more involved than Honest Abe’s clemency. According to the White House Historical Association,

30Oct2019

Trump Not Favored To Tweet Carlin’s ‘Seven Dirty Words’ Before Year’s End

George Carlin is arguably most famous for his “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television,” monologue from his 1972 stand-up comedy album Class Clown. President Donald Trump, while being famous for many things, his well-known for his use of colorful language. Thanks to Bovada, these two masters of speechcraft are

24Oct2019

Tim Ryan Drops Out, Leaves Among Longest Of Longshot 2020 Odds

It’s been a while since a Democratic candidate with 2020 odds bit the dust. But wait no longer: Time to reset the “It’s been X number of days since a candidate dropped out of the 2020 race” counter back to zero. Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan announced today on social media that he was ending his […]

02Oct2019

Trump’s $125 Million Third-Quarter Breaks Fundraising Record Despite Impeachment Inquiry

Even amidst an impeachment inquiry, Donald Trump is still bringing in astronomical fundraising numbers. For the third quarter of 2019, Trump and the Republican National Committee received $125 million in donations. According to Trump’s campaign manager, Brad Parscale, the President earned 50,000 new donors after

25Sep2019

Odds Favor Trump Surviving First Term Following Impeachment Inquiry, Transcripts Released

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced yesterday that the House of Representatives has begun an official impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump regarding his most recent controversy. After a whistleblower within the White House claimed that Trump threatened to withhold military aid from Ukraine unless their

27Jun2019

Democratic Debate Night 2 Props: Butti-what? Odds of ‘Buttigieg’ being mispronounced

The first Democratic Debate of 2019 continues tonight in Miami with some of the party’s most well-known candidates. Presidential hopefuls like Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, and Kamala Harris will take the stage while dark horse candidates like Andrew Yang and John Hickenlooper will look to use the

19Mar2019

President Trump Twitter Prop Bets: Odds For Which 2020 Democratic Candidate Gets Nicknamed Next

Don’t worry: We promise this is not #fakenews. But oddsmakers chose to have a little fun today and posted some prop bets on President Donald Trump (+230) after his 50-tweet tirade on Twitter over the weekend. When the dust “somewhat” settled on Monday morning, the only person, place, or thing he didn’t lash out at

07Feb2019

Elizabeth Warren Will Enter 2020 Presidential Race This Weekend Despite Native American Claims

It’s hard to imagine the revelation — and the timing of it — won’t hurt Elizabeth Warren’s odds of winning the 2020 Democratic nomination. But the U.S. senator from Massachusetts told the Boston Herald today that she still plans to jump into the presidential race on Saturday and seek the Democratic nomination

14Sep2018

Betting on the Silent Resistance in the White House

A new betting line has opened at some bookmakers as I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration has been gaining attention as it rises on digital platforms. In this scintillating piece, an anonymous author states that he, among many others in the White House, are forming a “quiet resistance within

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