In today's political scenes, there's eerie type of chaos that lurks just behind a facade of order - and yet, deep inside the chaos lurks an even eerier type of order waiting to establish itself.

Brazil is uninvestable. Shift your money to countries that aren’t corrupt and spending on payoffs for votes

No time in history has a socialist been less lefty in spending money lol

I did long ago. I hate Airbnb

Strongmen across Central and Southeast Europe are losing elections, and the run of defeats stops where the ruling party and organized crime are the same network. Hungary went first. Tisza, led by Péter Magyar, took 138 seats in the 199-seat parliament while Orbán's Fidesz won 54, and Orbán conceded, ending his 16 years in power. Turnout hit a post-communist record near 80 percent. Serbia is next. Aleksandar Vučić conceded after the student-backed Student List won the parliamentary election. He put the students at 135 to 140 seats against about 105 for his Serbian Progressive Party, though the figures are preliminary. The movement grew out of months of student protests over corruption allegations and a lack of accountability. Magyar and the students beat entrenched machines the same way, by turning corruption into the only question on the ballot. Edi Rama in Albania is a different case, and I wouldn't expect him to be next. Orbán and Vučić ran on patronage and media control, which voters can switch off. Rama's government has been tied by critics to something harder to vote out. Ex-deputy PM Arben Ahmetaj, speaking from exile, pointed the finger directly at Rama over corruption schemes, and his accusations included allegations that Rama is involved with mafia bosses. Rama met Luftar Hysa, a Sinaloa-connected figure sanctioned by the US, and says he met him just once. Tirana mayor Erion Veliaj was arrested in February 2025, and SPAK has indicted deputy PM Belinda Balluku. Rama himself hasn't been charged. My read is that the mafia and narco gangs that have prospered under his government are protecting him, and they have no interest in a transition. Students can outvote a party. They can't outvote the people who bankroll it and carry guns.

Serbia’s student-backed Student List won the parliamentary election, with Aleksandar Vučić conceding defeat after years of rule by his Serbian Progressive Party. Elsewhere, Lula won Brazil’s presidential runoff, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said three-way talks with Russia and the US were planned for November.

John James would be an excellent choice for VP or even President for GOP

Presidential election vs midterms… dumb comparison

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Relying on the “honor system” to predict politics has to be the dumbest thing on earth. It’s no wonder queer activist Nate Silver freaked out when that fake polling company blew up.

Dems problem in Minnesota is the outrageous fraud by its party members and supporters to the tune of billions of dollars

Bessent and co has done a decent job on suppressing gold but I don’t think it lasts long

I actually enjoy women’s volleyball. TAMU struggling this year but they graduated a ton of talent. At least they got a natty so @TonyNashNerd doesn’t have to feel bad his school can’t win one in football

Of all what I know and learned for years in politics… I just cannot believe how people still rely on polls which are obviously skewed for Dems

It’s really hard some days watching obvious stupidity on X and claims by people they know almost zero of what happens behind closed doors in DC both politically and economically I say as much as I can w/o triggering problems for me

I wish he would just stfu.