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Rahm Emanuel proposes banning all federal employees from betting on prediction markets (apnews.com)
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[–] smeg 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And elected politicians, right?

[–] CPMSP@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago

The proposal, which Emanuel shared with The Associated Press, would apply to leaders and employees across the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the federal government. Emanuel said if elected he would establish a division within the Justice Department to investigate such betting.

Yes.