Harold Politics

03/28/2026

Protesting is the new brunch.

03/28/2026

Protesting is the new brunch.

03/27/2026

Kash is so sloppy. He's turned the FBI into the Federal Bureau of Idiocy.

Handala, a pro-Iranian hacking group allegedly working for Iran’s government, published emails it said were taken from the Gmail account of FBI director Kash Patel.

03/22/2026

It was the influencer capital of the world, a photogenic playground for the young, glamorous and wealthy. But as Iranian missiles fall on Dubai, the largest and most ostentatiously luxe city in the United Arab Emirates, the facade seems about to crack.

As Iranian missiles strike Dubai, the UAE’s most glamourous city, residents face arrest for sharing or sending photos on social media. even to family Katie Rosseinsky speaks with Radha Stirling, founder of Detained in Dubai, to uncover the reality behind the influencer’s paradise

03/14/2026

We turned healthcare into a negotiation between you and someone who wants you to die a little to save money.

03/13/2026

I’m not a conspiracy guy.

But when tech CEOs start talking about metering intelligence, robots start hiring humans, and social media platforms profit from keeping everyone angry…

the conspiracy guys are having a pretty good week.

New blog ↓

Selling intelligence by the gallon, hiring humans through robots, and proving the conspiracy guys might not be entirely crazy.

03/13/2026

They said trickle down. It's been 40 years. We are not wet.

03/07/2026

Traders on the prediction-market site Kalshi assumed they had won a fortune by correctly betting on the Iranian leader’s demise. The ensuing scandal has thrown a spotlight on the “dystopian” rise of gambling on real-world events.

Kalshi, a prediction market site, has sparked outrage after freezing $54 million in bets on the death of Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, citing a rule against profiting from death.

03/05/2026

Justice for Cricket! 🐶 ❤️

03/04/2026

Texas hangovers. 😩

03/04/2026

It was an extremely suspicious situation in which it seems likely that somebody with insider information profited from deadly attacks — an egregious twist on warfare facilitated by a glaring regulatory vacuum that has yet to be meaningfully addressed.

Just six Polymarket accounts made around $1.2 million in profit after successfully betting on the US striking Iran by the end of February.

03/03/2026

“Dubai is the safest city in the world, come and spend your money here.” 🤣