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The Final Polls Before the Midterms, and a $6 Billion Crypto Heist
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In Short: "The coda of Derek and the Dominos’ “Layla” plays in the background as the bodies are discovered," a reference to the scene in Goodfellas where Robert De Niro’s character has his crew members killed off to avoid sharing the cash from a successful heist.
"We want it to go to the families, not to the lawyers," Trump said, according to a local NPR station.
Meanwhile, the largest crypto theft in history hit Binance, with $6 billion in cryptocurrency stolen.
The timing of the theft coincides with the upcoming midterm elections, raising concerns about the security of digital assets.
"If we don’t win, there’s no money," Trump said, highlighting the stakes of the midterms.
Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo has been chronicling the infighting within Trump’s inner circle as the midterms approach.
"But, I tried to warn people," a message intended to capture Trump’s attention, suggesting a warning was ignored.
What this adds
The theft occurred as polls suggest Republicans may lose the House and perhaps the Senate in the midterms.
Background
President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver remarks at the newly restored Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., on Monday afternoon at 2 pm ET, as part of his final voter push before the midterm elections.
What's confirmed
- "We want it to go to the families, not to the lawyers," Trump said, according to a local NPR station.
- Meanwhile, the largest crypto theft in history hit Binance, with $6 billion in cryptocurrency stolen.
- The timing of the theft coincides with the upcoming midterm elections, raising concerns about the security of digital assets.
- "If we don’t win, there’s no money," Trump said, highlighting the stakes of the midterms.
- Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo has been chronicling the infighting within Trump’s inner circle as the midterms approach.
- "But, I tried to warn people," a message intended to capture Trump’s attention, suggesting a warning was ignored.
What's still developing
- Josh has dubbed stories in this vein “ ‘Layla’-coda updates ” which, TPM publisher Joe Ragazzo eventually explained to me, is a reference to the scene in Goodfellas when Robert De Niro’s character has his crew members killed off, one by one, to avoid sharing the cash from a successful heist.
- Josh Marshall has been chronicling the many ways that Trump world is descending into petty feuding ahead of the midterms — and how, in the midst of that, Trump is starting to cut loose those hangers-on who look too much like dead weight.
- She described Woodward as “a lifelong Democrat at the DOJ” and suggested he was plotting to hand North Carolina to the Democrats in the midterms.
- With polls suggesting Republicans are likely to lose the House and perhaps the Senate too in the midterms, the man who refused to accept Americans’ democratic verdict in 2020 is hawking a narrative of cheating Democrats who will steal seats via illegitimate votes.
- (Kitco Commentary) - The largest crypto theft in history hit while Bitcoin had already broken support, and the timing is right before the midterms.