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Georgia GOP Senate nominee's son-in-law posted Nazi imagery, antisemitic claims

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  • David Alan Scheer II, described by CNN and The Guardian as a white nationalist social media influencer, is the son-in-law of Georgia GOP Senate nominee Mike Collins.
  • Scheer, who has more than 1.5 million followers across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Telegram, has posted Nazi propaganda imagery, shared antisemitic conspiracy theories, and said restoring an America populated by people of white European descent would require "clearing our land of other people."
  • CNN reported that Scheer is registered to vote at a Collins-owned property, has appeared in campaign photos, and attended Collins' Republican primary victory party in June.
  • Collins' campaign told CNN that Collins' "lifelong support for Israel is unquestionable" but did not address questions regarding Scheer and his social media activity.
 2026-07-16 · 4 MIN READ

Lawmakers call for federal probe of Polymarket over deceptive advertising

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  • Senators John Curtis (R., Utah) and Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) asked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to investigate Polymarket after a Wall Street Journal report found the platform paid creators to film fake winning bets.
  • The Journal reviewed more than 1,100 videos in which creators posted simulated trades; nearly 10% showed fake wins totaling almost $900,000 when the bets would have lost more than $166,000.
  • A consumer-protection group sued Polymarket, CEO Shayne Coplan and Chief Marketing Officer Matthew Modabber, alleging they targeted college students with deceptive advertising that concealed the likelihood of losing money.
  • The CFTC is conducting an ongoing investigation into Polymarket, according to a person familiar with the matter; the agency declined to confirm the probe or its scope.
  • The letter and lawsuit add to mounting bipartisan scrutiny of prediction markets, including separate probes into insider trading and state efforts to regulate the platforms.
 2026-06-26 · 3 MIN READ
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