𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲.⚡️ RaveDAO × Collective... Minds Asia are bringing the techno queen Charlotte de Witte to the Power Station. Final batch of bulk-buy tickets just dropped. 🚨 4 days left to lock in your crew for Charlotte de Witte, don’t be the ones texting outside the venue. 📆 Fri, 12 Dec | 10PM till late 📍 Pasir Panjang Power Station VIP hits different: priority access, dedicated bar, VIP toilets, and an elevated platform to rage above the crowd. Grab yours via PLVR →show more

Singapore, Friday was INSANE 🇸🇬 The energy was electric... as the $RAVE TGE unfolded. With the world’s #1 Techno DJ Charlotte de Witte on deck, Power Station lit up once again with 2,300 passionate ravers moving as one. Huge love to everyone who made that night truly electric. Still raving. Still grateful. ⚡ Next up Hong Kong 🇭🇰show more

The bridge is calling. 🌉 Warm up for April... 7th with Afterlife icons Agents Of Time , plus Son of Son and ₱.Ø.Ʉ (Product Of Us). Plug into the playlist & grab final tickets via PLVR 👉show more

RaveDAO x #LisbonDanceSummit 2026 ⚡️ The first-ever international music... conference and festival in Portugal is where the global electronic industry meets. 🌍🤝 Join 80+ speakers and innovators for 4 days of talks, masterclasses, and 20 parties in Lisbon as we foster meaningful connections between the local ecosystem and the international scene. Get your conference passes on PLVR: 🇵🇹🔊 #EDM #LisbonDanceSummit #Portugal #RAVEshow more

RaveDAO is taking over Boomerang for a night of... infectious tech house grooves. DJ Matt Sassari in the house, closing out Consensus Hong Kong, fresh off his recent release with David Guetta. GA tickets live now via PLVR - 📍 Boomerang club, Hong Kong 📅 Thursday, Feb 12, 2026 | 9:30 PM – Late 🙌 Partners: Axis Robotics, ME News, OdailyNews, BlockBeats｜We're hiring!, ChainCatcher, TechFlow 深潮｜APP 已上线show more

FIRST LINEUP DROP 🚨 P.O.U (Product of Us ₱.Ø.Ʉ... (Product Of Us)) landing in Hong Kong. 🇭🇰 The UK melodic techno duo behind the viral track "Million Miles Away". Their cinematic sound has been supported by Tiësto and David Guetta. April 7 we go UNDER THE KT-BRIDGE 2.0. 🌉🌑 📅 Apr 7 | 15:00–21:00 📍 Aquabeat 03, Kwun Tong 🎟️ PLVR:show more

4.18 DIM SUM RAVE 🥟🔥 Dim sum meets rave... inside Lin Heung Lau. RaveDAO takes over this 100+ year old Hong Kong icon before it relocates, turning a real tea house into a late-night dancefloor. Be part of it before it’s gone. 今晚唔飲茶，今晚嚟跳舞。 📍 Lin Heung Lau, Central 📅 April 18 🕙 10PM – 2AM 🎟️ Limited capacity. Tickets won’t last. Get yours via PLVR -show more

ULTIMATE HEADLINER DROP 🚨 AGENTS OF TIME are coming... UNDER THE KT-BRIDGE 2.0. 🌉⛓️ Afterlife pioneers and the duo behind “The Mirage.” Their powerful melodic techno live sets have helped define the sound of the global Afterlife movement. Hong Kong, are you ready for this crazy Easter holiday? 🔥 LINEUP AGENTS OF TIME Agents Of Time SON OF SON P.O.U. (Product of Us) ₱.Ø.Ʉ (Product Of Us) 📅 Apr 7 | 15:00–21:00 📍 Aquabeat 03, Kwun Tong 🎟 PLVR:show more

SECOND LINEUP DROP 🚨 SON OF SON is coming... UNDER THE KT-BRIDGE 2.0. 🌉⛓️ The artist behind “Voices in My Head” with anyma. His melodic techno sound has been supported by Argy and Adriatique and played across Afterlife stages worldwide. Hong Kong, April 7. 🌑 📅 Apr 7 | 15:00–21:00 📍 Aquabeat 03, Kwun Tong 🎟️ PLVR:show more

Here's what tonight looks like at RaveDAO's Consensus Hong... Kong party. Rave to earn $RAVE, be there early. Matt Sassari brings his peak-time techno & tech-house sound to Boomerang, a Top #40 club. Fresh off his 2026 collab with David Guetta on "Crazy", this is the kind of set you don't walk in late for. 🪂 $RAVE AIRDROP 👉 First 100 in-person check-ins earn $RAVE 🔥 Paid ticket + early check-in = 2× $RAVE 🎟 Genesis member perks Eligible Genesis members can reach out to us for guaranteed tickets (Platinum and Black tiers and selected raffle winners included). 👉 RSVP now on PLVR: 📅 Feb 12, Tonight 📍 Boomerang ⏰ 9:30 PMshow more

Get to know what your night will be like... at RaveDAO’s Consensus Hong Kong night. Show up early for $RAVE airdrops and a special surprise from Axis Robotics. Matt Sassari brings his driving, peak-time sound to the floor. 🔥 From the #1 Beatport overall track "Put A Record On" to his official remix of Timbaland's "Give It To Me", now platinum-certified with 700M+ streams worldwide. 🪂 $RAVE AIRDROP 👉 first 100 in-person check-ins earn $RAVE 🔥 Paid ticket + early check-in = 2× $RAVE Rave to earn $RAVE. Be there early. 👉 RSVP now on PLVR: 📅 Feb 12, Thurs 📍 Boomerang ⏰ 9:30 PMshow more

We are continuing our work on building the cultural... layer around live entertainment. Last week, RaveDAO co-hosted the first-ever Lisbon Dance Summit, bringing artists, producers, media, cultural leaders, and builders together to explore where electronic music goes next. The first edition brought together 100 speakers, 30 panels, 12 workshops, and 600+ guests from 35+ countries, across a 3-day conference and a 5-day city-wide festival with 30 parties and events in Lisbon. From Lisbon to Berlin, Amsterdam, Asia, and beyond, the conversation was clear: dance music is no longer just moving through clubs and festivals. It is moving through cities, communities, technology, identity, and new cultural rails. That is exactly where RaveDAO belongs. Not just throwing events. Building the space where real people, real scenes, and new onchain rails meet. Where culture can be felt in real life and carried forward onchain. Lisbon was a signal. The rave goes on.show more

D-3️⃣ till ARMY MEMBERSHIP PRESALE ❤️‍🔥 𝐍𝐨 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦,... BTS is finally returning to Singapore as a complete group this December 😮‍💨 Mark your calendars and don’t miss out on ticketing! ✨ 𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐘 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐄 3 June (Wed), 12PM - 10PM (SGT) Eligible for ARMY MEMBERSHIP (GLOBAL) holders who’ve registered during the registration period. More info here: ✨ 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐄 4 June (Thu), 12PM - 10PM (SGT) Register for a FREE membership via to access the exclusive presale!⁠ ✨ 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐄 5 June (Fri), 12PM (SGT) onwards via / hotline +65 6018 7645 ✨ 𝐊𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐄 (𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐍𝐄𝐑) 5 June (Fri), 12PM (SGT) onwards KLOOK members can purchase tickets, which come together with an exclusive bundle via KLOOK. For more info, visit —————— 𝐁𝐓𝐒 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑 '𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆' 𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐄 📅 17, 19, 20, 22 Dec 2026 (Thu, Sat, Sun, Tue), 7PM 📍National Stadium 🎫: / hotline +65 6018 7645 #방탄소년단 #BTS #BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG #BTS_WORLDTOUR_ARIRANG_ASIA —————— Buy tickets for concerts in Singapore only through official ticket agents. Resold tickets will not be honoured at the event venue and ticket holders may be turned away.show more

Melodic & Storytelling but make it resonant 🎼 Rose... Ringed is an Amsterdam-based producer known for his ability to ‘tell stories through sound’ using emotive melodies and powerful harmonies. 🎧 With a signature style that balances energy and soul, he has already amassed over 8M streams on Spotify for his iconic remix of Tiësto's anthem “Lethal Industry.” ⭐ His visionary sound is championed by legends like Solomun and Joris Voorn, and has graced global stages from Tomorrowland to beyond. Get ready as he brings his futuristic pulse to the heart of Hong Kong’s heritage for an unforgettable debut. 🎹⚡️ RaveDAO presents Dim Sum Rave at Lin Heung Lau 🫖🐉 📍 Lin Heung Lau, Central 🗓 April 18 | 10PM - 2AM 🎟 GA Final Wave On Sale! Link in bio.show more

Post your best RaveDAO Consensus Hong Kong $RAVE Party... clip. 3 that hit the hardest get 200 $RAVE each. Likes + reposts + comments count. Tag RaveDAO on X or RaveDAO.official on Instagram. Tag your rave friends. We’ll find you.show more

New York and Chicago are two big hubs in... the eastern US. Distance: 800 miles or 1300km roughly. Same as Delhi - Mumbai in India. There are 3 ways to travel. You can fly. You can drive. Or you can take a train. Fastest train is Amtrak lakeshore which takes ~19hrs. Driving takes 14hrs but you need to rest as well. I love trains. So I decided to take Amtrak. Their sleeper class. Took a roomette. First of all - American trains run on standard gauge. Which is smaller than Indian broad gauge. The compartments are smaller. And the trains are less comfortable. They shake way more. Second - Americans really don’t understand passenger trains. This train left late and then sat on a random station for 30mins. It’s already running late and usually reaches 2-3 even 5hrs delayed. And this is supposed to be a premium train. Culprit ? Freight. Americans don’t have dedicated fright tracks. The train btw is full. Which means people do want to travel on it. All sorts of people. Old, young. Business travellers. Only 2 coaches are sleeper - rest are coach (chaircars). Then the train reaches Albani and has to merge with another train from boston. Whole process takes 30-45mins. Can you believe a major train just sitting off a closed platform, cutting off its engines and adding more bogies in the middle of its journey in India ? The train had power supply for 30 mins cause it’s powered by diesel engines. Which are cut off. Diesel engine. Yes. The entire route except parts of NYC is non electric. It’s all old school diesel. It slowly chugs after and stops everywhere it can. Like an old Indian passenger train. The cabin is decent as it should be for a $700 price. The food is microwaved prepackaged stuff - ie very bad. There’s a coach attendant but he doesn’t care. I’ve travelled extensively in Rajdhani - and I can tell you it’s high luxury compared to this. And for 1/10th the price. The food, the cabin - all are superior. The reason I’m bringing this up is not to say Indians know it better. Not at all. But that even the most advanced cultures get it wrong. Even the most sorted out people - the one most advanced in tech - somehow don’t know how to run cross-country trains at scale. And this is not even a cross country trip. Hardly 1/4th of it. So what did they get wrong ? They stopped building. Upgrading. Improving. They do a few things right. Like making good highways. Take that learning. They do many things wrong. Like this train. They’ve stopped building. No dedicated freight tracks. No magnificent new stations. No high speed rail. The only lesson to learn is to not make that mistake. Build. And keep building. There’s no substitute to that. Keep building. Keep upgrading. Keep improving.show more

We found a flaw in Polymarket that can’t be... patched. Then we built the most powerful bot of the World Cup around it. Here’s the flaw: their orderbook will always be slower than the pitch. When a goal, red card, or penalty hits, pro feeds (Sportradar, Opta, ScoutingFeed) register it in 200-500ms. Polymarket takes 2 to 8 seconds to reprice. For those few seconds the book is quoting a score that no longer exists. No amount of engineering closes that gap the event happens in the physical world before any oracle can confirm it on-chain. The engine detects the event, recalculates fair value, and fires via Jito bundles before the book catches up. In at the old price, out at the new. The match outcome is irrelevant we don’t bet on who wins. We capture the lag every event creates. We’ve been building Polymarket bots since 2025. This is the most powerful machine we’ve shipped yet. Two months ago we posted the architecture for this. It hit 1M views one of our most popular posts ever on X. That told us everything: this was the engine to build. First 7 days, - Starting balance: $5,000 - 22 matches scanned, 19 captured - Total profit: +$1,946.86 - ROI: +38.94% in 7 days Why it prints harder than anything we’ve built: the World Cup is the deepest liquidity event prediction markets have ever seen. Tens of millions in volume per match. Dozens of probability-shifting events per game. And an orderbook that physically can’t keep pace with the pitch. How to plug in: 1.Sign up at PolyArbiter (link in bio) 2.Generate PolyArbiter RPC URL 3.Paste it into Jupiter Predict (Polymarket but native on Solana) 4.Set your parameters, activate the World Cup module It’s free to use. We take a share of the profit the engine makes for you. You never deposit anything with us everything runs from your wallet. One honest note: the $1,946 above is our engine at our size and settings. Your numbers depend on your capital, your parameters, and how many matches you’re live for. We’re not promising you’ll match it we’re showing you the machine works, and handing you the same one. These numbers are from the engine running solo. Closed test, just us, before any public access wanted to confirm the whole loop held up end to end before handing it to anyone. That changes the second this goes public. Edge per capture is going to compress. When an event fires the mispriced liquidity is thin and gone in a few seconds more wallets hitting the same window, less left for each. Nothing we can do about it, that’s just how latency arb works. So if the edge thins out past the point where it’s still worth running, we cap access. Hard ceiling on how many engines can hit the same liquidity before it’s gone. Not gonna promise the machine stays this sharp in a few days it might not. But right now it’s live and free. Enjoy 🪄show more

🔊Church: SECOND MAJOR PROPHETIC SHIFT! On Dec 4, 2025,... NSS 2025 declared that the U.S. will pull back from global enforcement and policing. Just days later, on Dec 10, Trump announced that the members of the Gaza “Board of Peace” will be revealed in early 2026. As America steps back, new leaders step forward to fill the vacuum—aligning with the rise of the ten kings / ten regions described in Daniel and Revelation, preparing the stage for the final world system!! WE ARE SEEING PROPHECY COME TO PASS! THE OLD WORLD ORDER IS OVER, AND THE NEW IS FORMING BEFORE OUR EYES! KEEP LOOKING UP—WE’RE A STEP AWAY FROM ETERNITY! JESUS IS COMING! 🗓️In my last post, I explained how National Security Strategy 2025 marks America’s strategic pullback from global enforcement — especially in the Middle East — and why that shift is prophetically significant. NOW LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING HAPPENING RIGHT NOW — AND WHO IS FILLING THE VACUUM 📰Reuters: “President Donald Trump announced that the members of the newly established Gaza Board of Peace will be named early next year.” He said that numerous global leaders — including kings, presidents, and prime ministers — have expressed interest in joining the board and called it “one of the most legendary boards ever.” 12/10/2025 ☮️President Trump has spoken about the idea of a “Board of Peace” — a small group of powerful leaders tasked with resolving global conflicts through negotiation and shared authority rather than endless wars. This is not a formal institution yet. There is no membership list, and no stated number. It has been described conceptually, not legally. 💡That distinction matters — because Daniel’s prophecy doesn’t wait for a perfect, fully formed system. It begins with the shifts, vacuums, and emerging powers—exactly what we are seeing TODAY. When a dominant superpower steps back, the world does not become leaderless —it shifts and power redistributes. 👑The ten kings of Daniel and Revelation 17:12–13 are part of this end-time system. We won’t suddenly see ten fully coordinated rulers governing a one-world system overnight. Rather, they begin to rise gradually filling the gaps. These transitional periods—shifts in global leadership, alliances forming, and old orders losing control—are the first dominoes tipping over, showing prophecy in motion. 📖“The ten horns are ten kings Who shall arise from this kingdom. And another shall rise after them; He shall be different from the first ones, And shall subdue three kings.” Daniel 📖“The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast.” Rev -13 Biblically, this is exactly what Daniel saw. 📕Daniel 2 and Daniel 7 describe the final world system not as one unified empire, but as a divided structure — iron mixed with clay. Strong nations alongside weak ones. Cooperation without cohesion. Authority shared before it is centralized. 📕Revelation 17 calls this phase ten kings — leaders or regions who receive authority “for a short time” and rule together BEFORE the rise of the final ruler, THE ANTICHRIST! 💡The key point is this: The ten kings appear before the Antichrist is fully revealed. Daniel is explicit. 📖“The ten horns are ten kings who shall arise… and another shall arise after them.” (Daniel ) 💡We see that the Antichrist is not one of the original ten. He is an eleventh ruler who emerges from among them. 👉🏼Daniel 7:8 says this “little horn” comes up among the ten and three of the first horns are plucked out by the roots. Daniel later explains this plainly: “He shall subdue three kings.” This means the final system unfolds in stages: 👉🏼 First, ten kings arise with shared authority; their rule is brief and transitional. 👉🏼 Then, another ruler rises after them. The Antichrist does not appear out of nowhere—he emerges from among them, after they are already in place. 👉🏼 Then, power is consolidated, and the Antichrist’s authority becomes absolute as he removes three kings and takes full control. 📕Revelation 17 confirms the same sequence. The ten kings rule briefly with the beast. Then they give their power and authority to him. 📖"The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast." Rev -13 ☮️The ‘Board of Peace’ is not significant because it is the final world system — it is significant because it is a warning sign: the global power vacuum is being filled, shared authority is rising, and the stage is being set for the Antichrist! ⚔️To the world, a peace council sounds perfectly reasonable — promising stability without war, diplomacy instead of dominance. But Scripture warns that this very figure will lead with deception and in direct opposition to God. 📖“When they say, ‘Peace and safety,’ then sudden destruction comes upon them.” 1 Thes 5:3 👉🏼Peace without Christ is always temporary — and deceptive. Most importantly, this has direct implications for Israel. Israel will not place its trust in a single nation, but in a multinational structure that promises security. The Antichrist will confirm a covenant with many. It will emerge from negotiation, guarantees, and international frameworks, deceiving Israel into agreeing to terms that grant the green light to rebuild the Third Temple — promises they have not yet fully achieved. So when you see: ✅America stepping back ✅Power reorganizing into regions ✅Leaders talking about peace councils ✅Authority being shared 🔊Understand this: These are not random political ideas!!! They are the conditions Scripture said would exist before the final ruler rises. The Board of Peace represents the stage and infrastructure Scripture says must exist before the Antichrist can rise!! 🔊Church: The world is being prepared for the Antichrist — a leader who will promise unity, peace, and safety, and demand allegiance! Jesus warned us about this moment!! STAY AWAKE! WE ARE ENTERING A SEASON WHERE THE TEN KINGS WILL BEGIN TO EMERGE ON THE GLOBAL STAGE! KEEP PRAYING FOR THE LOST, KEEP PREACHING THE GOSPEL, AND KEEP LOOKING UP — THE REAL KING IS COMING BEFORE THE ANTICHRIST IS REVEALED! Maranatha. Come, Lord Jesus, COME!! 🤍show more

#ZimElection2023 CHAMISA RAN HIS CAMPAIGN LIKE AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE... WITH NO STRUCTURES AND EXPECTED TO WIN AND BECOME PRESIDENT WITH NO MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENT This is what Nelson Chamisa said on 21 June 2023 about the strategic thrust of the campaign of his CCC in the 2023 harmonised general election held last week: "our [CCC] campaign is going to be basically a presidential... our [CCC] focus is not to be in parliament but to be in government. We [as MDC opposition] have been in parliament for a long time, that's not our [CCC] station of choice at the moment". The fact that Chamisa thought he could win the presidential election even if, or regardless of whether, his CCC won a majority in Parliament, explains his crushing defeat. An election in Zimbabwe is defined in terms of section 4 of the Electoral Act which provides that: election” means— (a) the election of a member of Parliament; or (b) an election to the office of President; or (c) an election for the purposes of the Rural District Councils Act [Chapter 29:13] or the Urban Councils Act [Chapter 29:15]; as the case may be. These three elections used to be held separately before they were harmonised for the first time in the 2008 election in terms of section 38 of the Act. It is odd and even irrational, and it defies the logic of the harmonised general election for any political party that seeks power to govern the country as a whole to only target – as did Chamisa in the 2023 harmonised general election held last week –winning only one of the three elections, just the presidential election. It is foolhardy for a political party to say its strategy and focus is only to win the presidential election, without basing that strategy and focus on winning the local authority and parliamentary elections, as well. Such a strategy, if it can be called a strategy, renders the presidential candidate no different from an independent presidential candidate who contests for the presidency without the advantage of the structures of a political party. Simply put, a presidential candidate in Zimbabwe cannot win a presidential election if the candidate does not have a campaign strategy that is based on his or her political party winning a majority of wards in the local authority election, and a majority of constituencies in the parliamentary election. If it’s an independent presidential candidate, then he or she must have ground structures of one sort or another, or forget it. Chamisa contested the presidential election as if he was an independent candidate, and he boasted about it, without relying on his CCC and without any ground structures. In the circumstances, just how or why did Chamisa expect to win the presidential election by effectively running as an independent candidate? Which structures did Chamisa expect to use, or did he in fact use to campaign for the presidency in every street and every village, across the length and breadth of the country? Since by his own admission, as quoted above and reflected on the attached video clip, Chamisa was clearly not relying on his CCC to win the presidency. This begs the question: by not relying on CCC structures, and by not having alternative ground structures in the streets and in villages, did Chamisa think that ZanuPF members and supports would vote for him, as an act of God, perhaps? Was Chamisa's presidential election campaign, for him an article of faith, in other words was it about his belief that God had chosen him, and that he would win regardless of whether or not CCC won a majority in the local authority and parliamentary elections? Where did Chamisa and his supporters in Zimbabwe and among the legions of his fans in America and Europe think he would get the necessary number of polling agents to monitor the voting and vote counting at the country’s 12,374 polling stations, and to secure the 12,374 V11s from those polling stations, given the fact that he actually ran for the presidency as an independent candidate, expecting to be supported less by his own CCC party and more by the members and supporters of ZanuPF? Does this kind of strategy make sense to anyone on earth? And, does that strategy make sense to Nerves Mumba and his Sadc Election Observation Mission or to any other foreign election observation mission that was in Zimbabwe last week like, say for example, the European Union Observer Mission or any of the several observer missions from the United States that were in Zimbabwe to observe the elections? How did the various foreign election observer missions and Chamisa’s social media supporters expect him to win the presidential election, not only where and when his CCC party was losing the local authority and parliamentary elections but, and critically, where Chamisa himself did not believe that the local authority and parliamentary elections were important or necessary for him to win the presidency? The fact that the loquacious, belligerent and inflammatory foreign election observer missions that are peddling falsehoods about the elections, and Chamisa’s social media supporters who claim with no evidence that Chamisa won, did not raise a finger against the results of the local and parliamentary elections that were declared at 1970 wards and 209 constituencies well ahead of the declaration of the result for the presidential election on 26 August, clearly means that there was no problem with two of the three elections that make up Zimbabwe’s harmonised general election. Only after the declaration of the presidential election result on 26 August did all hell break loose. It must be asked, again, how did anyone expect Chamisa to win a presidential election whose campaign was – as per Chamisa’s deliberate strategy – organised and pursued as if it was the presidential campaign of an independent candidate? Chamisa’s presidential election campaign was not based on the CCC parliamentary election campaign or on CCC’s structural capacity on the ground, strangely, it was based on the expectation that ZanuPF members and supporters would vote for Chamisa. Why on earth did anyone expect ZanuPF members and supporters to vote for someone whose base is ever singing cacophonic noise that ZanuPF must go, and hurling insults at the incumbent party, its officials and its supporters? What kind of politics is that? You are contemptuous of ZanuPF and anyone associated with it, but you expect ZanuPF members and supporters to vote for you. This expectation does not compute, certainly not in electoral politics. As things turned out, ZanuPF members and supporters who are registered voters voted for their party candidates in all the three elections: local authority election, the parliamentary election and the presidential election. As a result, in the parliamentary election, CCC won just 73 constituency seats. There's just no way that CCC's 73 constituency seats in the National Assembly would have boosted Chamisa to win the presidency. No ways. In Zimbabwe's first harmonised general election in 2008, Morgan Tsvangirai did well in the first round of the presidential election primarily if not only because the two MDC formations used their round structures to win a majority in Parliament with a combined strength of 110 constituency seats, while ZanuPF garnered 99 seats and an independent got one seat. This was the first time since independence in 1980 that the opposition commanded the majority in Parliament. So, clearly, in 2008 Tsvangirai was propelled by the solid parliamentary performance of the MDC formations. The same structural dynamic was conspicuously absent for Chamisa in the just ended harmonised general election. Chamisa ran a solo presidential election campaign and, predictably, it went horribly wrong. The fact that CCC did not field local authority candidates in 90 wards made a bad situation worse for Chamisa, and it was further compounded by the fact that CCC did not have ground structures to harness and harvest from the loose and unreliable protest vote, especially in the wards and constituencies outside CCC strongholds, which in fact used to be MDC strongholds in the days of Morgan Tsvangirai!show more

🚨12 HOUR NEWS RECAP 1.⁠ Trump said a birthday... letter to Jeffrey Epstein didn’t exist and called it fake. But Congress now has a copy, handed over by Epstein’s estate along with a birthday book made for Epstein’s 50th. House Democrats say the letter contradicts Trump’s claims and are pushing for the full Epstein files to be released. 2.⁠ Nepal’s PM resigned after protests over his failed attempt to block social media platforms in the country. At least 19 people have died so far in protests against the move that was later withdrawn. Protesters stormed his office and set fire to parts of the parliament building as the government tries to restore order. 3.⁠ Asian stocks jumped as investors are now betting the U.S Fed is about to cut interest rates - maybe even big time. A weak jobs report has everyone thinking the economy’s tired and needs a juice box. 4.⁠ UN nuclear chief Rafael Grossi is finally sitting down with Iran’s FM Abbas Araghchi in Cairo - their first meeting since Israel and the U.S lit up Iran’s atomic sites in June. 5.⁠ France faces another political reset after Prime Minister François Bayrou lost a confidence vote and will resign today. Macron must now quickly appoint a successor able to build a government and push through a budget in a fractured National Assembly. 6.⁠ Tesla is putting speed at the center of its energy revolution. With Mega Block, the company says it can commission one gigawatt hour in just 20 business days, enough to power 400,000 homes in under a month. 7.⁠ Israel dropped thousands of leaflets over Gaza City, warning people to evacuate immediately. They said staying inside the city is extremely dangerous and warned that the IDF “will operate with great force” in the area. 8.⁠ ICE kicked off a new operation in Chicago called “Midway Blitz,” bringing in extra teams and vehicles to target undocumented immigrants with criminal records. The crackdown was named in honor of Katie Abraham, a young Chicago woman killed earlier this year by an undocumented drunk driver. 9.⁠ Elbit Systems announced the release of Frontier, a new AI border monitoring system. It hoovers up land, sea, and air data, ignores the boring stuff, and auto-flags threats before you even have time to commit one. 10.⁠ Los Angeles retailers are turning to polycarbonate unbreakable glass to stop smash-and-grab thieves. Christophe’s Jewelers in Sherman Oaks was the latest win: thieves struck but couldn’t crack the new cases, leaving every item safe.show more

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