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Plus: Melania's faint praise for Donald View in your browser | Update your preferences How Prediction Markets Have Turned American Politics Into a Casino By JACOB SILVERMAN Start-ups like Polymarket and PredictIt want to let people put their money where their mouth is. But offering Vegas-style odds tied to real-world events could also have dangerous real-world consequences. R E A D  M O R E Now's Your Chance to Buy a 25-Foot Jeff Koons Sculpture to Benefit Harris By NATE FREEMAN A broad swath of the art world is prepping a mega auction to benefit the Democratic nominee—even as the art market writ large continues to struggle. R E A D  M O R E Bribery and Wire Fraud Charges for Eric Adams By ERIC LUTZ The New York mayor, who called the charges against him "entirely false," has been bedeviled by investigations, resignations, and allegations of corruption. R E A D  M O R E Our 50 Favorite Saturday Night Live Sketches By VANITY FAIR Live, from New York, it's an idiosyncratic list of SNL moments we're still thinking about—from the Belushi/Aykroyd/Radner years and the Eddie Murphy era to Sandler, Fey, Hader, and beyond. R E A D  M O R E Melania Trump Faintly Praises Her Memoir (and Her Marriage) By KASE WICKMAN While promoting her new book on Fox & Friends, the former FLOTUS told Ainsley Earhardt about her first date with Donald Trump—"if you can call it a date." R E A D  M O R E Dazed and Confused Was a "Magical Moment" That Could Never Happen Now By MIKE HOGAN As the high school cult classic gets a 30th-anniversary theatrical release, writer-director Richard Linklater reflects on its agonizing (for him) creation—and its eternal, chemically compatible appeal. R E A D  M O R E This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. 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