Snapshot · PBD Podcast
Jill Biden's memoir sold just 29,000 print copies by late June, compared to Michelle Obama's 20 million total sales and Melania Trump's 85,000 first-week sales.
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Patrick reads from a ZeroHedge story reporting that Jill Biden's memoir debuted at number one on the New York Times nonfiction list with a Dagger symbol — the paper's indicator of suspected bulk purchases — before dropping off the charts with total U.S. print sales of just 29,000. [1] — Patrick Bet-David "Jill Biden's memoir debuted at number 1 with a 'Dagger' symbol indicating bulk purchases, then fell off the charts with just 29,000 total p…" 56:20 He then walks through a comparison of first lady memoir sales: Michelle Obama's Becoming sold 725,000 on day one, 2 million in 15 days, 10 million in 4 months, and 20 million total; Melania Trump's memoir moved 85,000 in its first week; Hillary Clinton sold approximately 3 million copies; Rosalynn Carter sold around 400,000. Biden's 30,000 is the bottom of the list. Vinnie argues the numbers reflect a public that was 'lied to' about Joe Biden's cognitive state and is now actively uninterested in the administration's legacy. Tom pivots to connect the book story to a parallel Spotify scandal: the platform deleted over 500,000 streams from an indie song that shot to number one on the US daily chart the same day suspicious wagers surged on prediction markets, revealing coordinated streaming fraud. [2] — Patrick Bet-David "Spotify nuked over 500,000 streams from an indie song after the streaming surge perfectly correlated with suspicious wagers on prediction m…" 59:20 Tom frames both stories as part of the same phenomenon: a systematic manipulation of public trust in rankings, charts, and polls that he argues will continue until consumers fully embrace prediction markets like Kalshi as more honest signal than manipulated media metrics.
Jill Biden's memoir debuted at number 1 with a 'Dagger' symbol indicating bulk purchases, then fell off the charts with just 29,000 total print sales. Michelle Obama's Becoming sold 725,000 on day one and 20 million total — more than all other first ladies combined.
Michelle Obama's memoir sold 725,000 copies on day one, 2 million in 15 days, and 20 million total — more than all other first ladies combined.
Spotify nuked over 500,000 streams from an indie song after the streaming surge perfectly correlated with suspicious wagers on prediction markets. This is what coordinated chart manipulation looks like in 2025 — and it connects to how the Jill Biden book scandal works too.
Spotify deleted over 500,000 streams of a song that hit number 1 after discovering the surge coincided with suspicious wagers on prediction markets.
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