George Santos called me after my story revealing federal investigations into his suspected market manipulation on Kalshi.
And he said: "This story is going to get you a gun in your face."
Then he lied about it.
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NEW with @jjoffeblock.bsky.social: An inside look at Kalshi and Polymarket's crack down on paid influencers claiming election fraud in California.
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The disgraced former congressman allegedly bet on whether he would appear at the State of the Union address, prompting federal investigations.
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The right-wing media ecosystem is boosting Spencer Pratt but can he win the LA mayor’s race?
Steve Bannon told me yes, calling him “the most Trumpian candidate we’ve ever seen”
"Tell him I would endorse him, but I don't want to hurt his chances of winning in LA”
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NPR reported on new federal investigations examining the former Congressman's bets on the prediction market site Kalshi. Then he threatened the NPR reporter who broke the story.
Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray”
"i'm not saying yes, i'm not saying no" is just an iconic thing to tell a reporter. nice scoop @bobbyallyn.bsky.social
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Bobby Allyn
Polymarket & Kalshi are both now cracking down on paid partnership posts that use betting odds to allege election fraud, after a surge of unsubstantiated claims about the LA mayoral race circulated on X, @bobbyallyn.bsky.social and @jjoffeblock.bsky.social report www.npr.org/2026/06/07/n...
Google's vision for the future of search is that you don't even really go to websites anymore, ai agents do it for you. (other than wired dot com which you will of course continue to visit obsessively, thank you, please) from @thiccreese.bsky.social
a you-can't-make-it-up @bobbyallyn.bsky.social scoop: George Santos told X followers he was going to the State of the Union. Then he didn't show - and placed bets on Kalshi that netted him tens of thousands of dollars. Now he's under federal investigation by DOJ and CFTC
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Pratt, a former reality TV star, is flooding social media with edgy humor, AI slop and combative rhetoric as a way of grabbing attention and winning the vote of the very online. It's a strategy some p...
NEW with @jjoffeblock.bsky.social: An inside look at Kalshi and Polymarket's crack down on paid influencers claiming election fraud in California.
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Influencers are using prediction market odds to sow doubt in vote counting, in some cases in posts paid for by the companies themselves.
