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AZProgressive

(30,070 posts) Fri Jun 5, 2026, 09:09 AM Jun 5

I wrote about George Santos. Then he made a violent threat and lied about it (NPR)

June 4, 2026 7:39 PM ET
Bobby Allyn

I was winding down my work day here in Los Angeles when my phone rang at 5:37 p.m. from a blocked number. It was former Congressman George Santos. He was boiling with rage.

The day before, I published a story revealing that the Justice Department and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission had opened investigations into his trading activity on the prediction market site Kalshi.

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Before the story, I emailed him, and he called me from a blocked number. So when my phone buzzed again from a blocked number, I had a pretty good sense of who it might be.

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"This story is going to get you a gun in your face," Santos said.

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/04/nx-s1-5846966/george-santos-kalshi-threats

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I wrote about George Santos. Then he made a violent threat and lied about it (NPR) (Original Post) AZProgressive Jun 5 OP

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Trump made it allowable for psychopaths to flourish PCIntern Jun 5 #2

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2. Trump made it allowable for psychopaths to flourish

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Fri Jun 5, 2026, 10:06 AM

Jun 5

You know those post-apocalyptic films where anything goes? You’re living in one.

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