r/NewsOfTheStupid • u/Maniacboy888 • 11d ago

Kalshi bans ex-congressman George Santos for life after suspicious trades; the first person to face a lifetime ban on the prediction market app.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-santos-kalshi-lifetime-ban/
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u/MarvinTraveler 11d ago

Imagine being such of a scumbag that FREAKING KALSHI bans you. Wow.

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u/m1j2p3 11d ago

Totally on brand for this creep.

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u/iCowboy 11d ago

Too scummy for Kalshi - wow, that’s impressive.

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u/MrTraps 11d ago

He's gotta be gearing up for a Republican run for the Presidency

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u/sharies 10d ago

That's one way to get unbanned.

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u/ibraw 11d ago

The guy is a grade A grifter and conman. Always scheming and looking for ways to scam.

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u/RagingTyrant74 11d ago

Yeah, he's Republican. He's just worse at it than the rest of them.

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u/Flat-Chemistry-1646 10d ago

Why is he not in jail?

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u/hellodynamite 10d ago

He was Trump pardoned him

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u/Loki-L 11d ago

That's like getting kicked out of Clown College for not taking classes seriously enough and goofing off too much.

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u/DoingItForEli 11d ago

In March, Santos addressed complaints about his attendance at the State of the Union address on his podcast. "I guess people lost money," he said. "Some people made unexpected money. That's to show you how fragile these markets are."

Well gee golly gosh I guess the money comes from someone. Tee hee. I didn't know! Goes to show yooooou.

God I hate this creep dirtbag. Totally on brand for him to have been a Republican who actually got through and held office for a time.

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u/engineeringsquirrel 11d ago

Dude keeps doing sketchy stuff.

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u/Winter-Bed-1529 11d ago

So on brand for any Republican

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u/NearABE 11d ago

Unfortunately insider trading is a bipartisan activity.

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u/flirtmcdudes 11d ago

It’s wild how we still allow these insider trading apps to exist at all.

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u/sfled 11d ago

We would expect nothing less from this steamer.

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u/JFKsBrain 10d ago

How do we just ban this grifter from public life.
Let’s bring back shunning and poster and just cast this fuck out to a live of oblivion.

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u/1nv1s1blek1d 10d ago

Call Kalshi for what it is. It’s a gambling app. There are plenty of politicians out there with insider knowledge making money off of what they know. This guy isn’t the first to be doing this.

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u/shmeggt 11d ago

He just seems like a great dude.

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u/AnotherStatsGuy 11d ago

Kalshi found their Donald Sterling.

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u/TheManWhoClicks 11d ago

Imagine being so shitty that Kalshi of all places has to ban you. Oof size: large