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Happy Thursday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. Thaddeus never stopped reveling in the breeziness of thatched undergarments. Roll with the whimsy today, my friends. Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) has made his name as one of the most notorious liars in the history of Congress. That’s kinda why I like him. Look, almost everyone in the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives is a grifter whose familiarity with the truth is casual at best. Santos’s appeal to me is that he doesn’t shy away from his indifference to veracity. I don’t need legislators to be my life...

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) ripped into Rep.-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.) over his embellishments and fabrications about his background, asking him point-blank, “Do you have no shame?” “If I were one of those in New York’s 3rd District right now, now that the election is over, and I’m finding out all of these lies that you’ve told, not just one little lie or one little embellishment — these are blatant lies — my question is, do you have no shame?” Gabbard asked while filling in for Fox News host Tucker Carlson in an interview with Santos on Tuesday evening. “Do...

Democrats are trying to expel Republican George Santos from Congress, depriving the GOP of one quarter of its majority in the House of Representatives. The New York Times, in its May 21 editorial, calls on House Republicans to remove Rep. George Santos because, as the title of the print version of the editorial, he deceived voters. The print version of this New York Times ploy to narrow the gap between House Democrat and Republicans is: "G.O.P LEADERS MUST HOLD SANTOS ACCOUNTABLE FOR DECEIVING VOTERS." The online title asks, "Why is George Santos Still in Office?" But why are so many...

George Santos had better have set aside some of those millions of dollars that mysteriously showed up in his campaign accounts (allegedly) because his lawyers must be running up some hefty legal bills that he’ll need to cover. And that action isn’t all taking place in New York and Washington. One of his lawyers was in Brazil this week, securing a plea deal for him that will avoid a messy trial in that country. The Brazilians had been looking for Santos since 2008 regarding allegations that he defrauded a store clerk out of $1,300 for a suit and a pair...

Yesterday we learned the details of the 13 criminal counts charged against NY Congressman George Santos. He wound up pleading not guilty to all of the charges and was eventually released from custody on $500,000 bail. Where Santos came up with the bail money remains a mystery, but he doesn’t appear to have fled the country. Or at least not yet. In a more normal world, you might expect Santos to resign in disgrace, but he made it clear that would not do so. He plans to fight the charges and continue showing up in Congress. Some analysts had expected...

Politics here in the USA Libertarian Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky noting that the Republican-led US House is acting contrary to promises made before. Massie pointing out passage of eight different pieces of legislation with one vote in the House... In Moscow today Türkiye and Syria agreeing to closer relations after years of estrangement... In Paris today at the Bourse a group of protesters opposed to the Ukraine War... Police in Italy arresting 61 suspected Mafia members... US politics a Republican Congressional probe finding that Joe Biden's family received more than ten million dollara from foreign sources... In France...

Wednesday has certainly not been a dull news day, and there’s still about half of it left as of this writing.To start, we got the bombshell press conference by the House Oversight Committee detailing an alleged pay-to-play scheme run by the Biden Family. Millions of dollars changed hands through a network of mysterious companies, enriching a long list of the president’s relatives. That investigation will now move into its next phase, which will include subpoenaing bank records to try to track down where all the money ended up.The thread begins here, but some highlights include the fact that “a network...

Rep. George Santos (R-NY) is back in the spotlight again after becoming notorious for telling a series of lies when he was running for his seat in 2022. But now, it appears he might be in legal trouble for his questionable behavior.CNN reported:Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against New York Rep. George Santos, the Republican lawmaker whose astonishing pattern of lies and fabrications stunned even hardened politicos, according to three sources familiar with the matter.Santos is expected to appear as soon as Wednesday at federal court in New York’s eastern district, where the charges have been filed under seal.The...

Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against New York Rep. George Santos, the Republican lawmaker whose astonishing pattern of lies and fabrications stunned even hardened politicos, according to three sources familiar with the matter. Santos is expected to appear as soon as Wednesday at federal court in New York’s eastern district, where the charges have been filed under seal. The exact nature of the charges couldn’t immediately be learned but the FBI and the Justice Department public integrity prosecutors in New York and Washington have been examining allegations of false statements in Santos’ campaign finance filings and other claims.

Despite demands for his resignation and ongoing federal, state, and local investigations, Representative George Santos (R-N.Y.) has declared on Monday that he is running for re-election. […] Santos’ reelection campaign now reportedly has a limited budget to work with. According to a campaign finance report submitted on Saturday to the Federal Election Commission, his campaign had only $25,000 in its account as of March 31st. In the first three months of the year, the campaign had only brought in $5,000 and $8,000 was spent, all of which went toward refunding previous donors for their contributions. Nassau County legislator Josh Lafazan,...

Embattled New York Representative George Santos has reached an agreement to settle a years-old criminal case against him in Brazil...Mr Santos reportedly reached the deal with Brazilian prosecutors, under which he will formally confess to check fraud and pay restitution...The freshman GOP lawmaker is accused of stealing a checkbook from an elderly person who his mother was caring for in 2010. [He was 21 or 22 at the time]

“I am looking for an honest man.”This was the answer of Diogenes the Cynic when asked why he carried a lighted lantern around Athens in broad daylight.George Santos’s embarrassing lies are bare for all to see, and the mainstream media hasn’t been this happy since the heyday of their Trump-Russia collusion hoax. Since one cannot tolerate bold-faced liars in political positions, many Democrats, members of the media, and the occasional Republicans have called for Santos to resign his House seat. After all, Santos won his seat under false pretenses. This is unacceptable!Let’s play a game shall we?Given the number and...

Lying Rep. George Santos has co-sponsored legislation introduced in the House last week that would name the AR-15 the “National Gun of the United States.” The bill, put forward in the House last Friday by Rep. Barry Moore (R-Ala.), more specifically seeks to declare that an “AR-15 style rifle chambered in a .223 Remington round or a 5.56x45mm NATO round [would be] the National Gun of the United States,” according to a summary of the legislation. The full text of the bill has not been released. Santos, who has been under fire since admitting to The Post in December that...

Embattled Rep. George Santos (R-NY) and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) exchanged some harsh words prior to the State of the Union address on Tuesday. After video captured the two Republicans briefly speaking as lawmakers entered the House floor, Romney confirmed he told the New York representative he shouldn’t be there. “I didn’t expect that he’d be standing there trying to shake hands with every senator and the president of the United States,” Romney told reporters after the speech when asked why he went out of his way to say that to Santos. “Given the fact that he is under ethics...

How is it possible for one man to be this much of a train wreck? A short-term employee who Santos hired just two weeks ago claims that Santos sexually harassed him in the office and invited him home. Derek Myers announced on Twitter yesterday that he had filed a report about the incident with the Capitol Hill Police. He included a copy of the police report.As stated in the filings, my complaint pertains to violations of House Ethics in which I was an unpaid volunteer performing staff duties with the promise of employment and compensation, only to be released after...

According to a source familiar with the situation, embattled New York Republican Rep. George Santos informed House Republicans on Tuesday that he will resign from his committee positions. Santos reportedly told House Republicans in a closed-door meeting that will step down from his positions on the House Small Business Committee and the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee because “he’s a distraction” after it was revealed after his election that several aspects of his resume are fabrications. Santos has faced numerous calls for his resignation, even from within the Republican Party despite the Republicans’ extremely slim majority in the House....

Embattled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., admitted he dressed up as a woman "for fun" at a party in Brazil, but denied ever performing as a drag queen. Santos made the comments to reporters while caught at the airport Saturday, days after he first denied reports of his drag queen past as "categorically false." "No, I was not a drag queen in Brazil, guys. I was young, and I had fun at a festival. Sue me for having a life," Santos told reporters, according to the New York Post. Santos is facing widespread calls for his resignation from Congress for lying...

If George Santos Is A Liar And A Crook Why Does He Have To Leave Congress He Fits In Just Fine? This week Steven Crowder who has been associated with Glenn Beck and The Blaze coming out not attacking people but making his case for uncensored content on Big Conservative Media Platforms... And to follow up on that historically media newcomers and I think of Cable TV network folks like Ted Turner back in the 1970's and 80's they had to deal with money and banks and financial power... Abortion Starts Well Before The Abortion... If Rush Limbaugh Had Lived...

GOP Rep. George Santos, N.Y., claims allegations he used a fake animal charity to scam a disabled veteran by raising money for their dog's cancer treatment, only to keep the funds himself, are not true. Santos said he has no knowledge of the purported scheme involving a charity he claimed to have founded. "Fake. No clue who this is," Santos told Semafor.

Yesterday there was a report by Patch about what may be the lowest of lows for George Santos. It’s the story of Richard Osthoff, a disabled veteran who was living on the street in New Jersey with his service dog Sapphire. The dog had been given to him by a veteran’s charity group. In 2016, Osthoff discovered that Sapphire had a growing tumor which would cost $3,000 to remove surgically. Osthoff didn’t have the money but was given a tip that there was a charity that could help.His name was Anthony Devolder, and his pet charity was called Friends of...