Who Is Rep.-Elect George Santos? His Résumé May Be Largely Fiction.

By artappraiser on Mon, 12/19/2022 - 1:32pm |

How could this candidate get elected without this coming out earlier? Great reporting but where was everyone before? https://t.co/jva4r7Andf
— Jane Mayer (@JaneMayerNYer) December 19, 2022

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/nyregion/george-santos-ny-republicans.html

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This George Santos story is political malpractice from the Democrats.

This shit was all oppo 101 and the ads wrote themselves. JFC.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 19, 2022

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/19/2022 - 1:33pm

That all this is coming out one month after the election is a colossal failure of journalism and opposition research. The screenshots don’t even come close to covering everything. https://t.co/FVWWWR8Rpx pic.twitter.com/fV5Cg7xmJ5
— Bill Scher (@billscher) December 19, 2022

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/19/2022 - 11:40pm

A, Winston Churchill never said that, famously or otherwise.

B, this fraud has no place in Congress. https://t.co/e92ad8irTb
— Benjamin Dreyer (@BCDreyer) December 19, 2022

I guess we know now that in addition to his not having attended Baruch College, his mouthpiece didn't attend LSU.

Look.

Shit.

Up.
— Benjamin Dreyer (@BCDreyer) December 19, 2022

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/19/2022 - 11:45pm

A Long Island weekly had the goods on Santos several weeks before Election Day -

"I could find no evidence that @Newsday examined Santos’ background in any substantial way in the run-up to the election. Don’t they read the weeklies? At the very least, interns at the Times and at Newsday should be assigned to scan the local papers..." https://t.co/rH9LyaOpua
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) December 27, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 12/28/2022 - 1:47am

Why didn't Leader sell its breakthru to NYT or Post or local TV or push it on Twitter, or even the election commission? The article itself was just 1 of several endorsements - easy to miss on the page - most ppl will go for the op-ed piece slamming Jill Biden on books instead. Is that where their responsibility ends?

The GOP's normalized not releasing taxes & lying about credentials - Rubio, Cruz, Cawthorn, Boebert, Trump... - - not surprising no one cares except the -R by the name, and no one's going to mess with not voting straight ticket just for 1 grifter candidate. But where's the GOP's responsibility for fielding a Talented Mr. Santos candidate? Why is everyone hitting first on cash-strapped newspapers or the opposition candidate (who the press often drown out anyway)?

If a school put a young looking 22-year-old non-student in a basketball championship, is it the other team's responsibility to find that out and publicize it? Russia Olympic Committee's been banned for years for doping. Where are the sanctions on NY's GOP for letting a totally outrageous scammer into the election? Where is the FEC since this was a federal position?

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 12/28/2022 - 2:29am

Everything Florida Touches Dies?

Republican Reset PAC
Resilient Patriot

Thx @clayberg for the heads up. I tried to call attention to this in May. https://t.co/h1ccJi5g88 pic.twitter.com/V9EsWVAb6z
— MindF©️k (@gal_suburban) December 27, 2022

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 12/28/2022 - 3:25am

Personally there I see a conspiracy minded deep dive by lefties that is a big fucking waste of time. Of course you can find connections between kookaroos, they tend to find each other, doesn't mean it's a brilliant plot.

Really this is an excellent example of the kind of Palmer-report style amateur 'research' that you seem to like sometimes, but I see as the road to perdition once it could be spread on social media. Different strokes for different folks I guess (and I do understand the allure of deep dives into real historical archives - just that I learned to be aware of the faultiness of making a big deal out of certain connections and getting carried away.)

by artappraiser on Wed, 12/28/2022 - 6:21pm

Been a while since Palmer Report & Louise Mensch - mostly a placeholder in early 2017 when more mainstream pubs were just accepting the election & transition at face value, but was obvious something was terribly wrong - but wouldn't be Supreme Court mandated SWAT/Marshall teams to swoop down and arrest everyone as Mensch posited nor were many of Palmer's missives particularly relevant or profound.

Here in this blip there's a) a note of Santos's involvement with some Florida group, which may be relevant as his rise gets deconstructed over the next month, and b) a reminder of Flynn's web (like many GOP operatives) with the question which of these groups are actually dangerous & effective, vs more or less political social clubs. We've seen Butina's activities with NRA & Congressfolk (and how her cute romance with Patrick Byrne turned to him popping up high up in the Jan6 coup planning), the Christian group lobbying the Supreme Court for years, Leonard Leo's effect on the same, the evolving role of Proud Boy's & OathKeepers from usual survivalist nutters to actually primed & active, etc. etc (Roger Stone being a particularly pernicious tie, others like Rudy are a sign of access but also incompetence...). Erik Prince has had his mercenary and fringe influence operation for a long time - while it looked like he would be investigated with Mueller, Barr's activities likely shut all that down/compromised many of the evidence trails or paths to clean investigation. Trump's move to Florida certainly let 1000 flowers of wacko bloom in that venue, and they're busy mutating as Trump devolves into new hybrids - the majority as Hitchhiker's update on Earth says, "mostly harmless". But there will be a few worth watching like Wuhan viruses jumping the Petri dish.

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 12:46am

[fixed] Not all conspiracies are made up.

(one of my faves is asking people if 9/11 was a conspiracy - they usually say no, and i point out there were at least 25 known named conspirators. "But that's not fair, you meant government conspirators..." they'll object. Of course we don't know if there were any low level gov enablers, but then it'll be "but that had to be high level" or even George W himself. We often frame things to tilt the field in advance - which is one reason Jan6 got so far on so many fronts. "Stop the Steal" seemed pretty harmless the first 2 times it was run, ignoring it's 2000 Brooks Brothersp redecessor)

#48. Always seeking to stoke the fires of right-wing authoritarianism, Michael Flynn claims that Governors can declare war and we are probably going to see that happen soon. pic.twitter.com/7jyZZMFzTk
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) December 28, 2022

But here we see reference to violent Broward County Stop the Steal protests more than 1 1/2 years before BLM protests - how can that be?

Here's how AA describes the genesis of Stop the Steal. Note he ties it to Broward 2018. Prosecutors have been investigating ties between the planned violence at Broward and Jan6. pic.twitter.com/JXbmwDHvT7
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) December 29, 2022

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 7:05am

Andrew Yang:

George Santos took advantage of how weak our institutions are and how polarized the country is. Most Congressional races get very little press coverage and voters will tune out attacks from the other side as politics as usual.
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) December 28, 2022

If you’re considering a run for office, the first question you’ll be asked is “How much money can you raise?” That’s the vet.
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) December 28, 2022

Only 15% of Republicans express high trust in national media. Among Democrats it’s 69%. Relationship with the media is now a key partisan indicator. (Among Independents it’s 39%.)
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) December 28, 2022

What percentage of politicians includes significant fabrications or exaggerations in their biography?
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) December 28, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 12/28/2022 - 6:53pm

https://t.co/2fRtbxUFNC
— Melinda S. (@mindylee26) December 29, 2022

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 3:59am

Bill Kristol & TPM:

Huge props to the writers for this ironic twist.

Ten years after Trump helped spur on the Obama birth certificate idiocy, George Santos may be the one who can legitimately be asked for a birth (or naturalization) certificate if he's to serve in Congress.https://t.co/jmX25dLfcb
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) December 24, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 3:51pm

Ironic but a low bar.

Hoping the 4 investigations turn up at least wire fraud.

Still, the GOP would let Santos video stream his vote from Rikers. (I'd give him the Jeffrey Epstein suite in MCC, but they closed it. Maybe bunk with Sam Bankman-Fried in Brooklyn's MDC?)

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 01/12/2023 - 2:14am

pic.twitter.com/tn16B4X5Ya
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) December 29, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 8:31pm

He's decided that his constituents would have to drag him outta there:

I was elected to serve the people of #NY03 not the party & politicians, I remain committed to doing that and regret to hear that local officials refuse to work with my office to deliver results to keep our community safe and lower the cost of living.

I will NOT resign!
— George Santos (@Santos4Congress) January 11, 2023

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/11/2023 - 5:49pm

^ should add this context - while the national party has not done much, the NY State GOP is screaming bloody murder today, and he is basically responding to them there:

New York Republican leaders demand the immediate resignation of serial liar George Santos. (Video: MSNBC) pic.twitter.com/1VhQzcSTV5
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) January 11, 2023

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/11/2023 - 6:45pm

Asked McCarthy about entrusting nation’s secrets with George Santos — who has legal problems in Brazil and lied about his past — since Santos will have access to classified briefings. “I don’t see any way he’s going to have top secret … he’s got a long way to go to earn trust.” pic.twitter.com/nT4u2iZgty
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 12, 2023

But he won’t call on Santos to resign. “The one thing I do know is you apply the Constitution equal to all Americans. The voters of his district have elected him …He is part of the Republican conference. There are concerns about it, so he will go before ethics.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 12, 2023

“If anything is found to be wrong, he will be held accountable, exactly as anybody else in this body would be. That is the fair way to handle anything, and that’s how I’ll deal with any single issue …” McCarthy said. (The district could be a D pickup if Santos resigned)
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 12, 2023

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/12/2023 - 2:35pm

the stories keep coming (Hollywood script?)

In 2019, George Santos introduced himself as Anthony Devolder, the founder of “United for Trump,” during a Q & A session at a “Walk Away LGBT” event in NYC.

Santos said trans people could benefit from a trans conservative activist educating them. pic.twitter.com/b2RkA3YPnI
— PatriotTakes (@patriottakes) January 13, 2023

by artappraiser on Fri, 01/13/2023 - 5:03pm

Santos's weird campaign $ handler

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/01/another-george-santos-money...

ICYMI: A NEW Santos story: He struck a curious business deal w/ a veteran GOP operative named Nancy Marks to raise a bundle off a challenger to @AOC. Marks was his campaign treasurer & may have answers re Santos' mysterious personal & political finances. https://t.co/GDdDpdtF3r
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) January 12, 2023

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 01/14/2023 - 8:07am

"Where's George?" campaign off and running, including using social media and legacy media (first off, he has not bothered to set up an office in the district he is supposed to be representing):

This morning we launched the "Where's George" campaign to locate our missing Congressman George Santos

If you see George in the district, take a picture of him and upload it with the hashtag #WheresGeorge

If Santos wont come to the residents he serves, then we will come to him https://t.co/uGmgvCe7R7
— Josh Lafazan (@JoshLafazan) January 13, 2023

Queens and Long Island voters gather outside of vacant NY District 3 congressional office, calling on Congressman George Santos to resign, and asking residents to take a picture of Santos when he returns to NY and tweet/post on social media w/ hashtag #WheresGeorge @ABC7NY pic.twitter.com/dRvcN6LF9L
— Chantee Lans (@ChanteeLans) January 13, 2023

SANTOS SIGHTINGS: #WheresGeorge campaign urges LI residents to keep tabs on rep https://t.co/wxpkprKg0l pic.twitter.com/TAwBMMmca6
— 1010 WINS (@1010WINS) January 13, 2023

by artappraiser on Sat, 01/14/2023 - 3:33pm

^ 1010 is the AM radio station everyone in the NYC area uses when they need breaking news - it's obnoxious to listen to for longer than 10 minutes because it keeps repeating every 10 minutes and has no other content except breaking local news, traffic and weather. But if you need one of those 3 things, you go there.

by artappraiser on Sat, 01/14/2023 - 3:38pm

This is the funniest kind of guy we've gotten in politics in the past fifty years https://t.co/g7Xw5RG5iB
— Crop Top Devil (@LonestarTallBoi) January 15, 2023

NEW- George Santos was alerted that his investment firm was using a fake Deutsche Bank document and continued working there for months

That and many other new details on Santos’ tenure at alleged Ponzi scheme in deep dive w/@jocwapo @emmersbrown https://t.co/LVcYueZn6T
— Isaac Stanley-Becker (@isaacstanbecker) January 15, 2023

by artappraiser on Sun, 01/15/2023 - 4:32pm

He's not planning on leaving:

I have now been enshrined in late night TV history with all these impersonations, but they are all TERRIBLE so far. Jon Lovitz is supposed to be one of the greatest comedians of all time and that was embarrassing— for him not me! These comedians need to step their game up.
— George Santos (@Santos4Congress) January 23, 2023

by artappraiser on Tue, 01/24/2023 - 12:49pm

As we’ve always known, all fun and games until the feds start digging in to the financials. https://t.co/oNJQLDoHyx
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 28, 2023

2/ Wow. Reading through the piece … it’s what you always expected but it seems like basically every federal agency is now on to santos. DOJ, SEC. Rough waters ahead
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 28, 2023

by artappraiser on Sat, 01/28/2023 - 3:01am

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