Homocons

The Associated Press reports: Protecting a narrow, four-vote majority, Republican leaders in the House are making clear that they intend to let the legal process play out with New York Rep. George Santos before they take steps to force his resignation or expel him. Republican leaders, who for months have faced mounting questions about Santos after most of his campaign …

From the Washington watchdog group CREW: There is reason to believe that Rep. George Santos’s treasurer does not exist and that Santos’s committees are violating the law by raising and spending money without a treasurer, according to a complaint filed today by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington with the FEC. Andrew Olson, Santos’s listed treasurer, is not and …

At this writing, Miss Kitara Ravache is screaming at the media scrum outside a Long Island courthouse where in addition to ranting about his innocence, he’s parroting the latest claims about the Biden family being the real criminals. When confronted about some of the 13 federal charges, Miss Ravache dodged and repeated Trump’s all too familiar claims about everything being …

The Associated Press reports: U.S. Rep. George Santos pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges alleging a financial fraud at the heart of a political campaign built on dubious boasts about his personal wealth and business success. Santos, the New York Republican whose biography began to unravel after his election last fall, is accused of duping donors, stealing campaign funds, lying …

Holy crap, this is really something. From the Justice Department: A 13-count indictment was unsealed today in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging George Anthony Devolder Santos, better known as “George Santos,” a United States Congressman representing the Third District of New York, with seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money …

The Guardian reports: Federal prosecutors in New York have charged congressman George Santos, the embattled House Republican who has been under scrutiny for months by the Justice Department over questions surrounding his 2022 campaign and finance activities. Santos is expected to turn himself in to authorities at the federal court in Brooklyn as soon as Wednesday morning, one of the …

The Daily Beast reports: Alt-right agitator Milo Yiannopoulos used the credit card for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) campaign last November to purchase an internet domain for Kanye West’s still unannounced 2024 presidential bid, and he was reimbursed for “domain transfer” by the West campaign the same day for $3,000 above cost, according to receipts obtained by The Daily Beast …

Politico reports: Patrick Krason, the treasurer for Ye’s, better known as Kanye West, still-active presidential campaign account, told a federal regulator he had resigned on Monday, alleging in a letter to the rapper-turned-candidate that campaign advisor Milo Yiannopoulos had possibly broken federal campaign finance law. Yiannopoulos denied the allegation. Krason said he had recently learned of a “potentially serious criminal …

The Daily Beast reports: Rapper Kanye West’s on-and-off political operation is back on, with right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos at the helm once again five months after being ousted by his far-right rivals. West’s virulently anti-Semitic media tour last year generated headlines more for West’s dinner with white supremacist leader Nick Fuentes and Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago and his effusive praise …

The Insider reports: GOP megadonor Peter Thiel thinks Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would “make a terrific president.” “If he’s the Republican nominee, I will strongly support him in 2024,” Thiel told podcast host Bari Weiss in an episode of the “Honestly” podcast on Wednesday. “But I do worry that focusing on the woke issue as ground zero is not quite …

The Advocate reports: A Florida GOP lawmaker representing one of the highest concentrations of LGBTQ+ constituents in the state has faced repeated calls for his resignation. Florida Rep. Fabian Basabe, a Miami Beach Republican, endured an April of scandal and accusations, one that arguably reached a climax with LGBTQ+ activists chanting “shame” as he participated in a Pride parade. That …

The New York Times reports: As he strode into a bar packed with margarita-sipping young Republicans here the other night, Representative George Santos of New York looked like a man who had finally gotten what he had always wanted. It was a glorious spring night in the capital, and for eight minutes, Mr. Santos had something rare: an invitation to …

Reuters reports: Tech billionaire and Republican megadonor Peter Thiel, an early backer of former President Donald Trump who later broke with him, has told associates he is not planning to donate to any political candidates in 2024, according to two people close to the businessman. Thiel is unhappy with the Republican Party’s focus on hot-button U.S. cultural issues, said one …

“It’s very hard to, like, understand the West and it’s why one day we’ll probably end up picking up our things and moving to Russia. Because this is just too strange, and I mean we’ll go to Russia and we’ll still be too westernized and maybe we’ll have to get bullied a little bit over there but it’ll put some …

The Daily Beast reports: Rep. George Santos (R-NY) is running for re-election—a move that’s been met with literal laughs from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and silence from Republican campaign arms. But in a narrowly divided chamber where every vote counts, Santos may get to show McCarthy who gets the last word and, ultimately, the last laugh. In totally separate, …

Mediate reports: Embattled Congressman George Santos announced his reelection campaign this week and now insists, despite wild fabrications of his resume, his “conscience is clean.” “Look, nobody’s immune to making mistakes in life. I’ve owned up to them. You know, I wish every politician would go on TV and admit when they lie, but they don’t. And with that, they …

Via press release from Rep. George Santos: Today, Congressman George Santos (NY-03) introduced HR 2631 the “Medical Information Nuanced Accountability Judgement Act,” also known as the MINAJ Act, which seeks to prohibit any Federal Government from imposing any mandate requiring an individual to receive a vaccine that has not been authorized for marketing for at least ten years. “Medical Freedom …

The New York Times reports: Representative George Santos, the Republican from New York whose unexpected victory in November was quickly marred by revelations that he had lied or exaggerated about virtually his entire biography on the campaign trail, announced Monday that he was running for re-election. In a statement announcing his campaign, Mr. Santos did not directly address the controversy …

From time-traveling Stop The Steal leader Ali Alexander: This is too gay. While my audience is familiar with me battling SSA, others aren’t as familiar. I apologize for any inappropriate messages sent over the years. Forgive me. While I have repented before God and confess at Church, I want my supporters and those involved to hear my apology today. When …

The Missouri Independent reports: They didn’t know it at the time, but Dec. 3, 2020, was the start of a nightmare for Wandrea Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman. Later that day, the Gateway Pundit, a St. Louis-based site run by brothers Jim and James Hoft, identified Freeman as one of the election workers accused of producing and counting 18,000 …