Homocons

“What he did in that video was completely homophobic, terrible dialing us back, and he lost a lot of suburban women. What he did in that video was completely homophobic, terrible dialing us back, and he lost a lot of suburban women. “We have to have a society where we allow adults to live their lives as long as you’re …

CBS News reports: When an outside firm hired by then-congressional hopeful George Santos in 2021 delivered a secret internal report detailing aspects of the candidate’s checkered background, several of his aides found it too much to stomach. They urged Santos to drop out, and when he refused, they quit. Portions of the report, published here for the first time, show …

The Washington Post reports: In the United States, as an openly gay member of a party now targeting the type of show he once performed, Santos has backed hard-line policies that many in the LGBTQ community find discriminatory. He has supported a Florida law that bars educators from discussing sexual orientation in early elementary education. He has co-sponsored a bill …

The New York Post reports: Scandal-scarred Rep. George Santos (R-NY) was overheard at a swanky Manhattan party on Tuesday night saying he has recently dropped weight by using Ozempic, a source said. The feisty pol also allegedly declared he could beat his Beltway rival Mitt Romney in a “cage match” because he knows jiu-jitsu, when one guest suggested a face-off …

Omaha’s NBC affiliate reports: An Omaha man convicted for his role in the Jan. 6 riots will have to finish his probation. A judge denied Brandon Straka’s request. He’s serving 36 months probation, including three months of house arrest. In a response filed Aug. 23, U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves said the full term of probation, which has about 17 months …

The Hill reports: Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) on Friday said he would not take a plea deal “right now” in the federal case where he faces 13 criminal charges related to alleged financial crimes. “Look, right now? No,” Santos said when asked in an interview with FOX 5’s “Good Day New York” if he would take a plea deal. “Right …

The New York Daily News reports: A staff member for U.S. Rep. George Santos has been indicted on charges he impersonated an aide to powerful House speaker Kevin McCarthy to raise funds for the oft-lying Santos — and took a 15 % commission for his trouble. Samuel Miele was charged Wednesday in Brooklyn Federal Court with aggravated identity theft and …

First, a reminder from December 2022: Brandon Straka filed a defamation suit against MSNBC, Chris Hayes, and Ari Melber today and stated this is just the “first in a strategic string of lawsuits” he will be filing against various media outlets and individuals for egregiously malicious and untruthful reporting about the details of his misdemeanor charge related to the 8 …

The Daily Beast reports: An Oregon jury cleared two Portland activists of all civil liability on Tuesday after right-wing provocateur Andy Ngô accused them of physically attacking him while he was undercover at a 2021 rally. Ngô was unmasked and beaten at the demonstration with “fists and weapons” by “antifa” decked out in all black outfits, he said at the …

Newsweek reports: An armed Neo-Nazi group protested a Pride in the Park event in Watertown, Wisconsin, on Saturday afternoon that featured a drag story time and drag shows. Video journalist Oliya Scootercaster took to Twitter on Saturday to document the protest and wrote, “BLOOD TRIBE group marching in Watertown Wisconsin protesting Pride in the park.” In her videos, one Neo-Nazi …

The New York Times reports: About a year before George Santos was elected to Congress, he and three other men approached a loyal campaign donor with a potentially lucrative opportunity. A wealthy Polish citizen wanted to buy cryptocurrency, they said, but for reasons unclear, his fortune was frozen in a bank account. They asked the donor, a wealthy investor in …

The Daily Beast reports: Dan Wootton, a former star reporter at Rupert Murdoch’s Sun newspaper, has been accused of creating bogus online identities to trick and bribe men into sending him sexually compromising images. Byline News first reported Wootton had targeted media colleagues, friends, and members of the public for more than a decade, posing as a fictitious celebrity agent …

Politico reports: Naysa Woomer, former communications director for besieged New York Congressman George Santos, spoke for the first time with POLITICO’s Daniel Lippman about what it was like to work for the fact-challenged freshman. First, there was the time she said he almost burned the place down — literally. Early one morning in April, Woomer discovered that Santos, who liked …

Bloomberg News reports: George Santos, the embattled Republican congressman charged with federal fraud, won permission from a judge to dine, shop and to attend meetings and events in a broader area outside the US capital. US Magistrate Judge Anne Shields late on Wednesday agreed to modify the current restrictions imposed upon the lawmaker in his $500,000 bond. Santos was required …

The Miami Herald reports: Fabian Basabe had a bone to pick. At an event at the Standard Spa in Miami Beach, he had been seated next to people unfamiliar to him — prompting the former reality TV star and socialite who would later become a Republican state representative to send a scathing email to hotel employees. “Please don’t ever sit …

CBS News reports: GOP Rep. George Santos, who was indicted on federal charges in May, has asked the federal magistrate judge overseeing his case to ease his pretrial travel restrictions and allow him to move within a 30-mile radius of the District of Columbia. Santos’ lawyer told U.S. Magistrate Judge Anne Shields in a letter Wednesday that the embattled congressman …

The Daily Beast reports: After The Daily Beast reported that a bumper crop of new maximum donors to Rep. George Santos (R-NY) appeared to have links to indicted Chinese right-wing financier Guo Wengui, new evidence suggests those ties are even stronger than anyone could have guessed. On Monday, the Hark Herald Press, an independent investigative outlet that scrutinizes Chinese political …

The New York Times reports: House Democrats plan to unveil a resolution on Monday to formally censure Representative George Santos of New York for blatantly lying to voters about his life story, teeing up a fresh attempt to reprimand the freshman Republican. The new measure faces long odds of passing the Republican-led House. But Democrats believe forcing a vote will …

Florida Politics reports: A formal sexual harassment complaint against Rep. Fabián Basabe has now been filed with the House. Two male staffers, Nicolas Frevola and Jacob Cutbirth, detailed many of the accusations already described in a lawsuit filed against Basabe in Leon County. Those include accusations the Miami Beach Republican told both men he wanted to have anal sex with …

“They come for me, I go right back for them because I think for far too long they’ve gotten away with going along to get along. So no, it’s not going to stay that way anymore. “I’m gonna call them out. You want to call me a liar. I’ll call you a sellout. I mean Mitt Romney, the man goes …