So the bill meant to “increase transparency” has an amendment added to specifically allow money to be less transparent.
He’ll be convicted of at least some of the counts, but will immediately begin appealing the decision and won’t face any consequences before the election.
Maybe the fact that he’s now a “convicted felon” will sway some people, but my guess is that most will simply move their own internal goalposts “since it’s still being decided on appeal”
Only if it’s a club.
The idea of being able to access the trackball from the front or back really is intriguing.
Corporate needs you to find the difference between this woman and TurboTax.
No, charging other people so that you can take advantage of a loophole is called Tax Preparation
At this point we’ve reached a complete and utter death of euphemism around anything regarding Trump.
All attempts to “bring to light” any horrible thing Trump has factually committed will be met by his followers with, “Well that’s actually a good thing.” And any politician trying to ride his wake will have to go along with it.
How soon until we start hearing “Look, we have to view Hitler with some nuance” from the Senate podium.
You might try to critique this joke with a fine-tooth comb, but then you’d just be splitting hairs.
Return of the Obra Dinn is short but a great puzzle game for keeping track of things.
Who is this message even for? Not the workers obviously. Does it instill the investors with confidence? “Production is so poorly managed and staffed that we have to rely on people working overtime.” Does it increase demand? “Come buy these vehicles assembled by overworked, sleep-deprived line workers, hope it works out if you get in an wreck!” It’s entirely for his own ego.
Is this what having an aneurysm feels like?
Just before the vote was about to begin, Rep. Max Miller of Ohio, one of Santos’ Republican colleagues, sent an email to the full Republican conference, writing that he and his mother were victims of credit card fraud tied to Santos’ campaign and that he would be voting to remove Santos.
“Neither my Mother nor I approved these charges or were aware of them,” Miller wrote in the email obtained by NPR. “We have spent tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees in the resulting follow up.”
It’s literally because it was starting to affect them personally.
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/01/1215899764/george-santos-expulsion-house
This stopgap bill would absolutely have enough votes to pass in the House and the only reason McCarthy won’t bring it to a vote is because the hard liners would motion to vacate the speakership. So the US will be plunged into chaos all because one guy doesn’t want to lose his title. Cool democracy.
Exactly this.
“Sorry Mr. President, the policies you enacted during the triple hurricane saved thousands of lives, but the drug test you took beforehand were positive for mood stabilizers so we’ve invalidated your policies and everyone who was saved by them has been taken out back and shot.”
This isn’t the fucking Olympics. But then debates are a terrible way to judge a president to begin with.