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  • Republican George Santos expelled from Congress

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 1 11:26:36 2023
    Republican George Santos expelled from Congress in bipartisan vote

    Congressman, who has pleaded not guilty to 23 federal fraud charges,
    becomes only sixth member ever expelled from US House

    The final tally on Friday was 311-114, with two members recorded
    present and eight absent.
    ...
    ...
    Robert Reich, a Berkeley professor, former US labor secretary and
    Guardian columnist, said: "George Santos may be gone from Congress,
    but a majority of Republicans voted against expelling him -- including
    the entire House GOP leadership. The Republican party once again
    showed that it doesn't really care about ethics or the law, only
    power."

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/01/george-santos-expelled-congress-vote

    Now what is George going to do for money?

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Fri Dec 1 19:23:43 2023
    On 2023-12-01, JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:
    Robert Reich, a Berkeley professor, former US labor secretary and
    Guardian columnist, said: "George Santos may be gone from Congress,
    but a majority of Republicans voted against expelling him -- including
    the entire House GOP leadership. The Republican party once again
    showed that it doesn't really care about ethics or the law, only
    power."

    Saw that and was shocked by the overwhelming support he got from his
    party. "Party before people" is the biggest issue in the system right
    now, and combined with Citizens "let's get more money into politics"
    United (SCOTUS: you suck), the potential to make big money has never
    been better.

    This is a 100% fixable problem, if we had a government willing to do it.
    But look what we've got instead.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Dec 1 20:04:05 2023
    On Fri, 01 Dec 2023 19:23:43 GMT, Retrograde
    <[email protected]d> wrote:

    This is a 100% fixable problem

    Syndicate behavior has been going on for a long time, from local
    counties, towns, cities, to congressional folks.

    In rural cities, one can see these characters doing their dancing, but
    in larger cities, it takes an investigative reporter to expose them.

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