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☆ George Santos once bragged about having no student debt from a school he never actually attended: 'I hate looking at youth today and seeing them sitting on their behinds'
  + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
In a 2020 podcast, Rep. George Santos bragged about graduating from NYU without student debt. Santos has previously criticized student debt relief, saying it would be an unfair policy. That didn't stop him from sharing his opinions on student debt during his initial, and failed, congressional run three years ago. In May 2022, he wrote on Twitter: "Allow me to solve the student debt issue: Step 1: You take out the loan. "Student debt cancellation will change lives, and I'm proud to have fought for it," Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal wrote on Twitter.
☆ George Santos — accused of falsifying most of his CV — says he is a 'workhorse' and that he's 'lived an honest life'
  + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
George Santos told Matt Gaetz that he has lived an "honest life." During the podcast, Santos told Gaetz he has "lived an honest life" and has "never been accused of any bad doing." Santos admitted to the New York Post in December that he never graduated from any institute of higher learning. Prosecutors in Long Island said on December 28 that they opened an investigation into Santos. Long Island Republicans and the New York State GOP in January called on Santos to resign, but he has refused to do so.
☆ House Republicans voted to gut the House Ethics Committee, and George Santos said it was 'fantastic'
  + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
House Republicans voted on Monday to hobble the Office of Congressional Ethics. George Santos, facing multiple investigations and ethics complaints, called the changes "fantastic." The Office of Congressional Ethics, first established in 2008, is a quasi-independent body tasked with investigating allegations of misconduct against members of Congress. It then makes a determination as to whether those allegations are worth investigating further, at which point it makes a referral to the House Ethics Committee, which is evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats. In 2017, House Republicans voted in conference to subsume the office under the House Ethics Committee, effectively neutering it.
☆ George Santos accused of flashing white-power symbol during House speaker vote
  + stars: | 2023-01-08 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Rep. George Santos has been accused of flashing a white-power symbol on the House floor on Thursday. Santos appeared to flash an OK symbol while casting a vote for Kevin McCarthy as speaker. The then-incoming lawmaker, who was sworn in on Saturday, was pictured making the gesture as he cast a vote for Kevin McCarthy in the tenth round of votes for House speaker. Santos used his right hand to cast his vote for McCarthy while making a sideways "OK" gesture with his left hand, which was positioned across his body. Many took to social media to condemn Santos and speculate on whether he had deliberately flashed the hand gesture.
☆ Rep.-elect George Santos dodged reporters and sat alone in the House chamber on his first day in Congress
  + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Embattled Rep.-elect George Santos arrived for his first day in Congress on Tuesday. Santos — who lied about his education, religion, and work background — was also seen dodging reporters. Later in the afternoon, Santos was loudly booed by Democrats when he cast a vote for California Rep. Kevin McCarthy to be House speaker, according to CBS News. On Tuesday evening, the chamber adjourned for the day and voting will resume at noon on Wednesday. In a previous campaign for Congress, Santos claimed he had attended Horace Mann School, a prestigious preparatory school in the Bronx.
☆ From nothing to millions — incoming Republican Rep. George Santos' congressional financial disclosures raise more questions about his truthfulness
  + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
In his first run for Congress two years ago, Republican George Santos disclosed having almost no assets. A new New York Times report revealed several inaccuracies in Santos' reported resume. The Devolder Organization, in which Santos disclosed that he had "100% interest," was one of six stakeholders in a Florida-based firm, Red Strategies USA. Santos' past in questionA newly released report by the New York Times and other publications put other aspects of Santos' resume into question. The New York Times also indicated that Santos may have lied about losing colleagues in the Pulse nightclub shooting and his residence.
☆ 19-year-old who makes $10,000 a month from his video game side hustle: 'I never knew that writing could make me' so much money
  + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
During his senior year of high school, Arash Lahijani realized he could make money through an unusual side hustle: Writing backstories for video game characters. Arash Lahijani was a high school senior when he learned he could make money writing backstories for video game characters. Since then, he's earned $62,400 writing more than 400 character backstories for an online version of the video game Grand Theft Auto, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It. Here's how Lahijani learned how to write video game character backstories and how he plans to grow his income through writing:How to write a video game backstoryLahijani says his writing skills aren't from English classes or extracurricular interests. Those same types of hooks now serve as the first and last sentences of his character backstories, he adds.
☆ In a political first, two gay candidates face off in congressional election
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Julie Moreau | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +10 min
A historic number of LGBTQ candidates will appear on ballots across the country in November. It is one of 16 competitive races in which LGBTQ candidates appear, and which may decide control of the U.S. House, according to the LGBTQ Victory Fund. 'It was going to happen sooner of later'The odds of a faceoff between two gay candidates have gone up in recent years, because there’s been an increase in LGBTQ candidates at all levels of government. Santos is the only openly LGBTQ Republican running for Congress this fall, according to the LGBTQ Victory Fund. “The issue is not that both of us are gay,” Zimmerman said.
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