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Ethics Chairman Michael Guest, R-Miss., had filed a resolution before the Thanksgiving break to expel Santos from Congress. When the House returns on Tuesday, Guest could move to force a vote on his resolution later in the week. Earlier this month, Santos easily survived an effort by his fellow New York Republicans to oust him from office. Speaking to reporters in Sarasota, Florida, Johnson said "it remains to be seen" if there will be an expulsion vote this week. "I will stand for expulsion," Santos said on X Spaces.

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Listen and follow The DailyApple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon MusicOnly five members of the U.S. House of Representatives have ever been expelled from the institution. This week, Representative George Santos, Republican of New York, could become the sixth. In a damning ethics report, House investigators found that the congressman spent tens of thousands of dollars in political contributions on Botox, Ferragamo goods and vacations. Grace Ashford, who covers New York State politics and government for The Times, explains why, after a year in office, so many of Mr. Santos’s colleagues have had enough.

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☆ George Santos says he'll treat expulsion as a 'badge of honor' as he claims his colleagues are drunkenly having sex with lobbyists 'every night'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rep. George Santos went on an extended tirade against his colleagues on Friday evening. Santos says he expects to be expelled this week and will wear it "like a badge of honor." AdvertisementDays before his likely expulsion from the House of Representatives, Rep. George Santos of New York went on his most unhinged tirade yet. "It ain't gonna be the dude from Mississippi that's gonna kick me, a New Yorker, out of Congress," Santos said. According to the House Ethics Committee's report on Santos's conduct, the congressman was largely uncooperative during the investigation.

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☆ Opinion | ‘The Golden Bachelor’ Is a Fantasy. Aging in America Isn’t.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

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☆ George Santos and the Very Good Reason People Lie About Nonsense - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Elizabeth Spiers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

And I’m not talking just about George Santos. But I am absolutely, definitely talking about George Santos. His lies are so extensive that a very long list of them compiled by New York Magazine under the heading “Here’s Every Single Lie Told by George Santos” may need to be updated by the time you finish reading this essay. New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams, said that he had long carried around a photograph of an officer who was killed in the line of duty. Despite being hailed as the city’s “first vegan mayor” — the author of a vegan cookbook!

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Don’t suppose the imminent end of the political career of the dreadful Representative George Santos rises to the level of holiday cheer. Bret Stephens: It’s a depressing world, Gail, so we need to find cheer wherever we can, and the House Ethics Committee report on Santos does make for delightful reading. and was noted as ‘Botox’ in expense spreadsheets ….” Santos would have been around 32 years old at the time. Gail: You’re right. Gail: I can see how Biden felt a little cornered when a reporter asked him if he still believed Xi was a dictator.

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☆ Opinion | How Do You Solve a Problem Like George Santos?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Mark Chiusano | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

By now, you probably know a lot about George Santos, the congressman who scammed with abandon and made up almost everything. But the fact that he remains in Congress highlights something crucial about the people’s House. Even in that company, Mr. Santos stands out by exposing just how much craziness the Republican Party is willing to tolerate in pursuit of narrow partisan gains. The biographical lies and widely reported small-time hustles that boosted Mr. Santos pale in comparison with his penchant for “just throwing ideas.”I’m borrowing that phrase directly from Mr. Santos, who said it in a Spaces conversation on X, formerly Twitter, in October, shortly after Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel. “I don’t care if we go into a police state for a couple of months.”

Persons: George Santos, “, Mr, Santos, It’s, ” Organizations: The New York Times, Atlantic City, Teamsters, Republican Party Locations: Israel, United States

REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Embattled U.S. Representative George Santos faced a fresh effort to expel him from Congress on Friday, the day after fellow lawmakers released a report that suggested federal prosecutors should bring additional criminal charges against him. The House, which Republicans control by a narrow 221-213 majority, is expected to vote on the expulsion effort when it returns from a two-week recess. Santos' district, which includes a small slice of New York City and some of its eastern suburbs, is seen as competitive. Last time, 182 Republicans voted against expulsion as they need Santos' seat to protect their narrow House majority. "George has betrayed the trust of his constituents who deserve honesty and transparency from their elected official."

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Santos easily survived an expulsion vote earlier this month as lawmakers in both parties stressed the need to allow due process, as Santos is also facing nearly two dozen charges in federal court. The Ethics Committee referred its findings to the Justice Department, serving up new evidence that could potentially play into the federal charges against Santos. Several other members of the Ethics panel have also come out in favor of expulsion now that the investigation is complete. The Ethics panel appointed to investigate Santos met nine times over the course of its investigation, interviewed more than 40 witnesses and authorized 37 subpoenas. The panel also described Santos as uncooperative with their investigation, declining to voluntarily testify or provide a statement under oath.

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☆ Seth Meyers Skewers George Santos for Botox and OnlyFans Expenditures
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Trish Bendix | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now. Not George Santos! A House ethics investigation into George Santos found that the Republican representative spent campaign money on personal items like Botox, lavish trips to Atlantic City, and purchases on OnlyFans. On Thursday, Seth Meyers joked that Santos has “the shopping list of a 98-year-old oil tycoon’s 20-year-old wife.”

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☆ George Santos rode the meme stock wave, buying and selling Gamestop and AMC stocks like a WallStreetBets regular
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The House Ethics Committee released a report regarding its investigation into George Santos. Included in its hundreds of pages of evidence are documents showing stocks Santos once traded. It appears he bought and sold stocks of GameStop and AMC when it en vogue. Buried in "Exhibit 58" of the committee's "Appendix D Part 5" is a selection of tens of thousands of dollars worth of GameStop and AMC Entertainment stock trades Santos reported making in 2021. AdvertisementIn early 2021, hobby stock traders from the "WallStreetBets" subreddit purchased stocks in GameStop en masse after learning investors had begun to short it.

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“Representative Santos sought to fraudulently exploit every aspect of his House candidacy for his own personal financial profit,” the report concluded. Ethics panel concludes sexual harassment allegation against Santos was not substantiatedThe House Ethics panel said there was not substantial evidence to support a sexual harassment allegation brought against Santos. But the report also indicates that there was some tension between the overlapping DOJ criminal probe and House ethics probe. The ethics panel reached out to the Justice Department to deconflict their investigations, and top DOJ officials asked them in March to pause the ethics probe. The House report says DOJ’s “deferral requests” prevented them from getting to the bottom of certain allegations.

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☆ How Santos Spent Donors’ Money: Ferragamo, OnlyFans and Botox
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Nicholas Fandos | More About Nicholas Fandos | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

He had just flipped a Long Island congressional seat, improbably helping deliver Republicans a House majority. Over just a few days last November, Mr. Santos dropped $6,000 at Ferragamo, perhaps some of it on the red designer sneakers he later wore to walk the marble halls of Congress. He paid off his rent, and he pulled out another $1,000 in spending money at an A.T.M. It would have been nothing for the kind of wealthy financier Mr. Santos purported to be on the campaign trail. All of it was being illegally funded by Mr. Santos’s congressional campaign, which wired him $20,000 just after Thanksgiving without ever telling campaign donors or the Federal Election Commission.

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☆ George Santos spent campaign funds on OnlyFans, Botox, and Hermes, ethics report finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. George Santos used campaign money on some... interesting personal expenses. According to a new House ethics report, he used funds for OnlyFans, Hermes, Botox, and Sephora. AdvertisementRep. George Santos used his congressional campaign money for extensive self-care, according to a damning new report from the House ethics committee. The money, according to bank records obtained by House Ethics investigators, came from a corporate entity called Redstone Strategies, which Santos controlled. Based on the bank records made public by the House Ethics Committee, Business Insider could not identify which OnlyFans creators Santos subscribed to.

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☆ What the plastic surgery industry can tell us about the path of the economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Plastic surgery demand may be one signal. Anyone looking for more under-the-radar economic signals can add plastic surgery to the list. The plastic bubble popBut within the plastic surgery industry, the pullback in demand is undeniable, particularly considering how hot business was through 2021. "It's something that really took most of us by surprise," he said of the pandemic's plastic surgery boom. And media attention … that influences discretionary purchases and plastic surgery.

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☆ China's macro backdrop has investors worried. Here are some stocks that could be safe from any weakness
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

A lackluster economic backdrop in China shouldn't keep Wall Street from buying opportunities in the world's second-largest economy, some investors say. Consumer growth bets Kirby named Yum China as one quality stock idea. He also expects Yum China could still benefit from a rebound in consumer spending in China. It's a spending category the fund manager doesn't expect will suffer from any weakness in the macro backdrop. Yum China is higher this year by more than 4%.

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☆ Ariana Grande reveals she had ‘a ton’ of lip filler and Botox, but stopped years ago
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Ariana Grande has revealed she’s taken a hiatus from lip fillers and Botox injections in recent years. The singer and the actor has not previously disclosed undergoing any cosmetic procedures. Similarly, she continued, she used cosmetic procedures in the same way. “I had a ton of lip filler over the years, and Botox. Grande is part of an increasing number of young patients who have undergone cosmetic enhancements.

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☆ 'Barbie Botox' goes viral but doctors inject caution
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Leroy Leo | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

But since the "Barbie" movie released in July, there has been an uptick in demand for use as a cosmetic procedure. Meanwhile, Revance and Evolus Inc (EOLS.O), which make similar toxins under the brand Daxxify and Jeuveau, respectively, told Reuters that though "Barbie Botox" has picked up in recent months, they do not see the trend significantly boosting sales. However, the doctors said they were concerned about a rise in use among younger women - and six doctors warned that procedures by underqualified staff at some medispas raised the risk of complications. Doctors also stressed the risk with administration by people who may not be properly qualified, especially at medispas where there is little oversight. "The science isn't quite there yet, in order to support the clinical profile of it," said Evolus CEO David Moatazedi.

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☆ Tech execs are buying $150,000 red-light therapy beds and $70,000 hyperbaric chambers for their wellness quests
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Big-ticket items included $150,000 red-light therapy beds and $70,000 hyperbaric chambers. It's not just tech bros who seem to be obsessed with health, wellness, and longevity trends. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe Information, a subscription tech industry news site, recently conducted an anonymous poll of 500 subscribers' health and wellness habits. At Next Level Therapeutics, a wellness center in New York City, a 15-minute NovoThor full body red light therapy session costs about $55, according to its booking page. Among the general population, wellness trends like cold plunges and red light therapy are gaining popularity as the quest to live longer increasingly goes mainstream.

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☆ Opinion: Charlize Theron is right. Stop obsessing about your face
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Holly Thomas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“People think I had a facelift,” complained Charlize Theron, the star of “Monster,” “Mad Max: Fury Road” and “Fast X” in a recent interview for Allure magazine. “They’re like, ‘What did she do to her face?’ I’m like, ‘B***h, I’m just aging! It’s one thing to want a new nose, another to want to look like yourself 10 or 15 years ago. Whereas we can only assume the inspiration for someone’s redesigned features, the template for our “younger” face is right there, in our old Instagram photos and Facebook albums — or in Theron’s case, in paparazzi shots dating back several decades. What we do with our time, as opposed to how we look while we’re doing it, is the point.

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☆ Why is RFK Jr.'s voice raspy? He has a neurological disorder called spasmodic dysphonia
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Kennedy, 69, previously revealed he was diagnosed in his early 40s with a rare neurological condition called spasmodic dysphonia. What is spasmodic dysphonia? Spasmodic dysphonia is a neurological disorder that causes involuntary spasms in the muscles of the voice box, also known as the larynx, according to John Hopkins Medicine. Spasmodic dysphonia may also be inherited, but a specific gene for the disorder has not yet been identified. Other notable people with spasmodic dysphonia include "Hellboy" actress Selma Blair, CBS News correspondent Jeff Pegues, and journalist Diane Rehm.

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☆ How lip fillers and laser hair removal are plumping up private equity
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Rebecca Ungarino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Sixth Street, Blackstone, and Ares have backed providers of treatments like laser hair removal. Laser hair removal, body contouring, filler injections — it's not just TikTok and Instagram where people are talking about their latest treatments. The space is another consumer-focused vertical, like dentistry and dermatology, that private equity firms, big and small, are aggressively pushing into. Christian Karavolas, who owns laser hair removal specialist Romeo & Juliette in New York City, said he's turned away offers by private equity investors. Laser hair removal, for instance, isn't considered a medical procedure in every state.

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☆ ‘How To With John Wilson’ Loves All of You Weirdos
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( James Poniewozik | More About James Poniewozik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The final season premiere of the docu-essay series “How To With John Wilson” opens, like many of its episodes, with a problem. Wilson, whose self-help ruminations began airing on HBO in 2020, has a home plumbing emergency that sends him on a search for New York City’s elusive public bathrooms. But the episode, “How to Find a Public Restroom,” is about more than the lengths New Yorkers will go to for relief. Wilson talks to cabdrivers who resort to peeing in empty water bottles for lack of accessible facilities. Wilson builds out his story like a complex system of plumbing.

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July 27 (Reuters) - AbbVie (ABBV.N) on Thursday raised its annual profit forecast after beating analysts' estimates for second-quarter earnings on a lower-than-expected fall in sales of blockbuster arthritis drug Humira and strong sales of newer treatments. Global Humira sales tumbled 25.2% to $4.01 billion while analysts had expected $3.94 billion, according to Refinitiv data. Still, Humira sales are expected to drop 37% in 2023, and the company has been leaning on newer immunology drugs Skyrizi and Rinvoq to drive growth. Excluding one-off items, AbbVie reported a profit of $2.91 per share, beating the average analyst estimate of $2.81. The company raised its 2023 adjusted profit forecast to $10.90 to $11.10 per share from $10.57 to $10.97 earlier.

Persons: Evan Seigerman, Richard Gonzalez, Leroy Leo, Patrick Wingrove, Sriraj Kalluvila, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Global, BMO Capital, Reuters, Thomson Locations: U.S, Amgen, Bengaluru, New York

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