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Andy Blumenthal

Jan 15, 2023, 7:07 AM

The Biggest Liar in America

Who is the biggest liar in America today? You'd be hard-pressed not to answer US House Representative George Santos (R-NY). Although some would say, "What a perfect politician he makes!" From his Bronx Ivy Prep high school at Horace Mann...

Jan 10, 2023, 9:13 PM

The Much-Maligned George Santos

If anything shows the unconscionable attacks of the American media on decent politicians it is what is happening now to Congressman George Santos. A man of notorious bad memory, he made some statements that have made him the object...

Jan 5, 2023, 10:07 PM

George Santos’ Secrets

It is hard to fathom inner life of George Santos, the disgraced Congressman-elect from the 3rd District of New York, as he manufactured virtually everything about his past and identity to create a new persona and win a seat...

Joshua Z. Rokach

Jan 2, 2023, 5:15 PM

The Santos scandal: now comes the hard part

US House in session/house.gov

The 118th US Congress opens tomorrow. The House, already chaotic, has on its hands the mess of the member-elect from Long Island’s Third Congressional District. George Santos truly embodies Gilbert and Sullivan’s satirical verse, “Things are seldom what they...

Stephen Daniel Arnoff

Jan 2, 2023, 12:04 PM

Santos lies, Machiavelli sighs, and we get the leaders we deserve

Statue of Niccolo Machiavelli by Lorenzo Bartolini, in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, 1843 (Cc-Share Alike 3.0)

This lost, lonely young man and his complacent community teach us an essential lesson about leadership: We all stand on the shoulders of giants

Dec 31, 2022, 10:00 AM

George Santos’ Mea Culpa (Satire)

The United States Capitol Building Washington D.C. January 3, 2023 Standing before a gaggle of journalists, Congressman George Santos gave the following speech: Good afternoon. Thanks for being here. This afternoon at 12:00 pm, I raised my right hand and swore to G-d...

Joshua Hammerman

Dec 30, 2022, 5:41 PM

Everyone’s a little bit Jew-ish, except George Santos

US Representative-elect George Santos speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 19, 2022. (Wade Vandervort / AFP)

'Ish' is a useful suffix, because so many of us are blends of many things, including Jewish heritage, but falsely claiming your family fled the Nazis is a new low

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Dec 30, 2022, 10:57 AM

Deri, Santos, and Electing Liars

Is bald, significant lying about one’s past or future enough to disqualify an elected official? Quite coincidentally, this question has arisen the past week in the US and in Israel as well. “Coincidentally”? Perhaps in the specific timing, but...

Dec 29, 2022, 11:48 AM

Post Interviews Trump on Santos (Satire)

Post: Thank you President Trump for inviting us to this magnificent palace that you call Mar-a-Lago and for allowing the Post to get your opinions on Congressman-elect George Santos. Trump: Well, I'm glad to have you here. Thanks for your...

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