The REAL reason George Santos was expelled from Congress



Google George Santos and you’ll find a surplus of headlines citing fraud and campaign finance violations, among other accusations. The list of federal felony charges the expelled congressman faces is as follows:

  • one count of conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States
  • two counts of wire fraud
  • two counts of making materially false statements to the Federal Election Commission
  • two counts of falsifying records submitted to obstruct the FEC
  • two counts of aggravated identity theft
  • one count of access device fraud
  • seven counts of wire fraud
  • three counts of money laundering
  • one count of theft of public funds
  • two counts of making materially false statements to the United States House of Representatives

That’s 23 total charges that Santos will answer to in court next month.

According to Santos, however, the only reason he’s been hit with a slew of felonies is because he’s exposed the insidious corruption in Congress.

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“I went from being a member of Congress (previously a private equity professional) to becoming a professional s**t poster on social media, and let me tell you something ... nobody's willing to say that Congress inside trades. Nobody's willing to sit here and tell you Dan Crenshaw is a dirty insider trader,” he tells James Poulos, pointing to the Blaze Originals documentary “Bought and Paid For” released earlier this year that explains how congressmen and women get filthy rich despite their moderate salaries.

Santos says he does it because “the American people deserve to know the scumbags that are in Congress today.”

However, he believes that his boldness is why he’s been ousted and charged with a litany of offenses.

He points to Texas Democrat Sen. Henry Cuellar as proof.

“His indictment says he's been taking bribes from a Mexican bank and the country of Azerbaijan for the last ten years, which means he's been corrupt since the day he got here. I think that's far more than the BS they try to pin on me,” says Santos, and yet despite his crimes, Cuellar is considered “an honorable member with great relationships and accomplishments.”

To hear Santos spill the tea on his least favorite members of Congress, like Eric Swalwell's intimate relations with a Chinese spy, watch the episode above.

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AOC says capitalism is 'not a redeemable system,' calls for Facebook to be broken up



Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said capitalism is "not a redeemable system" for Americans, and represents the "absolute pursuit of profit" at all costs.

"Capitalism at its core, what we're talking about when we talk about that is the absolute pursuit of profit at all human, environmental, and social cost," AOC said during a Yahoo Finance interview on Thursday.

Ocasio-Cortez claimed that capitalism empowers only a "very small group of actual capitalists," who she said "have so much money that their money makes money and they don't have to work."

"They can control industry, they can control our energy sources, they can control our labor, they can control massive markets, that they dictate and can capture governments, and they can essentially have power over the many," AOC said of the small group of "actual capitalists." "And to me, that is not a redeemable system for us to be able to participate in for the prosperity and peace for the vast majority of people."

The New York democratic socialist cited the Koch family, and criticized them for "having control over the vast majority or large plurality of our oil assets in the United States."

"Private families having control over means of production, that is essentially the capitalist system that we live in," AOC told host Andy Serwer. "It is a small group that is of privatized control over what we eat and how we fuel our society."

\u201cTo me, capitalism\u2026 is the absolute pursuit of profit at all human, environmental, and social cost.\u201d Rep. @AOC says. \u201cWhat we\u2019re also discussing is the ability for a very small group of actual capitalists\u2026 [to] capture governments. \u2026 That is not a redeemable system for us\u2026\u201dpic.twitter.com/U7RS2hkiJs
— Yahoo Finance (@Yahoo Finance) 1643914241

AOC proclaimed that she wants to break up Facebook, which she accused of having "completely corrosive ways."

"Facebook should be broken up," Ocasio-Cortez declared. "We should pursue antitrust activity on Facebook."

She said Facebook acts as a communication platform, advertiser, platform, and vendor.

"And so because they are so many businesses and industries in one, the case is, I believe, right there in and of itself as to why they should be subject to antitrust activity," she remarked.

AOC blamed Facebook for exporting disinformation, which she said has "absolutely slowed and frankly sabotaged the global effort to fight against the coronavirus."

$FB "should be broken up," Rep. @AOC says. "We should pursue antitrust activity on Facebook, and there are so many different reasons why." Full comments:\n\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/\u00a0pic.twitter.com/m7EBCe6fmo
— Yahoo Finance (@Yahoo Finance) 1643746661

Serwer asked AOC about why Congress hasn't passed a ban on its members trading stocks.

"Well, it's not it's not really a mystery to me why it's difficult to pass," Ocasio-Cortez responded. "An enormous amount – I wouldn't be surprised if it was a majority of members of Congress hold and trade individual stock. I don't know the actual numbers. But it is a very large degree."

"Members of Congress have access to very sensitive security clearances. We have access to very detailed tailored briefs. Our job is to try to anticipate and legislate for what we see as coming," AOC stated. "And we should not have the ability to both have access to that information and be able to hold and trade individual stock. And that's really what this is about. It's about our ability to direct and hold trades in individual stock with access to the sensitive information that the public has given us."

\u201cIt\u2019s not really a mystery to me why it\u2019s difficult to pass,\u201d @AOC says about the push to ban stock trading in Congress. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be surprised if it was a majority of members of Congress hold and trade individual stock.\u201dpic.twitter.com/U0PeLVvEss
— Yahoo Finance (@Yahoo Finance) 1643819886