memeorandum: Records show George Santos made questionable payments to vendors, experts say (Newsday)

1:35 PM ET, January 15, 2023

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Eugene Daniels / Politico:

POLITICO Playbook: Three storylines to watch in Biden's document drama — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — HAPPENING NOW — “Biden speech at Ebenezer to bring focus to King's legacy, likely to president's as well,"by The Atlanta Journal …

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United States House Committee on Oversight …:

Comer Calls on White House to Release Biden's Wilmington Residence Visitor Log, Questions Why Biden Aides Continue to Search Properties in Wake of Special Counsel — WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is calling on White House Chief …

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Daniella Cheslow / Wall Street Journal:

House GOP Seeks Biden Residence Visitor Logs as Classified-Document Saga Continues — White House said Saturday further documents were discovered in Wilmington — House Republicans are seeking two years of visitor logs from President Biden's Delaware home as part of a push for more details …

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Stephanie Saul / New York Times:

What College Admissions Could Look Like Without Affirmative Action — Schools may need to rethink everything, including recruitment, scholarships, standardized testing and alumni preferences. — MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — In 1964, hoping to erase its image as a privileged cloister for white rich families …

Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:

Saudi prosecutors seek death penalty for academic over social media use — Court documents reveal reasons for Awad Al-Qarni's arrest - even though rulers are major investors in social media platforms — A prominent pro-reform law professor in Saudi Arabia is facing the death penalty …

Washington Post:

Harbor City called George Santos a ‘perfect fit.’ The SEC called the company a fraud. — The inside story of the New York congressman and the now-shuttered Florida firm that employed him for more than a year — In July 2020, a small Florida-based investment firm announced …

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Holly Otterbein / Politico:

A GOP postmortem: What went so wrong in Pennsylvania? — PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania GOP is trying to figure out what went so horribly wrong in 2022. — After the party's disastrous midterm races, Republicans in the critical battleground state are conducting a postmortem …

Newsday:

Records show George Santos made questionable payments to vendors, experts say — Campaign committees tied to Rep. George Santos paid tens of thousands of dollars to newly formed companies with opaque histories and meager track records of working for other candidates, a Newsday review of state and federal filings shows.

Discussion: New York Magazine

Jacob Geanous / New York Post:

Hunter Biden asks court to stop love child from taking his sullied surname — He doesn't want to give her his bad name. — Hunter Biden asked a judge to deny his 4-year-old daughter from taking his surname — claiming it's a lightning rod for criticism and would rob the child of a “peaceful existence.”

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Jon Levine / New York Post:

George Santos wore stolen scarf to ‘Stop the Steal’ rally, ex-roommate says — Embattled GOP Rep. George Santos wore stolen clothing to an election rally which accused President Biden of stealing the 2020 presidential election, according to a former roommate.

Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
George Santos Allegedly Wore a Stolen Scarf to Stop the Steal Rally in 2021

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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:

The racial reckoning led to lots of talk but little real change — A decade of intense Black-led activism, particularly the massive protests after the murder of George Floyd, have led to a society-wide rethinking of America's policies toward Black Americans.

Annie Martin / Orlando Sentinel:

‘Dismay and anxiety’ on college campuses as DeSantis ramps up anti-CRT campaign — Yovanna Pineda, hired more than a decade ago to teach Latin American history at the University of Central Florida, rebranded one of her signature courses last fall. — Striking references to “dictatorships” …

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Robert Downen / The Texas Tribune:

Conroe brewery receives flood of threats, harassment after canceling Kyle Rittenhouse event — The CEO of Southern Star Brewery said the cancellation was prompted primarily by concerns from local patrons rather than pressure from a “woke mob” or distributors such as H-E-B. — Copy link

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Tal Axelrod / ABC News:

Biden classified documents could have national security implications, Schiff says — “I'd like to know what these documents were,” Rep. Schiff said on “This Week” — Rep. Adam Schiff, a former chair of the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that classified documents recently discovered …