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George Santos Officially Expelled from Congress — Here’s What Happened

Lissete Lanuza Sáenz — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 16:45:08 +0000

George Santos has officially been expelled from the House of Representatives, after a vote which took place on Friday, December 1, 2023. He is only the sixth member to be expelled in the entire 234 year history of the House of Representatives and only the third person since the Civil War. He is also the

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Here Are the 27 Latino Films Congress Nominated for the National Film Registry for 2023

Kiko Martinez — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 14:31:17 +0000

Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus have nominated 27 Latine films for inclusion into the National Film Registry (NFR) this year. The NFR, which selected films for preservation based on their “historical, cultural, and aesthetic contributions,” was founded in 1988. Of the 850 films currently listed in the registry, only

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9/11 Lies, Drag Shows & Stealing from a Dying Dog? — George Santos is Having a Very Bad Week

Kiko Martinez — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 16:58:27 +0000

Republican congressman George Santos is having another terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week. Where do we even begin? First, it’s been confirmed that Santos, who is under fire for lying about, well, basically everything, was lying about his mother working in the World Trade Center and surviving the September 11 attacks in New York

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George Santos, the Congressman-Elect Who Lied About Resume, Now Facing International Charges

Kiko Martinez — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 16:33:21 +0000

Prosecutors in Brazil are reopening a criminal fraud case against Republican and New York representative-elect George Santos. According to The New York Times, Brazilian authorities, until recently, had been unable to locate Santos for more than a decade. The Times is reporting that the fraud case stems from a 2008 incident where Santos allegedly spent

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AOC Gets Called a ‘Fking Bih’ in Recent Act of Cowardice by Way of GOP Lawmaker

Julyssa Lopez — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 18:00:19 +0000

Today in news that proves the wildly inappropriate gall and audacity of GOP lawmakers, The Hill is reporting that Ted Yoho, a Republican Congressman representing Florida, confronted and accosted Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the Capitol steps this week. According to a reporter who overheard the flare-up, Yoho reportedly called her “disgusting” and told her she was

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These 2 Women Are Expected to Become the First Texas Latinas Elected to Congress

Christine Bolaños — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 18:17:24 +0000

Veronica Escobar and Sylvia Garcia might be making history. Results from the Texas primary election has set the stage for the possibility of two of the state’s Democratic Latinas to head to Congress for the first time. Former El Paso Judge Veronica Escobar declared victory Tuesday in her race to replace US Representative Beto O’Rourke,

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