Saturday, December 31, 2022
Trump Issues 'Dangerous' Warning After Tax Returns Released
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-issues-dangerous-warning-after-tax-returns-released-1770396
In a statement sent to Newsweek, Trump warned that House Democrats "should have never" publicized the tax records—some of the most privately held documents in the nation—and that the U.S. Supreme Court "should have never approved it."
"It's going to lead to horrible things for so many people," Trump said. "The great USA divide will now grow far worse. The radical, left Democrats have weaponized everything, but remember, that is a dangerous two-way street!"
Trump’s Taxes Are the Best Case Yet for Putting Him in Prison
Perhaps most glaring in the tax returns is that they include 26 Trump businesses—or imaginary businesses—with zero revenue and hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax deductions for expenses.
Unless Trump can produce records showing the expenses are real and meet other standards to be deductible, that’s fraud. That Trump did it 26 times as a candidate and as president is powerful evidence that he qualifies for prosecution by the federal government and New York State for criminal tax fraud.
Full List of Trump's Foreign Bank Accounts
https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-trumps-foreign-bank-accounts-1770459
In 2016, Trump held accounts in China, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Saint Martin, according to CNN. He again listed the first three the following year, and only the U.K. in 2018 and 2020.
Trump's Tax Shenanigans Show Need for Real Reforms
Despite bragging that he's "very rich," former President Donald Trump paid little or nothing in federal income taxes, year after year after year. The IRS never audited Trump as president, in contrast to its own rules, though it audited every other president from Jimmy Carter to Joe Biden.
Trump's low tax payments illustrate his willingness to break the law. But there's a bigger problem. The law itself is rigged in favor of the wealthy and against the rest of us. While Trump likely acted illegally at times, much of his tax avoidance was perfectly legal.
Congress should unite around a basic principle that Republican, Democratic, and independent voters support: the wealthiest, whether they are presidents, CEOs, or just rich heirs, should pay their fair share. Using Trump's tax maneuvering as a guidebook could make the tax code much fairer for all of us.
Friday, December 30, 2022
Congressman's SANTOS Bill Aims to Ban the Obvious: Candidates Who Lie
https://www.newsweek.com/congressmans-santos-bill-aims-ban-obvious-candidates-who-lie-1770285
Democratic New York Representative Ritchie Torres of the Bronx announced on Twitter that he will introduce a new bill that would require candidates for public office to disclose information about their background and qualifications under oath.
The title? The Stop Another Non-Truthful Office Seeker (SANTOS) Act, named after Torres' soon-to-be House of Representatives colleague, George Santos.
Hershey sued in US over metal in dark chocolate claim
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64123157
But the lawsuit refers to recent findings by US magazine Consumer Reports (CR), which tested 28 dark chocolate bars for lead and cadmium.
The magazine alleged that 23 of them, including chocolate from Hershey, Godiva and Lindt, contained "comparatively higher levels" of the metals.
"For 23 of the bars, eating just an ounce (28g) a day would put an adult over a level that public health authorities and CR's experts say may be harmful for at least one of those heavy metals," it claimed.
In particular, Hershey's Special Dark bar and Lily's 70% bar were high in lead, while Lily's 85% bar was high in lead and cadmium.
"Any food can contain heavy metals if they are present in the soil in high concentration," nutritionist Sheeba Majmudar told the BBC.
Did MIT Study Prove Pfizer Vaccine Raised Heart Problems?
https://www.techarp.com/science/mit-pfizer-vaccine-heart-problems/
People are jumping to wholly unjustified conclusions based on the little they read about the MIT study, often without even reading it!
The truth is – the MIT study did NOT prove that the Pfizer vaccine raised the risk of heart damage in people who received them.
George Santos Says His Mom Died Of 9/11-Related Illness. Advocates Say He’s Lying
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/george-santos-sept-11-lies-congress-1234654199/
His claims regarding his mother’s cause of death are not the first time Santos has used his family to bolster his campaign image. He was also revealed to have falsely claimed that his grandparents were Jewish Holocaust survivors who fled Nazi Germany during WWII, and described himself as a “proud American Jew” in campaign documents.
George Santos' Lies Spark Talk of Ilhan Omar 'Marrying Her Brother'
https://www.newsweek.com/george-santos-lies-spark-talk-ilhan-omar-marrying-her-brother-1769776
Greene wrote in a September 2021 tweet: "@IlhanMN marriage fraud is a felony. Free upgrades are nice on airlines, but marrying your bother to give him an upgrade is a felony I look forward to make sure is investigated."
The Georgia Republican took aim at Omar again on Tuesday.
"George Santos lied about his resume, and the left is demanding he resign. Ilhan Omar says she didn't marry her brother, she lied," Greene tweeted. She offered several other examples of people she also accused of lying.
Fact-checking organization PolitiFact reported in 2019 that there is no evidence either proving or disproving that Omar married her brother.
Omar has fiercely pushed back on the allegations. In 2019, she called them "disgusting lies," according to the Associated Press.
New York yeshivas exploit special education funding, latest NYT report claims
Agudath Israel of America, an Orthodox umbrella organization, said in response to Thursday’s report, “Another week, another front-page attack on Orthodox Jews — this time targeting children with special needs and their families.”
“The New York Times confirms, for the 13th time in just three and half months, its obsession with spreading misinformation and demonizing Orthodox and Hasidic Jews,” the organization said in a statement.
Woman finds out she is her daughter's mother - and uncle
https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/pregnancy-and-birth/article-725991
In recent years, more and more such cases have been found and recently, researchers concluded that human chimeras are much more common than they thought. One case that intrigued researchers was that of a woman who discovered that she was both the mother and the uncle of her daughter.
Thursday, December 29, 2022
Con(gress)man Santos: Fraudster George Santos bamboozled the voters and should step aside
He now admits all the lies, so when Santos takes the oath of office on Jan. 3, there’s no reason to think it will be worth anything. After all, the trust of his constituents meant nothing to him. Not that he should take any such oath; if Santos has any shred of decency, he’ll step aside now that his con has been exposed, even if some of his voters are standing behind him. We’re not holding our breath.
If he doesn’t, there doesn’t seem to be much anyone can do. The lies got him elected, but he has been duly elected. All that’s left is for his future colleagues to box him out and investigate him themselves, and wait for the error to be corrected by the voters in two years’ time.
GOP Congressman-elect George Santos investigated for lying about his past
Despite intensifying doubt about his fitness to hold federal office, Santos has shown no signs of stepping aside — even as he publicly admitted to a long list of lies.
Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly, a Republican, said the fabrications and inconsistencies were “nothing short of stunning.”
“The residents of Nassau County and other parts of the third district must have an honest and accountable representative in Congress,” she said. “If a crime was committed in this county, we will prosecute it.”