Shoot Down the Balloon, You Coward! (And Please Also Donate $35 to Republicans.)
Mother Jones; Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette/AP; Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.President Joe Biden seems to be pretty unhappy about the suspected Chinese spy balloon flying over Montana. His administration signaled this by postponing Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Beijing—less…
George Santos Relative Says They Never Gave $5,800 Reported by the Campaign: “I’m Dumbfounded”
Francis Chung/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last week, Mother Jones reported that more than a dozen top donors to Rep. George Santos’ first congressional campaign did not appear to exist. The donations from people whose names or addresses could not be confirmed totaled more…
We Tried to Call the Top Donors To George Santos’ 2020 Campaign. Many Don’t Seem To Exist.
Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In September 2020, George Santos’ congressional campaign reported that Victoria and Jonathan Regor had each contributed $2,800—the maximum amount—to his first bid for a House seat. Their listed address was 45 New Mexico Street in Jackson Township,…
NY Fund Manager Linked to Russian Oligarch Invested Big with Santos. Now He Claims He Was Conned.
Tom Williams/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.There is something odd about the relationship between GOP fabulist George Santos and Andrew Intrater, a sophisticated and wealthy New York financier, Republican donor, and cousin to sanctioned Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg. Intrater was one of Santos’…
The GOP Sent 61 Insane Emails Begging Me to Buy a $35 Membership
House Republicans, upon learning I had failed to renew my membership. “We are freakinggg out!” they shouted in unison.Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It started innocuously enough. A week after the election, I got an email from the National Republican Congressional Committee.…
Another Santos Money Mystery: He Struck a Curious Business Deal With a Veteran GOP Operative
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) speaks with reporters as he boards an elevator on Capitol Hill on January 10, 2023. Francis Chung/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This past weekend, George Santos, the Republican fabulist from New York, was sworn in as a member of…