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Download PDF flyer Photo: Representative George Santos. Public domain. The seemingly endless string of lies told by Representative George Santos has been capturing headlines for weeks, and it’s easy to see why. Each fabrication seems bolder and more absurd than the next, and yet he refuses to give up the congressional seat he won through fraud. And now, he is actually being given committee assignments by Republican leadership! The fact that he will be appointed to these bodies, as opposed to being left out altogether, is an indicator that pressure on him to resign is easing up.  It is right for people to be outraged at the wanton deception displayed by Santos. To name a few examples, he lied about where he went to high school and college, made up a fake career in finance...

Photo: Kevin McCarthy speaking in December, 2021. Public domain The House of Representatives remains deadlocked, with a handful of extreme right-wing politicians refusing to back their fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy to be the body’s Speaker. All week, McCarthy has been locked in negotiations with this grouping, but has failed in more than a dozen votes to secure the support of a majority of representatives.  This has been treated with a mix of anger and alarm in the corporate media and among elite political commentators. They point out that without a Speaker of the House — who is responsible for setting up committees and determining what matters come before the whole body — Congress is frozen and cannot take up any new legislation.   While this may be a s...