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Anonymous wrote:Fatima’s Jewish-Ukrainian parents, by way of Belgium, were named Paul and Rosalina Devolder.

It’s early but Paul doesn’t strike me as a common name for Jewish people.

JTA is skeptical:

“Not addressed in the article: Was he lying about his Jewish background? As with so much else in his personal narrative, there’s little to suggest truth beyond his own past comments.

The Times noted that Santos, 34, has identified to Jewish Insider as Jewish through his mother and Catholic through his father. Both parents were born in Brazil. Santos has said on Twitter that he is a practicing Catholic — and it is not unusual for some Americans to identify as ethnically Jewish and religiously Christian.

“Whether my mother’s Jewish background beliefs, which are mine or my father’s Roman Catholic beliefs, which are also mine, are represented or not,” he told Jewish Insider after his election, “I want to represent everyone else that practices every other religion to make sure everybody feels like they have a partner in me.”
https://www.jta.org/2022/12/19/politics/congressman-elect-george-santos-campaigned-as-a-jewish-republican-was-he-lying

Fatima isn't a Jewish or Ukrainian name, either.

In Brazil, it’s just dated. NBD.

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Anonymous wrote:Fatima’s Jewish-Ukrainian parents, by way of Belgium, were named Paul and Rosalina Devolder.

It’s early but Paul doesn’t strike me as a common name for Jewish people.

JTA is skeptical:

“Not addressed in the article: Was he lying about his Jewish background? As with so much else in his personal narrative, there’s little to suggest truth beyond his own past comments.

The Times noted that Santos, 34, has identified to Jewish Insider as Jewish through his mother and Catholic through his father. Both parents were born in Brazil. Santos has said on Twitter that he is a practicing Catholic — and it is not unusual for some Americans to identify as ethnically Jewish and religiously Christian.

“Whether my mother’s Jewish background beliefs, which are mine or my father’s Roman Catholic beliefs, which are also mine, are represented or not,” he told Jewish Insider after his election, “I want to represent everyone else that practices every other religion to make sure everybody feels like they have a partner in me.”
https://www.jta.org/2022/12/19/politics/congressman-elect-george-santos-campaigned-as-a-jewish-republican-was-he-lying

Fatima isn't a Jewish or Ukrainian name, either.

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Anonymous wrote:Fatima’s Jewish-Ukrainian parents, by way of Belgium, were named Paul and Rosalina Devolder.

It’s early but Paul doesn’t strike me as a common name for Jewish people.

JTA is skeptical:

“Not addressed in the article: Was he lying about his Jewish background? As with so much else in his personal narrative, there’s little to suggest truth beyond his own past comments.

The Times noted that Santos, 34, has identified to Jewish Insider as Jewish through his mother and Catholic through his father. Both parents were born in Brazil. Santos has said on Twitter that he is a practicing Catholic — and it is not unusual for some Americans to identify as ethnically Jewish and religiously Christian.

“Whether my mother’s Jewish background beliefs, which are mine or my father’s Roman Catholic beliefs, which are also mine, are represented or not,” he told Jewish Insider after his election, “I want to represent everyone else that practices every other religion to make sure everybody feels like they have a partner in me.”
https://www.jta.org/2022/12/19/politics/congressman-elect-george-santos-campaigned-as-a-jewish-republican-was-he-lying

Anonymous wrote:Fatima’s Jewish-Ukrainian parents, by way of Belgium, were named Paul and Rosalina Devolder.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this guys legal name even Santos? Or is it Devolder? And if it’s not Santos, did the votes for that name actually count?

That’s what I want to know. If he isn’t even who he says he is, isn’t that fraud?

Anonymous wrote:Is this guys legal name even Santos? Or is it Devolder? And if it’s not Santos, did the votes for that name actually count?

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Anonymous wrote:This is why journalism is important, kids. Also, where was the Democratic Party opposition research? Red lights were blinking everywhere - https://dccc.org/the-case-against-george-santos/

Really nice to learn about this a month AFTER the election.

What stupid, lazy F**ks are staffing the NYT these days.

Dan Diamond with the Washington Post has an interesting read on this, I think it’s that reporters are busy looking at the big picture and not on the little details? The tiny local paper had suspicions but not enough reach or funds to dig into everything.

“The Santos story unfolded on Long Island, in the shadow of the nation's largest city. His district is a 45-minute car drive from Brooklyn, which surely ranks high for U.S. journalists per capita.

And Santos' problems did get flagged by local media, as Semafor reports. It's just that no one followed up on the breadcrumbs.

Via Semafor:

The Leader, a local news outlet that covers Long Island’s North Shore, reported Santos’ filings in 2020 were $5,000 and then leaped to $11 million. The article quoted an anonymous Republican leader asking: “Are we being played as extras in 'The Talented Mr Santos'?"

I didn’t think that was interesting.

Eh, maybe I will listen to any reporter who can possibly explain how this giant blunder happened in hopes of it not happening again.

It wasn’t a “blunder.” Choices were made that resulted in oppo - at least some of which was confirmed before the election - not being published. That was a choice to not release anything till after the election.

No reputable media organization is going to run with opposition research without independently verifying every bit of it. And every bit of what reporters and researchers find is then reviewed by lawyers to make sure they can’t be sued for it.

There is often conflict between reporters who want to publish, and lawyers who say it’s not airtight enough yet.

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Anonymous wrote:This is why journalism is important, kids. Also, where was the Democratic Party opposition research? Red lights were blinking everywhere - https://dccc.org/the-case-against-george-santos/

Really nice to learn about this a month AFTER the election.

What stupid, lazy F**ks are staffing the NYT these days.

Dan Diamond with the Washington Post has an interesting read on this, I think it’s that reporters are busy looking at the big picture and not on the little details? The tiny local paper had suspicions but not enough reach or funds to dig into everything.

“The Santos story unfolded on Long Island, in the shadow of the nation's largest city. His district is a 45-minute car drive from Brooklyn, which surely ranks high for U.S. journalists per capita.

And Santos' problems did get flagged by local media, as Semafor reports. It's just that no one followed up on the breadcrumbs.

Via Semafor:

The Leader, a local news outlet that covers Long Island’s North Shore, reported Santos’ filings in 2020 were $5,000 and then leaped to $11 million. The article quoted an anonymous Republican leader asking: “Are we being played as extras in 'The Talented Mr Santos'?"

I didn’t think that was interesting.

Eh, maybe I will listen to any reporter who can possibly explain how this giant blunder happened in hopes of it not happening again.

It wasn’t a “blunder.” Choices were made that resulted in oppo - at least some of which was confirmed before the election - not being published. That was a choice to not release anything till after the election.

Is oppo the new buzz word?

It’s short for opposition research and has been for a long time.

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Anonymous wrote:This is why journalism is important, kids. Also, where was the Democratic Party opposition research? Red lights were blinking everywhere - https://dccc.org/the-case-against-george-santos/

Really nice to learn about this a month AFTER the election.

What stupid, lazy F**ks are staffing the NYT these days.

Dan Diamond with the Washington Post has an interesting read on this, I think it’s that reporters are busy looking at the big picture and not on the little details? The tiny local paper had suspicions but not enough reach or funds to dig into everything.

“The Santos story unfolded on Long Island, in the shadow of the nation's largest city. His district is a 45-minute car drive from Brooklyn, which surely ranks high for U.S. journalists per capita.

And Santos' problems did get flagged by local media, as Semafor reports. It's just that no one followed up on the breadcrumbs.

Via Semafor:

The Leader, a local news outlet that covers Long Island’s North Shore, reported Santos’ filings in 2020 were $5,000 and then leaped to $11 million. The article quoted an anonymous Republican leader asking: “Are we being played as extras in 'The Talented Mr Santos'?"

I didn’t think that was interesting.

Eh, maybe I will listen to any reporter who can possibly explain how this giant blunder happened in hopes of it not happening again.

What are the actual odds that all this was missed prior to him winning? None. Nada. And there's a dossier no less.

Anonymous wrote:Is this guys legal name even Santos? Or is it Devolder? And if it’s not Santos, did the votes for that name actually count?