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Matt Gaetz Rails Against ‘SNL’ While Everyone Reads His Insane Ethics Report

Matt Gaetz is the main character of news media right now. How could Martin Short do this?

Earlier today, the House Committee on Ethics released its report on controversial former Florida Representative Matt Gaetz, with the congressional conduct group coming to the conclusion that “there is substantial evidence that Representative Gaetz violated House Rules and other standards of conduct prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, impermissible gifts, special favors or privileges, and obstruction of Congress.” 

Gaetz has long battled allegations and investigations over instances when he supposedly sex trafficked underaged women and abused illicit drugs like cocaine and ecstasy, and, in the scathing 37-page report from a bipartisan but Republican-led panel, the House Committee on Ethics confirmed the veracity of these accusations and condemned Gaetz for a litany of other conduct infractions.

A Rabbi Ranks All the Great Christmas Songs Written By Jews

One of the great curiosities of the holiday season is that so many of the best Christmas songs are written not by Christians, but by Jews. Not that there isn’t a very practical reason for this. According to Ohio-based Rabbi David Komerofsky, these musicians were just trying to make a living. “There are far more people buying Christmas music than purchasing Jewish holiday music,” he tells me.

As a man of both faith and an excellent sense of humor, Rabbi Komerofsky was kind enough to take a little time out of his busy holiday season and rank 15 of the most popular Christmas songs written by his fellow Jews.

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