Veteran progressive writer for Media Matters and Salon. Two books: "Lapdogs: How The Press Rolled Over for Bush," and "Bloggers On The Bus." Follow him on Twitter @ericboehlert.
Kean violated the STOCK Act in 2023 and 2024.
By Jesse Valentine - June 13, 2025
The announcement follows Kennedy’s decision to no longer recommend the COVID-19 vaccine for pregnant women and children.
By Jesse Valentine - June 10, 2025
Mom Abby Blum tells why she was forced her to end her much wanted pregnancy. She warns - an unexpected tragic event can happen to any woman - even if they think they'll never need an abortion.
By Bonnie Fuller - June 10, 2025
The legislation is expected to rob 13.7 million Americans of their health insurance.
By Jesse Valentine - June 06, 2025
More than 260,000 federal workers have lost their jobs since January.
By Jesse Valentine - June 04, 2025
Will a new bill in Texas stop the shocking number of deaths of pregnant women in the Lone Star State? That’s the hope of both Democratic and Republican supporters of SB31, also known as the “Life of the Mother Act.” The bill is headed to the desk of Gov. Greg Abbott for signature and there is a strong expectation that he will sign it.
By Bonnie Fuller - June 03, 2025
More than 500 rural hospitals could close due to Medicaid cuts.
By Jesse Valentine - May 23, 2025
Bresnahan has not fulfilled a campaign pledge to ban stock trading by members of Congress.
By Jesse Valentine - May 21, 2025
Charles Kushner, the father of Jared Kushner, hired a prostitute to seduce and blackmail his brother-in-law.
By Jesse Valentine - May 20, 2025
Senate Bill 2880 also establishes a bounty allowing any private citizen to sue a person they suspect of helping a Texas woman leave the state to get an abortion.
By Bonnie Fuller - May 16, 2025
About 41 million Americans currently receive SNAP benefits.
By Jesse Valentine - May 15, 2025
About 9.9 million receive Medicaid because of a physical or mental disability.
By Jesse Valentine - May 14, 2025
Huizenga is reportedly planning a U.S. Senate campaign.
By Jesse Valentine - May 12, 2025
Ciattarelli is running in the Republican primary for New Jersey governor
By Jesse Valentine - May 09, 2025
LePage vetoed Medicaid expansion and a minimum wage hike as governor
By Jesse Valentine - May 06, 2025
Earle-Sears served on the Virginia Board of Education from 2011 to 2015.
By Jesse Valentine - May 05, 2025
The White House has given no indication that Trump will appoint new leadership at the FEC.
By Jesse Valentine - April 30, 2025
Ciattarelli said in 2017 that a state government audit would lead to “false savings and phantom revenues.”
By Jesse Valentine - April 30, 2025
The Center for American Progress estimates the proposal could lead to 34,000 additional deaths every year.
By Jesse Valentine - April 24, 2025
Forty percent of student loan debtors do not have college degrees.
By Jesse Valentine - April 22, 2025
Billionaire Harlan Crow is associated with groups that support cuts to Social Security
By Jesse Valentine - April 21, 2025
Allie Phillips could have died carrying her unviable fetus. She fought back by running for office & finally vowed not let lawmakers kill her dream of being a mom. Her story:
By Bonnie Fuller - April 21, 2025
The financial firm says an increase in manufacturing jobs would likely be offset by massive losses in other sectors.
By Jesse Valentine - April 17, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia had been in the country for 14 years and had protected status when ICE agents arrested him on March 15.
By Jesse Valentine - April 16, 2025
Republican Marsha Blackburn’s first concern, after a dozen people were murdered, is protecting unfettered access to guns.
By Eric Boehlert - November 08, 2018
Republicans are desperate to avoid counting mail ballots from voters in urban centers who might help Democrat Kyrsten Sinema win.
By Eric Boehlert - November 08, 2018
Colorado Democrats pulled off the trifecta by flipping the state Senate, and keeping control of the state House and governor’s mansion.
By Eric Boehlert - November 07, 2018
The Democratic Senator from Montana survived Trump’s obsessive attacks.
By Eric Boehlert - November 07, 2018
Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin voters won’t be fooled again.
By Eric Boehlert - November 07, 2018
A widely disliked Trump loyalist was rejected by voters in a deeply red state.
By Eric Boehlert - November 06, 2018
Virginia voters continue to abandon the GOP.
By Eric Boehlert - November 06, 2018
The Wisconsin boondoggle just keeps getting worse.
By Eric Boehlert - November 06, 2018
Trump’s decision to send troops to the border to fight a non-existent threat could be the most expensive campaign season ploy ever.
By Eric Boehlert - November 06, 2018
Don Young’s controversial four-decade career may be coming to a close.
By Eric Boehlert - November 05, 2018
Not even Trump’s favorite propaganda outlet can defend him on this one.
By Eric Boehlert - November 05, 2018
Republicans were excited about Trump’s racism until they realized it could backfire with voters.
By Eric Boehlert - November 05, 2018
The Kansas governor’s race is unfolding as a referendum on Sam Brownback’s disastrous run.
By Eric Boehlert - November 02, 2018
A wave election would be felt far beyond Washington, D.C.
By Eric Boehlert - November 02, 2018
A lot is riding on five local races that could flip the state Senate.
By Eric Boehlert - November 01, 2018
Trump keeps making up stuff about sending troops to the border.
By Eric Boehlert - November 01, 2018
The GOP’s anti-women’s health positions are out of place in a state moving left.
By Eric Boehlert - October 31, 2018
‘I have no words for my anger over this,’ one veteran writes.
By Eric Boehlert - October 31, 2018
Tony Sanchez lobbed an ugly, baseless claim about drug use at his challenger.
By Eric Boehlert - October 30, 2018
The people in Duncan Hunter’s district aren’t fooled by his racist campaign.
By Eric Boehlert - October 30, 2018
He’s ignoring Pittsburgh community leaders who are begging him not to make things worse by visiting.
By Eric Boehlert - October 30, 2018
Even many Kansas Republicans are terrified of what will happen if Kris Kobach becomes their governor.
By Eric Boehlert - October 29, 2018
Trump does his worst to unite a country reeling from right-wing political violence.
By Eric Boehlert - October 29, 2018
Broadband and net neutrality have emerged as key issues in a closely contested campaign.
By Eric Boehlert - October 26, 2018
As the very people Trump regularly attacks are receiving bombs, Trump once again makes it all about how unfair he thinks he’s treated.
By Eric Boehlert - October 26, 2018
Local Democrats are surging while Republicans scramble.
By Eric Boehlert - October 25, 2018
Even the hacks who gave Kobach the idea for his Medicaid policy have no idea what he’s talking about when he says it would save Kansas $2 billion.
By Eric Boehlert - October 25, 2018
The bomb threat hit list looks like a list of Trump’s Most Hated.
By Eric Boehlert - October 25, 2018
Instead of embracing policies that will make their employees’ lives better, big Colorado business interests are wasting piles of cash to try to keep Republicans in power.
By Eric Boehlert - October 24, 2018
Applicants must reveal their party ID, their social media past, and whether they’ve ever written for Breitbart.
By Eric Boehlert - October 24, 2018