Susan Madrak
Award-winning journalist and blogger. Previously, managing editor at Crooks and Liars.
Hate crimes in the United States rose from 2022 to 2023.
By Jesse Valentine - April 15, 2024Cao is a former U.S Navy captain.
By Jesse Valentine - March 29, 2024Kiggans has flirted with baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
By Jesse Valentine - March 08, 2024Ohio voted to protect abortion rights. GOP senate candidate Bernie Moreno doesn't care.
By Jesse Valentine - March 07, 2024Syngenta AG owns approximately 1500 acres of U.S farmland.
By Jesse Valentine - March 04, 2024Hovde is running for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin despite primarily residing in California.
By Jesse Valentine - February 26, 2024McCormick says we need leaders with the moral clarity to condemn antisemitism.
By Jesse Valentine - February 09, 2024Of the nearly dozen gun bills lawmakers will soon take up, one is particularly noteworthy because it’s backed by unlikely allies: mental health advocates and a pair of House members who’ve long been at opposite ends of firearm legislation.
By Annmarie Timmins, New Hampshire Bulletin - January 31, 2024The United Auto Workers of America endorsed the re-election of President Joe Biden Wednesday, just months after he became the first sitting U.S. president to walk a picket line with striking autoworkers in Michigan.
By Ashley Murray, States Newsroom - January 24, 2024Gunter has repeatedly referred to Brown as “Scam Brown”
By Jesse Valentine - January 17, 2024The state of Texas robbed Amanda Zurawski of her fertility and almost her life when it wouldn’t permit her an abortion so she’s gone to the state’s Supreme Court to change the law - “this is why I’m on earth”
By Bonnie Fuller - January 10, 2024Health care-focused organizations across the state are hopeful that the 2024 legislative session will be a year that reins in health costs and allows patients to have greater access to the care they need.
By Danielle J. Brown, Maryland Matters - January 08, 2024Five people died on January 6, 2021 – including a police officer who was bludgeoned to death.
By Jesse Valentine - January 05, 2024On Wednesday, the New Hampshire House passed a bill that would make registering to vote an online experience.
By Ethan DeWitt, New Hampshire Bulletin - January 04, 2024Most Americans believe wealthy individuals and big corporations don’t pay their fair share in taxes.
By Jesse Valentine - December 22, 2023Even the Republican senator's home county gave Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear a larger share of the vote than four years earlier.
By - December 15, 2023Republicans Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton have taken thousands of dollars in donations from chemical companies and their affiliated PACs.
By Jesse Valentine - December 08, 2023Eric Hovde's proposal is similar to Sen. Rick Scott's unpopular 2022 plan to make every American pay income taxes.
By Jesse Valentine - December 07, 2023A bipartisan package of bills in Michigan signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, creates specified criminal penalties for assaulting health care workers.
By Anna Liz Nichols, Michigan Advance - December 06, 2023Both former President Donald Trump and former U.S. Rep. George Santos have lied about their records and been accused of defrauding veterans.
By Jesse Valentine - December 05, 2023Millions of Texas families’ health and well-being would be jeopardized if the legislation were repealed.
By Jesse Valentine - December 04, 2023More than 3 million Floridians will lose their health insurance if Scott and Trump succeed.
By Jesse Valentine - November 30, 2023Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves took $98,000 from Mississippi Power and executives of its parent company.
By Jesse Valentine - November 06, 2023The Republican gubernatorial nominee also broke his promises to make the office more frugal.
By Jesse Valentine - November 03, 2023It might not surprise Mississippians that The Cook Political Report, regarded as one of the nation’s preeminent elections experts, shifted their 2023 Mississippi governor’s race forecast on Monday in Democrat Brandon Presley’s direction.
By Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today - October 24, 2023Donald Trump’s outsized ego would not let him sit idly by while his opponent Hillary Clinton continued to amass a commanding popular vote victory. Thus, he could not help but tweet a breathtaking explanation for why he lost the popular vote. His incredible claim: Millions of “illegal” votes. Presidents do not normally imply that their […]
By Susan Madrak - November 29, 2016A Washington Post analysis of President-elect Donald Trump’s financial filings indicate at least 111 Trump companies have done business in 18 countries and territories across South America, Asia, and the Middle East, presenting complex problems for U.S. military and diplomatic strategy. Serious concerns have been raised about potential conflicts of interest regarding the unprecedented circumstance […]
By Susan Madrak - November 22, 2016Representative Tom Price (R-GA) told Talking Points Memo that House Republicans will move on Medicare reforms “six to eight months” into the Donald Trump administration. Price said Republicans are planning to use budget reconciliation to make the changes, which will allow them to pass bills in the U.S. Senate with a simple majority. “I think that […]
By Susan Madrak - November 17, 2016Derek Black is the son of Don Black, a former Grand Wizard of the KKK, a former member of the American Nazi Party, and founder of the odious white supremacist and Holocaust-denial web forum, Stormfront. Derek’s mother, Chloe, used to be married to David Duke. This was not just guilt by association, either; Derek was an […]
By Susan Madrak - October 22, 2016Donald Trump repeated some demonstrably false statements about Obamacare in the most recent debate. He asserted that health care costs were going up “by numbers that are astronomical — 68 percent, 71 percent.” They are not: Premium increases range from 9 to 25 percent. Both he and Hillary Clinton agreed that premium increases are too […]
By Susan Madrak - September 29, 2016Kelly Ayotte is a “vote for Trump but won’t endorse” Republican candidate. As Trump alienates more voters, her position becomes increasingly untenable. This became painfully clear during Monday’s debate with Democrat Maggie Hassan: PANELIST: The president of the United States is an aspirational figure, one who is our role model, and an individual who stands for ideals […]
By Susan Madrak - October 04, 2016Republicans see Dr. Joe Heck, an Iraq War veteran and brigadier general in the National Guard, as their best bet to pick up Harry Reid’s open seat. However, former State Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, who could become the first Latina to serve in the Senate, is keeping the race close. Questions are now being […]
By Susan Madrak - September 14, 2016After a bitter legislative battle, Obamacare passed by a hair. I followed the news closely. I knew it was was a landmark day for millions without coverage. Then Obamacare became personal to me because along with millions of others, I lost a good job during the Great Recession. I managed to pay my very expensive […]
By Susan Madrak - September 08, 2016Last week, the Senate voted 95-3 to approve funding for Flint’s water crisis, allocating $270 million to aid residents. That total includes $20 million to develop a national lead exposure registry. There is a catch. Supporters in the House will have to attach the allocation to some kind of must-pass spending bill to get it to President […]
By Susan Madrak - September 19, 2016And the heat goes on. July was the hottest month since instrumental records began. H/t @ClimateOfGavin #climate pic.twitter.com/h1HZnGFgKg — Peter Gleick (@PeterGleick) August 16, 2016 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says we’ve had 14 months of record-breaking temperatures. That means global warming is closer to the point where scientists predict devastating, irreversible consequences. […]
By Susan Madrak - September 08, 2016