The American Independent Staff

GOP Rep. Zach Nunn suggests laws against hate crime aren’t needed

Hate crimes in the United States rose from 2022 to 2023.

By Jesse Valentine - April 15, 2024

GOP Senate candidate Hung Cao blames racial equity for Baltimore bridge tragedy

Cao is a former U.S Navy captain.

By Jesse Valentine - March 29, 2024

GOP Rep. Jennifer Kiggans donates thousands to far-right extremists

Kiggans has flirted with baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.

By Jesse Valentine - March 08, 2024

Ohio senate candidate Bernie Moreno: “Absolute pro-life no exceptions.”

Ohio voted to protect abortion rights. GOP senate candidate Bernie Moreno doesn't care.

By Jesse Valentine - March 07, 2024

Anti-China Republicans pocket thousands from Chinese owned conglomerate

Syngenta AG owns approximately 1500 acres of U.S farmland.

By Jesse Valentine - March 04, 2024

Republican Eric Hovde makes inconsistent statements about family history

Hovde is running for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin despite primarily residing in California.

By Jesse Valentine - February 26, 2024

Republican David McCormick invests millions in website that platforms Holocaust denial

McCormick says we need leaders with the moral clarity to condemn antisemitism.

By Jesse Valentine - February 09, 2024

Lawmakers will again take up bills expanding, tightening gun laws

Of 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, 2024

UAW delivers rousing presidential endorsement for Biden over ‘scab’ Trump

The 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, 2024

Republicans Sam Brown and Jeff Gunter sling mud in Nevada senate primary

Gunter has repeatedly referred to Brown as “Scam Brown”

By Jesse Valentine - January 17, 2024

A Young Texas Woman Almost Died Due To The Texas Abortion Bans – Now She’s Battling To Save Other Women

The 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, 2024

Health care legislation preview: Maryland advocates want to focus on access, patients in 2024 session

Health 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, 2024

How GOP senate hopefuls try to excuse the January 6 insurrection

Five people died on January 6, 2021 – including a police officer who was bludgeoned to death.

By Jesse Valentine - January 05, 2024

NH lawmakers will be taking up major voting bills this year. Here are some to watch for.

On 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, 2024

Republican US Senate candidates want to make Trump’s tax cuts permanent

Most Americans believe wealthy individuals and big corporations don’t pay their fair share in taxes.

By Jesse Valentine - December 22, 2023

Rand Paul went all in on the Kentucky governor’s race. It didn’t work.

Even the Republican senator's home county gave Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear a larger share of the vote than four years earlier.

By - December 15, 2023

Texas governor and attorney general do little to curb state’s chemical plant crisis

Republicans Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton have taken thousands of dollars in donations from chemical companies and their affiliated PACs.

By Jesse Valentine - December 08, 2023

Likely GOP Senate candidate Eric Hovde proposed tax hike for poorer workers and retirees

Eric 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, 2023

Whitmer signs specific criminal penalties for assaulting health care workers into law

A 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, 2023

105 Republicans voted to expel Santos for things Trump has also done

Both 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, 2023

For Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, another Trump term is another chance to kill Obamacare

Millions of Texas families’ health and well-being would be jeopardized if the legislation were repealed.

By Jesse Valentine - December 04, 2023

Florida Sen. Rick Scott backs Donald Trump in revived push to repeal Obamacare

More than 3 million Floridians will lose their health insurance if Scott and Trump succeed.

By Jesse Valentine - November 30, 2023

Tate Reeves took donations from power company that hiked customer rates

Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves took $98,000 from Mississippi Power and executives of its parent company.

By Jesse Valentine - November 06, 2023

Daniel Cameron ran on depoliticizing the Kentucky AG’s office. He made it more political.

The Republican gubernatorial nominee also broke his promises to make the office more frugal.

By Jesse Valentine - November 03, 2023

Republican operatives sound every alarm on current trajectory of 2023 governor’s race

It 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, 2023

Shareblue Media announces new CEO Allison Girvin

Allison Girvin, a seasoned media executive and award-winning journalist, has been named CEO of Shareblue Media, the number one digital platform for progressive news. Girvin begins her new role this July. Girvin joins Shareblue Media from NBCUniversal, where she launched the Business, Technology and Media Unit for NBC News and MSNBC, producing content for all […]

By The American Independent Staff - July 18, 2019

Washington rises together against hate: “An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us”

Following the horrifying shooting by a lone gunman during a congressional baseball team practice, the leaders in the House of both parties showed what it truly means to be connected as Americans. After leading the House in the pledge of allegiance, Speaker Paul Ryan offered powerful words of resilience and camaraderie. “We are united,” Ryan […]

By The American Independent Staff - June 14, 2017

Donald Trump kicks off MLK weekend by slandering Civil Rights hero John Lewis

This piece was co-written by Shareblue writers Tommy Christopher and Melissa McEwan. There are many ways President-elect Donald Trump could have responded when Rep. John Lewis publicly stated that he doesn’t regard Trump as a “legitimate” president. Any number of those ways would have been respectful, including silence. But Trump has publicly asserted that winning should inoculate […]

By The American Independent Staff - January 14, 2017

Cover Up: White House knew Flynn was compromised, protected him anyway

This piece was co-written by Shareblue staff writers Tommy Christopher and Leah McElrath. While the Trump administration will attempt to argue the firing of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn resolves the questions of the Trump team’s ties with Russia, the opposite is true: the circumstances around Flynn’s “resignation” raise more questions and bring a fresh […]

By The American Independent Staff - February 14, 2017

Resistance works: 21 victories in 21 days for the majority of Americans

In the 21 days since Donald Trump took office, there have been (at least) 21 notable victories for the Resistance: 1: Following massive protests and public outcry, Trump’s Muslim ban has thus far failed in court. 2: Uber’s CEO resigned from Trump’s economic council following outrage over the company’s attempts to capitalize on the upheaval created by the […]

By The American Independent Staff - February 10, 2017

John Lewis makes a passionate closing argument against Jeff Sessions

This piece was co-written by Shareblue staff writers Dianna E. Anderson and Ginger McKnight-Chavers. In an unprecedented move, several members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) testified before the Senate Judiciary committee at the Attorney General nomination hearing for Senator Jeff Sessions. These members were relegated by the committee’s schedule to the final hours of […]

By The American Independent Staff - January 12, 2017

Shareblue’s Jess McIntosh: Grassroots are leading the Resistance

Shareblue’s Executive Editor Jess McIntosh joined MSNBC’s Chris Hayes to talk about the vibrant and growing protests at town halls across the country. Despite the claims of Donald Trump and others on the right, these are not “paid protestors” — they are real people, with real concerns. HAYES: How do you understand what happened this week […]

By The American Independent Staff - February 24, 2017

Trump’s developing budget promises to make America unemployed again

This piece was co-written by Shareblue staff writers Dianna E. Anderson and Alison R. Parker. Since his election, Donald Trump has attempted to shape himself as a “jobs” president, taking credit for numerous manufacturing decisions and new plants. But Trump’s “jobs jobs jobs” line will be completely undermined by a budget being modeled off the […]

By The American Independent Staff - January 19, 2017

Trump’s performance with foreign press a chilling preview of major geopolitical upheaval

This piece was co-written by Shareblue staff writers Dianna E. Anderson and Tommy Christopher. The Donald Trump administration is setting up the United States for a major shift in foreign policy — one that stands to make us considerably less safe and secure than we have been under President Barack Obama’s leadership. His admiration for […]

By The American Independent Staff - January 16, 2017

AP SCOOP: Melania Trump worked in the U.S. illegally

Donald Trump’s campaign is built on lies, projection and hypocrisy. Case in point: Less than 24 hours after the Trump campaign pushes Melania out front to give an odd speech in a state they won't win… new Melania news: https://t.co/xKu3EMfDKy — Emo Desperado (@JoyAnnReid) November 5, 2016 https://twitter.com/SteveKopack/status/794723155034173441 Trump in immigration speech on 8/31: "Anyone […]

By The American Independent Staff - November 04, 2016

Here are the facts to refute Trump’s false attacks on Obamacare

At a rally in Sanford, FL, Donald Trump once again attacked Hillary Clinton and President Obama over the Affordable Care Act. He specifically referenced reports of double-digit premium increases, in order to garner support for repealing the law from voters worried about their own health care costs. As with so many subjects, Trump played fast […]

By The American Independent Staff - October 27, 2016

70 Trump disgraces that were perfectly acceptable to the GOP

Trump’s egregious Billy Bush bus revelations triggered an exodus from his campaign. But before that recording emerged, Trump had already amassed a litany of shameful words and deeds: 1. Fat-shamed and slut-shamed former Miss Universe Alicia Machado. 2. Body-shamed Kim Kardashian while she was pregnant. 3. Discussed having sex with Princess Diana weeks after she had died in a […]

By The American Independent Staff - October 24, 2016

Was Trump referring to himself when he said half of Americans are freeloaders?

In light of the New York Times bombshell that Trump may have paid no federal taxes after a massive $916 million deduction in 1995, one has to wonder if he was referring to himself when he claimed that half of Americans are freeloaders. Speaking to Sean Hannity in 2015, Trump said this: The problem we have right now—we have a society that sits […]

By The American Independent Staff - October 02, 2016

Congressional Republicans attack health reform, environment, choice, worker protections

The memo issued by the DCCC’s Policy Department, recapping the 114th Congress, is brutal in its stark assessment of the failures of the Republican leadership to accomplish meaningful change on behalf of the American people. After setting a light schedule which “has the House on track to work the least number of days since 2007,” […]

By The American Independent Staff - September 30, 2016

Debunked Q poll caused 3,725% increase in search returns of “Hillary” and “liar”

Peter Daou has tracked the corporate media’s sustained and duplicitous effort to impugn Hillary Clinton’s honesty: Since the early nineties, the corporate media have used a seemingly innocuous interrogatory to create a self-fulfilling loop. By repeatedly asking whether Hillary has a trust and honesty problem, they have created the very issue that they pretend to objectively report on. Put simply: if you ask whether someone […]

By The American Independent Staff - September 23, 2016

Democrat Katie McGinty wants to give Pennsylvania minimum wage workers a raise

The Pennsylvania Senate race is a close one, although Katie McGinty has been leading Pat Toomey by an average of 3.25 percent since August. In the final stretch, she’s focused on economic policy—a key concern of Pennsylvania voters, on which she and her opponent Pat Toomey have stark disagreements. https://twitter.com/KatieMcGintyPA/status/777897119155826688 https://twitter.com/KatieMcGintyPA/status/777924814451437569 On Friday, McGinty got […]

By The American Independent Staff - September 19, 2016