New NC GOP chair flirts with bogus stolen election conspiracies
Simmons predecessor was a staunch 2020 election denier
By Jesse Valentine - April 19, 2024Local
The Republican governor nominee has echoed Michael Gableman’s discredited claims about the 2020 election.
By Adrian Cole - September 16, 2022Multiple commercials feature Ohioans with law enforcement experience condemning Majewski’s presence at the insurrection and his comments boasting about it since.
By Emily Singer - September 16, 2022‘This is pretty much what we expect from Ron Johnson,’ said Wendell J. Harris of the Wisconsin NAACP. ‘He’s made it clear that racism is one of his main tactics.’
By Nick Vachon - September 16, 2022The funding is part of a Biden administration effort to address racial injustices in urban planning.
By Oliver Willis - September 16, 2022New Hampshire Republican Senate nominee Don Bolduc said just last month that Donald Trump really won the 2020 presidential election.
By Josh Israel - September 15, 2022The Biden administration said it’s committed to deploying half a million electric vehicle chargers across the country by 2030 through direct investment and assistance to states.
By Oliver Willis - September 15, 2022This is not the first time Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano has been under fire for antisemitic comments.
By Emily Singer - September 15, 2022Bolduc, supporter of multiple conspiracy theories and extremist policies, will face incumbent Sen. Maggie Hassan (D) in November.
By Josh Israel - September 14, 2022The Georgia Republican Senate nominee has claimed to be a defender of religious freedom.
By Josh Israel - September 13, 2022Wisconsin’s Republican senator has consistently fought against voting right protections and pro-democracy policies, in addition to supporting attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
By Josh Israel - September 13, 2022Staff in Florida schools face legal jeopardy, attention from hate groups, and demonization from conservatives if they show support for LGBTQ children.
By Adrian Cole - September 13, 2022A poll taken this week showed a majority of likely Michigan voters supporting a constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights.
By Associated Press - September 11, 2022Jackson, Mississippi, a city of 150,000, is in the sixth week of a boil-water advisory from the state health department because of concerns that low pressure could allow contaminants into the water.
By Associated Press - September 10, 2022The CHIPS and Science Act provides subsidies to companies to manufacture semiconductors in the United States.
By Oliver Willis - September 09, 2022In a 2019 Turkish-language interview, Mehmet Oz seemed to be touting his collaboration with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
By Josh Israel - September 09, 2022Experts in extremism say fanatical far-right groups and ideas have solidified their grip on the Republican Party since Jan. 6.
By Nick Vachon - September 08, 2022Incumbent Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio is facing Democratic candidate Rep. Val Demings in the 2022 election.
By Adrian Cole - September 08, 2022Kristina Karamo allegedly threatened to kill herself and her two daughters during a marital dispute, according to court filings.
By Adrian Cole - September 08, 2022An overview of six of the 12 states with strict abortion bans after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision shows the drastic effects anti-abortion policies can have.
By Lisa Needham - September 07, 2022The National Republican Congressional Campaign again falsely claims that Michigan Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin voted to raise everyone’s taxes.
By Josh Israel - September 07, 2022The ruling cited the 14th Amendment, which bars anyone who ‘engaged in insurrection or rebellion’ from holding state or federal office.
By Emily Singer - September 06, 2022Pennsylvania Republican Senate nominee Mehmet Oz attacked his Democratic opponent, John Fetterman, for employing two men whose automatic life sentences for crimes they and their advocates say they did not commit were commuted.
By Josh Israel - September 06, 2022Wisconsin Republican state Rep. Amy Loudenbeck has been vague about whether she believes Joe Biden is the legitimate president.
By Associated Press - September 04, 2022An Arizona judge ordered Rep. Paul Gosar and two other state Republicans to pay over $75,000 for filing a frivolous lawsuit against Democrats.
By Associated Press - September 02, 2022More than 730,000 Michigan residents signed a petition to put abortion rights on the ballot in November.
By Associated Press - September 01, 2022In 2020, Ohio Republican Senate nominee J.D. Vance said, ‘We of course have a climate problem in our society.’ Now he says there isn’t one.
By Josh Israel - September 01, 2022Peltola will become the first Alaska Native to serve in the House and the first woman to hold the seat.
By Associated Press - September 01, 2022North Carolina Republicans Ted Budd, the GOP Senate nominee, and Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson were featured speakers at an event sponsored by the right-wing anti-LGBTQ American Renewal Project, whose purpose is to elect pastors to political office.
By Josh Israel - August 31, 2022An overview of six of the 12 states with strict abortion bans after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision shows the drastic effects anti-abortion policies can have.
By Lisa Needham - August 31, 2022Both Republican Senate nominee J.D. Vance and Ohio Supreme Court Justice Patrick Fischer have compared abortion and slavery.
By Josh Israel - August 31, 2022