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 Pennsylvania Republican spoke at a meeting over the weekend hosted by QAnon followers and attended by a diverse array of conspiracy theorists.
By Adrian Cole - April 28, 2022The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will send Pennsylvania and every other state $100 million for critical broadband network upgrades.
By Oliver Willis - April 28, 2022Florida’s Republican governor has passed a flurry of bills this month attacking abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, and voting rights, making districts less representative, and creating a police force just for elections.
By Adrian Cole - April 28, 2022The state GOP’s proposed new platform would remove protections for pregnant people whose lives are at risk.
By Lisa Needham - April 28, 2022Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) spent more than $2,300 on membership fees or dues at the private club, Roll Call reported on Monday.
By Kaishi Chhabra - April 27, 2022The North Carolina Republican was caught with a gun at the airport for the second time in as many years.
By Emily Singer - April 26, 2022The Wisconsin Republican remains deeply disliked by his constituents.
By Josh Israel - April 26, 2022Arizona Republican Blake Masters called Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) — who egged on the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrectionists — ‘simply outstanding.’
By Josh Israel - April 26, 2022The Florida Republican has collected more than $4 million from corporate PACs and trade associations as National Republican Senatorial Committee chair.
By Josh Israel - April 25, 2022Matthew DePerno and Kristina Karamo, who believe the 2020 presidential election was ‘stolen’ from Donald Trump, would be in charge of running elections and defending election law in Michigan.
By Emily Singer - April 25, 2022‘We can’t afford to deny this reality and the urgency of what is happening to our state,’ said Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried.
By Associated Press - April 24, 2022Climate experts say forests play a vital role in capturing carbon gases that contribute to climate change.
By Oliver Willis - April 22, 2022Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker apparently isn’t as certain about what happened in 2020 as he used to be.
By Josh Israel - April 22, 2022Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Mehmet Oz has presented himself as a champion against high drug prices.
By Josh Israel - April 22, 2022A Connecticut bill that would protect abortion access comes as GOP-dominated states enact new restrictions in anticipation of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
By Kaishi Chhabra - April 22, 2022Charlie Crist demanded transparency about the Florida Department of Education’s reasons for banning of math textbooks.
By Adrian Cole - April 22, 2022The Republican Florida senator has taken at least $9,000 from Disney’s corporate PAC this election cycle alone.
By Josh Israel - April 21, 2022The MyPillow CEO and conspiracy theorist, who is spending millions of dollars to ‘prove’ the lie that the 2020 election was stolen, endorsed Jim Marchant in the GOP primary for Nevada secretary of state.
By Emily Singer - April 21, 2022Legislation banning LGBTQ content in schools harms teachers as well as students.
By Casey Quinlan - April 20, 2022Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein just gave nearly $280,000 to the Ron Johnson Victory joint fundraising committee.
By Josh Israel - April 20, 2022Republican candidate Ryan Kelley said that if elected, he would charge Michigan school boards with felonies if they failed to remove ‘sexually explicit content.’
By Adrian Cole - April 20, 2022A federal judge allowed a challenge to Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s run for reelection to proceed.
By Emily Singer - April 19, 2022Garrett Soldano is one of a number of Republicans who have said the FBI created a fake kidnapping plot as part of a plan to keep Democrats in power.
By Adrian Cole - April 19, 2022Michigan’s longest-serving congressman said extreme far-right members in his party have caused leadership issues.
By Kaishi Chhabra - April 18, 2022A loss by David Perdue in Georgia’s May 24 gubernatorial primary could be particularly embarrassing for Donald Trump.
By Associated Press - April 16, 2022Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares was part of a winning Republican ticket that claimed Democrats were soft on prosecuting sexual offenses.
By Nick Vachon - April 14, 2022The law is part of a tidal wave of bills targeting transgender youth across the country.
By Casey Quinlan - April 14, 2022Tennessee state Sen. Frank Niceley used the false claim that ‘Hitler decided to live on the streets for a while’ as an illustration of someone who turned his life around after homelessness.
By Emily Singer - April 14, 2022Tensions between Trump supporters and other Republicans were particularly noticeable at the convention in Macomb County, Michigan.
By Adrian Cole - April 14, 2022Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor made clear the state is passing abortion bans because it believes Roe v. Wade will be overturned.
By Lisa Needham - April 13, 2022