For the past couple of months, Democrats have been winning big at the local level, spurred on by voter enthusiasm and outrage against not just Donald Trump but the entire Republican Party leadership. And these wins are not likely to stop any time soon. On Wednesday, a new poll from Quinnipiac University was released, which […]

Rep. John Lewis took to the floor of the House of Representatives to express passionate, heartfelt, moral opposition to the Republican health care repeal plan. Lewis told us not so long ago, “I will not give up. I will not give in. I will continue to stand up. Speak up. And speak out.” He said he would […]

The special election for Montana’s at-large Congressional District was a strange and unpredictable affair from the beginning, with Democrat Rob Quist, a celebrity folk singer, facing off against Republican Greg Gianforte, a tech millionaire with ties to white nationalists, hate groups, and Russian oil companies. Gianforte carried the night, as expected, given that Montana has […]

Donald Trump chose to make a bill that would strip health care coverage from 24 million Americans the centerpiece of his first legislative push, a decision which is being described as a complete “rookie error.” MSNBC’s Chuck Todd said as much on the Today Show: “This was the rookie error. You don’t make your first […]

The resistance needs courageous moral voices, and that is exactly what Rev. William Barber is. His highly impactful Moral Mondays Movement in North Carolina has spread nationwide, and now he is firing his moral power at GOP health care repeal. At a Moral Rally to Preserve Healthcare at the U.S. Capitol, Rev. Barber called it “an unmerciful act of meanness” that […]

Physically assaulting a reporter is no big thing if it means holding on to political power, according to public statements from multiple Republicans. These men have gone on record to minimize the behavior of Montana congressional candidate Greg Gianforte, who according to multiple eyewitnesses and an audio recording, physically attacked Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs by […]

Buoyed by the backlash against Donald Trump’s presidency, Democrats around the country are mobilizing for special elections, including in states where Republicans are accustomed to dominating the political field. Over the past few months, for example, Georgia has received national attention as Democrat Jon Ossoff has broken open a race in a solidly Republican congressional district, raising […]

Republicans are terrified of losing the special election in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District. Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff is surging, his campaign raised millions of dollars, and early voting currently favors registered Democrats by 20 points. Desperate to stave off a loss in a traditionally Republican stronghold, GOP interest groups are throwing everything they have at Ossoff. An attack ad […]

Republicans took a massive gamble by forcing a vote on their health care repeal bill before the Congressional Budget Office had time to review it. Some commentators wondered whether the bill might in fact have so many budget flaws that it would no longer even reduce the deficit, meaning it would violate Senate rules and the House […]

The special election in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District continues to heat up, with massive grassroots organizing and outside groups pouring money and resources into the race. Neither Democratic underdog Jon Ossoff nor pro-Trump culture warrior Karen Handel shows any sign of pulling away with a strong lead, with still more than a month to go […]

The Trump budget’s draconian cuts for services for the poor and middle class target popular government programs like Medicaid and Social Security, as well as funding for groups like PBS and Special Olympics that are supported by a large swath of Americans. So Republicans have responded by attempting to distance themselves from the budget, fearful […]

Donald Trump’s proposed budget is a despicable attack on America’s most vulnerable citizens: women, the working class, children, and even people on disability. In a shocking exchange with Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Trump’s budget director, Mick Mulvaney, revealed a stunning contempt and lack of compassion for struggling everyday Americans, including the 44 million Americans who […]

House Republicans voted to repeal Obamacare this week and replace it with a hastily cobbled together mess of a bill that nobody supports. And they did it without even reading the bill or waiting for the Congressional Budget Office to calculate exactly how much this monstrosity will cost the country, which many of them admitted even while […]

There are few in Congress more desperate to repeal health care for the poor than Idaho Republican Raúl Labrador. The founder of the ultra-right-wing House Freedom Caucus, Labrador has previously claimed health care is not a “basic human right,” despite the fact that the government pays most of his own health care costs — something he […]

Following his airstrike on a Syrian air base, Donald Trump delivered remarks in which he cited the “vital national security interest of the United States” as the rationale for his unilateral decision to use force. Almost immediately, Trump faced criticism from both sides of the aisle for not seeking authorization from Congress before using military […]

The health care repeal bill that the House of Representatives passed Thursday on a strictly partisan vote contains a provision that will make life worse for military veterans. Paralyzed Veterans of America warned Republicans about the provision, but Republicans ignored the warning, passed the bill, and then went to celebrate with Donald Trump in the Rose Garden of […]

One of the key features of the American Health Care Act, the Republican plan to repeal Obamacare, is the conversion of the Medicaid program into a block grant for the states. Disguised as choice and flexibility for governors, the real-world effect of this idea would be to reduce the program’s funding, limiting its current ability […]

House Speaker Paul Ryan finally passed the health care bill he and Donald Trump have been pushing for weeks, after backroom deals with the Freedom Caucus and a series of amendments that only made it worse. It now heads to the Senate. The repeal bill, which Republicans call the American Health Care Act, kicks over 24 million […]

During the House’s hearing Tuesday on the Russia investigation task force, former CIA Director John Brennan confirmed what a growing number of scandalous revelations have been indicating all along: that there was contact between Russia and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign during the 2016 election. During questioning by Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), who has served as acting chair […]

Democrats have historically been chided for the speed of their response to breaking news. No such critique will be valid this time. Even before the end of the GOP’s disgraceful beer-soaked celebration of their vote to take health care away from millions of Americans, Democrats jump-started their national, regional, and local campaign to hold every last one of them […]

In the face of public pressure over his unethical secret meeting with the White House, and an Ethics Committee investigation into his possible exposure of classified information, House Intelligence Chair Devin Nunes (R-CA) has reluctantly agreed to recuse himself from the investigation into Russia’s efforts to swing the presidential election for Donald Trump. This is a […]

Republicans celebrated stripping health insurance from 24 million Americans with a delivery of beer to the United States Capitol. As Republicans were voting to repeal Obamacare and make it harder and more expensive for Americans to access life-saving health care, they were apparently already looking forward to knocking back beers in celebration. “Looks like House Republicans are gearing […]

The past couple of weeks in the runoff for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District have seen continued escalation between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel. Democrats are increasingly hopeful that Ossoff, a charismatic young filmmaker and former congressional staffer, can flip a district that has been red for nearly 40 years. Republicans, for their part, are […]

By a strictly partisan vote of 217-213, House Republicans passed their second attempt to repeal Obamacare since Donald Trump became president. The bill, which Speaker Paul Ryan rushed through without even waiting for the Congressional Budget Office to score it to calculate how much it will cost, is a disaster for the American people, especially those […]

The latest Republican bill to repeal Obamacare is an unpopular disaster. And it turns out the very people who voted for Donald Trump could suffer the most if it becomes law. The repeal bill removes the current ban on excluding patients with pre-existing conditions from health insurance coverage, one of the most popular provisions of Obamacare. A […]

While the world was focused on Donald Trump’s relentless stream of foibles and failures, the otherwise stagnant House of Representatives quietly passed legislation broadening Trump’s power over matters of intellectual property. In a bipartisan, 378-48 vote, the House passed the Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act (H.R. 1695), which wrests the librarian of Congress’ ability […]

In April, the unimaginable happened. Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff, the young documentary filmmaker and former congressional staffer, took 48 percent of the vote in the primary against a field of nearly a dozen Republicans, in Georgia’s traditionally red 6th Congressional District. The runoff between Ossoff and former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel is now in […]

Breitbart, the white nationalist right-wing tabloid website, is making a mess of Trump’s campaign to repeal and replace Obamacare with the completely inadequate American Health Care Act. Since Trump launched his presidential campaign, Breitbart has been the top fan site for his political ambitions, so much so that he hired the chairman of the company, […]

The news just keeps getting worse for the Republican plan to repeal Obamacare. On the heels of the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) report showing that 24 million people would lose their health care under the plan, and the Trump administration’s own report showing 26 million being thrown off of their health insurance, a new poll […]

House Republicans are frantically trying to whip votes for their latest version of Obamacare repeal, after their first attempt failed dismally. The newly amended American Health Care Act, which strips protections for pre-existing conditions and would weaken coverage requirements for employer-provided health plans, appears to be in jeopardy again, with key Republicans coming out against it, and […]