‘Pathological liar’: Herschel Walker carries baggage into the Georgia Senate runoff
Republican Herschel Walker and Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock are headed to a runoff election on Dec. 6.
By Emily Singer - November 10, 2022Republican Herschel Walker and Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock are headed to a runoff election on Dec. 6.
By Emily Singer - November 10, 2022Nevada Republican gubernatorial nominee Joe Lombardo sent messages to campaign consultants using his official government email account.
By Emily Singer - October 25, 2022Republican Sigal Chattah accepted the maximum allowable campaign contribution from Curtis Debord, now sales director for a Nevada arms manufacturer, who was indicted for trafficking illegal weapons in the late 1990s.
By Emily Singer - September 23, 2022Complaints have been filed against the campaigns of Republican candidates James Craig, Tudor Dixon, and Perry Johnson.
By Nick Vachon - May 03, 2022Sen. Mitch McConnell accused President Joe Biden of running as a moderate but not governing as one.
By Josh Israel - April 28, 2021‘This is about making sure that we move forward,’ Joe Biden told reporters ahead of his planned visit on Thursday.
By Associated Press - September 03, 2020Biden has faced growing pressure from allies to speak out more about the coronavirus.
By Associated Press - March 25, 2020A new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center paints a disturbing picture of the spread of hate in Trump’s America.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 20, 2019With numbers like this, it’s no wonder Trump wishes he could outlaw polling.
By Tommy Christopher - June 25, 2018A new study shows that violence spikes when Trump comes to town.
By Caroline Orr - March 16, 2018The revelation raises questions about what Pennsylvania GOP candidate Rick Saccone pledged to those he met with — and what price voters may have to pay for his promises.
By Caroline Orr - February 23, 2018Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore is best known these days for the accusations that he molested and preyed on teenage girls. But even if that issue is put aside, he is completely unsuitable for public office. He has a very dim view of women’s suffrage, has claimed America was better under slavery, violated the Constitution […]
By Matthew Chapman - December 11, 2017There is quite enough known about Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore to utterly disqualify him from public office — from his serial pursuit of teenage girls, to his belief the Bible overrules the Constitution, to his conviction that America was only “great” under slavery. But on top of all that, Moore considers himself more aligned […]
By Matthew Chapman - December 08, 2017Rep. Pete Sessions is a key target for Democrats in 2018, and for good reason. Texas’s 32nd Congressional District, located in Dallas, is not nearly as conservative as it used to be. Hillary Clinton carried it by 2 points. Despite this, Sessions continues to represent the district as a relentless GOP partisan, voting with Trump […]
By Matthew Chapman - December 07, 2017There was a point at which it seemed Republicans had finally found a line they would not cross with Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore. Following allegations that Moore stalked and preyed on teenage girls, the Republican National Committee pulled funding, Republican leaders called for blocking him from serving in the Senate, and even Donald Trump […]
By Matthew Chapman - December 04, 2017Roy Moore’s Alabama Senate campaign continues to plumb the depths of depravity, now describing one of his alleged abuse victims, Leigh Corfman, as a “problem child.” The smear is the latest tactic being employed by the Trump-endorsed Republican candidate to deflect charges that he molested her when she was 14. In an interview with the […]
By Oliver Willis - December 04, 2017Although Donald Trump made it abundantly clear that he was still supporting Alabama Senate candidate and accused child molester Roy Moore, he pledged to refrain from actively campaigning for Moore in the GOP candidate’s state. According to the White House, Trump had decided he would support Moore in interviews and tweets, but would not actually […]
By Matthew Chapman - November 30, 2017There is seemingly no end to the horror stories emerging about GOP Alabama Senate candidate and twice-fired chief of the state Supreme Court, Roy Moore, who’s accused of serially stalking, molesting, and sexually assaulted teenage girls. And his Democratic challenger, former U.S. attorney Doug Jones, is coming out swinging in defense of Moore’s victims. In a powerful […]
By Matthew Chapman - November 22, 2017Donald Trump just couldn’t help himself. His top White House spokespeople have tried to create some distance between admitted sexual predator Trump and alleged serial predator Roy Moore, the Republican Trump endorsed for Alabama Senate. The White House first dismissed the shocking story as “mere allegation.” Counselor Kellyanne Conway then said there was no reason for […]
By Kaili Joy Gray - November 21, 2017Alabama Democrat Doug Jones is experiencing a massive surge of donations to his Senate campaign. The grassroots support comes as his opponent, Roy Moore, continues to lash out at the media and at his fellow Republicans. Moore stands accused of child molestation and sexual misconduct with several women. NBC News reports that Moore was collecting […]
By Oliver Willis - November 17, 2017As more accusers have come forward in the Roy Moore child molestation and sexual assault scandal, the GOP candidate has gone to extreme lengths to deflect the attacks. Moore has used every dirty tactic in the book to muddy the waters, first accusing both Democrats and Republican elites of trying to railroad him, then sending […]
By Matthew Chapman - November 16, 2017Speaking at a press conference Thursday, GOP Senate candidate and accused sexual predator Roy Moore insisted that he won’t get out of the race because what the nation really needs is a man like him to restore our moral values. Moore, who has been accused of sexually harassment and assault by nine different women over […]
By Caroline Orr - November 16, 2017Republican politicians continue to scramble in the wake of the shocking allegations against Alabama senate candidate Roy Moore. While several U.S. senators have called for him step aside, convinced that the claims that he sexually pursued and assaulted underage girls make him unqualified for the job, some Republicans in local districts are caught trying to […]
By Eric Boehlert - November 15, 2017The bombshell story that Alabama GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore pursued five teenage girls, sexually assaulted two, and preyed on countless others at the local mall and YMCA has sent shockwaves through the political world. But numerous voices have wondered whether even this would be enough to affect a Senate race for the seat previously […]
By Matthew Chapman - November 15, 2017Much attention has been given to the fact that even in the wake of Roy Moore’s pedophilia accusations, the religious right — a dominant political force in Alabama — remains steadfastly loyal to him. And polls have indeed shown that white, conservative evangelical support for him is still disturbingly high. However, Moore’s support within religious […]
By Matthew Chapman - November 14, 2017Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore responded to allegations that he sexually molested a 14-year-old when he was in his 30s and preyed on several other teenagers by threatening to dig up dirt on his accusers. Moore made his threat while making a radio appearance with Fox News host Sean Hannity, sending a clear message to […]
By Oliver Willis - November 10, 2017Roy Moore, the Republican Party’s senate candidate in Alabama, went to Steve Bannon’s Breitbart in an attempt to head off accusations of child molestation that are now surfacing. Moore has been an icon of the conservative movement for years. He has beat the drum in opposition to marriage equality between consenting adults, claiming it would lead […]
By Oliver Willis - November 09, 2017Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie made the argument that the governor of Virginia has to be subservient to Donald Trump, even though voters there have consistently rejected him. Gillespie made his comments while appearing on Fox News, in a final push for his overtly racist campaign on the pro-Trump propaganda outlet. An Election Day tweet […]
By Oliver Willis - November 07, 2017Republican gubernatorial nominee Ed Gillespie has abandoned all pretense of portraying himself as a mainstream middle-of-the-road conservative in the closing days of the Virginia election. His unapologetic embrace of full-throated racism earned him the endorsement of Donald Trump last month, and now his anti-immigrant, pro-Confederacy campaign has received praise from avowed white supremacist Steve Bannon. […]
By Kaili Joy Gray - November 06, 2017Republican Ed Gillespie turned a statement about the mass shooting at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, into a spiel about the NRA’s endorsement of his campaign for governor of Virginia. Gillespie made the jarring boast during an an interview with Dana Perino on Fox News, the national media outlet he has relied on […]
By Oliver Willis - November 06, 2017