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Dec 28 2022
Opinion
George Santos Is a Symptom of a Political System That Only Lets in the Rich
In today's Republican Party, you can be openly gay and Hispanic. What you can't be is poor.
That's my takeaway from the news this week that Congressman-elect George Santos, the son of Brazilian immigrants and the first openly gay non-incumbent GOP candidate to win a House seat, lied about key parts of his resumé. Santos told voters he'd graduated from Baruch College and worked for
Guest Writer - RightMar 08 2022
News
GOP Governors Prepping $31.4M Ad Buy in 5 Key Battleground States
The Republican Governors Association is getting ready for the 2022 midterms with $31.4 million in television ads in five battleground states.
According to Politico, the ads will be focused on gubernatorial races in the states of Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Nevada, and Wisconsin, including four states where Democrats are defending first term governors, and an open seat.
The open
Newsmax (News)Nov 14 2022
News
Congress faces busy lame-duck session as it returns to Washington
Members of Congress are still unpacking the results of the midterm elections, but they will return Monday to Washington with plenty to do, from funding the government to authorizing key defense programs.
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer over the weekend said senators should expect “heavy work” and “long hours” even as the final makeup of next year’s Senate hinges on a December
Washington TimesMar 30 2022
Fact Check
Examining Rick Scott’s Claim That Medicare, Social Security Will Soon Go ‘Bankrupt’
In promoting his plan to “rescue America,” Sen. Rick Scott went too far in claiming that Medicare will go “bankrupt” in four years and Social Security in 12 years. Government trustees project that certain Medicare and Social Security trust funds would become depleted by then, but payments would continue, albeit at a reduced rate.
Scott made his remarks March 27 on “Fox News Sunday” when
FactCheck.orgAug 15 2022
Perspectives Blog
Yuh-Line Niou Wants to Become the First Openly Autistic Member of Congress
This piece appeared on The Fulcrum, which AllSides rates as Center. It was republished on The Fulcrum from The 19th, which is unrated. It was written by Sara Luterman, a politics and culture writer at The 19th who focuses on disability politics.
When New York state Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou announced she was running to represent New York’s 10th District in Congress, the field was
Sara LutermanJan 06 2023
News
Family of late Capitol Police officer sues Trump for $10 million
The fiancee of a Capitol Police officer is suing Donald Trump, accusing the former president of his wrongful death and other damages.
Sandra Garza, representing the estate of Officer Brian Sicknick, is reportedly seeking $10 million from the 2024 Republican presidential-primary hopeful, saying he was at fault in the Jan. 6, 2021, riots.
The lawsuit charges that Sicknick’s death
Washington TimesFeb 20 2023
Perspectives Blog
When Cable News Hastens Its Own Demise
From the CenterYears from now, when the obituary for cable television has been written and we have all turned to streaming platforms and other digital sources of news and information, last Thursday may turn out to be a day of tremendous symbolic importance in how cable’s extinction occurred.
First came the release of court documents in the defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting
Dan SchnurJan 10 2023
Analysis
The impending debt ceiling collision of 2023 — and how Biden can avoid it — explained
Joe Biden can use executive power to defuse the debt ceiling bomb, but that comes with risks of its own.
2023 brings the United States a new Congress with a new Republican majority in the House, and (after many many hours of voting) a Republican speaker of the House, and you know what that means: There will be a massive fight over the debt ceiling.
The ceiling, a legal limit on
VoxJun 19 2022
News
International Swimming Federation votes to restrict transgender athletes from competing in elite women’s aquatics competitions
The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has voted to approve a new policy that will restrict most transgender athletes from competing in elite women’s aquatics competitions.
Swimming’s world governing body approved the new “gender inclusion” policy on Sunday, after 71.5% of FINA’s member federations voted in support at the FINA Extraordinary General Congress 2022.
The new
CNN (Online News)Jun 20 2022
News
GOP wants Texans to vote on secession from U.S. — plus 6 other takeaways from the party's convention
Thousands of Republicans gathered in Houston last week for the 2022 Texas State Republican Convention.
Measures adopted to the party's platform at the convention are not set laws, rather they act as a "mission statement" of sorts for the party over the next two years.
Below is a roundup of the GOP's take on hot-button issues — in their own words — from the official platform
San Antonio Express-News