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May 14 2022
News
Pence backs Georgia's Kemp in opposition to Trump
Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will host a rally for Georgia Governor Brian Kemp on the eve of his re-election race, setting up a direct clash with former President Donald Trump as Republicans vie to keep control of the key southern state.
The move is a marked split between Trump and his former vice president as Trump continues to air his grievances aimed at re-litigating the
Reuters
Oct 14 2022
Analysis
Nevada could be Democrats’ biggest nightmare
The first thing Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto wants you to understand is that Nevada elections are always close.
“Nevada is a purple state and it’s independent and it’s strong,” she told me in early October, in a union hall she’d just used for a campaign event. “I also know a lot of the polling gets Nevada wrong, so I really don’t utilize or worry about that.”
If she sounds
Vox
May 03 2022
News
Who is John Fetterman, the Pennsylvania lieutenant governor running for Senate?
John Fetterman is the Democratic lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania vying to be the state’s U.S. senator.
Fetterman, 52, received national notice during his time as mayor of Braddock, a small Rust Belt town outside Pittsburgh. He ran unsuccessfully for Senate in 2016. But he’s the Democratic front-runner in the May 17 primary, leading his opponents in the polls and in campaign fund-
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Sep 20 2022
Fact Check
Republican Talking Point Omits Key Details About Stimulus Payments to Inmates
Some congressional Democrats voted for COVID-19 relief bills that resulted in stimulus checks being sent to inmates — but so did some congressional Republicans.
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was one of the prisoners eligible for a $1,400 stimulus check – but he didn’t get to keep it, because a federal court ruled that the payment could be seized to pay Tsarnaev’s criminal
FactCheck.org
Sep 05 2022
Opinion
A union for thee, but not for me
Labor unions are more popular than ever. A recent Gallup poll found support for unions at 71%, the highest it has been since Gallup started asking the question in 1965.
They are enjoying a comeback thanks to highly visible organizing campaigns at Starbucks and Amazon, a tight labor market and concerns around COVID-19 in the workplace. But can their popularity last?
With so few
Deseret News
Oct 13 2022
Analysis
How the Pennsylvania Senate race got so close
This past summer, polling had Lt. Gov.John Fetterman up by as much as 12 points in the Pennsylvania Senate race, a sizable lead in a swing state that’s typically pretty close.
Fetterman’s support raised Democrats’ hopes of flipping the seat, particularly since President Joe Biden won there in the last cycle. Since then, however, the race has tightened considerably, a byproduct of
Vox
Oct 13 2022
News
Why Jan. 6 is mostly absent from the midterms
The GOP lawmakers who backed Donald Trump-driven election challenges that metastasized into violence on Jan. 6, 2021, aren’t taking much campaign-trail heat for it.
Democrats don’t lack for material to slam Republicans as election-denying riot boosters, and in fact many of them deploy that attack while in Washington: A majority of House Republicans voted to oppose certifying 2020
Politico
Feb 07 2022
Analysis
New George Bush Unveils Border Wall-Centric Platform of ‘I’m George Bush’ … But Different
George P. Bush, son of Jeb, nephew of George W., grandson of George H. W. Bush, and prospective Texas attorney general, released a new campaign ad today, in which, yep, that sure is a George Bush all right.
Let’s take a look. The unfortunately initialed “P” Bush was last seen quietly removing a campaign endorsement from a Texas sheriff who turned up on a list of armed, right-wing anti-
RollingStone.com
Jun 09 2022
News
Michigan GOP candidate for governor and D.C. chiropractor charged for roles in Capitol riot
Ryan Kelley, one of five Republican candidates for Michigan governor, was charged with four misdemeanor counts Thursday for his role in the 2021 postelection riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Kelley was arrested at his home in Allendale, Michigan Thursday morning, and an arrest warrant and search warrant were executed at his home by FBI, a law enforcement official confirmed. He's awaiting a
CBS News (Online)
Oct 10 2022
Perspectives Blog
When Biden Gets Screwed by OPEC
From the CenterWhen Joe Biden traveled to Saudi Arabia this past summer, he didn’t exactly grovel. But he swallowed a lot of pride.
During the 2020 presidential campaign, Biden had promised to make the Saudi government into an international “pariah” and promised to cut off arms shipments to the country if they did not improve their approach to human rights. Biden’s administration
Dan Schnur