IN THE STATES: Biden’s Economic Plan Is Working
In the states this week, local news was full of headlines showing President Biden’s economic plan is working, from lower gas prices to manufacturing jobs coming back. Here’s what they’re reading about gas prices hitting their lowest level since Russia invaded Ukraine: In Arkansas: KATV: Gas price average across Arkansas drops… Read More
President Biden’s Letter to the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee on the Presidential Nominating Process
Today, President Joe Biden sent a letter to the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee as it prepares to meet tomorrow to consider changes to the Democratic Party’s nominating calendar. In the letter, the president laid out the principles he believes should guide the process of consideration. “Just like my Administration,… Read More
Pence’s Book Tour Is Flopping Spectacularly
This month, Mike Pence launched a book tour that no one asked for in a desperate attempt to rehab his tattered public image — but it’s falling flat, and people are taking notice. Try as he might to “have it all ways at once” when it comes… Read More
LOCAL NEWS: Biden Touts Manufacturing Boom in Michigan
Yesterday, President Biden visited Bay City, Michigan, to tout the American manufacturing jobs boom thanks in large part to the Biden-Harris administration’s Made in America agenda. Under President Biden and Democrats’ CHIPS and Science Act, which a majority of House and Senate Republicans voted against, the United States is investing $52… Read More
Republicans Double Down on Threat to Crash Economy to Gut Social Security & Medicare
Just hours after NRSC Chair Rick Scott said that he had no regrets about Republicans running on a midterm agenda to jeopardize Social Security and Medicare, top Senate Republican John Thune actually doubled down on Republicans’ threat to crash the economy to force cuts to key programs like Social Security and Medicare. Read More
BREAKING: 36 Senate Republicans Vote Against Protecting Marriage Equality
36 Senate Republicans just voted against the Respect for Marriage Act, which would enshrine marriage equality protections into federal law. Republicans keep proving just extreme and out of step they are with America. That’s right: 36 GOP Senators voted against protecting Americans’ fundamental right to marry who they love, despite… Read More
McCarthy Runs to the Right to Save His Speaker Bid
FIVE House Republicans have come out publicly to oppose Kevin McCarthy’s bid for speaker of the House. And now? An exclusive interview with the far-right outlet Newsmax — where McCarthy made another last-ditch attempt to appease the most extreme elements of his caucus to try and win their support. Kevin… Read More
Shot/Chaser: Kevin McCarthy’s Nick Fuentes Problem
Days after news broke that former President Donald Trump had dinner with white nationalist Nick Fuentes, Kevin McCarthy finally responded saying he didn’t “think anybody should be spending any time with Nick Fuentes.” Kevin McCarthy: “I don’t think anybody should be spending any time with… Read More
Rick Scott Has No Regrets
Fresh off his disastrous stint as NRSC chair and failed run for Senate minority leader, Rick Scott whined in a new op-ed and said he has no regrets about putting pen to paper about his plan to put Social Security and Medicare on the chopping block. In the midst of… Read More
Republicans Have Been Silent on Trump’s Dinner with Nick Fuentes
Last week, Donald Trump hosted white nationalist Nick Fuentes for dinner at Mar-a-Lago, confirming once again to Americans just how extreme today’s MAGA Republican Party is. In telling fashion, the Republican Party is nearly collectively ignoring what their party leader is up to. Even as Republicans gear up for their… Read More