ArchiveAugust 2021

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) criticized President Joe Biden on Saturday for not serving in the Vietnam War. But Scott never attacked former President Donald Trump for avoiding the draft by claiming to have bone spurs in his heel. Appearing on a conservative podcast, Scott was asked about Biden’s handling of Afghanistan. “First of all, Joe Biden was never willing to put on the uniform, and...

The Biden administration urged transgender students to file complaints if they’ve been discriminated against in a “back-to-school message” video posted to YouTube from the Justice Department’s account on Tuesday.  In the video, top officials from the Justice Department, Education Department, and Health and Human Services sent a message of support to transgender kids...

Polls in New Jersey and Virginia show Democratic gubernatorial nominees in those states leading their anti-mask GOP opponents, months out from the November contests. On Friday, a Roanoke College poll found former Democratic Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe leading Republican Glenn Younkin, a wealthy ex-investment firm executive backed by former President Donald Trump, 46%-38%. The poll showed 44% of...

Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Friday that he is “concerned” about Afghan refugees coming to his state because “we don’t know if they’re sending terrorists.” Paxton made the remarks during an appearance on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends First” in reaction to news that Fort Bliss, headquartered in El Paso, could temporarily...

The chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota resigned on Thursday, a week after a top donor and close ally of hers was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges. She is still set to receive tens of thousands of dollars in severance payments. In a statement, Jennifer Carnahan said she had “no knowledge or involvement” in the alleged “heinous acts of sex trafficking and...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) argued on Friday morning that if President Joe Biden “should be impeached” if he isn’t able to evacuate every American and Afghan who helped the United States in the 20-year conflict. Graham said Friday morning in an interview on “Fox & Friends”: If we leave any Americans behind, if we leave thousands of those Afghans who fought along...

Two top election officials in Arizona each released prebuttal statements addressing the GOP-led “audit” of election results in the state’s largest county days before a final report on the effort is expected to be released. Both criticized it as a partisan effort riddled with conflicts and errors. Both Arizona’s Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, and Maricopa...

More Americans are worried about threats from domestic extremist groups than foreign ones, according to a recent poll conducted by the Associated Press and NORC at the University of Chicago. The poll, which was released Thursday morning, found that 65% of respondents said they are extremely worried about threats from domestic extremist groups. Seventy-five percent of Democratic respondents said...

Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner on Thursday claimed that the Biden administration should know the whereabouts of every American in Afghanistan because the administration is also tracking people on Facebook. While discussing ongoing efforts to airlift people out of Afghanistan at a Defense Department press conference on Wednesday, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby told reporters he...

Groups promoting “conversion therapy” have begun co-opting the language and symbols of LGBTQ equality and civil rights efforts to appeal to LGBTQ people and encourage them to join their movements, experts say. “Conversion therapy” is a dangerous practice that claims to change a person’s sexuality or gender identity through a number of distressing techniques. It has...