The Alliance Defending Freedom and the Child and Parental Rights Campaign, two anti-LGBTQ legal advocacy groups, have filed lawsuits against school districts over their policies affirming transgender students and advising against the outing of LGBTQ students to their families. The Alliance Defending Freedom, a group the Southern Poverty Law Center designates an anti-LGBTQ hate group, is behind an...
Catholic bishops back down from punishing Biden over his abortion stance
The American arm of the Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday backpedaled on its plan to rebuke President Joe Biden for his support of reproductive rights. In June, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops cast a controversial vote to draft guidance that would deny communion to politicians who support abortion rights, stemming from a debate over Biden’s stance. But the language was revised to...
VA lawmaker who called for ‘martial law’ to steal election will run for Congress
On Wednesday morning, Virginia state Sen. Amanda Chase announced her campaign for the state’s 7th Congressional District. The district is currently represented by Democrat Abigail Spanberger, who beat incumbent Republican Dave Brat in 2018 to become the first Democrat elected to represent the district in more than 40 years. Chase, who once called herself “Trump in heels,” told...
Fox News host falsely accuses attorney general of perjury over school board comments
Fox News host Will Cain on Wednesday falsely accused Attorney General Merrick Garland of committing perjury before Congress and inaccurately claimed the Department of Justice is treating “concerned parents” as domestic terrorists and using the Patriot Act against them. Cain’s allegations are based on a letter sent by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), the ranking Republican member on the...
Right-wing House members demand government shutdown to end COVID safety rules
The far-right House Freedom Caucus called for a government shutdown on Tuesday as a way to block President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 safety rules. Biden’s administration announced in September that it would require COVID-19 vaccines for most federal employees and that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration would require individuals working for businesses with 100 or more...
Experts say Facebook’s new ad policy won’t do much but hurt small political campaigns
Facebook announced a major change to its advertising interface on Nov. 9, barring firms from targeting users based on their race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or political affiliation. Experts say the change appears to be somewhat cosmetic, in response to the company’s recently battered public image, and that big firms will be able to circumvent the prohibition easily. But the shift...
House Republicans worry censuring Gosar means they’d have to punish other bad behavior
The House on Wednesday is set to censure Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) — a rare punishment for a House lawmaker that’s only taken place 23 times in all of American history — over a violent “anime”-style video his staff tweeted on Nov. 8. The animated video showed Gosar violently decapitating Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and attacking President Joe Biden with swords. After...
Top financial analysts dispel GOP claim that Biden agenda will fuel inflation
For weeks, Republican lawmakers have asserted — with no evidence — that President Joe Biden’s investment plans will make inflation worse. On Tuesday, two major financial analysis services predicted they will not. In an interview with Reuters, Moody’s Investor Service vice president William Foster predicted that Biden’s just-signed $550 billion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs...
GOP lawmakers speak at rally for Koch-funded group behind anti-mask school protests
Seven Republican members of Congress spoke Tuesday morning at a rally held on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington in protest against school mask mandates, critical race theory, and other issues. The event, dubbed “Government Is Not A Co-Parent,” was organized by the Independent Women’s Network, a right-wing self-described “members-only platform” for women to...
Ted Cruz introduces bill that would add $28 billion to the national debt
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R), a vocal opponent of any legislation that increases the national debt, filed a bill on Monday that would effectively add billions to the deficit by repealing part of President Joe Biden’s newly signed infrastructure package. The bill would specifically roll back one of the funding mechanisms that pays for the new law’s $550 billion investment in roads, bridges...