J.R. Majewski, a Republican congressional candidate in Ohio, on Tuesday posted a photoshopped image of Kyle Rittenhouse as Captain America. Majewski also retweeted a post that called for Rittenhouse to be cleared of all charges. Rittenhouse shot three men, killing two, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 2020 during protests about the police shooting of Jacob Blake. He is currently on trial for murder...
Iowa GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds accused of misusing COVID relief funds — again
Iowa’s state auditor, Democrat Rob Sand, released a report on Monday that finds the office of Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds improperly used $448,449 in coronavirus pandemic relief funds to pay her staff’s salaries. The annual review of the state’s spending for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2020, makes note of requirements for the use of federal COVID relief funding:...
Majority of Americans oppose overturning Roe v. Wade amid GOP attacks, poll finds
As the Supreme Court prepares to decide the fate of Roe v. Wade a new survey shows very few Americans back GOP efforts to overturn abortion rights. The Washington Post-ABC News poll, released Tuesday, found that 60% of American adults want to see the 1973 ruling guaranteeing the right to obtain an abortion upheld, while just 27% of American adults want to see the high court overturn it. Even...
GOP lawmaker takes credit for infrastructure funding after voting against it
Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL) on Monday night touted “critical funding” that President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill provided for a highway in his district — even though he voted against the funding. Palmer bragged about $369 million his district will receive from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the $1.2 billion infrastructure bill Biden signed into law on Monday. Palmer...
Study confirms claim that Texas law bans abortion before many know they’re pregnant
A new study confirms what activists have been saying in the wake of Texas’ six-week abortion ban: Many people do not know they are pregnant at the six-week mark. Texas made news in May when its Republican governor, Greg Abbott, signed into law what is arguably the strictest abortion ban in the United States and what many abortion rights advocates have called a near-total ban. The Texas ban...
Arizona GOP governor brags about infrastructure improvements his party opposed
Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey announced on Monday a $100 million investment to expand high-speed broadband internet service in his state — a move that was made possible solely by Democrats in Congress. Ducey said the $100 million investment was made possible by the American Rescue Plan Act, the COVID-19 relief bill President Joe Biden signed into law back in March. Every single one of...
House GOP leader wants to shut down NPR over an email
A top House Republican is demanding that National Public Radio lose both its public funding and its tax-exempt status. Her reasoning: A former staffer for New York NPR affiliate North Country Public Radio sent an inappropriately political email. “DEFUND NPR,” House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik tweeted on Monday. In a linked press release, the New York Republican called...
GOP lawmaker attacks Catholic, Jewish charities for helping asylum-seekers
Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) went on Fox News on Monday to attack two faith-based charities that are helping immigrants who are seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. In an appearance on “Fox & Friends,” Gooden claimed that the two charities — Catholic Charities USA and the Jewish Family Foundation — are operating “secretive” programs to bring more “illegal...
Swastika sign spotted at anti-vax rally held by New York governor hopeful
An anti-vaccine protester with a swastika drawn on a sign was standing prominently next to New York Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rob Astorino at a rally on Sunday, the latest incident in which a Republican candidate or elected official has been associated with antisemitic comparisons of vaccine mandates to the Holocaust. The protester was one of around 100 demonstrators who gathered in to...
Fact check: Dark money group lies about Democrats’ tax ‘promise’ in misleading ad
A series of new ads from a conservative dark money group accuses House Democrats of breaking a promise they never made. And the supposed source for the ads’ claims does not remotely support their argument. The ads are sponsored by the right-wing Club for Growth, a tax-exempt group that works to elect anti-government Republicans and does not disclose its donors. They target five moderate...