Ohio Republican Senate candidate Jane Timken released a new campaign ad on Tuesday that baselessly blames President Joe Biden’s immigration policy for the ongoing opioid crisis. And the evidence she cites in the 30-second spot does not support her attack. “Under Joe Biden, illegal immigrants and drug cartels are flooding Ohio with heroin and fentanyl,” Timken, the former state...
GOP governor candidate falsely accuses his own party of 2020 election ‘cover-up’
In a March 12 radio interview, former senator David Perdue, who is challenging incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp in Georgia’s Republican gubernatorial primary, suggested that his opponent had orchestrated a “cover-up” of election fraud in the state after former President Donald Trump’s 2020 loss. “You know, I don’t have the evidence to prove this, but it smacks of a...
GOP Senate candidate touts endorsement from official who called LGBTQ people ‘filth’
North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Mark Walker is highlighting a glowing endorsement from his state’s bigoted lieutenant governor, Mark Robinson (R). In a video shared by the former representative on Wednesday, Robinson praises Walker as “a fighter” who stood by him even after Robinson gave a sermon in which he called LGBTQ people “filth.” “RETWEET this...
Biden administration to send $9.8 million to improve Pennsylvania transit system
On Monday it was announced that the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) will receive $9.8 million in grants from the Federal Transit Administration’s Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program, which operates under the Department of Transportation. SEPTA’s system consists of 290 stations with buses, trolleys, commuter/heavy/light rail, trams, and rapid transit...
Ron Johnson thinks struggling moms should take care of other people’s kids
Weeks after saying affordable child care is not society’s problem, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) proposed a solution to the ongoing crisis: make working moms who receive government assistance provide it. In a Tuesday telephone town hall, a constituent asked Johnson if he had any solutions to the challenges of providing child care for Wisconsin’s working parents given his stated opposition...
Millionaire GOP lawmakers say wearing masks on flights causes ‘ongoing financial harm’
A group of more than a dozen Republican members of the House and Senate filed a lawsuit against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday, claiming that the federal mask mandate for airplane travel violates their “constitutional rights.” They also said the requirement causes them “ongoing financial harm” because they have to purchase masks. “On its...
Biden administration tackles gender pay gap issues for federal workers
On Tuesday, in conjunction with Equal Pay Day, the White House announced the U.S. Office of Personnel Management will propose regulations aimed at banning the use of prior salary history in the process of hiring and pay-setting for federal employees — a move that equal pay advocates say could help close the pay gap for historically underpaid workers. “Banning the use of prior salary history...
Georgia governor candidate David Perdue’s PAC is helping fund the spread of election lies
Former Georgia Republican Sen. David Perdue’s political action committee has made donations to candidates and groups who supported former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election and who are pushing for “election integrity” legislation, a review of the his recent campaign finance filings has found. One Georgia, the leadership PAC of...
Marco Rubio isn’t posing as a gay ally anymore
In 2016, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) advised his fellow Christian conservatives to show tolerance toward LGBTQ people. Six years later, Rubio has made an about-face and is supporting Florida’s attacks on LGBTQ rights. In the aftermath of the 2016 mass shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, that left 49 people dead, Rubio won reelection in part by claiming to be an ally for the...
GOP Senate candidate says he’s playing Risk to learn about foreign policy
New Hampshire state Senate President Chuck Morse (R) announced in January that he would seek his party’s nomination to challenge Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) this November. Earlier this month, he said he is trying to learn about foreign policy — by playing a board game. At a March 4 meet-and-greet event in Londonderry, New Hampshire, Morse told voters that he was trying to bone up on...