Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) wants to prohibit anyone from serving more than 12 years in the Senate. But as chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, he has also given hundreds of thousands of dollars to the reelection campaigns of GOP colleagues who have already occupied their Senate seats that long or longer. Scott released a controversial 11-point “Rescue America” road map...
90 U.S. agencies commit to improving equity in federal government
The Biden administration announced on Thursday that more than 90 federal agencies had released “equity action plans” to advance President Joe Biden’s equity and racial justice agenda. The plans “lay out more than 300 concrete strategies and commitments to address the systemic barriers in our nation’s policies and programs that hold too many underserved communities...
Office of Virginia attorney general denies it gave pedophile cop a plea deal. But it did.
The Virginia attorney general’s office and state Republicans have misled the public about a plea deal offered to a former sheriff’s deputy who was convicted of attempting to solicit a minor for sex, according to court documents obtained by The American Independent Foundation. On December 16, 2021, Loudoun County sheriff’s deputy Dustin Amos posted a message to Whisper, an...
Trans kids in Alabama face ‘agonizing’ future under new health care law
Transgender youth in Alabama are set to lose access to medications and treatments they were already taking or were set to take later this year, thanks to a new law banning gender-affirming care in the state. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed the bill into law on Friday. It will go into effect next month, barring any legal intervention. Under the new law, puberty blockers, hormone treatments, and...
Tennessee Republican praises Hitler for leading a ‘life that got him in the history books’
A Tennessee Republican state senator on Wednesday cited Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler as a positive example of someone who was able to make a life for himself after experiencing homelessness. Sen. Frank Niceley used the example to voice his support for a Tennessee Senate bill that would criminalize encampments or soliciting on public property, making it a misdemeanor to camp, for example, under...
Michigan county conventions give preview of contentious GOP primary races
The Michigan Republican Party began its process of picking delegates to its state convention this week with a series of county party conventions, and judging by the events at some of them, a big question for the Michigan GOP is whether the energy and turnout in the meetings will bring it success at the polls — or disarray. Delegates selected at the 83 county conventions will attend the...
U.S. cities are using American Rescue Plan funds to combat homelessness
State and local governments across the United States are distributing millions of dollars they received from the American Rescue Plan to fight homelessness. President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (or ARPA) in March 2021 after it passed Congress with only Democratic votes and unified Republican opposition. The law provided $21.5 billion in funding for emergency...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott uses migrants as human props in ‘publicity stunt’
A busload of migrants who claimed asylum at Texas’ southern border arrived in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday as part of what the White House called a “publicity stunt” on the part of Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. Abbott had announced that he would send migrants by bus from Texas to Washington in protest of President Joe Biden’s revocation of a Trump administration...
Oklahoma abortion ban will affect patients in Texas as restrictions continue to spread
Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt on April 12 signed into law SB 612, a near-complete ban on abortion in the state. Should the measure stand, as of August 2022, people will be unable to get an abortion in the state except to save the life of the pregnant person in the case of a “medical emergency.” Oklahoma is the latest of a number of states that have instituted bans testing the...
Trump bashes Pennsylvania GOP governor candidate for not working to steal 2020 election
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticized former U.S. Attorney Bill McSwain — one of eight GOP candidates running for Pennsylvania governor — saying McSwain didn’t work hard enough to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss in the Keystone State. “Do not vote for Bill McSwain, a coward, who let our country down,” Trump said in a statement. “He knew what was happening...