The pro-Republican super PAC Club for Growth Action released an ad attacking Democratic incumbent Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly on Friday, falsely claiming that provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act cracking down on wealthy tax evaders will lead to open borders. Club for Growth Action, which is heavily bankrolled by billionaire conservative political donors Richard Uihlein and Jeff Yass, is urging...
Biden funds largest community air pollution monitoring program in EPA history
The Environmental Protection Agency on Nov. 3 announced $53.4 million in grants to fund 132 community air pollution monitoring projects in 37 states. The EPA described the awards as the “largest investment for community air monitoring in EPA history.” The projects will be funded through legislation enacted by President Joe Biden: $30 million from the Inflation Reduction Act, which he...
Obama joins Gretchen Whitmer at get-out-the-vote rally in Detroit: ‘Who is on your side?’
Former President Barack Obama joined Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and other state Democratic leaders at a get-out-the-vote rally in Detroit on Oct. 29. Around 3,500 people attended the event at Renaissance High School, which focused on access to abortion, voting rights and public education. “We have always known this would be a close election and there is too much at stake to take...
Adam Laxalt’s Nevada ‘leadership team’ has fake electors and extremist group advocates
Nevada Republican Senate nominee Adam Laxalt warned in his campaign announcement video that in a battle for right and wrong, the “radical left, rich elites, woke corporations, academia, Hollywood, and the media” were taking over America like the evil empire in the Star Wars movies. His own campaign leadership team, however, includes several radical right extremists who have themselves...
Washington GOP candidate Smiley is silent on her support for anti-LGBTQ figures and groups
Ever since she advanced from the Republican primary to the general election, Washington Senate nominee Tiffany Smiley has not promoted her connections to far-right anti-LGBTQ groups and figures. Smiley, a former nurse, is challenging Democratic incumbent Sen. Patty Murray. She is running in a reliably blue state where nearly 60% of voters supported President Joe Biden in 2020, and seems to have...
Ron DeSantis touts state initiatives made possible by the American Rescue Plan he opposed
In a press release issued on Oct. 28, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his administration’s allocation of infrastructure grant funding in the state — while omitting the fact that it was made possible by Democratic members of Congress and President Joe Biden’s administration. The grants are the latest spending commitments in Florida that are a result of federal spending...
Washington GOP nominee Smiley blames climate change on ‘enemy countries that hate us’
Washington Republican Senate nominee Tiffany Smiley has refused to say whether she accepts the scientific consensus that climate change is real and is caused by human activity. Smiley, who is challenging Democratic Sen. Patty Murray in the midterm election that ends Nov. 8, was asked directly during a debate on Oct. 23 about whether humans are contributing to climate change and what should be...
As attorney general, Nevada GOP nominee Laxalt helped clients of adviser’s lobbying firm
Nevada Republican Senate nominee Adam Laxalt, who served as the state’s attorney general from 2015 to 2019, frequently aided the clients of a lobbying firm, founded by a political adviser, that employed Laxalt’s sister. Laxalt is challenging Democratic Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto in the midterm election that ends on Nov. 8. Throughout his political career, Laxalt has relied on...
Michigan county board votes to strip funding from sheriff who led petty 2020 investigation
Dar Leaf, the sheriff of Barry County in Michigan, lost funding for his department when the county’s Board of Commissioners, consisting entirely of Republicans, voted to revoke the allocation it had made for an additional detective for Sheriff Dar Leaf’s department. The website Bridge Michigan reported on Oct. 28 that the board had allocated funds last year to hire a third detective...
Meet the anti-abortion leaders Mehmet Oz wants involved in Pennsylvanians’ health choices
At a Senate debate on Oct. 25 in Harrisburg against Democratic nominee Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, Republican nominee Mehmet Oz argued that the federal government should leave decisions about abortion to “women, doctors, local political leaders.” The local elected officials who could be making those decisions in Pennsylvania, though, include anti-abortion extremists. Oz and Fetterman are...