Archive for October 2022
Let’s save the economy from Republicans who want to cut jobs and put more money in the pockets of the largest corporations.
Republicans have a reputation for being pro-big business, and that is exactly what makes them worse for the American economy. In fact, Republican policies put profits over people, exacerbate inequality and make life harder for all but the richest Americans. The few policy positions outlined by Republicans hoping to take back congress would only continue…
Read MoreThe Inflation Reduction Act Lowers Medical Cost and Increases Energy Production
Democrats have taken action on inflation but the media seems to ignore it and focus on the horse race lies from the GOP. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is designed to make a historic down payment on deficit reduction. That fights inflation. It invests in domestic energy production and manufacturing. That fights inflation. It…
Read MoreRepublicans Will Help Oil Companies Keep Gas Prices High Until 2024. Here’s Why…
Right now, oil companies are pumping millions of dollars into the Republicans’ midterm campaigns. Meanwhile, Shell and other companies are reporting record-breaking profits and handing out billions of dollars in stock buybacks. In fact, big oil has already handed out checks for votes to GOP Congressman Ted Budd who is running for Senator for North…
Read More97% of Republicans Voted Against Your Right to Birth Control
The Right to Contraception Act is a short bill introduced in the House as H.R.8373 – Right to Contraception Act. The bill guarantees your right to contraception and family planning. That’s it. No provision of the bill relates to abortion or any procedures used to end a pregnancy and yet, all but 8 Republicans voted…
Read MoreFox Business Said The UK had a “Terrific Economic Plan” and Compared It to the GOP’s. UK’s Inflation Rate is Nearly 2% Higher than U.S.
The U.K’s inflation rate is now 2% higher than the U.S. after implementing a disastrous conservative economic agenda which Fox Business compared to the GOP’s plan. As of September, the U.K.’s inflation rate was 10.1% vs the U.S. which reported 8.2%. The inflation rate in the U.S. is down 0.9% since its high in July…
Read MoreDemocrats Helped Small Businesses Re-Open. Every Republican Voted No.
As family-owned businesses were getting back up and running, congress was working on legislation to offer them the support they needed. Democrats passed the American Rescue Plan without any Republican votes in the House or Senate. This package invested heavily in small businesses by offering the following grants: Small Business Support Voted Against by Every…
Read MoreWhen Your Monthly Child Tax Credit Payments Ended, Republicans Refused to Renew It
Democrats passed the Enhanced Child Tax Credit in 2021 in the American Rescue Plan. “The measure increased the child tax credit from $2,000 to $3,600 for qualifying children under 6 years old, and $3,000 for other children under 18 years old who qualify,” as reported by The Hill. In 2021, the program lifted 3.7 million…
Read MoreRepublicans promise to lower taxes on the largest corporations, and it will make inflation worse
The GOP is vowing to lower corporate taxes immediately if they retake Congress in November, another warning sign that Republican leadership will destabilize the economy and make inflation worse if they are allowed to take charge. Their vows to lower taxes on big businesses prove that Republicans have no understanding of the underlying causes of…
Read MoreBig Oil Has Paid Marco Rubio $250,000
Florida’s Republican Senator Marco Rubio has received over $250,000 in donations from the oil and gas industries since he began his senior Senator seat in 2011. Oil companies are price gouging and making billions in profits this year. They are not using the record number of drilling permits granted to them by the Biden administration.…
Read MoreFact: Democrats Reduced the Federal Deficit by 50%
The U.S. Treasury released the deficit figures for the end of fiscal year 2022. “The federal deficit went up every single year in the Trump administration — every single year he was president,” President Biden said. “It went up before the pandemic. It went up during the pandemic. It went up every single year on…
Read MoreYou don’t have to choose between saving democracy and fighting inflation. Democrats will give you both.
The choice between combatting inflation and protecting democracy is false. The 2022 midterms are one of the most important elections of our lifetimes — democracy hangs in the balance. Almost 300 Republicans running for election this year are election deniers. Some of these candidates running for state-wide office will have the power to determine whether…
Read MoreTed Budd’s Votes Have Been Bought by Big-Pharma, Big Oil, and Special Interest Groups
Ted Budd took money from big pharma after voting to prevent lower drug prices. The cost of prescription drugs is a flashpoint for Americans needing medications but cannot afford them due to the ever-increasing prices. Congressman Ted Budd voted against H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019, which would…
Read MoreTed Budd Calls Violent January 6th Insurrection “just patriots standing up.”
On Todd Starnes’s radio show, Ted Budd said Americans should “take a real look at what happened on Jan. 6,” Budd said. “It was nothing. And it was just patriots standing up.” Fueled by the lies of Donald Trump, thousands stormed the U.S. Capital to overthrow the election after Biden won by over 10 million…
Read MoreTed Budd’s Family Business Left Farmers with $50 Million in Losses
“We got screwed and there was not a freaking thing we could do about it. There was no way to fight multimillionaires,” said Scott Scheuerman, a farmer who had urged fellow growers to send their crop to the company, which had bought up dozens of processing plants. “We were the little guy. We were just…
Read MoreTed Budd Takes Paycheck from Big Pharma After Voting Against Lower Drug Prices
Congressman Ted Budd voted against H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019, which would lower the cost of prescription drugs and insulin. Days later he received a significant influx of cash from pharmaceutical political action committees. On December 12, 2019, H.R. 3 passed, by a vote of 230-192. The…
Read MoreOil Companies Back Ted Budd to Keep Profits and Your Gas Prices High
Ted Budd, Congressman from North Carolina and current senate candidate, has taken over $195,000 from the oil, gas, and energy industries. In May, he hosted a private fundraiser with Continental Resources PAC, the major fossil fuel company’s political action committee that contributed to his campaign just one day before he voted against legislation that would…
Read MoreAdam Laxalt Will Be Big Oil’s Best Friend in the Senate
Adam Laxalt and his wife own tens of thousands of dollars worth of stock in Chevron Corporation, ExxonMobil, and other oil and gas businesses. He works at Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, a major conservative law firm that calls itself, “the ‘go-to-firm’ to sue the federal government.” Laxalt has not disclosed his client list; however, the…
Read MoreMarco Rubio Wants All Abortions Banned For Any Reason
Senator Marco Rubio was asked if he would support a Federal abortion ban with no exceptions – a position he clearly holds as an anti-abortion absolutist. Rubio, who has previously suggested he would support a total abortion ban, calls himself a 100 percent pro-life advocate. But he does not articulate policy and further suggests that…
Read MoreSocial Security works for Americans. Republicans promise to cut it. Democrats have a plan to strengthen it.
Social Security is one of America’s most successful anti-poverty programs. Seniors are obvious beneficiaries, but children and people with disabilities are helped by Social Security as well. And since the program was enacted, Republicans have been opposed to those vital benefits. In fact, Republicans have had the demise of Social Security and Medicare in their…
Read MoreRepublicans Can’t Stop Talking About Cutting Social Security
Representative Jason Smith (R-Mo.), and other House Republicans told Bloomberg News last week that they are willing to default on the nation’s debt, causing domestic and international economic turmoil, so they can cut your Social Security and Medicare benefits. The GOP did not publish an official platform in 2020. In the years since, Republicans have…
Read MoreCrisis of Border Lies: The Border is Not Open
If you are a regular consumer of conservative media, you’ve probably heard about the “crisis at the border” and Joe Biden’s “open border.” Republicans are regularly citing headlines like “Arrests along U.S.-Mexico border top 2 million a year for the first time” while simultaneously saying the border is open and there is no enforcement. Is…
Read MoreCrisis of Border Lies: Crime is Not Up Because of Illegal Crossings
Among the most unfounded lies is the one about crime being up because of illegal border crossings. This isn’t based on any factual data. In fact, one of the reasons why the number of people trying to cross is up is because entire families are making the journey due to destabilization in various South American…
Read MoreCrisis of Border Lies: Biden Actually Increased Funding for Border Enforcement and Immigration Processing
In March of 2022, the Biden Administration submitted its budget to congress and asked for a 700% increase in USCIS funding and an 80% increase in funding for immigration courts to process backlogs. Under Biden, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) funding is much higher than it’s peak under the Trump administration. Boundless reported, “Customs and…
Read MoreCrisis of Border Lies: Biden’s Border Security Policies Are Actually Working and Keeping Drugs Off the Streets
If you happen to follow the GOP on Twitter you might think they’re working for the Biden Administration since they highlight his border security accomplishments on a daily basis. Because of Biden’s increased investments in Homeland Security, USCIS, CBP, and shifting incarceration priorities in ICE, these departments are efficiently managing border security. Hundreds of thousands…
Read MoreCrisis of Border Lies: Donald Trump’s Border Was Never Secure
Republicans like to say that Donald Trump secured the border. That’s a lie. To get the facts, we actually look to the libertarian CATO Institute which as done some detailed reporting on this. According to their report titled “President Trump Reduced Legal Immigration. He Did Not Reduce Illegal Immigration,” “By November 2020, the Trump administration…
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