Archive for October 2022
Crisis of Border Lies: Biden Actually Got Mexico to Pay for Border Security
This is true. On July 12, 2022, multiple news outlets reported on an agreement secured by Joe Biden for Mexico to contribute $1.5 billion to border security. ABC Reported, “Mexico on Tuesday agreed to contribute $1.5 billion to a joint initiative with the U.S. to improve infrastructure along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a person…
Read MoreMarco Rubio Talks About Inflation. No Idea What to Do About It.
The GOP has made inflation a key talking point this cycle. Global inflation is a problem and Democrats have been working on plans to help give relief to Americans by combatting gas prices, medical costs, and other rising costs. They’re also advocating for a pay raise for American workers. In a recent debate, Florida Senator…
Read MoreAnti-Abortion Laws Are Harming Women Suffering from Miscarriages
Pharmacists are withholding medication. And some women are having to carry dead fetuses because doctors are afraid to perform life-saving procedures that might run afoul of anti-abortion laws in their state. In July, the New York Times spoke to a woman named Amanda (withholding her last name for privacy) who was a victim of Texas’…
Read MoreSenator Ron Johnson Has Raked in Over $750,000 in Fossil Fuel Cash
Since 2009, Ron Johnson, Senator of Wisconsin, has taken over $750,000 from the oil, gas, and energy industries. This period covers his tenure since he was first elected in 2010. Oil companies are price gauging and making billions in profits this year. They are not using the record number of drilling permits granted to them…
Read MoreOil companies spend big on Republicans to keep profits booming
Oil companies have pumped nearly $30 million into Republican campaigns this election cycle with House minority leader Kevin McCarthy alone getting nearly half a million dollars. Oil executives are publicly stating that they’re keeping supply low to reward investors. OpenSecrets has reported that $28.4 million dollars have gone to Republicans which is 83% of all…
Read MoreOil CEO’s Admit They’re Not Drilling Because of Investors, not Government
The Dallas Federal Reserve surveyed executives of American oil companies to find out why they weren’t drilling to meet demand among soaring gas prices. The response is unsurprising. Their investors want profits, not lower gas prices. Of the CEO’s surveyed, “Nearly 60% cited “investor pressure to maintain capital discipline” as the primary reason oil companies…
Read MoreU.S. Energy Independence is Actually Expanding Under Biden
The latest lie is that Biden ended U.S. energy independence. Energy independence is achieved when U.S. companies produce (and export) more oil and energy resources than we import. If you’re just here for the short fact, the U.S. is still energy independent as we are still producing more than we’re a net exporter. How did…
Read MoreWhy didn’t Democrats just pass a clean bill to lower insulin costs? (They actually did.)
Ever since Herschel Walker said he would not have voted for the Inflation Reduction Act (which, among other things, will cap insulin copays at $35/month), his supporters have come to his defense blaming Democrats for not just passing a clean bill (that is, a law that addresses just one issue.) Well, they actually did. In…
Read MoreRon Johnson Raising Taxes on the Middle Class to Give Permanent Tax Cuts to Corporations
Ron Johnson, the Republican Senator from Wisconsin who is up for re-election, voted for the 2017 Trump Tax Law, known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), which gave permanent tax cuts to corporations. Zero Democrats voted for the bill in the House and Senate. But when Ron Johnson and Republicans wanted low taxes…
Read MoreHerschel Walker Doesn’t Support Monthly Insulin Price Cap for Diabetes Patients; “You Got to Eat Right”
Herschel Walker, the Republican nominee for one of Georgia’s two U.S. Senate seats, believes that pharmaceutical companies should be able to charge diabetes patients whatever they like for insulin. Walker has repeatedly emphasized that he wouldn’t have voted for the Inflation Reduction Act had he been in Congress. As described by The White House, that…
Read MoreAdam Laxalt Tried to Throw Away Your Votes in 2020. He’ll do it again in 2024.
In 2020, Adam Laxalt was part of Donald Trump’s efforts to steal the election by selectively throwing out legally cast votes. At the time, he was the Nevada co-chairman for the Trump Campaign. Laxalt and the GOP sued the state to stop counting legally cast ballots in Clark County… and only Clark County. They “did…
Read MoreOver 300 Dogs Were Tortured in Dr. Oz’s Lab
The most explosive revelation about Pennsylvania GOP Candidate, Dr. Mehmet Oz, is that his lab tortured over 300 dogs while conducting medical experiments. The tortured animals were not just canines. There were 31 pigs, and 661 rabbits and rodents tortured and killed. Oz oversaw countless deaths when conducting medical research at a Columbia University Lab.…
Read MoreBlake Masters Won’t Do a Damn Thing About Gun Violence
Blake Masters has made it clear. He’s going to be working for the NRA, not for the safety of Arizonians. Mass shootings in Arizona (a state with loose gun laws) are drastically on the rise but Masters has presented no plans to address it. Blake Masters is running against Mark Kelly for the U.S. Senate.…
Read MoreBillionaires Aren’t Paying J.D. Vance to Make YOUR Life Better
J.D. Vance’s campaign is propped up by billionaires like Peter Theil and they’re not spending millions of dollars to improve your bottom line. While Ohio is gaining thousands of manufacturing jobs from bills signed into law by President Biden, many Republicans, like Vance are pledging to repeal these laws which are directly responsible for many…
Read MoreBlake Masters Doesn’t Actually Believe Joe Biden Was Elected
As Blake Masters, the billionaire-sponsored and Trump Endorsed Republican is running around Arizona trying to pretend he isn’t a MAGA extremist, his website is sending voters a very different signal. In a debate aired on C-SPAN, Blake Masters said he believed Joe Biden was the duly elected President of the United States. But his own…
Read MoreBlake Masters Will Only Vote for Judges That Support Banning Birth Control
During the Republican primary, Blake Masters published on his campaign website that he would only support federal judges that would agree that “Griswold v. Connecticut” and other Supreme Court cases he doesn’t like, were wrongly decided. Thus, Master’s vision for America is to pack the courts with judges that may one day let states decide…
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