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Republicans Vote Against Birth Control

97% 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…

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Failed UK Inflation Plan

Fox 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.…

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Small Business Democrats

Democrats 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…

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Democrats vs Republicans on inflation

Republicans 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…

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red blue choice

You 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…

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Ted Budd's Vote is For Sale

Ted 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…

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Violent Extremist are Patriots to Ted Budd

Ted 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…

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Budd Ripped Off Farmers

Ted 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…

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Ted Budd Bought by Big Pharma

Ted 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…

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Ted Budd Backed by Big Oil

Oil 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…

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Kevin McCarthy wants to cut Social Security benefits

Republicans 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…

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Crisis 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…

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Three happy children riding on bicycle

Crisis 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…

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Biden Increases Immigration Enforcement

Crisis 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…

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CBP Officer

Crisis 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,…

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Trump's Border Wall Easily Climbed Over

Crisis 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…

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Biden with Andrés Manuel López Obrador

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…

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Big Oil Backs the GOP

Oil 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…

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Wallstreet oil profits

Oil 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…

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AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

U.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.…

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