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 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…
Read MoreCrisis 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.…
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