Trump’s Circle of Fraudulent Voters

Mark Meadows and Debra Meadows accused of registering to vote using false address.

While one-term President Donald Trump continues to push the “big lie” about the 2020 election being stolen, it’s Republican voters and people from his inner circle that really committed verified voter fraud. We’ve put together a list of charges, convictions, and investigations that point to voter fraud from Trump, his inner circle, and his base.…

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More Voter Fraud Discovered and Again, it Was Trump Supporters Committing Fraud

Three Villagers; Joan Halstead, Jay Ketcik and John Rider, were arrested over the last two weeks for voter fraud in the 2020 election. (Brevard County Jail and Sumter County Jail)

While Trump continues to push his baseless claims about the 2020 election being rigged, thus far, most confirmed cases of voter fraud have been from Republican voters. More fraud was reported this week as 3 residents of The Villages (a heavily conservative community in central Florida) were arrested for casting multiple votes in 2020 election.…

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U.S. Oil Companies Could Lower Gas Prices. They Won’t.

Oil companies are not drilling

At a time when unemployment is sinking, the stock market is reaching record highs, and wages have increased 3%, there is a lot of signs out there of a booming U.S. economy. But inflation is eroding consumer confidence as they see those wage gains disappear at the pump. But if you think Joe Biden has…

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What’s in the infrastructure bill?

#InfrastructureWeek

Remember when infrastructure week was just a meme, random rage tweets from one-term President Trump, photos of Jarred Kushner and Ivanka Trump (for reasons still unknown), and nothing actually getting accomplished? Those days are over. Friday night, the House of Representatives passed the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill with 13 Republicans joining 215 Democrats which…

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Fraud Discovered in 2020 Election in Pennsylvania – Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Pays $25K

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick / Steve Gonzales, Houston Chronicle

Last year, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick offered up to $1 Million to anyone that could prove election fraud. A poll worker in Pennsylvania collected $25,000 after reporting a 72 year old Republican voter in Chester County, PA that voted twice. In December of 2020, Pollworker, Eric Frank, reported local Republican voter, Frank Thurman, who…

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Donald Trump Keeps Taking Money from Supporters Without Delivering

Donald Trump asks for money

On Sunday, Donald Trump’s team sent out an email to supporters asking to pitch in $45 to “solve the election fraud.” It’s worth noting that in spite of 60 failed lawsuits, recounts, an “audit” in Arizona that found more votes for Biden than previously reported, and Mike Lindell’s spectacularly failed “cyber symposium,” there has not…

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“Women know less than men…” – Larry Elder

Larry Elder Said This

Larry Elder, who is now trying to unseat California Governor, Gavin Newsom, did in fact say that “women knew less than men…” in an article published on May 5, 2000. The quote comes from an article Larry contributed to the Jewish World Review wherein he said, “Women know less than men about political issues, economics,…

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Would a New California Governor Manage Forests Better and Protect the State from Wildfires?

California only manages 3 percent of the forests in the state.

Nope. State and local authorities only manage 3% of the forest lands within California’s borders. When you ask proponents of recalling California Governor, Gavin Newsom, why he deserves to be removed from office, you often get answers like “rising taxes” (we debunked lies about California’s middle-class taxes), “rising crime” (we debunked lies about California’s crime…

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Violent Crimes, Property Crimes, and Sexual Assaults Dropped in California’s Largest Cities Between 2019 and 2020

California Crime Rate Drops

While Republicans continue to try to oust CA Governor, Gavin Newsom, we’re digging into their claims about the state of the Golden State to find the acts. Today, we look at crime. Claims by Larry Elder and other candidates, paint a picture of California where criminals are running free and nobody is safe. Well, the…

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California Has One of the Lowest Middle-Class Tax Burdens in the U.S.

CA Middle Class Taxes

The Republican-backed campaign to recall CA Governor, Gavin Newsom, is bringing with it a whole lot of lies about the Golden State. If you listen to those that are voting to recall the governor or the myriad of candidates like Larry Elder, who are trying to be Newsom’s successor (if the recall is successful), you…

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The John Lewis Voting Rights Act Would Have Locked In All State Level Voter I.D. Laws and Republicans Still Voted Against It

Long voting lines

How many Republicans voted for the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021? Zero. No Republicans in the House of Representatives voted for H.R.4, The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021. When Democrats talk about expanding voting rights, many conservatives immediately talk about voter I.D. laws. As it stands, no voting rights…

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Unvaccinated People Make Up Over 94-99% of COVID-19 Cases

Unvaccinated people make up 94-99% of COVID-19 cases

The Kaiser Family Foundation released a study showing the percentage of COVID-19 cases among vaccinated and unvaccinated people in the United States. According to the foundation, “We therefore reviewed the websites and other official state sources for all 50 states and D.C. to see which are providing data on COVID-19 breakthrough cases, hospitalizations and deaths,…

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Comparing San Francisco Bay and Tampa Bay Illustrates How Leadership Has Failed Florida During Surge of COVID-19

Vaccines Equal Fewer Hospitalizations

In this chart, we compare two Bay Areas on opposite coasts. San Francisco, California and Tampa Bay, Florida. The data for the chart includes the daily COVID hospitalizations and vaccinations rates reported by San Francisco County, Hillsborough County, and Our World in Data. San Francisco County COVID-19 Hospitalizations COVID-19 Vaccinations Hillsborough County COVID-19 Hospitalizations COVID-19…

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How Many QAnon Predictions Have Been Wrong? All of them. Reinstatement Day is no different.

tinfoil hat dog

On Friday, August 13th, Donald Trump will be reinstated as president as ordered by the Supreme Court due to the evidence of the election being stolen. MyPillow CEO, Mike Lindell has been spreading that belief along with his library of nothing which he calls “evidence” of voter fraud. The belief that Donald Trump would be…

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Trump Failed For 4 Years to Deliver on Infrastructure. Democrats Rallied Bi-Partisan Support in the Senate and Got it Done in Just Under 7 Months.

Biden Infrastructure

For 4 years, we saw a number of spectacles from the Trump administration as they hosted “infrastructure week.” In spite of Democratic support, Trump failed to deliver even during the first two years of his presidency when Republicans controlled the House and Senate. In fact, in May of 2019, Trump secured Democratic support for a…

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Pandemic Profiteers Find Loyal Following Among Conservative Voters Willing to Believe COVID-19 Disinformation

Antivax-sheep

Earlier this year, The Center for Countering Digital Hate released a report which showed that most anti-vaccination lies stemmed from just 12 Facebook accounts which they call the “Disinformation Dozen.” Those 12 anti-vaxxers in the Disinformation Dozen include: 1. Joseph Mercola 2. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 3. Ty and Charlene Bollinger 4. Sherri Tenpenny 5.…

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Black Lives Matter Protests Killed Zero Police Officers. Trump’s Riot Resulted in 3 Officer Deaths, 1 Killed in the Line of Duty.

Trump's Riot Killed More Police Officers than Black Lives Matter Protests

As Capital Police Officers testify before congress about the January 6th insurrection, disinformation on social media is in full swing as many try to paint a false equivalency between the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020 and the January 6th riot that resulted in one police officer being killed in the line of duty and…

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66% of Supreme Court Justices are There In Spite of Public Opinion

Amy Coney Barrett, like 5 of her colleagues was appointed by a President that lost the popular vote.

Right now, there are nine U.S. Supreme Court justices.  Five of those justices were appointed by a President that lost the popular vote. Chief Justice John Robert – George W. Bush Justice Samuel Alito Jr. – George W. Bush Justice Neil Gorsuch – Donald Trump Justice Brett Kavanaugh – Donald Trump Justice Amy Coney Barrett…

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Why Are Republicans Suddenly Pro-Vaccine?

Why the GOP is Pro-Vaccine (it's the stock market)

This week, we have seen Republicans do an about-face on the value of vaccines. Fox News is running public service announcements telling people to get vaccinated. Sean Hannity who once called COVID-19 a hoax that was just aimed at discrediting former President, Donald Trump is now telling viewers to take the Delta variant seriously. Now,…

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Thank You, Texas Democrats

Democratic caucus members of the Texas House join a rally on the steps of the Texas Capitol to support voting rights, Thursday, July 8, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (Credit: Eric Gay)

For the second time, Texas Democrats have walked out of a state legislative session in order to block a series of voting restrictions from becoming law. Over 50 Democrats left the Texas House on Monday in an effort to boycott a special legislative session convened by Governor Greg Abbott. The governor had called members back…

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Top 1% Continue to Benefit From GOP Tax Policy, While 53% of Americans Will See a Tax Increase

stock market

In 2016, Donald Trump promised that under his administration, “No one will gain more from tax cuts than low and middle-income Americans.” And in 2017, Congress passed the Trump-backed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, much to the delight of corporations. The law lowered the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%. It also adjusted tax…

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Tired of Fighting to Cast Your Vote? Democrats Want to Make Voting Easier.

voting-lines

Stories of Americans coming together to support each other by handing out food and water, performing with their bands, or placing restrooms at polling locations to help their fellow citizens weather long lines and cast their ballots are both heartening and terrifying. Americans historically vote at lower rates than other developed democracies, and renewed enthusiasm…

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The Economy Does Better Under Democrats

Illustration, wealthy people aren't listening

Republicans have managed to create and maintain the myth that their party is best for the American economy. The facts say something different. But the facts are not on the Republicans’ side. Historically, the American economy has performed measurably better when Democrats are in charge. Here are some quick stats you can use when to…

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