Would a New California Governor Manage Forests Better and Protect the State from Wildfires?
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…
Read MoreViolent Crimes, Property Crimes, and Sexual Assaults Dropped in California’s Largest Cities Between 2019 and 2020
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…
Read MoreCalifornia Has One of the Lowest Middle-Class Tax Burdens in the U.S.
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…
Read MoreThe John Lewis Voting Rights Act Would Have Locked In All State Level Voter I.D. Laws and Republicans Still Voted Against It
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…
Read MoreUnvaccinated People Make Up Over 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,…
Read MoreComparing San Francisco Bay and Tampa Bay Illustrates How Leadership Has Failed Florida During Surge of COVID-19
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…
Read MoreHow Many QAnon Predictions Have Been Wrong? All of them. Reinstatement Day is no different.
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…
Read MoreTrump 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.
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…
Read MorePandemic Profiteers Find Loyal Following Among Conservative Voters Willing to Believe COVID-19 Disinformation
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.…
Read MoreBlack Lives Matter Protests Killed Zero Police Officers. Trump’s Riot Resulted in 3 Officer Deaths, 1 Killed in the Line of Duty.
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…
Read More66% of Supreme Court Justices are There In Spite of Public Opinion
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…
Read MoreWhy Are Republicans Suddenly Pro-Vaccine?
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,…
Read MoreThank You, Texas Democrats
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…
Read MoreTop 1% Continue to Benefit From GOP Tax Policy, While 53% of Americans Will See a Tax Increase
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…
Read MoreTired of Fighting to Cast Your Vote? Democrats Want to Make Voting Easier.
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…
Read MoreThe Economy Does Better Under Democrats
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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