Big Tobacco Is Spending Millions to Defeat Obamacare at the Ballot Box
Mother Jones illustration; Philip Morris/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Big Tobacco has never really been known for truth in advertising. But as the midterm elections approach, industry heavyweights are throwing their resources behind a different kind of deceptive marketing campaign that could have serious consequences for public health. In…
The Republican Effort to Repeal California’s Gas Tax May Be Running on Fumes
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When a PAC supporting Mimi Walters, the Republican incumbent running to keep her seat in California’s 25th district, released an ad in August claiming that her opponent, Democrat Katie Porter, “refuses to oppose Sacramento’s gas tax hike,” the move was in line with a bigger party strategy. To…
This Is the Most Expensive Midterm Election Ever
Democratic Texas Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke raised a record $38 million in the third quarter of 2018.Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This is already shaping up to be the most expensive midterm election in history—$3.9 billion and counting, according to the nonpartisan OpenSecrets.org. Super-PACs…
This Democrat Just Seriously Outraised Her Republican Opponent in a Tight Georgia Race
Lucy McBath for Congress Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Lucy McBath, the Democratic candidate vying to represent Georgia’s six congressional district, raised nearly twice the amount as Republican incumbent Karen Handel in the last quarter, according figures released this week. While Handel still has raised more money over the entire campaign, the latest…
A New Ad Boosts ICE and the Border Wall and Demonizes the Left. It’s From a Senate Democrat.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The latest ad in Indiana’s competitive Senate race features promises to fund President Trump’s border wall, oppose “socialized medicine,” and thwart the plans of “radical leftists” who want to abolish Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. These are all common talking points for Republicans—but the catch here…
Heitkamp Apologizes for Outing, Misidentifying Sexual Violence Victims
Tom Williams/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), who is locked in a heated reelection race with Republican Rep. Kevin Cramer, ran a campaign ad in several North Dakota newspapers Sunday that listed the names of numerous women that the ad described as survivors of domestic violence,…