GOP Candidates Are Paying Firms Affiliated With Infowars Contributor
A screen grab from one of GOP congressional candidate Scott Sturgill’s campaign advertisements.Scott Sturgill for Congress Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Two Republican congressional candidates from Florida have paid thousands of dollars to companies affiliated with a contributor to Infowars—the far-right media empire run by Alex Jones that is best known…
6 Months Later, Parkland Teens Are Still Fighting Like Hell
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. One week after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in February, student survivors, outraged with Washington’s “thoughts and prayers,” took to CNN to declare politicians complicit in the deaths of their classmates. Just one month later, those same students organized nationwide “March for…
The GOP Candidates for Kansas Governor Can’t Even Agree on Whose Votes Should Be Counted
Kris Kobach addresses a fundraiser at the local senior citizens center in Emporia, Kansas, last year. Mark Reinstein via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Nearly a week later, last Tuesday’s Republican gubernatorial primary in Kansas is no closer to resolution. Just 110 votes separate Secretary of State Kris Kobach and incumbent…
Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison Denies Allegations That He Abused His Ex-Girlfriend
Keith EllisonDavid Zalubowski/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the run-up to Minnesota’s primary election on Tuesday, Democratic US Rep. Keith Ellison, who is vying to become the state’s next attorney general, is denying recent allegations of domestic abuse from an ex-girlfriend and her son. Karen Monahan, a political organizer who dated…
Indicted GOP Congressman Ends Reelection Bid
Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.)Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Embattled New York Congressman Chris Collins announced Saturday that he is suspending his reelection campaign—a move that comes several days after he was indicted on federal insider trading charges. Collins said in a statement that he will…
It’s Not Just Kobach: Three Vote-Suppressing Secretaries of State Are Overseeing Their Own Elections
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach talks to reporters the day before the Republican primary in Kansas.Shelly Yang/TNS via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Tuesday’s too-close-to-call Republican primary election for Kansas governor has plunged the state into an ethics crisis. Secretary of State Kris Kobach emerged with a 121-vote lead over…