Dark-Money Group Targets Devin Nunes for Attacking “Conservative Hero” Jeff Sessions
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A new radio ad is attacking Trump loyalist Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) for feuding with another Trump loyalist, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, whom the ad describes as “a conservative hero. An icon. A legend.” Earlier this month, Nunes, the…
This Man Was Trump Before Trump. He Just Won Pennsylvania’s Senate Primary.
Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.), left, appears with Donald Trump at an October 2016 campaign rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.Christopher Dolan/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Nearly a decade before Donald Trump launched his campaign by accusing Mexico of sending “rapists” to the United States, Lou Barletta vowed to make the small city…
Donald Trump Calls White House Leakers “Traitors” and Vows to “Find Out Who They Are”
President Donald Trump addresses the crowd during a Republican campaign rally last Thursday. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday afternoon, President Donald Trump called the recent leaks at the White House an “over exaggeration” put out by the “fake news” media to make the administration look…
Congressional Candidate Swears at the NRA in New Ad
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Democratic congressional candidate Pat Davis of New Mexico doesn’t mince words in his new television ad. Looking straight at the camera, Davis opens with a succinct message: “Fuck the NRA.” Davis, an Albuquerque city councilman and former police officer, continues: “Their pro-gun policies have resulted…
West Virginia’s Surging Democrat Richard Ojeda Slams Trump
Mark Helenowski/Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday, West Virginia state Sen. Richard Ojeda easily won the Democratic nomination in the state’s 3rd Congressional District. Ojeda, as I reported in a profile for Mother Jones, is pushing a kind of populism that is upending the political landscape in…
The First Campaign Ad Against Devin Nunes Doesn’t Mention Two Big Things
Credit: Andrew Janz for Congress This morning, Andrew Janz, a 34-year-old Fresno prosecutor aiming to unseat Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), launched his first television ad in the closely-watched race in California’s Central Valley. Though Janz has hit hard at Nunes in the past, the new spot doesn’t mention his opponent once. Instead, the 30-second clip…