Republicans’ War Against Obamacare Could Cost Them This Arkansas House Seat
Clarke Tucker faces an uphill battle to unseat incumbent Rep. French Hill (AR-02).Thomas Metthe/ Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. While Republican politicians have lately been backtracking their positions on pre-existing conditions, deep in the heart of Trump Country a Democratic politician is anchoring his congressional campaign on his personal story…
A Pro-Obamacare Ballot Measure Has a Big Lead in Utah
Hagen/NTB Scanpix/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It’s looking like voters are fans of Obamacare when they have a chance to directly vote on it—even in deeply red states like Utah. Utah is one of four states with ballot initiatives next month that ask voters about Medicaid expansion, the part…
John Adams’ Fears About America’s Future Feel Pretty Darn Prescient Today
National Gallery of Art Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. During America’s first Gilded Age, in 1898, Sen. Mark Hanna was sufficiently candid when asked about his political principles. There are two political truths, the Ohio Republican observed: “The first is money. I can’t remember what the second is.” Now, during…
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…
Paul Ryan Decries Tribalism as His Super-PAC Spreads It
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. House Speaker Paul Ryan lamented the increasingly personal tone of American politics at a National Press Club event Monday. “I worry about this a lot,” he said. “The incentive in politics is invective; it’s outrage; it’s hysteria.” He ought to know. Ryan’s super-PAC, the Congressional Leadership…
Republicans Put Out a Very Misleading Ad Attacking Medicare-for-All
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A new ad from the National Republican Campaign Committee, the main organization dedicated to electing Republicans to the House of Representatives, opens ominously. The ad, which appeared online Tuesday, targets Xochitl Torres Small, the Democratic candidate in New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District. It features a mother…