It’s the 12th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act being signed into law – it’s still under threat by Republicans. Republican leadership in the House have tried in vain to repeal the ACA and have made repeal a priority if they win back control of Congress. As the Pennsylvania Capital-Star wrote this morning, Does the GOP want to repeal Obamacare? Take them […]

A mess in NC-13 as Trump pick Bo Hines skips forum, no-name Republican wins debate, and clown car of Republicans fight for attention Carolina Journal: Fireworks at GOP’s 13th District congressional debate in Harnett The headline says it all. Here is a run down of what happened at one of the first forums in the NC-13 […]

Largest trial to date shows “no indication that ivermectin is clinically useful” Ivermectin is in the news again: In the largest trial to date, researchers found the drug didn’t reduce hospital admissions for COVID-19. That’s no surprise. For over a year, health officials, medical experts, and the drug’s own manufacturer have urged against the use of ivermectin […]

Largest trial to date confirms ivermectin is not a treatment for COVID Ivermectin is in the news again: In the largest trial to date, researchers found the drug didn’t reduce hospital admissions for COVID-19. For over a year, health officials urged against the use of ivermectin, which the FDA deemed dangerous in high doses. That didn’t […]

Washington Post: “Far from being condemned for violent threats and hate speech, candidates and incumbents are increasingly being rewarded. One is Jarome Bell” The GOP’s ongoing battle with party extremism is taking center stage in the VA-02 Republican primary. Jen Kiggans and her establishment backers like the NRCC are seeing warning signs as her primary […]

Two-time loser Hardy returns from obscurity to lose another Nevada House race After breaking his promise not to run again for NV-04 after losing the seat in 2016, two-time loser and one-term congressman Cresent Hardy re-emerged from obscurity to declare his candidacy at the 11th hour for NV-01. During his brief tenure in Congress, Hardy was a […]

Does the GA-02 Republican primary field agree with Richard Robertson that the COVID-19 vaccine “isn’t really a vaccine”? Over the weekend, five Republican candidates in GA-02 held a forum to outline the GOP agenda they would bring to Georgia. As one can easily imagine, the conversation inevitably shifted into the dangerous and absurd, with one of the […]

Harris’ March defined by inaction that almost cost the Eastern Shore millions of dollars, and votes against bipartisan bills to recognize tragedies Vulnerable Republican Rep. Andy Harris continues to demonstrate how his bizarre personal crusades come first over the needs of his district and commonsense bipartisan legislation. So far this March, Andy Harris has: Voted […]

Republican extremist Kevin Kiley has once again made his disdain for personal liberty clear when it comes to reproductive choice. With the Supreme Court poised to dismantle federal protections for reproductive freedom, yesterday, the California Assemblyman voted against making abortion more accesible in the state of California. This is not the first time Kevin Kiley has tried to […]

Danger and liability for GOP in this wide-open, free for all of a primary Republicans’ quest to take back the House is hitting a snag – their own primaries. Today, the National Journal highlighted the NH-01 GOP primary as a free for all, race to the right because the 2020 GOP nominee Matt Mowers “has […]