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Pressure Mounting on Stauber to Release Emails
Since news broke last week that Republican Pete Stauber in Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District was caught campaigning on the taxpayer’s dime, pressure is mounting on Stauber to release the emails in question. Multiple news outlets have requested the 15 emails between Stauber’s official email address and individuals at the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), with […]
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THIS WEEK IN HOUSE REPUBLICAN SCANDALS & CORRUPTION
House Republicans were dealt another round of self-made scandals this week, as it was revealed that Rep. Rod Blum is under an ethics investigation, Republican candidate Pete Stauber appears to have been caught campaigning on the taxpayer’s dime, and a judge ruled Rep. Scott Taylor’s campaign committed ‘instances of forgery’ and ‘out and out fraud’. […]
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DCCC Chair Luján Releases Historic Cybersecurity Pledge To Not Use Stolen Hacked Materials– NRCC Refuses to Sign
DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján today released a historic written pledge related to cybersecurity and campaigns, including a vow to not use stolen hacked materials for political gain in the November elections. The DCCC spent three months negotiating in good faith with the NRCC, yet they have pulled out of any potential deal and refused […]
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BREAKING: U.S. House candidate Pete Stauber used government email for political correspondence | Star Tribune
A new breaking report from the Star Tribune reveals that national Republicans’ hand-picked candidate in MN-08, Pete Stauber, appears to have been caught campaigning on the taxpayer’s dime. In his role as St. Louis County Commissioner, Stauber has apparently violated ethics rules by coordinating campaign activity with the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC) and cheating […]
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ONE YEAR LATER: COFFMAN’S STUNNING BETRAYAL ON DACA
One year after President Trump rescinded DACA – Rep. Mike Coffman’s failure to achieve a single, legislative accomplishment is clear as day as he’s caught behind closed doors telling donors that “[Trump] probably has a more generous plan for DACA than I would.” Coffman’s stunning betrayal of his constituents and young, undocumented Coloradans shatters any […]
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RATINGS CHANGE: Republican Culture of Corruption Shifts IA-01 and VA-02 Towards Democrats
Today the non-partisan election forecaster Cook Political Report moved IA-01 to Lean Democratic and VA-02 to Toss Up after Republican Reps. Rod Blum and Scott Taylor were both caught up in scandals related to ethics and fraud. This week, the Ethics Committee ruled it would be investigating Blum for misuse of taxpayer resources to promote […]
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ICMYI: House Democrats Have A New Online Strike Force [Huffington Post]
“We wanted to create the most nimble, focused digital operation a committee had ever had. There were very few days that went by that we weren’t testing how to hit a Republican on Facebook,” said Dan Sena, the DCCC’s executive director. “This is the first time a political committee has made this type of reform […]
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Jeff Denham Shuns the Latino Community by Refusing to Accept Univision and Mi Familia Vota’s Debate
Given the opportunity by Univision and Mi Familia Vota to speak directly to the Latino community on the issues affecting them, Representative Jeff Denham rejected their invitation just because his Democratic challenger, Josh Harder, accepted their request. Latino voters in California’s 10th Congressional District make up a large percentage of the electorate, but Denham has […]
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Congrats, Congressman Scott Taylor, You Played Yourself
Rep. Scott Taylor played himself. We know Scott Taylor’s campaign staff collected petition signatures in an attempt to get a third party, former Democrat candidate on the ballot and boost his chances in November. We know that many of those petition signatures were forgeries and included deceased people. We know that a special prosecutor was […]
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ROD BLUM’S NEW REALITY
In case you missed it, Rep. Rod Blum is now being investigated by the House Ethics Committee for his gross misuse of taxpayer resources to promote his shady internet company, Tin Moon. Blum was caught using his official office to promote his internet marketing firm that profits from burying damaging information online about companies with […]